If you ever wanted to learn to play like Justin, learn his songs and arrangements: the new lesson platform is the answer. It's truly amazing and a great community of like-minded guitar players is already building there
@ps-bi2sr
7 күн бұрын
Great steps for fingerpicking, though I'd offer one thought - As far as the right hand positioning, he might phrase it as "what works best for me", rather than this is THE way to position your hand. Michael Hedges, Leo Kottke and scores of others use a modified classical position which works wonders for their music. I taught finger style at one time, and learned too that no one size fits all.
@rob-cooks
4 күн бұрын
Banjo player here. I don't know how I ended up here but Justin, I love your skill, your persona, talent and appreciate you. Amazing content and channel. You're a big contribution to the world of music. Thank you
@adamweaver9609
13 күн бұрын
I tried the hot water tip by washing the dishes. Love it ! I got a wonderful improvement in tone......from my wife 😂
@justinjohnsonlive
13 күн бұрын
🫧😄🤘
@DeeveOnYT
13 күн бұрын
Plus one on the hint to put Hands under warm water - Add a lil soap and it also cleans the finger of oils (strings last longer). If you add some dishes, your house partner sees a sink cleaned up? Bonus - they will be happy to hear you practicing after a chore is done!
@samstewart9249
7 күн бұрын
But it softens those calouses on your finger tips you suffered so hard to build. So does Finger Ease! Then all the goop will lie in the valleys of the stting windings.
@eaglex5723
14 күн бұрын
Thank you for the lesson.
@dirtfarmer7472
13 күн бұрын
Thank you Sir, I’ve chosen 2-4 of your songs to be played at my funeral wake, I hope that you don’t mind to much. Again thank you Sir
@DannyAndronaco
13 күн бұрын
Thanks for the fingerpicking tips. They’re super helpful. I just started playing guitar and I’m 300 days in and I play every single day and I’m totally obsessed. I just started the fingerpicking part of the training and your video is excellent and very helpful.
@DonDeering
11 күн бұрын
You have a winning strategy. Stay inspired and keep playing every day. ✨️
@clarksgarageofbadhabits6803
14 күн бұрын
I literally just picked my guitar up. Good timing!
@garychancey9143
5 күн бұрын
Thank you for sharing your knowledge Justin.
@achimwitcoustic9585
14 күн бұрын
first😅. Thanks Justin for all you do for the blues guitar and us players.. u are the man.
@RandyBelinda
7 күн бұрын
I’ve been finger picking for 60 years, yeah, I know! I’ve never used my pinky, other than a rare plucked note when all the other fingers are busy. In my case muscle memory will probably never allow me to change but it’s a good exercise for those less stuck in their playing habits. Thanks for the lesson!
@pauldetimofeev8305
13 күн бұрын
Thanks, Justin. You’re the best not just as a player but also as an instructor.
@MARKCANEER
14 күн бұрын
Thank You Justin. I wish I had these tips years ago. Very helpful.🙏👍
@albertattwood8746
11 күн бұрын
Makes sense that the hand is in a neutral position. Now to undo the bad habits from years of doing it wrong. Many thanks Justin 👍
@berniemontoya8278
14 күн бұрын
Great tips Justin. Thanks for posting!!
@howardcoleman4748
10 күн бұрын
I like the way you play you help people like me if I ever give bad advice I hope that you or anyone else can correct me as I have a bad back sometime ago someone saw me fall and couldn't believe I survived
@daveb7408
14 күн бұрын
I don't even own a guitar, but I watched this video all the way through just to learn. Makes me want to sign up for the courses, but I should probably own a guitar first. Some old saying about old dogs and new tricks come to mind. Love your playing, Justin, and I often have your music videos playing in the background while I work.
@doloresneilson5349
9 күн бұрын
You are a very generous teacher. Thank you. Justin...who taught YOU when you first started?
@konichiwatanabi
14 күн бұрын
For a couple weeks now I've had your music playing on loop and I've been so inspired to start playing blues guitar, but I didn't have an instrument. Until this morning! While listening to this video and fretting about buying a guitar on my way down to the dumpster, I stumbled across an acoustic Yamaha that a tenant left in the trash area. I was awestruck. After inspecting it and discovering it in great condition, I swiftly adopted it. Can't wait to get home and watch this vid and start pluckin on my new guitar. Thanks, teach!
@docdoscojazz
13 күн бұрын
Free is good....
@wizrom3046
12 күн бұрын
THANK YOU for sharing! You are an outstanding guitarist, and for you to share your tips and secret exercises etc is wonderful. 👍 It is people like you that make the internet great. 🙂🎵
@kenwhite1053
7 күн бұрын
Thanks much appreciated. Hope all is well with you and yours. Take care
@pantarhei2213
5 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@josephdlucero1104
9 күн бұрын
Very interesting. I started playing in 1965 and was told in those days that a guitarist should wait at least a half hour after wetting the hands to play as to avoid arthritis in the future and of course I have always kept to that rule, guess I'll be rethinking this subject. Thank You for sharing, you are an awesome guitarist which I have strived to be all my life but yet fall so short. Always striving to be just a little better than the day before. You make it all seem so simple.
