Free classes with Satriani, Vai and Petrucci..what a time to be alive!

satch also happens to be an amazing guy. i ran into him in a music store in denver. he was pretty low key and most people had no idea who he was. i spent about 30 minutes just chatting with him and he just seemed liked he wanted to talk to someone about what THEY were doing as opposed to it being all about him. he also showed me a few tips to improve my playing. it was about 6:15 pm on a saturday so i asked him if i could buy him dinner or something for helping me out and he said "thanks, normally i'd love to but i really just stopped in here for a minute, i'm on my way to soundcheck for the show tonight at the paramount but now i just need to get there because it starts at 7 (he wasn't going on until 9)". he's just a real genuine guy. i did go full starstruck on him at the end and ask him to sign my guitars which he did gladly. i have a lot of respect for him as a musician, entertainer and a man.

"You can't really have a style unless you have opinions about the tools that you are using to write music" - Joe Satriani

When someone with this much clout is speaking, you listen. There is immeasurable amounts of musical wisdom available. Thanks Joe

"The dreaded F. The one open-position chord that makes everyone mad". Joe may be a guitar-god but he still has a grasp of the real world. Love it.

Satriani is so well spoken and smart about guitar playing. I’m impressed

Thanks Joe and Guitar World for doing quality content.

god i love youtube. I can't believe i'm sitting here getting lessons from Satch and Vai….

"just go back to E if you freak out". seriously, this content is awesome, hilarious and spot on...

What I love about Joe is that he's very open about his early struggles with learning and also though being light-hearted he takes the instrument very seriously and the focus is on the learning and the love for it...some guys on KZfaq can be putz's who waste 8 minutes of the video trying to get laugh's and you walk away with little more than you already knew, to begin with...

A natural teacher!!!....not many people can convey what they do...Joe can....I could listen to him talk all day....thanks guys

Guitarist's like Joe Satriani and Eric Johnson are not only amazing players, they're also amazing minds that understand how a guitar works. They understand that not only is there theory, reality and application, but also imagination. I can play a guitar, but I am not, nor will I ever become one with the instrument like they have. Two very special people given the gift of bringing music to life :-)

Thank you for sharing what you know. The fact a few virtuoso guitarists are sharing is really wonderful for the community.

When this man speaks, I listen. I wish I could have taken lessons from him before I taught myself sloppy bad habits.

Anyone who's been playing awhile has gotten those basic chords but he gives a new way of thinking about them and appreciating their sounds. Just from this short video i feel like next time i sit down and play the same old thing i will have a broader, more inspired appreciation of it. Some of the things he says we just do naturally, like figuring out which chords we "like" and where they will work, but to hear him explain the process we're using gives it more "magic" or something. And a context for the anticipation of everything else he does way beyond what i can do so far.

Yes he's very easy on the ear this guy,both musically and when speaking. Love watching his vids and as a guitarist of nearly 30 yrs, I listen to him intently! !

What an amazing lesson. Thank you, Guitar World! I met his sister-likely the one he's talking about here-many years ago at her studio. She's an artist creating these beautiful landscape paintings. It was a very brief encounter, a couple of minutes tops. I was too young and way too shy to really have a conversation with her. But I will never forget these few moments talking to her. I perceived her as such a gentle, quiet, yet incredibly radiant person. So warm and so gifted. Joe is just the same. I can't stop listening to the man. What a source of warmth and wisdom. I would love to get some guidance from their parents on how to raise a child ♥

I can't thank you enough Guitar World for doing this! Hearing the thoughts of pioneers of the art is too good to be true. Really looking forward to the 4th edition of this series.

So many great lessons over the years - thanks Joe and thanks Guitar World!

Ok guys this is the content you should always be running, keep up with these guitar method videos. They are fantastic!

Joe is just the best- coolest - wisest- most humble player ! None like him ever and the way he communicates ... every note is perfect ....

Thanks Joe. You are so talented. I enjoy learning about how you began your journey in music. Your passion in expressing your thoughts with the guitar as the extension is amazing. Thanks again for taking the time to teach.

Amazing display of generosity, geniality and humility from the man I consider to be the living legend and pinnacle of guitar playing :thumbsup:

This is excellent advice! I'm a self-taught guitarist and I definitely screwed up along the way. All I did was play songs I liked, scales, arpeggios, etc..., but I cannot write or compose a song if my life depended on it. I'm not interested in being in a band. I just enjoy playing the music I like and that's it. I never learned about music theory, harmony, and so on. So I just play what I like for my own satisfaction.

Im not sure if I've ever been so happy to watch a guitar video. Hearing him describe the way he learned chronologically is exactly the way that I feel it for myself. I'm only just over a year in, but I'm experiencing all of those emotions. Really cool. All masters were once beginners.

