guitar minutae

[@seananderson9346]

"You do all your thinking when you practice. When you play you have to listen." What a nugget.

[@mannoplanet]

My phrase is: "when you practice you play to the instrument, when you play you play to the music."

[@antonipeters2333]

Indeed!

[@Ken-pi7qk]

Love that

[@RobertWrayGuitar]

You're the real deal! I started off with Mel Bay at 14. My father insisted that I learned to read the music. He taught me for a while, and then I took lessons from his instructor. You give good advice.

[@the_mixx]

best channel on KZbin

[@ethanskalsky3963]

Facts

[@RickMcGibbon]

This is what KZbin should shoot for, talent, information, sharing and humor. Thank you Mr. Bruno for your insight and your music. Your videos have made me a better guitarist, thank you.

[@dananthony6258]

Jimmy’s got one hell of a memory. I like to just listen to him noodle and talk about a lick and story or 2. Very cool channel.

[@apollocannito2974]

Never saw you before today, feel like I have a new friend , thanks

[@bbowjazz]

Sheesh Jimmy you’ve never sounded better❤

[@rocknrolla5149]

Choked on my beer listening to your joke..Lmao.. Loved it!!! Found your channel a few days ago, must have watched at least a dozen videos since. Love your playing, lessons and your comments. Brings a huge smile every time. Keep at it. Cheers!

[@MrBradWi]

Alice in Wonderland... so beautiful. When I hear something as beautifully played as that, I just cannot give up on this instrument.

[@italianguy607]

Jimmy, not a day goes by that I don't listen to your music. I have ALL your stuff and everyday something else from it becomes my favorite. Man, you're the best! Videos like this are better lessons than anyone could get anywhere! Your friend, Frank Pantangele...HAHAHA!!!!

[@shanewright9735]

The hero we need!

[@skratchtat]

Legend!

[@rockyraful]

Love ya Jimmy! Thank you for keeping this channel going. I truly love it! I come here all the time. I learn and also laugh a bunch. :)

[@antonipeters2333]

Love it when you talk and then play what you're talking about. Great stuff!

[@stevecrounse1789]

Jimmy, I got to meet you a long time ago when you came to Buffalo New York for a concert and master class. The master class was awesome. I would also like to say that your album with Joey de Francesco is one of my absolute favorites. Truly amazing playing from both of you. Inspired. And inspiring. If you find the time, or have the inclination, could you put together a video of two five licks.? I find I learn best with digestible chunks. Thank you, keep it up.

[@stringsnare]

Jimmy Bruno: forget books. im makimg one called jazz for jerkovs. Jimmy Bruno: by the age of 14 i studied all of Mel Bay's books Me: emotional damage

[@leegollin4417]

Man! I love the same records…especially New Winds. I got to meet Tal a few times too. I need to meet you!

[@markdeffebach8112]

Ha Ha, I love your comment about "a lot of people taking credit for any particular picking style". I went to a college to study classical before switching to jazz studies. The classical guy had a book on how to use the little finger in classical finger style. And of course he took credit for using the little finger on the right hand. I had been using my little for at least five before and I didn't think I had inventing that. 😅

[@stringsnare]

i wish there was something like an apprenticeship for jazz. now there are not many places to play with others like a jam night or something at least in my city unless you are already accomplished.

[@paulscountry456]

I like to watch you play with such control.

[@TimsGuitarWorldwithTimFeskorn]

Like your videos Bruno. Thanks for your philosophies and inspiration. I'm still learning how to practice.

[@Ostin3232]

Genius in the room! Holy trinity Jimmy you brain and experience incredibly!

[@guitarplayingninjahacker]

Beautiful.

[@kenster3554]

Learning to read music is a point that cannot be stressed enough. I have played in numerous theatre pits and played concerts with prominent symphony orchestras…all gigs that I would not have been able to play had I been unable to read. No, they weren’t jazz gigs, but my cable and electric utilities didn’t much care about where I got my money. 😜

[@Jonobueno]

That Johnny Smith album, Moonlight In Vermont has Stan Getz on Sax as well. It's great !!

[@marcomolini9338]

You remind me so much of my guitar teacher back in the 70s, Terry Rosen.

[@RichardThornton_sasuser]

The sharp keys: Good Dames Are Easy Babes F# C#

[@StevenPD]

Great advice and stellar playing. Thanks for posting. Cheers!

