NEVER Run Out of Soloing Ideas Again!

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[@waynegram8907]

Duane Allman used Open E tuning to play his licks, if you transfer those open E tuning licks to standard tuning to make a lesson about the Open E tuning is a Hybrid pentatonic BOX. Try to make a lesson about the Duane Allman Hybrid pentatonic box

[@simonvanderheijden432]

I think he used open E for slide.

[@Baci302]

@@simonvanderheijden432 I think it was both. Derek Trucks plays both in E, I believe.

[@deanfleming1653]

Great tip, thanks 🙏

[@stephenzimmerman5517]

Your ability to articulate your knowledge of the guitar is the key to your success! Keep it up!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks, will do!

[@gergemall]

Thx Mark . You’re moving right along ❤ 5:40

[@AliKHAN-mq8br]

Great! That 's the heart of Blues!!! Call and Recall!!! Important Video!!! Thanks! A.

[@stephenzimmerman5517]

Simple is good! Just because what you're trying to play might be hard to pull off doesn't make it good!

[@MarkZabel]

Amen to that!

[@bonarsmusic01]

Great Lesson. 👌

[@MarkZabel]

Thank you!

[@frankortega4280]

Very practical idea, Mark. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@MarkZabel]

Glad it was helpful!

[@edwardlangdon9256]

Nailed it with Johnny Winter, greatest blues guitarist of all time. Great video, thanks

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@perijon00]

Johnny is mind blowing. He never stops playing and plays so many notes and he makes it sound so good, most can’t do that

[@olderendirt]

Good lesson. With a vocal music background this is easy to understand. That's a beautiful Gibson, too. Thanks!

[@MarkZabel]

Glad you liked it!

[@markmiles3447]

Good lesson and really very useful to me. I usually try to make my solos flow but I end up running out of road quite quickly. So this technique is a good way to avoid that. Another option to playing call and response in different minor pentatonic positions is to switch between minor and major pentatonics. Play a call in minor and respond in major and vary positions. Can sound super cool and keeps the ideas flowing. Your lesson is perfectly timed, I needed more ideas for the outro of “cheap sunglasses” and thus really helped. Thanks Mark Z.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks so much!

[@castleanthrax1833]

Sometimes, when I'm running out of ideas, I'll play a lick down low and then repeat it an octave higher. Edit: I found this was a good way to get better at understanding the fretboard if I did this not only an octave higher but in a different position than the call.

[@danielsmith7902]

digging the on screen tabs....

[@MarkZabel]

Okay, we'll see how this video does.

[@user-xu1bn1pg7f]

Thank you brother for all your help 🙏. I’ve learned so much from you. I’m so grateful for all the time you spend on teaching me lead guitar 🎸🤘🏽

[@MarkZabel]

You are very welcome. I'm glad you like the videos I do and appreciate them. Thanks!

[@sharkman4928]

Great lesson Mark!!! Thank you!!!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@ianandrews8529]

That was very helpful. Thank you. I’m going to start practicing that. 🎸👍

[@MarkZabel]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ShineDawg]

Thank you Mark

[@MarkZabel]

My pleasure!

[@rrrayrrray]

Great lesson! Cool examples Mark!

[@MarkZabel]

Glad you liked it!

[@TommySG1]

So very true Mark, and this is where I feel I need to do more work on…..timing 🤙 Love your feeds man, thank you for your work you do.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks! Yes, timing is the key improvement area for many players who think they mostly need to work on scale patterns. I see (or hear) it over and over again. I find it interesting (and a little disappointing) that every video I do for people to work on timing, usually in an interesting musical way rather than metronome, goes nowhere. People want scale patterns - over and over and over. Anyway, clearly I'm on a rant! Thanks for the kind comment and appreciation!

[@EricClapton1945]

I am so addicted to this instrument

[@MarkZabel]

A relatively good addiction.

[@Guidosvinos]

Thanks Mark great tip!

[@MarkZabel]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@luiscanales7216]

Thanks!

[@MarkZabel]

You're welcome. Thanks so much for the appreciation!

[@megagatvol]

Always super interesting.

