PRO Guitar Tricks AMATEURS Need To Know

[@rockerbuck967]

I love watching Tim play. His smiles and facial expresions encompass what guitar playing is really about.

[@Allisonchad1]

@@rockerbuck967 happy sunday! So what's your favorite music?

[@rockerbuck967]

@@Allisonchad1 Mostly blues, but also rock. I'm no "shredder," I never was.

[@Allisonchad1]

@@rockerbuck967 I love the blues and rock also! What's your favorite song or artist to play?

[@dave_d_i_a_l]

Thank you for sharing Tim, I’m glad your home and Studio are safe

[@timpierceguitar]

I appreciate that, thank you!

[@RobHollanderMusic]

You and Norman's went unscathed. Every guitarist is glad for that!

[@Allisonchad1]

So what's your favorite music?

[@bryonkidder6199]

Did Norm's warehouse make it too?

[@JeremyAndersonBoise]

I had to learn all this stuff the hard way, this is a goldmine. We live in a golden age of music education for those who choose to explore it. So glad your home and family are safe, Tim, you’re a gem.

[@jamespell8091]

Yeah I'm pretty spun. Been fiddling for forty plus years (hibbiest style) lately I've been not. For quite a while not five years of so? I've been thinking it but not exorcizing it. This puppy of a video courtesy of Tim Pierce is refreshing. It narrows down my thoughts and has the potential to bring noodling about a Joy again.

[@paulchambers3d]

Seconding this. Great easy-going lesson full of nuggets.

[@nuggers23]

So happy your neighbourhood stayed safe! 🙏

[@michaeldorcey9305]

So glad you're doing well, and we're able to avoid last week's fires. I hear the wind is coming back soon, tho! So stay alert, my friend.

[@donbratton]

I enjoy you man. The Tom Anderson Raven is a great guitar your play’n. What a great looking guitar. are, it’s a guitar out of reach for purchase, but it’s gorgeous. The lesson(s) here are ALWAYS so cool to be taught… by the Master. So very glad you’re in the neighborhood

[@DonHalli]

This is such a brilliant lesson! It answers the question I asked in the recent survey! Thank you Tim! You are a generous man! Much appreciated!

[@mjvicc1952]

Tim, Been a fan our your channel for years and you’ve motivated me to join your masterclass. Watching your interview on another channel you refer that your skills weren’t formed until you were about 30 years old. I’m curious, and I’m sure many who at h your channel, would like to know about your development as a guitarist, touring musician, session musician and professional life. Your story about the Tonight show when the battery on the guitar went dead is hilarious. I’m sure you have many stories to tell and knowledge to share. Truthfully I look forward to your channel, Zac Childs, Keith Williams and Rick Beato as a respite from the insanity of today’s world. Speaking for myself, and I’m sure many others, thank you all for hours of education and entertainment. 😊

[@K-Gits]

Hey Tim, this is the missing piece to the pentatonic puzzle I've been working on, blending major and minor in a blues context. It's like taking off ramps on a freeway in order to move in the direction you intend to travel. thanks for outlining this in a way that even an old hack like myself can understand.

[@mikereynolds3294]

Great wise words from the sage. And don’t you just love the way Tim smiles that little smirk when he starts to play? 🤣 Thats a master that loves music right there, and one of the best ever at it👍

[@theduppykillah]

This is one of your most accessible vids I’ve seen in a while, all killer, no filler. Easy to understand appreciate you

[@timpierceguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ricklee9473]

I' ll never hope to do these things - but it sure is amazing to watch a humble master just do the thing he does . Competence is satisfying.

[@StevieStarlight]

Great video Tim. The only guitar lesson I ever had was from Ted Greene. I was 17 years old. He lived in an apartment in the Valley. I’ll never forget it.

[@Allisonchad1]

So what's your favorite music?

[@StevieStarlight]

@ good music! How about you?

