Nick Stratton Acoustic Guitar Improv Session

[JaymiRider]

Tabs please?

[258lemons]

This is beyond amazing. Effortless playing, awesome technique, wonderful melodies. I am so jealous haha!

[ShoTaXxTV]

watch his hair :D

[sOneVii]

Comment said lacking in feeling….hahaha. You'd have to be deaf to overlook this guys rhythm.

[GulielmusBeta]

Awesome!

[Rodriyabala]

I like so much the way you play!:D I had been playing guitar for an year I would like to play like you

[paterwillem]

technically very good, but lacking in feeling. But thats personal of course, cheers.

[bf3allday]

wow amazing more videos please!

[TonyLubin1]

that was impressive

[Thefamiliaguy]

It is crazy how good some people get on the guitar. I really enjoy playing guitar and writing my own songs and can never imagine with a life time of playing ever getting that good.

[Incineerate]

What a beautifull music ^^

[VekmanVictor]

Holy shit you rock

[tiopira5]

this is awesome!

[jpsieben7]

theres not many videos out there that i actually give a like to, but this one well deserved it, keep up the great work!

[snookseaglin]

thats really quite good, post some more!

[Topherchris96]

How do you do that? :( im so jealouse,, it was amazing.

[TheMcurt10]

How long has he been playing?

[oo7chickinla]

@TheMcurt10 About 6 years. Thanks!

[Engineer1013]

DUUUUUUUUDE, inspired thru this man, sick bro keep it up... GOT SOUL!!!!

[lolredindin]

nice!!! what guitar is this??

[omniscientelk]

@lolredindin Some kind of Martin... not sure what model.

[TuBFMagier]

gooD session

[killswitch489]

It's cool. But where's the feeling at

[Saleenrulz]

I agree with IkotheSwarm, how do you not have 1million+ views?

[RomanianStrongMan]

this is amazing. make more of that!

[marketellica]

watched this video at least 10x. i never do that. vee vant more!

[marketellica]

watched this video at least 10x. i never do that. vee vant more!

[comomegustalamusica]

Brother, you got a fan in Costa Rica already! keep posting vids!

[xXFallenKinghtXx]

2:36 lol face

[MrCorpsDElite]

crazy

[Allisonlt24]

Absolutely amazing! How Sid you ever learn to play like THAT!!!!???

[kaka321abc]

DIFFICULTY LEVELS

1-JUSTIN BIBER

2-NOVICE

3-EASY

4-MEDIUM

5-HARD

6-VERY HARD

7-NICK STRATTON

[Incineerate]

@kaka321abc u forgot ASIAN difficulty :D

[mermeladas3500]

8 persons are idiots

[axel157L]

This reminds me a lot of monte montgomery's style with a really interesting twist

[Jonaw91]

that's some crazy shit man and I favoured it! 

[TheFunkyCriminal]

haha i love how you can tell when hes disappointed in his playing. its sofaking awesome tho, id kill for his talent.

[IxdokuxI]

green screen?

[tmgsk8r]

standard tuning?



[TheFunkyCriminal]

@tmgsk8r yeah

[IxdokuxI]

Bloody amazing.

[MAIRIO123]

amazing!

[essenceofginger]

You've got so much skill and yet so much groove. Keep it up, and smile! ;)

[CreamyLungHit]

I can only improv amazing while high lol

[randumbthinker30132]

Hey man, I have only started playing this last year. could you look at my quick improv and give me a few hints and pointers!? Right now, it is the only video I have so it shouldn't be hard to find haha! Thanks!

[steveeshewsky94]

he shreds that shit like its electric!



[TheHippoPuff]

what guitar is that? :O nice playing by the way, that sounds amazing :)

[Longboardersrule12]

holy shit

[Apokolohypnotis]

Good skills :)

[MrAwesomemuch]

what scales are you using? :)

[nishantbestguitarist]

You should try some other suspended chords. Or somethin gr8 in dadgad tuning.

You can do better!!!!

but still gr8 work.

loved this improvisation.

Listen to sungha jung .

He plays gr8 pieces.

[BrokenPiecesOfHeart]

@nishantbestguitarist sungha jung has nothing on this guy

[taylerv106]

At what age did you start playing to get this good? i've been playing for a little over a year now and i have made some pretty good progress but nowhere near you.

[NickStrattonMusic]

@taylerv106 I started playing when I was 12 years old!

[taylerv106]

@NickStrattonMusic And how old are you now?

[marcsman07]

wow, after seeing this video i was literally dreaming with this song.

[NickStrattonMusic]

@marcsman07 awesome, thanks for watching!

[LennyBaez8]

Nick,you rock man

[funkswiss]

waiting for his new vid to come..!! desperately..!!!

m in love with this guy..the way he plays..!!

[NickStrattonMusic]

@funkswiss Will be posting a new video of my band and I playing soon thanks for watching!!

