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John's definition of "intermediate blues guitar player" is VERY different than my own.

This might be the only masterclass a blues player needs.

This guitar teacher is really underrated! I hope his name will get more attention someday

Been playing for 13 years now and this has to be one of the best lessons I have ever seen.

Can we just talk for a second about how impressive it is the way he effortlessly switches between playing with a pic and playing with his fingers. Look at the way he hides his pick in between his fingers and then pulls it out at will. it's a lot harder than it looks!

Playing the blues is like playing golf with out re-setting the tee.. just keep going. Make a mistake, go again... what a legend and great analogy.

There is a lifetime of things to learn in this one lesson. Its priceless. Thanks for posting.

I'd always look forward for Sunday's to set my mood right with Current Mood.. But when he jumps on instagram live randomly to share his magic tricks, then it's a whole new level of interaction.. Mann!! Love this guy!

The closed captions generated are priceless... JCM: "So, You're in C" CC: "So, Urine See."

This guy is so gifted. Best masterclass so far in the net

Man, it'd be so great to have John Mayer as an actual guitar teacher. I really hope he keeps these up.

Man, kinda not cool to put ads every five minutes on something that you just slapped on KZfaq and didn't really create and produce yourself.

It's amazing that he does this sort of thing for the guitar community. BB King has a ton of videos with him teaching too. So sad Clapton has only 1 time ever discussed technique - way back in the 70s!!

I've never seen a guitarist make one guitar sound like an entire band like John, insane

I been playing blues for 15 years, this is one of the best lessons out there.

I love watching him play. You can literally see the passion he has for guitar in his eyes and face as he's playing. Then that clean blues sound comes out lol niceee you are an inspiration brother thanks.

it really speaks to who he is as an artist that he put out this kind of content on his social media to teach and inspire so many people. the man is really about the music and you can hear it in every note.

Intermediate to most= plugging in the guitar Intermediate to John= playing the whole Jimmy Hendrix set

I just stumbled onto this today. My gosh, John Mayer is so much fun to watch. He enjoys playing and yet humble enough to want to teach what he does. I learned so much throughout the video. “What if I make a mistake “. His comment, so what you made a mistake, just keep playing till you get it right is his encouragement. 😊. After watching the video and I went straight for my guitar and practiced from the enthusiasm I felt from watching him.

I like how this is a masterclass in blues guitar but also a masterclass in predicting the ending of Dateline. Truly multi-talented.

This Dear is just amazing to have done that , that s the best think you can do for fans, and guitarists tribute .. respect John Mayer

Mayer is a LEGEND who doesn't get enough credit

How can you hate this man just how

His first lesson with the alphabet analogy and I’m hooked. Gotsta watch it all now!!

Instant happiness.... I could listen for hours to John playing and explaining. Even if you would never achieve his level of playing, the structure and basic concept is crystal clear. He not only teaches guitar, he also teaches "how to become a better musician"... I always watch in shock & awe how his right hand technique becomes a ritme section. Thanks John!

This opened a whole new chapter for me, loving it!! Many thanks Mr. Mayer. Hope to see you again in Amsterdam!!

Been playing guitar for 25 years. Can't stop smiling when I watch his videos.

Dear John. I'm 65. The guys I liked best were Jerry Garcia and Dickie Betts. Of course many others - you know them better than me. But - as a kid, I used to daydream about just hanging out with Jerry and messing around on guitar. Of course that would never happen - the guy is Jerry Garcia fer cryin' out loud. So this video is cool - nice of you to do. Thanks. You took the lead (Ha - get it - took the lead!) and became the player I like to listen to the most a few years back. If you ever need a pedal steel player that hasn't played outside his bedroom in the last 40 years, I'm your man. Have a nice day.

Wow, that guy's a killer, why isn't he famous yet ?

I wish he would discuss his thinking and ideas when he was doing I'm Gonna Find Another You intro in Where the Light Is. That was an amazing intro and very jazzy. I've always wanted to hear his ideas when approaching jazz/advanced blues

Dude, I can't play the guitar for shit... a few chords... and this was the most enjoyable thing I've seen in forever. Thanks for the insight into the magic you amazing musicians create.

