Richard - this lesson definitely helped a few things click in to place and I can now feel the benefit of having watched the previous videos, so there’s a definite cumulative effect happening - it’s working!! Please keep going as you’re managing to not only explain things very well, but you’ve also paced the progression from one to the next perfectly - thank you.
Thank you so much. I am very mindful that I want people (if they wish to) to be able to watch the videos as if they were recordings of lessons they may have had with me personally. When teaching everything is a building block to understand the next thing so I wante to put the building blocks in place - therefore whatever I teach in the future can relate back to the previous building block. There is nothing worse than watching tuitional videos where there is so much presumed knowledge - without which you are still in the dark. If however the knowledge is all there - and you direct people to it -then its up to them to spend the time building up their knowledge or not. One thing we can all be assured of in life is quick fixes are normally anything but. A quick fix video (lets say a guitar lick with no real explanation of why or how it works) feeds people short term benefits but sadly once they become comfortable with their handful of guitar licks - they dont want to spend the time doing the boring stuff - understanding why it works. If however you do this FIRST - then the fun stuff just keeps coming and coming and coming - because you teach YOURSELF through your own understanding. Thats my logic anyway!
Richards Guitars Thanks - I think your approach is spot on for those of us without any formal musical theory, but who want to understand why things do (and sometimes don’t) sound good, as opposed to just learning riffs/chords in parrot fashion without actual building any lasting skills we can then apply ourselves 👍👍
Hi Richard, this is just to say ‘thank you’ for all the effort you put in creating these lessons. I stumbled by chance on one of your blues lessons videos (blues is always a big draw!) and the whole set-up, from the fact that more than 50% of the video was out of focus ;-) to your tone and your enthusiasm got me hooked. I then moved on to your ‘music theory’ ones. I have been a beginner on electric guitar for 10 years ;-) and I always thought that understanding theory was beyond me. But once more your authenticity and enthusiasm made me think that I could get something out of it, what was there to lose? Well… I got tons out of your videos! I do not know you, but it is obvious to me that you are not one of those people happy to sit on their hands. You took the opportunity of our ‘confinement’ to reach out and share your skills online with other people, not looking for an immediate financial reward, but just because you felt you wanted to do it. In a way it reminds me of the early days of the internet, when people created websites to share their knowledge and interests, without thinking about how to ‘monetise’ them. Like other people before me on previous comments, I urge you to ignore any keyboard haters and keep being yourself, you are doing a great job. All the best.
Two years on and I have to agree with the many and we’ll deserved positive comments made by previous posters. Thank you so much for all the time and effort you clearly put into these informative and fun videos. Hope you can still find time to keep them coming. P.S - loving the different gear you show and use.👍
Hi Richard, as most of the comments on here I defiantly agree that these videos are fantastic, although I’m a beginner of 2 years your videos give me the tools to express myself through solos and now having some understanding of the modes now is giving me the ability to play to a feeling rather than learn “licks and licks and licks” .your a great teacher and I’m waiting with baited breath for the next tuition videos to come out. Keep doing what your dong man!! And as a side note inadvertently because of your tuition videos I bought a Cort guitar. Respect!
Brilliant stuff, Richard,...and I do revel in your enthusiasm, but it is ..SOOOO...hard to take it on board. I do realise, from many, many years studying these scales, the impact of changing the root note. But to go on to joyfully manipulating these 1 tone 1/2 tone sequences the way you do... Maybe one day... Thanks anyway
Watching this on my phone because my iPads broke. So I’ve just watched for a second time so I could grasp everything. Talk about head spinning mines just exploded with Wonderful ness Thanks again Richard
Thanks Richard, another WONDERFUL lesson! The knowledge is slowly seeping in and becoming clear. I am now counting out intervals and beginning to understand their relationships with each other. Amazing when you know it’s all from and hidden in this major scale. I realise now that for many years I was just learning “parrot “ fashion. I look forward to the next and hope to buy a Jam Pal soon. Stay safe.