[funkswiss]

@NickStrattonMusic yeah mahn..! thanks..!!

post it ASAP.!! desperately waiting..!! <3

[dario0222]

Great . Nice

[ckongmanivong]

What kind of style is this improv called? I love it!

[NickStrattonMusic]

@ckongmanivong kind of a mixed bag of styles ahah thanks!

[TheMav88]

Great Performance!!! I play guitar for 2 yearsand I hope to learn to play like you

[NickStrattonMusic]

@TheMav88 thanks a bunch =) keep playing and practicing!

[LennyBaez8]

He did,im sure

[noatabriz]

you didn't improvise that, i'm sure

[SemiAquaticRhino]

@noatabriz why not? don't doubt the mad skillz of nick stratton.

[Rickapotamus2]

people that dislike are hating this is an awesome improvisation i wish i could play like that

[josephithink]

thank you for keeping improvisation alive.I hope im not being annoying, but i have a youtube channel which has solo guitar improvisations on my yamaha guitalele guitar. it would honour me if you watched one of my videos.

[neb888]

Nice playing, very good feel to it... and a good first name!

[mandrewtrow]

i have shown this to everyone i know haha, love it so much

[NickStrattonMusic]

@mandrewtrow Thanks for spreading the video!!

[TomoTheGuitarMan]

NICE

[LennyBaez8]

Either way,can you send me the sheet music?

[LennyBaez8]

Is tis a song or wer you realy impovin.

[oo7chickinla]

@LennyBaez8

Total improv. 72 takes and settled on the 7th take. He still wasn't 100% satisfied. Thanks for the positive comment. He will be posting a new one soon. :-)

[SemiAquaticRhino]

@oo7chickinla how old is nick and how long has he been playing?

[LennyBaez8]

If you wer playing this on the street id give my wallet man,you deserve it.

[oo7chickinla]

@LennyBaez8

Nice.

[IkotheSwarm]

I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU DONT HAVE LIKE 10,000,000 views

[oo7chickinla]

@IkotheSwarm

Awesome comment. Thanks!

[oo7chickinla]

@IkotheSwarm

Please share. Thanks very much for the awesome comment. New one coming soon.

[MrYeGoR1]

can someone give me the tabs for the beautiful song pleace =).... pleeeacee =)

[erikisimo]

dope man! hope to see you soon!

[causticklief]

kewl



[MrMinecraftWeed]

Love this, Can't stop listening to it, Nearly learned it, Only if i had the tab it would be so much easier! Thanks for the great video, Fav + Sub'd :)

[bloodtypebloodtype]

teach us those tricks.. pls...

[LyricFapton]

This is rather brilliant, been playing for 3 years now and I'm starting to get into this kinda shit myself atm, it's an amazing feeling to play it and to listen to it.

[TheDK2day]

Whoooo!!!

[Zombiezdeath]

nice .. i loved it :)

[oo7chickinla]

@Zombiezdeath Thank you!

[henkjansart]

great improvisation

[BrokenClouds89]

Brilliant! Added to favorites without a second thought.

[flyhighhhhh]

just above 24000 views, wont call it justice! brilliantly executed.

[Cowie102]

holy fawk that was awsome

[ohayimsunny]

You, sir, are WONDERFUL.

I wish I still had a teacher so I could do this. Ahah. I'm not horrible at improv, but this...this is a whole 'nother level.

[pressuredcontents]

You've got to be fucking kidding me. This dude's only 18? God damn dude. My brains and jaw are on the floor. This guy's gonna go far.

[wscfb7]

thats sick!!! very nice with the improvisation

[fngrpkn06]

Awesome!

[cerko88]

this is seriously BADASS!!!!!!!! WE NOT WORTHY!!!

[Mssarahmarie22]

WOW amazing... I want to learn to play like that!

[oo7chickinla]

Again, can't thank you enough for watching and sharing.

[zorroooooolocoooo]

me he inspirado :D

[TheSwedishRWFan]

OH my GOD that was fuckin ace!

I just smiled through out the whole video ! :)

amazing, amazing.. ;O

[Derrey93]

please, give us some tabs!!

[sheppy5678]

you should post tabs on this!!!

[MrArenales]

FAI TROPPE MOSSE...MA SEI UN GRANDE TALENTO...COMPLIMENTI . ANZI RIGUARDANDOTI MI STAI PROPRIO ANTIPATICO....

[MrArenales]

FAI TROPPE MOSSE...MA SEI UN GRANDE TALENTO...COMPLIMENTI .

[Anonymou7]

That guitar just lost its Virginity.

[amdrew92]

my ears just came...

[Anonymou7]

Shit, wow.

[ProfessorNguyen]

いいなあ。とてもいい。

[teslaphysics]

AWEsome!!

[miniikaka]

This is amazing... I'm learning improv too.  I was wondering, Nick, what scale(s) do you use in this improv? A minor pent?

[dereksantosmusic]

Amazing!!

