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I feel like I've been playing, studying and teaching guitar forever, and I want to share what I've learned along the way. Most stuff is either about music theory, learning theory through improvisation, and fingerstyle guitar related things!
How to know EVERY note on guitar [1-minute TUTORIAL]🎸
Here's a link to the PDF:
drive.google.com/file/d/1mCAqNJGCeuGkW1nhvoR6PYHbNWK25DqJ/view?usp=sharing
If you're trying to memorize the fretboard, then being able to count the notes is the foundation, or maybe you just want to figure out what note something is!
ENJOY😎
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If you're trying to memorize the fretboard, then being able to count the notes is the foundation, or maybe you just want to figure out what note something is!
ENJOY😎
ruclips.net/channel/UCI-W1_9Cnpj2GyhAL1_ePcQ
#fingerstyle #fretboard #memorize
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Why you CAN’T tune your guitar (perfectly)
Просмотров 37514 часов назад
There’s a terrible secret hiding right under your nose every time you tune your guitar, and the only thing worse for a musician than knowing about it, would be not knowing about it. It has been a thorn in the side of musicians and theoreticians in the West, since at least the time of ancient Greece, and several systems of temperament have been devised as imperfect attempts to gloss over the pro...
It's not WHAT you count...
Просмотров 244День назад
To really understand what time signatures are trying to tell you, you just need to get a couple of principles and then even complicated seeming time signatures start to make much more sense. Here's a link to the music (w/TAB) for my little theme song: 👇blue-krystal-62.tiiny.site ENJIOY! 😎ruclips.net/channel/UCI-W1_9Cnpj2GyhAL1_ePcQ 0:00 What is rhythm meter? 1:57 Simple meters 2:38 Compound met...
The #1 fingerstyle MISTAKE holding you back (and how to FIX it)
Просмотров 9 тыс.21 день назад
A crucial yet often overlooked aspect of fingerstyle playing is consciously choosing which muscles to use for your strokes... by learning the mechanics of easier movements, you’ll be able to improve your technique dramatically. Don't let this mistake hold you back any longer-watch now and start playing with more confidence and precision. ENJOY! ruclips.net/channel/UCI-W1_9Cnpj2GyhAL1_ePcQ 0:00 ...
Chord Palettes (for songwriting), and Capo Theory Tricks
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.Месяц назад
How to easily create a list of chords that sound good together (from a key), and how to use the same trick to negotiate the theory around using a capo and chord names. - Where chord palettes come from - How to quickly find them on the circle of 5ths - Capos and chord palettes, ENJOY! ruclips.net/channel/UCI-W1_9Cnpj2GyhAL1_ePcQ 0:00 Chord palettes from the circle of 5ths 2:37 Capo chord ‘shape ...
PHRYGIAN: Scale and Chords [Tutorial]
Просмотров 532Месяц назад
Confidently improvise or compose music on the guitar using the Phrygian mode by understanding the intervals, and internalizing the sounds of each note of the scale, and what they 'do' ENJOY: ruclips.net/channel/UCI-W1_9Cnpj2GyhAL1_ePcQ 0:00 Scale construction visualization 2:17 Note functions and improvisation 4:06 Phrygian sounding chords and progressions 6:55 2 'main' scale positions
Scale, chords, improv + theory of the DORIAN MODE [guitar tutorial w/TABs]
Просмотров 524Месяц назад
Just the scale shapes and chords that people actually (often) use, and I'm planning on doing videos like these for the other modes. We'll break down the intervals of Dorian on single strings, making it easier to visualize. By connecting the sounds of each note to their positions on the fretboard, you'll build a strong mental representation that informs your playing. Dive deep into Dorian chords...
Highlighting the changes in a 12-bar blues solo [intermediate GUITAR TUTORIAL]
Просмотров 1 тыс.Месяц назад
With the (minor) blues scale as a base, each chord has certain notes we can add, or use differently to better accentuate the underlying chords, and so the blues scale actually changes as we go through the 12 bar blues! 0:00 Analysis - Internalizing the form 4:04 Notes and their functions (I7) 8:39 IV7 10:42 V7 12:18 Phrasing ruclips.net/channel/UCI-W1_9Cnpj2GyhAL1_ePcQ
Know your pentatonic scales across the fretboard
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.2 месяца назад
How to master pentatonic scales across the entire neck of the guitar. You'll learn a unique approach that simplifies memorization by understanding the logic behind the scales. By focusing on the patterns and relationships between notes, you'll find it much easier to recall and apply these scales in any key. We'll start by ensuring you can locate and name any note on the fretboard, then move on ...