Happy July, Richard! Just a note to say I hope you are well and happy. I am continuing to work thru your videos and relishing the results, but haven’t made it to your “five-chord” lesson yet (“all in due time...”). You haven’t lost your students, your fans, your audience - wanted to make sure you knew
hi Richard at around 3:48 there is an orb across the camera lens, check it out please, amazing I have never seen this before. You seem miles away, can you remember what you were thinking keep up the great videos.
I have had the pleasure of seeing through this series so far and it's done wonders for my playing, both on bass and guitar ... Now I'm wondering what happened to the V and the VI chords, and also the VII chord (Bm7flat 5) ? Will these videos come around too ? Thankfully Tor Ivar
Nice scale! I'm hearing "Maria" from West side story, and "Moon River". And you're right, both songs have a sense of exultation. Never really sang or played that scale, but there it is!
Hi Richard! Thanks for the wonderful lessons! I have a request for the next lesson video: Could you maybe briefly cover chordswitches and how those relate to the modes and scales?
Hi Richard, thanks for your video lessons. But can you please put the links to the previous videos in the description. It will make it easier for those of us who happen upon the latter videos before seeing the first. Thank you
I have avoided the lydian scale. The sharp 4 and the 6 make it a major major scale. I guess it's used over the 4th of the key, with a sharp 7 for very major music, but with the dominant 7 in the Blues (which would put the 6 and the 7 adjacent)? Thanks. Clearer.
Well done, Richard. Am I right in thinking that the mere fact of changing the ORDER in which the whole intervals and the half intervals appear, which you get "simply" by changing the starting point in the scale of C, accounts for the very different feeling evoked by each of these scales?
I would add "emphasis" to that statement. The order of the notes create new intervals from the root so its important to emphasise this relationship and connection in your playing. So when playing over a minor chord (such as dorian) you are emphasising the unique qualities of that mode such as the natural 6
Thomas beat me to it in saying awesome! :) Your enthusiasm and love of music shines through and you have a great way of presenting this stuff, bringing us with you to the sense of wonder of the sharpened 4th... and, thanks to your earlier videos, I TOTALLY get it! Thank you for making sense of what's been a mystery to me all these years.
Awesome, I’m painting the den here in my house, looking forward to watching this video once I’m finished here. Thanks so much for all the work and time you put into these videos Richard. Aside from them being informative I enjoy the hell out of them 🤙
Absolutely c racking lesson Richard.Just lovely to discover all these fascinating scales and very much appreciate the theory and how to build them all from the C major scale. Big up to your editor for the amusing effects! :)
JIm Rolt i did the editing!!! 😂. Oh I am sooooo relieved to hear your comments. I spent so much time refining the video down to something I felt could be digested in 30 minutes and you never know how it will be appreciated. I am so grateful to read this so thank you! 🙏
A lovely fella gives his time and experience, totally free, for those who are seeking valuable help to learn ( or improve ) their basic knowledge on guitar ..... and someone decides to give it a " thumbs down " ??? I sometimes despair at the level of negativity which haunts humanity. Thank you, once again, Richard for your wonderful lessons. The vast majority of us are loving your fabulous teaching techniques. x
First class again thanks Richard. Guess who’s discovered effects! It is incredible how by just changing the starting point the sounds and options are transformed. It really is starting to come together in my brain now. Ps did anyone else hear ‘You’ll never walk alone’ in your backing chords?
Hi Paul. I woud recommend watching all the videos in the series - It will definitely help cement your understanding. I have done from the I chord through to the IV chord so far.
It's taking a while (forgot the coffee!) but it is starting to sink in. Not sure I'll ever master barring with my third finger though, I can barely manage the first :-) The explanation of how the different modes produce such different results is fascinating - great stuff as always and thanks!
Great work! Sooo, it seems that modes are more than just changing the 'starting point' in the scale and the pattern you were playing. You are also changing intervals from the new root, is that correct? In other words, in the C Major scale, I was under the impression that no matter what mode you are playing, it is always the same notes, just different starting, root, positions.
This is a great lesson. Thank you for taking the time to give the guidance so many players need. I was going to watch Bill Nighy in Worricker trilogy tonight but I’m going to practice instead. BTW, what guitar were you using in this video? It had a nice sound to it.
