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  • Ho I Love That song :)

  • Great job! I enjoy when someone can put their own rendition out there. The negative feedback is obviously from people that don't understand theory. I have only been playing for 6 months (youtube taught, haha) and have made tremendous progress due to videos like yours! I appreciate your time and effort to help myself and others like me out there!

  • Haha! Finally got why this song soloing is in F while having the Dm Am and Gm chords! No need to buy a DVD, just look at playing buy numbers theory and you'll understand! Anyway thanks for the vid.

  • i wanna be your student.accept me im from the philippines manny pacquiao origin..

  • You're doing the intro wrong

  • @JacJavJac This is my own version. The purpose of this video is to explain how to play over the song, not teach Santana's licks specifically.

  • Bmw

  • I cant play guitar hero for shit

  • Ya on guitar hero a video game. Unlike u I can play it on real guitar

  • I can play this really well. On Guitar Hero.

  • were can i find ur full version including guitar solo.?

    cos i like the way u teach.

  • @giant666999 I just added a new link to the full video in the description. Check it out.

  • Mmmmmm ... Huh? Wha!?

  • to add to my comment: I just wanted to hear someone say something like: "If the song has chords that are a progression in the key of F, then for a start you can just improvise in the F major scale." I know that is the absolute basics, but it gives me some direction and confidence I have been looking for. I assumed that was the case, but was not positive. I was afraid I would have to do something like change scale key with every chord change or whatever. This has been great direction for me.

  • Well, I'm a beginner, and surely getting ahead of myself, but I have to say thank you. I have been looking everywhere trying to find something like what you said from 6:35 on starting with, "If I play fM scales patterns over it, it mixes perfectly with the music...." As silly as it may sound, I have never been totally clear on this. Teachers often jump from "learn this scale" to "here are some improv tips" without telling me exactly what to do with the scale (for a start). Thank you!

  • How do you tune your guitar + amp to make that sound?? Are you using any compressors or wah pedal?

  • @rickoroo I was playing through a Line 6 Pod Pro. I'm sorry but I don't remember the settings.

  • How do you tune your guitar + amp to make that sound?? Are you using any compressors or wah pedal?

  • very gooooood!

  • Guys Van Persie starting to play guitar!

  • u nailed it,nice dude

  • this is immence... cant stop listening to it:)

  • Desi rocks this song very well. Great vocals as well. Some day I hope to play as well as you sir!

    You Rock!

  • mucho bla bla bla bla bla, Cuado uno escribe "lesson" es por que quiere ver un curso paso a paso y no ver personas hablando, hablando, hablando, hablando, hablando.. De todas maneras se le agradece por la intencion.

  • This guy makes real sense on how to play a cover. Don't learn the song note for note, cos you'll probably forget or stuff up when you want to play it to someone.

    Concentrate on the correct scale for that song, and you can't sound wrong. Carlos Santana doesn't play like a parrot, he knows the scale and uses that.

  • I am working on this solo, hope it turns out great =D

  • Nice lesson! Been surfing around the net looking for a theory class to take...this vid sold me. I'm on your mailing list. You'll be hearing from me next week!

  • not even close dude

  • @vegasshowgirlshoes its improv. not a copy of the original

  • A-W-E-S-O-M-E

  • throw in a litte sweet child o mine part I heard;) thats the great part with knowing certain solos, because you can "borrow" riffs and put in other songs with a totally different sound

  • Hey sorry if you mind but where did you get the track without the guitar? Can you please send me the link?

  • @afghanypirate Go to Google and search for Jam With Carlos Santana

  • @afghanypirate I got that track on my server, go to my channel...you can download it from my profile web site link.

  • Very impressive. You must have years under your belt, which gives me hope to get to your level some day. 

  • Good aproach dude, I played (some what ) for a lot of years until I started discovering what you are teaching, makes a lot of difference.

  • You played it in your own style...as did Santana and others who have covered this classic. I play it my way...and others I know play it theirs. Many comments on here "nit-picking' how you played it are apparenty people who are still learning to play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, or...On Top Of Old Smokey. You rock, man. And I personally appreciated your version, as I'm sure Green, who wrote it, and Santana who made it a Mega Hit would. Thanks for sharing that great version. Great vocals too.

