Guthrie Govan Secret Guitar Techniques and Concepts

[@masterralphgrajales5722]

I am very lucky to have him as my guitar teacher - Made an incredible progress in just 8 months . Highly recommend to any guitarist - beginner or profesional - great coach !!!

[@hysteriastyle]

oh you're so freakin lucky to meet him in person. Respect.

[@t0lsi]

online lessons? or did you meet in person

[@coreymihailiuk5189]

Unpacking Guthries guitar genius is no small task. His abilities are beyond what most could expect to attain with a lifetime of practise. My greatest respect for him is his humility and his ability to teach. Just listening to him discussing music is always so very insightful. Thanks for providing some insights into a vast talent.

[@JunkieMonkey321]

guthrie has a very unique sense of dynamics i feel. every time i hear him improvise you can really hear the lower notes and it pops out (moreso than with other players) when he digs in and does some rock shit. great player

[@juanantoniomusic]

He sure has! Definitely a unique player with a high musical IQ.

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

Admiring your bending technique: you start out a little flat to generate tension but then when you just very quickly hit the target note it's extremely gratifying. Good stuff!

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks man! I've actually started to do it a bit more ever since I read your comment. Seemed like something worth looking into. Thanks again!

[@LateNightBeatsOfficial]

Definitely! Started doing it myself more consciously and it's really rewarding in terms of articulation. I think Guthrie does it frequently and since you were teaching his style you also--maybe intuitively--picked it up. Anyways, thanks for a great lesson!

[@zmlhezmlhe4843]

HalutioN Marty Friedman does it all the time ;)

[@trangofast9692]

I like this guy. No nonsense. Lays it down simple.

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks man!

[@KXGtr9s]

Solid video. I don't think anyone else has broken his playing down in this way besides who gets hired at JTC. Good job!

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks a bunch man! Glad you liked it!

[@amitleshed]

Why would someone downvote this? This channel is a gold mine

[@beckydoesit9331]

10:10 I came up with this exact lick years ago. It was the first thing I ever learned to play.

[@rogersaez3633]

muchas gracias amigo,, con tigo he aprendido mas en una hora de tu video que en diez años !

[@juanantoniomusic]

Que bueno escuchar eso! Un honor poder ayudar! :)

[@leonardvanriel7359]

I've been looking all over the internet for this sort of information/instructional videos. This is a great find for me, thanks you so much. I hope you can do a video about Hedras Ramos, specifically his improvised playing. (Lots of videos out there) as it seems incredibly complex and can't find anything about how he does it. Keep up the great work. Very informative series!

[@johnbraucher1499]

Another VERY underrated guitarist is John 5. I've been guilty of not paying any mind to him until a year or two ago. That guy is a true virtuoso.

[@monkeybooby3]

Agreed. I’m always surprised by his chops and ability to play different styles.

[@tonygonzalez112]

Guthrie is my absolute favorite. You're one hell of a guitarist too.

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks a ton man! He’s definitely one of my favs as well!

[@zero-east-23]

Really great vid... it shrinks the distance to the unreachable guitarist.

[@agilpahlevi7092]

thank's dude for share the guthrie technique

[@nicolasbascunan4013]

Excellent video! Your channel is very good, thank you... It seems that Guthrie is always exploring and improvising new licks and sounds with all the stuff you explained.

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks man! Yeah Guthrie just keeps coming up with new stuff and expanding his vocabulary as times goes by.

[@stefanceko3487]

I'm don't know...you are very good Guitarmam and guitar teacher,but I'm think,that nobody can't teaching better Mr.Guthrie Govan guitar technique how to alone Mr.GUTHRIE GOVAN.Many thumbs up and many hats down before him.But you continue,because,sometimes to future,can you better from him.Good luck.St.

[@ChrisMurrinGuitar]

I think that Guthrie is so well practiced and has so much playing time that as he's improvising the last thing running through his mind is scales. It's all ears now for him.

