Paul Gilbert on Music Theory :Guitar Center Sessions

[@Northernmight]

I love how he talks theory and it's all interesting. Then he starts playing his song, and they are all like "YYAAAAH. DANCE, MONKEY, DANCE!" Somehow, the applause seemed disrespectful in context.

[@dvon21]

Finally! I've been waiting for his appearance on guitar sessions! :P

[@cenaakashakash]

What I love about Paul is he plays the guitar more than he talks... Demonstrates a thing immediately after explaining it verbally unlike some players who just talk rather than showing it themselves...

[@mattjazz3]

I really wish I could buy some of these on DVD..

[@mrperson6773]

this is why he's the GOAT

[@Ifritsdotnet]

@yardbirdsweet In Am, F is the minor sixth. In a minor chord progression, it makes sense. Minor sixth and major thirds are pretty much the most pleasing intervals to the ear.

[@NeoGodHand]

I like how interested his drummer is.

[@holtenmusic]

Love music theory! Way to go Paul :-)

[@FeelingShred]

@dxmayer I agree, you can check how it would be if Paul had a vocalist to sing his compositions on the album "United States" by him. Freddie Nelson is the singer there and Paul plays guitar, it's from 2009 and is one of the records I listen the most since it's release last year. But Paul sings well on "Burning Organ" too, his best solo album ever. Like a cross of Beatles with Van Halen solos, SICK!

[@wwghedfwe]

@freaknbigpanda all the guys you just listed know their theories very well, especially EVH, considering he was a classical piano

[@artem911]

What is the first instructional video he talks about?

[@yardbirdsweet]

@dazedandawake Both F and F#° "make sense" for A minor, it just depends on whether you're viewing A minor as aeolian (natural minor) or dorian. Both chords are very commonly used, the dorian vi° (F#°) being most common in jazz (often used interchangeably with the i chord). There is no right or wrong, just different preferences and style considerations.

[@abedule]

@bushibayushi thats the main riff of technical difficulties, check it out, its a badass song :)

[@spartafxrs5]

the drummer's like "damn, if only i have practiced more"

[@bushibayushi]

I LOVE that chunky, fast palm muting at 2:36

[@SuperToother]

Yeah I don't get how he does it so easily. Had a dream where he explained it to me lol next day I happen to find a video where he shows the picking patterns, and it's ridiculous how he makes it sound so clean and so fast.

[@xnavigator]

@sciulli27 because knowing the difference between major and minor really helps picking technique! yeah!

[@justintime1469]

Wat is the song at 2:34 ?

[@whosOHW]

its no competition, you can get crazy good at any style

[@deathscythekim729]

SFBADR is my fave solo album of Mr. Paul

[@StefanoJP6]

"God tell me I don't have to play Technical Difficulties, God please!" I think that was what the drummer thougth about when Paul started playing that song, his face is so scared!

[@Ayush123ism]

@2:34 is it some song?

[@Thejammerkid]

Yep. "technical difficulties"

[@smurfhunterguy]

Starting at 1:45 the drummer stares into your soul.

[@pool741]

i was there woooooo!!!!

[@yardbirdsweet]

@bingefeller True, but I think Paul's talking about the overall harmony of Stairway, not just the solo melody. Page also chose not to make the progression Am G F#° (where F# in the melody would have been correct), because that progression sounds weaker than the original.

[@TheEternalLeader]

@wwghedfwe He was a classical piano?

[@gojirafankun]

man, when he started playing technical difficulties, i just wanted him to play the whole thing right then and there HAHAH WOOHOO PAUL GIBERT!

[@kev3SG]

Man, i just got rid of my marshall stack and this video reminds me how clear and how great they sound... makes me sad :(

[@kevinmiller124]

its called technical difficulties by racer x. =)

[@matthewcox536]

What song is he playing at 2:35?

[@liargaming3574]

Technical Difficulties \m/

[@dbzsony]

Didn't realise how tight the alternate picking on Technical Difficulties is...

[@Dzonrid]

Bowders is a schooled musician. I'd be REALLY surprised if he didn't know what Mr. Gilbert was talking about.

[@Whackooyzero]

Guys look at it this way: yes there seem to be a lot of successful musicians who don't know there theory, but compare that number to the number of unsuccessful musicians who don't know their theory. It's a lot easier to be a successful musician if you know your theory because if the band thing doesn't work out you can teach, or become a successful session musician or something. If you don't know it, unless you're in the right place at the right time you won't succeed a lot of the time.

[@TCELL24]

Technical Difficulties by Racer X. Look it up.