[@Fastvoice]

My first guitar lessons were in 1974 by a guy named John Pearse (which sounds very similar to Pierce). He gave a series of 30 minutes long lessons on German regional TV. 😉

[@Chiller11]

It would be difficult to top lessons by Ted Greene.

[@Allisonchad1]

@@Chiller11 what's your favorite music?

[@ArestorBorges-u3g]

I love watching your videos Tim. They are really very educational. I love the sounds you get out of those guitars. I enjoy them very much. Thank you so much.

[@dsister5556]

Tim, Glad you're safe! We had pretty much everything packed and ready to go as well! I just recently found your channel and so glad I did! Such a huge fan of your playing and technique. Looking forward to many more of your videos. If you are ever playing in the local area, I would Love to see ya live!

[@TheCoryAyers]

Man, it’s hard to watch someone who’s as great as Tim and not just feel bad. I’ve played for 25 years, mostly self taught and I can’t do 1 percent of what he just did. Kudos, thanks for sharing!

[@daveweisbrich1769]

Invest in personal lessons

[@guitawrizt]

10 minutes that absolutely rescued Me from Cabin Fever in Frigid Colorado.

[@Allisonchad1]

@@guitawrizt happy sunday! So what's your favorite music?

[@martyaragon719]

Thank you for this video E scales are the best . My fave glad your back .After the fires .

[@franksutopiahead940]

Hey Tim, What I love about you most, aside from the priceless instruction and honest wisdom, is the fact that you are every guitarist's quintessential best friend! ✌️❤️🙋🏻‍♂️🎸

[@timpierceguitar]

Wow, thank you!

[@jimwar1890]

I am in your masterclass but have never been able to attend “live”. Based upon this video, I will make every effort next round. This is so so helpful in learning and better still, understanding licks and how/when to use. Great!

[@paulptboa1]

Thank you Tim. I needed this 40 years ago. Lol, but I’m taking advantage of it now. God bless!

[@Allisonchad1]

So what's your favorite music?

[@Lgiorgiojr1]

Glad to see you back at it and safe we have been wondering

[@willjam71]

I love your channel. I've learned more in 2 months than I have in such a long time. Thank you Tim

[@g0stkid8_3]

Thanks for helping me feel better about my limited playing techniques. After years of doing my other hobbies I’ve broken my wrists multiple times and developed nerve damage. It’s affected my ability to play guitar how I used to but I still love to write music and jam

[@timpierceguitar]

Man, thank you so much for this comment. I feel you must have some real pain and I I'm glad you're enjoying the guitar... and working through it...🙏🏻

[@chrisjelley6899]

Thanks again for all the awesome vids. So glad you and yours are safe.

[@SkyBrotherBortz]

Wow this is a great, great lesson. You gave me plenty to work on in the first 4 minutes. Thank you!

[@AnthonyDiNardo-p6p]

GREAT VIDEO TIM ! I REALLY ENJOY LISTENING TO YOUR STORIES. THEY'RE VERY ENTERTAINING TO HEAR. ALSO AS A MUSICIAN THAT'S PLAYED LIVE SINCE I WAS A TEENAGER, I CAN TOTALLY RELATE WITH THE THINGS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT. JUST ON A MUCH SMALLER SCALE OBVIOUSLY.

[@tomgia1964]

Wow, that was a great lesson Tim. I stuck with it through the whole thing and I learned a lot, but you seem to treat us like family and really try to help us. Thanks again for your expertise and your planning and your hard work.❤

[@timpierceguitar]

That’s very kind of you to say! I love making these videos.

[@robertmoore3065]

Excellent lesson and advise Tim and I´ve been playing on and off since 1965, thanks a million for sharing ☺🎸

[@MadNoisy]

Thanks Tim 🤘🤘 Good to see you safe and on the channel again. Sadly there are bots showing up in the comments, just to let people know!!

[@Challender]

@ <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1620">27:00</a> 1st position is always good! Fits like butter the open into slide ~ rings SRV sweet.

