Fragments - Free guitar lesson on improvising

[@GuitarooMan93]

This masterclass covers so many aspects and is really refreshing. It helped me stepping back a little and starting to "'think" more about what i"m actually doing rather than just relying on muscle memory. I highly recommend this masterclass. Thanks for the great work Alex

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thx so much mate, I'm pleased you've been enjoying it. I really do try to convey the way I think about playing in these masterclasses, in the hope I can help others to improve various aspects of their playing. Glad to know it's working. All the very best.

[@ushiman]

Alex I have always been a huge fan of your playing. Your phrasing is so tasteful and you employ your technique in the most musical manner. It’s always a pleasant surprise to the ears. Stumbled upon this lesson. What a treat, thank you!

[@luigicimbro3006]

Hi Alex. I'd listen to you for hours. Your variety of phrasing has no limits. In the course of my 60 years of life I have listened to hundreds of guitarists, but you amaze me every time. Thanks for the video. All the best

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My absolute pleasure Luigi, and thanks for the very kind words. ;-)

[@marcuscafolla7207]

This is just what I needed, wonderful stuff Alex. Once again your phrasing blows me away, thanks a million :)

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thanks so much man, my pleasure. ;-)

[@neiloxenrocks1362]

this guy just gets better .not only is he one hell of a guitarist he,s outstanding tutorials are the best on the web your shit hot mate lovin it

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you mate, glad you're enjoying the vids... All the best 👍

[@patbreacadh]

Excellent lesson! Melodic minor starting on scale degree ii is almost like Dorian, but with a major seventh, which in the context of the dominant is a flat five, so we are getting a partly altered sonority. So clever and cool sounding! Additionally I dig the approach you suggest, based on three tools, arpeggio-type fragments, sliding scale (major penta, right?) and the BB King blues triangle. As you put it, each is a worthy entry point, and moreover, each of those devices is a way of breaking out of the pattern of the two remaining ones. So you are not just an outstanding guitarist, but also a great teacher! Thank you for sharing knowledge here. 🙏

[@geetarsush]

still devouring Vol 1 and will be treating myself to Vol 2 for certain.... thoroughly refreshing masterclass!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Awesome mate, I'm really pleased you're enjoying it.... There's lots more cool stuff in Vol.2 but agreed, take your time mate, there's no rush Vol 2 will be there for you whenever you're ready... All the very best and good luck on your journey. ;-)

[@barthaande893]

A very nice little present. Thank’s a lot Alex! Will start to work with it immediately.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure Bart I hope you get something from it. All the very best 👍😎

[@jtjdesigns]

I found you via the video for the Boss RC-5 demo and was blown away by your playing. Delighted to see a lesson video. Subscribed and will be looking into all of your offerings. This is exactly what I need to take my skills to a better place. Thank you, Alex!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Awesome, thanks Justin, will be looking to upload some more stuff in the coming weeks... All the best and cheers for watching. ;-)

[@acidthrashcore]

thanks dude, like your style

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure cheers dude 🙏👍🎸

[@IsSa-fc3pm]

Alex hutchings guitarrista completo simplesmente fenomeno da guitarra 👏👏

[@twostep919]

Great video and extremely helpful.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Awesome I'm glad you enjoyed it. All the best

[@JamesJLaRue]

Fantastic. Also those knobs with that finish, great combo.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you mate. ;-)

[@adrianbrown782]

Do you offer skype lessons?

[@danaeverhart6487]

Hey Alex 981st view! Thanks so very much for sharing this with all of us guitarists that are striving to become better players. We will ever be indebted to you for your kindness. Thank you so much🙏🏻Dana ✌🏻🙂👍🏻

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure mate. ;-)

[@freddiemercury4552]

Wowww.. thank you. I really want to play like you. This really helping.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure, I wish you all the best on your journey. ;-)

[@freddiemercury4552]

Thank you sir. That feeling when my Idol reply to my comment. Speechless.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

@@freddiemercury4552 😎👍

[@DorothyOzmaLover]

Very nice focus on fragments to make one's playing sound interesting. As a guitarist for book trailers about comics who's looking for inspiration, your teaching here is great since you nicely use various chords and fingerings to make the fragments sound intriguing. Cheers!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you Dorothy lover, I'm glad you enjoyed the lesson. All the best

[@andypearce5537]

Wow! You found a real niche market for your playing!! That's awesome

[@dohdohsounds6257]

You are the best!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Cheers mate, I'm glad you enjoyed it. 👍🎸🙏

[@dohdohsounds6257]

@@AlexHutchingsMusicthe best.....always

[@TirelessG]

Great video like always

[@nilssmelteris7845]

Thank you!!! Very good lesson!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure, I'm Glad you liked it! 👍🎸🙏

[@boyetmedalla1425]

I learn alot from you idol..🤟

[@kalburo29]

You're the best sire!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thanks so much 👍🙏🎸

[@Elias_Sotomayor]

I love your Masterclasses. :) Will there be a third one? Maybe with some whammy bar techniques?

