#492 – Rick Beato: Greatest Guitarists of All Time, History & Future of Music

Rick Beato is a music educator, interviewer, producer, songwriter, and a true multi-instrument musician, playing guitar, bass, cello & piano. His incredible YouTube channel celebrates great musicians & musical ideas, and helps millions of people fall in love with great music all over again.

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Rick’s Ear Training: https://beatoeartraining.com

The Beato Book: https://beatobook.com

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) – Introduction

(00:28) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections

(09:17) – Guitar solos

(13:16) – Gypsy jazz and Django Reinhardt

(14:48) – Bebop jazz

(19:00) – Perfect pitch vs relative pitch

(23:37) – Learning to play guitar

(47:08) – Miles Davis

(52:34) – Bass guitar

(53:41) – Greatest guitar solos of all time

(1:22:56) – 27 Club

(1:27:37) – Elton John

(1:30:51) – Metallica

(1:35:21) – Tom Waits

(1:41:12) – Greatest rock stars

(1:44:35) – Beethoven

(1:51:10) – Bach

(1:54:01) – AI in music

(2:07:52) – Sabrina Carpenter

(2:11:23) – YouTube copyright strikes

(2:16:59) – Spotify

(2:27:51) – Guitars

(2:32:13) – Advice

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