Daniel Donato Teaches Jerry Garcia Style Chromatic Riffs | Reverb Learn to Play

[@magicdaveable]

I learned chromaticism by listening to Charlie Parker back in the early 1960's. I often use chromatcism when the progression changes keys. It makes for smooth transitions. I have been listening to Garcia since 1967. His musicianship evolved with each album and live show. Jerry is by far my greatest influence. Excellent video by the way.

[@HebinoMetaru]

"pick up your guitar and relax, everything's gonna be ok"

[@Alex-jq5ft]

such a Bob Ross line

[@jakemguitarist]

The kind of reassurance we all need

[@NotoriousV.I.C.]

Disgusting. He's not only a great player, he's a great teacher. Little bastard. Keep up the AMAZING work.

[@infiniteandroid]

Ya .......don"t you just hate being taught history by somebody younger and smarter than you ..........Little Shit!!!!!! Hes got my sub!!!!

[@E3001-x4z]

@@infiniteandroid heard that... least kids smart and passionate gotta love seeing that

[@EdBrooking]

I remember finding Daniel on Instagram years ago and being blown away And now here I am watching a Jerry-esque lesson with him on the Reverb channel Sky's the limit for this guy Amazing player!

[@redhotchilliprawn]

great insight into how this young dude approaches fretboard mapping and positional thinking in line with genre and tonal centres - and it's all fundamental stuff. OMG - I love the disruption stirred among the teaching "purists/theorists" with their "just sayin" opinions. Gerry is a sacred cow and a tone idol of mine, I don't think he'd mind any if he was aligned with this FREE lesson and a millennial virtuoso's take on chromaticism in country rock.

[@davidr1620]

Daniel isn’t only a killer guitar player, He’s also extremely well spoken and seems like a humble dude.

[@vicentcarro]

David R and he wears an Apple Watch.

[@jeep1070]

Saw him here in Charotte last night. He is good. Seasoned he will be better. But relaxation with this instrument cannot be taught. You are born with it in your soul. Once he finds that place, he will be touring with some major acts I have no doubt. Thank you for putting up with Beth last night bro. And the Happy Birthday moment with Celeste was superbly timed. Oh yeah. My wife dug your kicks.... And you played Johnny Cash for me, but no Walt Grace.... All good. Enjoy!

[@gregoryswift9573]

Great lesson keep at it my man. RIP Jerry

[@26ruben1]

"there's no link to click .. you're already here." That's brilliant! Although I have been aware of Daniel for a little while now, that comment just made me like him a whole lot more. Why does every guitar video on youtube ask you to click the link below.. it's ridiculous.

[@leoquesto9183]

Haha. Love how he said, almost self-calmingly, "...so just pick up your guitar and relax, you're going to be okay."

[@kojam1]

Damn! LOVE that little "yeah" at the end! I dig this cat! U can tell he LOVES the guitar. His attitude is totally infectious! Love dudes that's just so cool and down to earth. It's almost laughable that they don't even seem to realize how damn talented they are. Subscribed just now. Makes me wanna quit my job, sell everything so I can buy some awesome gear and lock myself in the basement practiticing. Then it hit me! I'll starve to death and lose my home 'cause I don't have this God given talent. So, yeah...I'll be reporting to my office for work tomorrow.

[@bubbahotep5439]

24 years young, great guitarist, wonderful instructor ....... I hate me ........... Rock on kid!!

[@wgutherie]

Thanks! After many, many rewinds... I finally got it. Had to work for this one!

[@bflo5210]

His knowledge of music is pretty amazing 🤯🤯🤯

[@MrYatesj1]

Straight up good lesson and super fun. Over my head as I cant pick and pluck as of yet but I am working on it.

[@dojo8181]

It took me many years on my own to figure out and develop this kind of chromatic riffing that Garcia is known for. I wish I had videos like this decades ago, or someone to learn from. It also took many years for me to figure out some Pat Metheny runs, and now I can just punch it up on KZbin and learn from the lessons. The present rocks!

[@troutbummi]

Love your style Double D. Always a blast man.

[@AaronLS.]

Check out Donatos latest album. He's incredible. If you the dead and enjoy country music you will love him.

