Not wanting to show off here but I've now progressed to beginner / lower intermediate after playing for 20 years. In other words, I can play barre chords where not all the strings are accidentally muted.

LMAO that one had me rolling

That's too funny.

Haha, I feel that. Been a beginner guitar player for 12 years now.

I love comments like this, they comfort me and my horrendous guitar skills

Agreed

I've recognized the A.Watts face by scrolling down the comments ahahah...nice profile pic !

I've a backing my singing for 50 yrs ... after seeing this ... I found out I'm doin somethings right !!! Hooyah !!!

Agree. I'm only what I'd call an early intermediate or advanced beginner, but, yeah... this is a good refresher lesson. I'm adding these lessons to my daily practice, even if it's just to warm up.

True dat. The video should be titled “Five Fundamental Guitar Techniques.” How many of us learned properly, then started playing loud, with a ton of fuzz & reverb and thought we were good... until sitting down with an acoustic and being faced with the cold fact that our technique had gotten sloppy, needed to take a step back before taking any more forward? 🤚

Thanks for listing the exercises.

Except that "4." is really the first of two "#5"s.

Thank you Rebecca black

First 4 are about using a plectrum to beat a string topped wooden drum . 5 begins playing a guitar.

@@summerbreezeau Found the fingerstyle elitist. I'm kidding but I fucking hate when people play all the strings open to cover up a chord change

This is great advice! I kept wandering why my dad couldn't change chords seamlessly while trying to teach him. I think he was adjusting finger by finger :)

Ok babe I’m just going on a walk right up to my house to

You are so right. I practiced for 2 years with the one-finger-at-a-time method, hoping it would get faster and faster til the fingers were going down all at the same time, but that never happened. I then determined to hover my fingers over the strings in the right shape before pressing down (not easy at first) and do that over and over. Hover, press/strum, remove hand, repeat. That got me going and now I can play lots of chords (but I’m still terrible).

Sorry, what do you mean by only with left hand and then only with right hand?

@@calliopeshif7581 if you're right-handed that would mean learn the chords first and then the strumming method. Practice the chords first until you can switch them back and forth with your eyes closed. Once you can do that you'll be ready to start strumming with your right hand. Once you have both down then SLOWLY combine them together and speed it up until you match the tempo you're trying to get to.

Santana

The 4 phases of life for men (not my joke): 1. You believe in Santa Claus. 2. You don't believe in Santa Claus. 3. You are Santa Claus. 4. You look like Santa Claus.

@@dailydoseofblues7708 that's what I read first lol

You're confusing Santa with Yahweh...

Next episode of Rick and Morty: Santa Rick Oh wait, wrong Rick smh

Good for you Dave. I'm proud of ya.

Try GuitarSage 30 free lessons and then google in youtube a band name, guitarsage. Lots there for FREE to learn and the 30 free lessons are great to build technique !!

That’s awesome, Dave! Just keep at it and you’ll be able to play like a pro!

Dave: You and me are exactly the same age (I'll be 64 next month) and at the same starting point. I also found this video pretty helpful. Best of luck! Let's keep in touch and exchange guitar experiences. I do a series of mind-numbing, yet useful finger exercises every day have help my hands get quicker and more relaxed. Cheers, Dave. P.S. Just watched your video playing "Stairway to Heaven." Not too shabby!

What are you struggling with switching chords I've been playing for like 18 years and chord switching is hard at first I got that down one day in guitar in highschool it just happened practice alot or at least everyday

Yea me too

That alternate picking sounded a bit like Into Dust by Mazzy Star.

Bryan Rivera ohh Dont say that! poor Rick (no, he’s not poor) has been through enough recently from the ahole music industry...

I can relate. I feel so enlightened. Glad I found this video

Same

"Don't touch your face". So a bunch of us grew COVID beards and well...guess what we did?

You had me rolling when I read this🤣🤣

I literally died AHAHAHAHAH

Omfg

just can't stop laughing on this :-)

RC32 Totally agree. I was stuck with ‘classical’ & it ruined me for wanting to learn anything. Ended up playing trumpet in Jr High & later picked up the drums on my own.

