What I Learned from David Gilmour guitar solos with Pink Floyd

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Download the tabs for this video here: www.bluemorris.com/post/david-gilmour-guitar-solo-arpeggios Thanks for watching everyone!

[@jasonwojcik]

This is kind of mind blowing. It is so obvious once you see it. Usually when I understand what a musician is doing, the mystique and magic goes away. For once, I have a greater appreciation for the music. Nobody that I have seen mentions the arppegios and sus4! For that,it is really THE lesson to make Gilmour inspiried music. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks Jason for watching and the great feedback

[@MyFirstGen]

My thoughts exactly

[@rajennaidoo7]

Simplicity is indeed the ultimate sophistication! Hidden 'gems' within the humble arpeggio, just waiting to be 'unearthed'. Midnight and I am immersed in this tutorial. You seem to have innate teaching skills. I believe one either has it or tries to do one's best. Thank you once again!

[@surfnslut67]

Bra there's only couple guys w these lessons but when I learned this it changed my playing way for the better😍🎸✌🤗🏄

[@abejacgot]

Geez...you've taken all the magic out of Gilmore's beautiful solos, but...made them accessible to amateur guitar players, like me. Thanks!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Haha thanks 😄

[@mocoworm]

How do you not have a million + subscribers? Another superb lesson. Your teaching method is so clear.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Wow, thank you! Maybe one day

[@onurguner5286]

You are the best teacher I've come across in 25 years including the ones I've met face-to-face. I think you should make a tutorial on teaching.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you Onur! That's great to hear!!!

[@Murphy_R9]

I started guitar back in 1980 and my teachers back then were a total waste of money and time. They never showed things like this? it was like they were afraid you would get better than them?

[@redbloodedamerican2346]

​@@Murphy_R9 Man! I taught myself. But wanted to get better so about 6 years into playing, I decided to take lessons. My teacher would take me in the little room, and would tell me to plug in and he'd be right back. I'd sit and play stuff while waiting on him. He'd come back and hear what I was playing and say, "how'd you play that." I'd end up paying him to teach him! I took 2 "lessons" and quit lol

[@Murphy_R9]

@@redbloodedamerican2346 🤣👍

[@rajennaidoo7]

​@@Murphy_R9I resonate strongly with this sentiment. I am loathe to think like this, but I also get the same feeling also from close family and friends in other aspects of life as well!

[@Bb-M4n]

As someone stuck in pentatonic land, this is just the kind of video I need - Practical guide to break out from the shapes. Plus, using one of my favourite guitarists - awesaome !

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks again for your support Bb!!

[@realjumper]

This is one of THE best lessons I have seen online. It has opened so many doors for me that just this lesson alone is going to change the way I see the notes and the way I play the notes. I have never really understood arpeggio's in as much as how best to apply them, but a big BINGO light is flashing in my head just now. I'm a huge David Gilmour fan, but I see this technique as super useful in many, many situations. Thank you for the huge lightbulb moment and for the clarity in your explanation. First class lesson....THANK YOU!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks realjumper!!! Really appreciate the feedback. Lots more videos coming.

[@Sinnsonido]

I'm a slow learner and not a good guitar player, but I've always been fascinated by David Gilmour. Learning the melodic content of his solos is not particularly difficult. But it's the subtle nuances in his playing - the way he shapes every note and every phrase like an air sculpture - that is what makes it _very_ difficult to truly approach his style. I'll probably be learning something from Gilmour for the rest of my life.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Well said, we all learn so much from his playing.

[@johnpower40]

and the bulb glows slightly brighter again this week. thanks man!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad to hear it! Thanks John!

[@briandwi2504]

So that's where that sound comes from! Great lesson, thanks very much

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks Brian!

[@Bill-yr2go]

Your intermediate students are lucky to have a teacher like you. Not too much theory and real world examples in bite size pieces that make sense. Well done. Subscribe people!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks Bill!!