Why she CAN do barre chords (and you can’t) [GUITAR TUTORIAL]
Просмотров 51 тыс.2 месяца назад
Often, kids figure out how to get their barre chords 'going' way more quickly than my adult students!I have a theory as to why, and then I'll show lots of the other barre chord execution tips best tips that I've gleaned over the years! Enjoy! 0:00 Get back 1:00 Let it be 1:55 Why the F? 2:37 Many fine tips ruclips.net/channel/UCI-W1_9Cnpj2GyhAL1_ePcQ
Essential EAR TRAINING practices for guitar players [TUTORIAL]
Просмотров 1,8 тыс.3 месяца назад
WARNING: it has my singing, well humming really. The point is our internal sense of pitch and harmony, and so I'm just trying, ham-fistedly, to use my voice to represent my inner sense of pitch. The first one seems ridiculously easy for most people, but it actually can be really challenging for some... Skip to the next if you know you got it - gets progressively more challenging as you go! I us...
How to EASILY know what scale fits over what chords
Просмотров 34 тыс.4 месяца назад
First, the 'real' way, and then with the handiest circle of 5ths trick ever. Analyzing chords to find the key, or knowing all the chords that you can find within a key are often challenging skills to develop, so I want to give you a basic idea of how it works and then a very user friendly way to get the same answers with less calculating! 0:00 Basic chord/parent scale theory 7:22 Visual chord/s...
Gettin' STRUMMY with it [fingerstyle guitar TUTORIAL]
Просмотров 2,1 тыс.4 месяца назад
Strumming with your fingers gives you lots of fun possibilities, especially if you can incorporate it into your usual 'fingerstylings'! We'll go through some basics and a few little fun applications. ENJOY! ruclips.net/channel/UCI-W1_9Cnpj2GyhAL1_ePcQ 0:00 Preparation and simple strumming 2:31 Bass notes and strums 3:14 Thumb trick for accuracy and ease 4:46 Bass notes, strokes, AND strums
The LOST ART of articulation [guitar TUTORIAL]
Просмотров 3,4 тыс.4 месяца назад
Something new and easy to add your guitar fingerstylings, and it really makes it feel like you’re more connected to your guitar (because you literally ARE touching it more!). But, also it has many expressive possibilities for your playing, and it’s a relatively simple skill to acquire. Thanks for stopping by! ruclips.net/channel/UCI-W1_9Cnpj2GyhAL1_ePcQ 0:00 Bass note / chord articulations 2:37...
Chord substitution tricks - 3 levels (guitar tutorial)
Просмотров 23 тыс.4 месяца назад
Start by simplifying chords, then gradually re-complexify them by introducing colorful embellishments and alternate chords. We'll also explore some advanced concepts like secondary dominants and tritone substitutions. ruclips.net/channel/UCI-W1_9Cnpj2GyhAL1_ePcQ 0:00 Novice - Simplify 4:13 Basic - Safely Subbing 9:10 Pro - Artistic Subs 12:56 Meta - Less is More ENJOY!
How to BOOST classical guitar arpeggio performance (w/TAB)
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How to BOOST classical guitar arpeggio performance (w/TAB)
Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic Minor Scales: WHY!?
Просмотров 6546 месяцев назад
Natural, Harmonic, and Melodic Minor Scales: WHY!?
Guitar Chordology: Chord Names, Numbers and Functions Explained
Просмотров 9617 месяцев назад
Guitar Chordology: Chord Names, Numbers and Functions Explained
Fretboard IQ #6: 1-Octave Major Scales on Guitar
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Fretboard IQ #6: 1-Octave Major Scales on Guitar
Fretboard IQ #5: How To ACTUALLY Understand Natural Minor
Просмотров 1,3 тыс.8 месяцев назад
Fretboard IQ #5: How To ACTUALLY Understand Natural Minor
Fretboard IQ #4: How to Actually Understand Scales on Guitar
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Fretboard IQ #4: How to Actually Understand Scales on Guitar
Fretboard IQ #3: Octave Shapes on Guitar
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Fretboard IQ #3: Octave Shapes on Guitar
Fretboard IQ #2: Understanding Unisons on Guitar
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Fretboard IQ #2: Understanding Unisons on Guitar
Understanding Note Names and Locations
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Understanding Note Names and Locations
Mastering "Lágrima" by Francisco Tárrega - Comprehensive Classical Guitar Tutorial
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Mastering "Lágrima" by Francisco Tárrega - Comprehensive Classical Guitar Tutorial
How I Gain Speed + Fluency in Arpeggios: Classical Guitar Tutorial and Play-Along
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How I Gain Speed Fluency in Arpeggios: Classical Guitar Tutorial and Play-Along
How I Learn Music Quickly - Let's Play Classical Guitar
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How I Learn Music Quickly - Let's Play Classical Guitar
can you play wonderwall?
