That makes no sense- Well, yes he really should indicate the top string is the thick E string but unlike many who show E sixth string on the bottom and you have to picture yourself lying down feet in the air behind the pictorial, he has it right here.if you watched this video upside down, you are lost because the 1st string would be on top.
@@lamper2 no he is correct the tab is confusing look at the fourth position and play it on your guitar from the image not from memory. It's incorrect and confusing.
@@jadonx disagree. As an older new to all this stuff player, the way he's showing it is very intuitive and easy to follow. I get that most people learned by looking at scales and tabs upside down but that doesn't mean that's how it should be. I do the opposite of what everyone is saying here and take all the charts and turn them so the low E is at the top just as if I was sitting across from a teacher looking at what they're doing. Just seems way more intuitive and less work to me as a newbie.
Exactly. He shows the keyboard opposite to how it's normally presented, like if we are looking at him playing his guitar instead of having it look like what we're used to and see in front of us when we're playing.
This channel is GOLD! Found it because it popped up in my recommendeds, and I’ve had “Light Bulb Moment” after “Light Bulb Moment” ever since. Totally wipes away the intimidation of the fretboard!
You ask, "The Best Pentatonic Exercise"? and I answer a resounding "YES"! I have seen many lessons on pentatonic scales but you are the first person who showed how they're linked together and one leads into the other. Thanks for the "Ahah" moment. Thanks, Jules!
@@goldie481 Quite the contrary. This way makes it so much easier to follow along, because the way you see his fretboard is the same way you see the tabs.
@@ialien2077 but when a guitarist is used to the way that 99% of all other tablature is laid out; videos like this make things much harder - unnecessarily so.
A great exercise, very well explained. The pace and repetition make it easy to follow and I'm learning a lot as I practise it. I am trying to say the names of the notes out loud as I play them to internalise the notes on the fretboard. Thanks Jules.
Thanks, Jules! This is a really terrific way to learn the positions, which I’ve struggled with. As I’ve worked through it, I find it useful to double pick the root notes as you come across them. Really helps you hear the tonal center of each shape. This also forces a change in picking direction in some spots - like you go from down picking on the index finger notes to up picking once you hit the root note. What a great exercise - thanks for the detailed video!
Absolutely tremendous lesson...the best lesson on the pentatonic position workout I have ever seen . You are outstanding. Cheers from COLORADO USA . Gary
Brilliant once again, Jules. Outstanding teaching and showing us your techniques. You have made myself and no doubt many others better guitarist. Thanks to you. 👍
i would have to say jules, that with all the guitar instructors on youtube, i seem to connect with your teaching style and enjoy your lessons . inspirational and motivating to practice more with direction of where i want to go on guitar. thank you.
This was a great find on youtube for my guitar work. Thank you so much for making this video it was another one of those videos that made guitar make more sense and it helped me avoid memorizing every note on the fretboard. I already knew the shapes, but im glad I now know how to use them across the fretboard in the same key. Thanks again.😀
I'm in the minority here for sure but I absolutely love that you show the scales with the low E at the top so it matches what we see you playing. As an older newbie to this who's a very visual learner, this seems very intuitive and easy to follow. Just because scales and tabs have always been upside down and backwards, doesn't mean that's how it should be.
I was just Telling/Asking The Universe. I need a guitar instructor. I want to learn Scales, And Postions, Notes. So I can do a Daily Practice to Cultivate my Skills. Fantastic Jewels. ⭐️ And I love Your Fretboard diagrams. I could do this for Months. Thank You ! ✨️✨️✨️✨️✨️🌞
I have been struggling to connect the positions for a while now. Your instruction here was easy to follow and learn. I simply transcribed to my notepad and have it down as needed. I have liked and subscribed so that I can learn some techniques too. My thanks for posting and I'm looking forward to many more of your lessons.
You just taught me the caged system where no other teacher could explain it previously on RU-vid. I thought the caged system was chord shapes up and down the neck....C chord up and down the neck, and then a chord moved up and g chord shape....it was so easy the way you explained it.
I was away from playing guitar for many years due to bad circumstances and decided to start all over again. Since i had already learned many of these things years back i should be able to progress pretty quick to get back to where i once was when i played for 8 hours a day. I have noticed it is more that my muscle memory suffered than theory. I still remember all the notes on the board and the scales and modes but my hands do not respond as precise as i would like them to.
With regard to the diagram being upside down because tabs are done to look how you see them while holding the guitar, this is done to appear how it would looking at someone playing a guitar, which we are. Presumably so it matches what we see his fingers doing. I don't think it's upside down.
PRO TIP - if the speed Jules is playing is to fast for you to keep up, do what I do and slow the playback speed to match your speed. It really helps. Thanks for another great lesson Jules.
Loveing this Jules, thank you . I’ve only been playing a few months but this is understandable and doable. Would be good to know which of your videos would be the next step when I’ve got this under my fingers.
Great video. If you know the 1st position from years ago, like me, getting a hold of the other 4 is not that hard. Getting the shapes memorised in a week is not far fetched.
this is awesome, and why as much as it drives us nuts with the algorithm, it can work. guess what im working on? and now, a day after you've posted this, ive found you, and your excellent video! liked and subscribed!! thank you so much!!
I’m a retired educator and have learned that many people are “visual learners”. For those students, every time there is a disconnect between how they look at things versus how they’re shown by the instructor, comprehension drops. As these comments suggest, however, even visual learners “see” from a different perspective. These vids and fret images are both oriented the same, which is helpful. For viewers who visualize the notes from the guitarist point of view, you might try watching yourself in a mirror or on screen so you see three images that are all oriented the same. Watching your fingers will still be out of synch, but this might help your brain make the connection more easily.
I like how you broke this tute into sections. Well done. Strategic success. Easy to recall + practice one position at a time before recalling + practicing all together.
Goddam it. WHO tf decided having the nut to the right was the way to go---when most players are right-handed?! Scott Johnson, Andrew Clarke, and now Jules. THIS SUX.
Very useful! I'm unsure about major vs minor scales though. Does this approach work for both? (i.e. aren't there seperate pentatonic scales for major vs minor?)
if my guitar is an 18 string acoustic guitar, i can only reach up to 4th position, in order to get to 5, should i move the 1st position index finger to fret 1 instead of 5?
Wait. I just got all messed up. I'm new and just got used to looking at guitar tabs being upside down. On a guitar tab, the top string is actually the high E, then the next string is the B, then G, then D, then A, then low E. But I'm to the 1:21 mark and am I right that this tab makes the top string be the LOW E??? If so, are all scale tabs this way? I don't understand why they're flipped...
Goddam it. WHO tf decided having the nut to the right was the way to go---when most players are right-handed?! Scott Johnson, Andrew Clarke, and now Jules. THIS SUX.
@@ColeGreaIt seems like it's that way on purpose and then they invite you to their patreon for the correct view in a PDF. Pretty annoying. There are some chrome extensions out there that let you flip the view of the video though, if that helps! Or just take a screenshot and rotate it.
Goddam it. WHO tf decided having the nut to the right was the way to go---when most players are right-handed?! Scott Johnson, Andrew Clarke, and now Jules. THIS SUX.
Great explanations but the fretboard should be turned 180 degrees to be as seen by your students on their instrument. It makes the lesson uselessly difficult to follow because you have to reverse the fretboard in your mind as you play along the video.
Goddam it. WHO tf decided having the nut to the right was the way to go---when most players are right-handed?! Scott Johnson, Andrew Clarke, and now Jules. THIS SUX.
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