How To Play The Notes You Hear In Your Mind For Better Guitar Solos

[@Wallimann]

Thanks for watching everyone! You can download this episode's assets by signing up for free at bit.ly/2muVs9I

[@dragomitic]

super,super,thanks David

[@nedstar7378]

Fantastic, you just bring me back on track. After 52 years not playing guitar I started this year again but have to start from scratch. First song I played again was Albatross from Fleetwood Mac 1968 version but I needed 1 month to get it done. But now I am older it's not so easy to catch up however with the help of you guys I can get it back. Just need a little more time. I have so many good solo's in my mind which I like to play that I need to get out.

[@xldsyt]

Another excellent lesson.... My "vocalized" solos/melodies are almost always better than my "guitar" solos/melodies. Time to change that! I believe that if I exchange just 10 minutes of noodling for ten minutes of "think it, sing it, play it" I will narrow that gap. Thanks much David! You're the best.

[@davidparkes7977]

Also if you do this you will hear notes that connect to another pattern after learning all your patterns start singing licks runs vocally as well then try to play them eventually you will find those notes easily the more you do it .Probabley the best concept I've ever learned

[@meowwoem6372]

i'm impressed and proud of twin son number one. he's been able to do this since he started playing! he is also very good at working out what someone plays and transcribing it. he's pointed out in transcriptions where its wrong.

[@Wallimann]

That’s great man!

[@meowwoem6372]

@@Wallimann i told him he's going to be a way better musican than i am. i've been trying to get him to watch you vids. no luck so far. but he's planning to watch the blues course i payed for.

[@rogersimms1330]

I’ve written the words about 20 songs over the years. I think I might be able to add some music to them now.

[@MichaelMiller-wp4ir]

David, I truly appreciate this video.I have in general listened to the guitar. Rarely do I hear or play what's in my head. I think I'm oblivious to what's in my head. You are a great instructor, Thank you for all you do to help all of us.

[@Wallimann]

Thank you man, you got this!!

[@gorillahawkpeacock4688]

You were my first guitar lessons on jamplay 2 years ago when I started. It was all barely unserstandable but I loved your teaching. Music can be so alien at first. I am rediscovering you on KZbin just now but with better understanding. Happy to have you on my journey again! Your teaching style is unique and much appreciated. Thank you. ❤️

[@theredibanezguy3826]

I'm getting in a worship band that play like 10 difereents songs every week, I don't have too much time to practice, it will gonna help me a lot!, thank you!

[@JustinHatt1]

Absolutely fantastic lesson, this is so fundamental to learning how to actually play what you hear in your head. Great lesson. Thanks David

[@Wallimann]

Thank you Justin!

[@dljohnsonmusic]

David, you hit it out of the park with this lesson. I am a guitarist who switched from years behind the drum kit to play, write and sing my own material and the information in this video is so beneficial! Thank you, than you so much for bridging this gap.

[@Wallimann]

Thank you man, it means a lot!!

[@jimleininger8963]

3rd string 7th fret bend.... dude! So true and fully describes me if i have no idea what I'm going to play.

[@vili8025]

Thank you David. After watching a couple of your videos on melodic soloing, I have to take the opportunity to subscribe to your channel and to thank you for your help. Cheers, Vili.

[@stuartarnold4495]

this was so good to follow that I really surprised myself. Thanks for this.

[@Wallimann]

Thank you Stuart!

[@paulpacifico]

Man, so many time i tried to find a video like this ! as you said no one explain this, but that the most important thing to do with your instrument ! Merci beaucoup David ;-) le bonjour de Bordeaux !

[@Wallimann]

Merci beaucoup Paul!!

[@carlhuffman6792]

Yet another great lesson sir thank you

[@johanvermeulen7668]

Another great lesson and insight! I just purchased the guitar infusion course and everything is starting to make sense after all these years I have been playing ! I can recommend That course to every guitarplayer . Keep up the good work !

[@Wallimann]

Thank you very much Johan, so glad to have you in the Guitar Infusion group!

[@RC32Smiths01]

This is actually so accurate for me Haha. In my mind I hear better guitar solos, but that I begin to just do simple licks that I keep repeating. Awesome lesson!