[@shredsixsixsix9218]

Totally cool He is solidifying everything i believe .Noticing intervals in relation to the root , counting to 13 having names to categorize thing for memorization . I believe it was Alan holdsworth who said," You don't listen to music and go,that's Mixolydian, you listen to it and it's either melodic or it's not "

[@bingefeller]

I doubt that Jimmy Page was thinking about that minor 6th when he played the Stairway solo to be honest. He was probably thinking about landing on the F note as it was the root of the chord...

[@dxmayer]

I love Paul's music, but I really wish he would hook up with a fantastic singer, and create a 70's rock influenced band. He's got the music side of things covered, but a talented rock singer would really bring it all together.

[@metaleirodiego]

TOCA DE MAS ESSE CARA

[@sweeney665]

I FINALLY GOT IT...he looks like a young Gary Oldman without a mustache....O.O

[@kaynek00l]

i would love to have him as a guitar teacher and i dont mean like that dvd shit i mean like face to face that would be awesome

[@Whackooyzero]

@HBK1337 The only way to understand theory and music IS to utilize theory as a writing tool. Don't rely on it too much sure, or else you'll sound mechanical. As Steve Vai says: Learn all the rules, then break them.

[@bboi1010]

yes MetalOmgz he does

[@glueforall]

he's not going wft is he talking about, but rather his facial reaction / body language to Gilbert calling the minor 6th riff he was playing the "crazy train". I'm sure he really respects Paul's great knowledge, but maybe considered that a bit corny, perhaps. Just my take. And yes, like the previous poster said, I'm pretty sure this doesn't fly above Bowders head.

[@MultiNcHan]

badass guitarist....

[@jordanmajel]

He's like that all the time :D

[@kristofor12345]

2:38 that is a lot of applause.

[@luke-da-duke]

@bingefeller i doubt he was even thinking about that either. most of the times you dont even care if a note lands on the note of the chord that is being played. you just naturally land on the right note because that's what sounds good to your ears. music theory is a good way to understand music, but not write it.

[@yootesa1515]

why is evryone screaming in 2:42 ?

[@Utalmark]

his music is fine

[@Brethyl19]

It sounds like the theme to Night Rider... a la Hasselhoff.

[@AtanasovPetar]

There are so many great players out there i don't know where to begin.Give me a style and i will start naming some great people.But it's possible that it will go over your head and you won't get a thing.Try listening to some Allan Holdsworth,Frank Gambale,Brett Garsed,John Scofield,Pat Metheny.

[@VictorAvinashSinha]

this guy listened to good music he is like me

[@liamzuid]

@bingefeller Lol he just gave an example to what a minor sixth was but ''it goes right with the chord'' is actually wrong because what you explained. If you'd actually played a minor sixth over the A minor chord it would sound awfull because it's a half step away of the fifth. Minor sixth is actually only nice sounding when you don't play the fifth of the chord which is a typical jazz situation.

[@BASSQUATCH001]

@Grimoire100 That would be the Fireman. Definitely a cool guitar:)

[@RetroBasement]

and gary condit on drums

[@edgarrg94]

0:48 haha the drumer thinking !WTF he's talking! haha

[@Yakazas]

''Learn what the key center is , you know I'm throwing terms at you sorry'' If only more teachers would say that lol.

[@sciulli27]

learn your theory! once you do that you play better then 70% of people in this world!

[@RodrigoSegato]

@sweeney665 o_o dude, now i see gordon with a guitar in batman D:

[@Vaioholic]

@bingefeller Amen to that

[@jonahtran1]

@sciulli27 unfortunately knowing your guitar theory doesn't mean shit to music producers today. (i'm not disagreeing though. learning theory is the best way to learn guitar)

[@Izaak247]

Tremolo like a god

[@AtanasovPetar]

yea really?It took me 2-3 years to play clean Malmsteen,Jason Becker and Vinnie Moore.And the rest 12 years of my playing is trying to figure out how to play good on these chord changes.

[@nuclearbr0wn]

ok then type in stanley jordan he is a jazz guy i bet he plays everything you just described

[@las10plagas]

damn .. the undertitle is soooo damn funny :D:D

[@skullduggery3377]

the guy knows every song ever recorded, i think....

[@afms93]

Actually Jimmy Page was a Virtuoso, he just didn´t overplayed....True story.

[@lucidcreamin]

@SLee1337 HA! story of my musical life...

[@Son-of-Dad]

@livinlife60secamin ignore my first post lol

[@AtanasovPetar]

I don't know who Pat Metheny looks down on.Never heard of such a thing.Music is like anything else the less people know the more likely is to make a bad decision on judging who is great and who is not.I love rock and metal but most of the players in that genre use harmonic ideas that i can teach anyone in few weeks.Most players lack of sophistication in many ways in that music.

[@nscoulter]

Love the drummers look at 2:29... "What the fuck is he talking about?"

