Start Getting Better At LEAD GUITAR

I’m sure some of you can relate to the phrase, Long time beginner! Let me know if this lesson was helpful! Let’s move forward in our guitar journey today! Thanks for your support everyone.👍

You’ve been helpful to me. Got back into the guitar after I retired and I definitely play better now than I did 35 years ago. It’s never too late to learn. Great for keeping your mind sharp but a little rough on my hands. Thumb on my fretting hand hurts like hell.

It feels so fun to hear such a phrase which describes exactly the phase I'm in

I am 63, know exactly what your saying.

ive always wanted to learn to play Eclectic guitar so last year i picked up a Yamaha ERG 121C-
And using Rock smith 2014 + u tub vids to learning
-- -- im into mostly classic rock bands like Pink floyd -Black sabbath - Gary more - + many others !

Glad I found and subscribed to your channel today. Thanks for the free lesson! This applied to me perfect- After playing almost every day for 35 years I’ll take it to the next level! I’m self taught from a book called Rhythm guitar, never had lessons. Also learned from friends, and monkey see monkey do. imagine that. !

Thanks a lot
You solved the question that bothers me and I got stuck for years. 👏👏👏👏👏

Great video thank you very much for taking the time to do these videos. 20 years ago I was in a head-on collision and suffered severe nerve damage and as a result I cannot play my guitar more than 5 or 6 minutes at a time. I've had four surgeries on my shoulders my neck and my hands and now I'm able to play as long as I want so I'm basically relearning how to play the guitar.
Videos like yours are a tremendous help. Thanks again

😊 simple, but quite effective! Would this be an example of less is more? 🤔 Love it! Your bending seems effortlessly! Which set strings are using here?

Ready for Love - BadCo the inspiration here?

OMG! My gtr life in a nutshell. I am 53 now .... been trying since 12 yo. LOL Just watche another of your videos and it connected so many dots of my already known knowledge. THANK YOU !

Mine is a similar story but being born a drummer back in '61, I learned bits and pieces of guitar from guitarists I've known a long the way.
I never took up guitar seriously in the early years being focused on all things drums!
Until an industrial accident involving my left hand and wrist.
After the cast came off,
I was going to PT for 8 weeks but once that ran out I thought playing the guitar would be as good exercise as what I was doing at PT.
So I started playing what little I knew over and over.
That was almost 20 years ago and with the help of the interweb and guitar in hand, I made the mistake of teaching myself how to play.
I say mistake because I was learning only what I wanted to play which was ok but without any of the understanding or discipline of continuity to proper lessons or feedback about the bad habits I was developing.
But working 2 jobs everyday and raising a family left the idea of formal lessons in the luxury dept. Something I could ill afford.
Anyway, I found your channel now and after watching a few videos and shorts, I hit the subscribe button!
Maybe with your help ill stop being a "long time beginner" and graduate to "life long beginner"!
There is a difference, and it's not as subtle as it may
sound! 😉👍
So let's get to it!

Thanks so much for that very important lesson! This was for me very helpful!

Me through this whole video: yup, yup, that's me, yup. I did that, I'm doing that. I've had this feeling I should be doing what you said here, but I think this really pushed me over the edge. Get on that looper pedal and start finding out what works while anchored around the chord roots. Thanks man! You explain it very clearly and I appreciate your lessons.

This is genius! Why hasn't this been shown before? Great lesson Rusty - many thanks

Looks like you've got an older audience Rusty yes I'm nearly 61, anyway its just the fun of realising you suck at guitar until you, we get the Ah ha moment which doesn't happen as much as you would like.🇦🇺

Great stuff Rusty, I'm a few years older than you, but definitely identify as being stuck. I finally heard of the pentatonic scale after years of focusing on riffs, cowboy and bar chords. Thanks

Thanks for the great lesson!
I have realized something while practising the ideas in this video. If I play Gmaj scale notes (all seven notes) over this progression, it sounds pretty good. Then I figured out Gmaj scale includes both Am & D chords, and therefore it sounds good. Just another way of looking at it (F# note is also in Gmaj scale)..

Yip I'm stuck rusty,example,if I play Em,c major d major chords? I use em pentatonic over it it sounds OK? But I fell it sound like boring? Just like a pattern than a solo u no! I get frustrated with it,I don't no what to practice how to progress or were to go from here mate, I'm just stuck in 1 pattern with the same repeated licks if u no what I mean mate. If I'm shown or told I'm good at picking up things I admit buddy.