[@MarkZabel]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@johnskerlec9663]

Nice demo Mark. I've never had formal lessons and picked up the idea from the great music I jammed to when young. Later, when I got to understand theory, I realised how to balance licks going up with licks resolving back. The higher the climb, the lower the response phrase in some cases,but keeping a balance and flow of interest as the licks develop. Thanks for the post.

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks.

[@juliochingaling5824]

Great video. Thanx brother.

[@MarkZabel]

You're welcome. Thanks for watching!

[@gergemall]

Wonderful video ❤

[@mqblues]

Great lesson. Now I know what to do with all those scale positions - use the famous "call and response" technique! Thanks

[@MarkZabel]

Excellent!

[@CountryHitsUSA]

Great Video!!!

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@stevesimpson688]

Thanks for this lesson Mark.....really useful. My problem is overplaying but using call and response is a great way to stop this as you only have a certain amount of notes to use. Great work my friend

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks! Yes, it definitely helps with overplaying.

[@shaunlovett1565]

Great vid

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@jackschijven8219]

Thanks

[@MarkZabel]

Sure thing.

[@OkinInc]

Thank you Mark. I learn so much from your style of teaching. I watch at work a lot so behind in work, ahead in guitar. 😂

[@MarkZabel]

My pleasure! But oh no, I don't want to get you in trouble at work!

[@johnhartley3022]

Listening to what the other players are doing and using that for inspiration, not necessarily in the form of a response…groove, feel, syncopation…and playing melodically are to other ways to ensure you can play long solos without people complaining about your long solos

[@MarkZabel]

Yes, those are good ways to come up with motifs as well.

[@krisstieghorst7415]

Thanks Mark always clever with positive confidence! Glad to see you playing your 335!! Cheers 👋🖤🦋🖤💥🐉💥

[@MarkZabel]

My pleasure Kris! I had a real scare with the 335 ... kind of why I don't use it much. It's so cramped for space in my recording room that it took a nasty fall. It's really the only guitar I care about (sentimental reasons), so I keep it in the case mostly.

[@krisstieghorst7415]

@MarkZabel Just make sure you have it stored properly ,no water condensation , ect....if the elements got to it it would crush your spirit. ♥️

[@MarkZabel]

@@krisstieghorst7415 Will do.

[@krisstieghorst7415]

@MarkZabel I've seen people wrap up guitars in plastic then put them in the case to store them ... then end up with a warped & rusty instrument. I know ...not the brightest star in the sky! I Compare it to leaving your records in the sun to melt!! Cheers Mark!!

[@cliffwise]

I have watched at least 500 how to guitar videos. I have never heard this idea. It is brilliant. I thought call and response was between two musicians only. What a great idea. Mark has a unique way of deciphering techniques for us players trying to improve. Thanks very much.

[@MarkZabel]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks!

[@cliffwise]

@@MarkZabel I’m even doing it in my head!!

[@user-ko4iy1pp9j]

Thanks Mark👏💜🤍💙❤️

[@MarkZabel]

My pleasure. Thanks for watching!

[@calvincosby921]

Thank you so much. It looks like my guitar will get more conversation than me😂 Again kudos ❤

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks!

[@sammonaco5400]

Joe Banamassa says to play the whole fret board if you play in A fined all the A positions and it works it took me out of playing in the same place and moving all over I found a lot of soloing possibilities try it

[@aminahmed2220]

Absolutely fantastic have a wonderful day Mark also i have a stomach ache ❤❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@MarkZabel]

Thanks ... and feel better soon!

[@thatfenderbloke]

132 I think

[@chipgaasche4933]

Soloing isn't a "conversation", it's a "monologue".

[@MarkZabel]

It's clearly neither. Thinking about it as a conversation has advantages. Thinking about it as a monologue could have advantages too.

[@robertnathan2843]

...and a conversation with your band and/or audience. Even playing alone in my room, its a conversation with my guitar, feeding off mistakes, happy accidents and the nuance and feel of my instrument. And if it's loud enough, the neighbors will certainly converse with you 🎸

[@gregf1299]

Good point, and by keeping the timing in call/ response you don't "break the chain". And to bring it home, you have to know that destination, I guess.

[@ezkempinkemp3467]

Thanks!

[@MarkZabel]

Sure thing. Thanks for watching!