[@juanantoniomusic]

+Chris Murrin Guitar While what you say could probably be true (I don't know him personally so I couldn't say); you can definitely hear the scales and concepts mentioned when he is playing. And these are a good starting point to understanding his style. There are also some lessons of his on KZbin in which he mentions such scales and musical devices. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@ChrisMurrinGuitar]

Oh yeah you're definitely right. I like to think he's played and practised them so much he no longer has to think about them as he improvises. Great/brave video!

[@eatingsound373]

Excellent video, great concepts. You are a fantastic player/teacher.

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@MrLeoMalmsteen]

Un héroe sin capa.

[@SD-ng4gm]

Easily in the top three best guitar education channels out there next to jens Larsen and Ben Eller man :) Thanks for your free content, you are an incredible player and musician!

[@NathanFerrazzi]

Dude, it's really funny how we have exactly the same influences xD.. Great job!

[@StratOnFire]

You made some insightful observations

[@philipdjoshi7525]

You're a master with the most effective way of teaching. Short but enough!

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks a ton man! Glad you like the videos!

[@SumailDota]

this is awsome you are my go to guitar teacher for 2017 and ive had tons last year i want to learn how to play to play jazz fusion i want to understand what makes a jazz fusion sound. also how to use melodic minor/ harmonic minor in playing im getting tired of the sound of my pentatonic scale and my dorian ionian and aeolian. any advice?

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks man! I appreciate the love! There are tons of different ways to access a jazz fusion sound; you can work on more scales and adding them to your vocabulary, you can work on chromaticism, you can work on bebop lines, you can work on fusion lines, add notes to your pentatonics, approach notes, etc. If you're interested in using melodic and harmonic minor I suggest you learn the scales as well as their modes and application. I'll add some videos on the modes of these scales and their application in the future. Let me know if there is any specific thing that you want to work on and I'll add it to the future video list!

[@SumailDota]

hI! im relly glad you asked. ive only just started learning all the major scale modes and pentatonic scale last year. but i ddnt quite find the sound that i want to achieve. i just so happen to want my guitar solos to be less mode predictable and more jazzy. and im a bit lost on where and how to approach this problem. so i guess thats my specific desire to acquire. my goal is to play pop rock-ish and suprise everyone from an out of nowhere jazz guitar solo. haha it does seem that jazz fusion is such an elusive not so well defined genre. and ive never really encountered a guitar teacher whos engaging enough to follow. you breaking down popular guitar players helps alot in shedding light on understanding possibilities in guitar. so i guess requests would be maybe a series on how to weave outside playing and other jazz scales with the foundations like pentatonic and majorscale modes.

[@juanantoniomusic]

Sounds great! I am actually finishing a book on the topic of weaving in between scales and arpeggios and was planning on doing a series of videos on the topic once the book was out so you couldn't have had better timing on your request! I've got some videos ahead of you in the waiting list but I'll make sure to do some videos on that type of content soon enough. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@kibavlood5826]

arent you busy playing dota 2? :D

[@horstlippitsch]

Great Sound and playing, which Kind of pick you use? Dunlop?

[@voronOsphere]

Great Lesson! Thanks, Juan! Yep! Guthrie is amazing!

[@SalvaROCK]

Awesome knowledge and techniques, Juan Antonio. I think you should divide this into different videos digging much deeper in each one of them. Just an idea...

[@juanantoniomusic]

+Viajerosonico1 Thanks man! I love your idea and will definitely expand on the concepts on future videos. Thanks again!

[@WalkerMasuda]

Super well done, man! Thanks for this!

[@robertaiueo]

Apakah anda pernah membuat video pelajaran slow version tentang lagu waves milik gatri govan Especially the interlude and final solo

[@juanantoniomusic]

I haven’t

[@thormusique]

This is excellent, man, thanks!

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thank you for watching and commenting!

[@mohdfairuz1823]

GG is guitar god

[@atteljas]

Hello! Youve created a great channel. You got a subscriber.

[@david-ky7rt]

Guthrie Govan is very very unique guitar player, in the 80s, we had Lee Ritenour, Larry Carlton, just to name a few, and we were all trying to sound like them, then later Guthrie comes along, and takes Guitar playing to another level, and now we are all chasing again, then later as time goes by, someone else, very very unique will come along and take the Guitar playing again to an even higher level, it's bad enough as it it now.

