In The Mind Of Jerry Garcia: Guitar Soloing (Mini) MasterClass. How Does Jerry Garcia Solo?

I have been so fn frustrated for years to the point I only played a few hours a month the past decade. You competly took me out of my funk in less than 30 minutes. I can't say thank you enough!💞🐢

That Resurrection Guitar is nice. Im always on the look out for one, problem is i can never afford one haha.

well done, a great resource

Love your channel still looking for that master class! 😆 😅

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Many people think that to sound like Jerry Garcia, you must amputate the end of the middle finger on your picking hand, but that's not actually the case.

lick 3, your classic my girl opening lick lol

Speaking as an intermediate level guitarist: If I understand correctly, for the Part 1 lick study, you are saying that when you land on the 5 chord (B, in this case) you noodle around with a dominant 7th arpeggio (often used by jazz guitarists). Then when the song rolls around to the 1 chord (E), you move down to 4th position major pent (= C shape, for CAGED enthusiasts) and noodle around there for a while. And all the while, you should be looking for ways to use little snippets of chromatic scales to connect notes. Correct?

Nice bulldog!! love them too

Lots of great ideas presented here! This might be a matter of semantics but Sugaree starts and ends with a B major chord, which acts as the tonal center. It makes more sense to me to think of the key as B Mixolydian - same chords and notes as E major.

Omg what an adorable puppy. Im watching this 2 years later so now its a dog😊

Stich method rocks!

I consider Jerry the “King of flow.” Each note flows into the next. Like an endless river.

Awesome lesson!

Thank you!

This lesson is a must watch.
So insightful thanks stich.

Ah I love puppies. Whats his name Stich?

I didn’t know about how Mr Garcia was playing, looks like this is how I play too without knowing the technical or some of the theoretical aspects, I play more by the feel and sound, this video helps me understand it more as how a pro approached, thank you!

I love this perspective. I've picked apart a few Jerry solos and if I had to pick just one favorite aspect of them, it would be his arpeggios - They're everywhere.

Well made lesson and can’t wait to try the ideas

My man 😂 thanks so much 🙏 deep dive the last few days on your stuff and am so much better now 🙏 anytime futurebirds are around you you’ve got tickets thanks again!

"Sometimes you can always suspend things" – now that is a very Grateful Dead way to think about music :)

Great Great Stuff !!!

Before I even start watching the video, that little bit of Jerryness right at the beginning is a perfect illustration of what always attracted me to Jerry's playing (even though I'm a Bobby fan boy): how musically logical Garcia is.

Just watching you play a few bars exemplifies the point perfectly.

This was absolutely one of the best guitar lessons I’ve ever seen, a true gem!! Thank you so much for putting it together and being so damn cool!!! Your lessons are a blast to watch and are actually comprehensible and useable!!!

When can we see you play???

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Big-time Deadhead here, been playing guitar about 47 years. Ian presents exactly what I was looking for - a way to thoroughly understand how chords and scales relate to one another (CAGED notwithstanding :o) and how to solo over chord changes. Coming from a place of "playing by feel" I think this is the kind of learning and discipline I need to get to that "whole other level" which seems like second nature to my more musical "talented" buddies in local bands. Like most things in life it's 10 % talent and 90 % dedication and persistence! Peace.

That was breathe taking, you just gave me a whole new way to sound, create, and a very basic explanation how to do so. God bless you man, that was quality content 🙏🏿... Jerry has always had one of the most down home, bluesy, and folk like sounds filled with color I've every heard. Thanks ...

Wow. This is fantastic. Two of the songs I'm working on have V - I moves. Sugaree and No Expectations. Just last night I finally got the timing down on the riffs within the rhythm parts of Sugaree. Exploring the possibilities, based on knowing the melody, I created some of my own that sounded pretty good. I know it's B Mixolydian, but that hasn't proven that helpful yet. Who knew you teach me my first arpeggios the next day, ones I could actually apply. Thanks so much. My lucky day.

I love studying BB'S BOX, but I wish some one would make a video on some of the boxes Jerry spent most of his time. Please create one!

PS- Love your dog, too.

Dude! I love you! Can I name my next cat after you?

How did Jerry handle 1to4? And what about a 251 progression?

Love the video. Well done and practical.

Really enjoyed this video. Those are sweet lines.

My God...the puppy, dude? Too frickin adorable.

damn nice guitar

So Jealous, your puppy is beautiful...I LOVE bulldogs. Thanks for the videos, no else explains Jerry even close, they all keep trying to explain the music theory about why it works...but even though Jerry knew music theory he was not "thinking" of it while dancing his fingers across fret board...only while writing an arrangement. Knowing the theory tells you ZIP about how the feel of it works.

One more Saturday night!!

Great lesson, thank you. The Sugaree from Jerry Garcia Band live at Keane College - After Midnight has the best examples I can think of of this kind of soloing. Jerry at his best.

Thank you
Jerry Stitch .
You just opened a door for my dumb ass.
As I've never known music I've always wondered how like in eyes of the wild his solo s remain the same but in different keys.
So as he changes chords during the song
Using thesarpeggios
He plays the same more sequences as In the other chordes.
He just uses these demonstrated by you
Methods to replicate
The solo patter but in the various chord keys
If that makes sense.
Once you have that as you say he does the same thing but only varies the combinations he plays.
Simplifies it in ways which now I kind of understand.
Thanx

Great vid, Stitch!

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thumbs up for the adorable doggie :) the lesson is great too

love the videos man helping me out alot can you do a video on the solo to West LA Fade Away ???

...ask you"here", jeesh.

Stich, I've been playing Sugaree for decades and then I learned Lick #1 the other day and it's like a bomb went off. It's opened up all kinds of new connections and phrases for me. Definitely a major breakthrough, thanks.
Also I want to sign up with you on Patreon, is it best done at the beginning of the month? I ask you hear because I'm not sure of how else to contact you.

These snappy V I transitions remind me of the importance of the ii V I in jazz.

This is a fantastic lesson. but I always thought the B is the I chord and the E is the IV in this song. It feels like B is the root, but that doesn;t change any of the great stuff here. Thanks!