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thanks very much Elias, yes I'm working on the material now, hoping to release by the end of the year and in time for christmas. Nice suggestion about Whammy bar technique, I'll see if I can get a lesson in there for that... Thx for watching and catch you later. ;-)

[@MrLeoMalmsteen]

When Alex talks about improvisation, I listen.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Cheers Leonardo, Thx for watching. ;-)

[@anthony0van0halen]

Gracias por esto Alex!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

👍🎸🙏

[@Watzline]

Alex, You teach - instruct - explain very well. I am working on a some stuff, I just purchased, that the instructor simply, plays it, has the tab, and not a word of explanation what he is doing, but I got to get thru it. Would like to get your complete catalog, I feel it would be more beneficial course, Cheers!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you very much... If you are interested my catalog link is here. jtcguitar.com/store/artist/alex-hutchings/ The most popular I would recommend is Approach to Improvising Vol 1-3. There are 30 videos like this one where I explain the concepts behind all of the licks and exercises. All the very best 👍🙏🎸

[@s8dh1g]

Спасибо за урок,Алекс!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Не за что. Спасибо за просмотр

[@schroezen]

Awesome lesson! Hope you get fully recovered very soon from your fingers injuries!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank very much, definitely improving thank you. All the best

[@bassshimul1507]

Great Lesson 🙏❤️

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you mate! 😃 Glad you enjoyed it

[@boyetmedalla1425]

I hope i can have some of your guitar and have a signature of you as a souvenir from the one i idolize Alex hutching🤟🤟🤟

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you mate, I'm sure we'll meet one day when the world is back to normal and we can play gigs and travel again... Wishing you all the very best 👍

[@xlocknloll]

great Lesson Alex

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you mate I'm glad you enjoyed it. ;-)

[@sergejkedyk264]

Thanks!Helpful and accessibly!)

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure. Thx for watching.

[@ARCHDEACONMUSIC]

Your entire course is AWESOME btw as I'm going to go through it again as there's so much in that course it's insane! Great info bro! :)

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Awesome thanks so much man, I really did work hard on those courses... I'd say I worked even harder on Vol.2... It almost killed me at the time... Like 6 weeks solid... Hahaha anyway it makes it feel worth it to know people are getting a lot from them... All the best mate and god luck on your journey. ;-)

[@ARCHDEACONMUSIC]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic Anytime bro! Your playing is absolutely AMAZING as I've been really working hard on taking my lead playing to the next level and your course is really helping a lot! Honestly, you are one of my FAVORITE guitarists I've EVER heard in my entire life! I put your playing right up there with Joe Satriani! I actually suggested to Paul Davids he has you play on his next collaboration video as he has almost 2 million subscribers. Is V2 out yet btw?

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

@@ARCHDEACONMUSIC Aw thanks so much man, I sincerely appreciated everything you've said there... Funnily enough I only came across Paul Davids channel recently and thought he was a wonderful player... Would defo be up for doing something... ;-)

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

And finally yes mate Vol.2 is well and truly out... here's a link to the store if you feel like delving in deeper... ;-) All the very best jtcguitar.com/store/artist/alex-hutchings/

[@ARCHDEACONMUSIC]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic Anytime bro! Just telling the truth as I absolutely LOVE the way you play! I'm going to be putting together a collaboration video together in the next few months as I'm working on building my following on KZbin as I just bought a course to help. Maybe when I build up my channel you'd like to take part in that as it would be such an HONOR to have you play on it! I'll push to Paul Davids to have you on his next collaboration as he has A LOT more followers than me. I'm DEFINITELY going to go over this course again + DEFINITELY order V2 as well. When is V2 coming out btw? Also, do you ever do any private lessons as that's something I'd be VERY interested in...🙏💯😀

[@TheBeechiebaby]

Brilliant stuff mate. Thank you very much. 😁

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. ;-)

[@onepro1234]

Awesome A thanks for sharing love your approach to improvisation. Can you do a video on sweep picking? Cheers.

[@twoeagles19]

ThX Alex that helped alot !!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure thanks for watching. ;-)

[@EugenMick]

Thanks a lot !!!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure. All the best

[@vanderangcan176]

this is amazing

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

I'm glad you think so Van. ;-)

[@7thString84]

Awwww, great, great, GREAT!!!!!11!! :) Thank you for this great lesson, Sir! You explain these things so perfectly for us mortals! :D I'm serious - you are a great teacher! Cheers, man! :)

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thanks so much Markus I'm glad you enjoyed it. ;-)

[@TheWhaddeva]

09:09 is all I was looking for 😎

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Cool. I'm glad you found something useful in there. Cheers for watching 😎👍

[@justincase6151]

The first arpeggio reminds me of the Stranger Things theme. Thanks for the great video!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Cheers mate, glad you enjoyed it. 👍🎸🙏

[@ibastratepi]

Changed my tuning to 4ths because of Alex and Tom Quayle. Made guitar so much easier. Though I still suck of course haha

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

That's cool man, I'm glad you're having fun with it... All the best 👍

[@ibastratepi]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic Thanks for your awesome channel. You, Tom and Per Nilsson are my top 3 heroes. Wish you all make more albums.

