Skills Intermediate Guitarists Should Have

[@BrandonDeon]

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[@Sacrim]

is there like a fee that I'd have to pay in order to enlist?

[@Jahloveipraise]

Yea I was wondering how much it is but can’t find it anywhere on your site which is sus and tells me it’s prob mad expensive to take the course lol

[@paopuromcpe]

I know I may seem like a beggar, a guy who just keeps asking, but I'm a 15-year-old young man, my name is Francisco, I live in Brazil and I'm simply a beginner guitarist. I came here to ask you, can you help me with just one thing, can you give me a good and current pedalboard, I can't afford one, and when I do, it came broken, I can be honest, I want to play guitar in my church but Due to lack of money, I can't do it. you're a humble guy I know, so please can you donate me a Flamma fx200, I really like it but even though here it's at least one thousand and eight hundred reais, it's still very complicated for me and I know that your country, besides being a First world country, that is, a very good country, it is much cheaper than here, so I ask with all my heart, can you help me play for Christ, that's all I ask. The peace of Christ, I hope this message reaches the person who will help me. Amen.sorry google translate ruins a lot of words❤

[@Sacrim]

@@Jahloveipraise I mean bernth's private coachig is like 20$ which is pretty cheap so I doubt this guy's thingy will be too expensive

[@Jahloveipraise]

@@Sacrim hopefully, I’m def going to see. Would love to freshen up a lot of my old guitar skills and learn more theory. Love his teaching methods so even if it’s pricey I have a feeling it’s worth the investment

[@endresac369]

Bruh he’s not even mad 💀

[@alohotranks]

Why is this man out to get intermediate guitar players 😭😭😭

[@gigachad7452]

Cause they think they are good with big egos thats how u humble them

[@middlechild2022]

Beginners: Marty Schwartz Intermediate: Brandon Deon Professionals:they are the teacher themselves😂

[@MasterMojo85]

@@gigachad7452It definitely works. I can confirm that.

[@VodaOverMinD]

Because they're on CIGARETTES

[@truuskikomo5227]

@@VodaOverMinD​​⁠Since this channel I switched to cigarillos and within a week I was no longer intermediate.

[@flappybird4128]

the main skill is to get addicted to cigs with out getting addicted to cigs

[@ItzUnknwnX]

I been doing that for 4 years 😂

[@Nobody-pc7fq]

This video makes me feel like I’m decent at guitar and I like that

[@ravencore5348]

lol me to most of these where beginner things for me

[@calvinbrownjr.6912]

Ok so it’s not just me that came away feeling like “wow maybe I don’t completely suck”

[@ravencore5348]

@@calvinbrownjr.6912 I heard if you can play guitar even basically your in the top 3% 😂

[@calvinbrownjr.6912]

@@ravencore5348 stop you’re gonna make me cry. I’m finally good at something 🥹🥹🥹🥹

[@blasttrash]

how many years of experience do you have playing guitar?

[@SirDoooche]

Ahh yes, cliffs of dover. My favourite intermediate finger picking warm up song

[@itsdpr7953]

British creature detected 🛸🛸

[@NathanaelKiker-rm2li]

Same! It’s so easy a beginner could do it

[@serrano6648]

easy!

[@jbroutson17]

“Don’t bend with one finger" precedes to bend with one finger right after lol.

[@someonequinof]

he probably did it so viewers could see that one finger better without the other getting in its way

[@jbroutson17]

@@someonequinof I’m sure it was. It was just funny is all.

[@heartofcode5372]

was just about to say that. he must be on cigarettes

[@Bladavia]

Actually it's a common occurance even among professional guitarist. Because you have to think of the correct fingering for the bend before it even happens, especially since he's coming out of that slide, that would be 2 notes in advance. If you had time to practice your line many times you can figure out the optimal fingering, but it gets really hard when improvising

[@travisbickle3835]

well sometimes you bend with one finger and sometimes you don't, you feel what im sayin?

[@nema9913]

Well this demonstrates that I'm not even intermediate

[@JLchevz]

just practice you'll get there, it seems overwhelming but enjoy the process, you're making progress as long as you're constantly playing or practicing anything

[@daxterthefox]

​@@JLchevz Thank you

[@Zola_zoltan]

This channel hasn't PISSES ME OFFFFF!

