The one-minute guitar exercise that changed my career

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

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[@mrpotato4441]

This guys content is on another level.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

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[@DareBear2099]

Been playing guitar since I was 13 (I’m 39 now), took pro lessons when I was 18, currently gig as a hired gun for cover bands and worship for churches in the Baltimore/DC area and this dude blew my mind with this exercise

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@@DareBear2099 Thank you very much!

[@mrpotato4441]

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[@Phillip-y6d]

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[@rmack9226]

The "way" you speak and describe things is very easy for me to grasp. Delivery is 100%

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Fantastic! Glad to hear it! More lessons coming almost every Saturday!

[@mikerichardson1555]

This is one of the best explanations I’ve ever seen in my 30 years of playing

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you that's great to hear! Lots more lessons like this on the channel and our Patreon group www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver

[@gopilotmusic]

After this lesson, now I'm looking at a diagram of Eminor penta fretboard, taking it two strings at a time, and finding the simple patterns down the twelve frets. Your lessons really open guitar up, takes blinders away, and knocks down what felt like walls. Tytyty. 🎸🤘

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Awesome thank you! Glad you are learning lots from the videos. More coming soon :)

[@why67152]

62 here and buying my 12th guitar on Monday!! Good stuff man thanks!!!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Nice! What guitar you buying?

[@why67152]

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver I am buying an upper level aniversary Squire because it has a concave neck, jumbo frets and it plays better than my American strat or my mexican strat and the luther at the music store has it set up already!! Thanks for the tune up brother!!!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

@@why67152 Nice! Sounds great!

[@bartmason9916]

I'm 52 and I can't afford 1 guitar!!!

[@lazybusker6455]

@@bartmason9916 You can start on any guitar. Save a few pennies a day, and it won't take long. 55 pennies a day, and get a guitar at the end of the year. Where there is a will there is a way

[@jesseserna8424]

Wow as a beginner (at 59 ) this gives me something to practice,think about,work on ..since my kids are grown I get home from work and set in my room and practice and play different things from John Denver to Black Sabbath (acoustic and electric)..Thanks 🤔🎸

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Awesome thanks for watching. You can do it in time!

[@crashdaddy261]

If you're thinking about ditching early, the last half about targeting chord tones really ties the whole concept together!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! That's the "next level" guitar concepts there 🎸👍

[@robertmerrill6356]

I watch tons of guitar vids and stumbled onto yours,,,,wow, just wow, I can't believe how much I've learned in just a few of yours, its opened so many doors in my playing, thank you.

[@peterscharf3990]

Thanks!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

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[@trusarmor4957]

i'm obsessed with each lesson. things seem possible 👍

[@brianlarsen6242]

Well said! Love that about these lessons.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you trusarmor! You can do it 👍

[@charlesmunden2009]

One of the best online tutors without doubt!!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you very much! Lots more coming.

[@warrenallsopp]

Great stuff. I've been doodling for years & never figured this out. Thanks for revealing the bleeding obvious to this blind boy.

[@astewart9410]

I came for the idea, but stayed and hit Like for the Blue Rodeo t-shirt as proof he’s a good dude.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! I've seen them play many times. Always great!

[@astewart9410]

I never got to see them perform but I have all the albums and that’s a start. Love that band. Cheers!

[@CD_Character]

"The Weight" is what I heard when your video started. Great lesson !

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Indeed I was in another band that used to play that song all the time. So fun to play and sing that one. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@dlaytart01]

It sounds a lot like Shooting Star by Bad Company too. May be in a different key though.

[@UltimateTechHub]

I call it the Jimi Double Stop, really great sound!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

That's a great name for it!

[@philip914]

Ah!!!! At last i have found someone i can understand. pure class thankyou so much Blu. you are much appreciated. Im an old guy who has taken up guitar in my 6os and boy im so glad you decided to go on youtube. i signed up to patreon .

[@Ray-Angel]

This came out at just the right time for me. I'd been playing with these Hendrixisms for a couple of months and you've given me the glue I needed to put it all together. I'm a CAGED system user so I'm having to translate it a little but I'm enjoying the lesson. Many thanks.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! New video out tomorrow 🎸

[@billybudd45]

Cool, been playing them for years. Grew up on Hendrix

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Nice! Well done then 👍🎸

[@Gruffalo123abc]

AWESOME! I've been toying around with these "Hendrix" double stops with only moderate success. This made it so simple. In under 10 minutes I learned what had taken years. THANK YOU .. Subscribed

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Lots more lessons on the channel and more coming soon!

