I really love his teaching style. He is magnificent at conveying concepts. I've learnt a lot from some of his articles and teaching material. Anyone who wants to improve the guitar playing should absolutely study Joe Satriani.

Great tips. But he still tried to kill Harry Potter.

The one thing I really love about all these instructional videos Joe has done over the years is that he's really trying to teach the student real musicianship. A lot of the videos nowadays mostly focus on speed (and that's fine, I admit to being a shred fan myself) - but imo things like knowing all the different keys, scales and modes, recognizing intervals and chord voicings are so much more important for one to become a professional musician than just technical ability.

Thank God this dude is on the face of this world. His music has gotten me through so many problems, i have a lot of respect for this talented man. thank you Joe you re the best.

Figure 6 creeps me out

Definitely good advice to live by as a guitarist! Straight from the master himself :)

This video is very good. I have seen Joe in concert many times and knew he was a teacher but this really shows him in a manner such as I haven't seen before. He has a very calm, matter-of-fact nature that is so not intimidating. I've always thought he seemed like a cool dude but this really confirms it. Very helpful and usable tips. Go Joe!

the video that flipped me to upper intermediate level. i love you joe satriani, thank you

3:08 "I'm not really warmed up right now" O_O

When Satch talks about guitar, you just listen! He's just an amazing guitarist!

i love how he says im not really warmed up yet even though he can play that tiny solo with amazing speed and accuracy and show us those amazing little drills and lessons

Priceless Tips.. I remember seeing this Years ago and it hitting home while starting to learn.🙏 great sounding guitar too.. yea.. 😌🙌🎶

When Joe Satch talk about guitar, you listen.

Damn it, he makes it look SO easy to do, master hahha.

I’m back after watching this 10 years ago. These are solid tips for lead playing.

And you call this an easy warm-up Joe??? this is already genius !! with love and respect Joe, thx for the inspirational lesson !!

I posted this video to help guitarists of multiple skill levels, to allow them to hear advice from a master in the field. If you are here to bash Joe Satriani, I kindly ask you to leave.

Please. No epic trolls here. If I see any they will be deleted. thanks.

I admire Joe for these insights and his willingness to share. It speaks volumes about the man.

Excellent! Most people on youtube want to show you a particular run, method or song. I'm always left wondering how they attain those particular sounds. My hands never seem to be strong or agile enough to do it so I get frustrated and quit trying. This shows me how to build a foundation for doing those things. Thank you.

amazing player and instructor. I walked away from this with a few ideas

No lie I've watched this like 3 times and forgot each time while I was high as fuck dunno ifwatched it like 3 times or dejavu

Joe Satriani has a good soul and that is why he is blessed with the way he plays, he has worked very hard for it and anyone who wants to be good needs to put in the research and the hard work and to know your limitations, thank you Joe for such a cool lesson

You know, I've watched this video a million times and only now have I realized the efficacy of these exercises. Joe is still a great teacher.

@bulaba911 You must have misunderstood me; I think Joe Satriani is one of the best musicians alive, and one of the best guitarists too. I was just trying to reason with another commenter.

U r the best!

In every way , shape , and form he has got it all down .... He has this very common sense approach to teaching .... Joe's awesome !

He's such a brilliant, practical guy. Clearly the heart of a teacher.

1:57 I tryed, and I lost my finger.

I want to watch puppy videos.

The man possesses striking balance of talent and work ethic. Thanks for sharing this.

17 years ago? This must be one of the first videos uploaded to KZfaq! Why doesn’t this have 100m views??

seriously wtf is that beanie

great, if you're after that 'firetruck that has to pee' sound....

This provided me with a whole new look on scales. I don't know any scales except A minor pentatonic because I don't feel like learning music theory. This has motivated me to try and use the whole neck.

Satriani IS a great teacher. He learnt from and taught some great guitarists himself. He probably is one of the greatest guitar knowledge experts (playing wise) alive today. Do what feels comfortable was a tip i particularly like and it's the most important. Everyone is different and uses different playing styles, think outside the box.. Good video.