[@RRios0027]

but I'm not even mad..

[@huntermushero9362]

Putting Cliffs of Dover in the same difficulty as Wake Me Up When September Ends really pisses me off. But I’m not even mad.

[@reactivelemur846]

10:04 about this, since both words come from italian the correct pronunciacion would be "Trémolo" and "Arpeggiòs" but every word gets localized obviously. We here use these pronunciations as well as the correct pronunciation for like "Andànte", "Adagiétto" and stuff like that

[@mertoj1536]

I bought the backing tracks! Thank you for making them so affordable, you're a real one. I literally went and asked my GF for an euro, cuz I had none on my account at that moment. She sent me it and I bought it.

[@danger_the_kid]

You got a heart!!!! Once in a lifetime achievement!!!!!

[@Kamaro1412]

5:25 "dont bend with one finger" 5:35 *proceeds to bend with one finger*

[@elitesaint5348]

That was slide bend 😊

[@Queso_15.]

he bent with one finger because the first note he played was played with his pointer finger

[@Kamaro1412]

@@Queso_15. joke😑

[@amirirsyad6093]

Funny​@@Kamaro1412

[@ronny12301]

​@@Queso_15. You can switch between fingers in the middle of a slide

[@theme6530]

Brandon, still the best teach on youtube. Appreciate your content, man, and hope for more stuff. A continuation on different scales and how to train them would be amazing.

[@askalon2743]

The Day That Never Comes is so underrated, great video!

[@christiandominguez7876]

For bare chords I practiced with acoustic guitar to get more strenght on my index finger. For tapping I recommend the riff from Silvera by Gojira. For trémolo picking any black metal song would be perfect but I recommend Mother North by Satyricon. I think practice with songs you likes its better 😅

[@garrybrown9264]

Practice barring with an acoustic is brilliant Good one. Though every intermediate should have bars done in their history. But for strength and to be articulate......this tip is again BRILLIANT

[@polackovaa.a]

improvising is the sickest thing u can do w a guitar but it's also my greatest enemy

[@familyflamerich4541]

woah I hit this ages ago, thought I would be clicking through these like "damn gotta learn that", but instead I was like "well yeah, and yup, and yeah"

[@beannplant3780]

This is my favorite form of education, thank you

[@imaginewagon8177]

cliff of dover, classic intermediate finger picking 👌

[@wordragon]

Nice troll by Brandon.

[@4shamed]

brandon manages to make me pick up my guitar every time

[@ianvaldez3886]

The just stop making that mistake roast cracked me tf up. Its so true.

[@botondhorvath8689]

Brandon said that its hard to play tremolo while switching strings so I played some scales like that and man thats fun

[@AedynLane]

5:18 Talks about not bending with one finger but literally like 10 seconds later he bends with one finger

[@marcocruz6210]

slide bend isn’t the same as a normal bend

[@joek4335]

I really have to work on my barre chords... Thanks Brandon

[@DwayneRidgwayOfficial]

Proud to say I can do everything here... But I can't play open chords, so I'm both a beginner and an intermediate guitarist.

[@Catthepunk]

This feeling. I know barely any songs and can't shred but I can do most of this

[@amis_8656]

I thought I was a noob, but after watching this I can honestly say that I am intermediate player because I can do everything you showed technically good 😅

[@mccreatc]

4:57 I was so happy he addressed my biggest issues, and his solution was, “Stop doing it.”😭

[@DanKindopp]

X-RING!!!! I was watching finger tips for so long I never noticed!

[@nickb20]

Improvising over harmony still eludes me after 16 years playing.

[@kodyskow1084]

3 words "Minor Pentatonic Scale"

[@J_Echoes]

That Electric Sunrise riff is super cool. Immediately went to grab my guitar! (yes, I hadn't done that before... Sorry...)