@@susanmaggiora4800 Ahh gotcha. I'd still say to keep going forward, and as long as you remain true to why you began in the first place.

@@RC32Smiths01 It is also why you want to learn the right way, bypassing all of the bad habits that many people form.

That's correct

very joyful nice little lesson!

Do it! My dad started playing at about 60. He just likes to strum these chords and sing rotten songs about his friends. I'll play leads for him sometimes. It's a lot of fun.

I agree, do it. Get a guitar, maybe a few lessons and strum the tunes you like. Never too old. Music is something that doesn't care about age. Good luck to you!

The Broadcast Ninja Do it!!

Alamo Music (Chris McKee/Cooper Greenberg videos) and Bob Taylor's The Ebony Project made me do that and I'm 65 now. Johnny Guitar (broadcast engineer at KCHU.org) and I talked about this: Guitar is easier to learn and a decent instrument is cheaper. Besides, neighborhood dogs don't howl as much with it. If you want them to howl, a harmonica works, too. Thanks, Rick!

Heck, with all Rick's videos, I am 62 and I think I am going electric! Maybe it is time for a female Rock drummer-it is never too late. ♥

Omg stop bullying his beard 😂

Hhahahahahah💀🔥

That statement is so wrong. First it is a terrible run-on sentence. It should be: "Rick Beardo is not real. He can't hurt you." Comedy writers are writers first of all. Second, he can hurt you. He is really Wolverine come back from the future to slash your throat.

@@fly4doe2 As you wish

Yeah, good suggestions. Those would be nice starter courses.

how to hold the pick - big time issue for most beginners

Aaron B I put tune your guitar at number one because you have no idea how many of my students won’t tune their guitars before lessons. It’s like pulling teeth to get them to tune the damn things!

tubemcg not just beginners! There’s so many ways to hold the pick that I think it’s a huge process to find exactly what works for you. But yeah some people just flat out hold it horribly and you need to at least have a good baseline to work with.

Tuning up. That is what killed my interest in learning to play guitar. Natural musicians and those with a good ear may not appreciate this but I found it so frustrating every time I picked up the thing. That was why I switched to keyboards.

john frusciante, the legendary guitarist from the red hot chili peppers, plays with his thumb over the top all the time. John Mayer, Jimi Hendrix are a couple others who do this too. it actually gives you way more dexterity and options in your playing. im not too good at it. but most ppl who do this, and do it well, have large hands/long fingers.

That technique isn't easy

@@DylanL69 once whn u strt doing it...u'll get used to it.....

Don't worry about the thumb over the top, especially if you have small hands. There are other things you can do down the road....I'm actually surprised Rick even included that for a beginner right now. It's just going to discourage people as its difficult enough already just learning the basics. Total respect to Rick. No one go off on this. .Pls. Life's hard enough right now

I have long fingers/big hands and could only thumb over on very few open chords. It just never felt right to me

This is great advice I just tried this and was more aware of my posture and it helped immensely. Thanks!

Thought it came from something else, it started in my shoulder bought a guitar and great fun to do it. Think the pressure and time playing it and stress holding acords is the real crime behind this 👍

I'm 59 and I just learned this 5 or 6 years ago. Took forty freakin' years.

Same here at 61...Cheers

52 just starting

If only I'd known as a teen what I know now. Ya know, "Money for nuthin' and chicks for free". But if a teen doesn't have access to a guitar and their parents won't buy one ... well, tough.

@@hacunamatata6802 Hmm? Where I came from kids were babysitters, had paper routes, collected cans and bottles, mowed lawns, painted someone's fence or a room, washed cars etc, There were many opportunities before us to make things happen.

@@JB-bc9nm Just think if you could've shredded on guitar by 15-16 how different life would've been. But most of us at 10 years old don't understand the potential brought into a life by mastering an instrument like guitar while young and attractive.

Dave McKay people don’t “cheat” chord changes using open strings enough when they’re human these days too. With good right hand control you can smooth out the most finger twisting changes and stay in key.

