How to Make Your Practice More Musical

[@varunparekh5220]

I can't even express how much I appreciate your lessons. Thank you for existing.

[@seandaniel23]

+Varun Parekh thanks so much for reaching out! Always happy to help and exist!

[@arthurmee]

Thanks Sean, this is a superb lesson on how to link scales to arpeggios and the technique is definitely more musical.

[@seandaniel23]

+arthurmee thanks so much!

[@Malzz11c]

Since finding your channel, my playing and understanding of the guitar neck has increased exponentially, thank you so much. Keep up the good work, I enjoy your teaching style.

[@seandaniel23]

SO awesome to hear! Thanks for reaching out!

[@FreudVoltaire]

You make music what it is supposed to be, not rocket science, but FUN. LOVE IT.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much!

[@BodyMachineShop]

Thank you Sean Daniels you sure do make it fun. Your talent and light hearted approach ring true.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much! I'll keep it up :)

[@deeboh3030]

Great lesson, thanks for putting this together. Hope this is the first in a series!

[@seandaniel23]

Yup! More on the way!

[@icoll8]

Great lesson Sean. I'd like to see more practice exercises like this

[@seandaniel23]

Yeah definitely planning on continually pumping them out!

[@supernaught3955]

The Force is Strong in This One !

[@seandaniel23]

+Super Naught I am one with the force and the force is with me

[@jasonprater7802]

I'm learning too much to like your videos bro! Keep'em coming man! LIKE!!!

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much Jason! I'll keep em coming :)

[@davidthompson8032]

Hi Sean, thank you for these fantastic lessons. You and Ian Stich have reawakened my love for guitar. Thank you!!

[@seandaniel23]

So great to hear it David!

[@donhardy8883]

Sean, you and Ian are the very best! Thanks so much for everything. I love your tips for making practice and theory fun.

[@seandaniel23]

Happy to help! :)

[@ascassar6259]

Best "tie it all together" video you'e done yet! Thank you

[@seandaniel23]

Thank you for watching!

[@Serfinn]

Amazing exercise! Thanks a lot for this lesson!

[@seandaniel23]

Happy to help!

[@mickeymcconnell7961]

I think this just may help me a lot! Thanks, Sean!

[@seandaniel23]

No prob! Thanks for watching!

[@Mike_the_Barbarian]

I use a trio plus band looper pedal.. It the thing rules.. you play a chord progression into it, it learns it and suddenly you have a drummer and bass player playing appropriate pattern/key based on what you played. You can then loop in something and solo over or just practice chords. Makes practice so much more musical.

[@DSpeir-pi6tm]

My dog howls while I'm practicing .It's great accompaniment :D

[@seandaniel23]

+Michael Cunningham I've heard that thing is pretty amazing. Still need to get my hands on one!

[@thedukeofdukers]

Sounds a lot like Hendrix. Great lesson!

[@seandaniel23]

+Zach S thanks so much!

[@priyavarrier2964]

Sean Daniel Please show finger numbers in ur upcoming videos

[@hmtaylor7]

This is fantastic, Sean.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much Matt!

[@jimmorris2659]

Sean- great lesson. Really enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing

[@seandaniel23]

+jim morris thanks Jim!

[@icoll8]

Love this exercise.

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks Chad!

[@freestyledefensivearts1954]

Sean, this was a terrific lesson! You said these two shapes; "the major and minor scales could be applied in lots of ways". Would you be able to please show in future lessons how they could be applied? Thank you

[@seandaniel23]

+Freestyle Defensive Arts thanks so much! Yeah I'm actually thinking of just making a video like this on a more weekly basis so stay tuned!

[@downhill240]

Great lesson! I'll be working with this later. I'll share this on my Google + Page as well.

[@seandaniel23]

+downhill2400 I appreciate you spreading the good word!

[@derekthomas5200]

Favorite lesson so far. Thanks

[@seandaniel23]

Thank you for watching!

[@MrHacienda1]

Great teaching ...as always

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much Richard!

[@hofftipus4132]

Thanks Sean. One of the real problems I have been having is how to apply all these scales to actually make something that sounds like music and not just playing scales lol. Good stuff!

[@seandaniel23]

Thank you for watching :)

[@lefoxecph7442]

Hi Sean. Regards from Copenhagen, Denmark. Terrific tutorial. Thanks.

[@seandaniel23]

Thank you for watching!

[@CorneWeideman]

Sean thanks for the lessons! Been trying for years and now lots of questions been answers and now I understand better how to use what I learn together.If you ever in South Africa come and visit")

[@seandaniel23]

So cool to hear! Thanks for reaching out man and I'll drop you a line if I'm ever there :)

[@CorneWeideman]

Awsome man!")

[@joemascio947]

Thanks Sean. Good ideas to build off of

[@seandaniel23]

+Joe Mascio happy to help!

[@dominicgagnon217]

This is great!

[@seandaniel23]

+Yorgh thanks for checking it out!

[@nisargshah6725]

While i have started learning mojor scale 5 shapes on fretboard as quoted 'very mandatory' by my friends. This lesson helped me understand applications of those 5 shapes in context of chords. However, when it comes to going into lead part straight after playing chord I really suck at maintaining the same tempo. Please do the video related to this if possible which focuses on right hand while doing this. Thanks Sean for coming up with cool stuff alwayssssss.

[@seandaniel23]

Great idea! Thanks for watching and thanks for the suggestion!

[@JCloyd-ys1fm]

Sounds nice.

[@seandaniel23]

+J. Cloyd thanks so much!

[@Gtraxx1]

For a second I kinda heard Jimi's song Angel. Great lesson man!

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much Garrett!

[@richardmg5817]

thanks sean it really help my practicing more musical 👍👍😉

[@seandaniel23]

+Richard MG so glad to hear it!