[@thehiddenyogi8557]

00:01 Key learnings from David Gilmour's guitar solos 02:14 Adding sus4 in arpeggios for solos 04:06 David Gilmour incorporated descending arpeggios in his guitar solos 06:00 Arpeggios highlight chord tones 07:57 David Gilmour uses different arpeggio shapes for different chords. 10:09 Understanding sus4 chords and arpeggios 12:18 Extending arpeggios and adding pre-bends for guitar solos 14:46 Practicing arpeggios on different chords

[@robertfoshizzle]

Blue, you are my favorite guitar teacher I've found on KZbin. I've been drumming in bands for nearly 20 years, so I understand music from the perspective of feeling, rhythm, dynamics, etc. But I've never been much of a guitar player, aside from being able to pick up an acoustic and strum some "cowboy chords." I made it a personal goal in 2023 to start properly learning how to play guitar, and the little tricks and licks you teach, as well as relating them to some of my personal favorite guitar players (like Gilmour and Keith Richards, for instance) helps me string together the missing pieces in my guitar vocabulary. Also, learning these fun and easy tricks on the guitar further grows my confidence -- making me want to practice more. Thank you!!!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Awesome! Glad to hear it! Lots more coming to this channel and our Patreon group if you haven't already checked that out: www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver

[@lesliecumberland834]

I was around mid 30is when I came across Pink Floyd WOW what a Band and Gilmor is the greatest well one of the greatest I like Santana a lot to maybe some lessons on him one day ahead Ha?

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

A similar video for Satana is a great idea. I'll see how this one does first and if it does well, I'll do more like it.

[@lesliecumberland834]

Yeh I like Santana a lot

[@noahtenshen]

Nice to hear the sweet tones of DG. Thanks for that. SUS 4 day for me. Stay Well Groovy One.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks Noah!

[@MyPinkFloydian]

excellent breakdown to a critical component of his playing . also worth note I've found : bending of course, pentatonic and natural minor scales aeolean mode, bending into the next chord change root note, and in later days I believe taking the root and making it flat for tension, he often sings his solos, he phrases like a sax, remember to play the silence, and finally learn to vibrato ,

[@derfalschejunge]

Thank you! While I didn't learn anything new concerning music theory or playing techniques, it was very helpful to get made aware of that this is what David is doing. Really will help me approaching own solos.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it. Lots more on the channel :)

[@davitong]

The Gilmour arpeggio with its relaxed tempo is quite hypnotic. I close my eyes, then I drift away, into the magic night.....(Roy Orbison "In Dreams")

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@canadianintheukbrian]

Just discover your channel, I'm working David Gilmour study course currently I've I seen David live in Toronto 2016 when I was back home for a visit after seeing Gilmour live it was like been taken to another dimension great lesson glad I found your channel, the hard part I find is getting the timing right,

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Cool! Thanks for commenting, Gilmour had great time for sure

[@meado_music]

Thanks for this lesson! I’ve been stuck playing the same old pentatonic shapes for ages and this video has finally opened my eyes to other shapes in simple ways!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Awesome thanks! Lots more on the channel and our Patreon www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver

[@Hexbyte965]

Thanx, I learn something new from everyone of your lessons. Can't wait till the next one.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Awesome thanks!

[@tmcm1968]

Amazing lesson. Gilmour is my favorite guitarist of all time and this opens so many possibilities for me now. Thanks!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad to hear it, thanks for commenting Rob!

[@cryptoskywalker6000]

This is the third video of yours that I've seen, and you've made good observations in each of the videos. Enjoy another Sub, brother.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks CryptoSkywalker!!! Glad to have ya here.

[@stranger360th]

Danke!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

... and thanks for the "super" I appreciate the extra support

[@dennisk5082]

Blue .. Once again a stellar , clear, consise lesson. You have a real knack for explaining things without getting bogged down in detail. Bravo

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks Dennis! Really appreciate the comment!

[@guylaurent8138]

great lesson thank you...

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks Guy! 🎸

[@guylaurent8138]

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver ur welcome.

[@jszlauko]

Excellent lesson! Turns out my guitar instructor just a few weeks ago got into showing me arpeggios, and he also happens to like Gilmour's style of soloing. I have been working on learning to improvise, and putting all this stuff together, and your lesson here just nails it! Thank you for the lesson! I've subscribed as you have a very good teaching style.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad to hear it, thanks Jeff!!

