Guitar Quick Tip #11: Practice Breaking Strings (Guitar Lesson QT-011)
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0:05 - 0:06Hey! How ya doing?
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0:06 - 0:08Justin here with another quick tip for you,
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0:08 - 0:11and today it is practice breaking strings.
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0:11 - 0:14Now, I don't mean actually to practice breaking your strings
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0:14 - 0:15cuz that would be kinda crazy,
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0:15 - 0:18but breaking strings is kind of inevitable.
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0:18 - 0:21It's gonna happen if you're out playing gigs and stuff.
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0:21 - 0:23Sooner or later you're gonna bust a string on stage, it happens.
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0:23 - 0:28Even often times I've restrung a guitar just before a show,
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0:28 - 0:29and I've still managed to snap a string.
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0:29 - 0:32Perhaps I've been getting into it particularly hard one day and it,
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0:32 - 0:34you know, one of the strings popped.
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0:34 - 0:38So, what I would recommend is that you kind of get ready for the emergency,
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0:38 - 0:43and practice it a bit beforehand so you're not into a complete panic when it happens to you on stage.
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0:43 - 0:47So, the way I used to practice it was to imagine a string had broken.
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0:47 - 0:51If you wanted to, you could actually take different strings off.
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0:51 - 0:55That wouldn't be a bad plan cuz it does feel a little different when there's a string gone,
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0:55 - 0:56actually taken off the guitar.
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0:56 - 0:59It kinda feels weird, but you don't have to go that far.
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0:59 - 1:02The thing that I'd recommend that you practice,
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1:02 - 1:04it's kinda fun as well, it'll help you explore the instrument,
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1:04 - 1:07is just to pretend a string is missing.
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1:07 - 1:11So, put on a backing track for 12 bar blues and do a 12 bar blues solo,
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1:11 - 1:14but don't touch the second string.
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1:15 - 1:20It's really interesting what happens, cuz so many of our licks go over that second string,
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1:20 - 1:21Right?
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1:21 - 1:22There's loads of them.
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1:22 - 1:24All of your position changing stuff
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1:24 - 1:27Loads of things are involved around that
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1:27 - 1:28So suddenly when you take it away,
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1:28 - 1:29or you can't use it,
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1:30 - 1:32all of, well most of your licks don't work.
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1:32 - 1:34So you have to kind of find new licks,
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1:34 - 1:36and that can be kind of cool,
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1:36 - 1:40cuz it forces you to explore things in a slightly different way.
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1:40 - 1:43Now if you're a real beginner, it's just gonna be kinda be difficult right?
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1:43 - 1:45Cuz you won't have enough vocabulary,
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1:45 - 1:47enough licks to try and kind of get your way around.
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1:47 - 1:49But if you're able to do a solo, you know,
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1:49 - 1:52and you've got a little bit of vocabulary with your licks and stuff,
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1:52 - 1:54it's a really, really fun exercise.
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1:54 - 1:57You think about just the minor pentatonic scale,
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2:02 - 2:04suddenly you've got that gap
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2:05 - 2:07where you're not gonna play that second string.
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2:07 - 2:08So all of like,
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2:10 - 2:11you can't do those licks anymore.
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2:12 - 2:13It would be,
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2:15 - 2:17cuz all of the second string's gone.
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2:17 - 2:18So it'll really make you explore.
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2:18 - 2:20One of the things that's kinda interesting is
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2:20 - 2:24to think along the strings instead of up and down.
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2:24 - 2:26Most people think in terms of positions.
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2:26 - 2:28But if you've got a kind of a groove,
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2:29 - 2:30you could,
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2:41 - 2:43That was all just the thinner string.
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2:43 - 2:45So, trying to avoid the second string
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2:45 - 2:47meant that I just stayed on the 1 string.
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2:47 - 2:49Which is really good cuz you're kind of exploring it.
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2:48 - 2:52I would never have played that particular line
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2:52 - 2:55had I had access to the second string.
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2:55 - 2:57Just because my fingers wouldn't have done that.
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2:57 -And also, when you skip a string,
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Not Syncedit sounds pretty interesting,
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Not Syncedparticularly in blues, it's kinda more common
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Not Syncedto do string skippy stuff in rock and metal.
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Not SyncedBut in a blues context,
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Not Syncedit's just a different kind of flavor that you get
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Not Syncedwhen suddenly the second string's taken away.
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Not SyncedIt's really weird, but it's a great experience
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Not Syncedand a really good learning curve
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Not Syncedcuz it is gonna happen sooner or later in your
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Not Syncedguitar playing life you're gonna bust a string.
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Not SyncedSo, much better to be prepare a little bit,
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Not SyncedI'm not saying you practice this all the time,
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Not Syncedjust as a fun thing, you know, you're in a bit of a rut,
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Not Syncednot sure what to practice,
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Not Syncedthis is the kind of thing that can open up a few doors,
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Not Syncedmake you think just a little bit more different.
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Not Synced"More different," terrible English.
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Not SyncedIf anyone's learning English, forget that phrase.
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Not SyncedThat's just really bad.
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Not SyncedYou can see things differently is what I meant to say.
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Not SyncedAnd it's a really cool, fun thing you know.
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Not SyncedSo, go off and have an explore.
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Not SyncedEither take the string off or just ban one string
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Not Syncedfrom a particular improvisation.
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Not SyncedSecond string's actually one of the hardest ones
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Not Syncedbut it's a good one to start off with just because
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Not Syncedit'll teach you straight away.
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Not SyncedThinner string is a bit weird
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Not Syncedbecause a lot of guys rely on the thinner string
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Not Syncedfor moving around, and the thick strings,
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Not Syncedfor your chord playing, could be interesting too.
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Not SyncedGo off and have a check out of that idea,
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Not Syncedand I'll see you for many more quick tips and lessons
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Not Syncedand stuff very soon.
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Not SyncedTake care of yourselves, bye bye.
- Title:
- Guitar Quick Tip #11: Practice Breaking Strings (Guitar Lesson QT-011)
- Description:
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In this guitar lesson quick tip video we'll look at how and why you should practice improvising as if you have a broken string!
Taught by Justin Sandercoe.
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- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- JustinGuitar (legacy)
- Project:
- Quick Tips (QT)
- Duration:
- 04:29
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