Wow..Ive been playing for 21 years and i find this exercise fascinating

Yes, i had the exact same problem before. it's all about the strength in your fingers; when you use a hammer on, you must always press your finger on the fret you are hammering on pretty hard, and when you release your finger from the fret, make sure you grab it a little up and then release it fast with a the grab, which is very important.

not only a great player, but a great teacher as well.

this is probably the best advice I found yet

I felt the same way earlier this year when I first picked up the guitar and I have average size hands at best. Now I can reach from the first fret to fifth with relative ease. If I can give any advice that helped me is try a chromatic excercise with a 4 finger/4 fret stretch, play the first 4 notes on the Low E string in succession from the first fret to fourth...then move to A string, D, G, B and E. Move over a fret, repeat and come back to Low E. Repeat this all the way up the fingerboard.

that chord exercise is BRUTAL

Joe, You're awesome!! There's not too many guitar gods out there today that share with us lowly amatures (that aspire to play like this) as much as you do. THANKS AGAIN!!

this lesson is worth good amount of money, i am glad that he teaches careless of getting money out of it

Joe Satriani is an amazingly humble man and an unbelievably incredible guitar player...

tone is everything...satriani is coming to my country by the end of the month.

He definitely is. Met him at a record signing a couple of years ago and he could not have been nicer. No pretense about him whatsoever, he was geuninely friendly and approachable.

wow.... just wow.. tryed this lesson out for about 30 minutes and now my pinky can do things it never did befor :O im amazed

Those diminished chords sound really cool in the pattern he plays it in. Slightly gypsy jazz-like.

when everyone always advise about alternate picking... joe satriani put bending on the first list. its because bending also has something similar to vibrato. and the vibrato is the thing that make you sounds like a pro and beautiful

He's my favorite guitar player for all time! Great lesson.

I suck slightly less on guitar, because of this simple lesson. Love it.

To clarify: He's not referring to economy picking, that's something unrelated. He's referring to your left hand movement: When you change from chord to chord, or note to note, try to keep your fingers as close to the fretboard as possible when you lift them up, and try to only press them down with the pressure needed to sound the note and keep it ringing. It helps to keep your hand parallel to the fretboard. You have to practice this slow, but it will help you play faster.

Great tips! sorta simplifies my practice routine now. Guitar is not overly complex when simply following these rituals. After a few weeks you really start to notice some great dexterity. Guitar playing to me is, muscular development and communication between fingers and different parts of the brain that are not commonly used before undergoing guitar playing. Hand to eye coordination is also bettered.

I'd like to add, too, that most great guitarists adapt their style of play to suit their brains and physiognomy. If stretches aren't your thing, focus on chromaticism and 1-finger-per-fret shapes. You may find your fingers are stronger than longer, spindlier finger shapes and this could be an advantage for hammer-ons, pull-offs, bends etc. Go with your strengths and be the best YOU ever. PS Pat Metheny is a stellar example of that...

To be honest, as a teacher myself, out of key practice is best for new students who dont know the scales or intervals yet. So they can practice something until they gain more knowledge/strength.

if your taking the time to learn all the notes, your doing a much better job than most guitarists, most other read tabs. I played violin for about 10 years (4 to about 14) before I started playing guitar, so I was lucky that I didnt fall into that hole.

Hey everyone thanks for all the views and all the nice discussions. If anyone is curious this is from a very old GuitarOne magazine (do they still make those?) that I bought a few months after I started playing. Idk if you can find the tabs for this anymore, in the magazine it had tabs and explanations...to bad that magazine is long gone...I'm very unorganized...heh. Also, I AM NOT JOE SATRIANI. For some reason people seem to insist on sending me tells for autographs....=/.

The way he keeps the note progression loud is he picks, then hammers the note, then he pulls his finger off of the string at an angle, bending the string and using his finger as an extra pick, so to speak. You need to turn your hand towards the floor ever so slightly to give it some extra strength.

I watch a lot of his recorded concerts and that appears to be his favorite guitar.

@DeSpoTic7 VERY WELL SAID, I don't understand why everyone tries to compare guitarist.Just enjoy their talent and try to learn something from them.

Satch is one of the exceptions. He's truly a guitar teacher before he went mainstream. That means he knows what he's teaching and can articulate it effectively. At the same time he is aware of his students skill level and how to communicate such ideas. But yeah, he can only teach his approach, not his guitar playing per se, so that part is left for us to learn.

