Dave, months of enjoyable work ahead with this one. Exactly what I need. Using the root could have an episode on it's own.

WoW! That’s Tremendously Awesome! 🫶🏻🤩❤️✨

Link to TAB in description 😎🎸

Great stuff, thank you Dave!

It works great👍👍👍

Thank you very much for yet another great lesson.

Love the haircut !! The playing is ALWAYS great !!

Killer

Lightbulb turned on!

Man that’s Tasty, thanks Dave👍😎👍

I just stumbled onto JJ this morning looking for some funk. Trying to figure out exactly what genre of music i play and create. Cause i love groove but i also love country. So i googled country funk and JJ popped up. Now im looking for what drum beats he used, cause im digging on the dirty swampy sound. Like Waylon Jennings Louisiana Women, Outlaw country. Which i dont think i am but im drawn to that syncopated funky sound with some country Anyway im following. Thx for the video and leason You got a blank canvas vibe , have fun with that lol. I work in a playroom for my grandkids lol Anyway, ✌️👍😎🎸🎶🎵

Wow that smoked, gotta figure this out. Thank you love this slow soulful bluesy groove.

Brother Dave, Here are the obvious chords. E Major, G sharp minor, A7, B7 How about a little R&B action E Major (C shape 4th fret) G sharp m7 on 4th fret, F sharp m7 on 2nd fret, B Major on 2nd fret. You could use the relative minor for them all. C sharp minor 7, G sharp minor 7, and F sharp minor 7. Sounds great. By the way this is the progression to Sade’s Smooth Operator.

Nice! What are the bass line notes? I guess I could use my ears, but I'm feeling lazy. Sounds great!

Really like this one. I’m away from home for 3 days but this made me want to grab my guitar and start figuring out a rhythm part-maybe some seventh chords or something. I also find so much value in pathways between major and minor pentatonic. So useful!

Great lesson could you elaborate a little more when you go to next register for the target notes 😊

It was my first time with your lesson today. I find it motivating. One thing that would help me would be to have a combination of different triads notes all across the fretboard that sound great together on different groups of strings with simple strumming patterns.

So much gold in this lesson! Love this sound so much. Edit: I have never bent the 5 of the V chord, but man that hits the spot. 🔥

This is very relatable. I've been learning guitar for a long time and waiting for that moment where it clicks and it never really has. But the moments that I have enjoyed have been when I'm playing within a structure that I know and understand and begin to venture outside of it to see what sounds good. I think this is what you were alluding to. I'd love to be able to play freely around the fretboard hitting the notes I hear in my head but I think this is as close I might get.

Your style of teaching appeals to me. Calm, not overwhelming the newcomer to soloing. PS please do a lesson with fast changes at your convenient time or when you see it fit to do so. In no way interfering with your methodical, crawl before you walk style. Profoundly grateful for these tutorials. Warm regards

Dave, you’re laying down some serious life wisdom here in addition to the tasty licks: “Take the time to really be comfortable. If you’re anxious when you’re doing it, you’re not done. Don’t move on yet.” Really appreciate this channel!

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I never fail to come away from your videos without a new insight, many thanks 😊

Thanks for this, Dave ! Super helpful as is... my one suggestion is that I personally struggle (as someone who has only dabbled in the very fringes of learning to improv / soloing) with getting lost in backing tracks - even simple progressions - as to where I am... and I've noticed some, but not very many, tracks on YT also give visual cues as to when the chord change occurs. I suspect that's a crutch a beginner wouldn't want to lean on for too long and one needs to learn to hear that - but I really struggle with it at times. I think it also has to do with the tone of the backing progression and how / how many other instruments are mixed in (how busy are the drums etc.) - it can be hard for me to hear / pick out the change and keep within the timing leading into the next one without pretty quickly getting wrapped around the axle hahaha... I just find it difficult to multi-task the thinking about what I'm playing, where it is on the fretboard, where to go next but somehow also keep track of where I am in the progression. Even at slow tempos I quickly seem to get overwhelmed. Maybe that's just as simple a fix as starting at extremely slow tempos / very regular chord changes in the backing track ?

