The E minor TRICK Famous Guitar Players Use ALL The Time 😲

Combining the E blues scale with an e minor chord progression is responsible for some of the most famous riffs and songs we all love. Learn the why behind these songs and use the knowledge to explore the fretboard in your own way.
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[@GuitarME]

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[@Lowdenjim]

I think it's always helpful to beginner guitarists to show them the chord shapes that lead lines can be based in. For example, the slide up to the Em using a Dm shape moved up to the 3rd fret, and an Am slid up a couple of frets.

[@SnoogelyCarlson]

This was much more useful than I thought it would be. Been playing guitar more than 40 years but I’m still always learning.

[@GuitarME]

Brilliant mate! Glad you enjoyed 🤘

[@magnificentmuttley2084]

First rate tuition Tony! Not only do you teach in a straightforward manner but your delivery is spot on. Thank you and consider yourself subscribed to! Best regards from the Giant’s Causeway coast of Northern Ireland. 😄✌️🎸☘️

[@GuitarME]

Thank you so much for your kind words and for subscribing! Best regards from across the pond, and I look forward to sharing more with you on your musical journey. Keep strumming and stay inspired! 🎸🎶

[@mattnorgrove6872]

Helping me break out of the dull scale practice, thanks man ❤

[@GuitarME]

Happy to help, man! Keep practicing! 😃🎸

[@leamanc]

No need to practice scales for more than a couple minutes a day. Start finding some riffs with those notes. Practicing should be about making music.

[@jamesdilts277]

I've been doing this in a way for months now, but you put it in a way better context, I really appreciate it man, this really helps expand on what I've been trying to do with out even realizing it, thank you sir.

[@GuitarME]

You're very welcome! It's my pleasure. Keep up the great work and thanks for watching! :)

[@ScorpIron58]

That was blimmin great mate, so clear and easy to follow...perfect pace with the info and demo. Wow, thanks !👍✌

[@GuitarME]

Thanks, mate! Glad the pace worked well for you. 😃

[@terrybarnett4109]

30 + years of playing and this video has really unlocked something for me...thank you! x

[@GuitarME]

That's incredible to hear! Thank you for watching! :D

[@Bavodekat]

​@@GuitarMEi agree..same for me actually opened up the guitar for me ! best lesson ever!!..❤❤❤

[@tspmcfarlane]

Didn’t expect a fellow Scot when I clicked! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Great tips, learnt something here. Happy to subscribe.

[@GuitarME]

Cheers matey! Glad tae have ye here!

[@22degrees53]

Best guitar tutorials on KZbin. Great knowledge and easy to follow along. I've found I start with your principles and start something of my own. Very helpful advice cheers Tony

[@GuitarME]

Aw thanks man! That’s what it’s all about my friend. Take the concept and run with it :)

[@22degrees53]

@GuitarME Yer man, I've played with alot of different people from all over the world when I was backpacking. I picked up different bits and pieces but never really understood how it fits together until I looked into the basics on the piano. Its been the same as trying to learn off my good mates who are computer nerds everything computers. The info is always in a code, and the important parts skimmed over to hide the real knowledge they keep for themselves to feel special. But you have got the format of teaching nailed down, short enough to watch and practise daily and more than enough information and explanations to help expand on your own sounds and ideas. Extremely well done, and I've told everybody who wants to learn the guitar to watch and subscribe. 👍

[@GuitarME]

@22degrees53 honestly made my day mate haha, thanks for taking the time to write that. Makes all the difference man. Just glad I can be of use in some way haha

[@HigherPlanes]

Beautiful lesson. There's something magical about E minor blues scale and strumming along with those open chords. I think it's where guitar really shines

[@GuitarME]

It's like unlocking a door to a world of expression and emotion on the guitar. Thanks for watching and am really glad you loved it! :)

[@HigherPlanes]

@@GuitarME Yes! I just found your channel so I need to catch up. Thank you, mate!