[@amohntim7377]

Thanks for sharing... been difficult to get lessons from jtc.com.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

No worries Amoh I understand. They do have great customer support so they can help you to purchase them if you email them. All the best and thx for watching. ;-)

[@amohntim7377]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic Thank you too... you've helped me a lot...

[@amohntim7377]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic please can you make a video on hand synchronisation fixing... Thanks in advance

[@JohnsMusicClasses]

Thank you so much!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

You're welcome John! All the best

[@manuelcrespo1384]

Hey Alex, I'm glad your injury is getting better!!!. Will you record a volume 3 improvisation Masterclass for JTC?. I'm excited about it!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

THank you mate, yes I have Vol 3 coming out in December. I will post a link here when it is released. I'm glad you're looking forward to it.

[@manuelcrespo1384]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic Im really glad that you take your time to answer to your fans like me. Really appreciate that!!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

@@manuelcrespo1384 My pleasure man,I can't answer all but I try my best to do as many as I can. Thanks for being cool too Manuel😎👍

[@binodbaiju8228]

Wow, Alex your teaching style is so much insightful. Where can I find your lessons ? Please provide me the links.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you so much mate. I have an online store where you can purchase many lessons with Tabs and backing tracks. heres the link. All the best and thanks for watching. jtcguitar.com/store/artist/alex-hutchings/

[@hannanathan564]

10:23 This! Badass.

[@david-fletcher]

Wonder why G melodic minor over the C7 ? Is this to replace the 2 minor/dorian in the key of F major?

[@ilyasrayan4791]

Amazing master class extract. One question though, how do you identity that G melodic minor works over C7 ? Thanks 🙏

[@danaeverhart6487]

We hungrily await the next lesson my friend thanks 🙏🏻 again!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Cheers Dana. Thx for watching.

[@jazznotes3802]

Love your JTC Masterclass packages Alex. Thanks for creating them👍🏻. I’ve got a question (If you have time to answer it) to do with the section on diatonic modes, in your second JTC Masterclass package. My question is; Do you keep the same seven Major scale positional names in your mind when playing the other modes, instead of re-numbering them each time you change modes? Considering it’s still the same seven patterns. If I change the positional/pattern names, each time I play a different mode my brain can freeze up. Do you think it’s better to keep the same positional names of the “seven diatonic scale pattens,” instead of mentally changing them each time the mode changes? Hope you get my question, as i know it’s more to do with the “thought process.” Thanks.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Hey jazz notes, I'm really pleased you're enjoying the masterclass’ It's a great question and to be honest I think for consistency sake it is better to think of the same numbers even when playing in different modes. For example in the back of my mind Dorian, is always the second position MixoLydian is always the fifth position etc etc This is also handy because it correlates to the relative chord quality as well. As you say though this is a “thought process” so everyone may think of it differently but this is the way I choose to think about it Thank you for purchasing this masterclass and I'm very pleased you're getting a lot from it. All the best on your musical journey

[@jazznotes3802]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic. It’s nice to know I’m not the odd one out thinking about the 3NPS patterns/positions in this way. Memorising the seven positions/patterns, then re-naming them (seven more times, for every other mode) always seemed like unnecessary extra work for the brain. Anyway, thank you Alex for responding to my question, I really do appreciate it.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

@@jazznotes3802 My pleasure mate, so many things like this in music, it's good to talk about it... Hope you're getting stuff out of the rest of the masterclass too. Cheers for now

[@hamiltonbrown1989]

Amazing lesson here! Thanks! Question... Could you share the notes in your tuning?

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

THank you Mate, I'm glad you enjoyed it... I'm not sure what you mean by notes though mate... If you literally just mean the notes I tune too it's E A D G C F heres a short video about it... kzbin.info/www/bejne/foDZhHqgbqtmnJI I hope that helps. All the best

[@guitarpierlu1937]

You are a really great player, can I ask you please the name of the guitar in the video?

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you mate, sure. It's called The NuVo guitar by Waghorn guitars... Handmade in the UK. 👍😎 Thanks for watching.