  • u suck

  • on the intro.....you played the notes one after another instead of sliding from one to another..i do slides and they sound better to me...u did not play like it is in the song...u improvised a lot....ur pretty good and ur improvisation was nice

  • good job ::D:D:D:D

  • LOL EPic SCALE song... 7:03

  • Nice voice!

  • Nice man...I was impressed.

  • Nice! It's great you do your own thing with it as well. The comments from the haters? Tell them to post a video of themselves doing it "the right way".

  • wow , you are amazing , both teacher and guitarist ...

    i realy liked your version , is there any way that i can get the tabs of your version?

    your version is so much better then other version , so if you can give me the tabs i will be very happy :D

  • @saharFTW Sorry I don't have tabs for this video.

  • wow , you are amazing , both teacher and guitarist ...

    i realy liked your version , is there any way that i can get the tabs for your version?

    your version is so much better then other version , so if you can give me the tabs i will be very happy :D

  • @saharFTW *of

  • good stuff anyways...!..thank you

  • I have Desi's material and it is the real thing. I've been playing more than a few years but had little knowledge of theory. Desi has changed that and I am improving more than I thought possible. Bob

  • hola amigo eres muy bueno excelente maestro para mi, no se mucho pero es el mejor video q e visto

  • Greatttttttttttttttttttttttttt­tt!

  • u r playing the begining wrong

  • exactly. the beginning is in incorrect timing

  • Nice to see you have put your own playing in to this I like this very much well done

  • They all wish they could play like you!!

  • I feel like randy here... Dogg, man, dogg. You turned it out! I'd love to hear you do your own thing with it though. This version is cool and it is true to the original, but I'd love to see you play something completely different that fits your voice better. You have a good voice but trying to do Carlos Santana verbatim is impossible plus I think your range is somewhere else.

    You could make something great if you did that I think. You rock, I suck, just my thoughts.

  • Thanks for the feedback. You might be surprised to know that my guitar work here is not a note-for-note transcription of the original song. I was just playing in the style of the song and follow the basic structure of the solo. In fact, some viewers commented that I played it "wrong." Anyway, the purpose of this video is to explain the theory, or what's happening musically. I wasn't trying to be an artist.

  • Perfect guitar sound and playing, and nice voice ;)

  • i think u neglect mention that

    D is the relative minor of F. all that means is if you start an F major scale on a D it is the same key signature as a D minor. i think this might clear up some confusion.

  • Yes, D is the relative minor of F. The D minor scale and the F major scale consist of the same notes. Since this progression revolves around a D minor chord it's considered to be in the key of D minor (or D Aeolian mode).

  • Absolutely Great Cover man . 5stars

  • I don't understand why you refer to the D minor scale as the F major scale, if the song is in the key of D minor...

  • They are the same. In my book and DVDs I teach guitar players how to trace everything back to a parent major scale and patterns. It's a system that works very well and clears up a lot of confusion (like thinking that F major and D minor patterns are different).

  • @GuitarMusicTheoryTab

    But D minor and F major are different. Although the one flat key is common, when you move them into modes they become different. With D minor, you can add the C# to give it the harmonic minor feel whereas in f major you can add Eb or B naturals depending on which mode you choose.

  • The chords, progression, melody and solos in this song are not in harmonic minor nor do they use Eb. Everything about this song is pure natural minor. In order to play something that fits, you need to use the F major/D minor scale patterns.

    Santana has many other songs that are based in the other scales you mentioned. For example, "Smooth" includes the harmonic minor scale. "Oye Como Va" is based on the ii (2) chord in the G major scale producing A Dorian mode.

  • suena tan limpio !

    muy buen cover !

  • Your guitar is a Cort recognized by the head of the guitar because it is different from the others, I also have a cut on Zenox, I'm trying to play this music in solo, I hope to get me help. thanks Mark

  • It's a Paul Reed Smith CE24.

  • haha, I've never seen anyone call a PRS a cort. thats a new one lol.

  • @funkibase hahahah... clearly PRS

  • Well Put!

  • amazing^^

  • easy

  • That's just amazing! good job!

  • beautiful.

  • Sound's so clrean!

