how I wish, how I wish you were THERE. 30 years ago. [with Gilmore's voice]. I had to stumble upon this info through trial and a lot of error. your teaching is phenomenal. this lesson was 20 or so years late for me. But you are by far the best I have found online. love your content and your playing. Thanks again
Brian,I'm a guitarist that started in the early 80s, and set it aside for many years,some of your lessons are a fabulous refresher course thanks so much for your hard work ❤
Been playing for decades. This really ties together a lot of stuff I “kind of knew” but didn’t necessarily know how it all interacted together. Thanks.
Hey Brian, I believe that your critic is simply having a bad day or is just jealous. I’ve been playing for many, many years and this is a great “lightbulb” lesson for me. I don’t spend a lot of time or money on guitar lessons, but i love to play. The biggest thrill for me is playing with in a band or group and improvising from start to finish. When it all clicks, man what a rush! What you explain in this lesson is what I’ve been doing without knowing what it is that I was doing. I was simply letting the tune and melody direct me and I followed what my ear was telling me sounds right. Thank you!
Hope this helps: it’s the same chords/notes, just starting on the sixth, i.e. A major = F# minor . Been taking lessons from Brian for 10 years….by far the best out there and he taught us that somewhere along the way 😊
Brian, this lesson is pure gold! Your simple ear-based approach to finding the right notes is a game-changer. It's accessible, effective and eliminates the need for confusing charts. Can't wait to put this into practice. Thanks for sharing your incredible knowledge in such a clear, engaging way!
What you've got here is an arrogant wannabe who just wants to argue and stroke himself. He offers nothing positive or constructive. It's useless trying to defend the video with rational reasoning because his responses are irrational. Wouldn't be surprised if he was CUI (Commenting Under the Influence).
This is a great lesson for ear training and has given me a better understanding of improvisation. I found your approach in explaining the major scale and the chord tones to be most helpful. I highly recommend this video lesson.
This people is a very invaluable lesson. I am about to start my journey of learning how to play lead and to teach myself to listen. I have a really good friend who's father was a jazz player and insisted he learn to play this way, by listening. This video here, everyone needs to take it seriously!!!! Thank you again for your GOLD videos, and thank you so much for your time in showing us this amazing stuff!!!
Thanks, Brian. This is the lesson I wish I had when I first took up the guitar, over 55 years ago. It would have helped my understanding of fretboard basics a lot!
Looks like all the comments speak to how so many of us appreciate this lesson and are grateful for your work Brian! I am sure all of us (except one person on the planet) cant wait for the next weekly gem of a lesson! Enjoy the Music! Wade
Wow! Thank you Brian. This connected so many "dots" for me. I've been working on improvising and putting together major and minor pentatonic licks. This really helped me put some logic and patterns behind what I was doing! This is a bit like a drug, I want more ;)
I really liked this, it's not my type of music but I loved it anyway. I almost expected to hear Willie Nelson's voice chime in. It was so simple and just perfect melody wise. Bravo.
@@Texas1836Bandyeah, I think it's particularly those chromatic notes that Willifies it. I LOVE Willie's style also, and this lesson seems to demonstrate a great way of getting some of that sound (and more) Brian is bloody amazing.
Another great eye/ear opener. Your approach to theory and application is the best. When I started playing many years ago, this stuff was so mysterious. All I knew was the pentatonic scale and most theory just overloaded my brain. You're really the teacher I needed.
A concept explained clearly. Well done. One thing that would have been interesting to see is a 3D matrix of all the combinations of major scale notes played over each chord in the track. The 3rd dimension being the sound description of the two together, ie, “harmonious”, “dreamy”, “sad”, “tension”, “dissonance” would be examples of the sounds heard.
Hey Brian, I have been playing guitar for a long time, and as a scribed member has been following you for few years, this lesson is really a "revelation" and now I uses this formula across the fretboard. Thank you so much.
Bought my first guitar and took my first lesson in 1961, have played for years and enjoyed this video. Daniel Dude seems like he is trying to impress someone.....don't think it's working here. He needs a chill pill.
I found the video super helpful like many others on active melody. Brian puts a lot of effort into his lessons and still has the energy to argue with people like danielsheltraw8773 who according to his replies doesn't know much about proper argumentation. It's just another hater here on youtube, getting into arguments without offering any value. I wouldn't bother wasting energy for such people.
This lesson is great! Easy to follow and understand but a breakthrough in learning. As always, Brian offers an elegantly simple way to learn some new insight into guitar playing. Always looking forward to Fridays.
Brain I was kind of turned off the name of this lesson, but after doing it I had many light bulb moments and and intend to never skip one of your lessons again even if the name throws me off. I feel inspired this lesson is dynamite! Thank you so much.
