Tips For Soloing Over A One Chord Vamp

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[@kayakkootenaybc]

I like how Jack's playing is similar to how he talks. Smooth, intelligent, straight to the point and all flavor, no filler. Best lessons on the internet. Thank you sir!

[@Haku_records]

I find some of the best players I know really struggle with this kind stuff. Give ‘em giant steps and they slay but drop a one chord funk and they run out of ideas in one or two mins lol thanks for this. People need this!

[@edburl3516]

The clarity of this lesson was brilliantly done.

[@tomduckworth8335]

I loved how you walked us through this from straight to more outside.

[@aberhan]

Thank you Jack, I could here some Bobbie Gentry sounds in there. I like your step by step approach.

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[@JackRuch]

Thank you very much!

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[@stevebuffington6534]

@@davidchavanel1715 Thanks, I have not heard of Eddie Tatton, I will check him out.!!

[@martinscriven3894]

So useful. One chord vamps were my kryptonite, I’m a little more comfortable now after just a few minutes work.

[@BennyVibes]

You are one of the best flavours on KZbin I’ve found

[@MDCSYD]

Your lessons are worth their weights in gold. Just brilliant!

[@groovymidnight]

I think I've heard most of these things before but never EVER explained and demonstrated as well as this! Masterful, thank you!!

[@joeesquire5927]

I admit I will have to watch many times in order to get (some of it). But appreciate your efforts to simplify it for us. Great teaching skills.

[@remco5145]

Oh Jack, what's left to say? You did it again, hooked me up to practise out of my rut. Thanks man!

[@JackRuch]

Thank you!

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@@Randall1539 Hi Randy, ok cool, thankx! I also reported this now.

[@jamesfarrington9030]

2 things that are rarely touched on for guitar improvisation, and that is the use of intervals and letting the chords do the work. Everytime a new chord comes up doesnt mean you have to play anything - at least right away.

[@bazilbrushrocks]

Lots of content in here jack, thank you. I really like the way you build complexity one level at a time. I knew I was in for a treat when I saw it was 17 mins long!

[@jwegreyhounds]

Thanks!

[@LargeFont123]

Great lesson, I really enjoy your calm, smooth and confident style of playing and speaking. I took away a lot from this video, many thanks Jack.

[@jitsroller]

This is already changing my playing. Perfect timing for me. A deep mine of stuff to integrate. Thanks! The tones are awesome you're getting with the whole chain; from heart through the fingers out of the speakers. Nice.

[@markjohnson7219]

That was super helpful. I tried all those approaches with just the slide....wow. Led me to lots of new ideas. Thanks!

[@robertblake3909]

Very helpful. Thank you. Robert

[@jeremyversusjazz]

first corey posts a vid on the altered scale or whole tone and now my man jack thhe day after Oz Noy met Uncle Larry and they blew each other away with their highly individualized totallly different yet somehow the same (in spirit) approaches to soloing! i think my boy Oz mighta made an impact on the nashville cats with all his hip outside shit! 😊

[@taildragger53]

Love your videos! That TONE is so gorgeous. You absolutely prove how a Telecaster can obtain a warm jazz and blues tone. Very thoughtful phrasing. I've learnt alot from your patient approach, Thank you!

[@phillipliberty3997]

Always a pleasure. Time to dig in and apply these concepts!!

[@oliverchapman51177]

You my man are about as tasty as it gets. Phrasing is great too. Playing across the beat. I like to get people out of usual patterns by not always starting on the root to root. Try 3 to 3 or 5 to 5 in same scale. Now the intervals are in different spots but you’ve got all the right notes. See kids you don’t need pedals to change tones and dynamics and and

[@xx-jx3my]

Nice very clear lesson

[@jamesrobinson529]

This lesson is so inspiring! Exploring B Melodic Minor harmony over E7, is giving me some incredible sounds. I love the way the F#7 arpeggio (Mixolydian b6) sounds over E7. It leads nicely into the Half-Whole Diminished scale. I kind of feel like I've reached the end of a rainbow and found a pot of gold!

[@ianhenkel7157]

Thanks so much Jack.

