Connect Your Chords With Riffs & Licks (Works In Every Key)

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

If you enjoyed this video, you might want to check out my full-length guitar course Listen & Play -- it's all about teaching beginner and intermediate guitarists how to start playing by ear. Check it out here: andrewclarkeguitar.com/p/listen-play

[@Zok1990]

Honestly one of the best guitar teachers out there. Kudos to you.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

@@Zok1990 Thank you! 🙏

[@Zok1990]

@@andrewclarkeguitar We all have to thank you! 👊🤘

[@thOMasfischer666]

Awesome man! Somehow I now bring it all together in my mind! Thanks!!!

[@jeffreyhanson4335]

I’d love to see you extend this in a few directions. One being open string ideas. Another would be something like triplet based runs on the turnaround. Even ‘What not to do’. Or ‘When to use chord connectors and fills’. So the singer doesn’t turn around and tell you to stfu with your guitar ha. Love the content!

[@Kevinschart]

I think you've broken some sort of unwritten rule for youtube guitar teachers. This is the first video I've seen that breaks down solo'ing in this way, and it really simplifies the whole concept of where the pentatonic shapes fit. Thank you, thank you, and thank you

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I really appreciate that! I'm so glad everything is making sense. Most things are really so much simpler than they seem :)

[@AgavePiper]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@shreyanand9276]

Couldn't agree more.

[@sagora3114]

Lol yeah I'd say so... he might be hunted down now

[@sagora3114]

Or on the guitar teachers most wanted list

[@Botscarblues]

BEGINNERS!!! Take note, this man will take you from knowing a few chords, to playing something resembling music! Check out his lessons. Thanks again Andrew

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

🙏🙏

[@theaaronimal]

Your gift is OUR GIFT. Thank you!

[@rohroh482]

I'm 26 and I played guitar a bit in high school. Pulled it out of the closet a few weeks ago and decided to start spending some time everyday playing. You my good sir... awesome at teaching. Thanks for making videos and I hope your channel grows massively

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Appreciate that. I'm glad you found the video helpful!

[@edrineaines7364]

This is the best guitar tutorial i have ever come accross on youtube

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I'm glad you enjoyed it :)

[@GiovanniVittorioValdes]

I've been playing for about 5 years and I always hated guitar tutorials on youtube. Always felt like they were never as focused or catered to a beginner who wants to improve. Your videos are by far the most quality tutorials I've ever watched. I hope you grow further!

[@EZBrewMn]

I have a new favorite teacher. Been studying this for months. You present differently than anyone and it makes so much sense!! Thank you!!

[@ChrisJackson-jk6im]

You are a passionate guitar player and instructor. Thank you for all the time you put into making these videos.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you so much for watching my videos :)

[@johnleenane4571]

Excellent lesson for those of us with the theory who are trying to implement in practise

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

🙌

[@lepetitprince2188]

Kudos man. Ive been stuck with my guitar learning as it faced a roadblock after learning certain things . This unlocked a new level and now I can have fun playing around with notes. Great lesson. Keep making content like this more often.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Awesome! Thank you for watching :)

[@mattdowning]

Great lesson, thank you. A springboard into many hours of enjoyable noodling.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@JC.77776]

It's like the lights came on after this video. Again, another one knocked out of the park! Thanks for the video.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Great to hear! Appreciate that my friend :)

[@claudeoliviergauthier2233]

AMAZING video. Finally someone explaining the concept behind it and not just giving random lick to try to plug somewhere. Thank you for that

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That's the goal! Glad you like it. :)

[@fakeaccount663]

actually a hero. somehow the video i needed to see always shows up and from your channel. this is guitar teaching that is practical not a bunch of pretentious gatekeeping nonsense.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

So glad you find the videos helpful!

[@davidskarbrevik]

For years I haven’t understood what I can use scales for so I never really played them. These lessons feel like a great balance between theory and application for someone like me that will only learn something if the end result is clear.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Finding that balance has been my main goal for these videos. Thanks a lot for watching :)

[@oluwatobiadegoke13]

I can recommend this for everyone serious with the guitar

[@stonocz]

Wow, just wow! Thank you so much for your videos! Even though I've been a musician for my whole life, I've started learning guitar very recently. You have a real talent for teaching so that everything suddenly seams very comprehensible. The structures you teach us just make sense. What I also appreciate is that you have no hidden secrets unlike many guitar youtubers who just show you part of the problem without getting into any depth, leaving you confused and manipulating you into buying their guitar course...

[@JC.77776]

Amen brother!

