Practice This To Improve Your Left Hand Control

Hi Guys, here's a lesson on improving left hand control, in which I play the beautiful melody for 'Danny Boy' with the left hand only. Hope you enjoy and don't forget to like, share and subscribe, cheers!
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[@albewillbuild]

IMO, a good teacher has the patience to slow down and teach a beginner. Thank you! Cheers from San Diego!

[@Samurai78420]

This is really as sharpened as it gets as far as elevating your playing. That's all Rick does. He has no idea just how much of a monster he is.

[@firefoxisgreat]

Rick. Long live Rick

[@MarekJendza]

This is great Rick! You should consider to do this kind of video for a right hand control, that would be very helpful couse You are one of the best 'pickers' I ever saw. Cheers Rick!

[@hoosierdaddy2308]

Rick, I really appreciate the lessons on the mechanics of playing like this video. I've got a good ear and understand theory a little, but my playing is / was suffering from mechanics a little. Speed suffers, etc, and I've already really improved by just watching these video's and doing some practice. Thanks so much. P.S. I've got to try one of those LTD guitars. They're really nice for the money. I've tried one of the LP like versions and it was killer for the money! Tim Indiana. USA.

[@seanmiller7889]

Absolutely beautiful song Danny Boy!

[@lancedarellpattaguan8371]

the best guitar teacher i've seen..very helpfull sir keep it up..

[@Banterlope]

I wouldn't have even thought about practicing this way. Cheers man!

[@johnlamberty6131]

amazing video as always thank u for the help mr graham

[@jessefildesmusic]

Hey Rick, just wanted to say thanks for sharing your knowledge on this and other stuff that you've put up on youtube. The economy picking lessons on your website are great too, I'm working through them at home and finding them very helpful. You are a very inspiring guy to someone like me, to see such dedication and discipline through both your guitar playing and through your physical transformation helps to keep me driven and ambitious. So if you are reading this, thanks again and all the best! Cheers

[@Scrappalino]

Those Splawn amps sound fantastic... Played one for the first time a few weeks ago.

[@mesaesp87]

Fantastic video. I hope to see more videos just like this.

[@goldenox2370]

That table under the splawn looks really cool!

[@Portalofsanity]

Really, really good lesson. I will incorporate it immediately in my practise sessions. Thanks a lot!!!!

[@burtonguster9795]

Your lessons are the best. Thanks, Rick!

[@xianperez2225]

I love this Guy..

[@boogahed]

Thanks Rick...I'm finding just initially messing around with no picking is instantly leading to new phrasing ideas YAY

[@shaunmcinnis566]

Nice examples

[@drSvinni]

This lessons of yours are really amazing. I guess, only person with sufficient guitar playing experience can actually realize, how deep they are and how many benefits you can gain from them (coz I was just thinking, why the hell you have only 40,5k subscribers? Then I remembered, that all "cool" guitar players need killing shred licks and all that stuff from day one playing guitar). And you really remind me my guitar teacher, lol, same tensions to improve playing from very basis, building solid and good playing technique and teaching people same way. Many thanks to you.

[@RobertoDAlessandro]

Great lesson Rick! I was just looking for some tips about left hand improvement...thank you! Peace!

[@kiplukewhitehead8522]

Brilliant Danny boy Rick, in itself as a performance and as as a genuine eye - opener of a top practice technique. Inspired. Cheers maestro. Greetings from Bradford, home of fantastic Allan H, legato brother in the sky.

[@Mattieval]

Great lesson, Rick!

[@stringmanipulator]

Great lesson!!

[@Gregorypeckory]

Great lesson as always Rick; keep it up!

[@Labtec86]

You are such an amazing guitarist, annoyingly amazing. I've subscribed to your channel sir.

[@luclou8636]

Hi Rick, always struggling with accurate and fluently playing , questioning what kind of guitar picks you use and what your advice woul be. Thx for THE great lessons !

[@Elshibly]

More of this please! :D

[@marcsee4072]

What nice Irish tune!!!

[@lar208]

I bought your guitarvideo Rick....Love it

[@Bmxmusikian]

That is a sweet tone man!