[@looseunit9180]

Really really useful lesson! Thank you Tim! 🙏🏻

[@tomopie4296]

Wow Tim....It is a cold winter and guitar season in northern Ohio. Thanks for a great KZbin lesson! Will definitely work on the five positions. So good to see you're safe! Thank you

[@MashaT22]

This is a great lesson! I saved it so I can have a closer look later. Would love to see you do some more acoustic lessons on KZbin. I know electric guitar is your bread and butter, but surely you must do the acoustic thing sometimes, no? Would love to see you play more acoustic and encourage others to play acoustic. Every electric guitarist can benefit from playing an acoustic sometimes! Same is true in the reverse! I’ve even improved my guitar playing from exploring the ukulele - let’s see you on a uke! 😉😂

[@Ericdakid]

There was so much to take away and study in this lesson! Thank you so much. I have a feeling I will be coming back to this video many times in the coming weeks. I unfortunately am not one of those " photographic memory" people! 😅

[@timpierceguitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@19VikingHero74]

You're showing great demonstrations. Your tone is also spot on. Keep doing great things.

[@timpierceguitar]

I really appreciate you saying that!

[@petririntala]

Your videos are just excellent, thank you again Tim. I challenge you. After probably years and years of your life spent with a guitar on your lap, could you play it without smiling? Love to listen to your play, always a pleasure to watch you play. But I guess if I could play like you, I would be smiling so that you couldn't see my ears behind my smile.

[@BarqB]

Just ordered Chord Chemistry from Amazon and subscribing to your master class. New years res to learn every note on the finger board and become competent at guitar. not just so so intermediate/ Thanks Tim I know Im gonna love your lessons.

[@KlausBöckl]

Always a pleasure watching any of your clips. Btw it is not your effortless playing that inspires but as well your humble and giving personality as a real pro that keeps me watching your stuff. More should add a tiny bit Tim to theirs maybe...

[@TheDanarone]

This is a great, back-to-basics lesson. Learning so much!!

[@stevelipke7277]

GREAT VIDEO...Working on simple sequences with spread triads in all the basic inversions...wonderful to couple that with pentatonic scale boxes... thanks Tim for sharing...

[@Allisonchad1]

@@stevelipke7277 happy sunday! So what's your favorite music?

[@stevec9972]

What code do you utilise?​@@Allisonchad1

[@rehkram]

Mission accomplished, my musical mind was comprehensively rearranged, thank you Tim - Mark.

[@phoenixbenjamin]

Great video Tim 🙏

[@stevemorgan9626]

Some of the best advice I’ve ever heard on guitar playing! And in one clip!!

[@wegert1]

Ok! I FINALLY signed up for the lessons. Thanks Tim!!

[@budrizzo8167]

Looks like you avoided the destruction of the fires. Good to see you back online. ❤

[@Allisonchad1]

So what's your favorite music?

[@reverb.deluxe]

I loved your playing over this track. Remindeds me of Steely Dan's later years.

[@KennyGohn]

Great lesson Tim; and a great reminder of chord positions in playing. Toward the end of your segment the playing progressions were reminiscent of classic Steely Dan. At any rate thank you Tim. Great as usual!

[@Allisonchad1]

@@KennyGohn happy sunday! So what's your favorite music?

[@richiebricker]

Just wanted to say our prayers and wishes are with and all the others dealing with that crazy fire. Ive never lost anything buthave been evacuated many times and my cousin lost everything in Paradise Ca fire. She barely made it out herself

[@dr.buzzvonjellar8862]

Fantastic lesson! Thank you Tim

[@Allisonchad1]

So what's your favorite music?

[@singthroughyourguitar]

Thoughts and prayers with you all over there. Glad to hear you are safe and well. Take care 🙏💛

[@rcarmel]

Hi Tim do you ever do writing backing tracks as a topic for your streams? Appreciate your show - thanks

[@Rocker9362]

So Glad your safe and thank you for another amazing video

[@johnkleeman2801]

Nice slide up from Am to Em at the end. Got some Amos Garrett on it! Great lesson, thanks!

