In The Mind Of: Trey Anastasio - REBA Guitar Improvisation Lesson and Jam Guide

[@KevinIlsen]

Two chords. IV-V. Many different options for improvisation will work. Major pentatonic and major pentatonic on each respective chord. Chord tones over each respective chord. Parent key full diatonic scale. Slide in from the "blue note." Bring in another note to Imply another mode. Etc. You could play around with one or more of these improvisation options, mixing and matching, and you're noodling. But when you apply specific techniques, at different points in the jam, with purpose and intent -- teasing or "priming" the audience at the beginning, expanding with motifs, changing dynamics and tempo, recalling earlier motifs, successively building tension -- then it's not just improvisation, and it's not just noodling. It's composition. Stich has been teaching us all these various techniques. But seeing this video is exactly like that moment in The Karate Kid when the light bulb goes off and we realize why Daniel-son has been painting fences and houses, waxing on and waxing off.

[@gagealbright]

great comment! well said! good point about "composition".

[@wheredrewsat]

Oh my word. I've only watched 2 minutes of this and I had to pause to say how much I love it!

[@MegaMonk1992]

uhhh yeah dude. I'm LOVING this. Heard about him months ago from Sean Daniels here on the tube.. but this is the first real video I've seen of his. amazing.

[@Jsalguero1]

Ok I've played for over 40 years - without training etc - and this video blew open a lot of doors for me. THANK YOU! So grateful.......... Excellent teaching!

[@ScottS986]

Ian, this is one of your best, if not the best Trey soloing video yet. I loved the breakdown into different sections for creating an overall structure or plan for the solo. So cool and understandable. I can imagine Trey himself commenting “That’s exactly what I do!”

[@marlonchang9557]

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[@StichMethodGuitar]

So I made a 5 Page Support Chart. This chart has Eb and F Chord Tones on the entire neck. The Eb and F Pentatonics with special notes highlighted as discussed in video. The Full Key Scale for Soloing, Special notes within, Arpeggios for the ending and some words of advice. You can get it here bit.ly/2IMPfxT for $2.49. It will be dowloaded immediately and emailed to you as well. Patreon Members of the Practice Sessions and Bonus Lessons Tier get the chart and I will be making about 5 practice vids as well. Rock on

[@tomguidry8591]

Terrific explanation on this technique and so easy to understand. I had a very similar approach with that same progression with the exception of viewing the first chord as a Cm7 resolving to an F7 as in the II minor 7 to a V7 which is basically resolving the 7th on the Cm chord to the 3rd of the F7 in the key of Bb. I have found it a little easier to view from this angle. Thanks so much for your presentation Tom

[@danshramo2648]

There is something to be said as well about the use of modes here as Page and Mike often utilize the colors of Mixolydian and Lydian respectively throughout. At It's inception it seems to be rooted as a Zappa influenced jam, ie Inca Roads. It's evolved since but if anyone is interested in exploring the roots of the inspiration for this jam that's a most likely contender.

[@alamode8]

It was nice meeting you last night. Again, I love this video!

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Dude!!! Thanks for saying hi… and the horse!

[@Lightningph]

Made my day better!! :)

[@MrJamlee88]

Awesome and Thank you. You should probably realize that in today’s corona-virus reality - your posts are gonna get a lot of guitar players through their quarantines. Overall - I think we can all expect to improve a lot over the next month.

[@gregpetre]

The quintessential Trey vid, thanks Stitch

[@bobbythompson1011]

Love the tone at the end

[@edwardcawley5796]

Stich you are my favorite hippie.

[@mattmannering6749]

Pure Fire... Thanks Dude!! Set my loop and have been jamming on this for 2 hours... So much good shit in here!! Great thing to be quarantined with!!

[@Mallett98-]

Cheers! Nice work !

[@shaunt9819]

Another excellent lesson! Thank you!

[@Jay-wk9xj]

Cant thank you enough for this

[@solventpop]

This is so good and fun, plus you can apply it easily to other keys.

[@solventpop]

I have lots to work on work this one, it’s so much fun!

[@johnmcelhaney8490]

Awesome Sauce~

[@thethirdeye5850]

Great video thanks

[@shutinjohn]

Great inspirational lesson.

[@jasonmathis7662]

That was fantastic! Thank you!!

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Very welcome! Any fan of Trey is a friend of mine.

