NOODLING VS SOLOING

This helped so many people the first time I taught this concept, I had to do an updated version.
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[@drewsanders7577]

Another idea if you're stuck on muscle memory soloing, listen to the section without a guitar in your hand and sing the solo you want to hear out loud then take it one note at a time.

[@heiswatching]

I can never play the solos I have in mind lol

[@danblind8378]

@@heiswatching same here

[@TheTGB02]

he is watching I used to have this problem but seriously if you learn the slightest bit of music theory it helps a long way because you really know where to find notes on the fretboard, what your options are in a solo in terms of where you can go, and also how to get there

[@squatch570]

That's great advice! I do that a lot. And for those who said you can't play what's in your head, learn more theory along with scales and you will find the notes in your head that you want to play much easier.

[@miguelfernandezmillan2829]

damn ive used that to get some chords a few minutes ago too

[@milkyman7948]

I need to stop noodling and learn how to actually solo!

[@nehemiahzo_]

Milky Man thank you EmKay hand

[@jessewoodward5056]

Literally exactly what he said, listen to the backing track, think if what u want to play then figure out how to play it 👍🏽

[@luisamaya3931]

Dude my guitar journey is gotten to horrible stop cuz of not making musical solos or good chord progressions i can’t lie im bad at rythem and lead :( been playing for 3 years

[@debomb721]

I feel like noodling happens when people learn scales and don’t actually learn solos from their favorite songs, scales won’t teach you phrasing and taste but if you learn covers you see how these other guitarists go about soloing and it’ll give a foundation for soloing

[@dkell1597]

Without learning theory behind soloing it just a bunch of random notes... a little bit of theory goes a long way, loose guidelines

[@piggysmalls4373]

d kell theory*

[@richardmg9903]

Yes and no.....theory is important

[@alexamderhamiltom5238]

but, really.... i just like playing without make my self stressed, thats why i do noodling all the time. for fun only....

[@cynicalx7495]

Theory and *cough* sweep picking

[@plack_benis382]

I can confidently say ive been noodling since i began. Cant put together a solo to save my life

[@horrorbusiness78]

Amen to that

[@christo2690]

The trick is to take pauses, use hammer ons and bends and pinch harmonics. If u include all those itl always sound decent. From there work on speeding up and slowing down. Itl get better with practice

[@abdias99]

Same brother same 😔

[@rickdafrog]

plack_ benis close your eyes, breathe (seriously), listen to the music. Use backing tracks from KZbin. Play, play, play. Repeat.

[@anshb4154]

Lol he sounds good even when he's demonstrating the wrong technique.

[@eldenboi8354]

loll ik

[@ActNasty5]

Ansh B lmfao yeah im just trying to get to that level

[@MW-dd8vk]

Ansh B that’s the Power of SG’s they sound great 🤟🏻

[@jacksonvalad8012]

No he doesnt

[@cweasegaming2692]

I disagree, I think it sounds pretty boring and that’s the point

[@Incog2k6]

The difference IMO between a skilled and a non-skilled guitarist is that the skilled guitarist controls the scale (uses it to create melodies, licks and phrases), while the non-skilled guitarist is being controlled by the scale (relies on muscle memory and plays warm-up exercises for solos).

[@adamstastny8743]

True :D

[@adityamohan1773]

Nice

[@blavikenbutcher5456]

"Plays warm-up exercise for solos." Bro u didn't have to attack us like that

[@SaiRam-nz9sy]

Then please tell me, friend...how to break out of that rut. Please. I'm sick of noodling .

[@ActNasty5]

Terry Fold Dancer lmfao forreal

[@aquilarossa5191]

Half of the first Black Sabbath album was noodling and jamming out. Good noodling. Good jamming out.

[@warren4110]

Aquila Rossa, yes, very very good noodling lol

[@rooctherooc2418]

Yeah but tony Iommi could pull it of beginners not so much

[@RektRL]

Honestly with Iommi’s guitar tone he could have written anything and made it stand out

[@mattm1982]

The solo on Black Sabbath the song is incredible. Lots of feel to it. Just using simple pentatonic scale tho.

[@paulhb]

Soloing has bending and vibrato. Noodling doesn’t. Got it.

