First you learn the music. Then you learn the instrument. Then you forget it all and just play. - Charlie Parker
@thomashightower7881
9 ай бұрын
Charlie Parker had such an incredible mind, and is one of those musicians whose technical mastery over their instrument allowed the music in their head to be played unfettered. Across all instruments, not many musicians perform with such freedom and creativity. Guthrie Govan is one of the few guitarists who plays with such freedom. RIP Danny Gatton, Shawn Lane, and Jeff Beck; they were beautiful musicians and brilliant guitarists who I think each carried some of Parker's ethos in their own playing.
@jmike2039
9 ай бұрын
Bird was the best
@romanlakes
9 ай бұрын
‘With great power comes great responsibility’ - Ben Parker
@Jade_Jade__1
8 ай бұрын
Facts bro
@samouellette5130
8 ай бұрын
@@thomashightower7881Jason Becker too He’s still with us but can no longer play
@devonboes2376
10 ай бұрын
Sometimes you just gotta forget everything and put a little soul into it.
@nckhed
10 ай бұрын
And make good use out of hitting "wrong" notes.
@devonboes2376
10 ай бұрын
@@nckhed most jazz musicians will tell you there are no wrong notes lol
@devinwhite5086
10 ай бұрын
@nckhed when I land on a "wrong note", I like to bend a half step to resolve it. It's a nice way to cover up a mistake.
@Blockoumi
10 ай бұрын
@@devinwhite5086that’s great. I’ve always tried hitting it again to show it was on purpose (even when it never is)
@devinwhite5086
10 ай бұрын
@@Blockoumi That's also good. One of Eddie Van Helen's tips haha
@Dogetheun
9 ай бұрын
“We as guitar players as a species” god damn this man made us sound like we’re a civilization
@OmnipotentSag
8 ай бұрын
Right?!? -=80)
@UR_Right24
8 ай бұрын
Oh dear God, a world of just guitar players? Who's going to cook? Build houses? Just a bunch of narcissist egomaniac guitarists trying to one up each other all the time passive aggressively. That would be hell on earth.
@rvr808
6 ай бұрын
Believe me they are
@stogies3
10 ай бұрын
He’s not only a phenomenal musician but an incredibly well spoken person as well, with a very sharp mind.The more i listen to him speaking and his music the more i like him.
@Loutube2006
9 ай бұрын
Yes! 💯
@GibsonFender
9 ай бұрын
Then you’re the direct opposite of me
@JackRoberts38
9 ай бұрын
@@GibsonFenderthen your gay
@humanactivated1017
9 ай бұрын
Ya he speaks just like Prince Charles except but as grey pouponish
@stogies3
9 ай бұрын
@@humanactivated1017 “grey pouponish” hahaha
@RobertDouglasLW
9 ай бұрын
Guthrie Govan is truly one of the best to ever play the guitar.
@Diggerdog2nd
10 ай бұрын
He always has a very clear way of explaining obvious things that I never thought about before. Seems like every time he talks there's some new bit of knowledge that makes you say (oh yeah, of course).
@dkbt1
4 ай бұрын
Love this guy! Total eccentric! One of the best there is. ❤
@_caseyjames
8 ай бұрын
This is the only guitar lesson for soloing you’re ever gonna need
@salsabilahmedshrestho960
9 ай бұрын
Not only can he play good, he can articulate a point perfectly. A gifted man.
@jonnehayesjr.9299
9 ай бұрын
Truly
@Riddlemethisgaming
10 ай бұрын
As a bass fisher and guitar player i definitely worry about scales
@joeyorozco3691
9 ай бұрын
The last time I fished for a bass, I caught an upright and nearly tipped over the boat. 😅
@davemieze9021
9 ай бұрын
Guthrie speaks in very simple terms. Move that phrase up and down 4-5 steps and magic can happen. F those scales
@ReadyMindsetGo
9 ай бұрын
There's a great little book called Zen Guitar that has helped me a lot to a) learn musical basics (such as scales) b) learn to forget this stuff and c) rediscover it in a musical sense
@Str1ng5
9 ай бұрын
Notice how he didnt say you don't need scales
@abhits2
10 ай бұрын
Such great advice, and coming so handy thanks to the internet🙌
@Nicolasscott6287
9 ай бұрын
Speak for yourself. I don’t worry about any facet of my playing because I’ve been blessing with an ear and natural talent. I have no idea what “scale” I’m playing because I don’t have a clue. I can spot a “taught” guitar player a mile away.
