Where to Start With Music Theory, Episode 14: Groove Is Our Responsibility

[@meeno_the_man]

And remember what Keith said, “Your left hand is what you KNOW and your right hand is WHO YOU ARE.“

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Ooooh I like that!

[@atonofspiders]

@@ulflurken221 People that are left-handed don't have a different left and right brain split right? Supposedly the right half of your brain controls the left half of your body. It doesn't go away just because of Guitar turns around. I like where your heads at.

[@JohnColapinto]

I have been bingeing on this man’s videos. But I play piano. Doesn’t matter. He’s talking about what music IS. Not “just” how to play guitar. Actually I make my living as a writer (magazines, novels) and a lot of what he’s talking about is applicable somehow there, too. I guess I’m saying that these videos are magic.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks John! You know as well as anybody how important it is to engage with our intuitive/creative side, but do it in a somewhat methodical way!

[@stephaneruhlmann3262]

Hey John, if you enjoy Eric’s work you should check out Michael Palmisano’s « reaction » videos.

[@AnthesBill]

I think Eric deserves a New Yorker profile.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

My mom works at the New York Times! In the software dept though :-)

[@JohnColapinto]

​@@EricHaugenGuitar Yes, engaging the intuitive/creative side but with focused application, somehow-"methodically." Bit of a paradox, but then I love how you demonstrate the concept not just through your playing but through the way you speak to camera, the tangents you allow yourself, the spontaneity, all of it is teaching viewers something: riding the moment, keeping it interesting and human and, god help us, NOT sounding like the click-seeking robots of so many KZbin channels.

[@anonymousforensic]

I started jamming with a new group a couple months ago. Before we start each jam, we go around and yell out what we’re in charge of for the song for our respective instrument. It’s silly, but it focuses everyone, cleans up muddy sonic overlaps, and makes role switching easy mid jam.

[@41DegreesSouth]

Cool! I'm going to try this out 😃

[@RobertSlover]

practice, practice, practice.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

That's a good idea! TEAMWORK!

[@crimfan]

Good idea. We have a band leader who's in overall charge (though he's not a dictator), I record each practice and comment after the fact, and the lead singer of a tune is usually the leader. It makes a big difference. If these things aren't negotiated out clearly and consistently, you'll end up playing the world's most common instrument, the cacophone.

[@studmuffin1212]

Ok, here's a tangent. The last time I saw Justin Townes Earle live, a solo acoustic show, some of the audience started clapping - off-beat - during one of the songs. Earle stopped dead, mid-song and yelled "NO CLAPPING!! at them in that half--joking/half-serious way that he did so well. Then, before launching back into the song, he raised his right hand to the sky and said "Everyone see this? This hand right here? THIS IS WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS, BABY!!!" The audience went bonkers. It was, hands down, the best solo acoustic show I've ever witnessed. Anyway, ever since, that's how I think of my right hand: it's where the magic happens. Also, I miss JT terribly. He left us far too soon.

[@vintagesessions1601]

I appreciate the way you emphasize the right hand. Truly is the puppet master

[@AdamMalster]

I never thought I'd be jamming to Sinatra. Thank you for today's smile on my face Eric.

[@jltrem]

0:35-"Groove is our responsibility, groove is in the heart..." And "Groovin' is easy, if you know how". Mike Bloomfield taught me that.

[@matthewchunk3689]

I realized watching your videos that guitar is just decorating the rhythm to build the groove. Thanks and keep preaching the gospel of 'if it don't got that swing then it don't mean a thing"

[@6stringstandard136]

Loved the Philip Seymour Hoffman reference and I agree, don't be afraid of chords that have long names.

[@lexaunculpt]

in a really scary f'ed up world - its good to know kind souls who are great teachers are out there LIKE ERIC.

[@zingleraster9124]

I’m a member of Eric’s Patreon page. I’ve been nutting out chords & scales but rhythm needs attention. Having a set of grooves in your back pocket is the key. Once again great guitar philosophy from Eric!!!

[@tombisson3186]

Thanks for getting me to think about grooves. I've always had my own names for chord progressions but never really thought about strumming patterns.