Getting there!
I don't even play guitar but this video is nice
Ha! Thanks so much!
Nice work, keep it up!!!
You are welcome!
I’m almost 66 and started playing at 16…..I got into barre chords quickly and it was a game changer…..I became a Lifelong rhythm guitarist. I do play lead too…..but I would say rhythm guitar is my happy place.
Well that E-F / B-C tidbit is really helpful. Thanks!
@@lazarus908 pleasure and thanks!
I use BnE. Break and Enter for the notes with no sharp.
Thank you!
Thanks!
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I don't like the advice of "Fake it til You make it." That's a good way to develop a habit that's too hard to break. Slow is steady, steady is fast. You can't do anything fast that you can't do slow. Practice accuracy, speed will come.
I generally agree, but not always. For barre chords many people who are trying to do it ‘slow and perfect’ end up getting stuck in a hard to fix habit where every time they get to a barre chord they’ve trained themselves to stop to try to get it to sound perfect. So the point of my advice is that they also need to practice keeping going! And then when you try to keep going, you can assess what needs work and then you can go back and work on those things carefully. Also true some things work differently when you’re doing them fast, like say a tremolo where all the movements are happening kind of at the same time, it’s actually different than slow where it’s one finger at a time, and so at some point, like it or not you gotta go for it, and likely fail and then back to careful practice. If you’re trying to go from a double axle (sorry - one of my teachers got this from a figure skater) to a triple, there’s nothing in between so you can’t really work your way up, you gotta try, fail, dust off, go back to working on it carefully. If they don’t give it a bit of a Hail Mary try at some point they’ll be stuck and never learn it. Actually sort of true every time you go a little faster etc., if we really couldn’t make mistakes in practice it would be pretty rough!
I fight with my guitar between perfect tuning an E chord then I play G and it sounds horrific. This video exactly describes every day battles I have with my guitar, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate this! 😂
It's sort of depressing at first to realize it can't be 'perfect', at least not for everything, but it's also kind of liberating to know it only gets as good as it gets! Thanks for that!
Dude, the opening two minutes were great. I saw it coming and I love it. I needed this reminder!
Thanks for that! And yeah I feel like people always get worried their ears aren’t good enough and that’s why it’s hard to tune, but often their ears are kind of ‘too good’ and they just need to expect it to be slightly imperfect!
Here's a link to a PDF (w/TAB) of the opening music: 👇blue-krystal-62.tiiny.site
The wrong (bent) finger movements can be avoided by starting with apoyando (rest stroke) instead of tirando, since in apoyando, you already use the right ligaments at the base of your fingers. From there you can start playing chords with a separate bass stroke (with the p) follow by three simultaneous trebles (ima) as the first tirando attempt. You will see that you will automatically use the ligaments at the BASE of im and a, instead of bending in the middle of those three fingers. I really like your explanation that uses the argument of a stronger, better tone by bending the right ligaments and keeping the other ones relatively straight. Making the fingers i and m "walk" like a pair straight little legs in apoyando (rest stroke) is a good start for a powerful stroke. Then add the a. Then go to tirando by playing the chords as described.
Excellent video wish I had this advice when I first discovered bar chords. But there is one small thing you missed, frequently (for me usually) you do to need to play the high E, which great for A and G shaped chord.
This is the technique I learned from John Griggs in Norfolk VA, starting in 1973. He had studied with Sophocles Papas, who worked with whom?
I liked your witty use of engineers fixing solar panels to a roof . . . The panels really did look like giant fretboard diagrams . . . ☺
Wow, your video explains every essential point one could say about practicing barre chords. The only thing extra I would add is to use lower tuning first ( which is not necessary. ) I used the tuning trick on one super playable guitar ( got 6 ) with a student struggling with barre. DGCFAD
Yeah nice one! Lower tension is a really good idea!
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Barre chords are easy. This video is bogus.
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A barre is what ballet dancers use. A bar chord is played on a guitar
...in a bar!