[@janstaugaard4098]

Ltd Stratocaster rules, great sound

[@jameswellington1323]

Hey Rick, what are the best books to buy to learn music theory? I'm staring to realize how I am limiting myself by not having my theory down. You play like a beast!

[@ssunuwar6502]

Rick your guitar lesson I like

[@KingTabor]

Great insights! Tks RG!

[@KetoBuffed]

Hello Rick. ¿May yo do a video talking about a good setup for recording in home? Salute brother.

[@julianpirchheim1926]

great lesson rick! only one question: how do you mute when you are skipping the string?

[@dev72632]

I have the same question rick

[@Timotheedle]

rick, one thing that I've always questioned with your guitar sound is the way the distortion or grit you have somehow causes sustained notes with no vibrato to start sounding like the waves of the actual tone are coming out of phase--almost like the sound of a unison interval just barely splitting up by couple hertz. for me it sounds like an error in playing--that your guitar sound may be forcing you to make. But then again that could just be your voice you want to come out of your instrument when it speaks. I'm more into having a pure sound that can be closer to a voice or most instruments you might find in an orchestra. hope that makes sense.

[@Vlad7is7love]

Hi, Rick)) Sorry for my English))))) your lessons helps for me, for my finger technic but i have a question about creating of sounds of guitar . How you create your clean and dirty sounds? Thanks)))

[@GuitarDoco]

very good.

[@1bryser]

Great vids Rick....

[@Bmxmusikian]

I broke my right hand near the beginning of the year, but couldnt stop playing and jammed every day left handed only to hundreds of songs and backing tracks, in the end I ended up pretty good and wrote a track called Monoplege

[@shaunmcinnis566]

How did you find the improvement?

[@Bill628]

Nice...fire up that Splawn and give us some brown sound riffing/shred

[@bobgure]

Question for developing good practice habit: Do I hold down the previous note(s) played while ascending on a single string or lift/release what's not actually being played? For example: 3 note per string legato ascent with fingers 1,2,4, Thanks for any help.

[@oceanfriend6473]

Hey man, do you ever find it difficult to combine weight-training and guitar playing- does it effect the hands?

[@aashmanvyas9159]

Not for me - As long as you stretch out and do wrist exercises regularly, lifting shouldn't affect your playing.

[@russwilson2305]

Heavy weight lifting did not do my playing any favors. Light weights lots of reps did. Stay away from creatine. It's not bad for you, but it made my hands all Arnold Schwartzy. They need to be all Bruce Lee-ey.

[@Existmusiccloud]

Russ Wilson I'm benching 200lbs on machine and stand-up dumbbell curls 50 each.

[@russwilson2305]

Pinnacles -You are exactly where I was at. The creatine was the main issue, I think. It causes puffy muscled hands -or did for me. Hows you left hand speed as of now.

[@Existmusiccloud]

Russ Wilson I haven't played guitar much in the past year and half because of noisy neighbors. So, just concentrating on heavy gym sessions and surfing, which causes waterlogging and weak nails for acoustic

[@ubershredder1989]

Hi, I have an *advanced question* regarding left hand fretting technique. I noticed elite guitarists eg Paul Gilbert, EVH curl the inactive fingers into the palm when playing passages. For example if they're playing a passage that requires a 1-3-4 finger combination, the 2nd finger will be tucked away into the palm. Same if they're using a 1-2-4 combination, the 3rd finger is tucked into the palm. I see this quite often with elite players. I try to integrate this into my playing, although it feels a little awkward, it does seem easier to play sometimes, especially legato as it seems to prevent the inactive finger from engaging due to sympathetic tension. I've been taught to actually keep the inactive fingers hovering above the strings, along the same axis as the active fingers.... Could you/someone shine some light on this topic? thanks

[@Requnium]

I would like an answer to this as well.

[@DrJoshGuitar]

Despite advanced players doing that, it really isn't a good habit, as if you need that tucked away finger, it won't immediately be available for you to use efficiently. Rick actually talks about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpbOdIiPfNN4jc0

[@marque1911]

Yes. Play all the anthems what you can find with emotion. Cheers.:D

[@CarloCabiling-r6r]

"You raise me up!"

