his sense of humour is captivating

He has a degree in english, if i'm not mistaken, or studied english at university

@@scorpiocurse7969 If you told me that he taught English, I wouldn’t be surprised.

he has the unnerving relaxed attitude of a fighter pilot describing in real time how to get out of a tail spin to the only remaining concious passenger who is now flying the broken plane drunk and making it sound less stressful than going to the shop for an item ...any item ... its just a metaphor , go away

@@EvilSean62 Yep. It's the confidence or whatever you call it that comes with the level of skill he's achieved.

ScarredRomeo lol, you’re not that bad...

Or Ritchie Blackmore, to be fair.

AAAHAHAHAAA! ... that was so honest it was HILARIOUS! ... even though it WASN'T true -- your Mother ALWAYS wants to hear you play.

Mark Marsh not mine

@@markmarsh27 Actually both of mine don't (I am adopted..therefore 2 or more to be honest Mums!!) lol!!

There's a few more of these on the channel :)

100 thumbs up button please.... he’s the best guitar teacher on youtube imo

This is pure gold. Thanks

Yeah, he is a treasure to mankind 👍

@@dimedetroit Love it, though there is never enough Guthrie Govan lessons :)

@MrMisterMan You shouldn't call yourself a simp

@MrMisterMan no way you’re over 16 based on your replies

Makes him a very good teacher. His videos are some of the best.

He is really funny! Such a great natural charm that shines through the shyness.

English would also be a highly valid option. The man’s mastery of language is really beautiful. He is able to convey concepts which might otherwise become convoluted to explain in a witty, concise and ultimately effective manner.

@Marco Estors wow you must really know the guy to know exactly how he would be. Or you're just a cynical moron who's projecting his own pathetic reality onto others. Either way, bravo

Guthrie is a good guy. I remember when as a young guy he won young guitarist of the year award. He’s a decent well brought up man with good values and work ethic who loves his music and decided to seriously study the guitar instead of other disciplines or academic careers that people of his studious nature normally pursue. Therefore having studied guitar all his life seriously, he is a master of the guitar and other related disciplines. It’s a lesson to all. Talent is only one thing. But unless you apply it with a serious work ethic and consistent study and dedication, you will not achieve your goals or mastery. There are talented musicians I’ve met in the past, complete creative geniuses and self taught naturals but they lacked discipline and morals and a work ethic so they ended up losers, getting nowhere, always chasing drugs and women and wasting their lives penniless and producing nothing. Very sad. This is why there’s so few Guthrie’s around. Because unless you’ve all the necessary requirements and keep working hard, you won’t get anywhere in life. Some don’t care to, but as long as they don’t complain about it or blame others and get jealous of those who did do something in their lives, then I guess it’s ok.

Also if he died his hair and beard, he would be a great Russell brand impersonator

Hes like a hippy version of alan partridge

Haha hahahahaha this is the perfect comment.

@@mattnew33 it's all I could hear in my head

Think I prefer him talking, don't really like his playing or why he feels the need to wanna play fast all the time, by the end of the eighties all of that shred stuff, the arpeggios, the tapping, had been done to death by pretty much everyone and their dog and it became overkill.

I swear thats right

i hope his soothing voice that makes you relax, cus realizing how far guthrie's skill compare to me is.. *@SQ>*&!!

I think you can just tell that he absolutely loves it, he isnt judging anyone he is imparting wisdom, I had an old guitar tutor that while he wasnt into the marty friedman style scales as I was he would not ask me to play anything he just taught me, very hard to find. Top blokes.

Justin sandercoe

@@phutureproof So true. I also feel like he's not bullying anyone with his immense knowledge. He's just providing food for thought and backing it up with unfuckwithable logic based on an immense knowledge that was derived from an absolute love of music which was fostered by his family. I think that strong family support is what allows him to be accessible. Either way, he's a friggin genius that is far beyond parlor tricks. Plus, he doesn't need studio magic to produce amazing songs... *steps off soapbox*

This is how humbleness effects people. His playing shows the skill gap but his words show you how to approach his level. I think he knows in a lot of ways he’s on an island, but he’s very good about inviting people to join him.