[@davidwood351]

Lots of magic beans in this video. Thanks for your generosity in sharing.

[@moGear6253]

i have a very hard time remembering its tuff to learn that way but i just keep trying sometimes we just have to except the fact we may never be as good as the best like you . but i still love picking up my guitar every day just wish i had a friend who i could jam with see what we came up with thank you so much Tim realy injoy your playing and talking about this

[@theguitardude5613]

Great lesson. You are an amazing player. Magic.

[@timpierceguitar]

Wow, thank you!

[@theguitardude5613]

​No, thank you sir. @timpierceguitar

[@thesingingdude]

I have been a huge Tim fan ever since he first played for Rick Springfield.

[@undercrackers56]

Thank you Tim. I am a big fan of your playing. PLEASE can you produce a video show teach us wannabe guitarists how to play fast legatos, like in this video. We are told to start slow and speed up a little bit but the problem there is that the fingering changes. Play the same legato slow, medium and fast and you will hopefully see what I mean. Am I approaching this wrong?

[@strato-dave]

love hearing your inspiring stories Mr. Tim

[@phillipdolcetti1632]

Tim - love you passion and insight - i always come away from your your videos feeling inspired.

[@tommywallberg]

It would be interesting if you could explain your right hand playing which is awesome. Any tips you could offer?

[@jteichma]

Great lesson Tim

[@jamespell8091]

Im glad youve been abel to move back in after the wildfires Tim. God bless. Live long and Prosper.

[@Allisonchad1]

So what's your favorite music

[@Kurtis-Schubert]

I forgot I had chord chemistry. Thank you for reminding me to revisit that. My hand has recovered from what it did to me years ago :-)

[@mariahulpasu7151]

Complimenti.... Ottima lezione..❤

[@billdowney1487]

Great advice, cool stories and awesome playing. My hats off to you.

[@Allisonchad1]

@@billdowney1487 happy sunday! So what's your favorite music?

[@JJvienneau]

Thanks Tin❤ I play pop punk Rock and in a cover band I stack my ODR1 before my boss SD1 sounds amazing.

[@boogsy-b]

Great band advice Tim!

[@bedlam46]

watch you all time,, have done for years.. Glad to see you are safe buddie ..

[@michaelb4375]

Hi Tim, glad you were spared in the recent global changes, may I request that you play a couple of cheap guitars without any major setups, Harley Benton or Glary, just interested how they would sound in your hands and with your vintage gear.❤

[@relaxedmax8972]

Such good advice about finding a band. Gold!

[@clintwhitman]

Hey Tim, Clint "Castaic Prospectors" Band... Playing on stage reminds me of Surfing 15' Swells. You paddle out, Then the set comes and your 20 yards inside. As the wave builds you paddle like crazy then you realize God put you in the perfect spot to nail the drop! Before you know it BAM Your playing! I live up in the hills by Magic Mountain, Val Verde. So glad the fires stayed clear of your place.... Have a great day Buddy!

[@timpierceguitar]

Sounds like a great analogy!

[@clintwhitman]

NOW THE FIRES UP HERE I BETTER GO RAKE THE FORREST REAL QUIK

[@mikecarreca7864]

In the 60s there was only record players and reel to reel. I would play to the record and pick up the needle and back up if I messed up. That was really a great time. Put together a garage band and play all weekend.

[@bryonkidder6199]

I can take three weeks to learn a song and forget the whole thing 3 days later...lol Thanks for doing what you do, and most importantly, thanks for being who you are, Tim!

[@Allisonchad1]

So what's your favorite music?

[@bryonkidder6199]

@@Allisonchad1 I believe Blackberry Smoke is the best band to come out since the 2000's began, but I'm old...lol

[@Allisonchad1]

@@bryonkidder6199 Blackberry smoke is a great choice, I'm pretty sure liking blackberry smoke Is a sign of being young at heart ,😊😊😊 and well, you're not old, I believe age is just a number...

[@Allisonchad1]

@@bryonkidder6199 where do you live?

