ALL the great guitarists do THIS! | Friday Fretworks

Can you 'feel' it?

Key points:

0:00 Intro
0:07 JAM! (Cardinal Black - Half Way Live at The Memo)
1:29 What is playing with feel?
3:25 JAM!
4:57 The one thing all my favourite players have...
5:48 Playing 'vocally'
6:18 Vibrato
6:34 AMAZING vibrato
6:59 Whitney example #1
7:22 Whitney example #2
7:49 Recreating that on the guitar
8:43 Conclusion
9:33 JAM! (Cardinal Black - On My Own Live at The Memo)

[uniqdzign]

If anybody knows about feel in guitar playing, it's Chris Buck!

[aymenbenhamida]

Having such a guitar player giving us free lessons is priceless

[sgt.grinch]

To me, when a musician can make another human have a strong emotion reaction to the music being played is the definition.

[madbrowndog]

"Us mere mortals". Your humility cracks me up Chris. You've got "feels" that match or exceed those of your idols.

[liam]

"us mere mortals" then proceeds to play with an incredible amount of feel, personally i think that feel comes from the soul, what the musician puts in the music, I think yngwie can make an emotion solo even if it goes through three octaves in 2 seconds the same way gilmour can play one note and make everyone feel it. feel comes from being yourself on the instrument and talking with it. just my two cents. Incredible playing as always chris!! hope you're well!

[timchalmers]

The best example that comes to mind at the moment is Derek Trucks' solo at the end of "Midnight in Harlem". Experiencing the emotions that Susan Tedeschi puts into her vocal parts and then hearing Derek's solo made my eyes leak.

[acroopnc]

I LOVE THAT YOU NAME DROPPED KEITH SCOTT!!! I've been saying for years that he doesn't get enough kudos, but it seems like recently that may be changing. Love your playing and thanks for the vids!

[dr.buzzvonjellar]

For me, David Gilmour puts an incredible amount of feel and mystery in each phrase. Chris’ ability to build to a climax is the best in the world. He builds and builds and builds. No one else is close

[stickman]

You are so right about phrasing and using, rather than abusing vibrato. Thank you for another great installment of Friday Fretworks.

[qgkilgs]

Making your guitar truly “sing” Is one of the greatest achievements for a guitarist….and you sir have it locked!

[joelcraig]

I always thought vibrato was a personal part of expression. The Great Chris Buck just confirmed this in detail. Thanks Chris. 🎸🎶

[erikadegroot]

Your ability to make the guitar sing was one of the first great things I noticed about you.

[BeefNEggs]

Vibrato is everything. You either got it or you don’t. You got it.
And some dang fine reverb doesn’t hurt.

[Birkguitars]

For years people asked me who my favourite guitarist are and I struggled to answer until it occu6to me that in almost every case I could bring to mind I could imagine someone singing their lead lines. I now explain that by comparing Comfortably Numb to The Great Gig In The Sky. The guitar and vocal parts could almost be interchanged. From the iconic guests such as Gilmour Clapton Knopfler Beck Page and Blackmore through Slash to my modern lesser known heroes such as Samantha Fish, Joanne Shaw Taylor and Chantel McGregor they all, to me, have that vocal quality. And of course that applies to Mr Buck.

[Empyrean]

10:47 jesus the mixing on this is so amazing, like wow you can hear everything!

[lloydrobeau]

Sometimes it is what you leave OUT 🎸🎶🎸❤️🎸🎶🎸

[playthechanges]

Soul is not something that can be taught, it shines out from within.

[benitoleach]

Half Way was the first Cardinal Black song I heard and it's still absolutely brilliant.

[jakeah]

Nice to hear ‘Couldn’t Love You More’ mentioned. I saw him a couple of times live at Colston Hall towards the end of his career and the atmosphere in the room was incredible

[MichaelSorensen-blec]

You are correct, it is quite subjective. Music is art, how the listener appreciates it is very much up to them. That's the joy of art!