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  • Wow!! What a practical and useful video!!!!!

  • thank you so much

  • Awesome vid. Great way of explaining and showing how to put it into use.

  • hahaha he looks like my uncle

  • he is a very good teacher, blending the arp. with the scale, well explained.

  • very helpful thank you very very much.really great teacher!!

  • best lesso on youtube so far. the rest is advertising crap from no bodies who suck

  • fu**ing really helps :)

  • this guy is cool.. love his attitude.. thanks heaps for the free lesson :)

  • great video

  • how do you get the sound at 10:15 please tell me?

  • @jumpboy96

    That sound is gotten from harmonics played with your picking hand, not with your fretting hand. Its not like the usual harmonics at the 12th, 7th, and 5th fret. You get this sound from playing a string with you pick, and then immediately after touching it with your thumb. For tutorials you should search Youtube for Squealies, pinch harmonics or pick harmonics

  • I study and study. Sometimes I make a break-through then back into a rut, but I really do love the guitar. Thankx dave and everyone that gives time online!

  • This is the c form correct?

  • that guitar sounds good!!!

  • 29 people play wind instruments

  • very helpful bro

  • can i buy some soloing dvds

  • This dude is looking like "nicolas cage".... X)

  • 3rd finger on the g-string. :3

  • this guy looks like my friend hahaha, his vidoes are informatiVE

  • Dave says Its real Easy lol. Your awsome dude.

  • Swa------weeet!

    thanks for sharing your skills.

    

  • this helped so much!

  • that's really good advice and easy to :D

  • Is that an american special strat?

  • the man who talk shit about his guys maybe from expertvillage! haha!

  • Sick video man!

  • supergreat! became a big fan from you and your lessons! thank you very much! rock on!

  • oh my God. Just what I was looking for !!! Thnals dude.

    Great clarity, great for beginners. iM SURE MARTY STEALS ALL THE LIME LIGHT BUT DUDE U ARE JUST AS BAD ASS.

  • I play guitar at an intermediate level now... though i see myself as a good player... i don't mind going back to basics over and over again and hearing out lessons like these which could help me grow even better... it's what others say... "Keeping an open mind" NICE VID!

  • arpegio for blues? what most of the lead guitarists they using standard pentatonic scale...

  • Nice, im am a very respected guitarist in my area but i am intrigued and humbled by this, good stuff!

  • are you using the spider amp in this vid, im thinking about getting a spider4 but i like tube amps, but i like the spider because it has so many models of amps, i cant affortd a marshall, so i like the sound of this vid i hope that was a spider!

  • What the fuck is up with all the haters posting comments about how he looks or the mistakes he makes or how sloppy he is...?! Fuck you guys! The man is spreading some tunes, trying to help others play this beautiful instrument we all love and play! We should thank him for his efforts and for the simple fact that he is trying to teach all this stuff for FREE.

    Go to hell assholes....

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  • @marcusduck You seem to have an attitude problem that can be easily fixed.

    Step 1: hold your breath

    yep, that's it.

  • @MrStephAwesome

    Fail.

  • @guitarmaestro078 : indeed! and to be honest he teaches very well. does it matter how somebody looks? He ain't a JOHNNY! He is a rocker! and that is what he shows us! FOR FREE!

  • @guitarmaestro078 Word brotha!

  • @guitarmaestro078 I Know what you mean, such a load of shit! There are so many trolls online! People that would never talk shit like this to anyones face in real-life do so in there mothers basement!

  • @guitarmaestro078 u r damn right man

  • @guitarmaestro078 If I could play like Dave I would think myself a guitar god haha...there are two types of guitar players in my book...authentic people who love it and want to help and share with others of any level...or the type who shred in your face to prove how "above you" they are...I've seen this too many times...luckily most peeps are real enthusiasts and I give my thanks and respect to all of you who have taught me as I struggle to become the player I aspire to be...cheers

  • ok so i have a question, how do you know what note makes up the chord, i understand the root note but the other 2?

  • @precuthen The other two notes is a chord are the 3rd and 5th intervals from the scale. For example in the key of A major the root or 1st interval is A. The 3rd is 3 notes down the scale from A and is C#. The 5th is 5 notes down the scale from A and is E. So the notes that make up a a major chord are A,C#,E.