[@Lounge-lizard]

Eric you’re a great teacher and Guitarist… love what you do man, keep up the good work brother 🤘🏼

[@pedromansadevi]

i love how he says "oh oh" before turning the fuzz and playing with the happiest smile ever

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

The dusky octave fuzz is the fattest, screechiest device - it never fails to make me cackle :-)

[@MaBaKar]

Thanks, again, Eric. Your ability to distill a bucket load of inspiring, genuinely useful information into an easily digestible (and fun) format is some kind of very welcome genius

[@kraig800i]

I was about to comment that I LOVE the fact everything you sing it suddenly sounds like a Lou Reed song. Like a GENUINE Lou Reed song. But I appreciate a good Cake refence. 15:00

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks Craig! I’m not a very good singer at all - but I can imitate the great talk singers 😎

[@RobertSlover]

"if neil young is weed johnny cash is speed" most excellent! and more right than you may know that old country scene could party!

[@donyoung7874]

Johnny was arrested with amphetamines at the border in the 60's.

[@RobertSlover]

@@donyoung7874 if i may id highly recommend "tales from the tour bus" season one. some truly wild rock and roll partying from the country scene.

[@leekthomas737]

I believe jerry Lee Lewis was also "speed"

[@donyoung7874]

@@leekthomas737 Speed and whiskey. Have you heard his Live At the Star Club recording?! It's fierce.

[@misterknightowlandco]

I think the angle of the attack with the pick makes a huge difference in the “tone” but if often forgotten. All the things you can do to change the tone with you’re picking hand is really astounding.

[@AidanRKelly]

Agreed. I also just realized that if you pick exactly 12 frets above whatever note your fretting on the guitar, the tone is way rounder and softer. So if I’m playing a G note on the 3rd fret of the E string, I can pick that string at the 15th fret and it’ll sound softer and rounder than if I were to pick above the sound hole. Kinda neat.

[@misterknightowlandco]

@@AidanRKelly yeah sometimes you see old timer country guys strum down over the frets and up over the sound hole for that neat sound. I use a pick that’s so played and worn that the tip has been rounded and worm off. It sounds like when you use the corner of the big side of the pick without having that weird feeling of a backwards pick in your hand. It’s a duller sweeter sound. Much less bright, love it.

[@Dram1984]

This is hands down one of the most useful videos I've ever seen on KZbin. Thank you.

[@paulmundy8312]

Absolutely LOVE your videos Eric. Thankyou for putting these out there for us all to learn from

[@Majarky]

You started this series awhile ago almost at the same time I started searching for something exactly like this. So casually implementing music theory and making it so intriguing! And they just keep getting better!!

[@Whitewallsessions]

18:55 Timber Timbre does Sinatra. Amazing as always man!

[@PascalNormand]

Eric, I love this series so much. Thank you very much. A lot of that I already knew, but those videos helps put all this together. Priceless. Thanks so much

[@99vkh]

Mind Blowing!! What a gem of a lesson! Excellent talking, neat delivery and valuable to the core !! Please make more n more lessons on Groove!! Great stuff Eric 👍🎸🎸🙏👏👏😊 Really made my day today and took me one step ahead in enjoying to play the guitar - yes the Right hand!! I need to make it dance gracefully to make that groove!!

[@johnl.6930]

You’re so correct! Our rhythmic responsibility is immense and so important. Once again your teaching expertise is stunning! Application and explanation spot on! Thanks so much!✌️❤️

[@TJJJJJJJJJJJ]

This channel is so refreshing ! Genuinely interesting content / lessons explained incredibly well. Have been binge watching episodes for the past couple of days ! Stuck in covid lockdown in Sydney Australia 🇦🇺 and this channel has been keeping me sane Keep doing what you do mate

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks so much T J! It makes me happy to know that these rambles help people!

[@TJJJJJJJJJJJ]

@@EricHaugenGuitar ramble away mate :)

[@justanotherk0ala]

2:30 6:06 7:22 9:55 10:25 12:52 13:05 14:34 17:38 19:11 19:33 22:00 24:00 25:45

[@yu9uf]

Hey Eric you're on of if not the coolest guitar teacher on KZbin. Could you please do a lesson on pentatonic fills, how to use them, when, and how to incorporate them with what you've been teaching in this series.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks Yusif! I actually just shot a doublestop video last week - it'll be out in a few Fridays. Until then, I recommend checking out this one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/d6upZYZ6mcp4jJI It's my only quasi-viral video, so there must be something to it!