[@guitarreilly]

there we go, what you just said is slightly demeaning most players in this area. i have to say i used to think classical musicians were the most pretentious, but jazz musicians take the prize easily its a superior form of music according to most of them and definitely for pat metheney. i get jazz is hard but some of this shredd stuff takes years of dedication and takes pulling off the kinda tricks jazz guys couldnt dream of such as sweep picking, string skipping multiple finger tapping...

[@MiracleMan9978]

Technical Difficulties.

[@michaelclavelli1409]

Geez, it sounds like it takes extra work to get a note out of that guitar!

[@paulcox9728]

Nah PG likes chicken pickin, palm muted deliberately plucked tones, it requires his tone to be fairly dry so he has to work harder.

[@shinji391]

That's all a part of his sound. making it sound like a washboard. xD I love it when his notes have almost too much staccato.

[@kristofor12345]

I like paul gilbert but that whole speech was just an over-complication of saying "They used the dorian instead of the minor". Idk.

[@freaknbigpanda]

@mtsn Exactly, that's why aka Page.. barely knows his theory.. same with EVH who knows practically nothing about theory, Jeff Beck, Slash, SRV, Hendrix..

[@Pollutens]

2:36 blew my mind

[@bingefeller]

Definitely not! I think Page and Young are more into play what sounds good thing. Funny thing about what PG is saying, I understand it but I wouldn't think of it as the minor 6. I myself would think of it as being the root of the F - although I wouldn't analyse it too much when improvising or composing. He mentions the major 6 - to me that would be the b2 over the F!

[@cdemarcomusic]

Theory really isnt a difficult concept to grasp...its not difficult to learn and memorize but the hard part is the application of that theory thats were true mastery of the art form lies and paul gilbert certainly applies what he knows very well...its what separates the bedroom virtuosos from the guitar heros lol

[@nscoulter]

It's called a joke smart guy, don't over-think it.

[@guitarreilly]

i think the guy is talkin about how pretentious other players are not there technical skills. alot of players just chat crap and look down on people and from the list you just mentioned pat methaney is certainly one of them

[@NicolasLaucirica]

i can´t with the face of the drummer

[@MrCold012]

ok..

[@OudeWellington]

yeah,fun fact here:Holdsworth himself once said all the technique and theory and whatnot are simply more like tools to sound like you want to.At the end of the day,if you make music,it's fine. Jazz-heads have a tendency to be pretentious,over-analyzing and unable to enjoy beauty in simplicity. Rock-fans usually think in a comparatively narrow frame and actually feel(ironically)superior for being unpretentious. Just"pseudo-intellectual middle-class vs the working man"-bullshit without winners,imo

[@nicktrierweiler3690]

Sounds like knight rider

[@ExELCiS777]

yeah, i doubt Angus Young was thinking about it too ahhahaha

[@sheaff77]

technical difficulties

[@spidrmage]

i have 0 musical training. i play a kazoo

[@tequilamockingbird03]

Someone unclip that damn snare

[@jankomilisa6299]

i think paul is a better guitar teacher than a musician.. don't get me wrong, he kicks ass on guitar but i could never feel any emotional connection to his music .. just my opinion

[@Jarektv2]

Yeah same with Steve Vai

[@yngvaigilbsteen]

He's a good musician,but I understand the lack of emotional connection.

[@GioGuitarDude]

It's all about technique and speed these days. That's why I like my man joe satch

[@paulcox9728]

GioGuitarDude I like Satriani's playing more than I like his fake, patronizing persona and his "I'm so much better than you" ego and his thinking that he can patent licks even after stealing licks off everyone else. I could name 50 guitarists with better technical ability than Satriani but admittedly they can't touch him on emotive expression.

[@GioGuitarDude]

Paul Cox I don't pick up that type of ego at all with Joe. He's very humble and reserved but is very skilled and talented. Every guitar player on earth "stole their licks" from someone else in some way shape or form. It's all been done before for the most part.

[@SomeDudeOnline]

@dbzsony It's ridiculous lol

[@MakuthePOtHead]

i feel like shit when watching him play...

[@anggitarako]

The drummer was bored :D Anyway Marco Minneman is the best drummer PG had :D

[@AtanasovPetar]

Type Allan Holdsworth and listen.

[@mrcockslut6719]

thats the only signature guitar id ever buy and i dont even like paul gilbert that much

[@thorndog100]

Ha ha..have a nice day ok...

[@Son-of-Dad]

@bingefeller Led Zepplin vrs racer x / mr. big. Led Zeppelin win. Dont even hint of talking bad about Jimmy Page.

[@AtanasovPetar]

You think that because you don't know anyone good and you have no musical training to recognize who is good.

[@mtsn]

when you start planning how your songs should sound, they get boring.

[@Jed9133]

thats not the point..