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Guitar brother Rick, I'm in the same boat. I feel like after decades of playing I hit some strange stride during this pandemic, and am practicing like I'm a damn teenager again. I've never felt so free and fluent on the guitar as I do now and I guess it just took a forced shutdown for me to realize the power of my old 6-8 hour practice routines.

The center of my music education universe is Rick Beato.

I went to a visual and performing arts school, and you teach what I learnt in my jazz ensembles, music theory classes, advanced theory classes, contemporary music ensembles, guitar classes and orchestra for free. Thank you for making this knowledge more available to everyone

Thank you for sharing your knowledge. You seem like one of those guys that has a wealth of knowledge but is approachable by folks at any level. That’s rare these days. Thank you.

the S E C R E T to practice!!! Rick: "play scales and arpeggios" *****Mind. Blown.*****

Rick.. You have made me feel accountable to keeping playing the guitar a few times. Your playing, your lightness towards music and life, your fucking serious studio are just inspirational. Thank you!

When he was just learning guitar and getting into the groove of it, about fifteen years old, I asked him if he had a girlfriend yet. He replied; "I did for awhile, dad, but she wanted me to quit guitar and music. So, no, not anymore". Good move, son.

Your videos on learning the major scale, modes, and arpeggios in the 5 pentatonic positions completely changed the way I practice guitar. Such an awesome concept for us guitar players. My playing has skyrocketed the past few months just by practicing that, and it is now a regular part of my practice routine. You rock, Rick!

Just purchased the Beato book bundle last night - digging it and digging in already. Thanks for your hard work and talents Rick!! All the best from Australia!

Dear Rick, just wanted to offer my heart-felt appreciation for all you do. My compositions, playing and understanding have all improved thanks to your splendid teaching. I'm enjoying the Beato Book & will continue support and promote you & your channel. You're a gem, and a international treasure. Thanks again and keep up the splendid work.

I've watched maybe a dozen of your videos over a period of months and I just wanted to say that you are quite an amazing guy. I don't play but I can listen. It seems like you can play anything well.

Rick, thanks a lot for all you do. I started playing when I was a kid but left my guitar in the case for most of 20 years. Since I’ve started back up your videos have been a terrific help.

I like how you distinguish between the technical mastery of the physical geometry of where the notes are laid out versus musical composition, choosing which notes to play. This is why I like your analysis of the CAGED system, as a simple guide to physical geometry of the guitar, versus your own system of triads & modes, which is compositional, connecting, and is not specific to guitar.

You are a generous and informed music professor. Thank you! People like you make youtube invaluable

Hey Rick... since winding up a band, having kids, and exploring classical piano, I've not played guitar in close to 10 years. You channel help inspire me to (literally) dust off the Les Paul, setup my practice area, upgrade some gear and, most importantly, fall in love with the guitar all over again. I've just bought the Beato book, I look forward to deep diving and regaining my chops. Many thanks from down under.

I just bought your Beato Book. MAN! Never saw a book with so many good things packed in. A big THANK YOU!

I've gotten to the point with Everything Music where I just hit the thumbs up before I even watch it. Every video has been valuable and insightful in terms of musical knowledge every time.

Good structure. Back when hiring guitarists, I tended to get the sense that many practiced technique extensively, but repertoire was limited to learning certain solos and riffs (vs. entire songs plus improv over them), and ear training and chart-reading was not a thing they practiced as much, nor was timing/rhythm work -- very different from hiring pianists, bassists, or percussionists. Really love your focus on ear training especially and understanding exactly what you are hearing and when you are hearing it, without in any way disparaging many players' greater love for how fingers are moving. Thx as always, you are one of the best things about KZfaq.

I have been tossing up on which of these KZfaq music courses to buy, and I have always thought most favourably toward the Beato book. So happy I have just purchased it. I have wanted this theory-based motivation kick for a long time! Thank you from Australia!

You're providing Theory 101 and Basic Musicianship in a bundle. It's pretty hilarious some days, but I love it. I write new things because of you. I upped my theory study, and compositions have gotten a lot more interesting. If I'm ever in Atlanta, I'm hunting you down. Thank you.

Bought your book a couple minutes ago. Just by watching some of your half hour videos, I've cleared many many mistakes and questions I've had for over 20 years playing bass. Thank you!

