5 Guitar Breakthroughs I Wish I Learned Sooner

[@gordyhydro5774]

I am learning to play classical guitar. I am 62yrs old. I played for a few years in my teens, then life came along. I have just watched a groundbreaking animated video on right-hand and left-hand techniques by David Galvez. I have realised how you need to be focused constantly on your technique to have any chance of improving quickly. Which I need to do after my heart attack. I constantly watch the video whilst practising technique. I then measure myself once a week against some standard classical guitar pieces by Sor, Tarrega and Bach. The improvement is there. What I am trying to say is that practising, although can be boring, but for me is the way to go!!!

[@rainchaser5389]

Slow and easy wins the race. Glad you’re still here to enjoy your life, and music. Stay strong. 🇨🇦

[@stuksy4321]

I took a few guitar lessons a long time ago in college and still have my classical guitar and some of the music from way back then somewhere. Learned classical, which I still love to listen to, but haven't played too much. I've learned a lot over the past few years from Rick and other youtubers. Maybe I'll actually be good enough to play well in a band after I retire in the future? lol

[@rainchaser5389]

@@stuksy4321 Sounds excellent. To just be happy practicing, and playing music already makes life better huh? Have a super duper weekend! Life’s good. ✨

[@JiminTennessee]

"Crash Course"....what a perfect series for 2025. If the first month of this year hasn't been that, I don't know what has. Keep bringing it Rick!

[@jamesallanburruto]

Tabs came out in the 80's. You and I and John were learning from the sons of Dick Longale at Rizzo music. The best of the best!!!

[@allengarrow6295]

Rick, you look great! The ole ticker is all better! Thank you for doing what you do.

[@Anon-fv9ee]

Just realised that C9 chord is played on Mythbusters after Jamie & Adam bust a myth!! Same guitar tone and everything - my mind is blown!!

[@nickyoung3894]

Best show ever

[@goryburk]

you'll here other songs too!

[@diymakerdan]

Currently teaching myself to sing and play acoustic instead of just playing guitar. Having the lyrics hand written out on paper is a big help, it doesn't kill the flow when having to scroll around, squint or manhandle a device. I only look here and there at them to keep me on track and little by little I'm burning the complete lyrics into my noggin while strumming along.

[@crgryl]

I always found if you write lyrics out, you can get away with reading the first word or two from each line, sometimes every second line. When I used to busk, and I wanted to learn a song fast, I’d only write the first few words of each line or sometimes verse/chorus/bridge, and it would be enough to jog the memory, while still retaining concentration on the guitar. It obviously only works if it’s something you have heard before. You can do it a different way, where you write down the words around where the chords change/with the chords written, and that does both at same time. It also helps to bash the rhyme words there too. If I had all the lyrics written, I would use highlighters on the start of each verse etc to have somewhere for the eyes to target when I’ve looked away. If you want to memorise, and also make it more readable from further away, force yourself to write in CAPITALS.

[@garyrowe58]

Love those runs over those chords ... It's like early prog rock

[@2-old-Forthischet]

I can play a few chords and but pretty much play by ear. I dragged my son to a music store to learn guitar from a pro. Today, he's in his forties and collects guitars and equipment. It's a big part of his life now.

[@globalwellbeing1984]

Been learning the drums, and I've been a writer-down for decades, but I have found it incredibly useful to learn practical things like drums and (just starting)to learn guitar chords the same way. I'm ok with book-learning and traditional musical notation. But my colleagues advised me to follow drum covers and I used frog botts to achieve a steady beat. I wouldn't be still drumming using my previous means, I would've given up. Sometimes old ways are the best, but it's you tube and filming my teacher's examples to copy that's got this ol gal through. You have also been an encouragement, Rick on this journey which started last October (2024).

[@slowfinger2]

Writing it down works in all areas that you want to improve quickly. Rick is 100% right about this. If it's on paper, you cannot forget it.