@Raindog1963
6 күн бұрын
You, Sir, are a star. Ty
@PamelaHernandez-q2l
11 күн бұрын
You always make even tricky subjects easy to follow.
@StEvE1961able
13 күн бұрын
Thank you! You’re worth your weight in gold (or Tennessee Whisky).😊
@madnessbydesign1415
14 күн бұрын
This was huge. Time to get to work! Thank you so much!
@benabbottguitar
7 күн бұрын
Haven’t tried the hand soaking. Good idea! Thanks!
@matthewbrenn8307
14 күн бұрын
thanks jj. always a pleasure
@weps2097
13 күн бұрын
The pinky and ring fingers are gonna kill me, but I'll persevere. Great video from the Master!
@paulcote9988
3 күн бұрын
This is some of the best advice on YT. Thank you very much for helping us all with your knowledge of fingerpicking.
@TheJbh1103
14 күн бұрын
Great insights from an amazing player ,Thanks
@DonaldRoycroft-sm3rp
2 күн бұрын
Wow,so simple, but a BIG thanks for that great explanation, I've been playing for 55 years, always admired fingerstyle BUT now I know how, just gotta practice it, That's what'll happen now 😊😊😊
@pi-sx3mb
14 күн бұрын
Thank you. You mentioned some things I've never heard of before.
@ptangyangkipperbang3295
11 күн бұрын
Thank you very much Mr Johnson.
@LifestyleMediaGrp
14 күн бұрын
the GOAT of guitar!
@Jackie_Rosewood
14 күн бұрын
Lots of great tips! Thank you so much🎸🎸🎸
@DoutorBreja
13 күн бұрын
Great video!! Amazing player!! Cheers from Brasil! 🇧🇷
@trevorticve1616
3 күн бұрын
The next element of music is articulation. This together with dynamics is what creates emotion within music.... Very helpful tutorial. Cheers Trev
@jonhart-dj7fn
Күн бұрын
I'll defintely review and check later today when i start practice today.. Anything you say is a tip for sure..ty Justin
@jackblack3886
14 күн бұрын
I'm trying the warm water stretching technique for my keyboard playing. Thank you Justin!
@ButeSound
14 күн бұрын
Will also work for darts ;)
@Jasmin-mi4us
14 күн бұрын
Danke
@LLewis-vu9qf
14 күн бұрын
Interesting. I've never used my pinkie to finger pick. But whatever works, I guess. 😊 And I'm not criticizing in any way. His playing is amazing. Just wanted to clarify.
@nukhanlee2394
9 күн бұрын
Wow! This is a unique but useful lesson on fingerpicking! One style that I truly love and dig into every time I play the guitar! I've been watchin some videos, but, seldom finds the tips you're mentioning and showing here. Thanks! Great Lesson, Sir! 🤘🌟
@TheOlandex
3 күн бұрын
Great tips - thanks! I've been playing for over 30 years and my problem is that when I started finger picking there was no KZitem videos to help me learn. So while I read some stuff and picked up what I could, I basically learned all wrong and now have deeply ingrained bad habits and I am trying to re-learn, but with more proper technique. I find it shockingly hard to do! But I do know the power of practice, so I am going to take your tips to heart and work on it.
@GrowinAlaska
14 күн бұрын
Excellent! Thank You Justin!!!
@gregmcnutt6981
Күн бұрын
Thank you for this video, it helped me alot!! Your a very talented musician.
@nathancast4107
5 күн бұрын
I’m so happy you posted this
@lucaswalker1642
10 күн бұрын
How grateful I'm for you dude. Truly! You make an enormous difference for us.
@aceedmond8053
14 күн бұрын
Cant wait to try the hand soak! I'm a drummer and I " fiddle " with the guitar.... thanks for sharing the priceless knowledge!
@marsdelvalle8174
11 күн бұрын
Totally Awesome Tips and Lesson . And, adding the actual Musical Terms was Amazing. Man, I reflect on my first experience with learning the guitar, I was lended a guitar from a Teacher in high school and I was really into the Music of Arlo Guthrie. But the Mel Bay books in the guitar case was like trying to learn Greek literature. Thankfully my older sister stepped in and I was given Real Guitar lessons for my Birthday . It was the Thumb/Pluck style too.
@OldMike1958
13 күн бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to record this masterclass. Regards from Argentina.
@GodsStoryteller
8 күн бұрын
Thanks a bunch. You are always wonderful. Looking forward to becoming proficient like you someday.
@simonhaynes3145
4 күн бұрын
Amazing! Justin is a legend
@terrytaz8914
9 күн бұрын
Thank you friend
@fivelakeguitar2024
13 күн бұрын
Thanks a lot! Great lesson!🎸🤟🏻
@bluzzjazz
9 күн бұрын
So smooth and that Cort sounds nice and full bodied, great tone and resonance.