[@ivi7792]

lol

[@alieffauzanrizky7202]

Well, you're not entirely wrong

[@ale9507]

Missing the point. Obviously the melodies are still going to be built off of the scale, but they have a beginning and end, a rhythm and then above that, they make use of techniques that make it more interesting: phrases.

[@richardblack3385]

Not if you put it where u always put it lol

[@grungyasscinema]

My guitar is coming in the mail, this couldn't have come at a better time.

[@_narcissist]

GrungyAssCinema na it will be a few months before you can really start to apply this concept, at least thats how it was for me

[@jacklovell6839]

This may not be your first lesson

[@parkerstyers4812]

Neill P years for me lol

[@autocrow]

I feel your excitement brother!! : )

[@fragtagninja1633]

You are gonna have a lot of work to do before this is remotely useful.

[@nathaniel9195]

I’ve just started playing guitar and I found this channel yesterday just about to do my second lesson thanks for all the help!!!

[@speediskey3856]

I don't even have my guitar anymore but for some reason I just keep watching these vids.

[@doomerius1300]

Time to get one, again

[@warren4110]

Pablo Hendriks, pick up your guitar and play..... just like yesterday!!! 🎸😎

[@gwenlyda4958]

@@warren4110 and get down on your knees and pray…

[@Sydswahili]

WE WONT GET FOOLED AGAIN YEAHHHGA

[@Glamosapien]

Noodling is part of learning

[@FirstNameLastName-gz1sw]

This showing up in my recommended is a sign my phone is sick of listening to me noodling

[@erkutsoyer4970]

I'm just here to say that SG is so damn beautiful!

[@MrTehnoobshowfan]

Erkut Soyer ik i was watching this and i thought man I should get one of these

[@EclecticEssentric]

This was simple but important. Playing well takes brain energy, while noodling sounds as unthinking as it is. I'm a long time mindless noodler, trying to recover.

[@rileymerino6340]

Timmy Spencer possibly..... though I often argue the opposite. Usually when I hear people play boring lines it tends to be because they’re stuck in the numbers and thinking about a specific scale. The great improvisers internalize the scale and make melodies with it and interweave it with other scales effortlessly so they can just think about the sound and music. As Sonny Rollins so eloquently put it, “you can’t think and play at the same time”. I would say that learning to solo beautifully takes effort and brain energy, but the act of actually soloing should not. Improvising is an exercise in using what vocabulary you have developed while practicing, not always developing new vocabulary as you’re improvising. It comes down to recognizing patterns, and above all having a fantastic ear that can pick out melodies and immediately attach them to your instrument. I hear WAY too many musicians (guitarists specifically lol) who can clearly not hear anything in their heads while they’re playing. You’re unlikely to move people with a language if you can’t stay in control of your narrative and you don’t understand it any better than anybody you’re trying to tell it to.

[@blackinblue11]

My favorite type of your lessons, the psychology of playing. You really have the touch for it

[@XenoTravis]

My guitar teacher told me to 'meditate on the notes'. I would find the area or whatever and just play a note and in the more relaxed state I can think about what I may want to do next. Keep that going and I have actually made song cool leads

[@ReprobateMind]

I WILL TRY THIS. IT SPEAKS TO ME! tHANK YOU FOR SHARING!

[@alexmetallinos1569]

i’ve been playing for a few months and this helps for solos more passion then perfection

[@ronnieflow1698]

So much wisdom in his words. This concept is deceptively difficult to get your head around

[@popazuda71]

You did a very good job of explaining the aspect of guitar playing that’s almost unexplainable.

[@themistoklestheodosopoulos6253]

I love how Page was so good, people genuinely question to fabric of reality when trying to figure him out lmao.

[@paterson90]

I really needed this, I fall into this trap way too often.

[@rosco1pug]

'Short, sweet phrase, something bold'. Now that is profound!

[@rtxf]

often hear the same thing with people trying to play fast. learning to improvise fast is pretty easy, but learning to play something that actually sounds good is a tad harder. to get past this I always sing something in my head and play it at the same time or a little after.

[@dudeman5303]

Yeah that shit is harder than people think. It is really hard.

[@soldierbreakneck771]

No, improvise fast soloing and make it sounds good is harder than play slooow phrases "from heart". Playing "from head" is a bit different skill. This is not improvising this is mostly "taking music by ear".