Alright Brian, this is a great one for everyone. I've been doing a lot of your older lessons, all the major scales for each chord, the target notes for soloing but how do you remember all of them. Let me watch first and maybe you'll answer my question, thanks 🙏.
fallow you can get lessons i am Brian has tranformed my playing 100% in one yr i have come so far im not the best but i dont get frustrated like i use to you have to put the time in all so i practice ever night and during the day ... Brian @ Ative Melody
I"m not well versed on diminished chords - at the 4:35 mark it refers to the 7th scale chord as "E# diminished", is that the common way to refer to it, or would it be called F diminished? Sorry if this is a dumb qustion.
You’re right, it is an F diminished, but since F was already one of the notes (the first F#), you aren’t supposed to list it again, so the way it would be written is E#. Kind of clunky, but that’s the correct way to write it. That said, I would just think of it as an F
Wow, What was was that guys deal? Seems like a bit of an overthinker really. Anyhow Brian, I am not sure if you have stumbled upon this terrific theory on tuning our guitars. It was first exposed by James Taylor, and they say all the big boys do it. I tried it and I was really shocked. I haven't played straight for that long in awhile. So it is rather specific. we tune to 440, but each string gets a different degree of cents below. A cent is very little. so starting from the bottom it goes -12 cents on the low E, -10 on the A, -8 on the D, -4 on the G, -6 on the B, and -3 on the E. So low to high the numbers are 12, 10, 8, 4, 6, 3 cents below 440, when you tune with your digital tuner. It really sounds AMAZING!
Do you have a link to this way of tuning. The pro's just tune by ear and can temper the intervals well in multiple places and fetted chords. Don't tune the b string to what the tuner says. Tune it to the freted d note on the third fret.
@@michaelkrailo5725 Yeah man, It is actually more common than I thought. Check out sweetened tunings. The Peterson Tuners have this option built in. You can get it damn close by ear, but when its dead on, it really sounds good.
@@Tigers25 I just think that we hear well, but tuners hear better. From my experience, I believe it is smart to use tools to measure, instead of just eyeballing it. Work smart bra.
@@activemelody The worst thing you can do to beginners is fill their minds with stuff which is just plain wrong. Such is this video. I don’t even know where to start there is so much wrong here. You don’t even seem to know the definition of “key”! You talk about notes that “work”. All notes “work”. It’s sequences of notes and the rhythm with which the are played that make notes “work”. It’s not about the static sound of a note, as you imply, against a chord that’s important. It’s always about the dynamics (evolution of pitches with time) that make music “work”, whether melody or harmony. You are giving beginners the impression that some notes, taken one at a time, “work” and others, taken one at a time, don’t “work”. This is nonsense and notes taken one at a time is not how humans hear and appreciate music. You give the beginners this goofy idea that “chromatic notes” (no such thing) serve only as “passing notes” not to be “landed on”? 🙄That is complete musical nonsense and you are doing a huge disservice with this unsophisticated and flat out wrong perspective on music. Don’t tell me this is for beginners. It’s an awful perspective ESPECIALLY for beginners.
@@danielsheltraw8773 first, I'd encourage you to read through the comments on this post and tell me if people are finding it helpful or confusing... I have DATA on my side, we'll see how many supportive comments you get on this and compare the 2. Your quote, "It’s not about the static sound of a note, as you imply, against a chord that’s important", you're flat out WRONG on that. ex. a flat 7 NOTE against a major chord will give you a particular sound... one note. same is true for each of the other notes in the scale. Your quote, "You are giving beginners the impression that some notes, taken one at a time, work and others, taken one at a time, don’t work. This is nonsense" - again, you're just wrong. also, this is how you learn to HEAR those sounds. You're absolutely missing the entire point of this video. This video isn't trying to show someone how to sound like Django Reinhardt, it's helping someone get started with the basics of the SOUND of notes against chords. Your quote, "You give the beginners this goofy idea that “chromatic notes” (no such thing) - again, you're wrong, they really do exist, and yes they are primarily used as passing notes. I'd encourage you (or anyone reading this exchange) to Google "what are chromatic notes used for" and tell me where I'm off base. Don't just tell me where I'm wrong, correct me. Explain to me how to use chromatic notes - oh wait, I forgot, you claim they do not exist... never mind. Lastly, I'm curious, what are your credentials that make you feel you're the expert here? I'd love to see some videos of yours where you teach or even perform. Just clicking on your youtube link I couldn't help but notice 0 videos.
@@activemelody You didn’t even try to understand what I wrote. Instead you defensively reacted to the criticism. The world of music is absolutely overflowing with bad advice. Those who follow your advice will after 20 or more years of frustration recall this post and realize they were warned that they would never get where they want to be by following your advice. Tip: Chromatic movement exists. Chromatic notes do not.
@@danielsheltraw8773 not only did I understand what you wrote, I literally quoted you multiple times and responded accordingly. I’ll go ahead and pin this exchange so anyone can read it and respond if they want. They can let us know if this was bad advice. I prefer letting the data be the judge versus a random guy like you that hasn’t posted any videos and has zero credentials. 😂