[@andybeers4538]

Jack, you are a great educator. Your intelligence, musical and presentational skills really provide very helpful lessons. Thank you for all you do.

[@JackRuch]

My pleasure! Thank you!

[@nateo7045]

Huge light bulb moment for me here with the chord/arpeggio substitutions. It seems so obvious now that I see it. Took me a second to realize why starting from the 3rd would yield a half diminished chord instead of a minor 7, but then I realized we were already starting from mixolydian. Awesome material. Love it!

[@ue4058]

Brilliant stuff! Thank you, Jack!

[@Trondset]

Great video! this sums up 2 years of my music collage! well done and very nice and calm presentation.

[@armandpelletier4068]

Great lesson, thanks!

[@chriskobe4704]

Hey Jack, you are such a great teacher. Your instructions on different videos are super easy to understand. Thank you for your work. I love the way you play as well. Best,

[@jopberlin]

You’re the BEST👏👏👏

[@daveguitarnowski4402]

Great lesson! Smooth-ass playing, too!

[@doyleallen3762]

Half step Whole step Diminished scale. Now I understand it completely I believe. Thank you for your easy to follow explainations Mr. Ruch. I got your Truefire courses. Love how you explain & show things. Great instructor. Thanks much ♥♥

[@portsideguitar1981]

Pretty incredible amount of information here Jack.

[@VeejayDiesel]

Amazing Jack. Love it. Thank you! Greetings from the UK. ❤

[@RedLion88]

Great info. So many options.

[@gerardjohnson7468]

Thank you for helping me to apply very practically theory and techniques I have been studying for years. This lesson in particular has been eye opening in using the melodic minor and diminished scales which I really like and have spent countless hours studying but have labored at figuring how to apply them in a way that sounds right to me and makes me feel good.

[@TheRealSandleford]

That makes it pretty easy to remember for any key. The melodic minor is a fifth away from the mixolydian you are altering. Makes sense since the minor six chord would fit it perfect and that would be the minor chord on the fifth except the no 4th/11th but you make it minor 7th or maj/min 7 you get the b5/#4 or the 11th

[@johnmac8084]

Great stuff Jack as always

[@charliekelland7564]

Thank you for linking up the different concepts - that is very helpful.

[@aaronlarsen7447]

Fantastic lesson.

[@FTStratLP]

Excellent lesson, very well explained! Thank you!👍

[@Bflatest]

I find that memorizing how the other scales and modes connect to the major and minor pent scales helps me use them

[@danielmendez3098]

Verg good tone and explanation, you've got a new subscriber

[@spivvo]

Excellent lesson….. also liked the way that you explained that the lydian dominant you used is the same as the B harmonic minor. That is proper demystification. Great stuff…. . Also excellent pace on both themplaying and talking! Subscribed.

[@JackRuch]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Jowls2024]

Super cool!

[@marknicholson5508]

Hey Jack, great video. I've watched a bunch of your vids and I really like the calm approach you take. I'd love to see a video where you start with some chord sequence that is new to you, and you go through the process of working out what works over the specific chords presented. Like someone played you a song they had just written, and you were starting to think about what a good solo over it would be.

[@DeGroove]

Eureka!!! Lightbulbs going off in my head! I'm not sure if it's my own persistence or your calm and soothing voice, but this really tied a lot of things together for me. Love your truefire course, Love your approach, love your style, thanks Jack!

[@JackRuch]

Thank you!!

[@gregorysantilli8600]

Outstanding

[@peteharding]

Clear and concise. Thank you!

[@raffaelestea2321]

Hi Jack, great lesson as always. Please can you make a video to explain the rules to build two or three blues turnarounds (no licks)? Many thanks.

[@Hhenriette]

excellent lesson. thank you. 🙏very helpful!! 👌

[@ensaerodynamics8615]

Great stuff! Kind of intro to Jazz

[@chrohm]

so good man - thank you so much for your content, will be getting your course

[@JackRuch]

Awesome, thank you!

[@elchancon2003]

👏👏 Excelente video 👏👏

[@theblackfilestruthfactory6054]

You have great tone.

[@robertomui333]

Great ! Thx 🎉

[@wesleyc.4937]

Thank you for playing one chord.

