The note that separates the PROS from the BEGINNERS

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This video is all about the grace note. A stylistic note you can add to make your playing stand out and sound way more interesting!
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Hi, my name is Paul Davids! I am a guitar player, teacher, producer, and overall music enthusiast from the Netherlands! I try to inspire people from all over the world with my videos, here on KZbin.
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Paul: "Here's a simple little exercise I just threw together to show off this trick" Me: "Well I guess I'll spend the next 3 months learning that"

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Worth it

[@donaldbustell]

Great demonstration. A minor note of caution: as with most spices, you can use too much -- too many grace notes could become a distraction.

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Well, I got distracted by "A minor note" and had to reread this sentence to understand it.

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[@cryptoskywalker1714]

The listener only perceives the A note, with a "little thingy" in front. 😂 Priceless.

[@Yourguitarworkshop]

And you play it so gracefully! Thank you for all your amazing lessons, you're an inspiration!

[@mitchfindergeneral]

I learned about grace notes from learning Black Sabbath riffs by ear. Iommi (and Geezer) both have incredible feel. These grace notes increase your feel by at least 100% and will make everyone think your playing is twice as cool.

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[@Kyrelel]

Step 1 should be Reach Puberty

[@guntherfunkenhowser2386]

Great stuff. So simple. Yet, even as someone who has been playing grace notes for a long time, I found a few new ways of playing them in this video that I hadn't really thought of.

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[@Kyrelel]

The most important point is that the grace note is NOT played on the beat, it i played before the beat and the target note is ON the beat.

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You explain things clearly and effectively with a nice touch of humor mixed in! 👍👍👍

[@peppik]

I keep the wrong notes long and the right notes short. A technique which brought me to unkown regions of the underworld ...

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😄

[@Lickoftheweak]

I guess a lot of intermediate players will be doing this with lead lines already. This will transform your chord work. Great tutorial.

[@justinbouchard]

Your first example was perfect. Settled it in with me fantastically. Thanks! Love from Canada :) xoxo

[@markbyrd7710]

I think "slid" is correct. Sounds better than slided... Could be wrong though.

Both are correct! :-D

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slid is correct

[@SomeDude.1117]

"Slid" is correct. "Slided" is incorrect.

[@elbruce3]

"slid" is American, anyway (bastard language:))

[@SomeDude.1117]

But the thing is, neither Oxford nor Merriam-Webster acknowledge "slided" as a word. (Oxford being in Oxford, which is in the U.K.) edit: I had accidentally written "sliding".

[@nigel5634]

Coincidentally, I recently started using grace notes in my playing and they really added flavour to it. I agree with you on the point that you can easily tell a pro guitar player from a beginner especially through grace notes!

[@constantineeliadis5582]

Nicely done. The subtleties are what separates the levels of players. Maybe a lesson on Desperado would be a good follow-up to aplpy it to a well-known song using these techniques ... from a familiar chord progression ... As a player trying to get to the next level, this is most helpful in answering the question, "How come it doesn't sound as good when I play it" .

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[@SumanthKrishna14]

This is so helpful, not only this helps me understand how grace notes work it also shows how chord progression can be turned into really good fingerstyle arrangements. Kudos to you Paul!

[@SixString_J5]

Nice tips. It's easy to forget that scales are just a suggestion and that if it sounds good, it is good. You don't want to make a home on a non diatonic note, but they are powerful if used correctly.

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[@jjrobiso]

Always challenging and teaching in a beautiful way. The g chord with the 3rd and 4th scale notes involved sounds so incredible.

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This makes practicing scales way more fun. Paul, you are the man.

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Sounds great, really true concept

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This man puts a lot of effort into his videos. It's both entertaining and informative to watch him

[@FFVison]

I thought of a couple of songs off the top of my head that use grace notes. The intro to the Jimi Hendrix version of Hey Joe features a playing the third fret of the B string as a grace note slid up to the 5th fret. He plays both the B and high E strings simultaneously which creates a pretty cool effect. Another more recent song, Weezer's Say It Ain't So, starts with playing the 4th fret barred across the 6th, 5th, 4th, and 3rd strings, but then you hammer on 2 other notes, which escape me right now (I haven't played my guitar in some time), but it's another pretty cool effect that is a little tricky for beginners There's also another use of a grace note during the verse of Metallica's Fade to Black where they play the G and B as regular open strings, then play the first fret of the B string and the 2nd fret of the G string as grace notes to slide up 2 frets. I suppose I'm rambling a bit, but yeah, grace notes are used quite a bit and there are some neat tricks you can do to make them even cooler.

