Easiest cool ii v i lines

**christianm77** · 09-13-2018, 04:49 AM

I think it's less important in the short term to master the fretboard than it is to play musical phrases.

**mhch** · 09-13-2018, 05:04 AM

Well in the long term both are needed anyway, for sure it's more fun to play phrases and more rewarding for beginners...

personnally I started this way when I began, i.e. playing phrases, but after a while I felt often stuck during jam sessions when I was unable to quickly locate some notes on some strings so I could start a nice phrase in the right key at the most appropriate position !!

Probably it depends upon how each one mind operates... I tend to be very organised ans systematic.

**ragman1** · 09-13-2018, 06:22 AM

Originally Posted by Hep To The Jive

Are you going to do a video on that, like playing slow with explanation?

No, it's far too difficult. I'm no show-off

**christianm77** · 09-13-2018, 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by mhch

Well in the long term both are needed anyway, for sure it's more fun to play phrases and more rewarding for beginners...

personnally I started this way when I began, i.e. playing phrases, but after a while I felt often stuck during jam sessions when I was unable to quickly locate some notes on some strings so I could start a nice phrase in the right key at the most appropriate position !!

Probably it depends upon how each one mind operates... I tend to be very organised ans systematic.

Yeah it goes back and forth. I think you have to keep working at the mapping as well as the music side of it.

**gggomez** · 09-14-2018, 02:28 AM

All good stuff

But what are people’s favourites? Which ones give you good bumps make you go “oh yeah”

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**Gramps** · 09-14-2018, 07:51 AM

gggomez,

If you do a search on youtube for "guitar, 2 5 1" you'll find hundreds of examples.

I've done that and have my "go to" ones but I never really play them like the original once I understand why they work.

**christianm77** · 09-14-2018, 10:47 AM

You can transcribe my playing to find out what my favourites are.

Better still, transcribe someone actually good.

**JustMac** · 09-23-2018, 05:40 PM

That's funny because I wrote down on my "to do" that I'm going to transcribe that Lester Leaps in version you did in a supermarket! Will get around to it, love all the stuff you did on that

**gggomez** · 09-23-2018, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by Gramps

gggomez,

If you do a search on youtube for "guitar, 2 5 1" you'll find hundreds of examples.

I've done that and have my "go to" ones but I never really play them like the original once I understand why they work.

Yes but they are uncool.
David Hamburger has some cool ones
Do people not have their coolest hit list eg this Benson blues intro I transcribed so cool. Even the head I use in my improv

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**AlsoRan** · 09-23-2018, 10:42 PM

Man, that is a great song. Here is the original. Thanks for introducing me to it.

Originally Posted by gggomez

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**AlsoRan** · 09-23-2018, 10:43 PM

Man, that is a great song. Here is the original. Thanks for introducing me to it.

Originally Posted by gggomez

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**gggomez** · 11-01-2018, 05:35 PM

For those interested Ritchie Zelon has a compliementary book on his website the 20th Century Guitar filled with ii v i lines of the greats that are relatively easy to dig into.