[@gregbaugh7640]

appreciate the content, Tim’s the man …

[@gregbaugh7640]

and all the music over all the years..

[@gregbaugh7640]

really loving the Tom Anderson Raven …

[@gregbaugh7640]

I prefer the way where everyone meets and jams… more of a social interaction and experience, face to face… my opinion

[@jamespell8091]

Tim. Good video. I love the guitar also. Im a bit of a gibson guy but ive aquired an Espada and also a MIJ Tele Offset. So long scale length is comming into play. Youre guitar is awfull reminiscent of my'MIJ Offset Tele' im glad i bought that guitar. These sort of replace an old tele I let go years ago. And the topic is very welcome! The perspective. Thank you!

[@Allisonchad1]

@@jamespell8091 happy sunday! So what's your favorite music?

[@victorbeebe8372]

Aloha Tim. Aloha Everyone

[@OkinInc]

Aloha! 🤙🏼

[@jamespell8091]

I had a pre Rivera Stage Lead. Ed Jahns did this. I do wish i had never let that go. It was solid state. It made whatever i plugged into it bloom. (Stompbox wise) Be it my danelectro daddy 'O' of say my peral echo.whatever. . I hope to achive this from my Fender 75. Another Ed Jahns amplifier (tube type) very buisy circuit. Extreme. Cool. Versital interesting im sure talkative here. Thank you for the simplifed perspective of the fretboard. Very refreshing.

[@kennethmuxlow8626]

Good stuff tim thank you!

[@ross3818]

Awesomeness again. Thank you, Tim.

[@allenronaldson4381]

I’m probably late to the party, but have you ever produced a video outlining how you produce your backing tracks? I assume you play all the instruments, but how do you add the drums? Most of us mortals don’t have the gear museum to choose from but I’d be interested to learn how you would do it with just a laptop, DAW, and the necessary instruments.

[@jhate666]

I agree with this

[@nicolasryan9701]

You’re my freaking hero Bill. Stay well friend!

[@jaycareaga9929]

Bill?

[@charlesg.1207]

Amazing lesson Tim. This is so helpful. I have the Ted Greene Chord Chemistry book and have to dig that out of my book archive. It has some mind boggling stuff in there.

[@Allisonchad1]

So what's your favorite music?

[@allenronaldson4381]

Good stuff coach!

[@utubehound69]

Brilliant lesson

[@johndodson4527]

Cool cool tones.thank you!

[@cnrbsmth]

Imagine learning from the ground up in your childhood with someone like Tim!

[@TechyTimM]

I miss those long sessions with bandmates hammering out song arrangements. Much faster with current tech, but many of my fav relationships were formed during the din of those give-and-take moments discovering songs together. People seem hungry for that kind of connection.

[@michaelstorms47]

⚡️Thank you Mr. Pierce⚡️

[@Allisonchad1]

@@michaelstorms47 happy sunday! So what's your favorite music?

[@jefflavi]

TAG! More of your Andes please!

[@jarmentor1731]

Just used Phil McKnight’s link to sign up for your online classes! Going to put my “snow days” to good use!

[@timpierceguitar]

That's awesome! I hope you enjoy them.

[@mikeshanermusic]

I've just got to say thank you Tim.

[@GuitarPlayersFun]

Oh man! Jerry Reed What a personality and great guiterist. love him

[@NelsonRiverosMusic]

Thank you ! Great ideas and concepts to apply.

[@Allisonchad1]

So what's your favorite music?

[@MrCgar18]

im guessing you Are ok thank god!! hope you stay well!!!

[@paulrobertson3326]

Ted Green Chord Chemistry is on Amazon. Thanks Tim!

[@timpierceguitar]

I'm glad you found it!

[@CD_Character]

I bought Ted's "Chord Chemistry" ages ago - before I could properly appreciate it - although I really liked his section on "voice leading". I loaned it to someone and didn't get it back. I eventually replaced it and bought copies for two nephews. I have some faith that at least one copy has been read.

[@ChristisSaviour]

I love this guy