Cosmic Country masterclass with Daniel Donato

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Daniel Donato is one of the hottest young players on the Nashville scene and here, the Tele-toting gunslinger unpicks his trademark 'Cosmic Country' playing style. Find out more at danieldonato.com/

[@flapjackson6077]

Daniel, you’re very insightful, not to mention talented as all get out. Great presentation!

[@amoblahblah]

I can’t believe how simple it is. I’ve soloing for like the past hour. This is probably the most straightforward and impactful lesson I’ve ever had.

[@mikeadams1723]

And this is where all the best-of-the-best musicians do not want everybody knowing I've been trying to tell people this for years no one listens

[@robinr.2233]

I never understand the concept of “they don’t want you to know”. The best at any endeavor do not have some secret that only they know, think about it.

[@Slipperygecko390]

Love this man, thanks so much for explaining minor and major to me. 5 notes sounds simple but when you play one note before, with and after another its expresses a different feeling in the music. That gives you 15 different vibes you can get out of one note in the scale, from that you can get 70+ options simply from playing any two notes in a scale together, before and after. That is just the tip of the Ice burg because you can then play 3 after each other and so on, at which point the math's is too much for me. Add in bends and slides, hammer on/off and all the different things that different rhythm's does to the feeling of what you're playing and you have have got a pretty special instrument that never ends in what it can do with it. I freaking love playing guitars man.

[@joshuaflores1990]

Holy sh%#! You are an incredible teacher. Never had anything explained like that as far as guitar theory goes.

[@hunteredwards3961]

This just clicked for me, thank you so much!! High quality material right here!!

[@donnagillispie]

Thank you Daniel! Your Brilliant!

[@jasonjosiahphillips]

Thank you. This just made my mind "Click!" I already had the Penatonic scale in my head for years but I felt at a dead end and what you said made me realized I'm farther along then I thought I was. I have less challenges for the goals I set then I realized. I was over complicating things. You're one cool dude.

[@paulshults4574]

This was a power hour! I'm grateful for this gem! Subscribed!

[@jefferylinc]

Fantastic!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mikeadams1723]

You know a lot of people don't know this this is the way the best-of-the-best blues players play the way I was taught about 10 years ago

[@merldesoisa2287]

Great job thanks brother ❤❤👍👍

[@johnpandolfino8663]

The Allman Brothers Band with Duane and Dickie were masters at this approach.....

[@guy2860]

Love the Univibe!

[@matthewherold2535]

Daniel Donato, you are an awesome inspiration. Thank you for the time and effort you put in to making our world a more musical place.

[@thisisme.4555]

really great stuff

[@fattyz1]

That lesson you did for Marty was so great I had to subscribe.

[@jeroenr4524]

great info

[@Dlee966]

I think I’ve developed so strong of habits of a certain style of playing It’s like I have to relearn all this stuff like a beginner, even though I know all of this stuff if that makes any sense at all lol

[@Troy1g]

The Rhythm Riff and Grooves also please. Love it,

[@alecweinstein]

Wow new favorite teacher!

[@toddadams6443]

Great lesson man!

[@jasonphelan5785]

This has some really handy info it - thank you for posting.

[@songsbymichael]

Hi I’m Mike from Laguna Beach thanks Daniel.

[@emilienbialecki448]

Dude, I really get that cosmic country vibe and for me double stops are why country music sounds so good and that's also why I found lapsteel guitar and surf music so relaxing! Are you doing any long format video about double stops???? 😁 I looking for inspiration regarding that and I really recommend watching Cornell Dupree's Hot licks video tutorial on KZbin there is a countless number of really tasteful r&b licks. This video is a true gem, a must see for guitarists who wants to enrich their musical vocabulary. Peace. 🙏

[@ImTheChoice1]

This is not a dis in any way… But I had to replay it to get to what he’s referring to as the major part of this minor/majors concept…actually ( in key of A) is that he’s playing in A minor Pentatonic and then F# minor Pentatonic. Is that right? P.S. A guitar phenom!!! Great teaching skills! Opens up his mental avenues seamlessly and makes you think and learn. Kudos. I’m 72 y/o and won’t die till I can do this! Big THANKS Daniel

[@TPW2]

Something I'm noticing in practicing this is that the transitions between major and minor can seem a bit clashing.. but if you focus on the flattened third of the major scale when transitioning from the minor to the major it gives a nice fluidity of motion between the two! Or put in terms of minor, focus on the second degree of the minor pentatonic scale and walk that one note up a Semitone to drop you into the major. For example if your noodling in a minor pentatonic and want to make the transition to the major, go up from C (2nd degree of minor pentatonic) up to C# then proceed in the major key. Mess around with this in both directions, it seems to me like that C to C# movement is pivotal in making smooth transitions in this type of playing. Theres probably tons of other tricks for blending but this is just one I noticed! Hope this is helpful!

[@TPW2]

More universally I think the idea of melodic continuity is whats at play, like I said with the c to c# but it also seems to work well with the g and f# . So what i mean by melodic continuity is just connecting the two scales together in a linear way to transition between them which seems most effective by the semitone movements that exist between them.

[@Scary-Detective]

15:06 Daniel Records Groove

[@RaidMaster84]

You're awesome man. You make things sound so easy. 😀

[@FlangernotAnger]

Where can I find the same Keeley phaser Daniel uses? They're IMPOSSIBLE to find! They're custom shop, and rare, and pricey. Anyone???

[@stevesuv]

Claptons first crossroads solo.

[@sweetcell8767]

I'm only starting my journey into country playing. Just a basic question: is the major 7th a note you avoid in country playing? I can't seem to make it sound very good except as a leading note into the tonic? Or as a passing note.

[@Troy1g]

Daniel, do you stay in what I call the blues to overlay Major/Minor pattern for the entire song or do you treat each chord change independently. For example, when you go to the Four chord here, it would be D, do you start playing and thinking as if you were in the Key of D for those measures?

[@bjohnson515]

Note: When teaching, don't display how fast you can run thru the scales. It just makes it tougher to pick up what you are doing.

[@musik102]

It's interesting, I think, that Jerry Donahue made his name via hybrid picking but then switched to thumb pick and fingers.

[@ImTheChoice1]

Is there a transcription?

[@davidsajben9778]

so u play gminor pentatonic and which major sits on it?

[@mikeadams1723]

Now after this once they find out they can apply any of the minor modes on any three of the minor positions then that's where the magic happens in any up music

[@kevinliewer8676]

How to properly tie them all together? All the staccato notes you run through when you’re chicken pickin?

[@TEBAIL-v6o]

After researching this concept these "stacked patterns" are right their in the "Major scale.... Minor Pentatonic on top of Major Pentatonic is simply the "Dorian Pattern" just to simplify it ...The reason he talks about it the way he does because within that scale shape we need to "Think in terms of Major Minor

[@stelliumeleven2889]

Its Dorian with the major 3rd included.

[@stelliumeleven2889]

Or Mixolydian with the Minor 3rd lol

[@Jimbob-hp6ud]

Tom Holland but country version

[@jonaskarlstrom4152]

I need a guitar like that, when i know min, maj pentatonic i buy one.

[@admbrnk3665]

3:34 - I get in trouble when I do that 🫤