Think about it: this is the juice of 50 years guitar playing experience from one of the greatest of our time. It's invaluable.

This video is literally one of the best things a beginner guitarist can learn to take their playing to an intermediate level.

One of the best things about this is the interviewer isn’t monopolizing the conversation, he’s letting Joe talk. As a beginner, I’m watching everything, how he’s holding the pick, his finger positioning on the fret board. It’s intimidating because I thought, these videos are for more advanced players and not for beginners/intermediate like me but joe explains things in such a way, that it’s easy for any player regardless of level to follow and understand.

Thanks God for the Internet and people's natural drive to share their knowledge, making it possible to get priceless advice from masters right in your living room, for free. Although I wish I'd had that 25 years ago, I know I have it now, and I just even more aware of the value of it.

When I lack the drive to play guitar i watch this video and it keeps me going. Thanks Joe for being an inspiration. Ur fan in Philippines.

I remember meeting Joe when I was about 19 or 20. He was such a sweet man. Very humble. Very eager to talk to his fans and get down to their level and listen. Such an inspiration.

I’ve been playing for 25 years and I never grow tired of these lessons 🎸😎🎸

A Philosophical approach to teaching makes for great learning. Amazing player but also an awesome teacher.

He is the reason why i started playing guitar. Love you joe.

Never stops inspiring. Thanks for making these Guitar World!

Always a pleasure listening to Satch. Such a spontaneous and an intellectual guitarist. Thanks +Guitar World for this.

The king of guitar melodies and sounds

New respect for Joe. Class act. Love the series.

Go back and watch the video again and pay no attention to the content of his words. Erase the guitar from the video frame. Listen to him talk. Listen to the comfort of his voice. Listen to his phrasing. Listen to the confidence and ease. There is nothing jerky. There is no awkwardness. There is no apologizing or surprise emotions. It is smooth and his own. The guitar is a piece of wood. Nothing else. You allow it to speak. It will speak just like you and your mood. Next time you play guitar forget about the music. Be the most relaxed and confident person you can be. No mistakes come from you. What ever happens is intentional. This is one of the best guitar lessons you will ever have.

The stars have aligned....my first lesson WILL last my lifetime.thank you,I've played since 14,to59,!,,fulfilled!!...p.s..New rays from an ancient sun..!....😐

If you've ever played...then you know Joe speaks the truth about guitar....this is why this is so interesting..to hear the truth and learn....I've been playing for years yet I find this so refreshing.

Using that F#min over A major is such a Jimmy page sound. That relative minor is my no. 1 guitar hack.

I love how soft spoken Joe is compared to his playing

To Mr. Satriani thank you for your time your selflessness and you’re willingness to share freely your outstanding talent but more importantly the information that you’re providing us about learning how to play the guitar I saw this years ago and I thought to myself maybe not this particular video but look at this Joe Satriani is the only person out there giving free guitar lessons online he is extremely unselfish not to mention one of the absolute greatest guitar players alive who does not get the credit he deserves of course commercially we know all about that it’s all about politics here’s another man who’s put hours and hours and hours into his Craftsmanship and is willing to share it with everyone that part is still I can’t even comprehend because I’m probably that selfish with my time these videos I should’ve watched years ago I’m not sure how much any of these were available is this particular series although I knew I was not ready for them having kids raising them making sure they got the school etc. playing through below standards equipment can definitely be a deterrent in your inspiration or willingness to chase your dream and work for it equipment is important but so is knowledge and this man is free Sharing his knowledge with the world for nothing you just have to sit down and take the time and focus and listen to what he’s going to say and then try to just practice what he’s asking you to practice he’s even showing us the short route OK you can make a great song out of two notes the Clapton song for us as matter fact I’ve been trying to buy a satriani rig used from someplace out of San Rafael that won’t answer your eBay account I know he bought it to reproduce the Montrose sound he was hired to reproduce by Sammy Hagar when they were doing all the old Montrose with chicken foot and everything else connected with Montrose it self what a humble individual I’ve also read articles about him saying he just cannot him see him self playing Richie Blackmore‘s part from Deep Purple and he could do it but I understood we were trying to say the whole idea of trying to be Richie Blackmore once again his humility shines through wow what an outstanding individual the war learn about this guy I am just floored maybe that’s what it takes remove Ego from self to become that what you desire to become Boy I hope I get a chance to go see this guy one day live I’m sure it will be a phenomenal experience thanks for your help for those of us I’m speaking for me now that beat our heads against the wall trying to learn how to play this instrument thank you for your time have a wonderful day keep rocking

When you are before a genius, you always think that his craft is simple. Satriani makes playing guitar an intuitive thing.

He is such a great teacher and orator - plain speaking genius!

Really great lesson, thanks so much! it's lovely to see even the greatest players go through exactly the same problems :)

You are an inspiration

The king has spoken 🙌 He's the greatest att this type of music

You r the best teacher joe..i need more explaination from you

The Silver Surfer, Alien. This is so connecting with an artist I adore. "Genius is mysterious" (Barbarella).

Mr. Satriani, Hard to believe I came across this. Thank you Sir for taking the time to share these thoughts. I'll be tuned in for sure. Dave in the Adirondacks

Awesome guitarist and an awesome teacher of music and guitar 🎸🔥

saw him last night in houston

Dopo la mia malattia di chemioterapia ascoltandoti mi hai ridato la voglia di vivere grazie Joe satriani sei il meglio di tutti. Grazie per la tua musica ,grazie per avermi dato la voglia di vivere

Man: Aledort and Satriani have some chemistry. The latter is way more charming than I ever anticipated and the former is just a prince. What a great series: thanks Guitar World.

