I’ve been struggling to learn all the notes on the neck of the guitar I just get overwhelmed for some reason. You showed me this and it instantly clicked. It all makes sense now. Oh my god.
I know, took me a few minutes to realize that. I was saying, what kind of tuning is he using when the notes are all wrong? Oh, the guitar is upside down! And he is showing the nut at the left so really confusing.
Fair enough. I was initially going to say that a keyboard doesn't have duplicate but octave letters, and that typing isn't the same as making immediate individual sounds in a melodic way, but you make a good point. With standard guitar tuning, there are patterns to use as shortcuts. One string, seven frets, two strings, two frets (until the B string of course, but...), etc.... Thumbs up.
This is actually normal. This diagram is called a guitar tabs and it is intuitive if you compare it with a real guitar in your hand. Imagine yourself holding a guitar on your lap in that case the thinnest string is further from you. If you tílt the guitar fretboard side up the furthest string (The high E) gets to the top because from your perspective the nearest string is at the bottom
@panteleymonschekochikhin-k1978 it's mirrored, not reversed you can make that observation yourself if you turn around in your chair or where your standing you now have th exact guitar setup he shows
Hey, I love your videos. Didn't you make a video like this one about the fretboard, and you pointed out the root note (first note - closer to body?) from the key note (last note - closest to the end of neck?)? That was cool! Can you tell me which video it was? Link? :-) Thanks man! Learning from you!
i have autis, dyslexia and adhd and i played guitar for about 10 years now, i can play lots of songs and people even say i'm talented, but as i mentioned i have a condition and it comes with it's own set of quirks, like for example, i don't know the name of a single note '-' or chord whatsoever hahahahahaha i simply can't memorize it no matter how hard i try, i simply remenber the shapes and that's it, i also rely on visual patterns to remenber everything. this thing with the fretboard you explained just sounds like alien stuff to me hahahahaha i think it's funny since i can actually play the guitar, i mean i'm not like a genius guitarrist but i have fun playing many many songs i just wish i could make sense of the more technical stuff but to me it's kinda impossible to be honest.
Hey man! I know exactly what you mean! The guitar is kindve an anomaly, it’s one of the hardest instruments play physically, but somehow one of the easier ones to have fun without having much musical knowledge. Truth be told few guitar players can explain what they are playing music wise and they kindve rely more on their ear early on which is a skill actual music players of other instruments learn at a much slower pace. There no right or wrong way on how to learn guitar, they’ve made so many ways to memorize stuff, and most of it are little short cuts that revolve around patterns and shapes as you learned and same as me. I have a little music knowledge but what he is describing here is finding the same note across the board. If you forget about the names and stick to patterns you can do it too, what he is trying to explain is how many strings and spaces you go to find the same note you started on. I’m sure you know what a power chord is, your index finger on the first note, and your ring finger along with your pinky or barred with just the ring finger, how ever you play it, it’s the 3 note power chord right? Let’s just say you start it on the 5th fret of the low E string, next string down your holding the 7th fret of the A string, and the string below on the 7th fret of the D string. If you hold this chord you’ll find the the 5th fret of the low E, and the 7th fret of the D string, are both the same note, which is what he was saying about moving down two strings and up two frets. I hope that makes sense, it’s just one of many ways to get a point of reference where you are, knowing the note itself isn’t so much necessary, I know it’s overwhelming looking at them all at once, I still don’t know them all off the top of my head, I just have points of references to go to where it helps me stay on track. I’m mostly a pattern player, but I can move around the board because I visualize the chord shapes from two to three chords and know what single notes connect together. Of course I know my scale shapes too, I know how they are musically constructed but yeah all these little pieces take a while to understand what you’re actually doing, it’ll come together, you’re probably doing it right now and not noticing it, or knowing fully why it works, and that’s ok, just have fun man!
@@Choptron27 yeah it does make sense and just like you said i already kinda do it but without really knowing what i'm doing hahahahahah i'm neurodivergent i get it but my mind can't fully proccess it no matter how hard i try so i just do stuff on the feeling. that's why in 10 years of playing i'm just ok hahaha but i'm fine with it, i love playing my guitar
Here is an alternative, get yourself a picture of the circle of 5ths. The notes going anti clockwise are 4ths, that is how the guitar is tuned. First make sure you see the note to the right of your starting point, that will ALWAYS be your fifth string note. Second choose any starting point, say A, (E is to the right) so using the circle A,D,G,C - E, A. Works everytime, - but don't believe me try it for yourself.
Every fingering chart I've ever seen puts the high E on top and low E on bottom, as in the POV of the player looking at the fretboard. With your chart (1:18) I was like "Wtf?", until I realized you'd inexplicably reversed that standard. Kudos for originality, I guess, but it did briefly confuse this 1975 guitar beginner. A 2024 beginner might "Wtf?" a bit longer.
Every string is exactly 5 semitones apart (also known as a "perfect 4th" in interval speak) 5th fret is the same note as the string higher than it. For example, 5th fret on E string is A. 5th fret on A is the D note. The only exception is when going from G to B, because the B string is not tuned to 5 semitones away from G. (5th fret on G is actually C)
You fool why did u flip the tabs? I spent minutes trying to figure out why are my notes sounding like u said but it seems u switched high e’s position with low e.
I was confused by the drawing showing the high string and you talking about the low string. Instead of jumping to G in the drawing, you jump to C... 1:10
He's got the low E string (the lowest frequency string) on top. So when he moves "down" two strings he's moving to D (EADGBE) then 2 over, which is G. In other words, it's not the fourth string, it's the third string, because you're sort of looking at it upside-down to how you're used to seeing it represented. Took me a hot minute to get it, too.
For trying to explain something as simple, you really make it confusing for beginners by representing the fretboard upside down to how it's normally represented in all other lessons and explanations.
When playing and looking down to guitar, nut is on the left and high E string is “on the top”! From the player’s point of view, it is perfectly logical! Why you guys find it confusing?!
@@davorsubotic2391 Because that is completely opposite of what is for lack of a better phrase "The Industry Standard". If the Nut is on the left, the Low E is always On top. That comes from 40 years of working with tab, giving lessons and learning from books, etc.
Your octaves are inaccurate. 3rd fret on the top string (which is called String 1, btw, since they're numbered from top to bottom) is G4, the G above Middle C, whereas fret 5 on String 3 is isn't a G at all - it's C4, i.e., Middle C - to get a G on that fret you have to move down one string to String 4, and then you have the G an octave down - which is G3, the G below Middle C. The third G you mention isn't a G at all, it's F3, the F below Middle C! - you have to move to the right 2 frets to get G3 (the G below Middle C), or go to Fret 3 on String 6 for the G an octave down from that (G2). You really should have taken more trouble to ensure your information was accurate before making this video. Not impressed!