[@johnmonroney8614]

Yeah! I thought I had topped out with Buckethead and here comes Dubl D. Good stuff. My new fave player. Thanks Daniel

[@rdesutter76]

such a good video. Such a smart man. Thanks, Daniel.

[@DeezNoots47]

Anyone else getting Tom Holland vibes???

[@LGRW313]

irvin mata crossed with the young dunphy son from modern family

[@jstanislowski]

I've had that notion as well lol

[@darrenwebb4250]

If Tom Holland and Steve-O had a baby

[@davidomalley7863]

Is there any tab for this scale??

[@bumperbilly]

Question, is there a tab or a chart of something to help me pick away at this?

[@redhotchilliprawn]

dead simple when slowed down, easy to learn by ear. I tabbed the 2nd version at 00:57 for you. I use my own crap tab format ie [string] followed by fret numbers. [1] 7-8-7-6 [2] 8-7-6-5-6-7-8-4-5 [3] 5-3 [4] 5-4 [3] 3 [4] 4-3 [3] 3 [4] 3-2-3-4-5-1-2 [5] 3 [6] 3 [5] 2-5-2-3 . This video condenses Danny's visualization approach - a real gift on a plate - the underpinning lesson here is to learn the CAGED pentatonics, learn how to add flat 3rds/7ths into those shapes then use any chromatic passing notes to join 2 or more shapes into longer runs - country pickin will open up for you. Listen to the first solo in Johnny Hiland with Don Kelly band - Truck Driving Man (starts at 00:38 studio version) - it uses only 2 pentatonic forms and chromaticism - fundamentals in crystal clear hypershred mode!

[@KeithKemp]

@@redhotchilliprawn OMG thank you for the tab!!

[@davegooner2]

Great chops I was about to say for someone so young but no just great chops!

[@RyneMurray23]

Daniel Donato is awesome

[@hotshothomeimprovement]

daniel is the freaking man and ill hit like on anything he is in before even watching it, but has anyone noticed that his riff stuff all just sounds like The Macarena?

[@MattGlickmanMusic]

Dudes voice sounds exactly like Steve O

[@MaxMendeloff]

Great comment on how Jerry hops into his licks. I can see the resemblance

[@tylerthompson1842]

Great lick

[@winstonsmith8236]

hows he gettin that tone? slapback and vibrato? leslie?

[@BeefNEggs057]

Christopher Hash Am I hearing a phaser? Or what you said. Vibrato and slap back. Think its a phaser with slap back.

[@pj_day]

I want to know this as well. Phase 45 ish? Nice mellow phase tone. Sounds great.

[@stepitup5409]

who's not crazy about Daniels playing!!!

[@jenniferfedorink4130]

love this guy. great teaching skills for such a young guy. and a monster player. thanks daniel! (woops) and reverb!

[@edgardomaldonado3433]

How is the guitar tuning?

[@SpaceDisco1]

Love this kid!

[@ricardojose5333]

Very nice donato!

[@carlostorres1171]

0:03-0:07 reminds me of The Macarena 👌🏼

[@kylesager760]

His pupils are huge.

[@MikeCindyWhite]

Super cool lick bro!

[@annie4971]

O my gosh haven’t seen this guy before 😳definitely going to subscribe 🤓😁😎

[@bigtsshackfestival9563]

Your lessons kick ass dude

[@linksayajin2958]

Great lesson, but he's actually playing differently on the part where he mentions Jerry Garcia's lick entering. Slow down the full lick at the end/beggining and you'll see...

[@chrisattigliato1]

God he’s too good

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Nice one, cheers, :)

[@jeroenr4524]

im still figuring out the rhythm played in the intro. just that alone sounds badass

[@youzoid]

Daniel - brilliant stuff. Spent all day butchering it. Fun! But I notice the slow version you play at the beginning is a little different to the one you play at the end. What gives?

[@Tyler_3]

Is he wearing a Danny Gatton T Shirt? Fucking awesome

[@Diegorfelix]

This kid is awesome

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Needs more Travis Bean.....or Doug Irwin. Other than that great job!

[@garrettandrewlang12]

0:58 THE PICK DOES AN UPSTROKE

[@Iskaral_Pust]

I want that guitar

[@Flyingwithoutmings]

Marty shwartz just uploaded the same video 🤔

[@clintt.5598]

Nice Danny Gatton shirt.....

[@iggypyro78]

I like this kid.

