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As we talk our way through the improvisation here, notice that two of the core concepts that we’ve been hammering away at are at work: thinking ahead and finding common tones. Being aware of the scales for each chord (which we covered in the last lesson) makes it easier to identify – just a hair in advance – which notes will be good to land on in the next chord.
It’s kind of like reading music on the page: you’re playing one measure but always reading ahead by a bar or two so that you know what’s coming. That’s what should be happening in your mind as you improvise – you’re living in the moment but thinking a little bit ahead too.
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not in rock and …
not in rock and blues… it’s actually usually the opposite. you must be talking classical guitar
“his thumb hanging …
“his thumb hanging over the fretboard? is the sign of a bad player!! ”
That only applies to classical playing. Rock and Jzz made up its own rules.
@vinnothelizard: …
@vinnothelizard: Did you just start playing the guitar? Don’t worry, we all say stupid stuff some times. Like you just did.
Thanks , some …
Thanks , some people are unbelievable, some comments I read are just mind boggling
Bravo…..nicely …
Bravo…..nicely said.
Again, the secret …
Again, the secret to great playing: cool hair.
Different genre …
Different genre entirely, appreciate it for what it is. THis from a fan of great jazz.
The secret to great …
The secret to great playing….cool hair.
I have to say, …
I have to say, seeing people comparing guitarists like it’s an olympic competition is really disheartening and really gets in your way as a player. We can all learn something from any of the great ones, be it Jimmy Page, Larry Carlton, whoever. Be a sponge and keep an open mind, and you’ll never run out of things to practice on and your playing will benefit a thousandfold.
@vinnothelizard A …
@vinnothelizard A bad player….jeez. THe guy is a recording and studio legend from way back who has inspired and influenced thousands of guitarists, played with the likes of Steely Dan among several others. Bad habit maybe, for students who are learning, but if your implying he’s plays badly, then wow….
It may be a bad …
It may be a bad habit, but it doesn’t seem to prevent Larry or Pat Metheny from playing beautiful and expressive music. The guitar is just a tool to make that possible…and if the music is as good as theirs, I don’t care if they do it with their noses!
For all of you …
For all of you posting crap about Larry, you are idiots. This guy is a legendary jazz guitar player that has had a career most of you could only Wet Dream about. Go list to his guitar solo in Steely Dans kid charlemagne. When you have mastered that, then come back her and talk shit.
no its not man …
no its not man every bodys got their own way of playing.
S2DVD, you’re fired …
S2DVD, you’re fired too. Go play with your teeny weenie somewhere else.
Well then…he’s …
Well then…he’s fired! =o)
his thumb hanging …
his thumb hanging over the fretboard is the sign of a bad player!!
Great instructional …
Great instructional video. Thanks for explaining in such an easy manner! You are truly an artist.
great vid
we …
great vid
we need more vids like this on youtube
I agree, there are …
I agree, there are many different styles of guitar playing, and anyone who has half a brain and any musical taste at all,can appreciate different styles,Jimmy Page was more of a feel type player , where as Larry Carlton has more of a tendancy to play from a theory perspective,both styles are deserving of praise,its just a shame there are people like Straight Two DVD, that believe their opinion is the only right one,music is not a competition , it is art, and meant to be enjoyed PERIOD.
…Absurd…Jimmy …
…Absurd…Jimmy was a great musician…but Larry is the man…Larry has incredible taste, and he go out from the simple limits of a straight blues…his musical soloing and his guitar approach is much more complicated of the style of Jimmy Page, so have respect for Larry.
indeed I can play …
indeed I can play that solo and Jimmy himself admits that his compositions are not difficult to play . . . bloody good, but but he didn’t touch the complexities of jazz.
is that right ” …
is that right “epstein”?….
please…listen to jimmy page’s guitar work on
“since i’ve been loving you”…
he DOES NOT pay the usual blues riffs/notes…
very inventive and colorful approach jimmy took to standard blues progression…
and..eat my ballsack my nigga you too must be a bald headed jew like larry…and marty
This comment has it …
This comment has it all – general hate, specific hate, fear, lack of insight, defense of one’s own ingrained and entrentched idiocy and psuedo hetero overcompensation all in one go. Hats off
oh yeah like you …
oh yeah like you would have played what jimmy played on that track..yeah sure…
and all Jimmy had …
and all Jimmy had to do was play a C minor pentatonic on that track and he couldn’t fail . . . rudimentary . . . . what’s more . . . Jimmy’s hair is falling out now !