Dave, This technique is not my 30 foot high telephone pole. What is working for me. Use the C triad, A shape on the 5th fret. The F triad D shape on the 5th fret and G triad D shape on the 7th fret. When on the D shape the 1 note is in the middle, the 5 is always one string above the 1 and the 3rd is one string below. On the A shape (using the b,g,d strings) the 1 is in the middle, the 5 on the string above, the 3rd on the string below. And Bob’s your uncle. An added benefit using that D shape when moving from G chord to the F chord you’ve got 3 sets of double stops (e,b strings-- g,b strings-g,e strings) when moving with the progression 7 to 6 to 5th fret. I’m looking for simple patterns I can remember to put me in the neighborhood. As I said on a post over on the tao.of.twang facebook group. As many hours as I have spent trying to remember box 3 I should play like Slow Hand. But I would have been better off taking Keith Richards’ approach. Learn one chord and then beat it to death for 50 years!

Cool my brother!!

Very helpful..👍

Yes Indeed, Making music with an Arpeggio Triad is really Mastering this instrument in my opinion. I like your grid set up or writing down 1st, but my approach is learning the Chord progression 1 - 7 and then Arpeggio once you know the chord progression. Getting the Key and Chord progression is the hardest part for me. However, I'm trying to do this on the fly and it's not worth it. So I have humbled myself to ask the keyboardist to give me the Keys for the entire linup and I can take off from there. Thanks for your approach. It's very encouraging to see someone seeing this as a simple way to sound professional at all times.

Excellent! thanks. I really appreciate your giving us a system to work with rather than to copy.

Thank you for the backing track Dave. This enables me to get to work on your lessons straight away.

Great lesson as always

Well, I liked the discussion of intervals, and the chart. But the connection to triads could benefit from more about the triad shapes on the string sets. I get that a triad is three notes. Also, I am increasingly short of time and usually click off a KZbin lesson if I don't get the point of the lesson immediately. A lot of repetitive talk leads me to click off right away. Chapters are a helpful way of mitigating that risk because they allow me to see the structure of what is taught and jump to what interests me right away.

Thank you

Thanks for the jam track 👌

Triads: Major(135), Minor (1-b3-5), Augmented (1-3-#5), Diminished (1-b3-b5); 3 inversions 135, 351, 513; string sets 654, 543, 432, 321. That’s 4x3x4 = 48 triads!

I like seeing the chart as you are explaining and playing. Thank you. Good lesson.

Dave, I have way way more theory than I can use. Mixing shapes, scales, triads, caged, chord changes, note names, etc, etc is too much. Everyone jumps from cowboy chords straight to Hendrix and says it’s simple. Well, it’s not. Love the tone, but I’m trying to play and have fun and not get discouraged. Looping, fun, musical exercises mixing one position basic chords to same position minor pentatonic scale is what I (and probably many others) need. No up and down the fretboard and mixing theory and practice. Appeal to my ear.

Great lesson thanks.

Thank you Dave! Happy to beta test your ideas! This is right in the pocket of my growth right now. I’m a teacher who plays for amusement and expression. These are some thoughts and reactions. For whatever reason, I think that the cords should be root on top. I would love to see you actually write out the chords, I know that there is a way to do that with an iPad or something like that, but the handwriting would be nice to see rather than just a simple graphic. Also I find that even though the C to G is redundant. It’s still nice to see. I think you’re doing a good job of overemphasizing when you’re nailing the cord tone on the one. I often find myself having to visualize where you are on the neck and the notes that are under your fingers, not sure if either having a close-up on your left hand Would be valuable, or some other way of visualizing the notes as you’re playing them. I enjoy the clarity and “simplicity“ of your lessons, I find them easily digestible and applicable. Moving forward from this idea of hitting a cord tone on the one of every measure, it seems like a natural step to think about what the nearest chord tones might be to the nearest chord tone from the next chord. I believe that’s called voice leading, although I could be wrong about that. Another observation that I have made about common chord progressions is that often times the third of each chord in the progression moves around the circle of fourths. With that in mind, perhaps there is a way to include some conversation about the circle of fourths/Circle of fifths. Also, I am curious about seeing chord tones within the context of the Pentatonic scale. And what I think that means is that we could use different pentatonic scales in a single position according to the chord that is being played hopefully that makes sense. Overall, I’d love tuning into your channel because I feel like the bite-size pieces of information are just right and encouragement is to play… Which is what I feel like going and doing right now! Keep up the great work! 🎉

