How To Play Through Changes Like Michael Landau

Time for another deep dive! This time we're looking at two approaches to play over changes through changes like Michael Landau!
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V I D E O C H A P T E R S
00:00 - "Roodis" Solo
00:34 - Intro
01:26 - Chromatic Mediants
02:18 - "Roodis" Harmony
03:45 - How To Practice Scales
04:31 - Don't Do This!
05:00 - Playing In Position
05:54 - Exercise 1
06:14 - Don't Do This Either!
06:50 - Demonstration of Exercise 1
07:25 - Exercise 2
08:28 - Hendrix-isms
08:51 - Explanation
10:35 - Improvised Solo
11:11 - Patreon
11:59 - Outro

[@Ar41e]

The way Michael Landau played his solo in 'Goodbye Guiding Light' just blew my mind. For a second, he played inside the box, then jumped out, and then got back in. Spectacular!

[@RichardWatson]

I know exactly the part you mean- amazing!

[@bwm5150]

Excellent playing, tone and demonstration! Thanks for explaining these Richard! :)

[@RichardWatson]

Thanks Ben!

[@jayboy6895]

Fantastic Rich. Fascinating episode

[@RichardWatson]

Thanks Johnny!

[@rayriz4609]

Another great video!

[@RichardWatson]

Thank you, Ray!

[@oigres33]

Thank god! I was waiting for a new video of yours, and I was hoping it was either Luke or Landau. Great as always, big fan here!

[@RichardWatson]

Thanks man! I've neglected Luke and Landau somewhat recently so felt a Landau video was overdue!

[@omar_me]

Brilliant Rich, thank you!

[@RichardWatson]

Thank you, Omar!

[@databasement]

Thank you, again!

[@RichardWatson]

My pleasure- thank you for watching!

[@bigtguitars7312]

Bloody awesome lesson you got a new subscriber

[@RichardWatson]

Thanks so much!

[@Looshbaby]

Love ur playing

[@RichardWatson]

Thanks so much!

[@stratsmyboy7169]

Great lesson as always, def need to release a landau book ......

[@RichardWatson]

Thanks man!

[@jaycareaga9929]

Mikes out the ordinary thought process helps.

[@RichardWatson]

For sure!

[@oliviervieserguitar4692]

Nice!👍🏻🎸🎶

[@RichardWatson]

Thanks man!

[@calwells5612]

I wanted to say "fantastic episode," but jayboy beat me to it. So, I'll say GREAT episode. Very implementable advice that should pay big dividends for any guitarist who still struggles to play over changes (particularly non-diatonic changes, but really any changes).

[@RichardWatson]

Thank you very much- I really appreciate it!

[@calwells5612]

@@RichardWatson My pleasure. You do a terrific job.

[@agharta42]

It's all in the earring

[@RichardWatson]

It's the seat of my powers!

[@CANARYHP]

How ironic Kurt Cobain didn’t know a single thing about guitar theory

[@TeleTonemonkey]

If that were the case, he couldn’t play a chord. So not “ironic “, but miraculous! 😉

[@jaycareaga9929]

@@TeleTonemonkeyOne doesn’t need to understand theory to play guitar or chords. There are plenty of players who didn’t know or learn any theory until years after they started playing.

[@fives.]

Idk about this, he had an ear for diatonics and knew them off of the major scale but that's as far as his music theory ever went. Journals (despite being ethically questionable) has a BUNCH of his early chord charts and open position pentatonic scale scribblings from guitar lessons, but he only ever employed that knowledge for songwriting

[@RichardWatson]

Players like Mike Landau and Luke are perhaps the exception, rather than the rule, when it comes to their schooled approach to music. They set out with the intention of becoming top drawer studio musicians so their whole focus was very different to that of a songwriter like Kurt. So many great players and songwriters aren't able to articulate what they're doing in theoretical terms, yet it has no bearing on the excellence of their output. Where I find theory most useful is in teaching; it gives us the ability to demystify, quantify and, subsequently, pass on some of the magic of these incredible players, composers and songwriters.

[@bluwng]

@@jaycareaga9929 you don’t know what you are saying. Theory doesn’t necessarily mean you sit in a class or read a book on it. Leaning chords, scales when to use them how to solo over them is all theory. They learned from friends, watching others and practice and playing but they learned. It’s not like a 5 year old who picks up an instrument beats the piss out of and doesn’t create any music …that is an individual who doesn’t know any theory.