[@Curte007]

Good Stuff Dude, I did learn a lot about Guthrie from this video, Thank you,

[@juanantoniomusic]

+Curte007 Thanks man! Good to know it's helping people out!

[@69cohonas]

how about allan holdsworth ?? i am for the first time, actually sure that you could actually play like him, and do so REALLY well !! :)

[@juanantoniomusic]

I already have a Holdsworth video out (I think I've seen you comment on it before; I've definitely seen you before) :). But it's definitely a great idea to work on an updated version of it. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@seanruiz3357]

are those DSH and DSV pickups?......they sound great,...so does your playing

[@horstlippitsch]

Hi Juan! Great!!! Which kind of pick you use? :)

[@juanantoniomusic]

Hey Horst! Cool to see you commenting again! :D I use the red dunlop jazz 3 picks.

[@jeremylive31500]

Great job man ! Very clear and understandable Bravo!

[@dira4734]

why I didnt see this before, nice video!

[@juanantoniomusic]

It's a relatively new video, so maybe that's why? Idk :p

[@coolsidhanth]

Hi . I'd a query. It is that I own prs guitar . So I wanted to know which strings do u suggest I should use . 1. Ernie ball rps 2. D'addario exl110 regular gauge 10,13,17,26,36,46 3.D'addario exl110 bt balanced tension gauge 10,13.5,17,25,34,46 4. Elixir or rotosound 5. Dunlop or ghs 6. D'addario nyxl 10 regular gauge 10,13,17,26,36,46 7. D'addario nyxl balanced tension gauge 10,13.5,17,25,34,46 . 8. Ernie ball cobalt 9. Ernie ball m steel though I heard that they wear the frets down. I'll go. With the gauge and strings that u suggest. Thanks please reply. I own prs custom 24 se and prs tremonti se. My influences include al di meola, Steve Morse , john perrucci, Steve vai, Guthrie , satch, santana, Wilson , Eric Clapton, pink Floyd and innumerable bands. So genre is mainly progressive rock , jazz latin fusion, blues. Thank you. I'll be hoping for an unbiased answer

[@juanantoniomusic]

Hello there! Sorry about taking so long to answer. To be honest just go with the brand that you prefer. I tend to like Elixir strings just because they tend to rust a lot slower than some of the other brands. But some people don't love the tone that they produce with the coating that they have. I use mainly Elixir 9 to 42's. I used to use 10 to 46 but ever since I started getting some hand problems I decided to go with a smaller gauge. Sorry again for the huge time that I took to answer!

[@meecob]

That's heavy duty man

[@frankotorresmusic6791]

Great video! Can you do Mateus Asato?

[@juanantoniomusic]

Sure will Frankoooooo!!!!! I got 2 suggestions on a Mateus Asato vid on the same day! I'll get to it in the up and coming months.

[@juanantoniomusic]

Video is up! Thanks for the suggestion!

[@Bahimo3154]

you froget the tapping technique . but it's so cool to make this vidéo for guthrie thanks

[@juanantoniomusic]

+Seddik Talbi Sure did, I left out a bunch of stuff that he does. He's just way too good and varied in his techniques. A comprehensive lesson on Guthrie would probably last a couple of hours!

[@yellowoceanoriginalsongs7142]

Great sound 🔊 dude thanks

[@JuriiHan]

happy new year, hey man can you make a vinnie moore video please :D:D

[@juanantoniomusic]

+Jek R.B. I'll add him to the waiting list for sure! Thanks for the suggestion.

[@masterturek]

Excelente! eres unbuen maestro.

[@juanantoniomusic]

Mil gracias! Siempre bueno verte en los comments de los videos! :)

[@masterturek]

Estoy practicando poco a poco el material que subes. Me han motivado a practicar grandemente . Exito siempre.

[@AntoineDuez]

Very good stuff man 👍🏼

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks man!

[@embreesmith7613]

smoookin great lesson ..!!

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks man!

[@wheresallthezombies]

could you do a tom quayle video?!? these videos are awesome.

[@juanantoniomusic]

Added him to the waiting list but that guy is a heavy heavy hitter. Let's see how I can approach his playing. Thanks for the suggestion I'll let you know once it's out!

