Fusion Licks Guitar Lesson #1: Combining Tapping + String Skipping by Martin Miller

[bozdoganli666]

Great learning video but t=27 , that's so gay hehe :))

Note that on later videos he never moved his hair like that :))

[brunocortina]

GREAT TEACHER

[usalespaul59]

I'm less interested in fast shred lines, rather in nice melodic lines which a harmonically interesting as well (as I'm not that good at this)

[usalespaul59]

you are a great player but seem to play quite modally (I mean, 1 chrod like 4-5 bars, and then change, plenty of space there, ca you play something like Stella by Starlight for instance, or the Girl from Ipanem... some Standards, thanks)

[ElWischi]

@usalespaul59 Of course man, I know a lot of standards by heart. I'm not a master at it but I went to jazz college for 5 years. Check out my package at Jamtrackcentral - it contains a 2 minute long solo over the changes of Blue in Green by Miles Davis! :) There'll also be a jazz composition with quite some tricky changes on my upcoming album! I also have version of Billie's Bounce here on Youtube - generally it's not really what my crowd demands tho :)

[usalespaul59]

@ElWischi One of my favorite jazz players is Peter Bernstein (who really plays MUSICAL, no shreds, no show offs, just PURE music; which doesn't mean of course that you can't play fast and musical, but it doesn't seem to happen often among guitarists) What the crowd demands... well, you might be in the wrong crowd then haha... would be great if you did some Cole Porter stuff for instance... thanks :)

Check a guitarist called Dixon Nacey out ;) (he's in my abo list, he's great...

[ElWischi]

@usalespaul59 Indeed, he is a monster. Thanks for introducing me! I might tackle Stella on my next vid. Haven't touched my acoustic in a while, hm......

[necro1143]

fucking sexy playing bro ah its such a great lick

[TheFilmMakingDude]

how can i make it cleaner?

[sudhirsatriani]

hey brotha pls cover guthrie govans waves.....:) if u have video den share it.....:)

[ShellyOFG]

Fancy doing a video / tab for the arpeggio in the intro ? (yes yes yes ;)

[jimbang]

could you teach us how to improvise?

[Shi7Disc0]

*Hair flip* Hey guys lol..... but in all seriousness I am learning alot from your lessons. Thanks for the killer licks.

[TheRasberryTea]

Intro song????:P



[Fiarzen]

can you teach the intro lick :D

[258lemons]

cheers for a great lesson man!! you are such a talented player! the links for the tab on the website don't work though :(

[ElWischi]

@258lemons Thanks, they do work tho, I just checked. Did you click the segment that said "tab"?

[258lemons]

@ElWischi haha! sorry my bad! I didn't realise they were separate links! XD thank you for the quick response! found it now! :D

[rafuut]

martin bieber ^^ 0:26

[yonkeythedonkey]

Nice work! One question - I've found that when ascending a pattern like this, I have to pluck (pull/pop) the first note of each higher string to get the note to sound clearly like Reb Beach does.

But it would be so much easier if I didn't have to... What did you do to get your LH index finger strong enough to sound the notes so clearly? :o)

[dennoow]

@yonkeythedonkey Hi! I took lessons by Greg Howe and he gave me an excersize for that. You'll find it's a lot easier to get those index finger notes to sound out on the higher strings. He gave me an excersize that went like this: You tap on the 18th fret of the g-string, hammer index finger on the 15th of the b, hammer on 17th with third finger, tap on the 19th, then hammer with index finger on the 15th of the high e, then 17th and 19th again and descend the same pattern.

[dennoow]

@yonkeythedonkey after that you can expand it with stretches. You can use 7th arpeggios with string skipping for instance. If you really feel like going mental you can try to do the licks on Guthrie Govan's "wonderfull slippery thing" or "fives". Both are musical, it's great to learn them :)

[GuitarFlox]

thx for lick... ;)

[Blingchasty1]

you are one of the coolest guitarist out there. and nastiest

[rapidtranq]

your playing and tone are amazing Martin....keep 'em coming.

[vonjr25]

dude ur an outstanding player..looking 4ward for ur other lessons..

[MrDoochebag]

Are you perhaps guthrie govans disciple?

[heliobluesrock]

Man, you're awesome! Great tone too!

[fastercuda]

What guitar amp & cab (spkrs) are you using? & What mic preamp & mics?

[amarcusj1991]

this dude is no joke.

[Fiarzen]

@amarcusj1991 he is srys business

[Olhor10]

@amarcusj1991 Yeah! He's not funny at all! :D

[naturaltoby]

@Olhor10 You are so right about that....in fact I find that when I watch his performances and pick up my guitar, tears flow profusely down my cheeks....

[naturaltoby]

@Olhor10 You are so right about that....in fact I find that when I watch his performances and pick up my guitar, tears flow profusely down my cheeks....

[galletitamortal]

Awesome lick!

[NisseEricsson]

Cool lesson. Keep on rocking.

[FIndelCOB]

Awesome lesson man I already subscribed

I need some advice though, when I tap I seem to get a very weak sound after changing the string, any tip for that?

[stebbZv]

@FIndelCOB hi. i don't know if this helps, but i would keep trying to tap that fret you get a weak tone from. like, only tap that note over and over again and feel how it sounds. its really common that guitar players keep training licks at fast speed and don't get it perfectly ;) hope this helped! take care and keep practicing! :)

[FIndelCOB]

@stebbZv Thanks bro, I'll keep on practicing 

[limwxs]

Great great great playing & lesson!!

Smile more Martin!! =D

[vheadfacelegs]

what is the music in that intro?!

[FrankyStarlite]

Great lesson dude.  Excellent job.

[harryscarey]

Just a quick question: when a pattern skips from the A to the G string and the tap finger is removed from the A string I always hear a little of the open A and was wondering how you damp this? Tx

[harryscarey]

Hey Martin, tx for your lessons,

[openmind1984]

suhr guitars have an amazing tone.... but are too expensive for me.... DAMN !!!!

[binky69]

@openmind1984 just get a set of their pickups ..... thats most of the tone you hear besides whats in this guys hands........

[openmind1984]

@binky69 doug aldrich pick ups ? ....

[binky69]

@openmind1984 SSH+ (bridge) SSV (neck) or you can go with the aldrich it depends on what you want them for. theres not much difference between the two. also if you want a darker clearer tone get the DSH+ (bridge) DSV (neck) personaly i want the SSH+ and SSV

[persini]

me like your chops, you good, bye.

[Wallimann]

Awesome lick Martin, great job!!!

[dante3056]

Tanks a lot..Geniusss!!

[jgy777]

Thanks!!!



[dmmc1043]

i like the theodore ziras related videos on the side haha

[FGrantMusic]

loving this lick man!

[col33145]

Thanks dude awesome lick ..looking forward to the series of lessons ,\M/ 

[gthurnher]

cooles lick! werds gleich mal probieren - freu mich schon auf die nächsten! :-)

[EricMaldonadoMusic]

Awesome lick Martin! I love your fusion style, and that Suhr looks so great! Your tone is amazing as well, very smooth and polished. Waiting for your album dude! :)

[YngtchieMusic]

Great fusion lick!

[Brain2Me2]

Thanks!!!

[Shreddah]

Definitely will be trying out this lick. :P

[MAXtheGuitarlover]

Sehr cool, Martin!

Gruß,

Max