[@Wallimann]

Thank you so much man! :)

[@RC32Smiths01]

@@Wallimann You are very welcome my man!

[@kamakshsharma983]

this video completely changed my life thank you so much ,i ve been playing for 11 yrs now and this was all i needed,i was bored and looking for inspiration thank you for this ...the best guitar lesson ever......

[@drnandakumarakvelu1581]

Dear Master DW,you are a supreme teacher,Realised,Perceived,Implemented the CULT to all,a Nobleness of a SIFU,you have inspired and trigerred the Dormant Potentiality to surface,,I SALUTE..Matchless teaching..Dr.Nanda..India

[@Wallimann]

Thank you SOOO much my friend!

[@rrees1230]

I found this lesson to be inspirational. Maybe it's just me, because I've been studying theory going on 6 years and as a self thought effort I've deliberately been ignoring songs...I don't and haven't as of yet learned any songs. It hasn't been my goal. But now I'm reaching the point where the idea of soloing has come to the front. A new goal is forming as I write this comment. This particular lesson looks likes a first step in that direction. I would be a student and learn more if more teachers presented lessons similar to this. What I would describe as "inter-active". Please consider this...if I'm correct, this could be very popular! And I big THANK YOU!! to you David

[@aptelbruno8316]

Clear and simple and pleasant. Thank you David.

[@2010glgl]

every time watch your lessons helped me a lot ,thx

[@tomw2013]

This makes so much sense. I often think of a lead run while listening to a backing track but find it's very hard to play it on the guitar. Thanks!

[@colinlyne8688]

Very interesting lesson,thank you.

[@johnnygodel7531]

A very inspirational lesson. So it is true that " if you can't sing it, you can't play it". If my memory is accurate, I heard these words from the late Barney Kessel. Greetings from Antwerp, Belgium.

[@Wallimann]

Thanks! I don’t think that statement is completely accurate. There are many players who have no idea what purchases will count out when they play and it works. Those players rely on shapes and memory. That said being able to hear what will come out (even if they can’t sing it) is way better for personal expression. :)

[@jcserrano1663]

GBU David, you are Amazing. You keep coming with new simple ideas but very effective. You are the BEST !!! 😍😍😍😍😀😀😀😀🤗🤗🤗🤗🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@Wallimann]

Thank you!!

[@KevinORourke25]

Hello David, This is something that I continually struggle with. As soon as I get uncomfortable I automatically revert to positional playing. Thanks for this video. Kevin O'Rourke

[@Wallimann]

You're not alone! We all struggle with it and me the first! :)

[@JBz69]

Just watched this lesson. Awesome ideas and approach for this. Thank you David.

[@Wallimann]

Thank you!

[@JohnLee-mq4hk]

I think Carlos Santana is a great exponent of what you are teaching here, he adds the groove and feeling to each of his notes.

[@a.j.garrett9639]

Awesome! I was super into that. Thanks for this great new direction.

[@Wallimann]

Thank you man, thrilled you liked it!

[@colinlyne8688]

Very interesting and helpful

[@ernestocamurca]

Thanks man.. really. You are changing my musician thoughts ...!

[@amercieca]

I don't know if I misunderstood this or talking rubbish, but what I got from this is to practice playing (or composing) tunes in my head (over maybe some backing track, without the guitar in hand), whilst visualing where these notes actually lie on the fingerboard.

[@Wallimann]

Yeah, thats the idea man!

[@cenos8521]

Thanks for your insight and making this great video available to all of us. Much appreciated :)

[@markconrad1894]

Thanks so much for this David. I have to leave for work now but while I'm there, I'll answer the question. (I haven't seen it yet). BTW: You are great at your job.

[@Wallimann]

Thank you Mark!

[@premiumykc8226]

Thank you so much sir🙏

[@MikeJBlues]

Awsome video, thank you

[@chidoboy818]

Very helpful. Great teacher.

[@Slamo28]

Yea this is the lesson right here. I play terrible when focusing on licks and chord changes. When I let the composer take the wheel it sounds and feels bettee

[@mrw2026]

Thank you David!

[@Wallimann]

Thanks for watching Michael!