I am only Seconds in, but i need to ask: do we have a tab for your Intro? If so, how do I purchase it? ❤
Here you go (I'm just considering it to be public domain, anyway): drive.google.com/file/d/1VYCzkG0yTxxmcDlEDLoTcYuuJX3WXpw-/view?usp=sharing That's funny bc I was just making it so my next one would have a link to my little theme song TAB, but I was thinking no one will probably ever look at it, but you've given me hope!
I've explained it in a few ways to others. If you have seen the movie Ben Hur, during the sea battle scene, watch how the oars are moving on the Roman Trimarines. Your fingers should move like that! Another way is from an old tv commercial, (if you're old enough to remember dial phones) for the Yellow Pages. The jingle went, "Let your fingers do the walking through the Yellow Pages". "Walk" your fingers on the strings like that!
Yes, I totally remember that 'let your fingers do the walking' and that logo! and actually that's a good one!
Holding a ping pong ball, really works! Thank you.
That helped me a lot too bc it shows you how it feels - and it’s not like you have to actually practice with the ball, but just do it a little ‘like that’ - cupping your hand (with least possible effort!) - just makes it feel more stable, and then your fingers are more automatically the right spacing to cover 3 strings!. Thanks for watching!
I must be blessed as I am self taught and have always finger picked in the correct way, it’s always just felt the right way, and most efficient way to do it.
I'm always jealous of stories like that, bc I was self-taught (first) and although everyone has different ideas of what the 'right way' is, I'm sure everyone would agree the way I taught myself was pretty terrible! But I do see people like you who play with good technique from self-taught because I think you're right the best way should also feel better, and so if you have good awareness and patience you might just get it naturally!
The pinky? Just forget it. Do nothing with it. Let it hang loose and never mind.
Yes, if you can do that then that’s probably the best! Just hard if you already have a habit of sticking it out to ‘will’ it to stop! But some people just never stick it out and do what you say, and I wish I would have been like that!
Quite good, but try to move the whole finger from the basic finger joint. Don‘t move from the second. And only give the finger an impulse rotating around the first joint then let loose. It will jump back in position by itself because the tension the impulse put in the system of sinews and muscles isn‘t held up anymore. The thumb? Just let it hang loose. If you want to play a note with it stretch it as a whole and let loose to have it fall on the string. Again the stretch puts tension into the system and when you let go you get the movement you need for the thumb to play the string. Got the principle? Be relaxed in your right hand, give short impulses, let the tension created do the job, and let your fingers fall back into relaxation. Do less, get more. And if that feels awkward in the beginning ….
Excellent! I stopped saying to not move from the other joints and more like they can do their natural share of the movement but should initiate and only try to consciously control what you’re talking about…. Thanks for the amazingly insightful comment!
Thank you for sharing the knowledge, if it's ok to ask questions, there is still hope that I can learn not to put the pinky on the guitar while I'm doing the picking style because I'm used to it but it hurts
I always push for no pinky touching, and basically insist if it’s a classical student! But depends on your goals and everything! If it ain’t broke don’t fix it kind of thing! But I like this exercise bc you keep touching the strings the whole time which sort of gives you some of that sense of stability we are looking for with our pinky touching. And actually pinky touching is like the common technique for baroque guitar (bc strings are really close to soundboard, so it works more easily), so it’s not that crazy!
@@fretboardIQ thank you so much 😊 for the advice
This is a very helpful explanation to avoid the “bicycling” type of movement when plucking the strings. I’ve noticed guitarists that look like their playing is effortless and it’s partly because they use your recommended technique! Can you also explain the best way to use thumb planting … I think it really helps to achieve good tone and accuracy! Thanks!
banjo players always commented that i was playing 'wrong'. there were no banjo teachers when i started. my hand shape was similar to yours. i didn't plant my pinky. there seemed to be a fluidity and speed as well as sound that held me in good stead for a few decades. my hands are trash now unfortunately.
I’ve had some students who just ‘naturally’ do strokes more this way as well, and I’m always jealous bc I self-taught my strokes as a kid and then 20 years later worked with classical teachers to ‘fix’ it. But it’s basically the same idea as piano technique or violin in a way, bc even though hand position might seem so different, they basically say not to bend wrist too much, keep fingers arched and use closing muscles to initiate movements! But that’s a totally interesting point and now I want to watch some banjo players and check out their technique!
I don´t think it´s the reason for health problems with the hand. I´m fingerpicking the same way for decades without any problems.