Thanks Rusty! Describes me perfectly. While I can play a lot of memorized songs from the Eagles to Jimi Hendrix, I can’t improvise very well and just play the same pentatonic minor/major scale runs to a backing tract and triads to a backing track. A good guitarist can play by ear and that is my goal. Embarrassing to admit I’ve been playing for 20 years.

Do you only use the pick to strum? or do you use fingers also.

If you don't learn full scales.....only pentatonic scale 5 notes.....it's gonna hold you back big time!

I love your lessons....they are helping me soooooo much ...thank you @@!

66 years old and still trying to play my guitar , stuck .
But with your videos I can see some progress.
By the way, good to see you playing anthems like Ready to love from Free.
Tks a lot.
God bless you man.

You hit the nail right on the head . That's exactly where I've been stuck for years. A 30 yr beginner but I've gotta say thanks for this video.its like a light bulb just went on for me.the slide up to the F# and the chromatic run just opened up the fretboard for me. I was already aware of chord tones as I play bass as well so the penny really dropped for me seeing this video. I'm so glad I came across it by fluke as well. I've subscribed and defo liked. Thanks big time u just got me out of a decade long rut and I can't thank u enough for that.

That’s so cool and very informative. Lightbulb moment for me. Thank you. 👏🎸🎸

Best fretboard note “secret” by way of sam…jam! Save years of frustration Then walk around chord notes and octaves!

Good lesson! Awesome to here Fire and Water in the lesson too!

Hey, Rusty, I just want to say that I super enjoy learning guitar from you. I started playing when I was ten years old, I would use my dad's guitar. I just wanted to tell you that all the years that I have been playing guitar I'm kind of like you were you are a great guitar teacher and I've had a lot of teachers all they want to do is show off I'm a great bass player but I've always wanted to be a lead player and I'm sure that everyone would agree with me please keep up the great work. 🎶🎸

Well, you just answered a? I ask you in another video. Your age... thanks for your time Rusty!

Great breakdown, i was also stuck, i started doing this just over 1 chord backing to make it easier to start before moving on to 2. Tge chord tones is the secret, otherwise your playing random scales and hoping to hit lucky. Cheers rusty

Thanks Rusty ❤
Feels a bit life Free's
Fire and water,cool lesson.

Just one word Brilliant.

Thanks so much for this great lesson! Yeah, I am also 61 years old! And I can really relate to what you’re saying about getting stuck. So this video is super helpful! Thanks a lot!

Great lesson

I just discovered you, and this is the first video I've watched, but I assure you it won't be the last. In fact, I've subscribed. Like so many others who have commented, I'm in your age group (older actually) and there is something really nice about that. Plus, your teaching technique is simple, straight forward, and makes a lot of sense. Thank You!

Rusty ,I will be a pro soon the way you teach . Thank yuo for all u do for us. 🏆❤️🙏🎸💪🔥👊

Always Good stuff Thanks

So... I'm not familiar with the pentatonic scales. Where is a good place to get a diagram that isn't hopelessly confusing? Thanks so much for your videos! I watch them and learn from them constantly!

❤thanks Rusty

i´ve been stuck since 1997. Just started playin again and now im going forward. Thx to you sir.

Hi Rusty, I am confused here. The Am pentatonic is easy to understand but one can't use it in D. I see you using the D notes rahter than the Am pentatonic. Can you explain the difference? Does one change from using the Am pentatonic to D maj scale?

Two five!

Top-notch thx 👍

Awesome lesson, Rusty, as always. You truly have knack for breaking things down in a very understandable manner.

thank you

Nice SG Rusty!

I’ve been trying to convince the wife 1 Les Paul isn’t enough Gibson for any man. Kinda of need a Tele too to compliment the Strat, maybe one day. Your tone sounds great, got a sweet one.

Great new videos too! Keeping me on my toes brother.

so awesome!

You are a magnificent teacher

Greetings from Montréal, Québec, Canada !!! I am 62 yrs. old, been 'Kinda' playing guitar since 1976 as you say Regular chords, some 7th and some jazz chords, but never have taken the time to learn scales. coming closer to retirement, I feel the NEED to learn more just to feel COMPLETE...toot late in time, but tu feel a closure in my learning guitar. Thanks to you and your videos, i shall be able to sit down again, take my time in learning without pressure of performing and feel that SATISFACTION fulfill me !!! Stay Healthy my good man and looking forward to your next videos !!! Cheers !!!