Chris Buck's 5 Tips To Better Blues-Rock Guitar

Chris Buck's 5 Tips To Better Blues-Rock Guitar | Guitar.com

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Жыл бұрын

To celebrate the release of Cardinal Black's debut album, January Came Close, on 28 October, we caught up with guitarist Chris Buck to find out his top five tips to make you a better blues-rock guitar player… or a better guitar player in general.
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@jeremydean6320 Жыл бұрын

Chris is one of the best guitarists alive right now...there's something about his feel and command of melody that trumps the shredders..just such tasteful playing.

@kevinallman6700 Жыл бұрын

Totally agree,he truly has it (wti) in spades!! Love listening to him play and hear his thinking 🤔❣️

@castleanthrax1833 Жыл бұрын

If you haven't seen it already, check out his appearance with Martin Miller, when they played Purple Rain. They were both incredible. ✌️

@abishekx25 10 ай бұрын

I Accept

@waltuhhimself 8 ай бұрын

Easily shits on guys like tim henson etc

@michael1 Ай бұрын

"Chris is one of the best guitarists alive right now." - Covid must have been worse than reported then.

@bendubose9887 Жыл бұрын

Love seeing Chris Buck getting more attention and recognition! Incredibly expressive guitarist!

@derekhenderson1730 Жыл бұрын

My premise has always been "what you leave out is as important as what you put in". Lovely playing Chris, very soulful.

@colinpadley1897 Жыл бұрын

I agree, just endless shredding is great but boring. Listen to Carlos Santana, doubt he can shred etc, but what he gets out of one nite can be stunning.

@colinpadley1897 Жыл бұрын

Chris has a fabulous technique and is a lovely melodic tasteful player.

@kollateralschadensbegrenzu4929 Жыл бұрын

Oh man that magic at 3:31 ❤

@johnw4659 Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for all of these great tips. I happen to have found all of them to be 'new' to me so, much appreciated, Chris.

@Momentum88 Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Great tips Chris. Can’t wait to have the album in hands! 🖤

@louevans18 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris

@guyrossi607 Жыл бұрын

Great comments! Going to definitely apply it to my playing.

@peteracosta744 8 ай бұрын

This man can really play and gets amazing Tone.

@robhead22 Жыл бұрын

Fabulous instruction! Second only to the quality of your playing. Thank you!

@borisstoll2142 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris for your ongoing inspirations! I love tip #5, the older I get the more comfortable I get with less - I always thaught I just get slower :)

@srinip Жыл бұрын

Excellent video and great tips. And that's on top of great, tasty playing,,thanks!!

@ulfsvensson9710 Жыл бұрын

Interresting thoughts. And very valid.

@TybudX Жыл бұрын

Well that was fantastic.

@aaronp6426 Жыл бұрын

Plug plug! Great job as always Mr Buck!

@mfiles_official Жыл бұрын

Great Stuff!

@craigpons7153 Жыл бұрын

Unreal Chris ,

@b.rodclark7349 Жыл бұрын

In the early 80s, my vibrato sucked! My idea at the time was to bend a note a half or full step and use the vibrato bar looking back in hindsight that was pretty much the lazy way of using vibrato until I made it a habit to continue practicing for years until I actually got into a comfort zone anytime I felt like using it without a vibrato bar... great tips and great video!

@benmaguire4098 Жыл бұрын

Always Cool .. Makes it look easy lol ... Pure Class .. Deserves the Front Cover .

@joeurbanowski321 Жыл бұрын

👍🏼❤️… less IS more… where are all the artists..? Negative space IS space…✌🏼

@manfredbazarov6417 Жыл бұрын

I think learning the intervals on one string and playing horizontally could be a huge development for me. I f anyone knows any good exercises for developing this, please let me know.

@LysanderLH Жыл бұрын

The only way is to buy even more gear! Fact! Just ask any guitar shop.

@castleanthrax1833 Жыл бұрын

There's nothing wrong with that. It's as much a "collection" hobby as it is a "playing" one. I've gone a little crazy over the last 12 months though. The sales atm are causing me much anxiety as I'm trying to go "cold turkey". ✌️

@56davidwright Жыл бұрын

1) buy a car 2) wash your undies and socks 3) regularly 4)buy food and beverages 5)sleep sometimes

@markuslinnanen555 Жыл бұрын

What's the sweet Jazzmaster?

@CanYouFlyBackwards Жыл бұрын

Hopefully Chris and his band mates at CB will get enough backing to do a proper US tour. I wonder if anyone's ever independently crowd funded something like that...

