So I'm a BEYOND BEGINNER to guitar (I can rotate between 3 chords max) and kind of overwhelmed about all that I still have to learn. This video motivated me. Like, SO MUCH. As a math nerd, you explaining how theory guides the guitar in such a cool way made me feel so much more confident that I can maybe probably learn how to play the guitar. So thank you! Also I love your sense of humour hehe
As someone who's played for 5 years now, making that initial leap can be challenging. The key is to never stop learning, and to always try new stuff that you think sounds cool!
I can save you DECADES and head aches. You dont really need to memorize the circle of 5th on the fretboard. KEYS are just PITCH...all the circle of 5th dose is help some people keep track the MAJOR scale in 12 different PITCH.. Just get the BASIC down PACK if you can play it or comprehend it in C MAJOR/Amin....it'll be the SAMETHING in other keys.. There's NOT thousands of scale..12-15 different scales at most in 12 different PITCH..so it's just 7 x12 = 86 different MODES at most NOT 86 x12 to make you feel smarter. ONLY 12 different scales...IT'S OBTAINABLE. You can probably learn ALL of it in ONE YEAR.. just ONE scale per/month....It's OBTAINABLE. You can use the fretboard like a SLIDE RULER to play in different KEYS. or a CAPO..I play less the CAPO...it's just as a POINT of REFERENCE How to obtain the different scales ??? Get BASIC MODES down I could list them like this... aeo , maj7 = Harmonic min dor maj7 = melodic min phry maj7 = harmonic min b2 Mix, maj7 = CIRCLE of 5th Loc maj7 = Ion #6 These are just modes from those different scale Aeo #4.....Aeo b5.......aeo b2 ( phry) Dor #4......dor b5........dor b2 do the samething...just shift the b7 into Maj7 Aeo #4, maj7.......dor b2, maj7....ect Im just going to RESHUFFLE the deck..PLAY/List the different scales from the SAME ROOT. Aeo.........................................dor Harmonic min.........................melodic min Harmonic min b2....................melodic min b2 Harmonic min b5...................melodic min b5 Harmonic min #4....................melodic min #4 Mix b6 is just the V mode from Melodic min Mix b6, maj7 = ION b6 = Harmonic MAJOR or like this Pushing down from MAJOR toward Natural minor b6 Harmonic MAJOR b3 Melodic min b3, b6 Harmonic min b3, b6, b7 Natural min Reverse the process...push UP from relative min towards MAJOR b3, b6, b7 b3, b6 b3 b6 The other scales are just b3.............b2 b3, b6.......b2 b3,...........b5 b3, b6......b5 b3............#4 b3, b6......#4 SHORT CUT all b2,.........b3...........b5.........b6.........b7 CHORD degree COUNTING from a MAJOR scale are possible N6 chords.. 2.......4........b6........7 chord degree C Harmonic MAJOR or Harmonic min 2.......4........b6........7.......chord degree A Harmonic min or Harmonic MAJ are all possible FULL diminished. They OVER LAP ( which is cool....you can use them to modulate to different keys)
And to add to what Oneeye monster said. Check out guitars 7th chords, all you do is make a basic chord 135 then add the 7 C E G B = Maj7 You can looks up the shapes and practice going from the 6 string and going major dominant minor then diminished to the 5th string then to the 4th string. Just look up the basic shapes. Also dominant chords cover 9, 11, 13 so if you see that you can just play the dominant shape and not worry about those till later.