@Interdiffusion
9 ай бұрын
The audience was laughing, Guthrie was not joking.
@larsheuker
9 ай бұрын
I noticed that too, its a great explanation not a joke
@jonnehayesjr.9299
9 ай бұрын
@@larsheukerGreatness is often mocked at first
@Nichi-Ji
8 ай бұрын
Humor is a teaching tool, it helps the audience internalize the lesson, or nugget of wisdom you’re trying to convey but getting them to have a more visceral reaction to it.
@GHS999
7 ай бұрын
so cringe, also happen at the start of the video, its a typical behavior tho, in my time i hate those classmates like trying to s*ck his c0ck with their laughs, then realize they have no f idea about nothing, but maybe I hate too much so i feel like I'm the problem, that's why this is so awkward. Guthrie explain things cristal clear
@UnknownString88
4 ай бұрын
It doesn't have to be untrue to be funny, Guthrie said it with a big smile and a pause.
@syfman6
9 ай бұрын
One of the most musical players around...💚🎸
@greenplasticgun
9 ай бұрын
I can’t do scales for shit. I’m ahead of the curve
@JEFFwasHERE...
10 ай бұрын
You just broke down THE DOOO's entire existence.. you get my sub bro. "Pull over.. I'm already pulled over"
@JMGMusic
8 ай бұрын
I need to watch this every time I'm about to play.
@rockermanpre747
9 ай бұрын
Guthrie Govan just shared the best soloing improv advice on the planet.
@jonnehayesjr.9299
9 ай бұрын
No click bait, no trying to string you along, just an honest and profound assessment. 😢
@Tedanson
10 ай бұрын
took me too long to realize this
@sethrose1325
10 ай бұрын
Love it
@jackvai2681
9 ай бұрын
GUTHRIE GETS IT!
@alexbostelle287
9 ай бұрын
Play how you talk, if you have something say your brain and fingers will join forces to bring it to our ears
@petruccifanboi
8 ай бұрын
I could listen to him all day 😊
@magnificentbastard666
9 ай бұрын
I love Guthrie
@TheDudee
10 ай бұрын
True guitar messages from God himself
@user-yf3os6ip5e
8 ай бұрын
Love you way you put it down
@SpyHelmet
8 ай бұрын
One of the best pieces of advice ive gotten on guitar since "when your nkt playing turn down your volume knob"
@mikefarquhar5063
9 ай бұрын
Absolutely spot on! ❤! it
@mrtablesawful
8 ай бұрын
I didn't hear about the concept using chord tones for improvising until I was in my late 40s. I agree with Guthrie Govan. We talk about scales way too much.
@69hunter55
9 ай бұрын
Most of the time SALES BEAT THE SCALES. 😊
@darinbland6526
7 ай бұрын
True you have a great technique! One that knows how to use and master the scales can become phenomenal innovative!!!
@yasserfigueroa4021
7 ай бұрын
Genius!!
@ricky4214
9 ай бұрын
that is very jerry garcia of him, glad jerry has always been my guy cause I always thought playing chord tones is just how it done so thats how I learned it. and if you know the scales around the chords the whole fret board is opened up, like he said to play the chords tones, but chords do come from scales, so even with what he's saying it's still good to know your intervals, and playing lead in just the key of the song is so damn dry
@WePlayTheBeatles
6 ай бұрын
Great advice for songs with one chord.
@alexclarosfernandez8467
8 ай бұрын
He is a very Wise guy!!!!! Congrats!!!
@gtsteele6219
7 ай бұрын
He has a great way of explaining the concept.
@Fox1nDen
7 ай бұрын
good teacher, great ear
@bensly9194
8 ай бұрын
Legend.
@KOLDBLU3ST33L
8 ай бұрын
Guthrie is truly great.
@jss9371
9 ай бұрын
one of the best!
@DontLetTheOldManIn
8 ай бұрын
This guy is so intelligent. Never discourage your kids from studying music.
@ShreDDDer323
8 ай бұрын
Genius
@JoJo__99
8 ай бұрын
If you go from boring metal to nice blues you will always be happy. That is why I like blues.
@gregdemeterband
10 ай бұрын
To me, it's all about expression....Scales are just the tools...
@m.vonhollen6673
10 ай бұрын
Take the 5 CAGED positions of an E7 chord. The “safest” tones are 1-3-5-b7. The next “safest” are 2-b3-4-b5-6. The last 3 remaining tones are b2-b6-7 and those can be used chromatically. - Play over Blues progressions, which have 3 Dominant 7th chords, and start off by arpeggiating those 3 chords in each of the 5 positions. Add in the other notes until the entire neck is available to you. - No need for scales!