Richards Guitars I certainly did enjoy the lesson, thank you and that Eastman has a great sound. I’m not familiar with the brand. I’m a recovering Les Paul guy enjoying PRS guitars these days
Excuse me, I like your lesson for you realy help me understand what I was looking for, but where can I find the previous videos in this sequense you are talking about?? It has no numbers or something else does it? Greetings! Huub
Hi. Good point. I just tried to make them clear for you. Start with the video titled "guitar theory basics". THEN move on to the Roman numerals - so the I, II, III and now IV chord. Hope that helps!
Richards Guitars Thanks for the swift reply. That will help! And thank you for your clear and no-nonsense lessons! Great how you can make these things clear.
Thank You for showing us the blue's way... 👍👍 🎸🎶 🇺🇸.
Richard - this lesson definitely helped a few things click in to place and I can now feel the benefit of having watched the previous videos, so there’s a definite cumulative effect happening - it’s working!! Please keep going as you’re managing to not only explain things very well, but you’ve also paced the progression from one to the next perfectly - thank you.
Thank you so much. I am very mindful that I want people (if they wish to) to be able to watch the videos as if they were recordings of lessons they may have had with me personally. When teaching everything is a building block to understand the next thing so I wante to put the building blocks in place - therefore whatever I teach in the future can relate back to the previous building block. There is nothing worse than watching tuitional videos where there is so much presumed knowledge - without which you are still in the dark. If however the knowledge is all there - and you direct people to it -then its up to them to spend the time building up their knowledge or not. One thing we can all be assured of in life is quick fixes are normally anything but. A quick fix video (lets say a guitar lick with no real explanation of why or how it works) feeds people short term benefits but sadly once they become comfortable with their handful of guitar licks - they dont want to spend the time doing the boring stuff - understanding why it works. If however you do this FIRST - then the fun stuff just keeps coming and coming and coming - because you teach YOURSELF through your own understanding. Thats my logic anyway!
Richards Guitars Thanks - I think your approach is spot on for those of us without any formal musical theory, but who want to understand why things do (and sometimes don’t) sound good, as opposed to just learning riffs/chords in parrot fashion without actual building any lasting skills we can then apply ourselves 👍👍
Thank you for making content Mr Richards, you have truly expanded my horizons on playing guitar, and for that, I am truly, genuinely thankful.
Hi Richard, this is just to say ‘thank you’ for all the effort you put in creating these lessons. I stumbled by chance on one of your blues lessons videos (blues is always a big draw!) and the whole set-up, from the fact that more than 50% of the video was out of focus ;-) to your tone and your enthusiasm got me hooked. I then moved on to your ‘music theory’ ones. I have been a beginner on electric guitar for 10 years ;-) and I always thought that understanding theory was beyond me. But once more your authenticity and enthusiasm made me think that I could get something out of it, what was there to lose? Well… I got tons out of your videos! I do not know you, but it is obvious to me that you are not one of those people happy to sit on their hands. You took the opportunity of our ‘confinement’ to reach out and share your skills online with other people, not looking for an immediate financial reward, but just because you felt you wanted to do it. In a way it reminds me of the early days of the internet, when people created websites to share their knowledge and interests, without thinking about how to ‘monetise’ them. Like other people before me on previous comments, I urge you to ignore any keyboard haters and keep being yourself, you are doing a great job. All the best.
Two years on and I have to agree with the many and we’ll deserved positive comments made by previous posters.
Thank you so much for all the time and effort you clearly put into these informative and fun videos. Hope you can still find time to keep them coming. P.S - loving the different gear you show and use.👍
Just saw this - So sorry I didnt see before. Really appreciate your kind words.
Hi Richard, as most of the comments on here I defiantly agree that these videos are fantastic, although I’m a beginner of 2 years your videos give me the tools to express myself through solos and now having some understanding of the modes now is giving me the ability to play to a feeling rather than learn “licks and licks and licks” .your a great teacher and I’m waiting with baited breath for the next tuition videos to come out.
Keep doing what your dong man!! And as a side note inadvertently because of your tuition videos I bought a Cort guitar. Respect!
