Right? I like to teach jump to my students cus it's easy enough to grasp if your brand new, but the solo takes a little time to nail down if your new. Either way it's a great tune for the keys.

@@Moki389 mm. That would cause some issue. Get one of those toy keyboards you put on the floor and step on them 😂😂😁

@@roberttheis3832 You're not wrong. Ideally we don't want to be that far inboard, and anyone who has played piano for even a few minutes figures that out quickly. This tip doesn't go out to people who are playing arpeggios across multiple octaves. This is for folks who are still new and just coming to grips with the keys and still getting comfortable with stretching an octave spread in the fingers.

I can definitely say I wished I picked a different riff/tune to use an example though! I didn't think this clip would get as many views as it did 😬

@@mattoakley5613 Gotcha. I missed that completely, sorry. For beginners trying to get comfortable with the feel of the keys, this definately makes sense. If I get a beginner student in the near future, I'll definately try it out and see how they respond :)

My approach is a bit unorthodox. When working with an absolute beginner, I throw all the rules out the window. They pick a song they like and I show them a riff, melody, chord/root movement from it. Something iconic. I show them what the notes are, but say nothing about technique. I want them focused 100% on sound and expression. Once they hear that riff come to life and they begin to find the joy in playing (regardless of how crazy or bad a technique they came up with) I say "Awesome! You got it! Now let's talk some technique!" It may let some bad habits roll around the first couple days or weeks, but I think having that feeling of accomplishment from learning a song they picked in the first day or week makes people more eager to practice and improve cus they already "saw the light."

@@ellymyths yeah, but just your hands! Try not to lean in/over the keys. When you look at your posture, pretend you're watching a T-Rex and a monkey play a piano. Play like a monkey with long arms 🙃

Thanks! Feel free to shoot a question or topic! I never know what to go over and I could use subs!

That's ok, I think sleep is crucial for muscle memory! One great thing about youtube is you can always replay a video if you wish! 🥳

Glad you like it!

I'm looking for content so feel free to shoot me a question.

I’ve been feeling this too. It takes a few seconds to identify what chord I’m playing but honestly it seems like a waste of time. I understand how to find the key and all of the chords and triad shapes of the key. The note names don’t matter - I just know their positions and can be confident that I’m playing the right notes

@@martea726 Right On! yes martea726 We play all kinds of techniques don't we bro? We don't care to think about what notes we're passing our fingers over when we play triads, major, minor, augmented, diminished runs, harmonic minor shred runs, pentatonic runs, diatonic runs beyond calculation in pentatonic or diatonic... and all their relative arpeggios and all the arpeggio variations, melodic minor runs with the neo-classical 3NPS shred, 7 NPS shred alternate speed picking, ascending and descending in 4s 5s, neo-classical pedal licks, double stops, bends, vibratos, slides, sliding with a bend, tapping, hammer ons pull offs, right hand muting technique executing kick ass staccato, legato, double bends, trills, warp speed tremolo picking, finger picking etc etc etc...we rape the fretboard daily! Oh yes, why in the fuck would we care about piano keys and notes? I don't thin we do, we live to pickup our most excellent axes and jam on our killer gear. We love changing strings on our guitars, we know our guitars and love them they're sacred to us. We have Ikigai (ee-key-guy) is a Japanese concept for that which gives your life worth, meaning, or purpose.

Prime example, sir! I got to play with a lot of great instrumentalists when in the choir/orchestra/theater/opera scene while I was in school, but when I picked up bass to join some wedding/bar/festival bands it rocked my world a little bit. Most of those guys were better instrumentalists, but none of them really had any idea what they were doing. That was when I started to realize that there's something more important than the science and theory of Music.

​@@martea726Learning these concepts is what let's other folks pick up any other instrument and be able to make sense of it day one. If there isn't any interest in other instruments it probably wouldn't give much of a leg up. It probably would mostly help with just communicating with other non guitarists.

I went to school for piano and know enough guitar to help most people. Feel free to ask questions! Makes it easier for content!

Yeah, if you learn a lick on a stringed instrument, you can use it in any key pretty easily- generally speaking. Other folks do not get that luxury!

Thanks! I just got the gopro mounts and harnesses. I think I'm looking forward to whipping up content lol. I definitely gotta get a room mic out in front of the band to mix in better audio.

JUST DO IT

Thanks! I'm emotionally preparing myself for when the Berklee drummers find it and tear me apart.

Thanks Glenn. I'll do what I can to keep it that way! Always a work in progress 😁

Hell Yeah!!!!

Thanks. I'm down to take requests to build up content and get subs!

Ah... Well it started out as wanting to a full cover/lesson the drum kit, bass, and electric... But I ran into a couple recording hiccups so I just whipped that up ... But your right 😞 I should have whipped it up from the tank.

@@mattoakley5613 that’s it! I’m unsubscribing 😂

Perhaps next time... Probably not... But perhaps 🙃

It's so true. I'm starting to play other instruments with bands more for experience and variety, but bass is a lot of fun. There's a lot of weight to those low notes and you can swing a band around.

I'm down to swap tunes Mr. Dickins!

Thanks Bricks!

Thanks for the comment! but what about 0:42? I feel like that was my biggest fumble lol. Im confused

Thanks man. I'm gonna try to have some more fun with that go pro

C'mon, I talk about drowning my students a lot! Lol. Into the deep end we go!

Thanks! It's a fun tune to play for sure. Frickin epic.

It is really catchy.

I pulled it from my video "a stoll through my mind." It's a long rambling video to just get my ideas out. Eventually I plan on making an organized music course on patreon, but for now KZbin is my rough draft.

They are basic bar chords. Look up the "caged system." Its a great concept and will help understand how I build chords off the basic riffs. tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/3-doors-down/kryptonite-tabs-19140 this is the tab off ultimate guitar, but I think I used it as an option for a way to play it. Good Luck.

I'm trying to "give music back to the people" In a nutshell, drum circles have been part of cultures for *tens of thousands* of years and nobody needed lessons. Everyone just felt the rhythm. In the last 500-1000 years the "language" of music developed scales. It's almost like "rhythm became three dimensional" by adding pitch/notes to the rhythms. It's not rocket science, but it's a physical language that's taught as a science. I'm trying to change the game. Thanks for the support.

Thanks dude. I'll keep em coming. I'm very not famous so feel free to throw out requests lol.

Weird... Idk

Awesome

This song IS a classic.

Thank you!