@GerryBlue Жыл бұрын

How would one go about practicing tip 1? Take one scale and run it along just one string?

@roddiculousguitar Жыл бұрын

Yeah, start with the major scale. Put on a backing track ,say in C major (or just a C major chord over and over), then run up and down the C major, saying the intervals out loud as you play them... 1, 2, 3, ... etc. Pay attention to the sound each interval makes too. Then can do the same with natural minor, pentatonics, etc.

@GerryBlue Жыл бұрын

@@roddiculousguitar Thanks, very useful advice

@roddiculousguitar Жыл бұрын

@@GerryBlue 👍👍👍🙂

@andrewbecker3700 Жыл бұрын

I think he realizes the better he feels about the direction his playing is going, the less there is to prove. Simplifying the sometimes stretched out sections of songs to create some contrast with fewer notes is the sign of a master. Iommi,Clapton,Angus.

@benallmark9671 Жыл бұрын

I agree with you. Funny I watched a Tom Bukovak video earlier and he was talking about this exact same thing.

@andrewbecker3700 Жыл бұрын

@@benallmark9671 If I had half the skills Chris is blessed with, I'd probably make everyone nauseous with my endless noodling. The less is more formula can be applied to most styles of guitar playing with great success. If you can get a Rick Ruben type involved in the production, they have a knack for being able to cherry pick the material and streamline the songs into hits sometimes. What most people wanna hear, may not be the guitar wizards best stuff.

@benallmark9671 Жыл бұрын

@@andrewbecker3700 exactly , well said.

@Furtheronmusic Жыл бұрын

Great tips. But Erm Chris we need to see/hear you on that piano over your left shoulder 🤣

@Yannplaysguitar Жыл бұрын

Need to ask: that jazzmaster… Fender or Squier?

@kalkidasofficial Жыл бұрын

Modern Squier Jazzmasters are excellent for the price.

@castleanthrax1833 Жыл бұрын

The one he's playing at the end is a Fender. You can see the logo come into "frame" a couple of times. I'm pretty sure I've seen him play a squire before though.

@masterjesus797 7 ай бұрын

@4:10-6:03

@h34rts9 5 ай бұрын

1:08

@Belchenradler-biketouren Жыл бұрын

Funny for me to hear (as an old guy with 58 and playing guitar for more than 45 years), when a young guy like Chris says: "The older I get, the less I play". How will this end someday?

@petergraham9267 Жыл бұрын

Really interesting, especially the vibrato bit......given that you never seem to vibrato on a bent note (polar opposite of say Paul Kossoff) which give s very distinct sound to your playing......and shows the accuracy needed to bend and hold absolutely in tune. Not and easy thing.

@lanceklein7957 Жыл бұрын

✌️ ρяσмσѕм

@christopher-miles Жыл бұрын

like, i appreciate the effort; it must be super hard to find an excuse to promote your own music on social-media-platforms. like your own. LOL!

@slawsonscot Жыл бұрын

Who else would or should he use? He’s a great player and using his own material means that he doesn’t have copyright issues. I’m personally happy to get advice from him because he’s way beyond me in terms of technique.

@christopher-miles Жыл бұрын

@@slawsonscot agreed. you know tips like; vibrato and using dynamics isn't new. no-wonder his no.1! LOL!

@slawsonscot Жыл бұрын

@@christopher-miles ok ok, you've made your point, so go on then... show us your music portfolio 😉 Nobody's saying he's number 1, simply that he's a great player that we can all learn something from 😀

@andrewbanner7165 Жыл бұрын

A *free* instructional from one of the greatest guitarists of the last decade and you're moaning? 'LOL' 🤦🏻‍♂

@castleanthrax1833 Жыл бұрын

Why the sarcastic tone? Nobody ever becomes too good at playing the guitar, so I'm more than happy to hear tips from Chris Buck. Granted these aren't revolutionary, but it's always good to do some "revision", as you can easily neglect certain aspects without realising it.

@wojciechimielski4313 Жыл бұрын

Tell me, please, do you really need to make these stupid faces while playing...?

@kalkidasofficial Жыл бұрын

Heck yeah! Tone is in the fingers and face.

@dalenixon9715 Жыл бұрын

Which facial expression should we settle on, a neutral/ blank expression or a look of suprise or shock. And why do players feel the need to move around, just stand still or better yet sit on a chair.

@BlackofAzur Жыл бұрын

Yeah you do

@ChrisBuckGuitar Жыл бұрын

If I had any control over my face when I was playing, I wouldn't be making those faces.

@wojciechimielski4313 Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisBuckGuitar You can control fingers, legs, head etc., but with face it's impossible?