[@wheresallthezombies]

ok awesome man. he's a crazy good player. i sort of figured out some of his stuff but its still not quite there. thanks for getting back to me, i kept forgetting to subscribe till just now.

[@victoza9232]

wheresalthezombies Why not learn from Quayle himself? Check out his excellent instructional videos from Lick Library.

[@fredmirandadiaz1111]

me gustó el video y me suscribí de inmediato. Si pudieras subir algo de Frank Zappa sería genial. Abrazos.

[@juanantoniomusic]

Mil gracias! Ya lo añadí a la lista de espera. Sigue creciendo y poniendose más y más difícil con tantos guitarristas increíbles! (es un poco intimidante a veces jajaj) Gracias por la sugerencia!

[@kevc-69-]

Correct, it is pronounced "gu-van" as in oven. Its an area in Glasgow. (not known for their guitar proficiency, better known for their "fiddling".)

[@naiktanish]

What gauge of strings do you use?

[@AndyDrudy]

Great!

[@dimarcosjadielcamacho]

Waoo thank for this video it really help me a lot!!!

[@juanantoniomusic]

Dimarcos Jadiel Camacho Awesomeness!!! Glad to know you liked it and that it helped!

[@juanantoniomusic]

Brother!!! Un placer conocerte hoy en el Conserva!!!

[@ZrankFappaH]

Hey dude, I;m wondering how you memorize so many of Guthrie's licks, songs etc. Like some of it is sooo stupidly complex!. Great playing though mate!

[@LTGuitarist]

Scale weaving is already a thing I'm afraid, it's called Modulation and is pretty well known. Otherwise, good video - keep creating, might even subscribe ;)

[@juanantoniomusic]

Hey thanks for watching! I believe you misunderstood the concept of scale weaving. It is not modulation at all! Modulation is when you change from one key to another (harmonically speaking). Scale weaving is just taking a scale or arpeggio as a base scale on which you play most of your material (to maintain for example a very pentatonic sound) and then adding in the 2nd and 6th here and there to pepper in some Dorian for example. And yes, this way of thinking has been seen before and I believe most good players apply this all the time! I just created a way of expressing and illustrating this which is what will be coming out as a book that I have already written and is going through the publishing process (should be out around May). Hope that clarifies any doubts. Thanks again for watching and commenting!

[@ridhowiranatakusumah6531]

John mchlaughlin please

[@guillotinedeath]

tony macalpine or vitto bratta next! great vid

[@juanantoniomusic]

Whoa! Wicked nice suggestions! I'd love to do a Vitto Bratta vid with my Steinberger :D! I'll write both suggestions down and work on them for some upcoming videos!

[@guillotinedeath]

Juan Antonio yes vito bratta would be Amazing! truly underappreciated as well as Reb Beach

[@roba1899]

Two excellent choices! Reb Beach's Tapping was more fluid and melodic than Eddie Van Halen's .. Maybe we should include Nuno Bettencourt while we're at it.

[@juanantoniomusic]

Added both Reb and Nuno to the waiting list; it's been getting pretty big in the last couple of days. But the next "play like" video is definitely Vito. I'm beginning to do the research now so the vid should be out in a couple of weeks! Thanks again for all the suggestions!

[@carlasamson1948]

hope you would post a lesson on step by step on soloing fusion lead style cause im a beginner😁keep d videos man💪💪💪

[@arminpolsinger6025]

Thank you! Great Stuff! Scofield? :)

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks! Scofield is going to be hard hard work but tons of fun! I already have some videos on guys styles that are ahead in the waiting list but I'll definitely get to it. Thanks for the suggestion!

[@h.kessler9249]

awesome👍🎸

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks man!

[@popoffpants99]

Excuse my ignorance... but at 8.12 when u say add the major 2nd what makes it a major 2nd wouldn't the minor 2nd be the exact same note ..why not say just add the 2nd of the minor scale you're playing.. ?

[@juanantoniomusic]

+Jamie Saunders Well a minor second would be a b2 which is different than a major or natural 2nd. But you have a point, I could just say add the 2nd of such and such scale as you mention. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@mariviscous]

you killed eettttt !!