[@SmokeIfYouGotEmm]

Are you from the pork roll or taylor ham part of NJ?

[@BuckJoFiden]

Thanks Jimmy. That guitar sounds great. You actually got me off my ass to pick up reading music again. It’s a requirement really. Just got your ‘Six Essential Fingerings’ book from Amazon, I know a lot of this stuff already, but I want to trim all the bullshit away. All the stuff that wastes time and is just a distraction from actually playing. Love that tune you played , I’m going to learn that one for sure. Would make a great next transcription huh? Safe travels with your gigs and teaching dates.

[@philmazza9769]

Amazing stuff, thanks Jimmy! You’re the man

[@ronbalentine2905]

Great stuff Jimmy. See you in Arvada.

[@guitargod6997]

What inspires a kid to play music? Apparently by medical DNA studies musical talent is 47% genetics! So, like your height and hair color as well as personality, genes play a big role. My earliest musical memories were playing Elvis records and Bobby Darren's Mack the Knife. Greatest regret? Not playing classical piano in grade school. But, now I do. Jazz, country, classical. Music chooses you. The advice of Jimmy Bruno is spot on. I never forgot being in a book store as a preteen hearing Johnny Smith. Siren call. To me guitarists and pianists are like beautiful flowers in a garden. All beautiful and individual. But, no question that there are a lot of angels fitting on the head of the pin...

[@mikemarshall5162]

I've mostly paid attention to the sharp keys, and I go around clockwise like you've just done. You're also thinking about the flat keys, and you go counter clockwise on them. The flats come on in fourths and the sharps come on in fifths because of the different directions. I'm just writing down what I think I just saw you doing, but I'm not sure why you think of them this way. Anywho, thanks for your videos!

[@zambot3325]

I want to play guitar and smoke with this guy.

[@onethousandtwonortheast8848]

We all do, bro. 😀

[@matthewchunk3689]

Thank you sir. As someone who grew up on tabs, a little tough love is forcing me back to the basics.

[@5geezers]

Thank God there was no tab when I came up…. I learned from a 1930’s series of books by Nick Manolof. There was one book called Guitar Harmony and he’d have one page for major chords, one for minors etc but as a 14 year old I didn’t realise that when he did his page of say C majors he put them in ascending order up the neck, C form, then A form, G form, E form D form. Other kids that were trying to learn guitar didn’t know how I played all over the neck in any key and the funny thing is I wondered too…. (this was 1961) It wasn’t until Guitar Player magazine interviewed Joe Pass in the 70’s that he described his scale fingerings as CAGED with diagrams that I realised that I’d just figured out the 5 Fingerings as Jimmy calls them from adding the scale notes around those chords…. Manolof didn’t mention that… I was just a curious kid 🤷

[@mugen050]

the albums you named by Hank Garland and Johnny Smith also inspired me to the level of being a serious jazz player. I would also like to mention Billy Bauer as well with Plectrist

[@lorenzopalmieri7262]

Grande musica. Pillole di saggezza. Grazie 6

[@arpeggio62]

Mr Bruno, Do you ever play out anymore ??

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

I sure do, mostly in New York, Italy Europe and within the USA. Going to Denver for a week to play and teach

[@natehenley2674]

I like this dude.

[@Jon-Tee]

Thank you 🎸🤘

[@danielthomas5057]

personally i love the wall color behind in the frame

[@TheRealSandleford]

Ah good one... I was just working on this the other day got flats and saw the pattern that the next flatted note is going to be a note from the next key, now I see that the sharps will have the flat seven of the key be sharpened, good timing for that one.... I always kind of suspected what you said about those guys that supposedly did not read any music

[@5geezers]

Yeah, but what a lot of people seem to mean about reading is playing at first look 👀 IOW “sight reading “ and at tempo. However there’s very few guitarists who have developed that skill (and retain it) Reading to me means I can look at a piece of music and work it out in a fairly short space of time. Then, play it up to tempo. And I played classical guitar to concert level, played chamber music and orchestral parts, but now after 25+ years of playing only jazz, I have to go back to “figure it out - then, play it. Guitar is a fucking beast to read on! So many options. That’s my take anyway.