I wish I had a robot joe available 24/7 that would just appear every time I had a guitar question. I swear if he makes that I want 50% of the money for the idea 😁

This is better than Netflix

Joe Satriani is an amazing teacher so I'm really grateful for any knowledge he provides. Thanks for the lesson and I can't wait for the next one!!

I'm at that early stage he's referencing. Warms my heart to know even the great man had the same frustration issues.

Thank you Guitar World for a fantastic series with Joe, very inspiring and insightful.

This man is not „searching for the wrong note“. He knows and always playes the right notes! A perfect artist and a very nice guy!

Never thought of the guitar as intimate, but he's absolutely right. You can play just for yourself. That's why it will always be my favorite instrument.

Thank you so much mr. Satriani for taking the time to share your thoughts about beginning musicians and what is important to learn. Hearing simple guidelines for Margaret R Heroes provides inspiration and real meat on the bone for Vernon guitarist and we appreciate it so much! Take care and best of luck to you!

He was the first guy who could actually make the guitar sings, cries and screams. Joe's good heart lies in every notes he creates

Great teacher! Thanks!!

After 30 years of playing, seeing these types of lessons from Joe (and also from Steve Vai and EJ) are such a treat and a very amazing experience both mentally, emotionally, and spiritually! For me, it's like finally climbing some mysterious mountain to a misty Temple of Guitar where the gods have been dwelling and FINALLY being able to hear them teach DIRECTLY their own ideas, which before, I could only learn from their records and tapes (remember them? LOL!), magazines, books, tab, and perhaps and REH or Hotlicks VHS tape here or there if I was lucky to see one as a kid. Truly such a wonderful experience to see these so many years after literally "worshiping" these guys like Guitar Religious Icons or Saints, etc. etc. Thank you Guitar World! Been reading your mag since the 80's.

Thank you Joe for all you have given and shared to us musicians and guitarist's all over the big wide WORLD!!! XXXX

With the guitar, beyond learning fundamentals or a few chords, the guitar comes alive when you take what u know or learning and start to explore within your means. That's when u start to discover things that were not taught or learned. That's when the individual becomes a musician. It's a beautiful thing. Never be afraid to take some time out from learning to push the envelope of what u already know.

As a guitarist for years, I am so glad I came across this Gem. Thank you Satch!

I love that final statement about style is formed from your opinion.

Terrific ... well done guys !!

I love this man, he loves his instrument and what comes out of it, truly inspiring🤟

Love this guy. He has such a chill way of explaining things.

Is it just me or finally all the lessons make sense? Thanks for this awesome material

It's so cool to be able to set and listen to a genius talk about how he began to play it's the kind of thing i always thought about when i first heard him and many other's just to learn what they were thinking and Joe is one very important one to me along with EVH and Steve Via just amazing to know.

He does the Em with one finger! I just stole that Em add 9. That sounds lovely. I just love minor chords. In the first 5 min he is basically describing my journey so far. Amazing. I am only now starting to go beyond the first three frets and learning the same notes in all the different places. I "heard" or clocked my first chord in a song today. The D chord in Cristopher Cross' Sailing. Ive listened to this prolly a few hundred times over the years but only seen this as a piece of music. Today i put it on and the bell went off. Ive heard this chord. I know this chord. I am pretty sure its a D. It is. Watching this was like finding a goldmine.

That makes me feel great.... this video vindicates my style of learning and play. Thanks guys.

im three weeks in on learning the first nine open chords and this video just blew my mind. an absolute beginners lesson from a guitar legend, what more could i ask for? just an awesome video, now, i gotta practice my chords, lol.

Mind blowing insight from Joe Satriani right there man!

When I started playing GUITAR in the MID 70's, to learn playing GUITAR, there wasn't too many guitar books, and the way most people learned songs was to play albums (16,33,45rpm) at a slow speed (16rpm) and copied what you heard and than just speeded it up!!! NOW YOU ARE TAUGHT BY "GUITAR GREATS ON VIDEO"!!! THX GOD for letting me start playing GUITAR!!! THIS HAS TO BE THE "GREATEST THING TO HAPPEN!!! (ripEVHbro) 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸

Awesome video and thanks for sharing your tips 👍 💚

I needed to see this 20years ago, i would have progressed so much faster. So good to get inside the mind of a guitar god!! Thanks 4 the vid!!

One of my favorite guitarist...he's one of the best..no doubt..

The sens of music and a good taste...humble..great video..#memories

You are my hero Joe!wouldn’t be playing guitar if not for your music.

From the Beginning song this is really beautifull and so wonderful song

I remember back in the day I learned surfing with the alien and flying in a blue dream note for note. I totally can’t play them now. I always loved Joes feel and use of legato mix with bluesy notes. And still do.

Such a cool lesson, thank you!

The reason why i played guitar is JOE SATRIANI.. You will ALWAYS be my hero Joe.. Thank you soooo MUCH..