@@Crouton- Since KEYS are just PITCH... Just pretend the CAPO is at the 5th fret. If you're an intermediate...hopefully your fingers are strong enough to make simple Bar chords Im going show it in F MAJOR/D min Play the D min bar chord at the 5th fret. ( LESS the BAR) So you can use your INDEX finger to play different BASS notes. LET the high open E ring Open Play the Open A against it... Simply place your INDEX on the Bb note. ( low E string) Then Open A.. Then play the Eb Then the C#/Db note.. Then A min Then D min It's just so you'll get used to hearing those cool DIFFERENT SOUNDS A min to D min will be the main 2 chords you'll play into. Try Eb Maj7 ( barr at the 3rd fret) A min D min Db Maj7.....A min D min Ab Maj7 A min D min or Gb AUG maj7/ #6..( it's easy) Make the Bb MAJOR triad..Then just place your PINKY on the Gb ( A string) You'll SEE the Gb AUG triad. Then A min .....D min They're basically those N6 chord ( b2.....b3.....b5.......b6.....b7) of F MAJOR Then Gb aug could be Lyd aug #6...dont over think it. You're already playing the F note when making the Bb maj triad. The open E is #6 ( same as b7) to Gb try playing that Gb Aug maj7 add #6... Then G min at the 3rd fret Then C7 Then F MAJOR or D min. It's just different CADENCE. You can use to write different TURN AROUND, bridges..ect You dont have to put it all in ONE song. It's just cool ..so your different songs will sound DIFFERENT or be UNQUE Try different combinations ..( Bb MAJOR triad for reference) shuffle your fingers a little...play the E on A string below the Bb maj ( E dim) Then shuffle it a little more..Play the F with tritone ( B note) ( F lyd aug of D melodic min) Then The Db Aug G min C7 into F MAJOR. Then....Eb Maj7 ( bar at 3rd fret). Then simply play the Ab note on the low E string as a sort of passing note. with your MIDDLE finger. Then A min then D min or Eb Maj7 Then Gb MAJOR or Gb7 at the 2nd fret. Then A7 into D min or Eb maj7....Eb Maj7/Ab Gb7 or Gb min A7 into D min it works...becuase if you use FULL diminished H/W you could stack MAJOR, min, DOMINANT or dim chords every b3 intervals too C7...........Eb............Gb...........A7 Notice the Eb and Gb are those N6 chords...or the so call tritone sub of V chord. (C7)
check out rhett shull’s guitar courses. he explained music theory simply for beginners and all levels. he has a christmas sale on them. I would start out with the nashville number system.
@@Theohybrid That improvisation is the hardest part. It's not like blues guitar where you can just jam out in your key more or less ignoring the rest of the band, it's a much more theory heavy kind of playing. The fact that they can apply all of that theory in real time is what makes it so crazy (Btw that's not to say that playing great blues guitar is easy, but if you just bang out some good blues licks in the right key you'll still sound pretty decent)
2 reasons that casuals like me should learn guitar theory. 1) I'm not creative, and music theory offers clear options you can try out that may sound good if you have no ideas. 2) It makes it easier to remember music if you understand it. Kind of like seeing a mountain as a landmark gives you a reference to understand where a city or town is relative to the landmark. Similarly, knowing where your Am scale notes makes it easier to understand how your barred Am chord relates to it, and what are the chord tones to hit when improvising over that chord. Or even triads to substitute in for some variation. They all give useful reference points so I don't hear a long fancy series of notes and think "wow how can I memorize that?" I can instead think "oh he's just hitting all the pentatonic notes"
YES! The memorisation thing is so true! I used to look at a chord progression like Dm - Bb - F - C and try to remember the order the chords came in. Now after knowing theory and knowing what scale degrees are I can just say "okay that's a i - bVI - bIII - bVII in Dm cool" and then just play that same thing in literally any key. I also always subconciously think about scale degrees when seeing a list of chords. Having a pattern in your head like i - bIII - bVII - IV is soooo much easier than having to remember the names of the chords Em - G - D - A. Also yes you just got wonderwall'd.
@@tanjiro2434 It's called Roman Numeral Analysis, you can find a bunch if videos on youtube explaining it and channels like 12Tone made me really familiar with it in his song analyses, and are helpful in learning how to apply it.
I've *loved* music for my whole life. When I was younger, before I even knew why I wanted it, I wanted a drum set. As I grew up, I began surrounding myself with music. I listened to it 24/7. Then my interest came to guitar at the age of 13. As I grew older still, my love only deepened. Now, at 16 I got my first guitar. We'll see how this ends up.