Brilliant stuff, Richard,...and I do revel in your enthusiasm, but it is ..SOOOO...hard to take it on board. I do realise, from many, many years studying these scales, the impact of changing the root note. But to go on to joyfully manipulating these 1 tone 1/2 tone sequences the way you do... Maybe one day... Thanks anyway
These tutorials really hit the spot with me, thanks Richard 👍
You are a born teacher, thanks for all this help !!
Another great video, many thanks Richard, please keep them coming.
This was a butiful lesson wow factor 100%....Roland J
This is some really good teaching 👏. Thank you
Watching this on my phone because my iPads broke. So I’ve just watched for a second time so I could grasp everything. Talk about head spinning mines just exploded with Wonderful ness Thanks again Richard
Hey! I will take that! Sorry to explode your head though!
Thanks Richard, another WONDERFUL lesson! The knowledge is slowly seeping in and becoming clear.
I am now counting out intervals and beginning to understand their relationships with each other.
Amazing when you know it’s all from and hidden in this major scale.
I realise now that for many years I was just learning “parrot “ fashion.
I look forward to the next and hope to buy a Jam Pal soon.
Stay safe.
i know I'm kinda randomly asking but does anybody know of a good place to stream new movies online ?
@Tristen Magnus i dunno I would suggest flixportal. you can find it on google =) -arlo
@Arlo Damian thanks, I signed up and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) I appreciate it !!
@Tristen Magnus you are welcome :D
Happy July, Richard! Just a note to say I hope you are well and happy. I am continuing to work thru your videos and relishing the results, but haven’t made it to your “five-chord” lesson yet (“all in due time...”).
You haven’t lost your students, your fans, your audience - wanted to make sure you knew
hi Richard at around 3:48 there is an orb across the camera lens, check it out please, amazing I have never seen this before. You seem miles away, can you remember what you were thinking keep up the great videos.
I have had the pleasure of seeing through this series so far and it's done wonders for my playing, both on bass and guitar ...
Now I'm wondering what happened to the V and the VI chords, and also the VII chord (Bm7flat 5) ?
Will these videos come around too ?
Thankfully
Tor Ivar
Nice scale! I'm hearing "Maria" from West side story, and "Moon River". And you're right, both songs have a sense of exultation. Never really sang or played that scale, but there it is!
Hi Richard!
Thanks for the wonderful lessons! I have a request for the next lesson video:
Could you maybe briefly cover chordswitches and how those relate to the modes and scales?
Hi Richard, thanks for your video lessons. But can you please put the links to the previous videos in the description. It will make it easier for those of us who happen upon the latter videos before seeing the first. Thank you
I have avoided the lydian scale. The sharp 4 and the 6 make it a major major scale. I guess it's used over the 4th of the key, with a sharp 7 for very major music, but with the dominant 7 in the Blues (which would put the 6 and the 7 adjacent)? Thanks. Clearer.
Well done, Richard. Am I right in thinking that the mere fact of changing the ORDER in which the whole intervals and the half intervals appear, which you get "simply" by changing the starting point in the scale of C, accounts for the very different feeling evoked by each of these scales?
I would add "emphasis" to that statement. The order of the notes create new intervals from the root so its important to emphasise this relationship and connection in your playing. So when playing over a minor chord (such as dorian) you are emphasising the unique qualities of that mode such as the natural 6
cant see which frets and strings you are landing on> BAD ANGLE!!!
This is the stuff the pros know but there not sharing..
PLEASE only do one scale, mode at a time way to confusing!!!!
Thomas beat me to it in saying awesome! :) Your enthusiasm and love of music shines through and you have a great way of presenting this stuff, bringing us with you to the sense of wonder of the sharpened 4th... and, thanks to your earlier videos, I TOTALLY get it! Thank you for making sense of what's been a mystery to me all these years.
Can't thank you enough for such kind words - a perfect way to end the day. Thank you.
Awesome, I’m painting the den here in my house, looking forward to watching this video once I’m finished here. Thanks so much for all the work and time you put into these videos Richard. Aside from them being informative I enjoy the hell out of them 🤙
Brilliant. I’ve watched hundreds of RUclips videos about this. Your the first person that I’ve really been able to understand. Thanks Richard
Another great lesson Richard. Thanks very much for making these. At last I see how a mode or modes relate to the scale structure.