[@jrpipik]

"My Way" was a French song which Wikipedia assures me was called "Comme d'habitude" by Claude François and Jacques Revaux with English lyrics by Paul Anka (that have nothing to do with the French lyrics). Fun fact, before Anka, a young pre-fame David Bowie was given a shot at writing lyrics to the French melody, but the publisher wasn't happy with what he came up with. Though those lyrics are lost to history, it occurs to me that "Is There Life on Mars?" bears a passing resemblance to "My Way." Imagine Frank trying that one!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Hi Eric. I can't play for a while because I had a mild cardiac incident but I do believe that groove is still in my heart. Watching from bed. Thanks for uploading, your videos are just one element to help me though this. Nice and relaxing grooves. Bo Diddley is Jesus

[@vdub1959]

Get well Matt. Hope you recover soon.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Rest up Matt! They're better days ahead!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Thanks Maestro, thanks Vernon. This too shall pass :)

[@JohnBrown-z2u]

I had one of these last summer but it must have been mo' milder than yours because I was playing within an hour of getting home. The whole cardiac ICU experience was pretty traumatic. Pandemic, too. No visitors, and everybody fitted up in all kinds of PPE gear. I felt like I was being experimented on by aliens or something. But you'll feel a lot better soon if you don't already. For me the hard part was mental/emotional, so watch out for that and take care of yourself. Best of luck and have a great recovery.

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@JohnBrown-z2u Thank you!

[@DrCrane1000]

God Eric, that Jockey Full of Bourbon intro was just perfect! I love how you play Ribot licks and chord progressions.

[@danielnelson8386]

You're a fantastic teacher. About to purchase your Patreon soon.

[@marcusmartin511]

I look forward to Eric's drop every Friday! Man, you set me up for an awesome weekend. And you are right, I don't sit with my guitar and try to follow your fingerings. It's way more fun to kick back, listen and laugh like hell at the middle age hipster!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

My mission = ACCOMPLISHED :-)

[@andymellor9056]

Listen, absorb... and then double back with your guitar.

[@zachkaeser8320]

Another important lesson for everyone to absorb. Groove is everything in most genres of music, not to mention rock and pop. In my experience it's what separates amateurs from pros.

[@coastercook]

Thanks, Eric. Lots to unpack in this week's lesson. I'll have to go back and rewatch parts to get the strumming patterns.

[@TurntableBlues]

yes, please please Eric, more easily digestable details on the meat of things, e.g. actual patterns in this one here. So I could start practicing immediately after watching the video. This is coming from the place of love :)

[@josephbrotherton6814]

great topic: you quickly went over the swing element, but that'd be awesome to know more about.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Aha! I talk more about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jGOaoX-uqreSoZo

[@dave-ki7gz]

Happy friday bro nice stuff you covering a lot of territory today. May the fuzz be with you.

[@Rodiniaband]

That was the best Ut-oh I've seen on a youtube video hands down. Killer lesson all around.

[@telemangler]

Have you thought about shirts “Middle Age Hipster Oracle” should absolutely be a consideration.

[@maxtoomars]

The brilliant stuff! Thank you so mush!

[@Mike_Key]

Great video - I hope there is a part II some day

[@juansastre1729]

I would also add the classic blues shuffle and la pompe (gypsy jazz rhythm). La pompe is amazing even if you don´t play it with all the nuances and an acoustic guitar. Play it on a shady chord progression with a lightly overdriven electric and you´ve got an amazing dark circus vibe. Even better with a descending bassline. BTW you should make a video on descending basslines ;)

[@benc344]

That stripped and stained mustang is absolutely beautiful

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

19yr old Eric did that! Minwax "red mahogany" stain and brushed-on poly = PROFESH

[@trevormorgan4509]

Eric! You are an incredible teacher. I love your transparency on this channel and you’re philosophy of trying to make people’s lives better. You’re doing it! Cheers.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks Trevor! Just trying in my own tiny way to make the world a little less......shitty :-)

[@michaeldematteis3409]

The g.o.a.t.love these vids,learning so much..thanks,E.H..

