5 Deadly Blues Guitar Mistakes You Want To Avoid

[@vierailija777]

Solid tips. In blues there are some bends "out of tune", but what this guy is trying to say is that you want your bends to be what you are hoping them to be. If I'm trying to achieve a half note bend and do a quarter note bend, that means my bends are shit even if the quarter note bend in that particular place might fit well. If you can only walk and someone teaches you also to run, are you going to say that your freedom of movement is being restrained by the running tips.

[@moe59mak]

Literally just found this channel and I'm at the point of my guitar journey where this video is needed

[@extramile734]

Very good lesson. It really is okay to bend out of tune as well as in tune. Bending in tune is a good rock and country technique. It is also good to not bend at all sometimes.

[@EclecticEssentric]

Also, do not set your guitar on fire while still playing it, without proper forethought. Always good stuff, TZ.

[@electricwally]

Hi Tommaso, Excellent video. Thank you very much. You present very good suggestions on how to be a better blues player. I will certainly utilize your kind recommendations. Be well!

[@leifkeane]

I've subscribed, but dear god, the blues of a bend is in the microtone!

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

Agreed, but how are you going to learn to bend microtones if you can't even bend a half or a full step consistently? ;-) (of course, I'm not referring to you specifically)

[@truehealthnow]

Hi Tommaso. Your explanations are simple and easy to understand, thank you. There is a problem however ... there is no second part when clicking on the link at the bottom of your video, only the same presentation repeated on your site ?

[@TommasoZillio]

+truehealthnow After you click on the link and the website appear, you have to read BELOW that video and follow the instructions to get the 2nd part :-)

[@truehealthnow]

+Tommaso Zillio Capisco !! By the way, your clip on how to learn the notes on the guitar neck is priceless. Best explanation I have heard so far and I am not a beginner. I have been playing for 45 years wrote over 100 songs, recorded and never learned my notes ... but now I will. :)

[@WATTScostumes]

You are a wonderfull teacher. I understand youy completely. :)

[@snooze0023]

follow the link? and you get this You can see the second part of the video "Common Blues Guitar Mistakes" by filling the form below. You will get immediate access to the video after submitting. Word of warning prepare to be spammed

[@marcodado7473]

Hi Tommaso, great video but you bend up properly than you sligtly release it before to mute the string and go to the next note, this can be considered the 6th deadly mistake on blues

[@TommasoZillio]

Thanks for commenting on that. It's not a mistake: I'm actually doing it on purpose because I like the sound of it. If you like this or not, it's a matter of taste. :)

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

+kim young yes!

[@billdarroca2059]

Marco Dado True, called the sea gull effect.

[@mike-ue4wy]

American Blues, all about the Blue Notes. It's not on the piano, it's not in notation, it's hidden in the bend. It breaks the rules and we like it that way.

[@dylanjeffers9257]

Great video, I just stopped bending notes when I realized I'm always flat.

[@TommasoZillio]

With a bit of exercise you will learn how to bend in tune, it's actually easier than it seems: you only have to "calibrate" your hands and then it will feel natural.

[@kristijanmedved2970]

Mance Rayder its actualy fine to overbend sometimes and be flat if you know how to use it :) but first thing is always to learn to bend them right in tune, and after years of practice you can learn how to play things wrong propperly xD

[@kristijanmedved2970]

ask ***** if you dont believe me :)

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

+Kristijan Medved true..

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

+Kristijan Medved like quarter tone bends on minor 7th or minor 3rd well they are choke bends but no one seems to mention that! and yes over bends are cool too!

[@tezeethry2994]

Over bending can sound good depending on the situation. Guthrie Govan and Josh Homme tend to do it a lot.

[@hmoridejrgen6227]

+Nyfie Nyne Exactly, just saw your comment. Bending over pitch sounds good on root notes in minor.

[@tezeethry2994]

I thought that until watching Guthrie Govan's bending masterclass.

[@justinpaquette224]

If I could give 1 blues tip, It would be... Play the guitar like you are singing. Have breathing rests, call and responses in the phrasing. Tell a story like a vocalist would. Maybe start soft and then add more tension. Or the other way around, come in super agessive and the lay it back. But above all, play guitar like you are singing. If you don't play like that... For me that "is" the differents between a "great" blues player and some kid wanking the guitar. Also out of tune bends are part of the blues sound, like bending from the b3rd to the almost 3rd or from the 2nd to the almost 3rd. But these bends must be out of choice. Sometimes I will even do a whole step bend to a note a bunch of times in a row, but every other time I will properly bend just I hair short of the pitch. This is ok because it has feel, style, attitude and sounds vocal. Just like how its ok to play a little out of time sometimes... Or play behind the beat. Singers also often do those things (especially blues or soul singers) All good things to have if you want to "really" play the blues

[@dinotrifunovic2421]

Hi, i'm asking myself if i need lighter strings for that bend. What do you use on this strat ?