[@Chris.1812]

Rick do you have any tips on improving the articulation of the 3rd and 4th fingers?

[@DesyMcdonaldDesyartworld]

Ive had trouble with this as well 3rd and 4th finger just felt a little week . I started with speed burst with legato patterns and it has helped me allot

[@aaronbergAPB]

Lovely stuff, as alwayz bro'

[@godwinbssdd]

the hardest freaking thing once you get your head around having to hammer with your pointer finger is pulling off from your pinky to ring finger

[@dariocrisci4362]

How are the esp made strats compared to a fender strat?

[@lpacheco690]

I been praticeing my technique with my left hand only, however my note don't ring out, I lower my action on my guitar but the note sound like a tint can any pointer how to get a good sound for lagado and setting the action on the guitar play a factor

[@Weloz92]

To me, one of the most controversial aspect when it comes to work on legato and left hand technique in general is the sound setting. Do I have to practice with a clean sound or a distorted sound? I know that left hand playing without the sustain given by distortions isn't really audible but, on the other hand, wouldn't practice until you make any played note audible EVEN on clean settings be preferable?

[@saulslashgibson]

Or practice it good distorted and clean after ? why not

[@redhotkido]

distortion is good, if your muting sucks

[@Harmonic14]

+Travis the Great Practice with both. Use clean sounds to make sure your notes are strong and audible, and use distorted sounds to make sure your technique isn't sloppy. Distorted settings may pick up on sloppy nuances and string noise that clean settings won't.

[@Weloz92]

David Hoch That's a good advice! I've been doing something similar, wich is practicing legato on acoustic guitar for months, and I quite improved on the volume aspect of the technique.

[@randallflagg9659]

I never noticed what you said about the index finger being the weakest... Until just now. Looks like i have some work to do. Lol

[@daoyang6055]

Index finger tapping and hammering? My first Metallica solo was Blackened and the last section of that solo is a frantic index finger tap on the G string going across the whole neck. It took me forever to master that section with my index finger and I thought it was because my genetics failed me and I just had a crappy index finger.

[@AliJr_MetalGames_MetalGuitar]

How about playing the notes right hand only??

[@cornbobrimlove7892]

Londonderry Air

[@fernandosalazarserantes8785]

by the way Rick, can we remove all that distortion, delays, equalizer ? etc, etc etc or can we play it with a clean sound? Don't you move your fingers too much? I don't see any right articulation on your knuckles. Review classical studies at some point.

[@kungfuman82]

I’ve seen your videos. You really have no place giving Rick advice.

[@WarframeCrunch]

I just realized how funny is this name of video xD *Practice This To Improve Your Left Hand Control*

[@ivanpereira7727]

Rick, What do you think about hibrid strings?

[@nanisaleh6430]

i cant use my left hand i just freez dont know why

[@nikukhamo9452]

My left hand ...ring finger is pretty weak

[@6stringstorulethemall967]

Play guitar hero on expert

[@6stringstorulethemall967]

Guitar hero helps left hand but only on expert

[@elliotjimenez1854]

It’s always funny how in one video you look like a cave man and the other you look like mr clean

[@wault598]

WRICK HAIR

[@veilard3469]

You look like Henry Cavill in this vid

[@janti1455]

Rick. Not every guitar effect allows left hand only. For example, fuzz, chorus and flange..... 😁😊😊

[@dannyhood66]

Dude its so cold out over seas why don't you teach los angeles G.I.T You were born to late? ha! Wait.. I was named after danny boy. the song Your kidding That melody is hard? serious! don't try and tell me about playing your better than me but I can play lot of your riffs rick , not as fast but their not sloppy either,, Playing since 1980 what you expect shady, Just messin waste your time anyway. Nice way!

[@stupidusername38]

Rick, just to differentiate, it's fretting hand and picking hand. I'm a lefty

[@jameswellington1323]

your left would be your picking hand. Right would be fretting.

[@conorhughes6018]

Well done, James.

[@poopcatapult2623]

Nicks Corsair S1 Tips I'm ambidextrous, what about me?

[@tom1957]

Who gaf. You get the damn point if the video aye?