[@doncaviness7961]

Good teaching

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks Don!

[@KnowledgeIsKey215]

Can you do a video or segment or Thumb Independence for fingerstyle (alternating bass notes while playing melody)? I've also haven't seen anything on Question Time about Tommy Emanuel... Are you a fan of his and/or his style? Have you ever checked out Sungha Jung or Gabriella Quevado?

[@seandaniel23]

Great idea! LOVE Tommy, he's such a beast. I like Sungha's arrangements too, never listened to Gabriella though.

[@jcgood]

Nice lesson Sean :)

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks Jeff!

[@leebraly3904]

Very cool ideas young man.

[@seandaniel23]

Thank you Lee!

[@Ly2744]

My fingers can't move that smoothly but I am playing some really interesting sounds.

[@seandaniel23]

You'll get there!

[@wyattmorris4755]

My issue is I have a problem learning the chords voicings. I know when you show them to me but idk why they are the way they are, if that makes sense?

[@seandaniel23]

Right on Wyatt, that's why it's all about memorizing a few root notes and then being able to apply the chords there, if that makes sense.

[@sohamphatarphod4960]

I have a question for u Sean If I am playing a simple progression of C major scale what are the options I have for soloing over it besides the pentatonic scale and major scale

[@seandaniel23]

+Soham Phatarphod great question. You can play the a minor scale or another of the other modes (d Dorian, g mixolydian etc ) check out the modes playlist for more on those

[@sohamphatarphod4960]

Sean Daniel Thanks mate Keep doing such great lessons .

[@seandaniel23]

Haha, sorry, forgot I already answered this one! :)

[@DSpeir-pi6tm]

"Gym guys just want to have fun!" XD

[@seandaniel23]

+Dspeir it's more true colors than anything ;)

[@DSpeir-pi6tm]

HAHA LMAO !!! I hear you man :)

[@joeldcanfield_spinhead]

What equipment and settings are you using here? Amp, pedals, whatever. It's another thing I need to start sorting when I play electric and I like the tone you've got going on here.

[@budandbean1]

I was going to ask the same thing cuz your guitar sounds really amazing... You are going straight into your preamp then into your daw aren't you? Post processing your signal, not using an amp at all... Right?

[@seandaniel23]

+Buddy Martin so it's really just the strat going into my mesa boogie 5:25 express on the clean channel with the gain barely up. There's a decent amount of the amps reverb on. I also use 2 mics, one for my voice and an sm7 on the cabinet but there's no post processing. It really is a great amp.

[@joeldcanfield_spinhead]

A friend who plays expensive guitars brilliantly only owns an old MB. It sound stupendous. Now I want one . . .

[@budandbean1]

+1Sean, you know what I really love about your channel? That you always try to answer and you don't bs anyone. In this case, I was mistaken and very nice of you, you explained what you did in this instance. I like that... you are a pretty good guy, thanks Sean. B.

[@seandaniel23]

Always happy to help out guys! And Joel you better go get yourself a Boogie!

[@pre10der]

Hey, Sean. Why do people tune their guitars to Eb? I don't understand how it makes a difference other than having access to new notes on the open strings.

[@down813]

Yeah... I've been hoping for an explanation.

[@javierbenez7438]

It allergy affects timbre. Try it out, I'm not a fan of playing that way, but plenty of people are.

[@javierbenez7438]

*also affects timbre. auto-correct.

[@seandaniel23]

+Adam DeSapio there are a couple reasons. When you tune down is slackens the strings and gives it a different tone and feel. Also it gives you a key a half step lower that a lot of people feel more comfortable singing in.

[@tektonik7466]

Also it's the tuning of alto and baritone sax. This tuning originally came from r n b when you had rhythm guitar and horns forming the rhythm section. Hendrix used to play in little Richards and Curtis Knights band and I think that's where he got it from.

[@jayvalentine2046]

hey there polo , just want to say thanks for the vids very easy to follow 🖒

[@seandaniel23]

+Jay Valentine thanks for reaching out Jay! I'll keep em coming!

[@jayvalentine2046]

Sean Daniel cool i subbed you up so they better be good 😉lol. all kidding aside your one of the best ive seen on the you tubes you just dont teach it you describe it. thanks again and have a wonderful night

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks so much Jay!

[@GR_BackingTracks]

Don't tell my guitar teacher, but he's about to be let go...

[@seandaniel23]

I'll take it!

[@darrenbrown5850]

Good lesson. Thanks Dexter Morgan.

[@seandaniel23]

Thank you!

[@Ly2744]

I am amazed how easy you make that look. lol

[@seandaniel23]

Keep practicing and you'll get there too!

[@lordjubei9829]

I've got some questions . So I am doing this exercise and it feels a lot better than what I usually practice . BUT, I do not understand WHY I am playing these certain notes , what is it exercising , and WHAT it is useful for and how do I apply to my everyday playing ? If you even have to put this answer in a video , of like breaking this down for a beginner/intermediate

[@seandaniel23]

Thanks for reaching out Joshua, it'll definitely be better to show this in a video!

[@lordjubei9829]

Thank You Sean, will be looking forward to that.

[@ModernCults]

I love you

[@ModernCults]

I was the first one and I didn't know what edgy joke to make so I just confessed my true love for you

[@seandaniel23]

+Mtz Skate haha. Love you too!

[@priyavarrier2964]

GreaT

[@seandaniel23]

Thank you!

[@1004enes]

how make your to practice more musical?

[@seandaniel23]

Watching the vids!

[@tektonik7466]

Technically Phrygian mode for the minor and not natural minor Aeolian mode you're playing there. Sorry not trying to sound like a dick. Nice concept making practice more musical.

[@seandaniel23]

Thank you!