[@darrin81128112]

So i was noodling around with my Ibanez and pulled out a 22 pound catfish I hung it up grabbed my Acoustic Started Noodling around with it dam i pulled out a 38 pound blue channel catfish so everyone be careful when your Noodling 🤣🤣

[@ReizokoRyu]

LMFAO. Underrated comment

[@ian9859]

just learning the solo stairway to heaven opened up a lot of doors for me. from basic chords to being able to solo a little. i mean its alright to noodle but at the same time dont forget to learn licks(thats where the shit is) and some theory, just the essentials like arpeggios, triads, cage system, circle of fifths(which i dont know till now lol) finger strengtening exercise(very important just dont breal your fingers) some uncommon chords from your favorite bands(dont get stuck with the basic chords theyre boring). then eventually youll realize your not doodling anymore and your actually coming up with your own ideas. believe me as you learn these youll be surprised how theyre all interconnected

[@pentachronic]

Nice. I'm at the point where I'm breaking out of pentatonic boxes and trying the slide up/down the neck stuff too. As one of Tim Pierce's guests said on his channel, think of a string as a train journey between the pentatonic boxes and hop on that train whenever you need something different !!!

[@TheLegend-ty6zc]

Gazza-in-the-usa wow that train stuff sounds like a very helpful idea to me.

[@QuinGuitardotcom]

Noodling is best when its done with out of key notes in order to come up with cool lead licks, even if it sounds bad sometimes is leads to really come discoveries of note combinations.

[@fatseaturtle]

Transcribing from the Aether, this is exactly how Aerosmith would write songs. Wonderful insight 🤘

[@jackmurphy1081]

Thank you for this video. Learning how to listen and respond vs just mindlessly letting my hand move took me to a new level

[@DanielGarcia-hf5fe]

I would say noodling is good when you're just trying to get the sound in your head. Whether that be a new scale or chord quality, or even getting used to a style that you might not be as comfortable in. Soloing comes when you're actually trying to play within it and make an actual musical statement. Both definitely have their place!

[@franklinlp7578]

I love this. I have trouble with this concept. I understand scales, learned them note by note and the root notes all on my fretboard, when when trying to solo it shoulds like shit. Thank you and I would want talk about this more

[@beav15]

Very helpful advice. I’ve often dealt caged into plying it safe on the scales, and this helps me see where I’m lacking.

[@oscarj.figueroa2560]

Whenever I'm not playing guitar. In watching his videos. There are videos that I've seen a gazillion times because of his knowledge. It helps me picture better what I'm doing. He says a lot but don't talk a lot like other guys. Good as always.

[@sirturd2954]

I think a big part of phrasing a lot of people miss is vibrato when phrasing. I forget this all the time but when I do remember it I find that ending with some sick vibrato can really spice up even some simple notes.

[@dubshockmedia1110]

True that! But 'auto vibrato' is worse IMO. Put it where it needs to go, not on everything.

[@Burnt_Gerbil]

It’s about the space between the notes and scatting with the guitar.

[@Dodgyboy43]

the muse is real, comes and goes

[@Roberto-nn6kb]

"Every day comes and goes"

[@SJNaka101]

I'm learning piano but this was really instructive for me, too! I'll work on feeling the music and hearing it in my head and transcribing what I hear!

[@juliangitarre4196]

Please allow me to share another exercise that helps to play in phrases: Imagine you were a saxophon player and only play while breathing out. (I learned this exercise from one of Jon Damian's books).

[@fighter77weon]

Noodling is the fenomena of learning scales and play them in a dry and mechanical way with almost no sence of music and emotion, after learn scales you must learn also licks and adorn those licks with other guitar techniques that will help you to enrich your musical expression.

[@electricwhiteboy]

Sorry, Page never wrote or recorded in Boleskine House and hardly visited it when he owned it. He did write parts of Zeppelin 3 in different cottage not associated with Crowley. His current house is another beautiful old house with a load of history, but again no link to wicked uncle Aleister.

[@Tooyoungtocareifidie]

“ I don’t know that was kinda cool” every guitar lord ever 🙏🏼 thank you for the lessons sir

[@univibe23]

Excellent point!!! I've thought the same thing dissecting Joe Walsh's playing. If you go back to his James Gang days you can really pick up on his 'amazing phrasing' skills which he accomplishes mainly with bends! He's a master bender!!! So many subtitles and nuances!