I'm neither a guitarist or even musician, but I've always felt a strong connection to the guitar. A few times a year, I find myself watching KZfaq videos by the guitar masters and almost always end up watching some by Mr. Satriani. He's such a humble artist and filled with such wisdom and intellect. I first heard his music in the 80s, while in the military. At the time, we both had hair. Now, we both have shaved heads. And, either to my benefit or his detriment, we look alike quite a bit - like we could be brothers. In fact, around 2012, I was in an airport and recall a guy sitting across the quiet, sparsely-populated terminal. Each time I would look up, he would be staring at me. This happened about half a dozen times, until I stopped paying attention. My head was freshly shaved and I was wearing my Maui Jim Typhoon sunglasses I've had since 1999. They're gloss black with a slight mirror finish and have a slight wrap to them. Once the plane boarded, I was in the first group and sat near the front of the plane. My sunglasses were still on, so I could people watch without being obvious. As I looked up the line of people slowly making their way down the aisle, I spot the guy from the terminal. I can tell he sees me, too. Now, I'm just hoping he's not assigned to the seat next to me. As he gets to my row, I can tell he's heading to a seat toward the back of the plane. As he's about to pass, I look up and nod, hoping maybe my attempt at being cordial will break whatever spell he seems to be under. Finally, wide-eyed, he speaks: Guy: Are you him? Me: Excuse me? Guy: Are you him? Me: Am I whom? Him: Joe Satriani! I'm relieved by this and have a laugh. I apologize and explain that I just happen to look like Mr. Satriani, and, regrettably, have no talent or skill for any musical instrument. That was as close as I will become to being a celebrity, but it was fun while it lasted.

Satrianis a really good teacher. Helped creat the moster steve vai

Thanks for all joe

All that he mentions here resonates so much with what I experienced when I first started playing. It’s great to know that he experienced this too. I don’t know why I’m kind of surprised about that but I am.

Great stuff! It would be wonderful if eventually Joe could demonstrate his Songwriting process by actually writing a song IN FRONT OF US, take us through the process literally step by step.

"I didn't have that fret back then." LOL! You whippersnappers have it so easy now!

Man how I wish I knew who Joe was back in the day. I’m now 54 and this man has inspired me like no one ever. In my opinion the greatest guitarist on the planet.

I still remember back in 92, my company had just returned from the gulf. I was watching TV, and a Sony Walkman commercial came on with the coolest jingle I had ever heard. About 6 months later I heard that same jingle blaring from some dudes car. That jingle was Summer Song, and how I learned about JS. I knew then, I wanted to play like him. Last week I mastered Mary Had A Little Lamb, and the Asus2 chord......

This is everything I wish I knew when I first started. Had to figure this all out the hard way

the best concert i went to..

Helped so much ❤️ thank you so much dear ❤️

"Free-Range Chicken" had such potential ! I wish Joe would have kept going. LMAO Seriously, one of the most humble guitar virtuosos (Vai also) that will give a stranger the time of day and LISTEN to what they have to say. Giant human beings with huge hearts.

You sound like a great guy,,,i need to thank you🤩🤘🏻Thanks

He’s great the way he explains things, his approach is very thoughtful and rational. No bs.

Love it Joe 🎸💚

Life is complete - Satch playing the Alex Lifeson chord. Long live F#Maj7 :D

I love the passion for the instrument he has

That is great I dont think to many men would admit there is some emotion to playing. The more feeling the beter the playing.

Excellent. More, please!

"Develop an opinion of what they're playing". Great point of view and objective.

Awesome! Joe is the man!

This man made me pick up the guitar

Thanks guitar world, Thank you Joe.

That tone goddamnnn

Interesting how so much if this parallels my own experience with guitar. I'm sure that most guitarists had this same exploration and wonder stage.. and I guess I can say that I am constantly in that stage of exploration.. it's exciting.

I like his playing style!

Thank you for this it's amazing pls get yngwie on it too!

I love how Joe Satriani is an absolute master of his craft. And he’s not afraid of music theory. I LOVE music theory!

Total natural the way he discovered these things, then realized “ Oh this is what everyone else calls THIS.”

❤ Joe Satriani Was Born To Teach and Play Guitar ❤ Great Communication!!!!

Amazing guitarist.

The opinion about what they play. Wtf. This is cool. Joe has to be my guitar teacher. Teach me Joe!!!

Amazing

He’s amazing!

Super educational...thanx guitar world

I really love jazz, but I have always found Satriani as a great master in the instrument itself.

Even satch loves the “rush” chord

legend guitar master

it's always a real pleasure to listen to the advices of an accomplished musician. Furthermore, when it's your idol of ever. If you're interested , come in to see my playingTabs / lessons to learn how to play "Crushing Day", "Satch Boogie" and coming soon "Headrush". Thanks Guitar World, Thanks Mister Satriani

Thanks Joe.

Pretty much how I "learned" the guitar. Fascinating that I have something in common with a virtuoso.