[@brianrollins7275]

Thank Rick. Very good advice to write stuff down. It’s something I don’t do enough of and need to because now that I’m in my 50’s I can’t remember crap.

[@greywolferhm]

Are you actually Steve Vai wearing a Rick Beato costume? Sounds like it!

[@e4t662]

I tried and tried and tried but the ability to play this effective instrument continuously eluded me. Piano, no problem.

[@impetus6]

It's all laid out in front of you in sequence, so the patterns and shapes just stick. The fretboard is a different animal

[@JeremyPezzeca]

That's because you try. There is no try. There is only do or do not. If you really want to learn you'll do it. If you dont, you will not. You really didnt want to and that is why you failed

[@Manthathasspiderlikepowers]

@@JeremyPezzecadumb pretentious sounding thing to say imo

[@goryburk]

@@Manthathasspiderlikepowers I don't understand why you say that? It's about motivation and staying that way. When many come upon a roadblock it's easy to just quit. @e4t662 We all learn at different speeds and in different ways. I understand your frustrations, there are many things you can do. There are many aspects of playing guitar, find a different teacher or do a different lesson. This lesson is at what I would say is an advanced intermediate level. One of the keys for me has been learning intervals. I constantly go back and forth between lessons that are difficult and easy.

[@nickk6109]

I have the book and it's great (although quite steep learning curve which is great). I spent a weekend getting up to speed how all the music theory terms relate to each other but I've been playing through.

[@sgtcaco]

What a journey this lesson has become, thank you Rick.

[@MrTCAllen77]

See it, read it, do it. Has never failed me yet in 40 years.

[@johnnybox36]

Thank you. Rick.

[@goryburk]

Rick Thank you! Another great lesson. A lot of theory in here. That's what makes it fun for me.

[@rolandreeves-fu3td]

I love ricks channel. Having said that, I learn very little from this. Similar problem with much of his teaching. He says a lot of “I play this, then I play this, then I add this fragment…” AHHHHH! I’m only an intermediate guitar player, but I play piano, know theory, and have been working on guitar for 3-4 years. Just can’t learn this way. A LOT of teachers on KZbin don’t have the insight to teach A to B to C etc. They start out that way, then can’t help themselves and jump ahead a few levels. I’ll keep working!!

[@Matty-g2d]

👍 key point, practice

[@roysproule669]

Thank you for making this video , the Beato Book and courses!

[@JuanRaven1]

“You like that one Tom?” Hahahah yea we did 👏🏻👏🏻🔥 great Lydian run

[@peterbrown2890]

Couldn't help but notice that guiter ....beautiful

[@kevinbuenoartbywave]

Greetings Rick I appreciate this installment and I just want to say I purchased your bundle and I am currently going through the beginner guitar course. Should I go into the Arpeggio Masterclass first and then top it off with quick lessons pro? When should I go Beato Book?

[@jeffdawson2786]

Man, do I need this!

[@trollstjerne]

Like Rick said, writing down what you're working on is really helpful. Most of the stuff i've written down, i never go back and read, but i still remember it because i wrote it down.. Its just helpful to write it down or if possible talk/discuss it with other people.

[@jamespost4546]

Yes the writing is not really for going back - it’s for reinforcing the information. We need to re-teach the purpose of note taking

[@Fonpol68]

I keep pen and paper beside the bed. I was getting ideas just before sleep. Mostly lyric nuggets, but my own unique rhythm ideas. Try writing down an idea "da dum da ...lol"

[@steveDC51]

I often go shopping and leave my written list behind but usually get nearly if not all that was on it so it must work.

[@vintagemusic-y7z]

There are some people that retain information in a different way but writing it down works for most of us.

[@jamespost4546]

@ agreed - my point is that we need to create multiple neural pathways - groups of memories - in what ever way - singing writing drawing playing moving reading

[@danvee1804]

Great, the sale ends before the day I get payed !!!Perfect!!!!

[@NeungView]

What's new?

[@Neillybob63]

Credit cards are a thing.... perfect!