[@JustVanhalen]

Now just leave 😡

[@jirehmiraclejose459]

But I'm not even mad🥱

[@Rowen_elliott]

Word

[@christopherking8603]

You leave

[@Rowen_elliott]

@@christopherking8603 real

[@Haxior5506]

He isn't mad tho

[@birendrakumar-gl5gq]

I like how he's making boring exercises interesting with backing track 🙏

[@joesmoe9762]

Thanks really helped with what I think I need to work on just bought and upgraded to a strat after playing acoustic for a few months

[@TenuukyGD]

So basically, he added pinch harmonics in the last improvisation...hopefully I know how to do it but for the other guitarists who are on cigarettes or just beginners, this is a little strange 😅

[@JamesMcKenna-Jmcks]

Man I love watching his videos even if it's for his humour, He's so comical & is an exceptional guitarist...

[@sjelen]

so, im about 20 years from being an intermediate.. i think i need a cigarette

[@mcglo1543]

Very cool x ring, many of my family have gone to StFX. My older brother is there now graduating this year !

[@audioexpeditions]

Love it brandon, ♥️ We want detail videos on each of these techniques with ways to practice them,

[@spah_tf2]

i always called unision bends "pixies bends" because i notice playing alot of the pixies they would use those types if bends alot. exceptial in "hey"

[@luckytao7934]

Your ability to simply complex ideas is impressive and really helpful. Thnks Brandon...

[@agarciabc]

Plini ❤️

[@jacintoguinoo7752]

9:53 Bro’s a gym bro

[@barackputin6927]

you had me at cliffs of dover XD

[@giulianogotodemello9823]

Rakes sound more emphatic when you do it a little slower. That string percussive sound is as ASMR asf

[@shlumpusmostr]

i have all of these but i cant improvise at all bruh😭

[@coimachine8784]

I do need to work on some of these things, specifically trills, tapping, and finger picking, thanks for the great advice man

[@patkitkat]

Been binge watching your videos this morning. Great content, really like your approach. Fking hilarious also.

[@NathanaelKiker-rm2li]

Bro put cliffs of Dover fingerpicking in an intermediate category.. Okay guys wish me luck I’m about to give it a go 😅

[@elwinamaya1889]

Hell Yea man, that Plini tapping lead is tight!

[@jrlikeshockey]

Brandon is 🆒 but also mean “JUST QUIT!” 😂, also the day that never comes is a great song

[@Dank_Varley]

After watching this, I guess I can stop telling people I'm a beginner. Lol, I've got maybe 4 -5 ish years of playing under my fingers, but only the last 3 have truly counted. Good video, thanks!

[@manfredjones_]

Impressive deadlift

[@Sensei.shonuff]

Guitar is overwhelming Life is too short is 70 years really enough time?

[@tintin-rk7yf]

I can slide, play barre chords and bending, currently learning the scales positions so that I can improvise. Let's see how far i can go😊

[@CottoNeo]

I learned all this from my grandpa on my 4th day of trying, is that good guys? (not being pick me I seriously do not know how long noob to intermediate takes).

[@cahhazley8241]

I think you should make a video all about triads

[@rock_machine01]

Well, I think you’re a Nova Scotia so I’ll subscribe

[@saulcontrerasOfficial]

I learned finger picking when i was 13 because i had a classical guitar teacher.

[@josephcarrington9686]

What about hybrid picking, thumping, chicken picking and sweeping.

[@Halcyonix-ei7vn]

I love muting, I do it when I play SMTS cause I strum the power chords with reckless abandon and will hit the other strings if I don’t mute

[@victorthemusicman7243]

8:50 is a song by Plini called 'Electric Sunrise' in case anyone was wondering.

[@Sinkovc3]

I guess now I am aproved INTERMEDIATE

[@n.v.b-playingmusic]

I think should just practice on my fooking barre chords

[@JohnnyAllan-vj7sj]

Finger strength/ agility and spacial awareness (knowing where the strings are without looking) are the only things that make you a good guitar player. When you have those things, the rest comes easy

[@S.C.500]

That palm mute wasn't even palm muting. You did more actual palm muting in the double stop bend demonstration.

[@FreeThinkingWisdom]

I would say tapping is niche to style. If your a metal guitarist I could see it, but I've never seen Brent Mason tap. Tremolo picking definitely falls into this category as well, and I almost want to bundle finger picking into this as well, but hybrid picking crosses into lots of styles.

[@inteo_]

really helpful to know what i gotta learn thanks!

[@caelenselke-minogue]

Unison bends are hell with a Floyd Rose.