[@Mr.RobertTheBoss]

You are a good teacher

[@indybingyi]

That's a nice tone you got there

[@wadew3623]

Passing notes are often a good idea. They make things sound rawer.

[@AmericanTragedy31]

One of the best advice vids for guitar on youtube. ❌ 🧢

[@tomitstube]

good points, we all do it. we all have to learn how to transition from scales to music.

[@gabederrico2646]

I always wanted to learn how to play guitar but the beginning seems so frustrating and confusing!

[@tristangianelli]

Synix Music you should try Yousician!

[@horseradish4046]

The difference has to do with fluency in your instrument and music. It's the difference between putting your fingers in the correct spots and actually communicating with your instrument. It's just years of practice until you get comfortable enough with the instrument that playing licks is like talking.

[@bobybutterfly5510]

I've been playing guitar for a little more than a year now and I'm starting to phrase more. I think the key is learn the scales (the path/ vocabulary) and then learn your favourite solos or licks and figure out how other players talk. Then try to make tour own phrases. Enjoy the process!

[@erikbailey2525]

That's super helpful!

[@autocrow]

It's important to know which notes sound good to land on too. I tend to bounce around the scale too much searching for a good note. Play enough notes and you are bound to hit some good ones right? lol I listen to my solo's and always think, "why didn't I stay on that good note longer instead of leaving it so soon?"

[@somewhereupthere]

Sweet tone!

[@Fatlexis]

That sg’s color is so nice looking holy shit

[@_narcissist]

Thanks man I needed this video right now

[@dostacos1]

Anyone who wants a more in depth look at this concept should read “The Music Lesson” by Victor Wooten. You’re welcome.

[@JohnDoe-kv4ef]

I thought it was markiplier when I first saw him

[@congerz83]

Whole Lotta Love was recorded at Olympic Studios w/Eddie Kramer. Page once owned and lived in a home that Alister Crowley once owned. To my knowledge, nothing was ever recorded there. You may be thinking of the 4th album which was recorded at Headley Grange. Often used by other artists as a recording “studio”. Neither Alister Crowley or Jimmy Page ever owned Headley Grange.

[@josh.e7702]

His noodling is better than me playing at my hardest 😐

[@reactedboss99]

I felt that

[@bleromafia]

that's a fine SG btw

[@mgregory22]

I think the key idea is that the longer a note is held, the more important it is. It might be boring to play slow notes, but those are the ones the listener will perceive the best. Psychologically speaking, perception is proportional to time. The longer you listen to something, or more generally think about something, the stronger the perception of it will become, and consequently the deeper your understand of it becomes.

[@dakdragunov]

this video is priceless thank you so much

[@electricsuitbatman]

I think what your trying to say by ether to the speakers comes down to you having an intention and being a critical judge and playing to your own ears creating a corrective closed loop intention processor of yourself. #420soloing

[@grandebambini]

A great solo that everyone should learn and exhibits what he is talking about to a tee is Gilmours solo on Pink Floyd’s another brick in the wall. Great phrasing. Digestible. Makes amazing use of space etc.

[@edziopedzio9701]

2:00 sounds like deep purple xD

[@nickefgen9219]

Great video thank you

[@cowl6867]

2:46 the muse, baby, the muse

[@calvin3230]

This really really helped me realize all I do is noodle lmao

[@arieadithya27]

yeah whole lotta love dude!!!!!

[@warren4110]

The noodling bit at 2:10 sounded a bit like " Lazy " by Deep Purple to me. Great video with brilliant advice!!

[@thedrugstorecowboy2948]

Sounds like Steppin Out

[@tsinoh34]

I find picking the right spots and also when not to play to give it some space can do a lot for your solos.

[@rrafaelmuniz7511]

I want one of those tremolos

[@tainokreb5200]

This definitely concerns me. I'm 9 months into learning guitar and while my rhythm is kinda ok, my improvisation sucks. I seem to be scared of breaking out of the pentatonic 1st position. Trying to create riffs in my head and reproduce them with guitar now, ability to do it without thinking much is like magic to me but I hope it'll get better.