[@phile.1381]

Nice lesson Tony. I've always used my two middle fingers for the open Em chord. They fit better, and it puts your hand in a better central position for changing to other chords. Just a suggestion. Try it sometime.

[@GuitarME]

I use both :) this way Incan use my other fingers to get the b and e string. There is method to the madness :)

[@phile.1381]

@@GuitarME Ah yes, to sneak in that open Em7 chord sometimes. 🙂

[@steveavant9727]

You’re in a different room, looks good! Also, your audio problem has been resolved, sounds comes from both sides now. Good lesson Tony, keep em coming.

[@GuitarME]

I’m travelling in Poland right now so change of scenery. I figured the audio thing out too 😂 thanks for watching my friend

[@bigbasil1908]

I'm gonna need either subtitles or a bottle of buckfast

[@GuitarME]

🙌🍾

[@cindyziegra2596]

What is buckfast?

[@bigbasil1908]

@@cindyziegra2596 Buckfast tonic wine. It is a staple of Scottish youths, and will put hair on your chest. It's made by monks at Buckfast abbey in England, but exported mostly to Scotland

[@blutack7462]

​@@cindyziegra2596basically alcoholic cough mixture.

[@AugustThor438]

Why? Don’t you know what lacks and raffs are? 😂

[@62gwj]

Great lesson Very motivational in learning the blues , thanks very much for posting

[@GuitarME]

Aw man! Thank you too!

[@adifor]

Learned the basics and intermediate stuff online from ,let's just call him Justin, and coasted a bit since. Your pearls of wisdom are great to play around with, cheers.

[@GuitarME]

Thanks for your nice words. :)

[@davidking5765]

Thanks for that - I am going to give this a try.

[@GuitarME]

My pleasure! Enjoy my friend!

[@chuckgiannotti990]

Thanks always learn something new and enjoy your lessons 👍

[@GuitarME]

Glad to hear it! Thank you! 😃

[@treetopvideo]

thanks for the inspiring new reffs and lecks!

[@GuitarME]

Haha, glad you enjoyed the lesson!

[@paulymullo]

That was brilliant,gives me something to work with,thanks great lesson

[@GuitarME]

I’m glad you found it helpful man! Have fun!

[@Abenjohar22]

Great lesson please keep them coming with other scales as well

[@GuitarME]

Will do, thanks for watching! :)

[@OakAthainNerin]

SUPER helpful!! Thank you brother!

[@GuitarME]

Glad to hear that man! Thank you too!

[@johnhurlburt5179]

Great lesson. I know you’re playing a Martin, but what series is that?

[@garethmartyndavies2250]

Nice Tony , good feel, new room or new house and bit of a tan going on there 🧐🇬🇧🙌❤️

[@GuitarME]

Haha travelling in Poland and actually seeing some sun for a change. Thank you!

[@TexLogan-du2yi]

This is great. I haven't played blues before and I can't think of a better way to get my feet wet.

[@GuitarME]

Thank you! And I'm glad to hear your diving into blues! Enjoy the journey man!

[@cryptoslacker-464]

Thank you ❤ This video answered some questions i didnt know i should know 😮

[@GuitarME]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching! :)

[@soundssimple1]

Nice lesson Tony . Took me straight back to Paul Rogers - Muddy Waters Blues. Cheers

[@GuitarME]

Thanks! That is such a classic tune, full of soul and grit. Cheers! Thanks for watching!

[@markbullen5989]

Cheers fella. Good and concise.

[@GuitarME]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@hanskoga]

Best teacher i have ever seen.....thank you for giving such a clear and thural enlightement in only 10 minutes. Thank you Sir

[@GuitarME]

Aw, thank you so much! I really appreciate your support!!

[@TheAnomaly01010]

Tony you’re the man!! Having a lot of fun practicing that open blues scale 😎 getting faster!!

[@GuitarME]

That's awesome! Thank you very much! Keep having fun, my friend 😊

[@crystalbluepersuasion1027]

I enjoyed this very much and “saved” it to one of my playlists. Thank you.