  • c# is B!!!!! you r making it harder

  • @ibanezguitarguy No C# is correct. C# is the third. B would be the second which is irrelevant for making an A major chord

  • @precuthen oh i can help u with that. i learned it in book i bought (theory). okay for ie: lets take c chord.

    its every other note: c-e-g. 1,3,5 . or lets say g chord its: g-b-d notes. its same 1,3,5 notes in that key.

    say ur out and someone says play a b chord. and u think to urself how do i do that? easy say to urself okay. its 1,3,5 note in b key. so its b-d-f.  b is found on 4f 3s, d is found on 3f 2s, and f is found on 1f 1s. now u know u just formed a b chord. easy ha?

    debbie:)

  • @dayone54 hahah thanks a lot that really helps (: now all i have to do is master where those notes are though (: haha

  • @precuthen oh okay ur a newbie then ha? lol ha ha.. i'm not....(kidding). okay just google: notes on fretboard and then print it up. memorize the 6th n 5th strings fret by fret. u have a heads up if u know ur alphabet from at least a to g. ha..:) enjoy its fun. once u memorize the 6th n 5th strings. then do what i did. i started with a note and found the a note on each string and plucked it. keep doing that for about a week then move on to next letter "b". and so forth. u will get it.

    debs:)

  • @dayone54 hahaha not exactly a newbie, i just know it by ear not really by the alphabet, like i know my chords and stuff lol

  • @precuthen oh okay i'm sorry.

    thought i could help.

    sometimes i get frustrated, but i hang in there. hope u do.

    keep strummin'

    debs

  • Victor Arpeggio I presume?as i was telling the boys at the club the other day, you shoulda seen my shot on the back 9...whoa nellie!

  • hes good at guitar i guess... but THAT GUY is a dweeb. 

  • untuck your ears from your hat douche

  • Great lesson, i'd love to know the shape of the shred he did right at the end, also that arpeggio shape will be perfect for sweep picking

  • @0ccupationalHazzard Synister Gates uses this arpeggio in the solo to Bat Country, and he sweeps the whole thing.

  • @bantakuntum101 Its a lesson, not a skill video, Your supposed to talk, so viewers can get the damn lesson, without making mistakes.

  • ну и играл бы дальше в той же позиции что и арпеджио

  • thumbs up if chords make sense now :D

  • cool video!!!!

  • @bantakuntum101 you know if he'd just shred the whole lesson it would not be of much use

  • Wow thanks i love my Pentatonic and could never expand and you just helped ten times!

  • @bantakuntum101 He's telling you the music behind playing so you can play music with a band or to a backtrack, rather than play by yourself and mean nothing.

  • ive learned so much blues from this guy haha thanks dude

  • do you have pedal to this solo???

  • Thumbs down for too much talking, lol.

  • very well explained, am gonna have to take notice of the guy he knows stuff and am sure I can learn a lot from him. Thanks

  • what pickups does that guitar have?

  • very creative and intriguing

  • very creative and intriging

  • HAHAHA 10:21 He's Farting

  • @siyar2660 hilarious!

  • 05:25 8 thret with that SUCKING finger

    HAHAHAHA

  • why would anyone dislike this video its a FREE, fucking FREE guitar lesson

  • @FatKidCookie there is always a hater man...I know all about that! lol

  • @FatKidCookie a free good guitar lesson too

  • This was a great video. Good work. you know your shit.

  • THANK YOU FOR THE LESSON IT HELP ME ALOT...

  • Holy poop, i don't think i've ever learned this much in that little amount of time! Thank you so much!

  • omgee a little bit of a stretch

  • This also works very well for practicing sweep picking. Great video, thanks for the lesson.

  • awesome , ill use this on teaching my kids too. point click and walk away , lol

  • great lesson David. I love the way you connected the Appregio shape withe the penatonic. There are too many leassons with pieces and parts so it's nice when you teach us how to put 2 ideas together. Keep it up. Chris

  • dude i got that same shirt!! lol xP

    And great guitar lessons by the way, u helped me out :D

  • Undoubtedly the best damn guitar lessons on Youtube.

    Fantastic!!!

  • thank u man,.i learn more this video

  • hey Dave, guess what.....the other day i was playing a solo-sort-of part of unforgiven II, and while i was bending, got one of my strings to break!!....do you have any advice on how to keep the strings (un)rusty?....i would appreciate it very much....peace out

  • Dave thank you for your classes , Here in Darjeeling we dont have many teachers and so naturally were on line... we enjoy your classses siping darjeeling tea. Thanks a lot. Pemba

  • This lesson is gold, tnx dude!

