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In this MicroLesson (ML067) you’ll learn how to play a simple call & response that uses 3 chords and fill licks from the major and minor pentatonic scales.
Here’s a link to the original EP453 lesson (with the jam track)
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bravo brian
That really did help. There may be hope for me!
Brian really appreciated this short lesson! I also appreciate your honesty and humility about your abilities with “theory”.
Your playing always inspires and your teaching method really works ( including the repetition)!
Will Schafernak
Amazing lesson. Light in several areas I struggle with. As important as any other lesson I have worked with.
I have been playing guitar for two years now. I am a senior and new to music. Your videos are well done but I still have trouble following the various different chords.
My two years has me very comfortable with the C and G family of open chords. Also I do know the A pentatonic scale and the five different versions. Would it not be possible to make a very simple version of what you are doing in one of these common chords.
I would like to be a full member buy I really need some very basic help to justify the purchase.
Thank you for your consideration.
My suggestion is to challenge yourself. By being a paying member, you get additional tools that will help you. Slow down speed, of the tab view as an example. I’ve been playing guitar on and off for 30 years, i also struggle with some lessons, but I keep at it until I succeed… and the ones I don’t completely succeed, I still learn something from them. I know we do not all have the same means when it comes to purchases, but for 89$ per year is justified no matter what you get out of it, and for me personally a no brainer. I just renewed for my second year this morning!
Cheers, from Bathurst, NB Canada
I hesitated when it was $69 per year.
Gave $12 bucks to Sean Daniels for a month’s worth of lessons.
I gave around $10 bucks to Stitch, another $10 or $15 to Curious Guitar and looked under the hood,
I gave $69 to Zombie for a lifetime membership- now around $100 bucks. I kept coming back to
Active and spent the $89 bucks. I have fun with his site. I bought when he began showing green dots on the fretboard
for finger placement. He doesn’t do that too much anymore.
I loved Canada in the 60’s. Gaslight District in Vancouver.Legally drank at 18 and oh boy howdy! The women;)
Brian has Beginner Guitar Courses that will def help you
Hey Brian — LOVE your lessons!! The Download MP3 link on this microlesson isn’t actually bringing up an mp3 so that link needs a fix. Thanks SO much!!
sorry – that was a mistake, there is no MP3 jam track for this one. I’ve removed it.
Thanks Brian,
A very nice follow up to the previous lesson.
Ray P
I’ve been a long time member and not the brightest bulb on the beach so the repetition of concepts sink in eventually. In fact, the longer I listen, the more I hear and the the light bulbs go off more often. It’s a credit to your teaching style and I feel the need to give you that feed back. I loved the the I, II, IV progression. I had hours of fun improvising not memorizing the call and response on this one. The discussion on chord family and digression to the Dorian was not totally lost on me. I need to go back and dive into the Circle of Fifths lesson you referenced. Thanks for making me a better guitar player.
Thanks nice I will do it ..greetings from Vienna
Brian, this lesson is a winner. It is SO HELPFUL to me to have your train of thought explained and to see the licks that are associated with each shape/scale “neighborhood”.
You have developed a remarkable set of lessons . I call it a “Suite ” of lessons that unlock the mystery of the fretboard for me.
Thank you.
Great timing Brian. I was on my PC going back to EP453 and your video on my TV showed up and I went to ML067.
today I realized for sure that your barre/first finger spans across all 6 strings whether the barre calls for the A string or E string.
With the help of the Fender barre tool, It showed me C#m ( as you might say, “using caged 4th fret e shaped barre”, the fat E is not used.
The low E isn’t used but your first finger covers it as though it is to be used. This makes a difference to me. I ran a farmers jack through my left hand catching it between the square end of it and the bumper leaving about a 1 inch square behind. Martial arts and arthritis require me to play mostly without using all 6 strings at the same time. It was you that showed that all 6 strings aren’t totally necessary. That was my light bulb moment.
THANK YOU for following up EP453 with ML067.
I know, too much information, but thanks anyway.
This was exceptionally helpful. I think I am finally starting to get it.
Hi Brian, I’ve belonged to a number of web sites for the last 10 years trying to learn how to play, Yes, its as you always say you can memorize a song but do you understand what you are doing? Now when I learn a song from another site I have a pretty good idea of what’s going on thanks to your abilities and talent. Thank you again. Ron
Brilliant job Brian, as always, but I think if you were accompanying someone playing the lead part for this they would be giving you the stink eye : )
this wasn’t meant to be played as a rhythm for someone to play lead over – i was demonstrating how you can do this one by yourself.
Brilliant lesson Brian! Just catching up on the micro lessons, and discovered this little gem!
Many thanks! 😁
Thanks Brian great call and response lesson on acoustic guitar. This is mostly the type of music I signed up to learn. I love all music but want to learn how to play some simple lead guitar, and front porch type acoustic guitar.
I keep hearing “Jerimiah was a bullfrog”!
Another great lesson! Thanks Brian. It really does help the way you are encouraging us to improvise. I am finding I can just think of a bit of a tune and play it now. My fingers just seem to automatically go where they need to to get the notes I want. Of course it helps that I have taken the time to learn the pentatonic patterns and noodle around whilst moving between them.
I think the trick is to just tell yourself you can do it and go ahead and make music. It’s ok if you come up with your own version of a tune. It doesnt have to be exactly the same as the original as long as it sounds ok.
When I practiced , played and learnt the pentatonic patterns, I didn’t just go endlessly up and down the scale. but tried to make music with them, and it just gradually got easier and quicker. The object is to put expression and feeling into what you play.
Brian you are not a good teacher. You are a GREAT teacher!
Rodney
That lesson is AMAZING. So many lightbulbs . Many thanks to you. You are a fantastic teacher and very inspiring
Fun and thanks for explaining everything. That really helps to understand instead of just memorizing patterns.
Liked “limited bag of tricks”. It must be a big bag. After 10+ years my bag of tricks is all from your bag. Thanks for these great lessons.