[@kubakocz92]

Andrew I'm on my knees. Thank you from the bottom of my heart

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You're very welcome ☺

[@MustafaBaabad]

Yes, I like it very much ti have this "base run" and "licks" between chords. Thank you very much. Cheers from Indonesia.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thanks for watching!

[@jm_r245]

I ve been playing for just over 2 years now. I wish i had found you much sooner

[@gregglashauser4125]

Great lesson 🎉 so much to practice and a framework for expansion- BRAVO ❤

[@Pineappletrainable]

It's incredible how I've heard this information so many times, but you are the first person who puts it into order and explains it in a way that makes so much sense. Youre such a good teacher, thank you so much I've made a huge jump in my understanding now thanks to you and I have a clear idea of what to practice and more importantly how to practice!

[@michaelcraig9449]

YES. I noticed all the other ones teach bits and pieces, that are not connected to an actual system to use. I want an actual system to understand and use. Thanks.

[@arumeser]

You teach us to fish, not give us fishes. That's how you're different from other KZbin Guitar Tutorial Teachers!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I appreciate that!

[@larry2icytv111]

Dude this is scary how great your lessons are bro 😩🔥 Ive been playing well noodling for almost 4 years with jazz. My theory is trash but I solo from using the melodies and mix the melody around. This was the first lesson from atleast 3,000 videos ive seen and this is the first one that clicked within the first 8 mins

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That's so great to hear. I really appreciate that 😀

[@thedonbishop55]

Great lesson. I’ve been playing for years and this was extremely helpful.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I'm glad I could help! :)

[@seasonlightly]

dude you’re literally the best, no one has explained it like this to me before!!!!!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video :D

[@rrginalds4024]

I have played guitar for 7 or 8 years now on and off, but only ever learning a couple songs at a time and then getting out of playing because I realized I didn’t know how to improvise and make something up myself. I tried to learn bits of theory, but could never really connect it with the instrument. Over the years I even had effect pedals gifted to me which I attempted to use, but was never able to very well because I could never create my own music. I have only watched a handful of your tutorial videos, and I have already be pulled all those pedals out of the closet and have started creating chord progressions, and improvising over top of them. Thank you so much for making videos that actually makes sense.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Wow, thank you for sharing. I'm so happy that the videos have been working for you. ☺

[@terryriley8963]

There are tons of video’s on youtube on how to use and remember special shapes and formulas that supposedly simplify improvisation so you don’t need to understand the complex theory behind it but you do an incredible job of breaking down and simplifying the theory so it is understandable and easy to use.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That's my goal! I'm pumped that you like it. Cheers 🙌

[@HNXMedia]

I don't play guitar, but instead play banjo, and this translates perfectly. This is exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That's so cool that it's transferrable. Cheeers 🙌

[@TheAmateurGuitarist]

Okay, I need private one-on-one lessons from this guy!🙂

[@jayyoung7536]

Thanks for the fishing 🐠 🐟 lesson!😊

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

My pleasure! 🫡🎣

[@kaushalsuvarna5156]

I think the most important thing, to jumping off into soloing, that absolutely no one talks about is to get out of the habit of strumming - that is the biggest roadblock mentally that does not allow us to solo We are too caught up strumming and can't break off; the trick is to do just one strum to set up the chord and set off

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Good point!

[@gohjohan]

For strumming, it's a rhythm thing, which one of the component that I lack. The other component is listening, especially when playing with others. I'm classically trained because of piano, so I follow exactly what's on the the sheet music. I've learn now to listen and improvise as I go along with other musicians.

[@OtRatsaphong]

This a great supplement to your course, Andrew 👍. Have just finished going through the lessons, and this lesson shows how to add fills between the chords. Thanks 🙏🏼 and Happy Easter 🐰🐣

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That's very true! This is definitely one of the next steps. Thanks for the support, and have a Happy Easter, my friend! ☺

[@J.P.Studios]

I have been watching many different videos on guitar soloing. The main thing Iv'e been seeing was to learn all the 7 modes (which is a lot). But I love how you started of with only the 2 strings and simplified it with the road maps, and then added the minor pentatonic scale to it which is a pretty easy shape to learn for me. Great video!

[@Guitarist789]

Yeeeeeeees! This is so well pitched, it’s an art form in itself. That is another cup of coffee I owe you!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you! I appreciate you. 🙏

[@hotwheels1838]

Thank you.....that helped me quite a bit. Now I must practice, practice

[@PeterK75000]

Thanks!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Wow! Thank YOU :)

[@ScottHz]

Awesome tutorial! (Awesome tone by the way!!!)