@@temporarydimensionalconfusion no, i don't think my banjo problems had to do with my technique; it was the combination of age and tension. i played for money maybe fifty years.
excellent video - thank you much
A very good and clear explanation! Maybe a stupid question, but would you use the same technique on a steel stringed guitar?
No, that’s a totally good question and basically I’d say yes! And even when I play on electric I do it the same way if I’m doing fingers. But I’m not putting any real power into it on electric, and then on steel string acoustic I can get a pretty good ‘flick’ feeling and tone that way. But if you can get used to using those closing muscles you’ll generally find you can play much more easily, which is kind of the main benefit, and then you can adapt it to different guitars or especially it might need to change if you’re doing a mute or some kind of special technique! But feels weird at first but just try the exercise a few days a few minutes here and there and it will already start to get more natural feeling!
I´m playing steel strings the same way. Never anchoring the pinkey, because it would not allow me to keep the fingers relaxed and straight. It worked for me for decades, without problems.
Hi, do you play in the same way without fingernails😔?
Hi, thanks for that, I edited out a bit where I was talking about that (bc I want to make a video about that too!) I’ve had nails most of the time for like 25 years so whenever I don’t have them it feels soooo weird to play now! But I do think it’s basically the same, and everyone likes to use Sor as an example of a guy who played like that with no nails…And I’ve seen teachers and books recommend to every so often get rid of the nails and work on the ‘pure’ strokes for a while and then you sort of try to shape your nails as they grow back so that the stroke doesn’t change but the nails just have that edge as the last surface that touches. Just see if you can find a little resistance and flick through it for the exercise! Thanks for great question!
Nobody ever told me they were hard. Free-bird!
Thank you
Pleasure and thank you!
big help knowledge...thank you very much
Thanks for that!
big help knowledge..thank you very much
Thank you!
Great video, thank you!
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I feel like we aren't talking about the elephant in the room... Barre Chords are most crucially affected by the quality of your Guitar. No matter how much you practice, if the action on the guitar is terrible you'll never make a good Barre Chord, and if it is excellent, like an expensive Guitar that's been adjusted, it can be almost effortless. And most beginners have cheap guitars...
I don't know a great deal about acoustic instruments, but I can't see what expensive has to do with overall action on an electric? If it's been well made I'd expect good intonation, however for action as long as the neck & bridge are at least solidly adjustable, and the string height of the nut is where it's needs to be, then that's enough to get it to be playable. Whether your preferred action intonates well, or whether any setup at all does, is another matter; given what people have said about Gibson in recent years I wouldn't trust that throwing money is a reliable option in that aspect either. If you're referring to any form of acoustic then I can imagine there doesn't tend to be a cheaper solution however!
@@BarrySPeaspeople are confusing set-up and high quality. A well set-up guitar will be most playable, with the action at an ideal gap b/t strings and fretboard. A high quality guitar will be made of higher quality materials and (for a classical guitar) be made by an expert luthier, who will be employing specific techniques in construction of the guitar in pursuit of coveted sound qualities. A guitar may have one, both, or neither of these properties. I have a classical guitar that is lower quality, mostly made of what is effectively plywood; its tone is ok and it has a rather poor sustain. I have another, higher quality classical made of all solid wood which has a better tone and a sustain roughly twice as long. The higher quality instrument is more expensive.
If you say barre chords are hard try F chord by using your thumb it is extremely hard. Me with shorter thumb not able to wrap my thumb around the neck that's actually limit my ability to play certain songs. There is any exercise for that? Thanks
Great advice here....They can sure be frustrating to the guitarist student who's only been playing a year or so....
I've been playing guitar since I was 10 years old, I'm 32 now and in some fingerstyle pieces the barre chords are STILL hard! I hate that. 😅 But this video does have all the right tips. It helps.
One tip for everyone who reads this. The base is a proper posture. When your guitar isn't in roughly the same place every time you practice you're adding lots of extra variables, namely the different angles your guitar is in and numerous different body positions related to that. When that's the case you're not learning to play 'a' barre chord but many different ones, depending on all the different guitar and body positions. You're learning 100 different barre chords. Make it easy for yourself. The same applies for everything else you do on the guitar.
Great tutorial! Thanks for sharing! I’m just beginning to get the F barre chord dependably - after 1.5 years of working on it.
This was such unique and helpful information! Thank you for sharing this knowledge!
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Great lesson
Pulling the guitar towards you would work but also can sharpen the notes when pull too hard.
Brilliant tips! Thank you!