It's just unfair

I bet he has A minor pentatonic down by now.

Can he become any better?

Xc Force maybe

At this point I believe he's able to play guitar with his mind, not using his fingers anymore tbh xd

If he did, music theory would expand for them to be right

I enjoyed the fuck out of this comment James

That means I can do something on guitar not even Guthrie can do.

These comments killed me tbh

@@matthewlyle3295 yours as well

I heard the same thing, but its called jazz

I've done this many times, and it works. It doesn't matter what genre you're playing, and it doesn't necessarily sound like jazz. If you play the same note a third time though, it becomes wrong again.

Adam Neely: repetition legitimizes repetition legitimizes repetition legitimizes

Sounds like Pete right ?

Miles Davis said: if you play a wrong note, play it again so the audience thinks its part of your genius.

Beautifully summarized

Ear music is a must

I think this is where players hit a plateau though, once you're consciously looking to express music rather than learn technique (which really is the first few years of an instrument) it quickly becomes a source of frustration. I often find I can't play anything emotionally relevant despite having good technique/theory in the back of my head. Suppose it's like being able to speak vs telling a story.

Think it was jealousy

I was wondering about that.

that neck beard has got to go.

KZfaq comments tend to not yield audible laughter from me. Today is not that day.

And his toothbrush as well

He hasn’t. Which sucks. I’m glad he made this too.

Just a shame that it's 2020 and videos are still being uploaded in 720p... I had to shrink this down to the mini player on my screen to remove the pixellation! 😂

And seeing him look exactly the same as the old videos too.

I think this might be old because now he has gray hair. He was doing tours with the Aristocrats up until Covid. I saw him in Dublin back in Feb '20. He was excellent, of course, but I do wonder if he's become tired of music/guitar or something. It must be a very difficult time to be an artist right now.

that was some Hogwarts shit, bro

Right

Damn, I thought it was illegal to play a mode if the note wasn’t in the chord until he put it like that.

I don't think there is anyone better Can you imagine a guy like Angus Taking a lesson from this guy haha

no shit. my brain exploded in about the first 37 seconds.

Matteo Mancuso all the time

With all due respect to GV, Buckethead is the 🐐 and sadly he doesn't talk.

@@matteob7320 he aint nowhere close nor have the phd iq of Guthrie to begin with.

@@Marco-bh9im to begin with phd iq is total nonsense... to end with

@@matteob7320 No it's not nonsense. Guthrie is at a much higher level in all aspects. Mancuso's musicality, understanding and playing is at a bachelors degree level compared to Guthrie phd level, capisce? Or Mancuso is still at high school music whereas Guthrie is at university as the professor. Comprehend?!

One day all men will be like Guthrie

OK, stand by for more Guthrie goodness! :)

@@dimedetroit awesome!

Nice.

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/r8yjiJh8y6yafHk.html YEEEAH!!!!

Well, don't be superficial then

A good example of why we shouldn’t judge by appearances

All genuinely intelligent people look something like this, because they care very little about anything that isn’t abstract.

@@InceyWincey lol, what does «looks like this» mean? The guy has a great beard, nice hair and is slimmer than 98% of men his age

Quite

Are you a wizard?

@@lurker9634 nah. But it'd be nice to have some magic abilities sometimes. hehe

You mean 1, 3 and 5. Also, I swear I see you in every guitar video xd

@@georgetzathas9002 no, I meant 1, 2 and 5. Added 2 or 9 will always sound nice because it is always in both maj and min scales. I mean by 2, a tone. 2 frets. If doing that phrygian, then of course a tone above the root would suck hard. hehehe

Me too. We're weirdos.

It's not too bad if you use the tension it brings to your advantage

Try listening to Jazz...Sounds like you would be a fan. Out of time, tourette's syndrome style of phrasing, ect. It is pleasant to some people.