[@fitnesslibrarian9013]

I realized I started doing this after learning comfortably numb and I didn’t even realize what I was doing. Just noticed it sounded nice as a compliment to pentatonic playing. You sir just leveled up my playing with this one video thank you so much

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad to hear it thanks! Lots more lessons like it on the channel :)

[@Maggioretom]

This is awesome! And enlightening..! Brilliant in its simplicity, as everything the Genius of Gilmour could made! Ty!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks!! Glad it helped.

[@chrispy350]

You are one terrific teacher.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks, much appreciated

[@dwithunnarzary2680]

I can learn more from your video.this will me in soloing .I appreciate you.many thanks please keep uploading more videos

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Great 👍 thanks for watching

[@Tankapalooza]

Uhh…one of the best KZbin tutorials ever! Thank you so much! How Gilmour does it makes so much sense now. ❤

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Much appreciated! This other video of mine has lots of David Gilmour in it as well: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIXQlHdra52orrs

[@Curisite]

Great lesson! As soon as I tried this I immediately heard the opening lick to Jessica by the Allman Brothers. The exact same notes from the extended lick in the key of A.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Yeah good example. Similar arpeggio, and great song.

[@buzzstankos8532]

Wow! Mind blown! You are an outstanding teacher who never leaves me thinking (Huh?) after i watch your videos… I really, really appreciate you help

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Wonderful thank you!!

[@philday5543]

Great lesson easy to understand That’s my afternoon filled

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Great! Thanks Phil!

[@philipdillon4618]

Blue as always an Outstanding lesson!!!! Kudos, Keep 'em coming!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks again for for watching and commenting!

[@t-rocket6381]

Really enjoy these types of videos…..embellishing a basic concept…..please keep up the great work

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Awesome thanks T-Rocket!

[@bobobaggins8741]

Amazing lesson! Just came across this page. Hands down the most practical and absorbable lessons I’ve seen yet. And I’ve seen many lol. Keep up the good work!!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Awesome, thank you! New video out tomorrow 🎸

[@scoobydoo4087]

Just watched this again. Getting easier. I also discovered where the 4th is when playing major pentatonic scale in position 1 and 2. The sus 4 or 4th note sounds great when soloing. Thanks again Blue !

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks! Yeah you can add the 4th into major pentatonic. Very Allman Brothers sound.

[@robertcraig3106]

Amazing. You've totally opened my mind and playing to a whole new level. Thank you for this...really appreciate it!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad to hear it! Lots more lessons on the channel and our Patreon www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver

[@blackfender100]

Super lesson as always. I have been playing with the D shape and the solo connection is great. Thanks

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad it helped, thanks Joe!

[@davetaylor-sp9re]

That is an awesome lesson.I agree with scenareo 123. Thank you Blue.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks Dave!

[@ultravirez]

Always get something useful from your lessons. Helps me glue together and expand upon concepts I have a partial understanding of .

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Great to hear! Thank you! Lots more coming.

[@expocon1]

Thank a lot!It is a very talented explanation!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks Maxim!

[@amir.zolghadr]

great lesson!!! thank you

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@portuguy]

This was a fantastic lesson. Thank you for making this information so accessible!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Glad it helped!

[@f.f.6323]

This is the 1st time I've seen this channel...dude is great & logical guitar teacher! I've done these licks many times prior & having seen this video, now have a better understanding of how to pursue them.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Welcome aboard! Thanks F.F. Lots more to come!

[@biang.lala_project6275]

Thank you dude, you give me a light❤

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@Pouya..]

That was easy eye-opening and well-explained thank you so much for all those scales and confusion that was the simple explanation no one ever mentioned

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad it was helpful!

[@neiladams2107]

Great content. This was easy to understand, and I can use it immediately. Keep the explanations of how the concepts work coming. I like that much better than just learning lick and not getting the context on why it works.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks Neil, I agree it's always better to understand how the licks, chords work. That way we can use it, change it, make it our own.