[@billiehazlan6041]

Thanks for explained the "grace notes" because its remind me a lot of Pink Floydish style of acoustic guitar playing

[@patrickfoster4586]

This technique can be a lifesaver if you accidentally hit a wrong note- if you slide quick enough it can go from a wrong note mistake to a grace note that sounds like you planned.

[@Improbabilities]

Patrick Foster if you play it cool, you can make a lot of mistakes sound great. One of my old class mates (music class) forgot to swap guitars between songs. He was supposed to switch tunings from drop D to standard. Luckily there was only guitar at the start of the next song. He played an open E major chord (with an unexpected D in the bass), let it ring for a moment, and then tuned the bottom string up to E with a short twist. Then he switched to the next chord as if nothing had happened. To anyone outside the band (including our teachers) it looked like rehearsed intro flare.

[@LukasK-guitarist]

It's often said, that note fitting the key you are playing in is halfstep up or down form wrong note you hit. So this concept of grace notes is pretty usable :-)

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@@LukasK-guitarist Your phrasing is confusing, but I've heard that before. "You're never more than a half step away from being in key."

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@@MattMcConaha sorry I'm not native english speaker :-)

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@@LukasK-guitarist No problem at all, I just wanted to restate it in case anyone came along and wanted clarification.

[@geroffmilan3328]

Nice topic dude, well covered imho. Took me till halfway to be sure I understood the definition - then realised I do this a lot. Maybe even over-doing it. Been playing for 20yrs and always more to learn, even if sometimes it's the theory behind an existing personal practice.👍

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Same here!

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Same! As far as using them too much goes lol I have only been playing about 10 years though

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Same!

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Paul makes music theory sound like music to the ears!

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Paul? can you do a lesson video about rhythm, a much more depth lesson (technicalities like 8th notes & 16thnotes & how we can apply it on playing the guitar) & also can you teach us how use "syncopation" since it is also a rhythm kind of a technique. Thanks man. Cheers to your 1M Subs😉

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Bob ross moment right there at about 1:12

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Spiffingly good. Please feel free to add this to your coolness and vibe. Man I like your style.

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I even watch videos you make that I already know about and use just to get your takes on them, because somehow I always come out inspired. Thanks!

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Wow this was very cool and helpful, I've been playing the guitar for many years and sometimes my playing seems to "lack lustre " I'll be sure to be implementing this technique at my next performance

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Love the vids. It’s always the small things that distinguish you from the beginners

[@cryptoskywalker1714]

You were right the first time. "Slid" is the past tense and past participle of slide. "Slided" is definitely not a word.

[@RathCampbell]

Excellent video Paul! As always I enjoy your wisdom. Have a great time a NAMM!

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What he says: pretty boring lick in a minor pentatonic. What he does: plays famous samba de janeiro melody (or at least half of it)

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Really well explained, as you do . i like this expession "grace note". greetings from french country .

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The G# note is part of the A harmonic minor, so it fits very well.

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Good job, brother. You should do one on enclosures too. Keep up the the good work. As always your presentation is gold standard.

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Thank you for the amazing tutorial.

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Hi Poul Davis, Wow man very nice. Eric Clapton and his Christmas song? yes, that's the style. that's my opinion. You're a fantastic teacher and so much more.

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Another nice video. Thanks!

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Thanks for sharing your tricks of the trade, Paul! Great video.

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Grace notes are amazing, I use them a lot!

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The first 3 notes of that lick reminded me of the beginning of the OG Star Trek tv show haha, especially when ya played them slowly.

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Very very sweet sounding progression! Thanks!

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You have a Bob Ross style... very soothing

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Thank you for being awesome. 😁

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You helped me with guitar so I will help you; slid is actually the correct term. There, now we're even ;)

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Always fun to watch ur video. Gave me new ideas. Learnt lots of new things that I always ignored. I knew these things but I never really applied it.😸😹

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Getting close to 1 million. You deserve way more than that.

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Thank you for all lessons!👍

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Very nice Paul.

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Sounds freaking perfect definitely learning this one!

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min 1:13 this is a perfect day to get inspired and play a guitar or write a song .

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Once again, a great video...mad guitar too..I'll be using more grace notes..:)

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I don’t know about this travel/bolt-together guitar! It sounds beautiful.

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Sweet!

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I love this video, very helpful. Thanks

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That transition at around 1:00 was legit.

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I've been playing that note by accident for years 😂

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[@thorsten9211]

Will try it tomorrow :-)

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That acoustic sounds amazing!

[@campbellsmith1697]

The alternative name for the grace note is Acciaccatura