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[@InstruMentalCase]

This is literally the best thing on the internet.

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Thank you!!

[@Jaypsl]

Really wonderful advice, conveyed with kindness and humility. Probably the highest praise I can give is that any guitarist, regardless of style or acumen, can benefit greatly if they listen to you and apply what you say earnestly. Thank you for passing on your wisdom!

[@RonZabrocki]

You are the Bob Ross of guitar instructors! I love your videos. They center, relax, and accomplish. Thank You!

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Ron Zabrocki That’s high praise. Thank you!

[@goldmole1]

@@AdamLevyGuitarTips A happy chord here, a beautiful mistake there;-) I wonder what Bob would have played and taught if had been a guitarist.

[@archolino]

Linked by Otis and beginning at the beginning! 💞

[@DavidComdico]

Stumbled on this channel after a search on Ted Greene. Great stuff, so I'm rewinding back to here, the first lesson. Thanks so much for posting these.

[@Mel_Elio]

He came in my hometown in Greece just perfect..He s a great teacher and learned many things from him, very inspiring!

[@DavidBrowndbmusicstudio]

Great lesson. Simplicity is sometimes the hardest lesson to learn. We can make it so hard on ourselves. I really enjoy and appreciate your lessons Adam.

[@18echosf]

I just found your KZbin channel and after watching only two videos, absolutely love your approach to teaching. Your calm, down to earth method does remind me of Ted Greene. During the 1979s, I was a professional guitarist from Philadelphia and eventually quit the music business.....I loved playing but hated the business. And, being away from playing for many, many years, I'd never even heard of Ted. Just during the past few months, I discovered his videos and am slowly working my way thru every single one. For me, hands down, Ted is the finest, most knowledgeable player and teacher I've ever seen of heard. And, he appears to have been an incredible human being, as well. I can see how his students, like yourself, let much of what he did rub off on you. Thanks for your videos.

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Ted was so super special! He was like no other player or teacher I've ever known.

[@SooPhilipJasonKim]

I live in South Korea, and am learning a lot from Adam. One of my favorite guitar solo is Come away with me. Rhythm makeover in truefire broadened my rhythm riff database. These tips are by all means very effective to me. You're great performer and teacher Adam. Thank you!

[@gabegmusic8156]

Glad I found this channel. Nice job man.

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Thanks, Gabriel. Welcome.

[@trebledog]

You're the quitarist on NJ's band. This tip is like how Don't Know Why is tabbed out. I'm a bad guitar player, have been for 20+ years, but each tip I learn I improve in these little increments. However practice has got to be done. You wrote the solo for Come Away With Me. Thanks, I learned that from your video, but I still sound sketchy. Haha

[@GlennMichaelThompson]

I only discovered your youtube channel a month or so ago.... better late than never. You have such a great straight forward approach, and a welcoming laid back demeanor. I remember reading some of your stuff in GP magazine... of which I just lost about 3 decades worth of issues :/(and many books) ....finding your channel helps lighten the blow to all the publications i lost. So I just want to thank you for having all these great tips! Best regards from Montreal -Glenn

[@freddymclain]

I first became aware of you when you were with Nora. Liked your work with her very much as it revealed taste and solid musicality....much like your videos. This was a fantastic lesson. A good many people might overlook it because it's so obvious.

[@cmiracapo546]

I think you're great how you explain in detail the tip of the week your going to make many people achieve his/her goals

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

+Robeli cortez Thanks much.

[@rishabhdwivedi4520]

wow!! Adam your instructions are so gentle as your personality.I hardly watch any tutorial videos on internet but yes sometimes I do. I just randomly clicked your video now and trust me your magic worked on me. Such a wonderful soul you're. I picked up my first guitar last year in the month of April since then I have been practicing on my own. Sometimes I watch you tube videos or my favorite guitarists performances to play along. but I just feel so happy that I discovered you today. I love how you explain, the way you teach. I wish I could meet you in person and learn from you. I felt a bit familiar with you because you explained a few things in this video I felt on my own following my intuition. I just subscribed to your channel and hoping to learn and grow more in my guitar playing. Adam I may wanna share more of my curious questions raised inside me while practicing. you're such an amazing teacher as well as beautiful guitarist. Sending love and Vibes to you Rishab

[@Mr512austintexas]

What a great lesson. Thank you.

[@doug.hendricks]

Otis sent me here- tip #1 was excellent, cant wait to learn more! Thank you for sharing your wisdom with other guitarists. I've always enjoyed your playing since the first NJ record.

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Thank you.