[@guitarpierlu1937]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic thanks to you Alex, music heals souls. Cheers from Italy my friend.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

@@guitarpierlu1937 My pleasure, yes I agree music has very healing properties... Cheers for watching. 👍😎

[@rioguitarsstudio7886]

Like Richie Kotzen's Arpeggio

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Yes Mate, I love Richie K, one of my heroes growing up. ;-)

[@jodylopez1359]

Very cool I just found you what kind of guitar your playing I can’t blow up the video to see ! I’m from USA Nevada do you give lessons on Zoom please send link for that and cost ! Very interested JL

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Hi Jody, thanks for watching. The guitar I'm using is called The NuVo Tele, by Waghorn Guitars. Custom made here in the UK and shipped worldwide. www.picuki.com/media/1851629463600963946 I'm afraid I'm not set up for Zoom lessons currently but these masterclass lessons are very comprehensive and great value for money. If I ever open up for one to one lessons I'll post about it here. Thx very much and all the best

[@jodylopez1359]

Alex Hutchings your awesome player any freebies you share will be appreciated I’ll check your masterclasses great talking to you ! And added extras on that guitar or is it stock Regards JodyLopez

[@aadityakiran_s]

Do you take lessons? You're like all the things I wanna do in guitar all rolled into one.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you very much mate... I've offered one to one lessons for a number of years but I have a whole package of lessons just like this with Tab and backing tracks from my online store.... jtcguitar.com/store/artist/alex-hutchings/ I hope they will help mate. All the best 👍🙏🎸

[@JoseGonzalez-pv9bd]

Thank you very much for the lesson, Mr. Hutchings. Combine and join fragments ok. By the way a question: How can you record the guitar audio into a video with some quality?

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure, I record the guitar into my sound card at the same time as the microphone and mix it together afterwards. I used Logic X with Roland Octa capture and the Boss WAZA tube amp expander with the Laney ironheart head. Hope that answers your question. All the best

[@JoseGonzalez-pv9bd]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic Thank you very much, I did not know how to record that way, now I will try to improve the audio. Thanks for your help !!! 👍 Muchas gracias amigo

[@UrquidiGuitars]

B note is buzzing!!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Sorry mate, must go get another set up done...Cheers for the reminder and thanks for checking out the vid. All the best.

[@UrquidiGuitars]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic I will gladly set it up for you, but We are a little far apart. Anyway check my channel for setup and fretwork. It's in Spanish thou...

[@tomhathaway4941]

You should be on the cover of all the guitar magazines, technically youve mastered the thing, and theory you got down, and then you think about musicality and the first 2 things are second nature, not many get as far as you, how bout an instumental rock record thing kinda, when your burning is when your at your best i think, anyway....."were not worthy" (bowing)

[@neiloxenrocks1362]

sorry alex for that out burst i apologise

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

It's all good mate. I appreciate the good vibes. Cheers for now 👍😎🎸

[@小林義和絵画ちゃんねる]

ほんとうにあなたのオリジナルチューニング。ソロを弾くには最高に弾きやすそうですね。 まったく同じ運指でどの弦間でもオクターブちがいなどのフレーズを弾けるのはかなりの利点ですね。 もともとギターのチューニングが今の形になってしまったのは、多分コードの押さえやすさも含めて総合的に考えた結果なんでしょうが… もともとフレットが打たれた普通のギターは和音を弾くには向いてないんですよね。厳密には… 太さの違う弦を、さらに弦の振動幅を考え弦高も違う、張力もバランスがいいのか疑問がある…状態の楽器が普通に押さえただけではイントネーションがいいわけがない。 だから、完璧なイントネーションにするにはヴァイなどか使っている曲がったフレットが必要になる… ヴァンヘイレンチューニングも1.2弦のイントネーションの悪さを矯正したチューニングだし… ソロ楽器と割り切って使った方が、本来は理にかなっているんでしょうね。 ソロ優先でチューニングするならあなたのオリジナルチューニングが一番弾きやすいと思います。 イントネーションもエディチューニングと同じく響きが揺らがないんじゃないか？とさえ思います。だって全部同じ音程差で弦がチューニングしてあるんだし…

[@adrianbrown782]

Any skype lessons?

[@dreamerdeceiver6592]

i think i can see a deep purple record there haha

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Yep... 100% nice one for spotting it. Classic ;-)

[@MusicMotivator]

Couldn't get past the first Cmaj7 example because that is right out of a Gambale video and credit must be given where credit is due.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

That's a shame mate, well I did dedicate an entire video to Frank, explaining my respect for him and giving him huge credit for his influence on my playing. If you're interested you can check it out here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mqPMi4uQd9d_l6M Cheers for now. 👍🎸🙏

[@Gioberrrto]

Stranger Things? xD

[@WyldestZakk1980]

Stranger Things.

[@pstrzel]

See? it's easy.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Totes... ;-)

[@taLLdavid33]

Thanks!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

👍🙏🎸