[@rajennaidoo7]

Midnight when I saw notification and sleepily clicked on and Lo and behold! I'm now wide awake in lounge, guitar tuned but not plugged in for obvious reasons, and trying this exercise. Really piqued my interest. Profoundly grateful, donation imminent.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Sorry to keep you up at night 😁 Lots more lessons like this one on the channel and our Patreon www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver

[@renatolfc]

Great exercise. Also, amazing tone there. Thanks for sharing!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! More lessons coming here soon!

[@joaniepeters2565]

I love doing that on bass dude, that’s a old school 90s rnb move on bass stolen from the guitar.. you are absolutely right, it’s so easy but when I do it I look up and everyone’s looking at me in the band making those faces to each other. People love it dude!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Interesting, I didn't know that was a common bass idea. Thanks for posting 👍🎸

[@mastertimb]

This is awesome, man. Thank you! I really enjoy your teaching style.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! New lessons here almost every Saturday 🎸

[@azcharlie2009]

What a cool idea! Been playing for 60 years and never realized this.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Cool that's great to hear thank you!

[@ultimateinspirationguitar]

Inspiring channel dude (and nice Blue Rodeo shirt... proud Canadian lol). I'm just starting my youtube adventure (I've been teaching most of my life)... it's amazing to see where this can lead!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! I'll check out your channel 👍🎸

[@FarahKisso]

By now I‘m just liking Videos at the beginning cause I know it’s gonna be very useful ❤ by far my favourite guitar teacher

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Happy to hear that! Thank you!

[@markmcintyre2665]

What a great lesson, thanks for the eye opener.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for commenting!

[@ulfmischke9975]

Fantastic stuff which opens pages for none-notes following guitar players for understanding, what it is really playing. Go ahead, good lessons well explained. 🎶👍 Greetings from Germany's North Sea coast

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Glad it helped. Lots more lessons coming here, almost every Saturday, and hundreds more on our Patreon group: www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver

[@benallmark9671]

Love your T-shirt brother. Blue Rodeo were something else , along with so many other Canadian bands.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! I've seen them play many times. Great band indeed.

[@dawin6710]

I'm going to play a C chord only jam track and play all possible "Double stop - hammer on" in all 5 pentetonic shapes, within th key of C major, and do it for 5 minutes a day from today on untill it's second nature. I'll be giving the free trail a try. Thanks

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Great idea!

[@Steven-u5w]

Absolutely have fun improvise and enjoy to your heart's content. Wonderful! 💯

[@Chief2112]

I just subbed based on this one lesson. This one is really going to help me where I’m at right now. Thank you!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Great to hear thank you! Lots more guitar lessons like it on the channel and more coming soon :)

[@doodlebug1]

Got Jimi written all over it and that's great as far as I'm concerned. Gold dust.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! We certainly love Jimi's music here. Lots more lessons like this on the channel and our Patreon group www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver

[@timothya2742]

Sounds cool. And and easy way to expand the sound of the box.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you!

[@jc.amsterdam]

Brilliant lesson, thank you very much. I'm going to check out more videos

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Awesome, thank you!

[@briancreeger8671]

Hell yes Blue! Really enjoy your lessons and enthusiasm. When I have the time to devote I will try out your Patreon. Can't manage now but it's on my list. Thanks

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

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[@Stillwaters-t6b]

Another awesome lesson!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks again!

[@cheribarkman1784]

Thank you

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@Mike-schmike]

So funny you mentioned it sounding like The Weight, as soon as you started the lesson and played them i thought "wow this sounds very The Band-y". Great lesson!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Cool, thanks! Big fan of The Band

[@nickclarke4926]

Great lesson!

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Thank you very much! More lessons coming soon :)

[@jansley13]

Literally just went over some of this last week w my instructor. This is fantastic Just subscribed

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Cool thank you! Lots more coming here to the channel :)

[@rafao2294]

This is pure gold. You've got a well deserved new subscritber here.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Cool, thanks for subscribing. Lots more lessons coming here. Next one will be next weekend.

[@geraldbrown2875]

Great lesson, Very Curtis Mayfield-ish who was a big influence on Jimi Hendrix. I first took notice and loved this style of playing when I was learning to play Little Wing, especially the intro!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Good example thank you!

[@danthegeetarman]

Excellent! Been doing some of those but realized i was missing a couple other ones I can now add

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Fantastic, well done!