[@Troubadog]

Can't hardly wait for the next one! Nicely done.

[@hanitra1000]

Merci beaucoup Adam De nombreuses personnes passent vraiment à côté de la musique. Jean Marc Bontemps Musiques Actuelles Reunion Island

[@jonathanhandsmusic]

That's the most important tip of all. Thanks for sharing it.

[@uberjam-sam8512]

Fantastic lesson. I especially loved the first lesson. I am not clear about how you suggested to connect this lesson to the first one. I'll watch again but just wasn't clear. Plenty to work with, with just the first part of this lesson. I need to push myself to sing and appreciate the reinforcement of this notion. Thank you!

[@camillobenso3202]

how sweet you are..really you're on the path of the masters..ty

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

+Camillo Benso Thank you, Camillo.

[@anwyllonmusic]

Thank you Adam! I have been arranging solo guitar pieces from Jazz Standards, and I have been doing so on Nylon string because I love the tone. I have been using for the most part full chord voicings, and their inversions, particularly the bottom four strings. I haven't thought about only using two notes to simply harmonize with the melody. This will work well because I often run into scenarios of complexity where the chord is making it difficult to reach the melody note in time because it is a complex chord. I will keep this in mind! Thank you!

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Right on. Let me know how you do. Good luck!

[@ramonfermin8080]

Thanks, very inspiring!

[@jefftroxel8466]

Nicely said. Great post man.

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Thanks, Jeff.

[@MrJagad123]

Hi sir, I found you from a cover of The 1975 song, and the way you play and the arrangement is lovely. Thanks for creating beautiful content

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Right on. Rett Madison sang. She's killer, and that song is so intense!

[@gohantheruiz]

Love this, dude. Thanks!

[@marlonborreo]

Learning so much from your videos. Why did I discover these only now? Thanks so much for sharing. I guess I was naturally led here because Krantz and Greene are the two guitarists that I'm diving into now. It's amazing how things connect depending on what you are thinking about the most. :)

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Thanks, Marlon-and welcome.

[@CindyLatta]

Love it! Thank you Adam

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Right on, Cindy. Thank you.

[@marcoottaviani2942]

Adam Great advice and great playing! Hope to see you here in Italy sooner or later. BTW tell me more about that guitar seems really fine and beautiful!

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Marco Ottaviani 1970 Guild Mark I - all mahogany.

[@kencooke8139]

Adam - thank you once again (and thanks to Ted Greene for giving you that advice) I need to remember this more. The average mainstream audience member in a cafe, wedding gig or event doesn't care how fancy your chords are, they want to recognise the tune.

[@trebledog]

Yeah, that sounds really nice. Wish I was anywhere nesr LA for lessons.

[@michaeljconway5983]

That was something I heard (I believe it was Lionel Hampton who said it ) that after he wrote a song, he went back and took out all the 'unnecessary' notes.

[@mhaight]

Just found you. Very chill and approachable style. I will continue.

[@nicko6710]

Great advice

[@jeddak]

Great, great vlog. In a sea of videos aimed at guitar gear-consumers and guitar black belt-aspirants, this is real, practical advice for guitarists-as-musicians.

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

+jeddak Thanks!

[@carlosmacmartin4205]

Buenos Dias, Adam. Nice video and advice. :) Hope you're well. :) We've communicated online in the past.I live up in SF. Just wanted to make a friendly suggestion. **Grow the nails out (just a little) on your right hand. No need for claws. Maybe a about 1/16th of an inch above your flesh. File them with a 4 sided emory board that has various degrees of coarseness. (Coarse to Fine) Then listen to the difference in the tone you can produce. I'm all about sharing and I'd be happy to demonstrate this for you in person next time I'm down in LA. Keep up the good work. Cheers!

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Thanks, Carlos!

[@LORENNACORRAL]

Thank you!

[@tobaccorich]

Nice lesson man

[@maestrophilkell]

Thanks. I think I needed someone to give me permission to play simpler arrangements. I always felt obligated to include the root, 3rd, 7th, along with the melody, which was sometimes too technically challenging and the overall sound suffered as a result.

[@dorcasbass5585]

Triads & two note chords & scales help you to fly around the fretboard like a sparrow!

[@jimkangas4176]

I'm in that same boat that you were in - wanting to play solo. Besides "Guitar Tips"!, what other influences were useful? Bass lines? 2/3 note voicings?