Thank you Dave! Happy to beta test your ideas! This is right in the pocket of my growth right now. I’m a teacher who plays for amusement and expression. These are some thoughts and reactions. For whatever reason, I think that the cords should be root on top. I would love to see you actually write out the chords, I know that there is a way to do that with an iPad or something like that, but the handwriting would be nice to see rather than just a simple graphic. Also I find that even though the C to G is redundant. It’s still nice to see. I think you’re doing a good job of overemphasizing when you’re nailing the cord tone on the one. I often find myself having to visualize where you are on the neck and the notes that are under your fingers, not sure if either having a close-up on your left hand Would be valuable, or some other way of visualizing the notes as you’re playing them. I enjoy the clarity and “simplicity“ of your lessons, I find them easily digestible and applicable. Moving forward from this idea of hitting a cord tone on the one of every measure, it seems like a natural step to think about what the nearest chord tones might be to the nearest chord tone from the next chord. I believe that’s called voice leading, although I could be wrong about that. Another observation that I have made about common chord progressions is that often times the third of each chord in the progression moves around the circle of fourths. With that in mind, perhaps there is a way to include some conversation about the circle of fourths/Circle of fifths. Also, I am curious about seeing chord tones within the context of the Pentatonic scale. And what I think that means is that we could use different pentatonic scales in a single position according to the chord that is being played hopefully that makes sense. Overall, I’d love tuning into your channel because I feel like the bite-size pieces of information are just right and encouragement is to play… Which is what I feel like going and doing right now! Keep up the great work! 🎉

Thanks! ❤

This a really great way to focus on triads. One aspect I have trouble with maybe you can help is hearing and 'predicting' the chord changes. I find myself doing ok then getting lost in the chord changes, then go back to scales

Initially, I was going to switch off, but important lesson learnt: never come to hasty conclusions. IMO, your preludes and interludes of conversation were important. Not all who watch guitar tuts are astute guitarists or soloists. What a brilliant tutorial. Simplicity is indeed the key! You gently took us from the known to the unknown. Looking forward to further tuts. Warm regards

You are doing awesome with what you are doing. I learned a lot from your video’s and my lessons with you. You gave me the confidence I needed. I’m I great, ugh but better than I was. What worked for me was learning the pentatonic scale and triads,so helpful. Thank you my friend.

Love your style Dave, when I came across your Channel I had been playing for 20 years and had muscle memory and patterns to help me with solos,licks and tricks. You showed me a way to play my style by the old trusty KISS system, the way you show a few chords and the pentatonic scale,how good they sound together. I learned from patterns the pentatonic scale which lead to modes & triads. I recently made a guitar friend who has played off and on since the 90s but struggle to put the pentatonic scale to work for him, I showed him shapes on string pairs (rectangle,square,trapezoid) that are pentatonic scales outside the box. I then showed him how to add the two notes to those shapes for modes and to cut and paste for what key you’re playing. Inside that string pair shapes is what I call the bow tie shape , the root starts in that bow tie shape depending on which mode you want to play . After 3 visits his lightbulb turned on and was sounding great. I guess patterns to me lead me to see where the intervals where that made me sound good,IMO. Hope this helps👍😎👍

Loving it!

Thank you Dave!🤠👍

Very nice. Isn't the progression: B min7, D, E ?(you said B min but the chord you're playing looks like a B min7). Thx.

The commentary from 7:00-8:00 is gold. Dave you are cool AF

Compelling impulse to grab my guitar right now....