Thanks Joe, fantastic

so much wisdom. thank you

Man spot on keep talking . Best to all 2020 Scottish and he has a great voice , out of tune lean back pull and breack the neck man thats a fabulas Orange . Am a beginner and am 62 mmmmmm great video .

Thankyou Joe .., its very cool

Please get Dave Murray next !

Thank you Mr Joe sir

I feel like I'm in the church of Satriani, very nice guy

Real cool man!

Of course your a good teacher too. Haha great advice on instruction

Satriani is a blessing

Ahhh, the days before KZfaq were so enlightening.

Amazing lesson, great insights.

When you finish building the Satriani Lego kit it ends up being a black hole time portal that lets you hang out with Jimi Hendrix!

Where do i find these "Figures" that keep popping up? Does anyone know what it is referring to?

Great

I agree about the I'm So Glad part: Cream was a free sound idea and that's not taught in schools. I think they, along with The Hendrix Experience were very influential in stretching the boundaries of rock to include free jazz, or 'free blues' and raga influences etc

Respecet for thr blues roots. Thinking and talking. Loves when he Plays with feel. whitout thinking.....too much :)

Joe the Boss

Joe's tone is SO good. I wonder how he does it?

Satch is the number One 🎸🎸

20 years playing still a beginner. Haahha. This is a mind opener

Damn he is amaing

Man, Joe is so intelligent., I can't keep up

Can anyone help me with where the box or shape is he plays a few licks in from 5:26, and again at 5:53 ish

Where can you get the diagrams or tabs that are referenced here - like when it says figure x.xx

God has spoken.

E to D...Gloria

Im fairly knew to learning guitar what are these "figure 20" captions for the licks hes playing whats a figure

You know you're a virtuoso, when you can wear shades and a cap indoors and no one questions it.

Hey guys! Where we can find the tabs or the excercises? Does anyone else know?

Is there a tab to this whole series?

Still have my surfing with the alien.....tattoo😅

I love when very accomplished guitarists say “I can’t play it there”, and when they play it, it sounds great haha

pure fucking GOLD!!!!!

Joe satriani 👏👏👏👏🎸🤦‍♂️👍✊

How can you put a tumb down when Satriani is explaying his life and revolution mind. I don't get it.

his guitar like a candy! big big candy. so cool

I’ve noticed a lot of modern players not bending notes; lost art & skillsets? 🤔

Guitar world, Where is the note or mention that the tuning is Eb??

8:56 when you understand modes finally hahahaha

7:27 : Chords of life´s first solo :)

Why is the framerate so low on the close ups?

invite John Petrucci though a few can play his licks!

is this video slowed down? His E is not E, but lower

Know relationship, relative to each other...have perseption..the economy of notes...shit, got to be intelligent for being great.

Where are the figures to get?

Please get John Mayer next 🙏

Joe Satriani is GOD!!!!

What's that neck pickup ? Anybody?

..So True Guitars always go out of Tune..like when he said "got 2 more minutes on the song ",..an the bands looking at u pissed...Also thanx Guitar World for your many years of ur magazine's I've used as reference to many songs..An also Remember An read Guitar World Iissue #1..With Eddie Van Halen on the cover with that cool dragon Guitar!..What ever happened to that guitar?...:)..

Hard tail, set neck, ebony with stainless frets, bone nut.... old school bender here

WHAT REVERB IS THAT???? SETTING?? LOVE IT!

"rocking out in A minor is the same as C major" , would this simply mean that they shared similar notes?

TOOLS This guy has a snap on box full...

Explore with the aufience when u try different things.

Satch predicts "boomer bends" controversy @15:19

I like those sunglasses :D What are they?

Where are those firgures they’re talking about?

this is more like a man telling his love story with music than instruction video

Does someone know how many videos on the series are next? They made a intro for the Vai videos but not Sach's :(

You could buy Elixir string Joe!,,,, they keep the tuning👍😂😂😂

Thanks, Matt Shadows

Noel Gallagher didn’t know any of this when he wrote Live Forever lol

What frame rate did you guys shoot this in? It's so choppy.

He is a teacher of perspective, how to look at things and process what you are experiencing. You're not going to get that from the million plus how to play the guitar on youtube. Instead of resisting, why not move closer to the edge to get a better view of what you are actually missing!

He is tuned down a half step

Watching this just makes me think how lucky the new guitarist are these days i was literally so poor my dad wouldn't get me anything to learn guitar i started playing when we moved into a place and there was this super cheap guitar in my room no one new was there it was called a palm beach special lol there was only 4 strings had no clue about tuning so i think it was in tune i started messing with the guitar no knowledge what at all and started doing the major chords i thought i invented them i seriously thought i must be genisis lol i ended showing them to good player years older then me I said look what i invented he laffed at me said those are 4 majors chords lol he showed me how to do them properly and what they were called and was nice enough to show me a few more and how to tune the guitar he gave me his old strings I went home with that little bit of knowledge and started playing I was a spung thirsting for knowledge pick it up were ever i could get it if youtube was around then it would of been my life lol i spent so many hours trying to figure things out picking up little bit of knowledge and coming up with my own stuff as i went along i became a pretty good guitarist I always think its insane how much stuff I missed and how much stuff I picked up without knowing anything took so long if i had KZfaq it probably would of cut my time in half still because of the way i learned i have a unique style that no guitarist have thats something i would never change

Joe seems like a good guy. Wish he would ditch the shades though.

"u need to know how far is too far"