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Oh, man. So much influenced me back then (and now). I've always listened to solo guitar players and stole what I could. Ted Greene, Tuck Andress, Jimmy Wyble, Jeff Linsky, Duck Baker, Snooks Eaglin, Big Bill Broonzy, Ry Cooder (some solo tunes on his records over the years), Laurence Juber, Jim Hall (not usually a solo player, but has some solo/unaccompanied moments on his own records and with others). Learning some simple classical pieces - by Tárrega or Sor, for example - can also be helpful. People have been writing counterpoint forever. Learn from that as much as you learn from guitarists.

[@jimkangas4176]

@@AdamLevyGuitarTips Thanks. I can play heads pretty well in a chord melody style since I used to play with just a bass player. My biggest problem is how to take a chorus or two to solo. I can't play solos as I would with other instruments, so I'm trying to keep it simple but keep some kind of groove. Getting better as I work on phrasing but it's tough.

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

@@jimkangas4176 Think about what you can imply with less, rather than trying to play all the parts all the time. A hint of bass is fine -- actual walking bass, all the time, can get as tiring for the listener as it does for the player. Change registers. Change keys. Change meters. There's lots we can do to hold listeners' attention.

[@jimkangas4176]

@@AdamLevyGuitarTips Got it, thanks. Even worse is boring yourself to tears if you can't mix it up - my greatest fear. :-)

[@trebledog]

I found this site by trying to nail down Nora Jones’ “Come Away..” Subscriber now, and picking up great tips. but will really like to hear how you met Jones and ended up playing on the song.

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Though that record is really special, the way we met was unremarkable. We were introduced in NYC through a mutual friend, a year or two before Norah signed to Blue Note. We played many low-key gigs together around New York before she made her first record.

[@fixitmyself]

Thank you

[@MarkJVSomers]

Adam, within 15 seconds you moved from NY to LA ! Damn. Great playing though, either way !

[@Fahmifcs]

Hello Adam, I'm new in learning the guitar. What do you mean by the melody note of the root? I see that you played a d note then I can't tell what was the melody note you played after 3:09. Thank you in advance

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Watercolor Not the melody note of the root. The melody note AND the root. What I meant was that instead of using a complete chord voicing to harmonize the melody note (of whatever song you happen to be playing), I would try playing just three notes: the root of the chord on the bottom, the song's melody note on top, and one note in the middle to help define and/or color the harmony.

[@pputnam100]

Hi have you ever heard of a great blind guitarist named Eric Levy? He would be around 68 now, thanks

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

No -- I've never head of him. Where can I hear his music?

[@pputnam100]

@@AdamLevyGuitarTips So nice that you responded. Yeah we were all in the same high school for sort of disturbed kids for lack of a better way to put it. There was Eric Levy, who was a killer, sort of in the Mike Bloomfield vein, then Mike Stern was also there , yes, that Mike Stern, imagine the low self esteem having classmates like that could engender! Lol. Plus my brother who is a great player also. Anyway a lot of cats our age pre-date the digital age therefore there's very little footprint.. So I'm trying to hunt him down. thanks, and also very nice videos, thank you

[@reneperrin1628]

Thank you Jens Larsen to making a reference to you

[@lkda01]

I was here expect to see the very first version of the "intro" but it wasnt here 😂

[@lkda01]

when you make a sound from two notes instead of five, you've lighten me. thank you thank you thank you

[@displaychicken]

You should be a therapist, your voice is so soothing

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

So many careers, so little time.

[@CountryHitsUSA]

Less is More! Thanks!

[@wearashirt]

You studied with Ted Greene!

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Ryan Madrid Indeed!

[@wearashirt]

I love his his one and only recording. I discovered him while looking up versions for Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. And I agree, because I've been there -- recording tedious finger arrangements on guitar. Adam -- I loved your playing also with Norah Jones. I found you out again when you came out with the Martin guitars video. :) "This guy feels awfully familiar..."

[@yosuagiann]

hey, can i ask things to you personally? can i reach you by mail? i'll be glad if you respond me. thanks

[@swing8th]

Yes, I've been trying to simplify my "chord melodies". More of a "Bill Frisell" approach to songs. Keep it simple stupid. KISS

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Yes, always: KISS.

[@Heynowville]

Unpretentious.

[@Hexspa]

You ok?

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

Yes - !

[@Hexspa]

@ Your instagram account looked blocked. I was like, “No! My favorite maestro is mad 😭”

[@AdamLevyGuitarTips]

@@Hexspa I had to get off IG for awhile. Just too much commercial noise and ugliness.

[@Hexspa]

@ Nurture your spirit, Sir. We’ll be here when you return 🫡

[@Hexspa]

Great advice