[@Spatialfountain]

really love your videos

[@scribblesblitz4963]

*cries in acoustic*

[@Davidlovesmusic311]

Get into it

[@Gunslinger-us1ek]

i love how aggressive this guy is

[@lestalkmorebasss]

Roy Clark could tremolo with the best of them - check him out if you’ve never heard of him. He played anything with strings 😅

[@OjPockets]

Most of this stuff I learned when I first started teaching myself

[@thomas_lappin]

I'm not even mad

[@Marrk_7u7_]

I ONCE CUT MY FINGERS WHILE DOING SLIDES ON THE FIRST STRING OF MY ACOUSTIC GUITAR 😢

[@tatemcilwain1775]

I can do all of these and I’m pretty good at most of them, still could be better but it’s good to know that

[@Sensei.shonuff]

Btw i quit smoking havnt had a cig in close to a month

[@andrewshawlamong]

can we do these on acoustic ? plz 🫶

[@clashdevil2925]

Me who bought a ukulele(first instrument) yeaterday at 3 am watching this video: *interesting*

[@donaldthescotishtwin]

Is there a full vid of that C minor improv? Just that was smooth as hell

[@FlingyFlongyBouncu]

Tapping and Trills are what I need to work on. This 13/8 Riff sounds awesome!!!. Besides that im kinda ego boosted cause with everything else im comfortable. Actually cool to see the time you invest actually pays of somewhat. Well besides improv. Dont care for that at all.

[@Darthys]

A dollar! You got me.

[@The69Health]

I’ve known some of these techniques for a long time without knowing their names.

[@serban2139]

This is actually a brief tutorial lmao

[@jordiejames3552]

One thing that is difficult for me are playing trills up and down the neck going from one string to another. Not picking with my right hand often if at all, primarily using my left hand. Is there a good practice routine for that? Or should I just keep doing what I do, which are doing hammer-ons and pulloffs on each string on each fret up and down the neck, top to bottom, getting faster until the transition from string to string become fluid?

[@SeaNaCl]

"don't use one finger to bend like some kind of lunatic" *proceeds to bend with only the index in the very next clip*

[@leobaiaeu]

make one about pros

[@RahulYadav-hq2yy]

@BrandonDeon I checked your backing track link but the "Get Tracks" and "Download Now" buttons just redirects to the FAQ section. I've tried with a VPN as well. Can you take a look and let me know when the site is fixed?

[@lune-3214]

I have a skill issue with tremolo picking the low E string... The rest are easy enough but trying to chug the low E string is just dreadful lol

[@xertiasstrat8957]

13/13 ! NOICE

[@peipassivelypassively5629]

I follow from thailand ❤

[@dylanq8200]

if i can sell my squier as a fender does that make me a master?

[@adamnoakes2550]

10:57 Cliffs Of Dover = Intermediate? Brandon, methinks you jest.

[@wordragon]

I believe the word you are looking for is trolling.

[@aaravsubberwal5422]

had all except trills and fingerpicking

[@anapple9407]

2:33 why exactly is it wrong though? Is it just the fact that most people feel more comfortable that makes angling your fingers better? If i already feel completely comfortable keeping my fingers straight should i even bother changing my technique?

[@maxwellblakely7952]

Yes

[@NMB.s]

It's because you can end up with your fingers below the other strings, I have a cheap strato and the strings are quiet high for an electric (this is the lower I can go without having freting noise or whatever is called) so I have tu use the wrist to avoid that

[@SubhadeepDas]

There is no right or wrong. If you ask me the thumb over neck technique is better because you get a fulcrum point to bend. But if you watch the polyphia guys they always bend using the legato grip. So there's no right or wrong way. If it sounds good and feels right it's fine.

[@Poopopotamusgaming]

Try adding “bend vibrato” your way vs his way. Much easier and more comfortable doing it his way in my opinion

[@Dudu98]

On bending and hitting unwanted strings with your bending finger, sometimes, it can be that your guitar is set up improperly, to high or to low action, the bend of the neck.

[@abhitaj1666]

I didn't know that tremellow picking on multipe string was advance i could do it when i first learnt my riff i think it was warriors by imagine dragon 🐉

[@666daunt]

9:55 bro just snuck a trap bar deadlift PR in a guitar tutorial im dead (impressive tho)