If instead of watching Rick’s amazing vids I’d spent the time practicing efficiently, I might be a half-decent player by now. Never mind. If KZfaq blows up, I’ll use the newly freed-up time to start on that. No excuses. Thanks Rick! 👍

I loved your effects pedal vid. Compression, etc. Thanks for some organization ideas. I start well and then I noodle too much or play same things over. I'm 58 it's tougher to learn older I get. But I been practicing piano for theory gonna apply to my guitar and playing. Ear training is awesome your son is amazing. The things kids can absorb with proper introduction and great teachers is great. Hence my Sax playing at 10 years old. ...I love your channel...thanks Rick.

@Rick Beato Hey Rick! Thank you so much for your teaching! I already learned so much from you and I am so happy that there is someone so authentic and skilled giving the opportunity to learn from! I am so excited about the future! Thank you to you and your team! All the best from Berlin, Till

Always giving us the secrets! Appreciate you man!!! Love your stuff!!

That LP special you’re holding.. When I was like 15 I saw the same exact one at a local shop and asked the guy to hold it (because he didn’t take trade-ins) so I went to another shop and sold the first nice guitar I ever got and as soon as I came back he said someone had bought it. Even after he said he was holding it for me. This all happened within an hour and a half. Never went back, he closed down. Whatever.

Nice instruction and modeling since Rick's so steady and melodic with his playing which inspires me as guitar composer/performer playing original guitar themes for book trailers about comics, especially his notes about adding certain notes to get a specialized sound. Great!

Finally picked up your book. I’ve been playing since 1983. Not in a band anymore but I still love playing and learning new songs and techniques. Thanks for all your videos and sharing your knowledge, Rick. I really look forward to your videos.

Hello Rick. I was practising V7 I7 arpeggios for a while. That really opened up my vocabulary while imrovising. I take my time and find those interesting melodies. Then loop it and improv over chords. It really helped a lot. Not for only improvising but understanding harmony and rythm. Thanks a lot!

Rick, I just downloaded your book bundle today. It's amazing! I've been following you here for a while, and I just wanted to say thanks for the lessons and constructive insight you've given me.

I find your grasp of theory truly beautiful - divine even!

On your way to 2 mil subs rick, hope its soon you absolutely deserve it.

Thank you for all of your videos, they’ve helped my playing so much!

My favorite music educator! Rick I appreciate the tips ! Thank you again 🎶

I never comment, I've been watching you for a year or so now but I just wanted to say how much I appreciate your videos. I learned to play a ukulele when I was a small child, just a few chords and was delighted to learn that they were the same on a guitar when I finally got one at 16. I thought I was a pretty good guitarist until I move to Nashville at 20 and discovered that there were guys that could play rings around me in every bar. Anyway keep up the good work and thanks for sharing your incredible musical knowledge.

Thanks 🙏 Just picked up the Ear training sooooooooo excited as I feel like I’m actually progressing especially after having your book for a couple of months which I printed out and put in clear sleeves in one folder now. I feel like you have become my friend. 🤝🙏👏👏👏

Lovely, Rick. Your playing is beautifully melodic, especially over the changes you chose. I’m going to be easing into retirement soon, so I’m planning on doing some major woodshedding. Hearing you today opened up my ears and gave my imagination a much-needed boost. You’re truly a special commodity for those of us who love to play. Keep up the excellent work!

I just bought the Book bundle :) looking forward to getting stuck into it.............. thanks for all your awesome work Rick

I was just looking for this kind of video! Thanks Rick

Rick, I look forward to receiving your Beato Book in the mail! Love your videos, which inspired me to break out my guitar after 24 years of not playing.

Love the “ common man “ approach of Rick B.... thanks for just teaching, not preaching..

Greetings, Rick! I enjoy your discussions of theory, the music scene, and more. I'm an accordionist and I always learn Important Stuff from your presentations. Keep Up the Great Work!