[@Andrew-mu1vy]

Thanks for the great material Eric. I was also watching some of your older videos where you do quite a lot of fingerstyle playing (the 'Cooder Claw' for example!). I'd be really interested to know if you have a similar set of fingerstyle rhythmic approaches and patterns to your strumming patterns and how these might fit into the chord, rhythm, scale groove approach you talk about.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

While not specifically fingerstyle, this video could be transformed that way: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rGe5i2lqlqZni80

[@Andrew-mu1vy]

@@EricHaugenGuitar Thanks Eric I will have a closer look. But would always love some more of your fingerstyle stuff anyway!😀

[@leekthomas737]

That's that then. I'm not going to work, I'm just gonna practice rythm today. I'm sure in some way it will help my work

[@safelander7811]

Your videos are so useful, I am basically self taught at guitar but never had much of a framework for learning how to compartmentalise these concepts. My only problem is I am struggling to get away from alternate picking jail 😂 need to re-learn how to only play downstrokes! Thanks a ton.

[@ericruddphotography]

More right hand development lessons!! More right hand development lessons!! More talk about pick angles, etc.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

noted!

[@ericruddphotography]

@@EricHaugenGuitar btw, bought your new Zen course on TrueFire. It’s great.

[@justanotherk0ala]

Thank you very much, sir 🙏

[@DeGroove]

Let’s just all admit it. Most of us would even pay this wonderful man just to hang out, have a beer with us, talk music, talk life, right?

[@HALO-JONES]

Groove is in the soul ✌️

[@davidwalker41]

re Bossa Nova - maybe too obvious to mention but immediately "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" came to mind

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Oh yeah that's usually what I say to students!

[@paulcowart3174]

About time you pulled out the Silvertone 😊

[@Talondale]

Another Billy Joel basanova is Until The Night from 52nd Street. It doesn't have the double second beat, but it sure sounds like the bass part you're playing.

[@darthstrings1]

So what was the C - Ab vamp at 15:43? Is that from a tune? Love that dirgey stoner rock stuff! Reminded me of The Black Angels.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Just improv! I do like The Black Angels tho so :-)

[@gab_ale]

'Tallica!!!! These rhythm lessons are great.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I Just rewatched "Some Kind of Monster" for the 3rd time. I love it so much - you simultaneously gain respect/understanding for those dudes, and cringe at the lyric writing sessions :-)

[@gab_ale]

@@EricHaugenGuitar I haven't watched it. Have to put it in my watch list. I know many people grab the guitar to "solo", but there's nothing like being able to write your own songs, and that is all about rythm guitar.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

@@gab_ale Hetfield and Lars riff. so. hard.

[@HALO-JONES]

@@EricHaugenGuitar Great doc Eric ✌️

[@markowalski1]

12:03 Wolf Alice - Formidable Cool

[@Davide_LP]

Great lesson as always, you remind me of Peter Green :)

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Heck I'll happily take that complement! Thanks!

[@jeffshepherd8456]

The comment about not watching with guitar in hand was super meta. This was one where I did come back to with guitar though. Very good information and for a beginner/intermediate level player. Keep it up man.

[@bradcompton33]

Love the amp

[@drothberg3]

I’ve tried a couple of times to improve my groove by getting into the habit of always tapping my foot - and failed to stick with it. I know it would do wonders for my groove.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

It IS tricky at first! You know what I'm gonna say: "Play slow, play simple." Externalised physical rhythm helps immensely with keeping things in the pocket

[@tim.casey.11]

That pedal is nasty, haha.. thank you for the little detour! 😁

[@frankhumphries1927]

Thanks for the good medicine

[@shanebrbich5698]

Booyah! Silvertone! Dust off the old girl Doc! 👍🇦🇺

[@fuzzyhomeproductions]

What's that riff at 16:04? is that yours?? thanks for yours or anybody's else reply

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Just improving around a C and Ab - using CAGED shapes and pentatonic ornaments that fit. That's how I navigate the fretboard!