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks Mari! Glad you liked it!!!!

[@soldadoadriano]

Good. It is the jaz III ?

[@juanantoniomusic]

Yeah, jazz iii pick

[@soldadoadriano]

@@juanantoniomusic thank you brother! a hug from Brazil

[@sinscythe1231]

what guitar do u use in this video thats awesome Suhr modern？ how much does it cost

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks it's a Suhr Standard, and sorry but I'd prefer not to get into cost specifics.

[@sandeepan4413]

visited your channel just a few hours back... This series of yours is fookin' awesome... especially the Shawn Lane, Guthrie, and Nick Johnson ones. Want to hear from you about Jason Richardson's style. BTW keep the good work on bruh. Love from India 🇮🇳🤘.

[@juanantoniomusic]

That one's a tough tough tough one but he's in the waiting list! :) I gotta do a bunch of other videos before that one but I'll totally try to tackle it! Thanks for the suggestion! :)

[@chinmoylahkar6731]

Can you do something about Ron jarzombeck?

[@juanantoniomusic]

+chinmoy lahkar Hey! I'll add it to the waiting list. At the moment my channel is in a bit of a hiatus though. I live in Puerto Rico and we are still recovering from hurricane Maria (no power, water, internet, cel signal). Ill start checking his stuff out for the moment (in the small glimpses of phone data that arrive) As soon as I get some of the services back home I can get back to work. :/ Thanks for the suggestion!

[@ricardorodriguezphotograph428]

good good good

[@juanantonioromeroparra9178]

nice name

[@rareformx]

Should do David Micic or Jakub Zytecki :)

[@juanantoniomusic]

+Tim Thornhill Will add David Micic to the waiting list! I already had Jakub Zytecki in the list. Will get to them eventually. Thanks for the suggestions!!!

[@haikoheinz7359]

Well done and good explanation! I also made some video about Gutrhries technique if you wnt to take a look. Keep up the good work! Subscribed!

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks a bunch man! I watched your video a couple of days ago and loved it! Super cool to see you on my comments section! :) We should do a collab or something! Hit me up at my email [e-mail]

[@haikoheinz7359]

Hey cool Idea, you´re welcome!

[@Zeewanzeewan]

I'm regretting .Why I didn't subscribed earlier!

[@juanantoniomusic]

The important thing is that you're now subbed! Thanks a ton!!! :)

[@Zeewanzeewan]

great love Juan Antonio from Nepal..

[@jaydenhoward8670]

Syn gates please ????

[@guitar78ish]

I used to pronounce his name the same way, til I heard Guthrie say it..."Guv-in"

[@Gabrielbigow]

guitar78ish góvan not gôvan... xD

[@guitar78ish]

Not sure how you saying to pronounce it, but Guthrie says it like I indicated...maybe he doesn't know how to pronounce his own name?? Take it up with him.

[@Gabrielbigow]

Lol!!! i am not correcting you guy... diferent accents... same pronounce. dont get mad xD

[@guitar78ish]

thanks, I'm not mad. I just not familiar with the accents. no worries.

[@technirvana4199]

He is British and his second name phonetically would be Guv un, we don't pronounce stuff the same way as most countries we are strange!!

[@savant482]

no corras tanto cuando realices la demostracion en el mastil de la guitarra porque cuesta ver en q trastes pones los dedos.

[@sinscythe1231]

i wonder what kind of guitar is suitable foe his style Suhr？

[@juanantoniomusic]

In reality, any guitar is suitable. All you really need is to study the playing style. I've heard Guthrie using strats, les pauls, suhr, charvel, vigier, strandberg, distorted sounds, clean sounds, wacky sounds and he always sounds like him.

[@rimandoalano6642]

your guitar has a very low action, which i couldn't make on my guitar it gets buzz...bad3p.

[@outthebox2748]

its not secret, it's just licks style.

[@prachuryapratimbora4552]

Need d backing track pls

[@ivanmusic3919]

Please do the slowest exercise is not understood, it does not make sense to explain it

[@oldairesquivel4774]

Y los subtítulos en español? :(

[@juanantoniomusic]

Dame algunos días y los añado :)

[@oldairesquivel4774]

Gracias maestro :)

[@williansuarez9522]

Yay! Guthrie! jajajaja

[@ianparker5007]

wouldn't one call this a bebop application? approach notes that then land on consinent notes on strong beats?