[@ColdCanadian911]

I’m currently learning the caged system (well trying to absorb it all) and I’m in the D shape area , and at times I would hit that sus4 note and say to myself “man that sounds good” and long behold I stumble upon this video explaining why is sounds good. Thanks for the video. This video is chalked full of liquid guitar gold knowledge and I haven’t even finished watching it yet!!! (Okay back to the video)

[@ColdCanadian911]

Also, do you have a video on making the backing track. I purchased a looper pedal (it’s the only pedal I own) and would love to make some chords such as you did but are you just strumming D a few times and then A a few times. It sounds like there is a lot more going on with the backing track. To learn rhythm and timing I think it’s important to have that backing track, just not sure how to go about it rhythmically

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks!!! That's a great coincidence!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

...as for the jam track, I'm using a Digitec Trio+ which is also a drum machine and bass. It's very handy especially for us teachers as it creates the drum and bass for you.

[@BrandonClapp]

I had to stop midway through the video to subscribe. You're a fantastic teacher and this really helps me break out of the pentatonic notes and add some flavor from other intervals

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Awesome glad it helped! Lots more lesson videos like it on the channel and our Patreon www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver

[@760Piper]

So glad I found your channel. This is a great lesson. One of many. I’ve learned a ton from your teaching.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks a lot 760Piper!!

[@lukesteverything627]

Super helpful, thanks.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@joesampson8594]

Thank you Blue! Your lessons are the best!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Glad to hear it 👍

[@tarnishedknite]

Excellent lesson!!! I kept hearing the next Gilmour line when you were playing the short arpeggios. I have always thought Gilmour was a great teacher on how to use bends, they are always so well thought out and executed brilliantly.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching Steve!

[@RBZ3]

Thanks Blue...very enlightening. Cheers!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks again for watching RB!

[@55grandad]

The David Gilmour lick sounds similar to the song All The Young Dudes by Mott the Hoople back in the 70s.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Cool! I'll have a listen to it. I dont know that one. 😎

[@freespeech-advocate]

you have a great way of teaching, simplicity is genius. best lesson ive seen on how to use arpeggios in a progression. also love pink floyd ty.🤟😎🎸

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Awesome, thank you!

[@nickrailer2202]

Fantastic tutorial 🙌🙌🙌👍

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks so much 😊 Lots more lessons on the channel 🎸

[@gilliesan]

Really well explained, great video. Now to see what else you have put up. Thanks

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Lots more lessons on the channel :)

[@jmoorecareers]

It's been great watching the number of subscribers for your channel grow. Well deserved!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks! More coming soon. Hoping to have a membership or Patreon program started soon so there will be lots more content coming.

[@alphanumeric1529]

Thanks bro. You're a freak for sure, and God bless you for that. Please keep all of these lessons coming, I've learned more from you than... all of guitar youtube? That could be accurate. Please keep it up.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks! Lots more coming to this channel and our Patreon

[@crete23]

Great tutorial. Can you make one with minor triads now?

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Hi @Crete23 I have made one video on minor triads so far, it's here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZoGtnmB-l7uWqqc Have you seen that one yet? Or perhaps you mean something more specific? I do plan to make more on the topic in time.

[@steveb4400]

Excellent video lesson and great teaching style. Thank you!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching 🎸 lots more on the channel

[@petebarnden]

Brilliant video, helpful, clear, and inspiring, thanks!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad it was helpful!

[@carlmacchio3369]

Keep these great lessons coming!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks Carl!!

[@BillHart_Family_Friends]

This is a brillian lesson. Amazing!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Lots more on the channel 👍

[@paulwebb3240]

Fantastic lesson , thank you

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching Paul!

[@cootie787]

Absolutely fabulous bloody❤ top notch

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you!!

[@andyjales]

Great lesson!!!!!! Little concepts that create great things!!!!! Thanks !!!!!!

[@brutallyremastered4255]

So cool, thanks. Lots of Dean Wareham there too. (Nice to see a room/studio with real books too!) Subscribed.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for subscribing! Yeah we even read the real books here too 😄

[@daveallsopp4394]

Wow Blue, this is good stuff buddy. I’ve never seen this taught before, using the sus4 👍🏻 sounds amazing. Cheers for what you do 👍🏻🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🎸

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for commenting Dave!