[@ahchv]

That was an incredible lesson thank you

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad you enjoyed it thank you!

[@emiller30906]

Thanks for great lessons

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad it's helping thank you!

[@MrRegularAmerican]

I thought this was gonna be bullshit when I saw the title but I watched it anyway and it’s a great lesson. Thanks.

[@pilatedndlovu8980]

😂

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Glad it didn't disappoint. Lots more guitar lessons like it here on the channel 👍

[@delboy2503]

Looking forward to checking this channel out.......THANKS !

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks! Welcome to the channel! Lots more lessons on here.

[@mrbigg7255]

Excellent. Going to have to get the old Strat out of its case.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Cool! Plug it in, turn it up 🎸

[@regandunn4850]

Cool guitar that you playing

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! That Strat is custom made by a friend here in Vancouver.

[@kevinmurphy9315]

Absolute genius.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Glad it helped 🎸 Lots more coming.

[@ericj1332]

Great lesson! Made a lot of sense. I’m gonna start using these techniques. Thx brother!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

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[@just_russ4633]

You just got a new subscriber. Cheers Mate.

[@brianlarsen6242]

Awesome. Gonna add that to my warm up exercises. Sounds so cool.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad to hear it thanks!

[@simonefanti8797]

Thanks! You are Great!

[@e21steverino]

You're such a great teacher, Blue 👍 Anyone on the fence should sign up for the 7 day free Patreon trial. So much good content and lessons!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you Steve!!

[@Nickshreds890]

I'm really enjoying this video and while I'm not solely a rock player .. there is always room for new knowledge with music ! :) I can use this to visualise playing up and down the fretboard with pentatonics ! Your tone and feel are really fantastic 😊

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you very much Nick!

[@James-nv1wf]

Awesome stuff. I was thinking I could just learn the relative of the pentatonic I'm in...... to adjust the way I utilize the shape.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you very much! Lots of lesson on the channel! And more coming (almost) every Saturday!

[@Paul90173]

That can help in memorizing all the scales great lesson thank you

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Glad it was helpful. More guitar lessons like it on the channel.

[@jimkangas4176]

I stumbled across a similar idea when working out Floyd Cramer's "Last Date". In that case, he's playing (for piano players) a hammer-on double stop with the top note above the melody. This is a great way of getting "high harmony" as with barbershop quartet harmony. I understand that it works well with the pentatonic scale, a common building block for guitar players, but it should be seen in its greater scope as well.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Floyd Cramer is an interesting example. He is famous for that piano move, similar to a hammer on for guitar. I hadn't thought of that similarity before. Thanks for mentioning it!

[@ophion75]

now we`re talkin...o yeah....great vid man

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you very much! New lesson coming this Saturday!

[@willduke32]

Thanks for putting this into perspective for me! I like it!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad it helped thank you! Lots more lessons in the channel

[@diegooland1261]

You are very, very good at this and your graphics that show the shapes are perfect. Shape 4 is my go to. Sure you have the basic shape and extension but shape 4 makes it look and sound really cool. Keep 'em coming, you are really good at teaching.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Shape 4 pentatonic is probably my favourite too. So many great licks from that shape.

[@MusicMotivator]

Probably my favourite use of this technique is from Jimmy's solo in 10 Years Gone. Also Lights solo by Neal Schon and of course songs like Castles Made of Sand and Little Wing. Well explained!

[@elscotto9551]

The haircut, the body, the accent... you are the embodiment of Vancouver BC

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

That's funny I never thought of myself that way but... probably true. I grew up here.

[@MrCarlos1335]

GOOD JOB, WELL DONE

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[@Magnetron33]

Thanks for that! Very informative

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad it was helpful! 😀 more coming next Saturday

[@LazyNed]

Wow eye opening... Thank you man

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 🎸

[@gerritvanderwende5417]

Thanks, great again.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching and commenting 😁

[@Surfinmars]

Some shapes sound like the solo from the Byrds 'Feel a whole lot better'. I'm going to check out your Patreon!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Awesome! If you have any questions about the Patreon you can message me on there.

[@markapwilliams]

Like the T shirt Going to try the exercise

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Blue Rodeo is one the best :)

[@metalfuryskulls]

The link to the chord shapes is where it gets really interesting. At that point the pentatonics and CAGED really show their value. Really like that run down from C G F using pattern 4 then hitting the C triad in pattern 1. Niticed that you also have the same hammer on option from P4 in P2

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! I love connecting chords and scales. So useful and sounds great.