[@GuitarME]

Wonderful! Thank you! Enjoy, my friend! 😃

[@ianwibberley1437]

Nice one Tony...keep up the good work 👍🏻🤘🏻

[@GuitarME]

Thanks, man! Will do! 🎸😃

[@parrmik]

This takes me back to about two minutes after I first picked up a guitar

[@GuitarME]

Nostalgic feeling, huh 🙌🏻😀

[@manofbeard]

When I first started playing guitar it took me a good while to crack this! But once you have it down it opens up a world of options. Practice practice practice. It’s always worth it. Great video.

[@GuitarME]

Absolutely, man! The more you practice and refine your skills, the more doors open to new possibilities and musical avenues. Thanks for watching and keep on strumming! :)

[@ron.v]

This is so priceless. You're a good player. I enjoyed listening. What fascinates me most is that I, and many other young white kids in the American southeast, were listening to and playing these same blues licks back in the 1950s and early '60s. In the early '50s when we first heard artists like Elvis Presley, we thought, "Hey, this sounds a lot like the black man's blues." I later learned that Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis, also discovered Howlin' Wolf. The problem then was no other white teens in the U.S. were listening to black blues artists except we kids in the southeast (AKA deep south). We didn't know why not. Suddenly in the '60s, the British invasion introduced bands from the U.K. who appreciated blues. Artists like Eric Clapton were teaching my fellow Americans the music I had grown up loving. People in Europe were praising legendary black blues artists: John Lee Hooker, Sonny Boy Williamson, and so on, as they toured outside the U.S. I met John Lee Hooker at a lounge in Birmingham, Alabama one night and asked him what he thought of Animals lead singer, Eric Burdon. He said, "Oh, Eric? He's my man!" Hahaha. At the annual Blues Competition in Memphis, Tennessee 20+ years ago, I saw artists from Japan to Scotland performing. I was glad even though blues had taken decades to catch on. Thank you for this video showing that blues is still popular over there. Keep the blues alive my friend and teach the younger generations.

[@GuitarME]

Thank you so much for sharing your experiences, my friend! Also, thank you for watching! Let's indeed keep the blues alive! :)

[@Stevemind88]

Best blues mentor on here… World class

[@GuitarME]

I'm truly honored by your words! Thank you for your kind appreciation, it means a lot. 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@user-fp1eh7ze1e]

Your guitar has a very nice tone & commanding sound !

[@GuitarME]

Thank you! Glad you liked it!

[@codewarrior5229]

You had me at refs and leks!

[@jeffliddy5453]

Thanks, Tony! Make the dancing journey a lot more accessible. Breaking things up small lessons like this is very helpful.

[@GuitarME]

My pleasure! Thanks a lot for the support! :)

[@psw1976]

This is a really handy lesson . Ive played guitar for years but know nothing about svales realy and its held me back , i basically learmed to just be able to play my favourite tunes but i really want to learn now

[@GuitarME]

I'm glad you found the lesson helpful man! Happy to help you on this new learning journey!

[@charlesarmstrong5292]

Thanks heapsTony. I am a singer but play guitar for fun and a bit of off stage popular song accompaniment. This is really useful to me.

[@GuitarME]

You're very welcome! Glad it was helpful! 😃

[@jbramblett]

Absolutely fantastic... I love The e chord ... Great video... I subscribed

[@GuitarME]

Thank you so much for your kind words and for subscribing! Happy playing, Amigo! 🙌🏻🤗

[@jimmyscott7414]

Great lesson. Learned a lot.

[@GuitarME]

Thanks, man! Glad to hear that! Rock on! 🎸🤘

[@JeromePotaracke]

Ecellent lesson toney , couldnt be happier or more appreciative!!! Thx

[@GuitarME]

My pleasure! Glad you like it! Thank you! 🎸

[@Vincentorix]

This is the way I like to play the guitar. Add lib from a concept.😊

[@GuitarME]

Thank man! Glad you enjoyed my friend

[@marcosofsky2605]

Nice! Thanks for keeping it simple! Longtime harmonica player, I have always loved the guitar but found it so hard to learn. I am an older guy, I believe I am just scratching the surface, I haven't given up, and I must make time to practice to acquire the"muscle memory" in my hands. Thanks again, Tony! I know I must practice, fighting off fatigue is my biggest challenge.

