You don't need alternate picking to play fast (The Richie Kotzen Technique)

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Fast legato licks are great, but not a lot of guitar players are really using them. I spent a lot of time watching Richie Kotzen, Greg Howe and Justin Derrico's techniques, and found they are using the same pattern, which I am showing in this video.

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[@NeZversSounds]

Thank you! This was kind of obvious but I haven't tried this approach. Feels like a very refreshing technique!

[@partriotsfight5039]

Richie is King.. I met him 9-27-24 and he was a wonderful down tooth host. he signed a ton of merch I snagged as well as the back of the headstocks of my RK Tele and RK red Strat. They are way to beautiful to scribble on anywhere else IMHO

[@andrewdike5235]

Killer solo in that example

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[@joeyjooones]

Thank you!

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[@stevestrang2376]

Killer playing, Joey!!!!! I was always a Les Paul player and I switched to Tele after being introduced to Kotzen. The solo on The Dying (first Winery Dogs album) is still one of my favourite all time solos!

[@robertb8673]

Frets 10-13. I haven't been touched for years.😅 I needed that lesson. Thanks

[@joeyjooones]

I rarely play solos in D... ;-)

[@MindtheGAS]

That's really cool! Great trick and video. This has become my favourite guitar channel. 👏👏👏

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finaly, i found guitarplayer who just play live, without edititng and sound awesome)

[@franzkohlack8336]

Saw Richie live this year. It blew my fkn mind. Danke Joey!

[@Degrees-is5nr]

Awesome video man. Love the way you teach and explain. Keep it up dude!!

[@mheyl180]

Great Playning..!!! And the Tele sounds unreal..

[@mridley358]

Phenomenal video on this technique! New sub! Keep killin that Tele!

[@julienperrocheau2247]

Very beautiful playing ! More pentatonic legato lines please !!! ❤

[@FenderPhill]

Sounds awesome Joey, was Great Meeting you at the Richie Kotzen Gig in Aschaffenburg🤟🏼 Love the Tele Sound

[@paulm6341]

Great video. Love Ritchie Kotzen. New sub. Thank you.

[@svartsjokolade]

Beautiful tone

[@tubo777]

Great lesson Joey. I wouldn´t call this The Kotzen technique, if you watch Greg Howe instruction videos from the 80´s he was teaching this and in many variations including 3 nps , and Paul Gilbert also used to show the technique using 3nps and string skipping simultaneously (really crazy licks) in his first instruction videos. After that Kotzen would do a couple of records with Howe and I think after that he started to use it more in his music. Just pointing this cause youre younger than me and may´ve missed those amazing guys that are also into this kind of playing.

[@joeyjooones]

Good info! I knew Howe used it as well (as does Justin Derrico nowadays with Pink) but didn’t know Howe was the first one to use it. I saw Richie live 2 times the past couple years and he uses it a lot when playing fast - especially now that he’s playing without a pick (because the technique still works great with just using fingers)

[@SamBrockmann]

I hate alternate picking, haha And Richie Kotzen is the man.

[@user-kw4ge1jt1o]

Ive always said ritchie is the final shred boss, that good he threw the pick away and continued to shred hard AF

[@slowster2945]

That solo was so friggin cool

[@bouganim]

Great playing.

[@jimmypennell8831]

Killing that Tele😅. That thing sounds good. Awesome playing

[@mjklein]

Style points for Adam monitors.

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The Guitar Face is strong with Joey.

[@joeyjooones]

sure is.

[@martinmana4187]

I've found you quite recently man. Insane. Everything's insane. What frets have you got on that tele? And what strings u use?

[@kristopherk5454]

I feel like this could be the guy to finally teach me Eric Johnson 5’s.

[@joeyjooones]

I could... I use them. But my buddy Doug Rappoport already has an amazing video on this. ;-)

[@kristopherk5454]

@@joeyjooones oh, wow! I just checked his video out and he does a great job explaining and executing the technique. I just need to practice now.

[@ItzAkron]

Nice!! What you using to get that tone

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[@gonzalofernandez6058]

Excelente mi amigo!

[@simonbaxtermusic]

Great lesson!

[@DavidRockvoice]

Oh, cool. This sounds somewhat like some stuff I play... until it gets fast 😄

[@zmr8882]

You're forgetting one crucial aspect of Richie's playing. He doesn't use a pick.

[@JBGuitarMusic-jk9lz]

He went a while without one, but his oldest and newest stuff features the pick.

[@joeyjooones]

doesn't really matter because the technique still works with just a thumb and an index finger. He still plays these licks.

[@zmr8882]

@@JBGuitarMusic-jk9lz I saw him live about 18 months ago and he never used a pick. he also just released a video today, no pick.

[@bluestringmusic]

Nice trick !

[@josesuzuki3709]

Obrigado pela aula! Muito útil!

[@Glensully]

Love Ritchie Kotzen. Should have done it a bit with the fingers to show yo dont have to pick. i like melodic solos more than shredding but i love a good crescendo to end a solo and thats where the shredding comes in :) Just dont do it for 16bars

[@sonnymp1337]

Hi, i bought your backing track & tabs... I see you play it slight differently. Is it that you tuned your guitar to Eb?

[@joeyjooones]

I only improvised one lick, other than that it should be the same. I have played variations of this tune so it might differ slightly. Let me know if you’re having trouble. ✌🏻

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[@strato4925]

cool !

[@deefor3lp]

What’s the rig? Plugins?

[@PeterFrayne-o4n]

Something a bit different there mate. Thanks!

[@guitarcafeguy]

Why does speed = greatness, instead of creativity? Greg Koch doesnt "shred" yet he could smoke any of us.

[@stevekent]

I saw Greg Koch playing live last night and he most definitely does shred - he played multiple solos with fast scale runs (all notes picked) as well as legato techniques (like this), sweep picking and fast hybrid picking. Speed, fast or slow does not equate to anything other personal preference of the player in the moment - it’s all musical notes and entirely subjective.

[@guitarcafeguy]

@@stevekent I know he can, but most of time he doesnt, im talking about the guys at guitar center who think sweeping is everything and just compete to see who is the fastest as if that equates skill.

[@stevekent]

@@guitarcafeguy well, to a degree sweep picking and fast scales does require skill and dedication to be good at just the same as comping jazz chords or chicken picking and although the majority may find it annoying or tedious to listen to there will always be others that are influenced by it. Music is 100% subjective. For what it's worth I prefer melody over form even though I once was a shredder (in the 80s/90s) but a little flash thrown into a solo is actually cool to hear, after all Van Halen did it and nobody can argue he wasn't creative or popular 😁

[@P3ace_maker]

Dude, it's not either or, it's complimentary. There are genres where lack of good technique will really limit creativity.

[@mridley358]

Speed without taste/soul is boring (not greatness). Taste and soul with some quickness thrown in for good measure is exceptional expression. Richie has that. This guy understands and has it as well.

[@MrKravmagadude]

The face...got to do the face, right? 🫤

[@sonnymp1337]

👍💪💪

[@vicrichard3250]

Great vibrato man!

[@cryptcrusher5288]

One lick everyone knows the rules. This dude is literally the Dave Portnoy of guitar. Love it!

[@guitardude1981]

Legato economy

[@MizuRino]

your vibrato sounds like a mosquito buzzing. do smth, dude

[@EnJoony]

Slow that vibrato down, son - Approaching Stevie Nicks territory.

[@Fkku-r6d]

Ok we dont need the guitar face, LAO.