[@alphanumeric1529]

I don't even know how many times I've watched this video. BUT, I find I'm the opposite - I'm really into the rhythm first, always when I pick up the guitar, it's always about the rhythm, but like viral rhythm, I can't keep a consistent rhythm, I play a rhythm but subtle deviations creep in, like bad dna inserted by a nefarious virus, and then the rhythm morphs, then variations enter that rhythm after a mini-stroke-a-thon, and so on and so forth, but I'm always singularly focused on rhythm. But then, ay fumble with chords, yet to write a non-power chord progression, and I never know what key I'm in, and therefore the scale, my tonal center is all over the place, it changes *within* phrases, so what do I know? In all of these areas, from rhythm, to chords, to scales, there are always little branches and I DO NOT HAVE THE DISCIPLINE to leave potential alternate paths uninvestigated. Can't do it, so everything slips and slides in all three of these aspects. But, I'm just saying, I'm the opposite sort of tard than the tard you bemoan at the end of this video. Ate too much pizza today. Sorry.

[@douglasbarton1578]

Eric, thanks for directing me to this video from your new CAGED Truefire course (Highly recommended!!). One queston, on the cool ranch, Neil Young and Johnny Cash patterns, should I be changing the single bass notes depending on the chord being played? For example, on the Cash example with Am, I play the first bass note on the A string, if I get a Dm chord should I still play the A string or should I move it to the D string? Thanks again. (I hope to take private lessons from you once I achieve intermediate status!) Doug

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Thanks for buying it doug! The rule is: Always start with the root of the chord FIRST. then, if the 5th is available go there next. So am would hit on the A string and then the low e. Or even the second fret d. It’s a choice.

[@douglasbarton1578]

@@EricHaugenGuitar Thanks!

[@mantashaft]

So weird your voice sound exactly like a friend of mine. So far what I’ve seen from your videos are killer gear and tones.

[@chelseainthewild]

Thank you hipster oracle. Putting disco diddley in the band name file.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

hahahaha I keep a list running in my phone of all the weird stuff my friends say or think of. Current best entries include: "Neck Tattoo Funeral" "Ukulele Therapy Dog" "Cry For Your Muffins" "Skin Pets" "Dirt Spoon"

[@camzimmeman97]

I love how he says "uh oh" and goes all stoner rock for like 2 straight minutes.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Guilty as charged! :-)

[@liampezzano]

This must've kept rolling around in your head after the lesson. More homework! Yay! I have actually been working on a fingerstyle version of I'm On Fire. Any suggestions on how to handle that rolling base under the Melody? As of now, I just have to really pick the bottom base note to carry it.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Hrmmmm my gut says I'd abandon the rolling arpeggio underneath if I were to try to arrange it. Since it has a kind of old timey country melody it might be neat to peel the tempo waaaaay back and make it into a lonesome ballad.

[@Underdog_Basketball]

is that the late for dinner groove though?

[@stevie7568]

Jeff Bebe: We have got to control what’s happening! There’s a responsibility here. Russell Hammond: Excuse me, but didn’t we all get into this to avoid responsibility?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

"...you're the guitarist with mystique! These are the roles we agreed upon!"

[@stevie7568]

@@EricHaugenGuitar The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you're uncool.

[@JohnBrown-z2u]

Where does Now Is the Time (by Wipers) fit in? I started hearing it in my head when you did the Bo Diddley thing but I'm not sure it's really a Bo Diddley beat.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I can't figure out the time signature on that one hrmmmmm but yeah it's diddley-adjacent

[@JohnBrown-z2u]

@@EricHaugenGuitar Yep I couldn't count it either but I thought I was just being dim. Self taught, never good at time signatures beyond 3/4 and 4/4.

[@vltjd]

Have different stuff rattling around in my head.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Oooooh I'm genuinely curious! What're your go-to grooves?

[@crimfan]

Groove is *everybody's* responsibility. Sorry to be nitpicky, but Peter Green wrote "Black Magic Woman." ;)

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I knowwwwwwwwwwww - I just figured more folks are familiar with the Santana version :-)

[@crimfan]

@@EricHaugenGuitar I figured but Peter Green has largely been forgotten... he was a super influential player for blues, rock, and metal.

[@Womble1252]

@@crimfan not forgotten by fans..he holds a special place in many a peoples hearts I've always found..usually they're good guitar players too..!