[@charlesdoca7145]

Sales, no matter where, always end the day before I get paid .

[@JariBehm]

Frank Gambalish modes 😊

[@BoomerLicks]

Daryl Stuermer on Enigmatic Ocean!

[@AugustusBroadford]

helpful Rick 💖

[@livekaos]

Paper and pencil and eraser are engineer and musicians best friends

[@jamespost4546]

Why does writing work? Because you are processing the data again in a new way - see it say it write it - and you have created far more neurological connections between the data sets. Play it after you have written it - more pathways etc.

[@OnlyShred]

We need a Shawn lane deep dive!!!

[@whychromosomesmusic5766]

In a songwriting project with my best friend, ex-guitar teacher and he never taught me about muting. He bought a bunch of guitars for me to play in his recording studio so I'm going to tell him it's his fault if I play wrong ;-)

[@leonardticsay8046]

Rick’s gonna put Berklee out of business. I’m okay with that.

[@expatcanuck2087]

Rick, you okay? You look exhausted. Please take care of yourself.

[@amusical12]

I agree. Hope you're okay Rick. You look like you're losing weight in your face. Stay well ❤

[@jonny-d5v]

I suspect that RB was moved by the apocalypstic impressions from his recent visit to Anaheim and CA acquaintances.

[@damon_aaron]

For this video you owe us about 25 Like Thats.

[@dcarsondavis]

Rick, Geoff Tate is gonna be in Atlanta in April doing thr full Operation Mindcrime. It would be awesome if you could get an interview

[@ronandrew878]

Hello Rick great video as always . but find the distortion a bit to much could we hear a more clean mellow sound with the same content thank you

[@martin42382]

This is gold man! 75 bucks?! Is that right?

[@GypsyLane]

Love that strap, Rick! Where can I get one?

[@RickBeato]

Right On Guitar Straps

[@ChristineDowd]

will these courses work for bass players

[@FrancesoSubmarino]

Plus the fun thing about writing notes is you find them 30 years later and time travel back to when you wrote them 😂

[@t3hgir]

I heard Satch mention singing the notes of a specific key/mode you're incorporating in your sound. Difficult without a guitar in your hands.

[@nacuda9]

@Rick Beato Call me crazy.....but if you reverse your video like you're playing lefty. It really is easy to mirror your fretboard when playing along. Imo, or maybe I'm just crazy. Keep up the great content!!

[@DavidMacVicar]

Rick! Curious to know what amp you use for these tutorials and shorts?

[@GreenpointRemembers]

Everything sounds like Steve Vai playing post jazz fusion instrumental noodling exercises disguised as songs, respect

[@harsheetchawaria1572]

❤❤❤

[@TFStacy]

PAD went from way too loud to too loud after Tom asked you to turn it down. Two ways to relieve the students ears in this case. 1. Use a long decay to a lower sustain level on the amp envelope. 2. Reduce the resosonance frequency &/or level on the VCF. 3. Use a square wave instead of a saw. 4. Saturate the pad in reverb and turn it down 5. Be sure compression isnt too aggressive and fighting efforts to relieve listeners sound pressure experience as the pad persists. Lesson is a bit hard to follow for instant memorization. I think you have three videos here: cord extensions, imply, all of the odd numbers below the stated extension, substitute cord, names, and using/cord instead of cord extensions, and then one on dominant or Pio practice and application. And that’s just in the first 12 1/2 minutes. Like I tell my students, if you weren’t already great, I wouldn’t pick on you! I appreciate your teaching and your interviews so much.

[@gde6963]

Are you string skipping or doing 1 note per string? It's crazy!

[@kenkreisel6890]

I can’t roll or smoothly move my left hand fingers like that. Man, I might have some nerve damage. It sucks because I’m right handed. I can do it with my right hand, not my left. I’m thinking it might be the reason I get frustrated trying to learn some chord shapes. Damn. I thought maybe it was just hand-eye coordination.