[@danwilhite]

Good lesson!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks! 😃

[@szilardszabo7135]

Just brilliant! ❤

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you for watching and commenting 😀

[@lazvt8469]

Gonna practice today! thanks from USA-WV

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Great to hear thank you!

[@kalobpierson9753]

Awesome information 👍

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks ✌️

[@jmoorecareers]

Excellent! Thank you!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Always good to see you here in the comments :)

[@longshankdrills8799]

Great lesson !!! 👍🏼

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

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[@josealbaposse]

Blue, la impronta personal de tus videos son geniales, felicitaciones!!! Y que recuerdo “the weight”!!! Gracias!!!!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Muchas gracias José! Me gusta mucho "The Band."

[@seven336]

Awesome video! Gets you into triad shapes without even noting it hehe. (Just a note: there's a little mistake in the video around 08:00, the second chord is the G not the F).

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Oops those letters are backwards. It's there forever now 😆 Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@wilyamdein1359]

That totally works even without introducing close triads cluster idea.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Indeed, triads are so useful too. I have a couple videos on triads you may have seen. This one is not long ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pWeVamWJqK-GkM0

[@silvertongues2]

Reminds me of Wind Cries Mary solo

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

That's cool thank you!

[@fredfloyd68]

Brilliant!

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[@paolocogo8232]

Great... I like all your lessons, thanksss!

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Thank you! Lots more lessons coming to the channel!

[@aminahmed2220]

What a fantastic video have a wonderful day ❤😊

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Have a great Sunday. Hope you got time for some guitar today 🎸👍

[@mg5672]

This guy is unreal, I have been learning comfy numb solo note for note and completed it and also gravity live in LA version note for note but I have no clue how to actually sit down and just strum and play lead with no songs in the background, weird I guess. Now I understand so much more so tonight I go and play on my own with no backin track and learn my keys and scales. I think will see myself as a much better guitarist by 6 weeks from today. He is so easy to understand. That’s the real key.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you I really appreciate that! Also just that you said "comfy numb"! I live it

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Oops I meant I love it 😀

[@TheJML1975]

“Bird of paradise” springs to mind 😌

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

You mean 'Bird of Paradise' by Snowy White? Good example. It's essentially the same technique in the intro to that song.

[@TheJML1975]

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver”yes” 😂

[@patrickbarr6398]

Gold right there....

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

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[@Acousticeg]

Nice, thanks.🎸

[@Wolf_like_me]

Great lesson : ) TY so much

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

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[@gabsguitarvlog]

thanks for sharing just exactly the daily exercise im looking for. Kudos! I subs for your hardwork❤

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Welcome to the channel! Lots more lessons on the channel and more coming in about a week.

[@Phillip-y6d]

👍I call the shapes ' that one there ' 😁

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

That works 👍 As long as you can find them quickly

[@Phillip-y6d]

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver I wasn't tryin to be a smart a- - . I been doin that extention shape connect thing since the 80s, not so much the band but the blasters use of it " hey girl ' spot on channel dude, 👍 *great* lesson, thanks

[@Sias0]

Pretty awesome! Thanks 🙏

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[@russcali4138]

Very solid video

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[@russcali4138]

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver I subscribed

[@stephenY96]

Unrelated, but what will make you a top level musician....sit next to the radio on a classic rock/indie etc station (a station that actually plays guitar music) and play along to each song by ear...intermediate/advanced guitarist should have most songs nailed by the end of each the song. Do this for a good session and you will pick up so much musically.

[@randyandamberthompson9972]

Very helpful thank you

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

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[@williamdevlin366]

Yikes!!! I just stumbled across you & I really have to clamp down on this stuff. It’s so simple. I saved this video for homework & I’m gunna subscribe after this comment. Thank you!!!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

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[@williamdevlin366]

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver 10-4! I’m checking it out as I can! Thanks!!!

[@jeremylrichardson]

Good stuff bro

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Appreciate it thank you!

[@DavidSanford-t9z]

Great lesson......and the Hendrix one......just discovered you.....and now subscribed.....and what a guitar sound!.....What strat,what pickups,what amp?

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Welcome to the channel! That Strat is a custom made one by a friend here in Vancouver. Amp is a Fender Deluxe Reverb, but actually the UA Dream 65 Pedal, plus a little tape delay and compression after recording. New lessons here almost every Saturday :)