[@Migler1]

He's the Tom Holland of country guitar

[@MOBxROSS]

I was looking for this comment I thought it was just me

[@af8857]

While Jerry did use chromatics, this does not sound like him. This hogwash that it's a mixture of major and minor is not the right way to think about this. Nor is thinking of this as pentatonics. I think it would be more important to talk about where each of the accidentals (chromatic) notes resolves to when playing in a mixolydian style mode. For instance flat 3 to natural 3 or flat 5 to 5. Thinking of the minor and and major together will just make it sound bad. You just need to know what accidentals resolve to what notes. Listen to Bill Payne from Little Feat for reference. RE Jerry: he didn't use this resolutions like in this video, it wasn't his style. More so he would use chromatics as passing tones. If Jerry wanted to jump from 2 to 5, he would start at the 2, climb up 2 half steps then jump to 5. Emphasis on sticking to the jumped to note, rather than running a long string of chromatics like this kid. He would often use the same idea in the other direction as well. I don't think this video captures that idea well. but what do I know, I'm just a keys player... 🙊

[@letmeooze]

I think the point of the video isn't that this is exactly how Jerry played but rather this is this players interpretation of Jerry and how he uses it in his music.

[@af8857]

@@letmeooze i agree, and that is what I'm saying doesn't work.

[@richardgreer459]

Thinking about it in a pentatonic framework works for guitar, because we can think more in shapes. We can move an entire shape and change the key which isn’t the case for keys where you really have to know the intervals in any key you want to play. It’s basically like a road map. For a guitar player it’s easy to visualize pentatonic shapes and add your 4 and 7 (or 2 and 6 for minor) as needed to highlight the chords you play over without even knowing that’s what you are doing. Most guitar don’t. The major/minor trick is also very effective on guitar. Lenny by SRV is a perfect example of E major/minor pentatonics alternating back and forth.

[@FreddieMcgruffy]

@@af8857 You're so full of shit dude. Anybody with half a brain can read that you're a jealous, nitpicking hater. Just calling you out for what you are. Have a nice day.

[@wgutherie]

Its a cool lesson with great playing, a little too fast though. Its a lot of work to analyze this and figure it out.

[@boomerdell]

Most lessons are too fast for me -- still early in my guitar learning journey -- so I say a big "Hooray!" for the KZbin setting that allows me to slow down videos like this, which I need to do to see, hear, and understand it.

[@Greywolf3]

Nice!

[@charlespatrick1572]

Yah!!!

[@afmartin2734]

This is more of a Mark Knopfler thing.

[@jaxonbmx2699]

Jerry died the day I was born 😭

[@ArcticRaven0]

Sounds almost like Hot Wired by Mason.

[@StarDarkAshes]

I wish he would slow down so I could get it Without having to slow it down and reverse so many times

[@usernametaken215]

was gonna watch then saw the relic. fuck relics

[@youngmrjazz]

Great but it sounds nothing like Jerry

[@versnellingspookie]

I dont think thats the point

[@youngmrjazz]

versnellingspookie the title is clickbait then?

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

@@youngmrjazz Jerry's tone/sound/feel whatever you want to call it seems to be an ongoing issue for these type of tutorials and pretty much most players who've played in his style. This kid is a great guitarist though and so are all the people who've played with the remaining Dead members since 95, just never sounds like him.

[@buckodonnghaile4309]

Jerry played a Guild Starfire, an SG, a Strat, a Les Paul,Travis Beans, custom Doug Irwins, and im sure a few others and it always sounded completely like him. I wish I knew more about playing to understand it.

[@youngmrjazz]

Bucky O'Beaver he’s probably one of the hardest players to imitate

[@SanFranciscoFatboy]

this is something but it does not sound like jerry at all.......

[@johnmundiejr3959]

Nice licks! Nice playing! Very knowledgeable! But: sounds nothing like Garcia!! Jerry played leads as “an abstract of the melody!” He first learned the melody and expanded around that. The licks played here are just notes. That’s why it sounds nothing like Garcia at all.

[@GDTRFBBB]

and this has what to do with Jerry? The riff you played over and over sounds nothing remotely like Jerry or his style. unless you want to claim he played one of the same notes!

[@analogaudiorules1724]

all these people on here sound nothing like jerry lol