@@Nahka. basically I've been playing just over a now, I'd say I'm pretty good. I don't know much theory but I can learn pretty quick. I've also started playing bass and I've started a band. We aren't the best, but that doesn't stop us.
Bro you with microsoft paint drawings and 3 minutes are simply teaching and inspiring me more than anything in my last 11 years.. like I play comfortably numb solo 2 on a nylon string acoustic guitar with ease but I'M LEARNING WHAT CHORDS REALLY ARE JUST NOW you're a king man
0:00 as someone who spent weeks to months learning music theory before owning a guitar I can confirm this was my exact motivation for learning guitar (I just wanted any instrument and guitar was the one I chose)
I learned the notes on the guitar by learning a few bar chords at a time.I just knew what the root of the chord was so with the 5th fret A bar chord I could tell you that A was on the 5th fret of the E string. Move that up 2 frets and you got B. I also knew the octaves so with that I could name you the notes of the strings E to G. I then knew that the high E string has the same notes as the low E string (it was an amazing revelation) so all that was left was to learn the notes of the B string. Because of tuning my guitar I knew than the 5th fret must be an E and the rest I honestly just memorised. This whole process took me a few months at least and now I can play over any chord without having to think about what notes I'm playing so it's definitely worth the struggle. Music theory to me is something that I value having learnt. With soloing for example, if someone plays a D chord I know it consists of D, F# and A. If I then play an E over that, that's the 9th of the D chord. You don't have to learn these things but I think learning intervallic structures and how notes actually relate to one another is a really great asset, so a few years down your guitar journey I'd say these things will really enrich your playing.
this was so helpful and i’m trying to learn all of the notes, i know where they are if i go from the string note down to the 12th but i don’t have them memorized yet. i’ve been playing for a little over a year and i’m trying to get there. i probably should’ve learned this earlier on
@@jackconnell8984 Well the most important thing with learning guitar, or any instrument for that matter, is that you enjoy the journey. So with that there's not really a right time for anything :)
@Cameron If you know the notes of a piano that really helps. If you learn the basic triads like major and minor on the piano you can then just look at what notes you're holding down and with enough repetition you'll just remember it. If you don't have a piano then I'd suggest doing the same thing on the guitar, except learn the notes of the first 4 frets and use the same approach. It's all just repetition :)
I'm 40 and just started learning. Your videos are great. I'm in the middle of JustinGuitar's first week and your videos are a fantastic break between the stabbing pain my fingertips from practicing.
@@JohnDoe-jt9oq not much. I've got a busy life, lots of demands, and a seriously bad case of untreated ADHD. it's a miracle if I get my clothes washed. I'm trying though. I keep putting it on the calendar and starting over
I’m brand new to guitar and just found your channel and I’ve learned more from your quick punchy short videos than I have the endless hours of other people I’ve watched. Incredible.
I never really thought about instruments and the whole meaning to music theory when it came to listen to someone play the piano or guitar but I recently started to get into it. I want to start learning how to play an electric guitar and I want to be consistent with it and I want this to be my new hobby rather than sitting around and laying in bed after school or work and watching people in the internet live their dreams as while I'm debating my whole purpose of my life. I'm currently just learning the basic of a guitar and well music theory too. I'm excited to buy one when I can and start learning how to play.
I’ve been learning instruments on and off for the past 13 years. I couldn’t call myself a beginner because of how much time I’ve dedicated to them and I have learned a lot and muscle memory is big here.. On the piano theory seemed easy and I learned a lot there.. I picked up the guitar first. I don’t know why I NEVER thought to apply theory. I picked it up again two months ago and I feel like my brain is expanding and I’ve been stupidly playing with both hands tied behind my back by not looking to apply theory to my journey here.. I always assumed it was just insane due to how each string starts differently. I never once had a thought “maybe the guitar has its own way of making it easy”. Ever since I learned how pentatonics work on a guitar, I’ve learned triads and how to change scales based off a chord in a song.. stuff I can see is very basic but it eluded me because I was just too stupid to go look for it
I'm just now reaching the point of trying to learn how pentatonics work, what triads even are etc.. been playing guitar for years, i can make some okay melodies in the low part of the neck but i get lost as soon as i go above like fret 6 or 7. still trying to figure out what the pieces i'm missing are to be able to figure it out but we'll get there.