  • Thank you for replying. Could you explain more where the A# (or b6) comes into the progression or melody?

    Is it because the progression was Dm,Am,Gm so the notes of a minor are 1,b3,5 (so Dm are D,F,A - Am are A,C,E - Gm are G A# D) and that means that because the minor 3rd of G has the b6 of D scale that it is D Aeolian?

    So is this how you pick what mode to play in based on all the notes that make up the progression?

    Thanks for your help Desi.

  • Yes, the mode follows the progression. The progression is the mode.

    The G minor chord is built from the notes G, Bb and D. The guitar solo utilizes the Bb while playing over the G minor chord.

    To learn more about music theory for guitar see the book Fretboard Theory by Desi Serna.

  • When you say the key Dm so since that is the 6th (Aeolian) of the Fmaj scale that Fmaj is the parent scale.. Always thought this song was D dorian (opening have seem to have a dorian flavor)

    SO makes this song Dm & not D Dorian? Since scales are 1 note difference (b6 or A# & B) note which you don't really see in the song's notes or progression. Hopefully someone can clear this up for me.. Thanks!

    Dorian Mode - 1,2,b3,4,5, 6 ,b7

    Aeolian(Minor) - 1,2,b3,4,5,b6,b7

  • D Dorian would require a major sixth (B natural). The chords and melody in this song use a flat sixth (Bb).

  • Nice lesson, is that a PRS you're playing? it's beautiful!

  • Hi there,

    where did you get your backing from?

  • Not sure, but if you follow the Google link in the video description you can view the entire lesson. The Google video has a link to the track in its description.

  • You're a pretty good teacher.. I like how you go about your lessons.

    I'd like to see you do alesson onsomething like the "Changing Tides" by the Ventures.

  • That I could show you!

  • Oh boy, I'd like that Let me know

  • I'll see if I can find time to make a short video over the next few weeks. Look for it under my username, maybe after Christmas when things settle down.

    I've played this as a favourite of mine for about 45 years. (Honest!)

  • Nice!

  • Great guitar work - well done. You have a great vibrato technique and I really enjoyed your playing. Your voice is pretty good too! Thank you for this video.

  • Awesome cover!!!

  • very nice!

  • The chord prog sounds better if you use Dm7 and Am7 :)

  • nice

    Tap poster

  • you played the intro Wrong,other than that,nice work.

    -Blake

  • His intention is not to play exactly like Santana note for note. This is a lesson, that you can use pentatonic sclase to "make up" songs. That was the point of the lesson.

  • awesome

  • i saw a guitar that looked kinda like that in a store..:)

    and i wanted to buy it but the next time i went to that store i it was sold...:(

  • i have the same guitar santana uses except ts a green prs

  • very nice, i actually enjoyed this a bit more than the original.

  • UR SINGING IS AWESOME

  • i recommend a gibson SG or PRS for santana

  • Georgeous Guitar. Love the colour and sound. What make is that guitar. Nice shape to.

  • Paul Reed Smith CE24. Line 6 Pod Pro.

  • Super! =)

  • hes using the same guitar santana uses its so nice in that sherry burst coulor

  • Although he is associated with PRS contemporaneously, Santana used a Gibson Les Paul for this song on Abraxas.

  • robbie van persie!

  • well i can play but not like that lol

  • well done mate u rock

  • dude nice job... !

    btw: if u were to rate the difficulty out of 10... what would it be?

  • Depends what you consider 10 to be. Some parts here a beginner could play like the first few notes of the intro. The main solo is for intermediate to advanced level players only.

  • Black Magic Tribe

  • VERY NICE MAN!!!!!!!

  • hey DOT18 you are correct I am In error please except my humble apologies.I was having a bad week I guess at times we can do better with being quick to listen slow to speak and slow to wrath,I hope you will except my short Cummings Thank You.Joe.

  • Dear Joe

    I happuilly accept your apology I certainly wan't expecting one, so It's all the more noble of you that you did it ! your'e a good man !

    (sorry you had a bad week ! Playing the guitar helps ! )

    and thanks again!

    THD

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  • the song ending is incredible.

  • look dot18 just keep your theory on the drawing board.Not everyone cares to here you spew .oh that's right you don't know how to stop.