Absolutely c racking lesson Richard.Just lovely to discover all these fascinating scales and very much appreciate the theory and how to build them all from the C major scale. Big up to your editor for the amusing effects! :)
JIm Rolt i did the editing!!! 😂. Oh I am sooooo relieved to hear your comments. I spent so much time refining the video down to something I felt could be digested in 30 minutes and you never know how it will be appreciated. I am so grateful to read this so thank you! 🙏
Another great video for biginners who have learned a few basic chords.
As suggested, replaying the video will help it sink into my thick skull!
So nice to watch, your positivity and joy helps make this fun rather the dull and serious like other video’s, Thank you.
stephen Fletcher awesome thank you so much. Guitar playing should be a pleasure right?
Thanks again Richard another wonderful lesson you really have a gift for teaching
A lovely fella gives his time and experience, totally free, for those who are seeking valuable help to learn ( or improve ) their basic knowledge on guitar ..... and someone decides to give it a " thumbs down " ??? I sometimes despair at the level of negativity which haunts humanity. Thank you, once again, Richard for your wonderful lessons. The vast majority of us are loving your fabulous teaching techniques. x
Peter Shields BLESS YOU AS ALWAYS
Sorry it was me. I’ve got a dyslexic thumb....
Thanks Rich,another brilliant video Do Not stop!
Mark Whale 🙏 so relieved that you enjoyed it
Fantastic lesson as normal Rich so much brilliant information explained so well I look forward too these lessons so much never stop 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
cussy180 thank you so much 😊
Great lesson Richard ..Thank you.
Sublime teaching again. Thank you
Great stuff. Is part 3 of understanding blues still coming?
First class again thanks Richard. Guess who’s discovered effects! It is incredible how by just changing the starting point the sounds and options are transformed. It really is starting to come together in my brain now. Ps did anyone else hear ‘You’ll never walk alone’ in your backing chords?
A light bulb just went on. A mode is just a portion of the major scale starting at one of the intervals of that major scale and running up an octave?
Hi Paul. I woud recommend watching all the videos in the series - It will definitely help cement your understanding. I have done from the I chord through to the IV chord so far.
My favorite, thanks a lot.
It's taking a while (forgot the coffee!) but it is starting to sink in. Not sure I'll ever master barring with my third finger though, I can barely manage the first :-) The explanation of how the different modes produce such different results is fascinating - great stuff as always and thanks!
Great work! Sooo, it seems that modes are more than just changing the 'starting point' in the scale and the pattern you were playing. You are also changing intervals from the new root, is that correct? In other words, in the C Major scale, I was under the impression that no matter what mode you are playing, it is always the same notes, just different starting, root, positions.
Haven't watched yet but you deserve a thumbs up just for the thumbnail alone :)
Michael Auerswald it’s from the video! Honest ! 😂
This is a great lesson. Thank you for taking the time to give the guidance so many players need. I was going to watch Bill Nighy in Worricker trilogy tonight but I’m going to practice instead. BTW, what guitar were you using in this video? It had a nice sound to it.
Bob F it’s an Eastman sb59v . Wonderful guitars. Hope you enjoyed your practice!
Richards Guitars I certainly did enjoy the lesson, thank you and that Eastman has a great sound. I’m not familiar with the brand. I’m a recovering Les Paul guy enjoying PRS guitars these days
Excuse me, I like your lesson for you realy help me understand what I was looking for, but where can I find the previous videos in this sequense you are talking about?? It has no numbers or something else does it? Greetings! Huub
Hi. Good point. I just tried to make them clear for you. Start with the video titled "guitar theory basics". THEN move on to the Roman numerals - so the I, II, III and now IV chord. Hope that helps!
Richards Guitars Thanks for the swift reply. That will help! And thank you for your clear and no-nonsense lessons! Great how you can make these things clear.
yeah ! love Lydian mode then into a major 7th then into a flat second ... :-)
Coffee time !!