Great Minds Think Alike Sometimes! **** I just started using a Freeze Pedal and a Looper to practice most of my ideas 💡 Idea 1 - play a chord voicing with Freeze Pedal and play an arpeggio and scale that contains the notes of that chord. (Experiment with different chord, Scale, and Arpeggio voicings) 2) Use A Looper with a click or drumbeat and practice making phrases over a chord or chords for a predetermined amount of time ......... like “V” to “I” (Vary which beat the chord change happens etc... ) **** Learn the Notes on Your instrument, as it will help demystify any music theory you try to learn. Understand Enharmonic notes, and the 12 tones. **** Learn your Major Scales, Then learn how you can relate everything in music theory you learn to them. Learn how to use them as a tool for figuring out things like intervals, chords, arpeggios, and chord progressions. **** Learn, Play, and Study Complete Songs by various artists......This works multiple skills and can provide lots of enjoyment & challenges. Learn to tune to recordings, and try to play along in time matching as best as you can note for note. Using a looper to practice multiple layered parts together is a fantastic way to hone skills .... in other words play the rhythm parts under a guitar solo onto a looper .... then practice the solo part over it. You can even play the parts at slower speeds for studying them better. **** Always try to practice sound on sound to hear how music harmonizes when you can.

All American guy, brilliant musician, national treasure. Mr. Rick Beato.... Much thanks for your unique originality, inexhaustible invention and human warmth. Refreshing and invaluable educationally. Music is a gift and here dispensed by capable hands. 🎵

Bought the Beato book. Very reasonably priced. You're a great teacher! I plan on getting that ear training course too. Really like your teaching style and the focus on making actual music.

Sooo grateful I found this channel over a year ago. Thanks Rick for helping me get better and reignite my love for music!

Practice makes perfect practice. Too many of my friends can practice amazingly but suck at working on new songs. If you learn sequentially you will always go to it when trying to create. So you always end up sounding like a practice session. Figure out who you want to be and tailor what you work on in alot of variations to support your work vision. Then when you know you know it you know it's worth something.

....thank you Rick for ever valuable sessions....and I continue to learn!

Hey Rick, I don't play (arthritis in fingers) but I really enjoy learning about music and theory through your videos. Thanks!

Thank you for all your help Rick!

Love it. Great stuff. Always back to the rudimentary. This works well in conjunction with the Beato book. I've also tried to implement some "interleaved practicing" which Rick's method basically is.

My illusions have been shattered, he's not using a Green Screen, Rick Beato is a CGI creation! Damn. I knew that it was too good to be true, but I really did believe that Rick is a real person. A very talented, knowledgeable, and extremely generous person. Thanks for all you do Rick, you are the best CGI on the planet.

Rick you are a great teacher, a great musician👏👍

Great channel Rick, keep up the good stuff.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Rick!!

14:55. This whole section is gorgeous. You could build a great song around that exercise.

Your studio is beautifully lit and looks like a happy place.

Thank you for posting videos. You are awesome and amazingly knowledgeable. In fact, a bit intimidating. I just like to have fun with my songs and music, but I'm always open to learning what I can.

Music therapy 101 and beyond... missed the live stream but this just popped up 3 mos after the fact. Another RB treat with the green screen comedy bonus at no extra charge - thx 4 that!

Ohh, this is amazing. Trying to incorporate these advices within my practicing right the way.

I'm beginning to really like this channel, thanks Rick👍

Thank you Rick ! You are AMAZING !!!!!!!

You are a great teacher @RickBeato One of the top that I check out.

No question, just want to say I like the 1/3's approach to practice. I may only have 30 minutes to spare. Notes at every session now! brilliant ty!

I'm on the right track. Thanks Rick!!

Just got the bundle. I can’t wait to dig in!

Yo Rick ! You are indeed a very good instructor and have very good knowledge of music. Also I watched that vid where you played that tape from your band back in the day that sounded cool cuz I like the punk rock era. Anyways great vids I'm learning a lot especially this video bc I feel like I need to approach my DAW with new routines. Peace out my guy!

@Rick Beato I wish I had you fifteen/twenty years ago to teach me. I started playing bass at 10 and guitar at 16 but internally never had a lick of natural talent or musical ability. I have had to drill into myself a sense of rhythm, pitch, any kind of theory, and I get down on myself pretty quickly, so I just wanted to tell you how much just your free content has helped me better understand music in its totality but also to develop better habits and inspiration (curiosity really) in my playing. That being said, the writing and improvisation of Jerry Garcia (and Bobby and the rest of the guys), with just basic knowledge learned from you has really kept me going over probably the last year. Now that you've broken into Phish though, it would be really cool to see you do a Dead tune for an episode of WMTSG. Thanks for all your work.

Thanks for teaching .you are really very good teacher.your lessons are very helpful

Happy Thanksgiving, Rick

Thanks for the lesson Rick!