  • jamgarza1,no one is forcing you to read my posts ! Given that the title of this vid has to do with the theory behind improvising over Black magic Woman, then I consider Antarblue s &my comments are on topic! You can simply just ignore them ! Why are you getting your knickers in a twist about it? However ,If you disagree with what I'm saying msically, then why not join in and give your point of view about it ?

    THD

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  • Well, look on the plus side my old China,,at least you got a nice long sleep out of it !

    This must have been very restful for you, and perhaps you awoke refreshed ,and a more tollerant human being ................then again perhaps not !

    To sleep, perchance to dream......

    THD

  • I'm a bit confused here! I was not using Oh Well as an example of what I was saying about Dom 7ths in blues, and the two postings I made about an hour ago don't seem to have arrived on this page, yet but you seem to be responding to the one I made about Oh Well ??!!!

    THD

  • would your dvds help me learn how to solo over backing tracks and stuff like that?

  • My course covers theory, chord/scale relationships, etc. much like this video.

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  • nice prof.

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  • yeah bro u need 2 fix somethings in the beggining

  • what is the name of the guitar?

  • Paul Reed Smith CE24

  • That's a BEAUTIFUL guitar!

  • thx=)

  • Good

    Can you write me please, were i can find backtrack sound?

  • Follow the link in the video description to the full version on Google. Then look at the video description on Google. There you'll find a link to the track (which you'll have to copy and paste).

  • the beginning was horrible. completely different. did you listen the song?

  • As mentioned in the video, this is my own version. And the purpose of this lesson is to learn the theory behind the song.

  • wow I didn't know that music get's theories ? Seriously, do the song properly.

  • Hes showing guitar players how to play the song differently with the same feel. Have you ever seen Santana in concert? He never plays his song the exact same way. Sometimes its very differenet. Music is all about feeling my freind.

  • Type in black magic woman live. Tell me if Santana is playing his song exactly like the record.

  • I am not talking about live actually.. I am talking about the fact that it's far from the real song.

  • I find it to be pretty good. Santana does this alot though. At first i was like you and didn't like when he played his songs differnetly but after picking up the guitar I learned about theory and how to change songs but still have the same feel. Iunno its hard to explain. I just started. Watch some clips of Santana mate. Its unreal how he changes his music but still makes it sound amazing.

  • Ok So I play music too, please do for me for example Number of the beast by Iron Maiden differently ? Keeping the same "feeling"

  • Applying different scales and patterns over it lol. I just started so I couldnt really say.

  • But even that, you can't. I think it's just nowhere. I understand your point, but first watch it I was like what the fuck is that ? w/e

  • guitar fuckboard?

  • great vid

  • Thank you so much for putting in your time on this so other can learn. Enjoyed the lesson very much and spot on playing mate..... rock on

  • is that an SE?

  • CE24

  • those mother fuckin ce 24s soooooo expensive

  • you do that shit so easily,sick!

  • Very Nice

  • good job

  • great voice!

  • thaks

  • Exellent, You make difficult work easy and enjoyable to follow, Great playing to. It`s a fantastic tune, I`ll be learning this one....

  • Very helpful....thanks a bundle!

  • F major and D minor are not even close to alike, they are constructed differently. You should have mentioned that they are only similar by the ammount of accidentals they share. D minor generally has different chords then F major would.

  • That may be true, but the scales are enharmonic, just with different roots. In this case, he's referring to D Aeolian (or D natural minor IRCC), which is a mode of F major.

    Maybe you're thinking of D harmonic minor?

  • They aren't enharmonic, they are relative. They don't sound anything alike, and they aren't constructed. Also before you start calling things modes of, the minor scale has nothing to do with the major scale, and only three modes do. The fact that they are the major scale starting of on different notes is only a tool to remember them, most of the 7 common modes are more relative to the minor scale.

  • aren't constructed the same* sorry I literally just hopped out of bed.

  • phantastic!!!!

  • wow! (L)

  • damn this is a fine video!

  • what guitar is that bro and are there any effects because it sounds exactly like carlos's

  • ooo fuck =0 nice dude!!

  • outstanding thanks so much for the post!!