[@jasonmathis7662]

@@StichMethodGuitar You really are a good friend to fellow guitar players and jam enthusiasts and I hope you realize how amazing your approach is and how it emanates love for music and humanity. You give a lot for free and then offer even more on your Patreon for a reasonable price. It’s a very attractive energy and I love the approach. I do have a question for you. I’m currently learning to become a Crypto trader and in the near future when I’m investing successfully I plan to join your Patreon to practice all of these concepts. But I think I’d eventually like it if I could get some one on one lessons. I’m a huge fan of Jerry & Trey and have been writing songs for 20 years. I was hoping (if you aren’t too impacted with students) that at some point in the not to distant future that I could become a private student. Is that hard to do with your current workload or do you think you might be able to squeeze me in? Things I’d like to work on are the songs I’ve written or am writing and sort of dissect different approaches for them as well as get your opinion on tones and effects that could enhance different specific songs and songs that I might be able to extend out into jams and how to create jams & get in and out of rhythms and progressions to melt into other tunes. Anyway, wether available or not, I appreciate you and all you do ✨🙏🏻✨

[@PrettyCoolFriend]

I always wanted to know this. You’re a baddass.

[@jezzbass1826]

Thank you!!!!

[@mikefitz3063]

This is my favorite solo....and it was such a mystery to me...

[@jukejointjack]

Love it

[@tylerrese7968]

Love you Trey Videos!! Which of your videos describes matching pentatonic shapes with CAGED chords?

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Well none in particular... all of them kinda have it, but I would say my “Did Hendrix Use CAGED?” Video has the most of it

[@tylerrese7968]

StichMethod Guitar Thanks! I will check that out next!

[@Escrublet]

Hello, i just got my first electric. Can someone recommend a good song with a solo to learn. Something a bit more advanced then layla unplugged as ive had that down for a while.

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Sultans of Swing

[@Escrublet]

@@StichMethodGuitar thankyou x

[@richlight]

Didnt even see the title of this video but as soon as you said its 15 mins I said its phish lol

[@anthonypopowitz]

Hi, I'm wondering if the link to the chart is broken? I'd like to get it. LMK, a-

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Should be working now

[@anthonypopowitz]

@@StichMethodGuitar Thank you stich. going to be next week's mission. I am finishing up the interlude, have a few more lines in the "chase" section to learn and memorize..... this is an amazing guide. Thank you again.

[@shawng2624]

What guitar are you playing in this video?? What are your favorite guitars in your collection?

[@tylerthompson1842]

If the chords are Eb to F then shouldn’t you be thinking Eb Lydian and F mixolydian because of the root notes?

[@StichMethodGuitar]

No, they are the same exact scale.... you want to think chord tones and parent scale which is Bb Major.... which is Eb Lydian and F Mixo.... but just Bb scale and chord tones is all you need.

[@richlight]

Is switching chord tones something you can base a whole chord progression jam on? Am I wrong or is that the way it was done way back when? Self taught, dont allways understand what I'm being told

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Yes and No... If the jam is all chord tones, it will sound stale, so you need to mix in a scale to create motion in melody

[@richlight]

@@StichMethodGuitar I meant switching scales on every chord change . Sorry I don't fully understand the lingo so not sure i was clesrx or that you were clear on what i meant. I understand some what and then I just start winging it on instinct so I may not allways be able to articulate what I mean verbally , or even know what I'm doing that has started to sound so good. My playing is .... well weird. Because i jam alone its more stand alone guitar, drum, harmonica pieces . I wont sing yet. Not comfortable enough . If I'm alone and record vocals it's not horrible. If someone else is around that I think might be able to hear me I pull back and cant even hit certain notes hahaha

[@astropop3870]

Gay for Trey❤️!

[@jasonkeith9317]

Easy now.

[@gda08]

Are you playing a Languedoc?

[@justindouglass9963]

replica im guessing, sounds nice though

[@Jowls2024]

Can I say meat? Because this is so guitarlicious

[@cpawh6497]

Great video. thats a beautiful gitfiddle you got there!

[@joshyoung81]

You’re cool

[@StichMethodGuitar]

You’re cool

[@tomthriveni]

Thanks, Ian! That was awesome... So much good stuff to practice. This is gonna keep me busy for a bit! Great video!

[@richlight]

Its all about the start.... the end , oh and the middle..... maybe we ca that a sum of its total parts hahaha

[@tfsgroi]

Not gonna lie, I'll be dropping and getting lost in this solo for a min 30 mins

[@MarcosJ-mq4lk]

Marx-Russos of guitar!