The MOST Efficient Way to PRACTICE Soloing

In todays episode we explore The MOST Efficient Way to PRACTICE Soloing over chord progressions.

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[TomoFujitaMusic]

Fantastic phrasing lesson!! Love it!!

[paulmax]

Rick said, ”if you don’t know what to practice, that’s a problem” I can tell you from being self taught and learning the hard way as well as from teaching that should should practice those things you hate to practice! And I’m only half kidding. Of course you don’t want to end up hating practice, but I can guarantee that if you just practice willy nilly you will make little progress. Practice those things which don’t come easily for you.If you have ever heard someone play that is a self taught beginner you know that they play the same things over and over.They play what they know and what comes easily. You have to break that tendency and focus on a routine as if you have a teacher.Give yourself assignments and practice those until you can do them .Here is the most important thing: stop avoiding those things which you find difficult.

[MrTelemath]

Most of my soloing work over the years has been trying to get the right balance between variation and repetition, using different rhythms and dynamics, learning to take breaks and not overplay. Now I'm working more on note choice, targeting chord tones, and playing over more complex changes, and it's a headache, but slowly getting better. Your videos and the Beato Book has helped me a lot on the path already!

[billsybainbridge]

(24:37) Brilliant! "Be predictive. You have to show the listener where we're going". You are LEADING the listener on a journey (or telling a story through the "Narrator's Voice").

[thomasmcgill]

Since finding your channel Ive picked up the guitar after not playing for a hundred years. Computers have made me lazy. LOL!
When I was a kid I was the solo king. I had a great ear and could improvise over almost anything with all of the emotion and expression I could summon from within. After 20 years of not playing the guitar and writing only film scores, there was no improvising in my workflow ... hindering my ability to improvise. I have lost whatever I had that gave me the ability to solo. Videos like this one is helping me find what ever I had as an improviser when I was younger. A tremendous thank you

[geol]

Music Wolverine is in the house!

Very good segment, Rick!

[TheRealCowlick]

"Hey Dylan, wanna come down here and watch me talk to people?"

*"No."*

[scottfuscomusic]

Rick B. is one of my favorite guitarists right now. Can't wait for his debut solo cd!

[DaveZiffer]

Rick: Thanks for the inspiration. I'm in the process of becoming your biggest fan here. IDEA: rather than use software, you can "comp" your own chord sequences using a loop station. Then you become proficient at comping as well, and this sort of practice may lead to your being able to accompany yourself live, with or without the loop station. Just a thought.

[AllanDawsonMuso]

Perhaps one of the luckiest accidents when I started playing the guitar - bearing in mind I had done a bit of Piano for a couple of years, so I had a loose idea of key theory - but coming to the guitar I felt that had all been a bit boring for me, so I wanted to throw myself in at the deep end... so what I decided to do, without any real guidance form anyone, was to just put the radio on and try to play along. I'm sure it sounded horrible for the first few months, but eventually something just clicked, and my fingers just knew where to be. This was what started me off as an improvisational guitarist, up to that point I hadn't really converted any of my theory knowledge from Piano to Guitar, so that came laster, but my fingers... they knew what they were doing! Seems this app you're recommending is a nice alternative :-)

[thomastucker]

Rick is the guy I never knew as a young aspiring musician. I feel like I have known him all my live, like he was my neighbor. Great guy.

[ProffessorMusic]

Perfect! I was literally teaching a lesson on this stuff during the live stream- I should've checked the notification and just put you on, haha

[quantumcrash]

This felt like the guitar version of a painting by Bob Ross. That was great man. I loved the way you went through the process of creating, turning a bland series of notes into something that sounds really cool and is uniquely yours.

[harrym.]

This is such high quality content! - Also like the beard 🧔 Makes you more the master you are for us padawans out there!

[billsybainbridge]

Perfect advice (12:20) - the "Formatic" structure of phrasing, just like in spoken language, needs a phrase: "I like cats", then a sentence: "I like cats because they are warm and fuzzy", then a paragraph (a verse or chorus), then a chapter (the finished song), then a novel (an album). The cool thing, as "call and response" allows interplay between two ideas, you can use humor for contrast, as in "I like cats>>without their fleas>>I like cats>>they make me sneeze", and extend the initial two-part Formatic with variations that add, exchange, or recapitulate with modification on the basic binary structure. Binary is important to structure because human beings primarily feel rhythms in twos. Yes, there are other "counts" of rhythm, but "Binary is Primary".

[shucksful]

17:40. You start going off on the Dorian scale, and I felt like I just won the Lottery of happiness. That, is the scale I’ve been waiting on. Ty.

[evilnudibranch]

Its Rick's evil twin, Rick Beardto!

[jean-francoispotvin]

The more I watch you the more I learn. Even it I dont understand it right away. Thank you so much Rick

[rogerweafer]

A $20 Play Along program is Chord Pulse...loops chord progressions that has bass, drums, guitars, organ, piano, etc....depending on the (many) song styles to choose from. Many, many chord voicings to choose and build from!

[billforster]

33:59 was smoking!
Best half hour of my day. Thanks