[@The_Net_26]

I have you to thank for showing the importance of spread triads. I am a better player for it after a year of using them as a warm-up exercise

[@rickwalkup]

I was about to pick up my guitar, but I got lost before you even turn the keys down. OMG where do I start?

[@songsilike2062]

I bought your course 2 years ago and totally forgot about it.Daily 2 hours and discipline maybe?!

[@dvkerner96]

Anyone know which overdrive Rick uses in these videos?

[@dietergonzalez3594]

" i feel good" james brown

[@krisorendorff]

This, is why, i took up the Bass Guitar, Haha

[@WinItReigns]

James Burton Episode

[@elponchex]

Listen to Spinetta Rick, you're going to go crazy over his chord progressions.

[@davide2.07]

I’ve recommended this to him before, on youtube. Rick really will fall off his chair when if/he hears any work of Spinetta.

[@mobeus84]

Something that you're doing but you haven't mentioned yet is learning in different patterns. Meaning say you're playing triads. Play 1 3 5 3 5 1 5 1 3 1 3 5 etc. Scales playing 12342345345645675671 or in thirds or 1232343454565671 always going up and back down.

[@kewltoyz2565]

I'm crazy about Rick's SG! I'm curious what year and model it is?

[@Yeahok-pc2jd]

In 2021, Gibson previewed a Rick Beato signature Les Paul Special Double Cut guitar. It comes in a special TV Blue Mist finish with P-90 pickups and Beato's signature on the truss rod cover. In 2023, a second collaboration of the model was made in a Sparkling Burgundy finish.

[@stevec9972]

Murphy lab?

[@Yeahok-pc2jd]

@@stevec9972 i don’t think it’s as pricey as a Murphy’s Lab but I’m sure if Rick designed it, it’s well designed and manufactured 👍🏼

[@stevec9972]

@Yeahok-pc2jd he has so many, not sure its that one, but one that looks like it, he mentioned is a Murphy job

[@WinItReigns]

Rick Make your Guitar a 7 string model Please

[@corey747]

Does anyone know who makes that strap?

[@RickBeato]

Right On Guitar Straps

[@StevieTjelly]

Ooop on the volume...

[@prs149]

I'm curious to know why did you pick the key of c

[@michaelfitzurka5659]

aligns with ppl who play keyboard.

[@chrisross-fd3fo]

Ill never forget the scene in Fargo where Billy shoots Steve Buscemi in the face... Edit... talk about disjointed..this was a comment for Billy Corgan and his on going feud with a lifeless Kurt Cobain sorry continue on peoples in your quest for perfection in an lmperfect world..soldier on Rick

[@danhaselman7354]

now I need a keyboard that can hold cords like to practice off of-where does the madness end 🙂

[@jmwise80]

Not exactly the same but have you seen the ElectroHarmonix Freeze pedal?

[@danhaselman7354]

@@jmwise80 I have not but will pick one up-looks interesting-thank you!

[@nicksilver_music]

Isn’t there kind of a brilliance in finding and playing a C7, using it properly in a progression, and never knowing what the chord is called? Idk Curt Kobain never liked arpeggios 😂

[@t3hgir]

What is called when you find out that your high school guitar teacher was a hack?

[@dario6253]

Rick is right again. I live for a blank manuscript paper and a pencil.

[@nathancuellar2797]

A notebook? A pencil? Huh? What’s that?

[@bryantcochran5065]

Rick, the music drowns out the notes so I can't hear what being played.

[@WinItReigns]

Stephen Carpenter Episode

[@KevinCowden-ow5to]

Dylan is going to be a monster guitar player

[@jipes]

Too bad that your guitar is buried in teh keyboard hold

[@stuksy4321]

Better title, didn't click on the first iteration!

[@JohnSmith-in1tt]

Rick, you’re amazing but I think your lessons are just too advanced for most intermediate players. The only people who can actually understand and execute your lessons are people who no longer need lessons lol. I know this is a result of you playing guitar at an incredibly high level, but I think you need to dumb it down a bit for us mortals

[@michaelfitzurka5659]

little bit like holdsworth around 18 minutes.