[@juanantoniomusic]

+Ian Parker Which area of the video are you referring to? The pentatonic weaving section?

[@ianparker5007]

Juan Antonio yeah, exactly. The more I start exploring, the more I am finding some real value in bebop, as in outlining arpeggios with approach notes, but being mindful of where the chord tones fall on a beat.

[@ianparker5007]

Juan Antonio so consider min pent as like just a min 11. in prof shred #2, he talks about this at length.

[@juanantoniomusic]

I wouldn't exactly call it approach notes since these are usually one note (or two if it's double) that are chromatically or diatonically above or below a chord tone. In the case of pentatonic weaving there is no specific order; you just imagine the pentatonic scale and insert whichever other modal extension you prefer. But I do believe Guthrie also uses approach notes! I absolutely agree though that there is a ton of value in bebop. The harmonic and theoretical bits of information are invaluable. And the vocabulary is great, especially when looking to play jazz rock fusion!

[@juanantoniomusic]

You could consider the Minor Pentatonic scale as a Min11 arpeggio and use approach notes over it! That's a great idea!

[@nicoconejero5590]

nope

[@Gabrielbigow]

90% talking 10% Guitar... boring... but cool tech! :)

[@stefanceko3487]

I'm sorry.Repair.Guitarman.St.

[@outthebox2748]

i think Guthrie govan have a feel.. he just play 3 note, and we will know it's Govan style... note slide, microbending,cromatic,technic and more... the tittle is not for me... maybe just Guthrie govan style licks. we can get so many lesson style lick of Govan.. but it's not secret and concept.. Talk less do more my friend!!! sorry i'm a big fans of Guthrie Govan... cheers!

[@ZrankFappaH]

Yh, stop talking and telling us all of this useful informative information. ???

[@jugaajugaa5210]

Sounds nothing like Guthrie.

[@avi184]

So basically, to play like guthrie I have to buy shur?

[@hughjarreolee7821]

It's pronounced "Guv-un". Please stop getting British names wrong all the time, foreign dudes.

[@alegiddings]

Man, english isn't his mother language.

[@dianvirgiawan9251]

Lol

[@askelehrmann7636]

One of your main influences when you were younger but you've yet to learn how to pronounce his name ;)

[@technirvana4199]

Great copycat player, but I suspect very little imagination when improvising or writing, not sure I like it when people use popular guitarist names in their title when it really isn't that needed, could be your own lesson, but then maybe less popular to click on eh ;)

[@juanantoniomusic]

Hey there, I do have a bunch of lessons and performances that are not based around other guitarists which you can check out as well (most of my videos are actually not based around other players). I also have some original jam material on my Instagram account. But you are right, the videos that get requested and viewed the most are the ones where I copy and explain some of what these guys are doing. I am starting to work out some original material and hope that I can get an EP out there by 2018. I am also working out a series of jams and collaborations in which I just play with some of my friends and colleagues. I am gearing up to do more "original" content in the next year but of course I have to satisfy the viewers and their desires. Doesn't hurt that I get to learn all kinds of cool stuff from the masters as well! :)

[@learnerlearns]

Blow your nose. Stop saying "um." Cease redundant phrases such as: "What I'm gunna do is I''m gunna." Talk less. Play more. Position the mic better.

[@juanantoniomusic]

+Learner-Learns I'm afraid I have a naturally nasely voice so I can only improve that so much. But I will definitely work on improving the other aspects of speech that you mention. Thanks for the advice! :)

[@daganumos7002]

There's no need, mate. Thanks for the video.

[@juanantoniomusic]

Thanks man!

[@leonardvanriel7359]

I've been looking all over the internet for this sort of information/instructional videos. This is a great find for me, thanks you so much. I hope you can do a video about Hedras Ramos, specifically his improvised playing. (Lots of videos out there) as it seems incredibly complex and can't find anything about how he does it. Keep up the great work. Very informative series!