@sixmillionsilencedaccounts3517
9 ай бұрын
"The next “safest” are 2-b3-4-b5-6." You mean E9 - E7#9 - E11 - E7b5 - E13? It's a dominant chord, why make it more confusing. :D Sadly, this only works with dominant7 chord, not with maj7, mi7, mi7b5, dim7 etc. It's very useful to know the exact intervals of different kinds of scales/modes and what's unique about them, for example 3+b7 for mixolydian, b3+6 for dorian, b3+b6 aeolian etc. Basically they are defined by where half steps are. :D Also, playing with chords that contains those notes. Then you can really experiment with the sound...
@gabe2968
10 ай бұрын
Damn straight. Great lead lines over chords is about adding the right chord extensions with the note you choose
@smoothsam7
7 ай бұрын
Totally true
@paulhancock1530
9 ай бұрын
Exactly
@aaronstone628
9 ай бұрын
Where do I find the full version of this? I would love to hear all he has to say if this is a lesson
@darkage4594
9 ай бұрын
True
@stevebanning902
7 ай бұрын
goat
@giuseppemartino6889
9 ай бұрын
I agree
@veronikapohl3523
6 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@onvez123
8 ай бұрын
I feel personally attacked!
@MrPOMPOMME
10 ай бұрын
So fkn true!!
@TakahashiMitsuki
9 ай бұрын
Homo guitarius Homo bassius Homo Drumerian Homo pianist/keyboardian All 4 Band species
@jas_bataille
8 ай бұрын
Homo singus?
@Oi-mj6dv
9 ай бұрын
Had to be said and he said it
@melajrocks9134
9 ай бұрын
Ma man
@sentralline
7 ай бұрын
My teacher
@fabiosky4368
6 ай бұрын
helpful suggestions! but he forgot one important thing: LISTENING RECORDED MUSIC.bout different genres too. ciao
@dodger916
10 ай бұрын
True!
@gotem370
9 ай бұрын
Pretty much the equivalent of “now watch this drive”
@DaddySantaClaus
7 ай бұрын
i'm a jazz musician and I don't remember any scales that i've learned, besides the major and minor. i think more about chord tones.
@michaellewchuk8272
10 ай бұрын
😮
@ericsantiago2746
8 ай бұрын
I'd love to have him as a teacher.
@Tolbens
9 ай бұрын
The interesting thing about this is when you play solo on the three main blues chords, for example A, D, E, you can use A minor blues scale or the F# minor one. But you can add some other notes and then the result is something special.
@ravenecho2410
8 ай бұрын
facts
@RussellSturgill-hs7qm
7 ай бұрын
Fill your pockets with yorkshire pudding to fully realize this truth...
@kojam1
8 ай бұрын
So, that's what a god's voice sounds like.
@andrewcass9177
8 ай бұрын
Only problem is when people talk like this, and they give a neat example, it sounds nothing like their solos. Their solos use pieces of a lot of, you guessed it, scales! They just found ways to make it more musical. I think a lot of guitarists get the wrong idea and think somehow scales are useless, or not very important. It’s unfair for guitarists who play AND understand scales like breathing to say, “stop focusing on scales!” to guitarists who may not have mastered them yet. You gotta know the language really well before you can start saying weird and interesting shit. Yes, they’re just letters. But that’s how you make words!
@kakarot666.
8 ай бұрын
Guthrie GODvan
@thomasowens5824
9 ай бұрын
George Benson came up with that idea in the 70's.
@jas_bataille
8 ай бұрын
All things being rhetorical, I could say you're right. However, we're giving away books to study on 300 years old tonal harmony from Europe as the only source of music theory for most people, which is insane. Miles Davis created modes based on the scales of African culture. That's a fact. Obviously other people used those for thousands of year, but he *theorized* it. Other people started using the diminished note to understand tonal harmony from a dominant chord, which really is built around the diminished note. John Coltrane had his own harmonic system different from the circle of Fifth called "Coltrane triangles" and we never talk about it. Jacob Collier is writing song in micro-total keys and using extensions past #13! I'm sure people were all doing this before, but music theory is when you *theorize* a concept that already exist. It explains something. That's the definition of a theory. Since we've pretty much lagged for 300 years on the basic way of explaining harmony, there are a LOT of recent developments in music theory. And the fact we don't understand what it actually is show my point.
