How To Improvise On Guitar with Julian Lage | Sound Advice

On this episode of Sound Advice, Julian Lage teaches us the improvisation process that has helped him become such an admired and accomplished guitarist.

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Julian Lage's Gear:

Chapters
3:23 Improvised Demonstration and Analysis
5:29 Improving your Improvisation Demonstration
7:38 Connecting ideas Demonstration
9:59 Feeling The Big Beat
11:45 Big Beat Demonstration
12:40 Bigger Beat Demonstration
13:36 Biggest Beat Demonstration
16:19 Gear Rundown
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[ebifurai]

julian talking about ego death through playing. love it

[JebMcIntyre]

Julian is one of the best teachers on the planet, perhaps because he's one of the best students. And of course there's no better player. Thank you Julian!

[SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

Dude is a genius. Literally a living legend already

[silviotavares]

The depth of his thinking and the way he articulates and demonstrates his thoughts is just sublime... what a gem this is.

[jameswilliamjones]

I like how he doesn’t give you a formula or a recipe. He gives you the essence of the feeling. This is the best kind of teaching.

[pursharthchawla]

Mr. Lage in his signature, effortless manner, simplifies concepts that have confounded and therefore been jargonised multiple times over generations. He has what most geniuses of 21st century lack, the pulse of all guitarists, their pain points AND the eager willingness to share his knowledge for the world to benefit from. What a beautiful mind and soul. thank you 🙏

[JoeBlakeonQuora]

Oh my! My love of the guitar has kept me involved for 70 years (now 84) and I heard Julian live in San Francisco 3 weeks ago! Oh boy!! Am besotted with the mind, the man, the music - the heart, and the capacity of this beautiful being. And now this joyous video on improvisation (I’ve often felt it’s my lab and I’m doing research). Here Julian is generously opening up his laboratory for a walk-through! Thank you! Much gratitude, dear friend.

[chrislink]

Julian is just the best, totally down to earth and one of the most soulful players I've ever heard. Love his records.

[jeffersonshuck]

I really appreciated this exercise idea of feeling the bigger beat or playing in a widened beat. What it did for my ear was change the expectation of resolve. I think it also loosens the correlation of rhythm, beat, and tempo.

[rdctd]

Just cannot get enough of this gent. So well and thoughtfully spoken, immensely gifted and hard working. Simply endlessly inspiring. I've been playing for about a quarter century, countless teachers, lessons and hours practicing, yet, any one of Julian's pieces and performances contain more music than it all combined.

[KXGtrs]

this is the best soloing lesson on youtube.

[It_is_Psych]

I really admire his charismatic approaches in music. Extraordinary artist describing his approaches to his art is spiritually compelling. If there is one thing, I would really like to hear him play overdriven guitar tone just because I know that he would really take it to the next level with his approaches.

[vmorrisful]

Another fantastic lesson full of insights. Never consciously focused spacing the subdivisions differently but it makes so much sense. Thank you!

[cameronvanberkum]

this immediately improved my improvisation. Lage really nailed it with: ~sometimes you want to fill up the space, to look cool, to not fuck up, that's fine but it can scramble your thinking AND personal enjoyment of playing. Slow down and listen sometimes.

[alanblakeguitarist]

Wow never knew how to express what he explained here. Julian is great and really understands much about our instrument

[evp]

This is the sort of Julian Lage content I've been yearning for!

[StevenR-yj]

Thank you Julian love this you’re a gifted musician I have all of your CD’s and your music inspires me

[mikek]

this is the best advice, and the best demonstration of 'feeling bigger beats' ive ever seen. kudos.

[phillychurch]

Sigh. And woof.

Thanks for the lesson and the access to Julien’s expertise.

Those of us who know what’s up, know what’s up and we appreciate everyone involved in making this.

[voltz]

The man is brilliant in every possible way!