Uploaded August 2011 | Updated September 2026, 40 minutes ago
At 0:05 in the video I want you to notice how I pause at the 7th fret, picking strings 5 and 6 with B pedal down only. It is a beautiful technique that should be used more often. Try to incorporate pauses like this into your playing. Lloyd Green often pauses on one note. I believe he raises tthe volume a little bit, sometimes vibrato (sometimes not); and it sounds awesome. It's a timing thing. If you can learn to interject a note, it gets the immediate attention of the listener, you've broken the flow of notes. It's like a sudden surprise. I like using single notes and need to do this technique more myself. In this video I paused on these 2 notes using the B pedal and it sounds nice. What's really great is to pause on notes that clash together (dissonance). For example: playing strings 8 and 9 clash, but they sound good if you play them quickly and implement them into your melody.
At 0:05 in the video I want you to notice how I pause at the 7th fret, picking strings 5 and 6 with B pedal down only. It is a beautiful technique that should be used more often. Try to incorporate pauses like this into your playing. Lloyd Green often pauses on one note. I believe he raises tthe volume a little bit, sometimes vibrato (sometimes not); and it sounds awesome. It's a timing thing. If you can learn to interject a note, it gets the immediate attention of the listener, you've broken the flow of notes. It's like a sudden surprise. I like using single notes and need to do this technique more myself. In this video I paused on these 2 notes using the B pedal and it sounds nice. What's really great is to pause on notes that clash together (dissonance). For example: playing strings 8 and 9 clash, but they sound good if you play them quickly and implement them into your melody.
