Guthrie Govan Lesson - 3 Tips

[TheMrSupercluster]

Guitar Jesus all mighty.

[julianisdope]

i got a lot from this and i play drums

[ChronoGXay]

(0:21) Why you little... Guthrie Govan is flipping me off! D:<

[jamo387]

Brilliant. Thanks Guthrie !

[whereverthere]

WHAT? I can't read his lips, what'd he say? I've been sitting in my bedroom doin' excercises and mastering some fishing technique that's supposed to help me get good fishes, has to do with bating something or another, but I am told I'ma master at it...

[Ziggetren]

The problem here is that you cant hear every note when some one is shreddig in 300 bpm with effects :P That's when tabs come in handy. But sure I agree you should rely on your ears instead of tab, especially when all tabs aren't correct.

[Bflatest]

meant to say ... NOTE PLACER NOT a RIFF PLAYER

[Bflatest]

he's awesome but I would suggest learning how melody works with chords. His advise is good if you have loads of talent but for those that need to work for it, they need to understand how to play a 5th over a 1 and what that means :) I do love his first tip though hehehe you need to be a NOTE PLACER and a RIFF PLAYER

[F4TB0Y69]

@Bflatest im self taught and can pick out lots of stuff by ear, so i havent studied music theory, but to be honest, that isnt what makes you a good musician, you could know how to apply every mode in the world and where to do it and still sound pants, i mean look at Michael Angelo Batio or Dragonforce, complete crap to me, id say Green Day write better music than them, because it stands for something, knowing music theory and sweep picking etc is all good, providing you know how to apply it =]

[Bflatest]

@F4TB0Y69 I play by ear and have never studied music I am a student of playing for a living for 20 years. What I mean in my comment was ... Even when you play from your heart there is a way to do it, that keeps you in control. Even with NO theory a guitarist in time will and should learn certain rules that can keep them on track when they play from their hearts. Example: Cook a meal anyway you want and add salt, pepper and do it from your heart but follow a recipe or some meals may be bad

[F4TB0Y69]

@Bflatest ah i see what you mean, defo, i look at scales as mere guidelines, i dont run up and down them, i like to add my own taste to them, as any guitarist should, using chromatics is a good way to avoid being a stale player in my experience =]

[Bflatest]

@F4TB0Y69 for my method of improvisation i use the chords as a map and scales as roads :)

[F4TB0Y69]

@Bflatest nicely put, i do like the sound of that =]

[Bflatest]

@F4TB0Y69 thanks! I will add that I only use a one scale (mainly) MAJOR but if you know how to use it it covers everything.

[F4TB0Y69]

@Bflatest yeah man totally, i use phrygian alot lately or lydian, but totally man major is great to work with =]

[Bflatest]

@F4TB0Y69 Yes I use both those a lot BUT they are the same as MAJOR not one difference except where the root is. Like E Dorian is the same scale as D Major so all modes look the same to me but the pentatonic and other things like the root are in different place is all

[F4TB0Y69]

@Bflatest true enough, gives out a great sound and fits in well with my style, so i tend to use thoe modes more tha any of the other, although i do chop and change them, whether it be by including chromatic runups or diminished fusions, its just great to play around with, its where i get most my fun =]

[moss1transcendant]

guthrie keeps looking at the photographers camera like its stealing parts of his soul

[guitar5289]

Yeah but certain songs, like almost all of his, have parts that are so fast how is it possible to hear every note?

[89ErwinR]

@guitar5289

slow it down somehow...

[oscarsstuff]

@guitar5289 there's a software called 'transcribe'

[TahaNasserTV]

@guitar5289 use software that allows you to slow it down. I use something called Transcribe

[gnrcr]

I was looking for tabs for Waves when I opened this. I now feel guilty.

[floaterincloud]

it sucks when i'm the guy he's describing in the video.... but he's right

[89ErwinR]

fuck! i cant find people to play with!! 

[112358miau]

@89ErwinR Play with a long delay. Play a different note over the last one . You will be forced to think fast what will sound well.

[Ricsic6]

I live in london man, There no people to join a fucking band with!!! :(((((

[MNightShamamalama]

tabs suck.

[huffalmighty]

guthrie govan is the fucking man

[eikels]

I'm a drummer

[RickardHallerback]

These tips are only valid for the musically gifted, others rely on tabulature or blindly just play tones out of scales without a musical idea to back them up with. Those persons will probably never understand what GG is saying here, just take his words for cliché and await new tips on how to shred faster..

[condorfious]

@RickardHallerback Most would greatly benefit from a book called "The Music Lesson" by Victor Wooten. What Guthrie says here makes a lot of sense for everyone once they see music in that light. I highly recommend it even for fictional reading pleasure =) Go check it out!

[austin33309]

guitar jesus.

[k1kac0]

NEVER RELY ON TABLATURE!

[kharnvelzyghur]

FOR TABS... PAUSE AT 0:22

[peavelSD]

'i hope that's helpful'

[reaperpro]

This man speaks the truth.

[losburrakos]

how can anyone read those translation symbols so fast???

[scullshot]

any tabs for this lesson?? :P

[petrocknamedsharzy]

Excersises in the bedroom. How suggsestive.

[thegreatgarry]

Agree with Guthrie but somehow I need tabs for all of your sick stuffs !!

[TheTeds35]

i love how guthrie is talking about using your ears and people are asking for tabs

[84eugenie]

exersise:1234,1234,1234etc.123­,4123,4123,4123. 22,22,22,22,22,etc 222,222,222,222,etc double or triple sir ?

[pswoods]

LOL he's given a lot of guitar lessons.

[daveman6]

GG's comments are right on. As a player for 40yrs myself, if you don't train your ears you will have a hard time progressing. Start at an early age if you can. Listen and copy other artists certainly. YouTube is a great resource, I wish I had this back in the 70's and 80's. The other thing I heard Eric Clapton once state, try to "feel" the notes, that is, play each note with "feel". Also, try to tell a story with your solos, another old buddy of mine once told me. Cheers..

[chris69666]

Where are the tabs for this lesson?

[steveo27545]

yeah great advice,

thanks

[waylay00]

I wish every person on YouTube would hear the first tip. I'm sick of all the "where r tabs for this song? ok plz thx" comments, especially when the songs are so ridiculously easy to pick out by ear.

[PetropoulosGeorge]

@waylay00 It's how you have learned so far...Some need the food ready in their dishes....Some need to cook their minds to... if you get me

[elysium735]

@waylay00 Thank you. Fucking thank you.

[Trilobite8jesus]

@waylay00

I wish every person on youtube criticizing players for wanting tablature by saying a song is easy, to spell out their own words. It is so frustrating, especially when it is ridiculously easy to spell 'please', 'thanks', and 'are'.

[waylay00]

@Trilobite8jesus I hope you realize that the misspellings were intentional, hence the quotation marks...

[AshtinALWT]

@Trilobite8jesus He was misspelling them on purpose, you dunce. Notice the quotations? Oh, and your grammar is akin to that of an 11-year-old. Re-read your first sentence and then tell me "I wish every person on youtube [run-on description of said persons], to spell out their own words." makes ANY fucking sense. Learn to analyze yourself before you become a parody of yourself on a public forum.

[HispanicImpression]

@waylay00 Yeah, it's so dumb, especially when they ask that facing a video which makes every grabbing issue clear...

[dibaliba]

this video must was taken when he been to Bejing.

he is my Lord~~~~!!!

thanks upload!!

[TearTheRoofOff]

Excellent tips.

[Tacoguitar]

Master!

[NailedSolo]

godness