Of all the videos I've watched about learning the fretboard, this is the only one that has made me go. "OH, that actually makes sense somewhat." Good vid, sir
Thank you soooo much for these videos, dude ❤️ Today I had a student who got insanely stuck when I was trying to teach her her first scale. She just couldn’t grasp the idea of notes and note-relations and I in turn ended up feeling like a moron trying to deconstruct the concept of western-music to a child. This video seriously cleared up how I should explain things from now on to my students and how to get that particular student out of her theoretical funk. Soooo appreciated 😊
It's hard to get into music theory, most is boring and people normally don't do a great job explaining in a way to understand at a simple level. This video made that click happen in my brain about the fretboard
Yeah repeatable patterns were always the best option instead of memorizing notes👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻 By the way, The octaves shape is a z diamond shape that repeats every 12 frets. So it is another shape within the shapes. Usually, you just need to repeat “licks” or motifs on one shape, then do it again on the next shapes. The music intervals and degrees are calculated based on the root note, otherwise without emphasizing the root it wont sound like a scale. Just like random sounds. This is why musical strategies exist, like emphasizing the root on the bass, or pivoting your lick on the root note and repeating it to establish the root note. Cheers!!
“These notes need rules and systems to be used effectively because without them you just get... Jazz.” *Proceeds to play a beautifully constructed lick.*
"Without them you just get... jazz." 🤣🤣🤣 Yup - I felt that! The one genre of music that (for the most part), I can't really get into. I understand the concept and the thinking behind it, but I just don't like the way it sounds (again - for the most part)!
As a beginner guitarist what is the best order to play guitar? Because ive been kind of all over just learning open chords and trying to figure out guitar theory
You should learn them in this order- 1.string names and frets 2.Fretboard notes 3.1 finger chords 4. Open chords 5. Other Chords 6. Riffs 7. Sheet music 8. Songs
Alos dont be overly regimented, take time to enjoy the instrument and feel it out, thats how you gain a passion for it. This wont make too much sense right now, but trust me as you start learning more it will become key to continuing your progression with the instrument.
I've played for 16 years and I've had some students that I've teached along the years. But I'd say, since you know the open chords - I'm assuming you know the strings. 1. Learn different songs from different genres - this will make you have an understanding of different beats, strumming methods which is essential when learning a new song and will help you progress faster. 2. Bar chords. This is a struggle, but the sooner you start with bar chords the easier and stronger your hands and finger accuracy will get. (Do not overdo the practise on this one, as it tends to hurts in the beginning until you find the best way for you to do bar chords) 3. Fingerpicking, this one is fun and also very frustrating since it requires accuracy and dexterity and knowledge of what youre doing. So when starting of fingerpicking, take easy beginner songs and learn it note for note. 4. Now you've progressed into intermediate state, here's where everything gets fun if you let it. This is the time you learn about caged system, and you've learned which notes that sounds good with eachother. Tip is to learn the pentatonic major and minor scale, put on some backing track and figure out a melody. There's tons of videos about the cage systems, and it's fairly easy understood. Wish you good luck mate!
Uhhh holy shit this was super helpful, I'm very new to music theory and needed this kind of breakdown. The ONLY thing that threw me off was the jazz joke because I was told jazz is like the highest form of music theory, like big brain shit but if I'm wrong please correct me hehe Good video man 🚬🦅
I still haven't learned guitar but I've been playing for like 20 years. And I mean that literally I just picked one up and started messing with it. I've looked at tabs and watched a video or 2 but I've never actually made a real effort to learn or take lessons or practice regularly. Because it's fun and I didn't want to make it work.
This technique is so simple it is intuitive. However only inquisitive minds would stumble across it because they ask "How" or "Can" and not accept status quo. Just to learn status quo, the hard way. Get an inperson instructor. Setting aside some cash every week far outweighs the experience and knowledge that can answer questions that may take you longer is priceless.