How to play like Guthrie Govan - 7 Guitar Concepts for Technique

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Free Guitar Lesson on 7 playing strategies that have inspired me about Guthrie Govan's playing style! Of course its impossible to replicate someone elses experience of playing, but here are 7 tips that might help with getting close to some of the awesome technical ideas in Guthrie Govans guitar playing
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In this Guthrie Govan guitar lesson, I break down some of Guthrie's most iconic playing styles and guitar habits in a way we mere mortals can understand! I take a look at how Guthrie uses bends, slides and 1-string solos in a really interesting way, how he uses chromatic fills to create a rock sound and how arpeggios play a huge part of the Guthrie Govan guitar technique.
I've attempted to put all the combinations and guitar licks into an easy-to-follow masterclass that will help us improve our playing. If you're a fan of this modern-day guitar legend and want to learn how to play the guitar like Guthrie Govan, this is a great stepping stone into his world.
Timestamps:
0:00 Intro to Guthrie Govans playing slides
1:10 Bends, slides & 1 string scales like Guthrie Govan
4:09 Arpeggio sequences in the style of Guthrie Govan (Superimposition)
7:31 Chromatic fills like Guthrie Govan - the rock persona (enclosures)
9:53 Arpeggios & chromatics
11:56 Arpeggios in 4ths
13:48 Combination techniques - Sam's analysis of Guthrie Govan
15:44 Stepping stone practice/gesturing technique and how Guthrie mixes his techniques together
18:57 Notable mentions - being open-minded in your playing!
22:04 Outro

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@aadityakiran_s Жыл бұрын

Someone who looks like Guthrie Govan talking about how to play like him.

@SupreetSinghsuppi Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love this

@StellanAlm Жыл бұрын

You're good at describing this. Most of all it's about creating music and feelgood. His technique is out of this world. Learn from it, but as you emphasize, find your own path. I never copy a lick note by note, just trying to find a similar feel with my own vocabulary.

@SamBellGuitar Жыл бұрын

Thanks Stellan! I appreciate that you appreciate that. Its often just said 'find our own path' but my own experience it takes a lot of trying to copy other paths to really understand that we can only follow our path, and that's a great thing! Sounds like a Zen thing.. 'you are your path'.

@florentlambert6685 Жыл бұрын

Very very cool and instructional video :) would love to see a full video of you playing on this backing track ! I reeeaaally enjoyed the few bits when you were playing 👌 Hat's off !

@markoroje3333 5 ай бұрын

What a great lesson (and playing as well)... for free. Thank you so much for this!! 😁🤘

@Tocesz Жыл бұрын

Even your expressions are Guthrie like! 😁👌🎸🎶🤘

@SamBellGuitar Жыл бұрын

I have been told many, many times by people who know him well!

@saliinger6970 11 ай бұрын

I love this tutoria. Thank you so much! It's like Guthrie Govan teaching his deeper secrets. :0

@dangrather1280 Ай бұрын

What model guitar is that Ibanez?

@Exletionyt Жыл бұрын

I think the tip you missed was having some awesome rockstar hair

Жыл бұрын

thanks it was very helpful. I hope you will make a video about nick johnston's style in the future. take care of yourself

@SamBellGuitar Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad it was useful. Hmm, that's a good shout! I'll keep it in mind. I've got a bunch of other ones ready to go over the next few months.

@lenickramone 2 ай бұрын

what model is this stunning ibanez? looks so beautiful!

@lenickramone 2 ай бұрын

nonetheless... what a class as well!

@lovespeaks777 8 ай бұрын

I thought this was Guthrie at first 😂

@JohnLloydDavis Жыл бұрын

This really great but the audio is ever so slightly out of sync with the video, a little distracting for me :/

@SamBellGuitar Жыл бұрын

Apologies Jonny, still getting my mind around Adobe Prem!

@Cheximus Жыл бұрын

@@SamBellGuitar It's not at all, it's completely fine for me. Great vid mate.

@spanishpeaches2930 Жыл бұрын

The point about Govan is that nobody can play like him. His style is uncopyable.

@SamBellGuitar Жыл бұрын

Exactly! Nice one :) I think that could be said for any artist, especially those who have really carved their own path. And the beauty of it is that we can learn from these artists and take on board certain expressions and make them our own. nobody is born with a name. Its given to us, it is created by our environment, the people around us, the society, in the same way with music, an artist is an expression of their mental and physical environment and attention.

@spanishpeaches2930 Жыл бұрын

@@SamBellGuitar Not so true...perhaps. I've seen Guthrie jamming to tracks and sounding just like some great guitarists. I genuinely think he is a guitar savant....and possible the most talented ever.

@SamBellGuitar Жыл бұрын

@spanish peaches I absolutely love Guthries playing as well, he's a very rare player granted, but nobody is sacred. There's no 'one' person, there are many unknown as well doing astouding things. Possibly putting people on pedestals is dangerous, especially for one's own progression. Far healthier to appreciate, respect and love and know that humans can do some amazing things. It's convenient and safe for us to say it's impossible when actually we have one chance at life, one time to be fully ourselves and to fully appreciate art. That's hard work to do, but it's the work we must do if we really love playing music.