[@TommasoZillio]

+Dino Trifunovic It's just a matter of habit. I use .10-.46 on most my guitars (11's on the Les Paul)

[@spektaloza]

I don't understand

[@kembooo000]

Lozax roll fingers. google it

[@MrPlooky]

excellent tips but Albert Collins over bended a lot he made it part of his style so I guess it's all about opinion

[@hamidlespaul]

Nice tips man ...

[@hmoridejrgen6227]

Bending over pitch sounds good on root notes in minor.

[@gmlegend185]

This guy is giving very ropey information. The interval between 2 adjacent strings at the same fret isn't always a 4th. Between the G and B strings it's a major 3rd. Could be confusing for someone who doesn't know better

[@skatarest77]

My god....STOP. Had to make sure my cat wasn't dying in the other room when this came on.

[@SHIFTnopistons]

Is your website down?

[@TommasoZillio]

+SHIFTnopistons It's up now :-)

[@markhaykiddmetoodrinkmanle9814]

There no know secret of The BLUEs. Man.

[@Dante95240]

Blues is about emotion, all kinds, and you can use out of tune bends, or two notes ringing to express the emotion you wish to portray, or you are feeling. Think of it as controlled dissonance, grating that coerces a feeling or emotion out of yourself or others. IT'S ALL ABOUT EMOTION, NOT TECHNIQUE!!! Lose the emotion and the music dies, as you can hear from all the "shredders" out here that can play their "scales" really fast, but sound lifeless, because it is! Learn to play a lead with few notes as possible, and work those notes, bend, vib, trill, ppp, FF... THAT is what it's about, less is more. (A David Gilmore fan).

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

I am a Gilmour fan too. Many of my students are too. You know what is the FIRST thing they have to learn to sound 'like' him? Bend in tune! :-)

[@philrobertson2705]

MusicTheoryForGuitar - Agree. Gilmour is a master at bending. Always stays in tune, always repeat bends are to the same tune, one may be +1 higher, or -1 lower but also to tune. Even his half bends are 1/2 tune (0.5). Not (0.45) or (0.55), always (0.5). I consider this the hardest part of playing Pink Floyd songs - correctly. (Note: Some people can get this naturally, they hear, they play. Others have to work at it. I'm in that second camp.) p.s. Thanks for the tips.

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

Phil Robertson, you are absolutely correct.

[@markhaykiddmetoodrinkmanle9814]

Don't get twisted Sister.

[@njahselector]

8 years ago. what happened to the world

[@AkundaStudio]

#akuhadir ... thanks

[@jimbullet4963]

go tell Son House and Robert Johnson that they played some notes out of tune

[@philrobertson2705]

They never played out of tune because they played EXACTY what they intended, every time. That's the point he was making.

[@mrchristopherfern]

this guy is a fantastic teacher

[@skatarest77]

Yeah and O.J is a fantastic husband.

[@TheKangas96]

skatarest77 give us a shout when you are packing out venues just so they can hear you teach. Flog.

[@callumcrow7830]

Bending between notes IS blues guitar. I've never seen a single good blues guitarist that cant

[@sxrxrnrvigil]

Bending in between the flatted 3rd and the 3rd is the secret of blues guitar, it is the border between major and minor tonality. That being said it doesn't really work well with the other notes that well.

[@cchgn]

uhhh, you say 5 mistakes, but only cover 3.

[@TommasoZillio]

+cchgn Follow the link in the description for part 2 :)

[@JamesSpeiser]

lol

[@troutmaskbob]

Dude, it's blues music, you're supposed to make mistakes.

[@y007p3]

That’s jazz mate

Please respect this guy. He's a 5 figures guitar player on his way to 6 figures.

[@georgeanthony4834]

whats a 5 figures guitar player???

[@RWulff007]

Carlos Ferrão lol 😂✌🏼

[@SwedenWitchcraft]

this man is talking a lot of nonsense,rather narrow view of what food actually is !

[@drumavidcheckupz4792]

+Sweden Witchcraft Yep, the food isn't that tasty.

[@2817well]

Horrible tone

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

LOL

[@foxybrown2]

This is pure nonsense blues is about feeling and that mess about bending all the way to a certain note is hogwash because T Bone Walker had half bends in his playing.

[@waynesmith747]

+foxybrown2 whether its a half or whole bend it needs to be properly bent into the key its in,do you understand.do you think this gentleman is not aware of half bends?

[@foxybrown2]

well here is the thing the original blues players played from the heart and they played very out of tune and sloppy but that was the real blues and as time went on people tried to clean it up and play more precise. That is all I'm saying.