I will go and practice those 40 hours a day. Thank you for teaching me, master.

Useful tips and exercises not only for the newbie.

your doing fine. Learning theory will really help you get better faster if you understand it. The manual skill will come with patience and GOOD practice - (Ex. 30 minutes a day is better than 1 very long session a week, no short cuts, don't just learn songs, understand them) things like that

The last exercise was nice. Tanks mr. Satriani!

if you learn the notes on the neck that always makes it easier, but search youtube for a video called "Hopscotch Method", that should help you. I am recalling this from memory but im pretty sure the video is still around, it's a good method for getting around the neck. Hope this helps!

Any comments, profile comments, and friend invites are always welcome and appreciated. I'm glad everyone likes this video. I never thought it'd get close to 900k hits. (Hoping for 1million soon)

He seems like one the friends you have who actually show up to help you move.

@Lolz4Every1 Go to all-guitar-chords(it's a website) ,they obviously have many chords, scales over the whole neck, all possible forms of playing an arpeggio, it can even name chords and scales when you just name the notes. AND, what i find best, it tells you which chords sound good over what and what sounds good over which chords, best guitar resource i've found in my life.

joe I am a ten year old guitar player and I am one of your biggest fans and my dad phillip went back stage with you when you met his friend on an airplane and I want to go to one of your conserts PS...your awsome

Not only is he a guitar god,he actually knows HOW to teach.

The font in the beggining Looks like an AVATAR one, just as magical as his playing.

Every note he plays sounds awesome....

A terrific helpful video, courtesy of one of the greatest guitar players of all time.. Great post. Thanks!!

I like you wannabe guitarists that say joe satriani has no style or he doesn't know what he's talking about. But please direct me to your videos of playing infront of thousands and being hailed as one of the greatest guitarists of all time.

What he means is, if you have muscle strain, you need to stop and relax, playing guitar should feel effortless and comfortable. If your starting, your fingers might hurt and you may feel some muscle burn, that's natural, what's BAD is if you start getting cramps when you play. If that happens, STOP, slow down, relax, and try to get it "right"

You can tell he's a brilliant teacher, no wonder Steve Vai and Kirk Hammett turned out alright after learning off this legend.

one of his best lessons

I'm a grandparent and I bang my head to Corey's daddy's metal band, "Aghori." Vote in DEC for "Aghori" often and daily on 2010 Project Independent USA metal band contest---and keep metal REAL. PEACE!

this was the most useful lesson on youtube

This is a blessing....thank you Satch....

satriani's legato is ridiculous. Great technique! Even though I'm not too in to his music in general, I like his legato lines.

I wish more "Great Guitarists" would share their knowledge like Mr. Joe Satriani. Others tend to keep their technique a secret just to be better than the rest.

Steve Vai and Slash of GNR was also Joe Satriani's Student.. as you can see @ G3 concerts.. steve vai bows to satriani as a respect teaching him..

yea listen to this guy and take his advice! i love Satriani!

shit! he's actually trying to teach! not just show off like many of the other 'lessons' on youtube! thanks alot dude

We shake hands in 2008 , at Guitar Center Manhattan NY city, very nice guy.

Joe makes everything simple U_U. I would like to see him when he started playing.

Even the guy's scale exercises sound beautiful. Satch ftw.

@lucidsg it's just a finger per string. Ex: 1 finger on 1st fret of E string - 2 finger on 2nd fret of A string.

Joe Satriani Silent Predator song by JD Carricatti , awesome !!!

he's a great teacher thanks Satch

i so wanted to take lessons from him...he seems to be a very cool dude....

the best guitar teacher you can have!

Within the first 10 or 12 seconds of figure 6 I swear I hear a structure from one of the first 3 Castlevania games from NES!! Satriani! Love Castlevania! Wheeee!!

Thank you, Mr.Striani

@easydp Doing warm-up exercises and massages before you begin to practice helps prevent injuries. Simple stretches to your arms and hands also help.

Joe's fingers are always on the perfect ways.

satriani is living legend, one of my hero