  • great teacher in guitar....^_^

  • David I sure appreciate your lessons. I have been playing for many years and have had a real problem understanding what you are teaching. I first came across your video comparing a Les Paul to a Epiphone. You are a great teacher and you have a personality that makes people want to listen to you. Please keep up the wonderful informative videos.

    Jeff Greenwood Aransas

  • woow this is cool!!!

    but just one question: if i want to play this in a different scale, should i just change the rootnote(i don't know how to spell it) to the E if i want to play in in E?

    Thanks!

  • you kinda look like Nic Cage =D

  • @bantakuntum101 no way, David is a teaching a lesson, not performing... listen to what he's actually saying. he's saying a lot of really insightful stuff about the guitar and how to play it. it's not just about memorizing the notes he's hitting.

  • sorry, im novice, 4 months plang e guitar, what is considered as a "rude"? note?

    thank you

    Dom

  • @focckker "blue note" not rude

  • @focckker Not a rude note, but a root note. It's the note the solo centers around, and most of the time (but not always) it's the first note of a song/solo, and it's often the last note (of course, not always either).

  • Hey thanks for the lesson! It took a lot of looking to find a good lesson like this!

  • too much talk to guitar ratio thats IMO other then that pertty gud lesson

  • thx david,you are a great teacher !!

  • Wow man! Thanks a lot!! You given me what I needed to get over this rut! Much appreciated!!!

  • Rock  N` Roll

  • I like looking, && observing other good guitarist. :D. It helps my guitar playing get stronger. :D.

  • that guitar is an epic fail

  • @thrashtildeth247

    Are you fucking retarded?

  • What I do is hit my low e string and just bring it up the neck 'til it is in tune with the song[ [the part I want to play my lead in ............. I practice some times by playing over a whole song, Hit or miss, Just have fun. Go away from it and play something else if you get frustrated.. Get back to it later. The bridge sometimes in a different key but sometimes not....Take easy songs first , The Ramones are great for that

  • you inspire me to make my own music thank you

  • Flat third..ugh

  • i have been playing lead for 5 years now, and i can solo pretty good, but i cant make solos, i just cant grasp making my own, but i play other famous solos to the note. how can i make my own, i really don't understand theory. any tips?

  • @cshanna21 find the key and just play up the scales a bit then skip some notes or just repeat some notes in the scale.and just fell around some notes out then you got your lead. I use a lot of " Passing tones" so it just sounds natural

  • @TheJetfighter666 wow, thank you. any idea how i can find the key? that tricks me.

  • thank you very much dave, this lesson gave me so much inspiration and gave me some ideas for cool licks to put in my arsenal =D

  • For all the beginners looking at this i got this instructional interactive cd the other week and its improved my playing ten fold. Search for this on ebay Not Getting Any Better at Guitar?? ~~Learn To SHRED!~~  its well worth the small ammount of cash i paid for it.

  • you guys are amazing and im legitly learning guitar

  • @

    twobuckstuck .....TRUE...UNLESS YOUR RIDING A BIKE

  • FAMOUSLY!!!....LOL....LOVE IT DUDE

  • is it true if u dont use it, you lose it?

  • more practice man..find a teacher,,im alredy master man..

  • is that a 2 or 3 tone burst?

  • @GingerChris212  Hahahaha

  • @GingerChris212 Of course there's something like a flat third...

  • No there isnt. There can be a flat or sharp note but not 3rd. A 3rd in a chord can be minor, major and sometimes augmented or diminished but there is no such thing as a flat 3rd. Unless america has different music theory. In england there is no such thing as a flat 3rd.

  • He didn't say flat third though, he said flatted 3rd. Which is a minor third in terms of intervals. Don't immediately attack him, he's merely trying to teach beginner guitarists some stuff. I'm not even a beginner I just like to watch his videos btw xD

  • just mind the effort on teaching you how to play lead dudes and yes rsghost you are right

  • @RsGhost1

    Still though, if ur a beginner u would prbably want to learn the correct way , and not get used to such weird terms as "flat third".

  • @GingerChris212 Oh whoops he did say flat third afterwards.

  • Same here im not a beginner but i like to back track and pick up things i missed. This guy shoulnt teach as he does it badly and will put any beginner off to a bad start.