[@ranosranos6841]

Perfect lesson...please make some lessons on minor and other scales 🙏

[@benmansell]

Great process. Thanks for the video

[@Wallimann]

Thanks so much for watching it!

[@TheBobobobob123]

Damn bro you look a lot better, your skin is glowing lol. Haven’t checked back with u in years

[@Wallimann]

Hey, thanks man!

[@chriscurtis8344]

DW you know how we feel. You KNOW. OMG this might be the master 🔑 & 🎹 ! P.U.N. intended. (Pentatonic Universal Noodling ) You played for us the REASON WHY we gravitate toward A minor pentatonic and the blues progression. It’s because of our ears and our finger memory. Now I instead of merely SEEING what to play, I can HEAR what to play by listening and hearing what my inner ear dictates. Thank you so much. You are the friend of serious student of not just guitar but of MUSIC!

[@MrGman127]

Thanks for a much-needed video... It was like you've been reading my mind because this is exactly what I wanted the backing tracks for. I do have one request... can you include the name or id of the backing tracks you use in each lesson. Because I like to take what I learn here, along with the inspiration you impart... I have started to use the "Audacity" application to record my practice sessions. and immediately apply it while it's fresh in the old memory banks. That also will be an aid when comparing my practice results to the lessons. Thanks again for all that you do to help us with the learning curve.

[@tonywood5442]

Great tip thank you so much David, you are a refreshing gem of a tutor, strange but so many teachers don't really teach musicality like you do , the real nuts n bolts of music. If frank zappa had taught music you might have had some competition 😆

[@Wallimann]

Thank you Tony, what a nice comment. You made my day!

[@tonywood5442]

@@Wallimann your welcome , your tips n videos always makes my day! Thankyou again

[@D3nDyson]

très cool la nouvelle réalisation et le nouveau générique ! ;)

[@Wallimann]

Merci beaucoup!

[@Nivenization]

Thank you.

[@han36solo]

Excellent!

[@Wallimann]

Thank you man!

[@rushikeshkamble3340]

you are a messiah ......god bless ;)

[@klausdiefenbeck6625]

Enlightning :-)

[@vinivini4105]

✋✋👍🤘👌Thanks David!,, 👌👌🙌👍

[@rogersimms1330]

I've struggled with this for years. I got music in my head, but I have trouble playing what I want to say. I think the video gave me more understanding how to do this.

[@Wallimann]

Thanks Roger!

[@345kobi]

2:30

[@wesleyAlan9179]

You always have the best insights man! Thanks for the talk...oh..looking through the commentsa,that guy, Maz B,i think...his snobbery makes me wanna take off my glove buggs bunny style and slap'm one good time,lol! Thanks man✌

[@Wallimann]

Hah! Thanks Wesley!

[@wesleyAlan9179]

@@Wallimann ..yeah man,I dont care what anyone thinks...you're great,you're a great teacher and player..I was showing my dad your stuff over the weekend and he was like...Whoa,hes a badass! Lol!

[@mandret1996]

Pah not even shredding stuff at speeds i cant play just to tell me its damn easy how should i learn with this slow, tight and thaughtfull lesson ? Jokes aside good job will surley help me a lot

[@samuelfrench9665]

I love my roasted maple fretboard/neck....so nice.

[@minighs]

Me too!

[@relytheone853]

What is best, theory or only your ears to compose music better?

[@Wallimann]

If I had to pick one, ears!! But both are super useful. :)

[@relytheone853]

@@Wallimann Thanks for the reply!

[@frankschrodinger1424]

What guitar is that at the start?

[@Wallimann]

Hey Frank, that one is a Vola OZ!

[@PURPLE_SHADE_SMOOTHIE]

Like #162 ...... awesome breakdown ..... thank you!!!

[@Wallimann]

Wow! Thank you!!

[@samuelfrench9665]

your guitar looks so shiny and scratch free, what did ya do to do that? or is it we just cant see all the scratches in the video?

[@Wallimann]

It's pretty new! Plus they never go out of the studio. :)

[@samuelfrench9665]

@@Wallimann oh okay! do you think after polishing, just waxing the front of the guitar would change the tone or is dumb to do? Mainly thought it would be good if I am outside to protect it from the sun. Thank you for all of your lessons!