I asked the question on 31:20 and I fill accomplished for life. I got a “private lesson” from one of the masters. Thanks for sharing this video!!

I watched this last night while baked and now I have to rewatch it to actually understand what he was talking about

One of the best guitarists ever. Amazing

Man thank you so much, awesome video and learning so much without all the talking of a typical lesson

Appreciate the lesson very much. Thank you Jhon !!!

didnt know you were this chill kinda dude,Ive learned so much about being verbal with the guitar. Your so humble man and rockin how you feel .sometimes I dont play for a while and get back on the guitar and all this playing comes out ,cos I missed it and have shit to say. Other wise I have a hard time learning cos I only play when I feel a mood for playing.

Is it weird that I was sitting here with my guitar in my lap much as he was describing just trying little things he was doing (in a more simple way of course) but I fell right into the golden girls jam? lol Also, Imagine if other guitar greats took the initiative not just to give us great music, but actively work to bring others into their world like this. There are no secrets with this guy. What was once a big mystery doesn't have to be anymore for a lot of people if he keeps this up. This is the kind of thing keeping the guitar alive today.

Ive been playing guitar for 36 years. Some things he showed I knew, and some things i didn't, but I needed to see every second of this. 36 years of playing and I'm finally getting satisfied with my own playing. Thank you Mr. Mayer!!... Whens the next lesson sir? Lol Much thanks n love to ya... ✌

You just made me realize that the vocal riffs you’re playing that makes sense sounds like Clapton!

I'm not a guitar player myself, but I love you sharing your knowledge and giving back to other musicians, John. Thanks so much! Definitly showing this to my dad =)

Will John ever release an all blues original album? Hope so!

The coolest part (and granted I only watched the first 15 min) that hes getting at is to know your pentatonic Modes. You can go to the dominant mode or Ionian mode in either direction from the minor pentatonic. Then you can get really creative, and add in Dorian, Phrygian scale shapes where the standard minor pentatonic scales resides, of course being able to drop into their actual respective positions. Great stuff that he’s hitting on

Dont get tired of John Mayers playing.

I’m nowhere near this skill level yet, but I could watch John play guitar all day

The power of giving and sharing. Thanks John

"Just slide into the first note.. duh" So simple, yet my mind is blown.

Watching John Mayer, guitar legend, learn new things and discover sounds is just delightful. And also intimidating as a supposed intermediate guitar player like myself. What I would give to get a one-on-one lesson with John.

John's really out here doing great things for us.

You got to love a guy like Mayor who's a master, could rest on what he's got but he just gets better and better and discovers things.

Say what you want about Mayer, he has INCREDIBLE feel. I cant help but dance a little in my seat hearing him play that blues shuffle.

Love your playing. You are on of my favorite players. Thank you for sharing and helping others to be better on the guitar.

Great stuff, and very kind of you to share this secrets to the blues. I've been talking and discovering this myself, but you've synthesized and clearly showed the path to everybody. Great

I feel John is a good songwriter and a half decent singer, but an OUTSTANDING guitar player. His sense of rhythm is second to none.

The man is a genius. Thank you John for sharing your knowledge and insight. Be safe.

Love Johns humor. Great lesson. I just thru all my shit out the window and taking up needle point. Thanks!!!

Thanks John the guitarist of my generation

Hey John. Loved your chops and style from day one. Thank You for sharing your gift of music. Got a sky view of the state of Montana. Top ten rated location to live in. Great mountains.. Lakes.. Etc., take care. Hope to attend your concert when you get back to the Gulf side of Florida. Love the Silver Sky. PRS.Serious High Bar.👌👍🙏

A stunning display of how equal temperaments and theory only APPROACHES feeling... REAL feeling is what this dude just did. Step one: Play phrases that you hear vocally. Step two: Notice that some of those notes are off-pitch because that’s what happens “when you’re wailing”. Step three: PAY. NO. MIND. This dude is the truth.

Sometimes someone comes along and explains to you what you've been doing for a while, maybe years, and your brain goes "now I get it!' I couldn't quite figure out the Equator analogy, but it does sorta clarify things. It's still pentatonic-y to play on the 'low' side of C on the third string, and it seems like there's one more fret to deal with, and thus the possibility to play a wrong note, but it did change my thinking. After going back and forth on the fretboard between the two positions, my fingers were like 'yeah, we got this.'