  • bloody english

  • @GingerChris212 flat 3rd == minor third

  • @Onelife2liv13 @Onelife2liv13 Yer he means minor 3rd but saying flat 3rd it just bad musical grammar. Whats he going to call it if its not flat? Theres no such thing as a natural 3rd or sharp 3rd. As i said before its either major, minor or in really jazzy and obscure chords augmented or diminished.

  • ooohhhh yeah!!!

  • great lick to practice on,thanks!

  • you dint write jack shit

  • i want your guitfiddle sir

  • that guitar is amazing hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha­hahahahaha

  • cool arm tat

  • semak la ank nih.

    jangan bercakap banyak boleh ?

    zzz

  • ok lah

  • Could anyone tell me what the model of this Strat is? It's beautiful.

  • @Paweljarski A sunburst 70's strat with maple neck and black pickguard.

  • like i dont know any of the note names i ust know witch combonations sou good together and if u know that then u cn make it fast and awesome soundng

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  • i picked up a guitar for the first ime about 5 months ago. since then, i've got a friend of mine teaching me(for a nominal fee of coarse) and i've improved very much. Now i'm by no means a good guitarist, but i can play a song if i practice it for while, and the best advice i can give to those who are just learning to play is to FIGURE OUT WHERE NOTE ARE. This dosn't ncesarily mean to know the notes, just where to put ur finger to make the right sound.

  • i see David has some ink on his arm at 1:22

  • How many scales and arpeggios do i actually have to learn to be a good guitarist? And how long will it take to learn what the note of each fret on the fretboard is? a while ago i where at this musical college, and i stood there like a fucking retard, not knowing anything theoretical. worst day of my life -_-

  • It didn't take me very long, just about a year for me to get to know almost everything there is. But im still learning alot of other things too. You don't have to nesicarially know everything to be a good guitarist, just a few tricks and scales and how to do them and your set.

    Ask me anything if you want to know.

  • ego much?

  • Sorry, come so far i never take time to realize what im saying ^^'

  • if you learn a bit of piano it'll be alot easier. Cuz it's really easy to see each note and once you learn some piano chords then those notes that you are playing are the notes of the arpeggios. Then all you do is find the notes on your guitar and you've learnt the theory behind an arpegio. It's really easy to look at it and understand it in piano format because all the notes are there were as in a guitar they overlap. I played piano first then took what I learnt o piano and put it on guitar

  • dude if you wana learn theory and how to play lead visit anyone of my vids and leave me a comment on this subject and i'l upload a vid for ya cheers

  • To learn the notes on a fret board.... I try to work on memorizing the low E string and A string first. I find that most of my beginner/intermediate bar chords have their rote notes on those strings.

    As for scales and arpeggios? I have no idea.

  • I know what you mean pal. I been playing on an off for 3 years or more now (mostly off) and I can only say I'm not even close to OK at playing. But I think it's more of an enjoyment thing ... as long as you can have fun while playing then it's all right :)

  • when did David get a tatoo??

  • I can tell you by looking at it that it isn't new.

  • Thank You David That Was A Great Way To Show Me In Layman Terms How To Find The arpeggios Threw out The Old Ax . I Never Really Learned Properly. I Am Self Taught and have been playing for 30yrs or so I Regret not learning The Mathematical Aspect Of Music That And Having 4 Kids Kinda Slowed me Down A Bit. LOL .Its Refreshing watching you Play. I Love Your Attitude Man.I Am Just Getting Back Into This Thing. Only Now All The Answers Are Right Here In Front Of My Face Love It thanks Dave.!!

  • Use caps much?

  • @bmohr37 yea it sucks when people like me and you been playing for years well ive been playing for 5 years and im just starting to understand theroy and the more i learn the better my riffs or solos i write sound more cool and creative

  • DAVID! Please do a review on this guitar! PLEASE!!!

  • thanks again

  • ROCK ON HARD STONED... yeah...

  • Yeah this is a great lesson. I learned a lot. Blues is oddly enough one of my more favorite scales to play but the problem is I'm expected to know a lot more.. Not to much blues in metal but i'm making it work.

  • sure there is...

    Several of Kirk's solos are around the pentatonic scale.

    Try adding the corresponding major pentatonic scale to the key signature of the song.

    In other words; if you would normally solo in the e minor pentatonic box at the 12th fret for a song, try the c sharp minor pentatonic box (standard blues box) at the 9th for a change in emotion.

    There are normally spots in a chord progression that this scale will fit right in.