[@MrVesperatu]

Those johnny smith records are underrated as a mfr

[@kennyjoseph220]

Wow!! nice sounding strings on that Eastman. What brand of strings and what are the gauges ? I have the same guitar and I love it..Thanks Jimmy for all the good teachings.. Kenny J.

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

D'Addario nickel wound XL

[@rossthrockmorton2116]

What advice would you give for deciding where on the fretboard to play when reading music? Being able to play the same note in multiple spots on the neck is a blessing and a curse haha Thanks!

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

depends on what is the lowest note and the highest

[@rossthrockmorton2116]

@@brunoonlineschool7527 I never thought of it that way! Do you usually try to abide by the one finger per fret principle when reading? Or is it more so what's more convenient in a particular measure?

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

@@rossthrockmorton2116 one finger per fret mostly, unless it's some string effect

[@keithboruff8056]

I decided to tough it out and do the MB books you mentioned (on book 2). I can already see from the lessons there where you kind of learned to move your fingers doing chord melodies. Sure.. I'm just doing simple melodies on cowboy chord stuff but it's a start. And yeah... reading music isn't all that bad (at least the music I'm given in these lessons).

[@jameslifetimelearner]

This review is Gold. Enlightenment of the Path.

[@kevintaylor99]

I knew you were from philly...i know that accent too well...im from south jersey but my pop is from philly...dan scoleri....

[@JIMMYPANTELLERIA]

Good stuff in here!

[@p1nesap]

More jokes Jimmy! 😂 I just told 2 friends incl. 78 y.o. neighbor was laughing her head off.

[@AndrewsVideoEssays-yl3pb]

I would love it if he made a guitar practice/theory book like Mick Goodrick. I love this guy! Wish he had an Instagram or something

[@kevindonnelly761]

Mick Goodrick made a guitar practice / theory book like Mick Goodrick.

[@AndrewsVideoEssays-yl3pb]

@@kevindonnelly761 yeah, I love them! The advancing guitarist and all three volumes of the voice leading almanacs are all I’ve got so far

[@danielthomas5057]

this is fantastick

[@montes707]

I'm stealing that joke 😂

[@barryo5158]

Genius!

[@thefungai1]

Luv yah man

[@JohnGriffith-w2w]

Mr.Bruno, Thank you for the outstanding music lessons. I’m trying to learn basic tunes in 12 key and so far I am failing to make the tune sound good or work in all 12 keys. All Of Me Fly Me To The Moon ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE BLUE BOSSA . These tunes don’t always sound good in all 12 keys.

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

keys do not matter. you're doing something wrong

[@prevalentape0]

@user-cv1jf1wq2m are you sure you repeated the intervals exactly when transposing?

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

@@prevalentape0 absolutely

[@JohnGriffith-w2w]

@@prevalentape0 No I’m not sure and when I am then the chords required to support the melody also have to be changed. 🤣😂 ! It’s a mess right now but I’m sure with time it can be done.

[@prevalentape0]

@@brunoonlineschool7527 ah sorry! Meant as a reply to what he said. Let me edit it correctly. Thank you for the video, as always.

[@henrymatthews2253]

Thank you Jimmy you are amazing :D

[@neu-ter]

grateful

[@TimsGuitarWorldwithTimFeskorn]

What four standards should I learn as a beginner. Glad you finally mentioned Joe Pass.

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

Blue Bossa, Satin Doll, Green Dolphin St, Autumn Leaves

[@localpm]

Fantastic Jimmy Bruno.👌

[@whatilearnttoday5295]

Sax players don't just know how to read music, it's an easy instrument to sight read in realtime without thinking. "That tab shit ain't gunna get you anywhere" Amen! A crutch which cripples. So many guitarists spent a lifetime going nowhere thanks to tab being in their life.

[@KevinLynch1717]

“Memorize your key signatures!” (Reads key signatures off his page)

[@newgunguy4176]

Memorize it on the fretboard, is what he means.

[@jimmcgoey]

Jimmy, you said that as a kid you switched from alternate picking to whatever you do now. I'm an old guy struggling with alternate and wondering if the change to your style is possible in a reasonable period of time?

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

I would not try to change if you already have been playing a long time

[@prevalentape0]

I'd say, it's just deliberate practise. Do it alternate, stop, and focus on the transition to whatever you want to do now. Without adaptation, what's there to do?

[@johnnycorbin]

Thanks Jimmy!! Great joke.