@vanguard4065
10 ай бұрын
scales are beautiful if played beautifully.
@MrJivpun
8 ай бұрын
I don't know scales but I still worry bout it 😅
@georgevillanueva6926
10 ай бұрын
I dig it🦻
@Xennox2
9 ай бұрын
I forgot everything.. im a god
@timshred1255
8 ай бұрын
Never learned scales, i just improv by guesing the notes correctly
@robertbordevik5072
8 ай бұрын
Guitar Jesus.
@The_Guth
9 ай бұрын
I love my name
@sumanchowdhury6162
8 ай бұрын
Well said, thts why some disgusting shredders come up. Thy call it music. Bro, playing guitar, and becoming Musician r different animals
@09gosha
8 ай бұрын
What he really saying is “learn the arpeggios once you’ve learned your scales”
@OmnipotentSag
8 ай бұрын
Looking back, I've learned that I should have focused a lot more on the notes and their relationship to each other than on playing a scale correctly. I'm so locked in that damn box. -=:-(
@OmnipotentSag
8 ай бұрын
I'd like to add, that I've become lazy...but I must push myself. -=80)
@Hamromerochannel
9 ай бұрын
Sometimes you have to forget scales and only use it when you feel absolutely lost or couldn’t connect parts which sound great but has some disconnect…
@Kariusandbactus
9 ай бұрын
that minus 7 chord sounds really cool
@user-sn3cs2hd8r
9 ай бұрын
Someone once said “learn everything and then forget it all and play”
@jas_bataille
8 ай бұрын
Twas Charlie fcking Parker
@BobGnarley.
7 ай бұрын
they laughing but hes dead serious
@throbs3468
8 ай бұрын
Fucke yeah buddy
@justineshalaj9623
9 ай бұрын
Sounds just like albert collins
@jonnehayesjr.9299
9 ай бұрын
In playing or in theory???
@bobdorothy9719
5 ай бұрын
At his level it's more of a put down to people that are learning
@pavabackingtrack
8 ай бұрын
he sounds here like stephen hawking at the beginning :)
@loganc2729
6 ай бұрын
He essentially just said learn jazz
@cgkuch4184
8 ай бұрын
Just play!!
@misterknightowlandco
9 ай бұрын
You can’t write a book unless you know the alphabet, but learning the alphabet doesn’t mean your book will be worth reading…
@jonnehayesjr.9299
9 ай бұрын
Very profound words from Guthrie and yourself. I heard another teacher say rhythm is actually the foundation of music and with it you can create music even without melody.
@KyTaundry
9 ай бұрын
Great advice. I Can honestly say I've never learned a single scale in over 10yrs of playing, if you have an ear for melody and can string together chords underneath to form even the most basic of arrangements, you're 3/4 of the way there. The rest will come naturally.
@jonnehayesjr.9299
9 ай бұрын
Great advice in your own right.
@KyTaundry
8 ай бұрын
@@jonnehayesjr.9299 Appreciate it! 🤝
@dougdavis8986
8 ай бұрын
Every guitar player on the planet needs to hear this one minute. Scales aren't music.
@mo-em1ke
7 ай бұрын
Lol that's not what he's saying bro Music is literally made in scales, and it is music, just not great music 🤣 He's talking about thinking about the notes in the chord rather than thinking about the scale position that goes with the key that chord is in when trying to come up with improvisations that don't just sound like scale runs.
@dougdavis8986
7 ай бұрын
@mo-em1ke people still say bro?
@mo-em1ke
7 ай бұрын
@dougdavis8986 In my country it's like the national word. Also popular in black communities. Yes I'm pretty sure a lot of people use the word bro.
@dougdavis8986
7 ай бұрын
@@mo-em1ke Guthrie is well educated and speaks very well. You can bet he never says bro.
@mo-em1ke
7 ай бұрын
@dougdavis8986 wtf has that got to do with the complete ignorance in your comment? That makes zero sense.. Mate your comprehension is too low to have a coherent conversation. Don't @ me again.
@jasonyltan7672
9 ай бұрын
It’s alphabets but you also need to spell words correctly to form sentences that are correct. Only then can you expand that vocabulary and the grammar you have helps you write more sophisticated. Music isn’t really different but many of us are stuck still learning how to spell.
@jonnehayesjr.9299
9 ай бұрын
I think the point is people aren't interested necessarily how you spell but how you speak when it comes to music???
@jonathanziegler5695
9 ай бұрын
Wait, not the scale, but the chord plus additional more interesting notes? (extensions)…that’s called a scale haha
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