[@GuitarME]

You're very welcome! I'm glad you found the lesson helpful. It's fantastic that you're not giving up on learning guitar, despite the challenges. Just keep at it, and remember to take breaks when you need to. Consistent practice will definitely pay off in the long run. Keep strumming, my friend! and best of luck on your guitar journey!

[@fsquared64]

Very very cool. Thank you

[@jizzymacg2440]

Great lesson, man, thanks 👏

[@GuitarME]

Glad to hear! Thanks for supporting! 😃

[@tomsolar6051]

Like a lot was always wondering how players play those progressions. You tought it well

[@GuitarME]

Thanks, man! :)

[@carllingelbach2441]

Great presentation thanks!

[@GuitarME]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!

[@Bavodekat]

best lesson i EVER HAD..and i ve trying for ever ..AWESOME.. tab would help..a bit

[@GuitarME]

Delighted to help! Check out the link in description for the tab :)

[@patchfile]

Your lessons really are the best. Thank you.

[@GuitarME]

You're very welcome! I'm feeling very happy! 😃

[@theskidmarkoforion4829]

Into the void. Black Sabbath. Classic use of this scale

[@JPHolbrook]

Thanks Tony! This is going to be hours of fun.

[@GuitarME]

Have fun, my friend! Thanks for watching! :)

[@stephengolby7660]

Nice lesson. Thanks m8🎉

[@GuitarME]

You're very welcome, m8! Thanks for watching! 😃

[@Garyhubbard007]

Tony what a fantastic video, thank you so much.

[@GuitarME]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌🏻

[@tonelemoan]

Em to me is always "Love, love will tear us apart, again..."

[@PE1978C]

I love Tony's accent, and have no problem understanding him.

[@GuitarME]

Thanks for that! Really appreciate your support, and thanks for watching, my friend! :)

[@jizzymacg2440]

The views flying up for this one 🙌

[@GuitarME]

It sure is! Thank you for watching! 😃🎸

[@paulmudd8947]

Love it. this really helped spice up some Em practice.

[@Back2TheBike]

Very helpful, thanks. Practical, immediately usable and fun too. Some feeeback: sounds like your mic is optimised for the guitar, but maybe try your voice audio through a dedicated mic?

[@GuitarME]

Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you found my lessons helpful and enjoyable. 😃

[@bigdave6390]

My fingers are so fat I've had to adapt my own chords. Especially on electrics. Em I use my middle fingertip. That's all! Am I use two fingers. My middle covers two strings and my index holds down one. And that finger is moved up behind my middle so the open strings are clean. Like for an A7 I have to use the very tips of my ring finger and pinky because they're the skinniest to keep the open strings clear. Etc. It works. It works well.

[@GuitarME]

Wow, it sounds like you've got your own special technique going on! Pretty clever. Thanks for sharing, mate! Keep on strumming! 😀

[@smilernok]

Ahh yes!! This is good stuff man !!

[@GuitarME]

Awesome! Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jizzymacg2440]

Oh yeah, congrats on the 60k subscribers bothers. 👏

[@GuitarME]

Yay! Thanks brother! 🥂

[@user-mt8ko7bo5w]

thank you Tony from spain, I have job now .

[@GuitarME]

That's fantastic news! Congratulations on the job, man! Glad to hear that.

[@Slim..]

Thank you Tony, that sounds great!

[@GuitarME]

My pleasure! Thanks for listening! 😀

[@redbloodedamerican2346]

New sub just for Scottland, from US

[@wildeman2127]

Good ole southern blues!! Thanks, Lad!!

[@GuitarME]

Thanks, lad!

[@BradOut-bd5wp]

Fundamental but excellent at the same time.

[@GuitarME]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌🏻

[@johndeerishere]

Thanks for a great lesson. Liked and subscribed.

