Monkey and the Engineer Grateful Dead Easy Flat Picking/Improvisation Guitar Lesson

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Monkey and the Engineer inspired by the Grateful Dead’s version on Reckoning. Timecodes below detail the lesson. My email is bobby@thehallsofmusic.com or bobhallguitar@gmail.com
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Timecodes
0:00 Performance/Backing track
1:23 The solo/improvisation section
2:22 What the lesson includes
A simple, open chord boom chuck version
A simple, bar chord version with quarter note, gypsy strumming
How to get syncopated rhythms with rhythm guitar
How to learn the intro at various tempos
How to improvise using the G major and D major blues scales
3:13 Lesson 1 - Open Chord Boom Chuck Strumming
Learning the G major, C major, A dominant 7, and D major chords in the open position
4:41 How to Boom Chuck Strum
Strumming down strokes with quarter notes
Beat one is on the low noes of the chord
Beat two is on the high notes of the chord
5:08 Intro to the Boom Chuck Strum Example
5:29 The Boom Chuck Strum Example Vere One and Chorus
6:26 Intro to Simple Bar Chord and Strumming
Learn to play the bar chords G major, C major, A dominant 7, and D dominant 7
9:21 Strumming Quarter Notes with Bar Chords
Learning to pump with bar chords is important to create good rhythm and stamina
10:16 Verse One and Chorus Strumming Bar Chord Quarter Notes
11:17 Intro to adding syncopation to the rhythm guitar
Adding longer strums to accent certain melody notes is easy with this tune
12:10 Vere One and Chorus adding syncopation
13:08 Reviewing the pumping technique
Pumping creates the danceable rhythms
Short and long notes create the rhythmic feel
13:47 Learning the intro melody
Be sure to pay attention to the short notes and long notes
The intro is two musical statements (phrases)
Phrase one practiced alone can sound unusual
Putting the two phrases together makes phrase one sound better
15:35 Phrase 1 at 100 bpm
16:27 Phrase 2 at 100 bpm
17:35 Phrase 1 and 2 together at 100 bpm
18:52 Phrase 1 at 120 bpm
19:33 Phrase 2 at 120 bpm
20:04 Phrase 1 and 2 together at 120 bpm
20:50 Phrase 1 at 140 bpm
21:41 Phrase 2 at 140
21:53 Phrase 1 and 2 together at 140
22:34 Phrase 1 at 170
23:08 Phrase 2 at 170
23:35 Phrase 1 and 2 together at 170
24:10 Working with the metronome insights
I went from 100 to 120 to 140 to 170
You may need to go up by 10s or 5s to make it easier
It’s a good idea to go faster than performance tempo to make it comfortable
24:55 Improvisation Lesson
Playing Mama’s Little Baby Loves Shortnin’ Bread introduces the blues scale
Learning the G blues scale is important
Resolving to D from A7 is cool with the D major blues scale
Playing the same notes in higher positions gives new options for higher notes
The blues scales are easy to play
Slow them down to a tempo that you can improvise easily
27:48 A clip of me playing the solo for easy access
28:27 Final thoughts
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29:19 Lil’ Lilly Dew Waltz (C section)

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@jamescowhey1125 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for this lesson. It really opened up some possibilities with this fun tune.

@TheHallsofMusic 6 ай бұрын

Thank you. I enjoyed making the lesson. It was during a period in time when studying gypsy jazz, Grateful Dead, and making KZfaq lessons was "what I did". I am happy to hear that you enjoy it!!

@brandonvalentine2555 10 ай бұрын

Super surprised and grateful that theres a GOOD lesson on such a niche tune

@TheHallsofMusic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you, sir. Visit my website bobbyhallmusic.com and sign up for my email list to follow me!

@uberjam-sam8512 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant lesson for real. I thought you did a great job of actually teaching this tune. I am a bit in awe as most KZfaq lessons do not break it down quite this way. And yes it's a relatively easy tune but that's to play it meh campfire level, not well. You really paved the path towards doing this at a performance level which I intend to do. I have a gig in Oct and hope to include this fun little ditty about tragedy narrowly averted as part of our set. Thank you!!

@TheHallsofMusic Жыл бұрын

Wow!! Thanks. Nice quote from the album too. I love Bob Weir’s intro and sense of humor. I think that’s one of things he and Jerry shared that made them so close.

@TheHallsofMusic 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! If you want to keep up with what I am doing, go to bobbyhallmusic.com, sign up for my email, find upcoming performances. You can also email me at bobhallguitar@gmail.com if you want to be added to my mailing list

@stul6544 4 ай бұрын

Great lesson!!! Thanks so much. Could you possibly do a lesson on the 1st and 2nd lead

@TheHallsofMusic 4 ай бұрын

Thank you. That is a great compliment to ask for lessons on the leads. I do private lessons for $70 an hour if you’re interested. Bobby@thehallsofmusic.com is the best way to reach me for it.

@annaelizabethbyrne8379 Жыл бұрын

WOW this is amazing THANK YOU

@TheHallsofMusic Жыл бұрын

For sure!! Happy to be able to help!!

@TheHallsofMusic 10 ай бұрын

@rhintas 10 ай бұрын

Written by Jesse Fuller ..a one man band from San Francisco ...

@TheHallsofMusic 10 ай бұрын

Wow! Thank you for pointing that out. I can't believe that I missed that as part of the education for this tune. If I was a teacher grading myself, I would have a lost a letter grade on that little careless wonder of a mistake! LOL!! I am currently checking him out. Thanks again