[@brianshank1419]

Eric, when practicing these various grooves, is it important to practice actually counting the beats silently, or is it more important to just get the feel of each one of them? (Related but broader question: do you count the beats mentally when you're playing live or recording?) Thanks so much for the lesson! Be well.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Ah hell naw most definitely not! I count the beats when teaching or explaining, but when I'm playin' I'm jus' playin' !

[@barthur08]

howz about the surf beat/groove?

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Yeah! That's another one I keep around, although sometimes I like to put "Cool Ranch" with the surf beat - it's a nice combo :-)

[@jamesjones-rp6cl]

I should really keep a glass of water right there ?? I can see your refrigerator and sink 5 feet behind you just go get a drink bro no big deal , lol love your video's by the way thanks Eric

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I'm totally gonna do that next time :-)

[@MuppetStyle]

Now I’m always thinking I’m doing it wrong when I pluck upward.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I have broken your miiiiiiiiind mwhahahahaha

[@rolandevenstill1]

Oh no, Eric!!! Do you have the Rona???

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Naw don't worry I'm healthy :-)

[@rolandevenstill1]

@@EricHaugenGuitar glad to hear it. Stay healthy and well.

[@stephenhensley5631]

Where did you get that Silvertone and how much did you pay ? I use to have the same one in the 70's and I want one !

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Years ago I traded an acoustic guitar to my buddy Tony for it!

[@RyanJamesOfficial]

I focus on rhythm big time with my students. I regail them with stories about intermediate players that come to me thinking they are "good" because they can kinda play Eruption.... but the moment a beat or groove is behind them they lose sync. yikes.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

YESSSSSSSS RHYTHM IS EVERYTHING!

[@RyanJamesOfficial]

@@EricHaugenGuitar haha I love breaking the spirits of these intermediate guys with a simple metronome at 90bpm. I break them ONLY TO BUILD THEM BACK STRONGER! haha

[@visitur4914]

Can I do all of this without a pick? The answer has to be yes, right? Please say the answer is yes.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Oh yeah! There's always a way - if Mark Knopfler can do it, maybe we can!

[@billville111]

Groove responsibly.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

hahaha nice one

[@rmpeckels]

Ironlung at 21st minute 😁

[@ukspankedyank]

Why not use a guitar strap so you're not having to slide the guitar back up your leg?

[@ditchgator1]

😎👍❤🖖 Love brother

[@station2station544]

Johnny Marr's right hand. That's all.

[@Ekelemen2]

Groovy. Ahem.

[@senanrhoton118]

Whoever put the thumbs down, show yourself!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

You can't please everyone all the time - they get a big WHATEVAHHHH from me :-)

[@drothberg3]

When you started playing "Neil Young" I heard Cat Stevens' "Wild World".

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

Correct! Same feel!

[@neilkorsgaard]

If Neil Young is weed, Johnny Cash is speed.😂 ... "Thank you, he's here all week"

[@ThibaultKV]

Holy fuck, Orion is rock Diddley!!!!!!!!!! I'm just totally minded fucked. What a twist.

[@Whitewallsessions]

Same. Just imagine if Bo Diddley had a metal zone!

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

I love it when I find those kind of connections :-)

[@leifkeane]

!!!!!!!!!!

[@michaelpowell7120]

The plant? really?

[@saksoskunk]

Eat pizza

[@anonymousforensic]

I think of this every time I eat pizza on a day other than Friday.

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

#INFLUENCE achieved!

[@DaveBroTube]

[The Grateful Dead have left the chat]

[@EricHaugenGuitar]

hahahahahaha

[@gimmenames9039]

Big thanks Eric! This has been single most useful lesson I ever had. As a new player since about 18 months (hellooooo pandemic) I always struggled with the right hand and stroking rhythms. By now I can do pentatonic runs and blues scales all day, but getting a rhythm straight over two chords - hmmmm, well. D D u u D finally did something where everything else failed. I am pretty confident many beginners have similar experiences. First it's all about the left hand and trying to get the fingers into those weird shapes, overcome the hurt, hit the right note etc. But once that's accomplished suddenly the focus shifts to the right hand. As you say the magic happens there and it's really hard to teach that magic. Pls do another lesson like this. Just two or three simple rhythm patterns and how to approach the right hand in general. Thank you again!