[haleyverbeek]

2:16-2:38 stairway to heaven esque?

[Alldayeveryday404]

listening to this song got my girlfriend pregnant. see you in court.

[oo7chickinla]

Oh, thanks for asking. Nick has been playing for about 5 or 6 years. Studying once a week with a teacher - Phil Woodward in L.A. He's now attending his first year at Berklee College of Music in Boston - he's 18. You can write to him directly at NickStrattonMusic on YouTube.

[jmr1068204]

Is he self-taught or did he go through all of the college and music theory and such?

[m0nowheR]

I wanna learn improv!

[pressuredcontents]

god fucking damn it my jaw's getting carpet burns

[Lopez17Lopez]

- really enjoyed that mate ! really good stuff !

- check out my videos and feel free to comment !

[oo7chickinla]

Thanks very much. Please have a look at other Nick Stratton videos on YouTube....

[banham123]

u should do a lesson on this

[Zombiezdeath]

Amazing dude !

i wish i can do that .. :D

[SERIEZ1]

Its safe to say that if you clicked dislike, you know literally NOTHING about music. Even if by accident.

[1KOOLRIFF]

How do you know what chords to use in progression to each other? This confuses me greatly.

[caetani22]

you influences is much confuses, can you explain me if u are playing flamenco, jazz, classic, ska, rock or blues!

im just kidding, calm down!

AWESOME! is in my favorites!

Keep uploading.

[jackson20tb]

good one

:D

[munkeyhunter]

That was awesome!!! How long have you been playing for?

[ThePedradaa]

wooooow

[nvirmani1]

Its Damn Good , Your Dad was right when he was praising you..U deserved it man

[judgerudge123]

wow awesome, whats scales he using? i saw a few pentatonics, but anythign else? looked like there was an ionian as well? not sure =/

[tengizas]

that's LEVEL

[itachihinata123]

:O  nice!!! :)

[bulletfolife]

Dude I so wish there was a way to tab this and play it. You are an awesome guitar player.

[iwouldneverspam]

very nice



[elvalexD]

eargasm !

[oo7chickinla]

@elvalexD  Good one! :-)

[cpStrakk]

reminds me of Rodrigo and Gabriela in a way. ... :O IT'S SO FREAKING LEGIT!

[Womoman123]

Blew me tottaly out, massive, cool, fantastic, keep at it man. Thank you!!!!

[ikobikob]

wouldnt call that an impro, thats cheating dude :D nice playing though:D

[MrCallMee]

Nice! But why the faces? Just kidding mate :D

[seagullgeet]

You are a genius my friend I thought it was going to be bad at the start then BAM!!!!!! Awsome

[KevinJbwkz]

hes not in standard tuning haha

this so BEAST

[ikobikob]

@KevinJbwkz duuude he is in standard tuning ;p

[VanceEllis]

This is the 3rd time I've watched this! And I still for the life of me cannot figure out why it only has 13k views... and also.. the 3 ppl who disliked this were probably beat with guitars as small children.. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?!!!

[oo7chickinla]

@VanceEllis :-)

[halfhott]

@VanceEllis 11 months later and there's only 3 more dislikes

[KevinJbwkz]

I hope this isnt improv cuz i could easily learn this

[borracho316]

@KevinJbwkz I call bullshit... show us the vid of you playing man.

[KevinJbwkz]

@borracho316 Go to my profile asshole

and that vide i mad that song alon time ago

[VanceEllis]

The only way that could've sounded better was if it was played on a Taylor :) 

[KevinJbwkz]

was that a sweep in the begging? i dont like martins tho :p

[bbdcmf]

nice guitar work.. i hope to be that good someday

[ikobikob]

dont you hate it when they call a perfectly arranged piece an "impro" ?

still good though;p

[ikobikob]

dont you hate it when they call a perfectly arranged piece an "impro" ? damn...

[Fstpicker]

Nice!!!!!!! Wow!!!!

[distingfoo]

more pls moorrreeee!! thats so fingerlicking awesome

[rblaclewell]

Ummm really WTF Ridiculous

[fanaticbr1]

that, very good

[Bevanclan]

Tiiight!

[mandrewtrow]

amazing 

[jacobtylerlucas]

Congratulations on Berklee!!!!!!!

[Joshmv14]

Wow.. I need ALOT more practice if I ever want to play like that.. :D

[OutlawSide]

awesome

[luanne18]

Wow!! That blew me away! It was beautiful, sexy and delicious.

[MaryESack]

Love this! Would enjoy hearing him play in Nashville sometime, too.

[RCAPB31]

I really enjoyed that. You are very talented and have obviously spent many hours exploring your music. Thanks for the video.

[showbizmanager9]

Great work! Keep on doing what you're doing. - Gina Mendello, Manager for Tommy Emmanuel

[nerdfunk]

Great stuff, Nick :-)

[CrunchCartoons]

great stuff, nick.