[@cellardwellerproductions5125]

As one example, there are NO tabs in the either Stan Getz or Charlie Parker, Omnibook. You got to learn to read, it’s as simple as that.

[@antonipeters2333]

Minutae or Minutiae?! Yeah, I know, smartypants - right?

[@smartassrecords]

Ed Bickert ,"the garden party "

[@gxruiz1]

Ok, what oboe players do you dig? 😂

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

Perez who teaches at Juliard

[@paolunna]

Ciao Zio!!!

[@alankeish6420]

Jimmy tells it like it is, do your self a favor and take a one on one lesson with him if he is still doing them you’ll be amazed.

[@richardschley4110]

👍✌❤😎

[@cowcrossstreet]

minutiae

[@datnotme9921]

⚡👍⚡

[@jega157]

Great discussion.... Thanks

[@chuckfinley3542]

How anyone could forget to mention Joseph Passalacqua (Joe Pass) in the first breath is outrageous. I won’t watch another Bruno Online video-until the next one comes out. Thanks Jimmy. Always entertaining & informative.

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

you didn't watch the whole thing 15:50

[@chuckfinley3542]

@@brunoonlineschool7527 I said “first breath.” You mentioned him later along with Hall & others. 👍 I watch your videos in their entirety-even on your bad hair days.

[@vesternor]

ah, so the flats go up in fourths and the sharps go up in fifths. Beats the hell out of battle ends and down goes father charles or whatever the f%ck it was!

[@Ostin3232]

Jimmy, you get asked questions that you don't understand and that's normal, because for you playing and hearing is as natural as breathing and walking on two legs, but for 90% of people who are interested in playing an instrument it's science and a walk in a dark forest! The question is, how many students have reached your level of mastery during your studies? Sorry for my English!

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

nothing could be farther from the truth.. I had to work on it. No one wakes up and automatically gets those skills.. I had to work at it for a long time.. And many students who are willing to put the time in have acquired those skills

[@Ostin3232]

@@brunoonlineschool7527 I'm sorry, I didn't mean that you woke up one morning in your childhood and started playing like a genius, that's how you went through the learning process, but when they start telling you that you just have to work like a slave and everything will work, it's nonsense, you still need to have talent and abilities! For some reason there is one Frank Cintara, one Robert De Niro, and one Jimmy Bruno! I am very grateful that I got into your school last year, I finally understood at least a little bit how music works!

[@bobbycoxjr.2464]

F# is 6 # everything except B. C# is 7 # everything

[@diniscontente7343]

nice joke. keep it real bruno!

[@kevindonnelly761]

YYEESS !! Learn to read Music !! 2:40 At last somebody tells guitarists to READ. I read and it IS easier and infinitely more useful than tab. You don't need to read fly shit on the wall - just basic reading of standard notation will do. All other instrumentalists do it. It doesn't kill them ! With tab, you look at the grid and numbers, turn your head to the fretboard, spend five seconds to a minute in finding the note - JUST ONE NOTE - NEVER MIND A WHOLE SONG, turn your eyes back to the tab and find you've lost your place. I call it 'Tab Whiplash !' In the end you won't know what or where the notes are, what key you're in, what tempo to keep, what the chords are (and how to spell them), how to solo or comp. You don't know what string you're on, you don't know what fret you're at, you don't know what finger(s) to use, you don't know how long the note lasts for, you don't know how the note relates to the chord, you can't count, you can't play with others - and much much more. In my fifty three years of playing, I've never seen anyone sight-read tab. You can always tell tab players. They worry so much about wrong notes that they play more of them than anyone else. They also mysteriously seem to know more about Music and how to apply it to guitar than everyone else. Just leave the ego at the door, spend an introductory week to learn basic reading and watch your playing improve more than you could have imagined. Good luck. 😵‍💫

[@vauxhall908]

Eddie Lang (born Salvatore Massaro; October 25, 1902 - March 26, 1933) was an American musician who is credited as the father of jazz guitar en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Lang

[@brunoonlineschool7527]

he was one of the first

[@jimwells7778]

Great joke. 😂

[@TonyFutia]

Iiiiii

[@thedood9403]

Just cuz you gots fingers you wanna be playin guitar all cool n shit.

[@BarneysBullit]

You say don't look at PDF... yet we can clearly tell you're reading from it!! We can see the reflection in your glasses!!😂😂