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thanks a lot 😁

[@chessmusic3096]

I ran across your video for the first time, and I have to say. You are great methodician! Thanks.I play guitar for hobby, now and then..I like to understand, what I' am doing, and why. You explain so much, and you have the talent, not to complicate it. So it's simple and..really helps. Keep up good work.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Really appreciate that. Thank you 🙏

[@jessicaripley7253]

This was great! Thank you for all the helpful content Andrew!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You’re welcome! Happy to help 😊

[@gregglashauser4125]

Best description and method for laying out fretboard for us less experienced players. Thanks

[@SKOVDEPETE]

Hey, I really enjoyed this. You have asmooth approach, not too fast not too slow and verrry easy to understand. I will be returning to this mannny times. I am now subscribed an looking forward to more of your material. 🙏😊😊😊

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Awesome! Glad it was helpful :)

[@jeffrykrump]

Thank you for all your help. Your videos are very helpful. Thank you for responding.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You're very welcome!

[@pkrishna1065]

You're a beautiful treasure to us self taught players opening up our worlds to knowledge which always seemed ever so out of reach. Truly grateful 🙏🏼❤️

[@SteveStewart-f1q]

Wow you made that so easy to understand, I couldn’t believe how simple you made it , I’ve never looked at it like this before Keep it coming

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Truth-is-King]

Great video sir, thank you!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

My pleasure!

[@SpiritualTv949]

😭😭😭Watching and crying I'm doing this already Watching this the hundred time

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Amazing!

[@adamvincenz6993]

Thank you soo much for that video! Helped a lot

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Glad it helped!

[@barrettKiwi]

These two videos you've done on this subject have really helped me to make basic chord progressions just sound so much better and more interesting even though I'm still just keeping it super simple. As always I really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos with such an easy to understand method as well as you stating how important it is to start slowly and to re-watch videos to cement the theory and ideas into memory. Thanks!

[@Andrew-cu9lf]

This was a really good video. You're one of those instructors that has a clear and fluid pedagogical style; that's rare. Congratulations, and thank you.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Wow, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaelcraig9449]

Can you post up how to connect chords with riffs, and licks in major and minor? Also the 3 minor scales? That would be really great, to finally understand the whole system. I liked where you were going at the end of the video, could you show us from beginner, all the way up to advanced, on how to do this? Thanks!

[@night9587]

I started improving myself since I saw your videos thanks

[@night9587]

I know Im gonna repeat myself but even though it's in English I don't know why , you're making a good job keep it on

[@michaelgumleyguitar]

Hey Andrew, this was a terrific video with lots of great insight. I especially like that you're teaching a concept that can broadly applied to many musical contexts rather than specific licks for specific uses. Great explanation and very clear communication :)

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That's the goal! I'm glad you liked it. Cheers :)

[@Emrys345_Guitar]

As much as I love Blues Rock and 1,4,5 progressions, I loved this video and found it so helpful since I love other genres, too. I appreciate this!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Emrys345_Guitar]

@@andrewclarkeguitar absolutely! I get KZbin a.d.d when I'm learning ing from videos, but yours actually keep me engaged!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

@@Emrys345_Guitar that’s awesome 😁

[@ashtweth]

Brilliant man, I used it as the bass line to play over the progression, thats another applicaiotn of it, you can create the bass line from that. Sounded killer. Wil check out the channel, than you very much.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Absolutely! Thanks for watching 😁

[@charmianwebster3668]

What a great lesson!! Thank you....

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You’re very welcome ☺️

[@羅允駿]

Good job. You took away my fear. I play with backing tracks. The problem is I put the chords after the connectors. The chords go first. The connectors go second. Thanks for the syntax.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You got it! Thanks for watching!

[@francoblaser4417]

Very good lesson. Gives us ideas rather than just performing scales.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That was the goal! :)

[@Ones_Complement]

Awesome lesson. Very inspiring.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Glad you liked it 😀

[@MrKkramme]

Another very good and informative lesson! Thanks 🙏

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

My pleasure!

[@pkrishna1065]

Very grateful. Thank you!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You're very welcome!

[@footballfred2207]

Very Insightful as usual

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you!

[@martoneill]

Superb lesson

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you! 😃

[@josephgonzalez9522]

Fantastic!!! More please

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You got it!

[@ronaldthun8264]

Thanks a lot. Easy explained! ❤

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kinleydorji]

Thank you for this wonderful lesson!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You're very welcome!