I'm missing two fingers on the right hand, middle doesn't work and the index works a little. Thumb is only thing that really works..........not as good as I once was but don't give up. You can still do some things with practice.

It may not help but don’t forget cigar box slide guitar.

@@mral13131313 Given that his injury is to his left hand, that's an excellent suggestion.

@ FrAA888 grindR...Some excellent songs can be created with just simple techniques if you have good “musical sense”, rhythm, timing, sense of melody and tone, etc. You don’t have to shred like Yngwie, Buckethead, or Eddie Van Halen! It may be showy and impressive, but doesn’t make a song great without the basics! Beato RULES!!! He ALWAYS has great advice!

Google Jango Reinhart's left hand and Les Paul's right arm ...

Me too!

Plenty of longtime beginners like me here ❤

Longtime beginner is a perfect description!

I hear yah

Lucky for Joe Satriani, he had access to a time machine and could watch Rick Beato's videos before Rick made them.

“Younglings” ugh stfu Cringeworthy

@@jeff7764 Why? English major, asking for...ME.

GreenPowerNow! it sounds weird just call us kids

@@xvatorres You may consider it retaliation for the new "boomer" trend.

Picking is deceptively complicated lol

@@Jamsville it can be

I realised this very later on, I got in scales very early, playing scales while having a lousy rhythm.

But Rick should shave his beard off :)

Begun, the guitar lessons have.

Count Dooku's little brother.

@@Eagle-eye-pie There is no try with guitar, only do

maybe it is a corvid beard.

Not true!

Are you calling him a liar? 🤔

Yes i am!

Completely agree. Rhythm/tempo is king. In performance, a "wrong" note is far less noticeable than a hesitation, tentative chord change, or other stumble in the rhythm.

absolutely. out of time playing is just sloppy. if you cant play it in time, you cant play it.

I know, right? I can't believe it's taken me years to learn this!

I reckon that extra D note makes it sound empty. The low B is pretty soft to pick up, and it's especially empty when playing a bass G note with the thumb and plucking the top three strings as a shell chord, it completely loses substance without the high B there. Absolutely should learn it for the reason he said but use it sparingly.

The extra d note sometimes sounds better and sometimes worse depending on the rest of the chords. In reality you should know both because each one has its advantages. In my opinion, the pinky and ring finger is actually more useful and EASIER overall for two reasons: 1. You can actually play it with ONLY TWO FINGERS. Use ring finger for the E string 3rd fret but let it touch on the A string and MUTE it because that B note is actually unnecessary a lot of the times and it just makes the chord sound muddy. Use little finger for high e string 3rd fret. 2. While the other version makes the chord change from D to G easier, this version makes the change from G to C and from G to F easier, plus it frees your first finger (and your middle finger if you use the version I explained above) to embellish the chord with other notes or melody lines.

I wish someone showed me this method of chord change from G to D when I was starting out. I ended up bastardizing my D chord by playing it without my index finger and using the pinky on the b string.

@@neophytosdm That's the way Fender is teaching me "Wild Horses". Only the middle finger for the E sting mute the A, and the ring finger for high E. It works for me.

Exactly

LeL traco Lol I used this same logic

@@J.Artistry Rick is the holy grail of music channel

haha same

Exactly!

NinerFourWhiskey me 2. Never came naturally for me and I still work at it and have to concentrate 38 yrs later.

My favourite bass track to practice my timing is The Sisters Of Mercy's cover of Hot Chocolates 'Emma' steady, beautiful beat. (They never had a drummer so it's all a drum machine so no timing float and a great song to play along to).

NinerFourWhiskey Put a wired metronome in your ear while playing every time you play. Every time, Every time , Every time , Every time, Every time, Every time, Every time, every time you play have a tick tock going in your ear to the beat to the song you are playing. Every time. People don’t get up and leave because you forgot the words or played a wrong chord. They leave because the frequency (the beat) changes. You’re welcome.....

You didn’t/don’t need a metronome according to Allar Po(squiggly line atop the o)ld.