[@emrysbaird1013]

Thanks for the fab lesson Jack could you by chance do one on a minor vamp too please?

[@winstonsmith8240]

Your playing is so bloody tasteful. Absolutely love it. 👍 D'you not think of the minor 3rd as a sharp 9 ? Or the sharp 11 as a flat 5? It's a minor 7 flat five. It's not "half" of anything. It's a complete chord in It's own right. 😪

[@eddyblommaert5676]

Informative...gonna check them out f.e G#-B-D-F# = G# halfDim, over E7, ok, eureka!

[@codyburgess7034]

This was the first video to explain this in a way I understand. Is there a cheat sheet for chords and the related chord tones?

[@SaintMiddleton]

This is a great lesson - so much packed into a short space of time which is perfect for me as I'm quite a fast learner and a more advanced guitarist. But despite being advanced I have loads of gaps in my knowledge from neglecting to learn basic theory and you seem to fill in these gaps effortly by explaining everything in such an easy way. I'm seriously considering buying your course but I was curious as to what I would get out of it in comparison to these free videos. Any advice surrounding the paid course?

[@robertblake3909]

I get it now. Playing a Bm (ii), G#7-5 (VII), or a Dmaj (IV) over a E7 (V) vamp works because these are the diatonic chords of Amaj and E7 is the dominant of A. So, the extensions of E7 fit into the diatonic family of A. Yes?

[@llwonder]

Do you actually think about all these chord extensions while playing? How can you stay organized? The theory makes sense but putting it into practice is very intimidating to me

[@JackRuch]

Just go slow and work out lines. Over time it will get easier to hear it and visualize on the fretboard.

[@joeurbanowski321]

👍🏼❤️

[@troybranch]

Hi Jack ,I really like your channel , what about using that process to solo over the key center .

[@oliverchapman51177]

Besides the human making everything happen, that Tele is Sweet sounding. What you running. A preamp? Or a Princeton. Oh I see the gear list. Looks similar to my choices

[@MetaphysicalMusician]

This is Excellent.. I Do all of these but the Lydian flat7 fingerings are really difficult.Please give suggestions on how I can add that extra note...The fingerings for melodic minor are crazy on guitar.

[@tagueobright736]

How do i super like this video 🙏

[@claessorensson225]

Hi, gorgeous tone and great knowledge, wondering what your signal chain is?

[@jubyerhashin8214]

Love the lydian dominant sound but am having trouble making it sound good. Do I try and play melodic lines with it or blend it together with pentatonic?

[@JackRuch]

You can definitely blend it in with other stuff. And try coming up with simple melodies that use the scale.

[@fakestreamedia5309]

Great video as always thank you…. Curious what altered scale would you play over a repeating am7 D7 vamp? Thx again

[@jwegreyhounds]

Hi Jack. How do I find your Blues Basic Course? Jim

[@herbertmcgowan3080]

Good stuff good music theory knowledge are you based in Nashville or near Nashville

[@j.r.goldman3279]

Little off subject but Jack . What Delay Pedal do you use? If you have time to answer TY.

[@JackRuch]

The Vahlbruch Spacetime or the Strymon Brigadier

[@lolobuggah2670]

Would the altered scale work too?

[@mrebysan]

Id pay someone to be as cool as you are

[@zThisPlay]

4:18

[@danepaulstewart8464]

Don’t listen to this lesson after just watching a Vampire show or it’s going to sound REALLY weird.

[@guitarsaremyweakness]

I dont understand why a simple concept has to be complicated by using a 7th chord for instruction purposes.Why not just stick with a major or minor?

[@goingblindmusic]

Perhaps because 7 chords are a. Very common b. Very interesting and c. A perfect gateway drug to some really cool jazzy sounds?

[@douglasfreeman3229]

Wh e

[@WickBeavers]

those strings sound like Gabe's... Nice lesson. as usual.

[@MidoGuitarOfficial]

Do you plan to upload this backing track? Do you plan to make a lession? Here is so many good stuff to learn 🎶🎸👍

[@JackRuch]

This track will be up on my Patreon page.

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back off on the drummers coffee !!! ish !!

[@tttnntt]

Thanks!

[@JackRuch]

You bet! Thank you