[@Wallimann]

I don’t think it would change the tone! Thanks so much for the nice words man, it means a lot!

[@RocktCityTim]

If I were to play what's in my head some nights, it would result in the end of the universe - Imagine Terry Kath's "Freeform Guitar" played through a full military sound barrage array with Trent Reznor's piano experimentation a la Ghosts I-IX as the accompanying discord. That's part of the problem with an extreme type A with too much musical training (winds, piano, guitar, choral ...) they all crunch together and try to come out of my fingers at the same time 😱

[@Wallimann]

Do it! :)

[@RocktCityTim]

@@Wallimann Okay .... but I'm gonna blame you! :D

[@YuriLifeLove]

Dude... So long did't see your channel... You looks really different...

[@TLMuse]

Okay, you were "so frustrated" with your playing 5 years ago. I've been following you longer than that. Here's a fave improv of yours from 2012 (*7* years ago!), using your "Minor Dream" backing track (which I promptly bought): kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJbMnpSYj7qIppo. Here's another really lovely clean chordal improv, from 2014: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y3TQoIunq9eifcU. David, the kind of playing you got frustrated with was already something many of us aspire to! Anyway, thanks for the many years of really helpful guitar instruction-and inspiring playing. -Tom

[@Wallimann]

Thank you Tom!

[@smkh2890]

What I hear in my head is probably out of tune.

[@epipick]

Some players do this intuitively.

[@dzjc01]

Love your videos, but the whole singing thing I struggle with. I love to sing songs with lyrics, but trying to sing-a-lick just totally escapes me.

[@naimeshirou9734]

I still want to know how to listen chord 😭

[@Wallimann]

I'll make a video about it! :)

[@noodle845]

Do you mean listening to a piece of music and picking out each chord and knowing what it is? I'd love to know how to do that too 😭😭😭

[@naimeshirou9734]

@@Wallimann aahh thanks!!!

[@johngriffon2118]

you just made something click id been struggling with

[@345kobi]

Careful here, this gent is trying to turn Us into real guitar players.

[@selfactualizer2099]

it's uhm, it takes practice, playing the licks, patterns, and techniques, that you were saying "creates the disconnect" there is nothing wrong with starting from a bend btw. lmao. now you'll over actively avoid starting kn bends. when you practice all those other songs you ARE ear training. I got really, really good, a long time ago, just playing along to rocksmith, I could hear a note, and find it on every string, which is exactly what you are describing. there is no "magic trick" to playing the notes you hear. there is a vocabulary of 12. not 50, not 100, not 1000, there are 12 notes. I promise you will eventually know what all 12 sound like. no matter what. as long as you keep playing the instrument. this guy is just trying to make youtube income content. he's just saying whatever he can. play everything. practice every technique. practice every excercise. and continue seeking out songs you'd love to play. if it's what you like to hear it's what you'll like to play. (sorta, a lot of songs I play are super fun, but boring to listen to) this is such a terrible way to explain ear training. you're just telling people to play scales without explaining how scales work. anyone playing scales is already gaining an understanding of ear training. just "hearing the wrong note" doesn't teach people anything

[@mazb2528]

Ouch! As a guitarist, I don't need a Tony Robbins. But, yeah, that's just me. It seemed to work really well for him, at least for a while . . . maybe it will work for you. I get that you have to stick out amongst the multitudes of teachers. I thought you did without the TR persona. Just me, I don't need it. Turns me WAY off, actually. But, sincerely, best to you and all to whom this works!

[@Wallimann]

Thank you for the comment! Just an experiment!

[@wesleyAlan9179]

I went through ALL the comments and you are the only one that was turned off,I'd REALLY like to hear you play..you should upload a lil' peice of your stuff man!✌

[@timothymathis2873]

@@Wallimann An experiment that is working miracles for me. Thanks David

[@hectorheath]

Sick of the same intro ever video....

[@Wallimann]

Not sure I understand what you mean buddy?

[@colinlyne8688]

Very interesting lesson,thank you.

[@georgerose1315]

Thank you.