Schooling My Dad With The MOST Important Scale!

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3 ай бұрын

Here's lesson 2 with my dad. Sorry for the lack of weekly updates, I just can't find a way to make them great right now. Hope this helps!
74 75 Tutorial: • 74 75 Tutorial
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Thanks for watching!

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@GamerNationFilms 3 ай бұрын

His chord changes may not be particularly *fast* but his chord changes are impressively CLEAN. His notes ring out very clear, you can tell he's truly practicing. Good luck dad!

@pandereodium2587 3 ай бұрын

What a coincidence, my dad's name also is Dad 🤔

@sawyer4981 Ай бұрын

Dad's doing great! I started 5 days ago myself. The first few days were very discouraging, especially that damn spider exercise. But now I can play most parts of Megadeth's Symphony of Destruction. Hopefully I'll see similar improvements like your pops has in the coming weeks as I continue to practice. Your first 7 days video has been immensely helpful in getting me off the ground with the learning process, thank you!

@comfortableynumb 3 ай бұрын

I can honestly say I feel your Dad's pain and excitement. I'm 63 and started learning a year ago. The frustration will turn into exhilaration. One thing, when your Dad ask you how long something might take to master a technique. Don't use the word "lifetime" in your answer. If he's like me he'll be thinking... WOW I have to live a lot longer now, HA HA. Great Job, love the videos!

@dinklong3765 3 ай бұрын

I totally agree spider exercises exhaust me and I can play chords much longer. It's awesome your dad can watch these videos and track his improvements. I definitely see major progress in his playing.

@mikestrahan8028 21 күн бұрын

Love this series. I think we're due for another. But it's a great series concept, for one. I feel like your dad and I may be of a similar music affinity. Just saw the the link for 74/75 (Great song, great group)?!? For some reason it's easy to miss, folks, but it's first in the description.

@davidgormley4419 3 ай бұрын

Just discovered your channel. In less than a minute I knew you were a great teacher. Subscribed, thanks man 👍

@kevinnickens 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@WOLFIE-96B-UK 3 ай бұрын

Great video, hats off to you both! I'm 70 and started playing again a few months ago. I struggled and got frustrated many times but persevered and last week I was practicing playing Simple Man and everything fell into place. Wow! What a feeling, I felt great! All I can say is keep on and you'll get there!

@gnjprice 3 ай бұрын

Update. On my third week now. I am able to perform the spider exercise a bit faster than your father and have been practicing switching between Am/C/D/G/Fbar/‘Em. I can switch between ‘Em and G with ease. I practice my song (Hurt) daily trying to perfect the opening; however, I focus on the exercises more.

@mikga45 2 ай бұрын

D cord is hard to play clean. I'm 65. I found using the 4th finger pinky on b string helps it to sound clean.

@JeeliBeeli 2 ай бұрын

I just saw the new vid you post about all the chords and instantly subbed. I really enjoy your channel

@kevinnickens 2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Hope you’re enjoying the channel and getting better at guitar!

@maverickbryan1 3 ай бұрын

You've been helping me learn so fast. Awesome vids from a new youtube as well!

@ruthcannatti4722 3 ай бұрын

Dad is doing greatt! I’m enjoying watching his progress. Looking forward to the next update.

@GamingonFiction 3 ай бұрын

Something that might help if you're having an issue with the head of the guitar dropping or just the guitar's positioning, in general, is how high you're seated. I'm 6'2" and held the headstock low and always felt like I was fighting the guitar - particularly the acoustic - until I made one change: I got a chair that let me raise the seat height. Sitting higher with your thighs sloping slightly down and away from you will instantly give you more room to hold the guitar and automatically pull the headstock up a bit. Basically, being in a better playing position will make it easier to physically manage the instrument. It took me too long to figure that out, but it also improved both my left and right hand technique! Or use the knives, that looks good too 🤣 Great video!

@KevinsdadNorb 3 ай бұрын

Thanks - I’m going to try that, I notice sitting on the couch or bed makes it worse.

@GamingonFiction 3 ай бұрын

@@KevinsdadNorb I had the same issue with the couch or bed. I got a pretty basic office chair with no armrests. It can be raised and lowered and being able to control that changed a surprising amount. If sitting higher helps fix guitar positioning issues but now it slides forward while playing (for me this sometimes happens with an electric), a strap 100% solves that.

@KevinsdadNorb 3 ай бұрын

I definitely need to do that - I’m sitting on the edge of the bed right now trying to play classical style and it feels alien. I’ve been meaning to build a stool anyway so now l have a reason to move that to the top of the to do list. Thanks for the advice.

@Holy_Frets 3 ай бұрын

Kevin always brightens my day. My progress is great cause of him!

@Bill-vy3fx Ай бұрын

If I went from F to G why not keep the same F position & slide two frets to G? Why reposition the G? Is it just to get a fuller six string sound?

@HarrowingShadows 3 ай бұрын

Wow I haven't heard 74 75 for so long, what a trip, my dad used to listen to it in the car when I was but a small child

@KevinsdadNorb 3 ай бұрын

Yeah I love that song. When I was Kevin’s age we would go see the Connells in clubs around Raleigh NC!

@martinevans5802 3 ай бұрын

What do you feel about doing a (60 min?) lesson with your Dad every week and posting it pretty much unedited? That would give us learners an insight into what to expect if we were to sign up to one-to-one tuition. I, for one, would like to follow something like that. Obviously keep doing what you're doing, it's great content!

@lucyquan1679 3 ай бұрын

Awesome progress, loving the updates, please keep them coming. Btw, what guitar is Dad playing?

@KevinsdadNorb 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! I’m playing a Taylor 214 ce (plus)

@markellis8347 3 ай бұрын

Have him switch legs. Ah, la classical guitar style. I know as an older guitar player, things dont quite work like they use to. Found this out the hard way after a 15-year layoff.

@kevinnickens 3 ай бұрын

This is actually great advice

@markellis8347 3 ай бұрын

@kevinnickens Thanks, Kevin. It will force his posture better as well. I notice that your Dad has bad posture, like I do. It will also help his wrist and hands once he starts learning barre chords.

@ronpatterson6420 3 ай бұрын

Keep going dad, you're doing great!

@KevinsdadNorb 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@DavidKerner-en1ww 2 ай бұрын

Good job Dad

@denniswalters4018 3 ай бұрын

Yor dad needs a taller chair that will help him be more comfortable keeping the headstock up 😊

@kevinnickens 3 ай бұрын

Good idea

@weshoover986 3 ай бұрын

Am I just missing the link to the 74 75 tutorial? There's a lot of Amazon links so maybe I'm getting lost in there.

@kevinnickens 3 ай бұрын

Finally got it done, it should be there now

@shahparkhashami7873 3 ай бұрын

Let's goo

@dammit8842 3 ай бұрын

Peak

@THUNkJASH 3 ай бұрын

following along

@e.assatawright2833 3 ай бұрын

We all now have new guitar goals: A copyright strike onKZfaq! Great progress. (I'm old enough to remember The Connells, by the way. If Dad breaks out Gin Blossoms or The Smithereens, he could go viral.)

@KevinsdadNorb 3 ай бұрын

Oh the Gin Blossoms is gonna happen!

@rakzo7133 3 ай бұрын

tbh music is is a language that cant be well put in a shorts format video. appriciate that you think more about quality which is hard to find in youtube in nowdays.