D Minor Rock Ballad Guitar Improvisation (First Take)

[coubiakb]

omg, could you cut that emo hair-style, be rock or not be rock but don't be a disney little boy...

By the way, you need to work hard on your bends

[nigrigged]

the 3 notes that you let ring out for most of the song are the only notes that sound in key.

[crossaller]

hm the melodic sucks!:D

but some riffs are not to bad;)

[bloodyfrets]

The hot rod tele is a great guitar and it does not deserve this...! Why would you buy a guitar like that? A 100$ jackson would be ideal for you.

[RockSchooled]

0:11 made my day.

[JORDnYAN]

Ouch man. Sounds rough.

[skullkap1]

Nice job!

[beatdeat]

Ouch. Your playing was fantastic from a technical stand-point, but it sounds as if you're playing in the wrong key. Had the backing track been correct, I'm sure this would have been an ideal improvisation. Perhaps you should post a correction video?

[chancewhite92]

sounds like your in a minor man.

[lefte18]

i think the only time you were in the right key was in the first 10 seconds of the song

[Nomm098]

I bet other people have commented on this, but your bends are way off and you're not even in the right key man. can't you hear how off you are? 2:31-2:38 ish to be specific.

[bluemoon9uk]

Les Dawson did the same with the piano.

[veolavidad]

¬¬

[kylethesk8er123]

no hes playing in the wrong fucking key

and it sounds horrible

[Spazbucket91]

Sorry mate, nice try, and you seem to have some nice speed, but the tuning sounds way off, as do your bends, and it doesnt sound like your trying to play along to the backing track, just random licks after another.

Start slow, take your time, hear the music, a good exercise, is to hum a lick and then try and play it, get those ears trained :)

GL kid

[grazzhood]

perhaps something goes wrong in the mixdown process

[Jroen888]

tune is wrong, rythem is wrong..

[VoltayRiverscreation]

im sorry if i may seem to harsh on the kid but i just cant stand whatever it is that hes doin.

(to the kid)-dude your holding beauty in your hands...next time watch you clips before uploading them!

[VoltayRiverscreation]

what the fuck are you doin?

...it seems to me like your abusing your telecaster!

[Jroen888]

@VoltayRiverscreation maybe he should buy an ibanez or a jackson or something like that..

[VoltayRiverscreation]

i hate ibanez!

[Jroen888]

@VoltayRiverscreation i agree xD but maybe it's better for him.. ;)

[TehAl3X]

Why do you have such an expensive guitar..?

[CanadianRockerGuy]

kinda strange, you seem to know how to play but yet seem really out of key, weird..

[sustainer82]

u watch ur own video? lol!

[xlaz13x]

i would suggest staying in key.. and tuning the guitar.. and to me it looked like you were going through different keys with only position one.. try position one in the key of Dm and learning the other 4 positions. it would sound 100 times better man.

[juchel]

it feels like you don't listen enough about the chords, or maybe your guitar is out of tune

[brikbatwarrior]

made me feel a bit sick.

[NikDonaghy23]

Its the bends that mainly go out of tunw. parts oif it were good though :)

[Phasingbuz]

Can you post me a link to that backing track cuz I can't seem to find it :s

[Griffo2001]

Do you mean the actual MP3, or the video of it?

[Phasingbuz]

the video of it please!

[bluesmarshall]

you need to work on your playing but if it was in tune and less messy it might sound good keep playing bro

[Dentark1]

wtf???

this is in D mate

[thesurftripper]

minchia che merda ... very shit ! A CINESE fai cagare !

[Griffo2001]

Pardon?

[greenlanterone]

Griffo is the best! Nice playing...If anyone gives you shit just lemme know I'll fly over and kill them for you...

Verbius....

[Griffo2001]

HAIL THE VERB!

Cheers buddy :D

[AJS19]

Nice one Craig. A few notes out of place here and there, but like you said, it was a first take. But the riffs were really cool regardless. Along the lines of what Mojo said, everyone needs practice and criticism to get better. Stay classy. 8-)

[Griffo2001]

Thanks a lot for watching and commenting man :) I appreciate it and take the comments on board and will start being more strict with myself when improvising :D

[conkerandco]

gd work man i love this backing track, just work on those bends, some are out of tune,, good work

[Griffo2001]

Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment :)

I will do what you've said within my practice sessions. Thanks again for checking out the video! :)

[mtto1989]

hmmm u seem to be playing with the wrong scale.....although the riffs do look nice

[TheMusicaldinosaur]

i agree. the beginning was just messing around with upper pentatonics, but then it sounded like he went to a d major then back to d pentatonics and back andforth and vice versa. although i will have to agree with mtto, i liked some of the riffs he was pulling off and keep working on it, you sound great!

[Griffo2001]

Yeah, i generally tend to do this. I start with playing within the correct scales but then must loose concentration and just go off on one and play all over the place seeing what works and what doesn't. What i'm going to try to do is to have some improvisation sessions where i just use one or two shapes from a scale and stick with them and be strict with myself. I'll probably post some YouTube videos of it too to keep track of my progress with it :)

Cheers for the comments :D

[Charbarhousemusic]

Man, you are getting in the zone! You have the feel and so the rest of it will follow! 5stars!!

[subzero14]

And that was awesome ! Really like it !

[kerrberr14]

.... :]

[DrKarnivore]

Nice one mate. Some good grimaces going on there too.

[Griffo2001]

Cheers for the kind comment man! Haha i know what you mean about the facial expressions. I never used to think i did them until i started recording myself playing! If you want crazy guitar faces...watch Gary Moore. It's horrible, haha.

[mojo292]

Keep working at it buddy, focus on the blues scales, and get those positions down. Once you get the positions down, practice crossing between them, it will help you lots! Cheers mate! ;-)

[Griffo2001]

Thanks a lot mate, will do :) At the moment i'm working a lot on that sort of stuff slowly. Like...creating melodic solos and stuff rather than just fast. But i tried to mix both into this heh :) Cheers for the comment bro