[@jimholcepl7620]

too many "guitarist" focus on the eye candy guitar, the one he is playing or any other nice guitar. FOCUS on the lesson Rick could play like this on a 100 guitar and an ugly one at that. LOL

[@marcobruder5639]

You learned before there were books? How old are you goddammit?!😂

[@peterney2402]

Rick's notes have been discovered on a cave wall in northern Spain.

[@jonny-d5v]

That was a killer Mammouth BBQ with an elegant Madeira! '

[@raymari7658]

Rick could you do a fretboard crash course for us bass players. I play by ear, can't read a note and have trouble playing along with tabs. Learning the fretboard better would be great.

[@kingkeefage]

Have you tried using the tabs on Ultimate Guitar? I'm assuming that your problem with tabs might be understanding the tempo, the note durations, time signatures, or something similar. A lot of the tabs on Ultimate Guitar have the option to hear the song while the tab scrolls in real time. Try their app.

[@JazzNoodlingswithTomGannaw-n2d]

Yes, please turn down the synth a tad

[@jimcunningham5376]

We can't hear you play !!!

[@shabangschmagoigal2091]

Hello Sir, I have a question. I know you focus on music theory, but you also know a lot of industry stuff. Can you explain what is going on with Beyonce right now? Why did Billboard say she was the best artist of the century, then one month later claim it was an opinion piece, and named Taylor Swift the winner by the numbers. Why would they do that? I'm not trying to get into weird conspiracy stuff or whatever, but some stuff doesn't make sense. All of hip hop seems to hate on Eminem, but he has literally dominated everything, based on skill, and was named artist of the century, of ALL MUSIC, and I believe rightfully so, but his entire genre, or most of it, hates on him. I argue he is the best rapper of all time, with an unmatched style and ability, and he has been really unchallenged for decades. I'm done, thank you sir. I love the channel.

[@BUDREAUX15]

OCD guy here again. Love the lined up headstocks. And the Tivoli radio (mine is cobalt blue with cherry)

[@NeungView]

Great, but what do I use it for?

[@larrysmith5249]

Exactly. I know Rick knows his music but he does videos like this of him doing scales, arpeggios, etc. for a half hour, but does a poor job of explaining why it’s important. So I’ve practiced these in the past, but I don’t fully understand the purpose.

[@jmwise80]

Honest question. Stay with me. 🙏 Do you know the notes on the fretboard? If I asked you to show me all the “A” notes could you find them instantly without searching?

[@larrysmith5249]

@@jmwise80 I do not know all the notes on the fretboard. Not even close. I believe Rick mentioned early in the video that these exercises would help a player learn the notes, but honestly, as I watch him whip out one arpeggio after another I still cannot make the connection. It seems to me the best way to learn all the notes on a fretboard is to literally map out a fretboard on a piece of paper, label the notes, and try and memorize them. I honestly cannot make the connection between arpeggios and knowing all the notes. For reference, I have been playing only about a year and am frustrated. I bought Rick’s bundle, but for a beginner course I find he breezes through things without explaining them at a beginner’s level. I think I need to be a near intermediate player in order to take his beginner course.

[@jmwise80]

@@larrysmith5249 What kind of music do you listen to? Do you play along with it now with tabs and/or cowboy chords? I’m goin somewhere I promise. Just trying to figure out where you’re at in your playing. I want to get you and the original commenter on your way to getting this stuff.

[@stevec9972]

​@larrysmith5249 I found arpeggios fairly useless until I learned to see chord shapes/ caged, overlaid with pentatonic/blues scales And diatonic scales/ intervals Arrpegios are all part of that same big patterns. On their own they are landing spots chord tones. Warning Some study & homework is involved😢

[@mobeus84]

Pentatonic scale?.....lol jk

[@gmssails]

Hey Rick, I love ya, Man, but the beard is not flattering. If you want to look younger, have your nose pierced! :) Seriously.