[@cootie787]

Absolutely fabulous bloody top notch

[@MyFirstGen]

That was amazing!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching

[@georgejones5659]

great lesson -thanks

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching George

[@brianl2763]

Amazing bloody Amazing! I know trg=he theory of appegios ,scaled and caged and could no make the connection of my all favourite David GILMOUR. Thank you

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Cool thanks. Lots more lessons on this channel 👍

[@CncObsession]

Thanks

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@DancesWithCameras]

this truly is a great lesson!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks Tino!

[@davidbrown2806]

Sound familiar you ask ...... DUH ..... chords behind the Comfortably Numb solo ..... lol. Brilliant video !!!!! Will have to check out the solo for the arpeggios on the other strings in the solos. Maybe you have done that already.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks! I don't think I have a video on that specific arpeggio but it's worth looking at the solo for it for sure. Thanks for watching 🎸

[@t-rocket6381]

Awesome and inspiring…. Would you please consider linking to the backing tracks in your lessons. Got your solo book and really enjoying that too.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks! The track there is just from a loop pedal -- the Digitec Trio+ so it's not something I can easily post, sorry. I'll see if I can figure that out for future.

[@kristijansudra3727]

Very useful lesson!! :D

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Good to hear, thanks!

[@infotard3366]

Great job🎉

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! 😁

[@scenario1236]

Superb would be great if you could keep unwrapping David’s style in some more lessons.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Good idea, I'll wait and see how this one does first, but yeah good idea

[@wulfrache]

You mah boy BLUE!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

👍

[@cybersean3000]

Genius!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

He sure was 😀

[@swindass]

Love the way you enjoy it as i do

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks :)

[@josealbaposse]

Brilliant!! great lesson!! Gracias Profe!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Gracias José!!

[@zipper-j]

Around the 13 minute mark I was like wait...I know exactly what this is. It's a piece of the comfortably numb solo! I already knew the solo itself but I didn't really understand what was going on. So fascinating. I V progression, arpeggiated with sus4's.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Sure is, sus4 arpeggios are in that solo, I think two different ones. D and A.

[@kenkelly382]

Game Changer. Looks like the Honey Do list will sadly be put on hold for another day.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Cool thanks Ken!

[@sctt72]

lmao just found this channel i agree..Did you get that list done yet?

[@Tai61]

Another great lesson.demystified gilmour's.

[@itisinickt]

you're the first guitar teacher that i can tell is a real teacher in real life and not some dude who decided to make some videos about scales for money

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Been teaching guitar for 15 years now 👍

[@toddshepard3592]

Great lesson !!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks! 😃

[@guylaurent8138]

What don't you know you're just plain amazing...

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you!

[@kennethcarvalho3684]

Wow didn't know Gilmour used Arpeggios so much.. A revelation

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks! Arpeggios are a great way to break out of Pentatonic

[@ВладимирПрименко-о5б]

Cool. Gilmore also uses sus 2 arpeggios.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

I should do a video on those too. Gilmour sus2

[@scoobydoo4087]

Great lesson. First time through last month was slow. Second time today is much easier. Watch out David, here I come😅

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Haha nice work! You can do 👍

[@steviedolan1570]

You just gave me a light bulb moment, cheers mate

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad to hear it! Lots more lessons on the channel and our Patreon www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver

[@BillySoundFarm]

Great video!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks for watching 👍

[@BillySoundFarm]

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver No problem! I found you because analytics said people found my video in suggested when they watched this one. So I popped in to check it out and was like, “This is great, I’m watching this!”

[@dwaynebuckner6987]

Fantastic ! - can I get a similar tone as you have by using my Epiphone ES 355 and a Line 6 Catalyst 60…it’s a modeling amp I think ( I’m a 60 year old beginner that’s been noodling around for a few months) that has some presets..but I can use the manual settings on the amp…any help would be appreciated

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Probably. I dont know that amp but if it has a Fender Deluxe Reverb patch that's what use. Plus some overdrive, touch of Spring reverb, and very quiet slapback delay is my usual tone.