[@GuitarME]

Wow, great! Thanks for the like and sub!

[@jimharringtonsr.2793]

Great stuff, some nice insight. Thanks.

[@shanemurphy7277]

That was awesome! Thanks for the lesson!

[@GuitarME]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching!

[@starcloud4959]

This has got to be the best guitar lesson KZbin.

[@quirkygreece]

Brilliant! Cheers Tony.

[@GuitarME]

Thanks, mate! 😃

[@michaeloliverriley3569]

thanks this is really helpful! fun and simple

[@GuitarME]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you!

[@ryangoesoutside]

Good stuff and fun! Great vid.

[@GuitarME]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching :)

[@kevcaswell-jones4202]

Thanks Tony . Great stuff as usual

[@GuitarME]

You're very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it! 😃

[@paulastill6479]

Helped a lot. Thanks so much

[@GuitarME]

Glad it helped! 😀

[@michaelogden5093]

Great lesson. What guitar is that and what pick do you like?

[@alanfisher1524]

Hello there, never come across you or your learning platform for guitarists, which I have played for a few years now, bass as well to but I found using the Em scale around Em Am I was coming up with new ideas ide never used beforehand, thanks 💙

[@elizabethholloway3244]

Thanks!

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

I’ve been riffing the arse oot that scale& the pentatonic for oor 30 yr😂😂

[@sarahkiely4443]

Great lesson tony😊

[@GuitarME]

Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching! 😀

[@mr_pherkalat8854]

Very usefull video. Thanks a bunch!

[@GuitarME]

Glad it was helpful! Thank you so much! 😃

[@Zac_Szuberski]

You’re a good teacher man!

[@GuitarME]

I appreciate that! Thanks for the support!

[@Finn.Diesel]

08:39 wasn't that the intro to Black Velvet from Alannah Miles? 🙂

[@bradleycurtis9492]

Great lesson.

[@GuitarME]

Thanks, man! 😀

[@johnboone6486]

Great! Thank you

[@brad-gu1pt]

I'm enjoying the hell out this West Coast USA . And for breakfast I will be having banger and beans. Dinner is going to be haggis and a pint of Gennies. So it's great to hear some blues from over the pond well done mate..😊

[@GuitarME]

Thanks a lot! Sounds like a perfect day, mate! Cheers to your West Coast experience!

[@dongriffiths3898]

Great Lesson!

[@GuitarME]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it! :)

[@mabblers]

Great lesson!

[@GuitarME]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching! :)

[@silverzales1980]

It’s funny we all comment about the accent, yet every single Musician in here knows exactly what he’s saying just by watching him .... great job brother, we’re just joshing you....

[@GuitarME]

Thanks, man! Appreciate the love and support. 🙌🏻

[@brianquigley7336]

Love learning new chord sheeps. 😂

[@Rytronica]

Don't forget the refs n lex!

[@brianquigley7336]

No mocking intended. Love the accent and the lessons!

[@Motherplantmusic]

Not to mention reffs and lecks

[@cf3887]

E mainor was totally new to me, too.

[@paulhaines7551]

Great tutorials thank you! 😊

[@GuitarME]

Glad you like them! Thanks for watching!

[@stevenburton7922]

Good stuff...thanks for posting

[@burgercide]

Why have I never seen anyone else on KZbin demonstrate this incredibly simple but powerful technique? WTF

[@GuitarME]

Thanks for saying that! I'm glad you found it here! 😀

[@Lisa-vj6pz]

Super awesome!! if you could have...the notes posted on side....that would cool .. be great .. THANKU ❤

[@GuitarME]

Thank you! I'm working on it :)

[@adrianmcgachie]

Easiest tutorial ever! None of the musical BS stuff that baffles me!

[@explorateurbe]

thx for the vidz^^

[@GuitarME]

My pleasure, man! Thanks for watching 😃

[@pugilemoltobene3708]

Now teach them how to run it through 5 positions without getting ‘box-y’ and modulate with rel maj modes👍👍