[@jasonwojcik]

This is an awesome video! For a beginner, I can see them being able to ENJOY playing the guitar and making music. As an advanced player, it is a great way to think about the fret board for inspiration. Thank you for making this video!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you so much! Appreciate that, my friend 🙏

[@brianjacob8728]

excellent job. needed the internet back in the 80s when I tried to teach myself the guitar.

[@Daviddd10]

Woww this was amazing!! Definitely putting into practicee

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Awesome!

[@katz5434]

Very professional structured lessons! Thanks Andrew 🫡😊

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

My pleasure! Glad you liked it ☺

[@devilsgunner99]

You earned a new subscriber and I’d definitely like to see a continuation of this topic.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you so much! Will do.

[@ecvargas5272]

spectacular video....super informative...thanks.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Glad you liked it!

[@jefflambdin7578]

Great video. I hope you continue this series. This makes more sense than other soloing videos I have seen plus it gives great rhythm guitar tips.

[@ljephotography]

Another class video 👌

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you 🙌

[@stoicnotsad]

Very crucial topic you picked in thank you for sharing your knowledge with us it helped me alot

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Glad you liked it 🙌🏻

[@mattprobert8268]

This was great! Thanks

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thanks for watching!

[@raydanielz9408]

This is 🔥🔥🔥man

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@M3SS3RUS10]

Couldn’t have clicked quicker! Extremely grateful for this Andrew! Your teaching is incredible. Please keep them coming

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you so much, my friend! 🙌

[@ivanrosaz9910]

YOU ARE A GOD!!!!!!!! THANK YOU FOR THIS LESSON YOU OPEN THE DOOR FOR ME! 👍

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Happy to help! :)

[@JAMZ1960]

BRILLIANT! Thanks

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You're welcome!

[@paulbarber1299]

Great videos, Andrew! Maybe, it's just me.. But I find your way of explaining the fretboard is helping me to learn and understand the fretboard more than ever before, not to mention but play the guitar has become a lot more fun! Please, keep doing what you do.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I love hearing that! No plan on stopping any time soon :)

[@slatebook2384]

That might well be the best way to learn scale in a practical way, while playing chords. Thank you for sharing.

[@yotu9670]

That's sounds amazing =)

[@lukas_wins]

Yes, another eureka moment. Thanks Andrew

[@HonestlyHolistic]

I would buy a course where you go in depth about licks and riffs tbh, this is so helpful

[@joshuabenedictj]

Amazing Video 👏, I was literally seeing hundreds of video on improvising but this just the best of all. I find ur teaching way to be natural and I'm wondering y ur channel doesn't have many millions of views!!!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

So glad you found it helpful! I appreciate that 🙏

[@gohjohan]

It's KZbin algorithm. I didn't discover Art of Guitar until 2 years ago. I found this video thanks to the algorithm.

[@alexmcanespie5075]

You are fantastic thank you thank you!!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You are so welcome!

[@99vkh]

Yesss!! Nice 👍 please continue this to expand how to visualize more shapes and also what best to play for the various chords 1 to 6 in a key!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You got it!

[@DougSmith-y4o]

This is a great lesson for many reasons. Though I know the Caged system, this is the first lesson I’ve seen that connects the chords through the Diatonic scales! Bonus, the Diatonics are ‘in the neighborhood’, so it gives the connection. Great stuff, just subscribed! Thank you Andrew!

[@freespeech-advocate]

brilliant lesson🤟😎🎸

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thanks!

[@lawrencedeans1433]

I enjoyed that approach it eventually gives me another way to see the major scale nice one.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Glad you liked it!

[@cristianflorea5153]

broo i cannot thank u enough, played for like 7 years only by ear and got stuck, discovered ur videos like 2 weeks ago and i already made mad progres, bless u brother

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I love hearing that! I'm happy to help, my friend 😀

[@PlouplePoupi]

You’re an amazing teacher 🙏🏻👍🏼🍒

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you!

[@squidwardjtentacles]

This is a game changer for me. I cannot thank you enough. Liked and subscribed.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I'm so happy to hear that! Appreciate it :)

quality work, thank you.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You're welcome!

[@francoblaser4417]

Awesome! Would be cool to see the same concepts applied to different styles of music.. to expand our horizons even further.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Great suggestion!

[@sabudjed1135]

Many thanks.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You are welcome!

[@WilsonRidge]

I was way overcomplicating this in my head. This is so helpful. I thought on the V chord I'd have to play notes from that Major scale. It all is relative to the scale of the key ur in! That's much simpler.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You're getting it! That's awesome 😀