[@tomtom1501tm]

You're only 9 months in, don't worry about it. Over time you'll get more comfortable with other positions of the pentatonic. A lot of it is experience. :)

[@jamowiththebanger8164]

No worries! I’d say learn the notes of the pentatonic (and other scales) ALL around the neck. Gives more options

[@eucaliptuspin7208]

Your noodling is still more musical than my "soloing"

[@kickinbackinOC]

Excellent! Thanks!

[@k2k4]

So, noodling is like drawing lines on a page, where soloing is like spasticly scribbling.

[@DatBoi-mo9vc]

More like noodling is just drawing one continuous line all over a page, without proper dimension or flow, whereas soloing is actually drawing something.

[@cantina2425]

I noodle until I find notes that match, up and down the fret board. Always take advice as a grain of salt but always play how YOU wanna play, and learn how YOU wanna learn. In the end you'll have your own unique way of playing.

[@gonzogil123]

So, yeah another constant I notice, in things like 21st-century schizoid man, to Miles Davis, Bill Evans, Coltrane and other in Kind of Blue, and what you have done here is that in order to have the explotion you have to open the temporal space. So, if you want one you will bend to a whole note for half a note (temporal length), and something that may match the same temporal space, but you will play its value in 1/8ths for example. But this structure is always present. How to use notes, and half notes or half dotted notes as things that preceded the speed up in 1/8 or 16th notes.

[@basteagui]

ah yes, the jazz fusion syndrome.

[@thepoozer]

Nice video. I’ve found that hearing a phrase before playing it totally breaks you out of what your hands are familiar with

[@gammakeraulophon]

Anyone have any idea which Wah pedal this is. Sounds great! Cheers for the vids btw.. I watch a lot.

[@dgguitars4091]

Sounded like you were gonna go into Burn The Witch by QOTSA at the end

[@akolbolmalek1666]

Can you please do more videos of this based on the blues scale cause I’m learning it at school

[@djay6651]

I like oblique bends for flavor.

[@MrJonnyboyyo]

Press 3:36 for a laugh

[@jml6802]

What are ways I can come up with my own phrases? How would you suggest exploring scales?

[@jesuselbailador8914]

Singing or humming a melody.... scales , arpeggios, and chord 3 combinations that should help you out as a guitarist

[@elwolf8536]

Just pull it out of the ether like he sed..... joking learn a few techniques also play with timing in bends and so on some pretty cool stock guitar sounds out there Hendrix is a good go too

[@Maltino_Music]

Learn sequences, try to experiment with different variations of those. Even tho it sounds like typical scale practicing it is not. It’s much more trying to hear what notes gain which effect on a foundation lick.

[@Maltino_Music]

And obviously try to phrase the notes differently, explore what a bend sounds like or a slide or a pull off

[@ethantodd4813]

The more you listen to other people soloing the more you'll start to hear what you want to do and start to create stuff yourself

[@aqua47flawless43]

Pretty good video

[@erizzle67]

How to solo: just play like an awesome guitarist!

[@chris_redd2453]

How can I get better at playing what I want to here in my head?

[@contentnotfound3599]

When I make short and simple phrases just as an exercise I like to limit using a bunch of notes and just use 3-4 sometimes 5 notes per phrase

[@erwanlecornec5393]

Hey, what pick ups are those? Seymour on an SG? Sounds good! Are they the Slash signatures maybe??

[@Timliu92]

To me, the difference between noodling and soloing is quite obvious in the guitar player's phrasing. Noodling often sounds like one is just playing a scale up and down without much musicality whatsoever, but actual soloing is very musical and expressive.

[@lobsterwhisperer7932]

Without a backing track my solos sound ordinary. Can you do a video on how to add some chord rhythms while soloing..Thanks.

[@hanzu410]

It's still useless..... Even if I'm doing my best my parents still don't care

[@juanis8219]

MUSIC ZONE screw them. Keep playing

[@sirturd2954]

Can you make a video on how to practice rhythm if you haven’t already? I see people say all the time to practice their rhythm as it’s jut as beneficial as lead, but I’m not sure what to do.

[@keremayan452]

Just study John Mayer's solos

[@garrotjax1232]

Pimmy jage wielding his ar14 😂🔫

[@dubshockmedia1110]

Great vid

[@ALLMETAL1970]

1:43 wanna whole lotta love