That's a great, great idea.

Rick is the man- I put music down long before covid. I was in working bands through the 90's and early 2000's (at one point in 5 bands at one time) and I just got burned out and decided to get a day job. Covid came and I was searching for something to do that I'd like- I tuned into Beato after a friend mentioned his youtube and got interested in playing again kind of immediately. Haven't stopped since- Rick reminded me about what I loved about playing and hearing him relate the tidbits on the biz-I realized it was biz side that burned me out- not the music. I feel like I owe the guy.

I'm 68 and took up the guitar 7 years ago (I did play a little when I was a kid). Found out from guitar teachers that i have perfext pitch, so I pick up things fast. I play for about two hours every day! It's been so wonderful playing the guitar, you'll have fun and I think it's very good for your brain too. Good luck!

Good luck. I'm 57 and am going to give it a serious shot. Ordered Fender CD 140SCE. Rick's video is very helpful.

I'm 54 and have just started also, it's never too late in life to learn. Keep going, small steps.

O cara é foda pra caralho

@@babacofobia O Rick além de manjar muito parece ser super gente boa. Aquele cara que todo quer ser amigo.

i know right

Yeah, i have some experience with teaching/presenting and yep, preparation does miracles!

Exciting for sure . I would love to teach in time .

how do i know which chords go along with the lyrics i've written?

@@felixputz5190 usually the music is written first and you write lyrics over it, if you write music around the lyrics it can sound very forced, it’s not a rule to write the lyrics over the music but it generally works best that way. If you have lyrics you want to put into a song and are writing the guitar part, just start off with the basics, is it a minor key for sad or major for happy

agreed

@@adambrown5172 This is true… If you want to hear a song in which the lyrics were written before the music, listen to “We didn’t start the fire” by Billy Joel.

​@felixputz5190 playing in a key is always good. I keep practicing natural major key and that helps to learn natural minor cause they're actually the same they just start at different points. 2 books that helped me was Guitar Grimoire but you could also look up the modes of the natural major scale online. For instance natural major scale is root note, whole step, whole step, half step, whole step, whole step, whole step, whole step then half step to return to the root note. Root note is like C for playing key of C. The modes are just the same scale but starting on the non root notes so D is the second note in C major so if you start on D it's the second mode. When you memorize all 7 mode shapes you start to be able to combined them to play in key anywhere on guitar. The 6th mode is also the minor scale so if you start with the 6th mode of the major scale you are playing the minor scale, example notes of C major are C D E F G A B and the notes for A minor are A B C D E F G, no sharps in there. So by learning the mode shapes you can play in the key of major and minor and if you stick in key no matter what you play always sounds good. It's easier then to learn the 5 note (pentatonic scales). Another book I liked a lot was How to Write songs on guitar by Hal Leonard. One more thing I learned in classical music is a lot of the times do One style then switch to another style then return to the first style used. So style A then B then A, or they would just do A style then switch and end in B style. Lastly all the chords in a key for the major will be Major minor minor Major Major Minor then diminished, so for C it's C maj, D min, E min, F maj, G maj, A minor, then B dim. These are based on 3 notes in the scale notes1 3 5 for C maj, notes 2 4 6 for D min, note 3 5 7 for E min, and so on. Then for A minor the chords are the same but starting on A min. A minor, B dim, C maj, D min, E min, F maj, G maj. Wrote a little song myself after practice these things for a few weeks and it came pretty naturally. After learning the chords and modes of the scale then the trick to find the root notes things are starting to flow.

Stroker Ace Yeah! In the back of my mind I was thinking “That sounds like something,” but I never pursued it cause I was listening to Rick.

Susan Maggiora I consider my middle age development of “perfect pitch” a cross I must bear!

Learning to Fly, sounds ..I had to figure this all out , painfully over the years . ANCHOR points, alternate picking, Crazy Train, More Than A Feeling. Yes.

It's cus that's the picking for more then a feeling just get your timing right and bam you got it

It was! Just change the D to a Dsus4 and that’s the chord progression exactly.