@coolbyrne
13 күн бұрын
I've been meaning to pick up my guitar again after years of neglect, and you've really inspired me to give it a shot. Thanks, Justin.
@mattprince9204
10 күн бұрын
Loved the lesson! It’s interesting: Glenn Gould used the hand-soaking method before playing piano
@erickochheim1551
10 күн бұрын
Really good tipps... I just have to practise right now...😊😊
@F417H
14 күн бұрын
thank you
@G_4213
4 күн бұрын
Great tips, thanks
@aaronlarsen7447
10 күн бұрын
Your phrasing is impeccable. I always try and emulate it, and I do improve.
@pauln00b
13 күн бұрын
awesome, kinda simple tricks but very useful n not many think of those things at least if beginners. i think i understand it much better now.
@dalecarver7415
10 күн бұрын
Thank You for the tips
@pjcanada4763
7 күн бұрын
Thank you ❤🎉
@RaymondHundley-mf2wf
2 күн бұрын
Great lesson.
@andyroo8592
14 күн бұрын
Fantastic, I haven't had a chance to watch this clip all the way through but it looks like it's going to be an absolute banger and extremely helpful. Thanks Justin, I think this is just what the Doctor ordered.👍
@willwetherell7265
11 күн бұрын
My Cort Gold Edge Natural is a Taylor slayer!! Thanks for the lesson. ❤
@kylebarcomb6192
9 күн бұрын
Thanks man you rock,
@flylippfantom8425
4 күн бұрын
Thank you ✌️💜🎸💯
@asyrafnukman1991
12 күн бұрын
Thank you
@RedBricksTraffic
14 күн бұрын
Your lessons are the best. Thank you so much!
@GaryN6369
14 күн бұрын
Great tips, thanks JJ!
@Bushman9
9 күн бұрын
Gotta share this story. The first time I saw the Stones was Buffalo in ’81. T’was a cool September day. I remember thinking during and after how difficult it might have been to play guitar with chilly fingers. Heard much later they had buckets of hot water behind the amps to stay loose and limber. Never thought about doing it at home because the house temperature is pretty constant. Definitely trying Tip 3.
@timothyhighstone9300
14 күн бұрын
Awesome tips wow love it😁😁👍👍
@tcjensen1
7 күн бұрын
One of the few things out there that’s probably worth it
@JudgeFredd
3 күн бұрын
Great advices
@eaglerider2012
7 күн бұрын
Really good ideas
@ralphjohnson6757
4 күн бұрын
Again thxs man
@spookmac715
10 күн бұрын
Finally, plain spoken and practical fingerpicking instruction that's gonna keep this heretofore frustrated ol' fart (73 yy) pluckin' around with it. Tuning to a chord, running scales with various paired fingers, the 'fist' method, et al. I'm amazed that no one ever mentioned those picking passkeys to me B4. I'm evaso grateful!😂🎉
@32endorphin
12 күн бұрын
Awesome - keep this up and I'm going to open my guitar case!!
@anthonylane9547
13 күн бұрын
Thanks Justin for these tips. 😎🎸
@JMDANK-w4s
9 күн бұрын
Thanks for this. I have MS and unfortunately I really can’t feel my fingers and my dexterity is really bad but I’m gonna give it a try just to see if I can get some dexterity back.
@StrangeSounding
13 күн бұрын
Great tips
@mauro6797
13 күн бұрын
Bravissimo grazie
@jjk109
13 күн бұрын
Total beginner here. I will join your site.
@manuelch.4381
14 күн бұрын
Like and enjoy greetings from Germany
@travisgotch161
14 күн бұрын
What an awesome lesson. Thank you
@marcelakebleris3027
12 күн бұрын
Thank you!! Very useful technics!! 🤩
@bobymox
13 күн бұрын
Thanks for tips.Nice Cort,great sound!!👍
@MrFroglips69
6 күн бұрын
Groovy episode.
@rogerinhoviana
2 күн бұрын
awasome
@soultylive
13 күн бұрын
As usual, so useful 🙏
@123pap
13 күн бұрын
Thanks great tips I'm going to try it
@eljac63
5 күн бұрын
Thanks!
@justinjohnsonlive
5 күн бұрын
Thanks so much!
@jamiewalton9486
14 күн бұрын
Ahh, I don’t have one of those thumbs that bends back… or a butt load of talent.
@oakmtnman
13 күн бұрын
That was great ! Thank you
@Jack.Waters
7 күн бұрын
I suspect people try to learn fingerpicking while learning chords or a song. Do 1 or the other. Leave open strings or put a capo or hold a simple chord. Learn fingerpicking.. Then learn the chord progression. Foundations. Foundations. Be Well. Thanks again Justin. I remember that Halloween Fingertwisting event you did a few years ago. I learned so much mastering those. Thanks..
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