Happy Holidays Mr. Beato. I'm a 63 year old musical dinosaur and came across your volume of work and I'm finding you very entertaining as well as educational. I've always thought i had a good ear I believe I'll take your course to see if I was right.

Just bought the book dude - this might be what I’ve been looking for, for years . Lots in it

I love this channel!

My guitar training consist of 15 minutes of tweaking my amp, pedals and tuning, then 20 minutes of noodling around with those settings and tweaking just to get it "perfect", then I put a backing track on and jam for 20 minutes. Then I tell myself that sounded awesome and shut it down. The games we play...

Great video. Always good to really make your practice time count.

I really enjoy your videos thanks Rick

Love that scale improving!

Just ordered the book. Thanks Rick

I can understand why folks may have thought your studio was a 'green screen'. It is so damn tidy and perfect and f'in AWESOME!!!

This is really good thank you for taking the time to do this. That is almost exactly what I do when I practice. I do that and then I listen to songs and I Jam along and get practice. I really like that guitar the double cutaway. I was lucky enough to get a 2003 Melody Maker Les Paul junior with and it has a bridge adjustment with none of them had. But somebody had to scallop the damn thing and I didn't notice for months after I bought it. But it does sound pretty good. It would have gone up in value except for the scallops. The only scalloped I ever want is scalloped potatoes for freaking breakfast lol

This is great practice material - thanks for this video. The interactive green screen was amazing! lol

I practice 1 to 2 hours a day Im studying Slash style leads... ( this month)..Slash is simply but creates great solos 2 measure lead riffs and plays them an octave down plus much more that....... I like your videos ......ear training is important many times I hear a song and know the key the notes and chords ,,,,,,,,, great video....... I tell players start out with easy solos build up

I love the tone of that guitar!

Killer… the best when you’re writing on a tour bus (1978 Dodge Sportsman!!!) while in the middle of Northern Canada. Church Beato. 🤟🤠🏄‍♂️🌊

Thx Rick!👍 Good stuff!😊🎸

That was a great lesson Rick.

This whole time I thought "practice" meant constantly searching for new gear that's better than the gear I have, and don't use, because I'm too busy chasing "that sound".

Great video, thank you, it’s important to have a system.

:) I love that "fake" back ground:) it's looks like a lot of tools acquired over a few years. Nice studio. Good job Rick!

Rick, I'm 49 and have just picked up guitar. With the coronavirus apparently not going anywhere I am going to practice.. Thanks for the videos !!

Thanks as always Rick. Oh and you were sounding very Eric Johnson-ish at the end man; really awesome tones! I plan to restructure my playing as I am so obsessed with getting faster (pick slanting) and in time (I am horrible on time) that I forget about the ear and the repertoire. I honestly don't know very many songs because I discovered in 1998 how my self-taught technique was horrible and I didn't want to have pre-programmed licks I always used like a teacher of mine would do. I felt with just scales and chords (and arpeggios I need to stop avoiding) I should be able to compose anything on the spot. But that also means I don't know any songs, only improv. I used to always jam over top of the radio or my CD/mp3 collection.

oh man rick such great stuff! Where were you when I started playing guitar in grade 7....

Thank you so much for this video!

Practicing scales is easy making music out of them is the hard part.

Does anyone agree that the mind, focus and how much time you can endure for practicing is directly proportionate to the length of time you spend practicing at your weekly lesson. My weekly lesson with my tutor is 45 mins, when I practice alone daily my mind and finger signals switch off pretty much on the 45 min mark every time.

Thank you so much for sharing!

Interesting that this practice routine did not involve sight reading for guitar. It was something I religiously practice and still practice. It certainly helped me playing many high pressure shows and gigs at the drop of a hat. Otherwise many thanks Rick for some great insight into practice.

Great what you could as the next step of learning 5 positions in c Major is go through the cycle of fourths up c down f up B b etc semiquavers or quavers over a metronome 100/160 try alternating legato and alternate picking but impropably playing what I know when I do this so I’ll switch to triads which I use over so what ( f and g ) I like to split my ear training into 3 busk through an easy song no stopping or slowing down , chord recognition , and transcribe a hard song ( Charlie Parker etc ) but i think practicing scales over your repertoire is great I’m trying integrate the harmonic major and Hungarian minor now into my playing. Just realised you can play the harmonic major over a minor ii v ( f harmonic major over gm7b5 c7b9 )