If you like those tense "wrong" notes you should give the aussie band 'the Drones' and 'Tropical Fuck Storm' a go. Killer musicians who use them in some of the coolest ways i've heard.

those parts sounded incomplete, but they sounded like they could be followed well by another cool part, leaves some good tension

Well, I would argue that Govan+Beller+Minnemann (aka *The Aristocrats* ) is just as much of a super group - only with a more modest drum kit.

Yeah I think this guy is too bogged down in theory and scalar patterns dictating how he expresses himself, that's where one sacrifices their feel over technique. When he deems some notes as 'wrong' it's all about the context in which they are placed and a host of other factors. Music isn't a science, and him treating it as such will never yield an emotional connection with an audience.

@@pleasepermitmetospeakohgre1504 Implying Guthrie can't play with "feel" and only relies on theory is hilarious.

No, it’s just an incredibly common pentatonic lick

@@maxeh9879 Really? It might be a common lick but I've heard Guthrie put such easter eggs multiple times whenever he improvs

@@aakashmondal789 I know what you mean, but in this case specifically I wouldn’t say it’s right to assume that he purposefully wedged Layla into it, I think it’s much more likely that he just did it by accident

To achieve that you have to be at his level on multiple instruments, if he dies tomorrow, he only would have mastered one element

Lol

wgerd98 he seems to be the only AVATAR to master ONE ☝️ ELEMENT to a point that transcends all other elements together to defeat The Justin Bieber Lord!

Lol

@MrMisterMan damn son, you better watch your diet, too much salt can be bad for you.

Being Portuguese myself, this sounds like Fado to me. 😀

Everything in music is aesthetics :)

AKA nothing wrong with either, etc :)

I agree. Sounded totally appropriate

You're not the only one. Ian Anderson from the Thick as a Brick days.

Until he plays it

@@nicoloparacini633 Haha, yep totally, can't argue with that!

@Leigh Hewit Hahah, love it! A great song, coupled with a Python reference? What more could we want?!?!! I've got a vague memory of watching a video about how Army Of Me isn't actually Locrian, because Bjork sings the 5th- could be totally misremembering though!

@@JbfMusicGuitar I remember having a discussion in the youtube comment section on some video where it claims it was locrian. If I remember correctly, I didn't regard it as C locrian but as some mode of Bb. That had something to do with the bassline playing the Bb on the strong beats of the bar, therefor kind of implying that the root from which to build the scale is Bb, not C, something along those lines.

He even said it was rubbish one time

For sure. And in my own playing (and no doubt Guthrie knows this as well) those sour notes are great to linger on before resolving them into something more “pleasing.” Or just staying there and really owning the dissonance. Like he said it takes an understanding of the mode and the moods it can evoke so you can responsibly use dissonant sounds. For a beginner though it’s better to have them avoid those notes as much as possible until they have that confident grasp of the scale and actually have intention behind their playing.

Praise be to our Lord and Saviour Guthrie Govan!

Hahaha !!

Ah nice one, thanks. I'm always interested in the older applications of music and its theory. The Gregorians had 12 modes if I remember correctly, which were hyper variants of our refined tertian system. I'm not sure if the eras overlap, but worth a look into if you haven't already.

I agree with that !!! ;)

I saw him playing 9ths and sounds like 7ths too. Common chord variations used to spice up music :)

e b 6 13 10 5 7 5 g 7 12 9 4 0 0 d 8 13 10 6 0 0 a 8 11 8 4 e 3 1 I transcribed this for you. the chords are Bb, the next 3 are in drop-2 voicing, AbMa7, FMa7, Dbmi7, the last 2 chords are hard to name, let's just say Emi9 with no root, and Fma9 but who really knows. There might be a better way to name the chords but im just doing roots since there's no key. So if you want to learn these voicings they're called drop 2 voicings.

You can find most of them on JTC youtube channel and website, if you want more of him you can check his trio band with two other beast players bryan on bass and marco on drums. His band name is 'The Aristocrats'. Hope I whatever information I provided was helpful to you sir. CHEERS

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