So very cool to get thus from Mr. Mayer. You are as per Eric Clapton, a virtuoso. Thank you for your gracious efforts to teach the rest of us. Dan Noga of "Trainwreck"

dear John you are seriously one of the coolest, down to earth guys around. All the crap you get is unwarranted. Please just continue being a beasts on the guitar and a beautiful human.

This is a simple comment but as a blues guitar player your videos are so awesome John. Always entertaining and gets me thinking

If by "lesson" you mean watch John play for 45 minutes then put my guitar in the closet, then yes, this is a lesson.

I just rewatched this, he plays left and right. That's genius

Thanks, John. Miss the live shows.

Guitar---easy to play and ohhhhh so difficult to master. Thank you so much for this demo segment, John Mayer!

I learned from this lesson. I learned that I'm not an intermediate player.

yea ive learned my lesson....and its to enjoy watching john play and leaving my guitar i the case.

Thanks, John Mayer, for the humor and knowledge share.

You guys would be amazed at the shapes and patterns that open up when you get too into Derek Trucks and switch to open E exclusively. It’s been almost ten years for me and I haven’t looked back and never regretted it for a second. It makes the fretboard even more “linear” than it already was in standard and once you get an idea of what’s going on it all clicks so much better. I’m not even as into Derek as I used to be but I’ll never give up open E

During quarantine this saved my life

I read an interview with Jeff Beck years ago where he said he doesn’t usually do focused practice, that what he often does is just watch TV with a guitar on and listen for music passages and then try to spontaneously play the same line. Ditto for commercials. It’s great ear training and also fretboard training. Anything that works for Beck is worth investigating.

John you are a legend man. Good job.

Thank you John, I needed a lil inspiration today and that was exactly what I needed.

I've learned so much from this guy.

I love this sort of random-demo-nooodling approach. It's in his head. And I find myself eventually getting into he same groove and my playing f*cking improves! I guess it's the brain finger fretboard connection. You either make the connection, or you don't...

Wish, I was in Montana... Thank you...such a special guy... Goodnight!

This is great! 👍🏻 👍🏻. That silver sky sounds awesome in this video

Meanwhile I see adverts on this video for Masterclass.... This is the real masterclass!

Folks can say what they want about JM but name another guitar player who spent his free time giving free lessons and access their their musical way of thinking. Sure some are doing it now but JM has been doing it for years now. I might not like all his music but I respect the man, just wish he'd record more blues stuff.

Well he is a genius guitarplayer. When Clapton is a fan you know something about playing. + singer + writer

somebody on this page is the greatest. and it ain't me. .... Thanks John Mayer

You 're so far ahead, its very hard for the class to follow. Remember this John when you teach...

Thank you John! this lesson is priceless😍

Thank you so much John..inspirational insight..you were the spark I needed to take me to that next level of understanding! :))

Thanks a lot.. from Bariloche 🇦🇷❤

I went and learned the scales and now everything what he is saying makes sense to me

Amazing thank you so much dear John, really much appreciate you’re free lessons! :)

God this is Fantastic 😲so much feeling in your playing John, really love the Jimmy Vaughan bit👌this is pure Gold and such Honest and spot on advice 🎼🎵🎶🎸👍

I love the fact, he is now a left hand guitar player ;-)

His guitar playing is growing older and finer like a bottle of whiskey

I love it. Thanks, John. Nice to help me get thinking another way. So, what your saying is, play below the equator and make tasty decisions.

Shit I knew he was good but had no idea he could just riff off the rip like THAT!! That was impressive. Been playing 26 years and never had endless ideas to play like that. Like some of my favorite bands, I think "how do they have so many different and infinite musical ideas"? Guess that's why they're famous and I'm watching their videos 😂. This was great. Definitely going in the saved file lol.

Its hard to believe this great artist did not know to play in shape 5. Its so simple I thought I was missing something. I have always used it as much as shape 1.

John is so stylish during quarantine he still has an outstanding outfit just for Instagram live 😂

Still awesome to watch

Nice! I went to Fairfield High School and went to Professional Music Center on Black Rock Turnpike many times! Lol. Thx for all the great music man!

This guy is such a great teacher