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this is all so cool stuff,very helpfull,easy to understand,thanx. from Spain

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Do you have practice routine suggestions for it?

@@ssm445 First I assume you are familiar with the CAGED system. If not, watch some videos on that first. That will help a lot. I go through the 5 shapes for each key starting as close to fret 1 as I can(where the whole shape fits on the fretboard) and I go up and down the fretboard, (at least to fret 12 and back) Keep in mind that sometimes the C shape is the first one that fits, sometimes A(then you play AGEDC), sometimes, G(play GEDCA), etc.I do this for all 12 keys in the order of the circle of 4th's(It's just the circle of 5th's in the other direction. The 4th's just progress nicely up the fretboard.) I then I pick a common chord progression like a 1,4,5 (for instance G,C,D, but choose a different one every day). I start with G major and play that shape as close to fret 1 as I can that the whole shape fits, then the C major shape that fits in that same 4-5 fret area, then, D major shape that fits in the same area. Then I move over to the next G shape and do the same thing going through the chord progression while staying in the same area of the fretboard. I do this for all 5 G,C,D shapes. As I got better, I also played the chord within each shape and all the triads within each shape. You pretty quickly see how the scales, chords and triads fit together. When I got comfortable withe the major chords/shapes, I added in the minor. The minor shapes are the same as the major shapes, just moved over one shape although the root notes are in different places. So learning the minor doesn't take anywhere near as much time as major.This will make sense when you start doing it. I hope that helps. This routine has really helped me understand everything but as I said, it takes time and effort. I sometimes take a day or two break, to learn a song or solo to break things up but I'm not stopping what I am doing until I can do everything effortlessly. I have already made significant progress. If you have questions about what I wrote, reply and I will try to clarify. Blue, any comments on what I am doing?

What is the difference between the Major vs. Minor shapes? Are you talking 7 note major vs. 5 note penta, or major and minor penta which are the same shape- you just shift so your pinky is on the root. Same notes but root will be in a different spot. It is the relative minor you can play when it is major. It does not work the opposite way, if it is minor, you can never play a major scale.

Need to learn that...and all the notes on the board.

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Thank you, glad to hear it. I use this method in several videos. As a teacher yourself, you might be interested in this video which briefly outlines my method for teaching students who want to solo: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-42ojThKZqAI.html

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Great thanks! It's such a useful system I still use it myself today. Lots more lesson videos on the channel and our Patreon group if you haven't already check that out: www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver

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That's an interesting way around the bar chords. Probably not the first to do that. Thanks for watching and commenting 😀

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Cool sounds like you are really putting these ideas to use. Well done!

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I've been working on that lick. Having fun with it. Is it rock?

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Awesome, glad that helped! It's such an efficient system. I still think of the fretboard in these ways today.

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Good idea thank you! Target notes on shape 3 is a good idea. I'll add that to my list.

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I agree, the notes on the B string can give us some good triad shapes :)

Learn ALL the notes.

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True. The best way to do that is to memorize one key at a time. E.g., start with C, E, G Then D... and so on. If you jam in a certain key long enough and use a real time tuner, like a Peterson Strobo, you can visually see what notes you are hitting in near real time. Very useful during the changes. I play quietly until I map out the changes- then you hit them with more confidence and land on the right note as needed. I don't track every change- I think it sounds better to mess around in the scale, but at important times, land on the right note. Doing it too often, at least to me is boring and sounds too clinical. I am able to do it- especially when playing jazz, but most of the time, and especially in blues, I like to have fun and mix it up. I rarely miss the turn-around though.

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You can associate scale shapes with triad and arpeggio shapes. For example, think "whenever I have this arpeggio or triad, it is connected to this pentatonic shape." We do this kind of work on our Patreon group. See the "Six Steps" series: www.patreon.com/posts/six-steps-shape-92676762

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It's an American Professional Nasville Telecaster. They don't make many of these. Strat pickup in the middle.

Not really. Only seems that way because you are not used to doing it. I am not too bright and can do it. It just has to click, then you will realize this is quite simple. Music is a language. You speak and write English which is far more complex. Notes and letters and chords are words that make up phrases. Listen more than you speak (play) and you will appear more interesting. When you speak, make it count.

@@MOAB-UT Ok thanks. I'll take another look.

True it takes a lot of time and practice. But so worth it!

I mean that both of those are C chords. One is an inversion of the other. Not necessarily that it cones next. Just that it's a variation, or inversion, of the first. Hope that helps. 🙂

I think that describes the way it feels to play guitar only after years of study. Playing guitar is far more complex than riding a bike. Thanks for watching and commenting!

Thanks! You are right it's not a beginner lesson. It does combine a bunch of lessons from my channel, which are more step by step. Hope to see you here again.

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Whatever gets you the answer the quickest is good. My students have all found this method faster especially since memorizing the entire fretboard is a little daunting. That being said, in the long run, I do recommend we memorize it all. That opens up more things that can be quicker to find, like triads with roots on the B string.

It may seem like it but that’s not the case, most of this lesson is based on moveable patterns but takes some getting your head around it. A series of light bulb moments will go off in your head when it clicks, hang in there. Good to watch other guitar teachers teaching the same concepts so that you hear this stuff explained in different ways that usually works for me.

My knowledge of theory is emphatically not advanced and I understand this pretty well. root note, 3rd/5th intervals are foundational music theory concepts and stuff like the pentatonic shapes is foundational guitar theory stuff.

Simple. 7 notes in the Major Scale. DO Re Mi Fa So La Ti and back to DO (octave-8th is again 1 and starts over- e.g., Open E note top string is same at fret 12 top string, only one octave higher in pitch.) That's it. When they refer to numbers, like a chord triad is a ROOT, 3rd and 5th, it means that C is the 1 (or root), E is the 3rd...why? C, D, E. What is 5? G. Because C, D, E, F, G. That is the notes of that chord. Dead simple. Everything in music for the most part is based around this dead simple concept. Now you own it for the rest of your life. If a chord PROGRESSION is say a I, IV, V...what does that mean? Look at your scale...C chord, F chord and G chord. Note, the key of C does not have any sharps or flats which is why I used it. Those are easy to learn too. Get a teacher who will walk you through the dead simple musical alphabet. They use a simple formula to determine scales using degrees of the scale. Same goes with modes...but it is ALL based around the dead simple MAJOR SCALE. I hope this helped. Now you know more than 98% of all beginners.

Learn the caged system, then learn the scale shapes around the caged system. Most powerful thing you can do.

@@doodoo871well said !!! And like the other commenter in here said , lights will come on …. It tool me ten years to connect the dots like this video explains …. Im a d d and very hungry for the “ big picture “ …. My first guitar teacher wasted a couple years not showing me this concept

You can slow down the video on RU-vid if you want to see the musical examples slower -- there's video speed in the settings. Also, we have tabs for the videos on our Patreon www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver

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