How To Embellish/Fill Out Chord Progressions Like John Mayer & Jimi Hendrix

[@Dubnot]

Top 3 underrated youtubers. I know because I watch KZbin all day in my off season. Quality explanations and song choices. Id love to see more Lari Basilio stuff but she's not even that popular yet so low views. Thanks for what you do Brother

[@DarrylSyms]

Thanks man, I appreciate your kind words! I agree, Lari is great! Let me know if you have any other suggestions! 👍

[@DANIEL-ls5ku]

I love how John Mayer merge Pop and Blues together, can you do more of that please?

[@M3SS3RUS10]

This is genuinely one of the best and most helpful videos on the internet. Really appreciate it.

[@DarrylSyms]

Yay! 😄

[@nittany31]

Fantastic. More in this style please.

[@pablohc9]

Damn Darryl, I’m so happy I happened to find your content. As a huge Mayer fan and blues guitar lover, those last videos of yours are right down my alley. Really great instruction and videos! 🙌🏼

[@DarrylSyms]

Thanks man, I'm glad you enjoy what I have to share! Thanks for your support 🙂

[@WarlikeSRK]

I know you really like Mateus Asato (who doesnt really) and in that spirit id like to recommend Isaiah Sharkey. He's a neosoul guitarist that played in John Mayers last band (2017) and also played with D'Angelo. That guy is an absolute beast, combining a LOT of jazz phrasing and techniques with gospel/soul, I think youll like him and he'd be interesting to explore! Subscribed to your channel, just came across this as i am getting back into guitar (at the tender age of 26 lol) after years of not really playing. Im starting from scratch.. learning all my triads (major, minor, augmented, diminished etc.) and CAGED shapes again..

[@DarrylSyms]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll check him out! Good luck with re-learning! Hopefully you can find enough material across my channel that can help 😋

[@auomwehttam]

This video is quality man. Thanks for the lesson man

[@redpillpusher]

johnny come late here ;) good stuff ...definitely will try this 🤙🏽

[@marinsmarcos]

Best video about this stuff on YT!!!!!!

[@fabioplaysguitar1818]

Excellent lesson 👍

[@pointlessbutternut6410]

Wow, an ibanez with a good non-metal tone.

[@DarrylSyms]

Very unusual huh!

[@computergenerated3833]

It has single coils

[@DarrylSyms]

Actually they’re all humbuckers

[@computergenerated3833]

@@DarrylSyms Oh shit u right, I didn't even look at the body lol. I just assumed it was the model single coil model because of the sound and because John Mayer uses a Jackson with single coils

[@canzplayz1692]

Steve vai has a beautiful tone with his ibanez

[@manuelkhoza1700]

You are a HERO

[@rudeknee1560]

The key for me is fret and note awareness

[@rarara-p1q]

Amazing. I recently bought a used ibanez grx40 after many years of borrowing strats 😂 But in this ibanez I'm having difficulty to adjust to the neck. It has a different feeling when doing thumb over chords because of the neck radius. And now i see this channel, I'm amazed how you're doing that. Maybe I'll just practice more.

[@DarrylSyms]

Practice indeed Robin! 😄 Best of luck!

[@hmtaylor7]

Gold

[@aynvaibhav9705]

Thanks for spreading amazing knowledge buddy..... thanks a lot

[@RHCPtv1]

TAB? Thank you!!

[@jbs8958]

Awesome lesson! Really like everything on your channel! I'd just watch calling it G flat minor as might confuse people.

[@DarrylSyms]

Thanks man! :)

[@Deadspawns]

Excellent lesson, thank you

[@DarrylSyms]

You're most welcome!

[@skygmoon]

Great video thanks!

[@samsule8339]

how do you think about composing music, can I learn something from your thoughts about composing (hitting notes etc)

[@DarrylSyms]

Good question. Most importantly, I use my ear to hear what sounds good. I’ll choose a key, start off with playing some basic chords within that key, and then develop it into whatever context I’m aiming for. In this context, I took a basic minor chord progression, added some funky picking pattern, and filled it out with some funky triad shapes. Nothing overly complicated 😄

[@andrebamidele8497]

Darryl Syms Did it take long to get this?

[@DarrylSyms]

No

[@garyjford1981]

Beautiful playing, amazing tone too, what gear are you using, sounds crisp, warm and bluesy. Always love to find out what good players are using, try some new gear out in Guitar shops. Subscribed!

[@DarrylSyms]

Thanks Gary! I use BIAS FX. I'll be posting a video on my tones soon! 👍

[@garyjford1981]

Darryl Syms look fwd to it!

[@benjaminfernald9851]

Amazing

[@DarrylSyms]

Thanks man!

[@boti2305]

Have a question...I started playing with the thumb to root on 6th string and ended up with lots of pain to fold it. So any advice, exercise to work on it and avoid further issues to play as Hendrix style? Thanks

[@DarrylSyms]

That depends what kind of pain it is. If it's pain as a result of stretching then time and experience will sort it out. If it's genuine hand or wrist pain, then that's not a good idea. It's also hard for me to comments since I can't see *how* you go about it? Your thumb or wrist could be positioned incorrectly. I'm sure I've done another video or two on this that might help - search "Darryl Syms Thumb Over Top" perhaps

[@ZiggyZugzwang]

Hello! I found a channel which helped me out a lot with wrist and finger pain. Most of the time it's not the fingers, but just some tension in the muscles (hand/arm) that need release. Most of the time I could play on without pain directly afterwards. Don't know if it works for you, but I recommend trying this. Channel is called 'DIY - Joint pain relief'. He's got videos on thumb pain specifically. Maybe it helps you. GL!

[@akshaypandey2396]

Awesome :D Thanks :)

[@DarrylSyms]

You're welcome! 😁

[@Javier-qk7ms]

What is that neck pickup?

[@DarrylSyms]

DiMarzio Cruiser Neck

[@christiannorris9252]

I’ve been trying to get a guitar tone like this for a while now. What pedals/amp settings/eq settings are you using?

[@KolsonJohanson]

your mom

[@DarrylSyms]

You’ll notice on my channel I talk a lot about Bias FX. Take a look around. “How to sound like John Mayer” on my channel should enlighten you on my tone, as well as many other vids 😄

[@sazencha]

Do you mic your amp? Or do you plug your guitar straight into the scarlett focusrite and use some modelling software?

[@DarrylSyms]

Sajen Shrestha as you requested before, I will be uploading a video on this over the next few days! 🙂

[@sazencha]

Thanks very much man :)

[@Har.shal_09]

Has the polyphia tone plays john mayer and jimi hendrix Oh yea its all coming together

[@cosmo357]

Muito top

[@DarrylSyms]

Obrigado 🙌😄

[@coolwaterdvr]

🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@ranggasatria3324]

mantap slurr

[@44scoots]

Nice, but not everyone can play with their thumb over the top.

[@isaacsmyth4622]

Sounds like rhcp

[@DarrylSyms]

They watched this video on repeat before they got famous

[@doblesiete77-k5u]

I'd say F#m instead of Gbm

[@DarrylSyms]

Same, my mistake.

[@ocahan27]

I was looking for this comment. Didnt wanna say it myself incase i was wrong 😂

[@gulliver0155]

I'm also hearing Mateus Asato. :D

[@DarrylSyms]

That's a compliment!

[@luaquinomar]

Man, what about that tone, eh?

[@DarrylSyms]

What about it? You want tone like dis? I have a video on that ✌️

[@septimuspugwash6991]

Brilliant lesson - thank you so much.

[@DarrylSyms]

You’re most welcome - thank you! 👏