This was extremely helpful. I have a medical condition that effects my short term memory making it difficult to memorize several scales and modes. Memorizing two shapes has really unlocked things for me here! Thank you for posting!!
“Any great melody is within an octave”. That is a great quote! I have always thought small / tiny one-octave shapes were the way to go for me for the major scale. This video gave me even more reasons to think so / and to apply the same concept to the pentatonic scales. My brain can’t deal with five monstrous shapes. I can handle a tiny shape that I manipulate / vary it, and jump around to the different root notes on the neck to play it. In my brain, I store the two ways of playing the major scale as “playing it to the right”, and “playing it to the left”. (Lousy terminology, I know). Then I lean to the right one fret when getting to the B string. 😂 Thank you!
Your method reminds me a lot of another scale patter generator thing I saw online. They essentially show you 2 patterns and then give you the "warp up" trick when you get into the G, B, and E strings. Good stuff. I should dig up that's website and post it here.
I have said your videos are great too many times so this time I'll explain why :P The way you explain everything makes it obvious you are passionate about it, which translates to me really well and makes me exited to pick up my guitar and understand everything you're saying! And then I'm blown away that I have more amazing tools to create songs with!!!!!!
What a creativity mind it is ! . You are a genius my friend :-) . You make complex things very simple . You are really Great teacher & master class musician...All your explanations are really Awesome..Enjoyed your lessons :-).. Thank you !.
+axeofcreation its exactly what I'm doing now. it's exactly what I needed to move forward with guitar again. Been kinda in a stand point. I got a pinched nerve in my neck that goes down my right arm. Been having a chiropractor work on it. small progress but Im getting back into guitar again. This video picked up right where I got off. Now I do my stretches and play.
+TheStoneDangler excellent! There will be 3 patterns for each mode and they connect into each other. Glad this helped open up a new door! Best of luck.
Nice one man, been following your lessons for a while now. Always great to learn some new way of thinking and visualising something! Helped me out tenfold
Hope it helps. Takes a little time to really sink in. But it definitely opens things up. Plus this concept can be applied to every scale/mode (except its three patterns). Let me know if this helps.
+Neil St And that's great. A lot of players for go by "feel" but that tends to be from a melodic and rhythmical standpoint. If all you (you in the general sense) do is practice within boxes, muscle memory will start to dominant your subconscious playing.
This is quite vague of a request, but could you make a video on the amount of "Theory" the Beatles knew. And perhaps an explanation on how they managed to keep coming up with ideas, and keep it interesting WITHOUT knowing sed theory... I feel strongly they knew a modest amount of theory, but found a way to take ideas from other peoples music. I mean you don't just write "Michelle" on a whim...
I can't speak for how much "theory" they knew but I would venture more than you'd think. But they had a residence in Germany where they played 8 hours a night. That's a lot of music to learn and play. You learn that much material you're bound to learn a lot about song structure, melody, and chord progressions
axeofcreation I was thinking the same thing. The Hamburg gigs definitely shaped their songwriting abilities. On another note, I am recently discovering Max Martin. A songwriter/producer that has written a ridiculous amount of #1 hits. Not that they are all my style by any means, but their is something fascinating about being able to constantly write hits. Someone needs to do an analysis of his songwriting/producing. Anyways thanks a lot of responding. Your lessons are great.
what i try to do is more or less anticipate the tones in my head before actually playing them. you know like when you can hear the music in your head beforehand. so when playing solos, of course i also use the pentatonic scale and blues scale and whathaveyou, but i really try not to. just like someone in the comment section already said, it can really limit your creativity...
I feel like the easiest way to break out of those same shapes would be to learn your modes, although that is much more intensive than the procedures you suggest in the lesson. Also there is a serious lack of decent explanations regarding modes, it seems the majority of videos would have viewers believe that they can simply play the C major scale beginning on different notes and they are magically playing modal- and unfortunately it is nowhere near that simple. Although for the sake of those lessons, I feel like the theory of modes would be more clear if they would give each mode starting with the same tonic, instead of progressing through them for the sake of avoiding accidentals. For instance, instead of explaining modes by using C major and beginning on different notes, they should go through and give each mode with C as the starting point. So instead illustrating C ionian, D dorian, E phrygian, etc. it should simply be C ionian, C dorian, C phrygian etc. so that the pattern of tones and semi-tones is more clearly illustrated.
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This is exactly on point for me to go to the next level. Excellent, simple and thorough explanation! Thank you!
you have some of the best lessons I have seen online
+Larry Depontes Thank you so much. I'm glad you dig them!
Surprisingly efficient and comfortable.
Ive been looking for someone to answer this for years why does no one teach this way, makes way more sense
+lastninjaitachi It can really open up the fretboard
This was extremely helpful. I have a medical condition that effects my short term memory making it difficult to memorize several scales and modes. Memorizing two shapes has really unlocked things for me here! Thank you for posting!!
I'm truly glad this helped. We guitar players tend to make things difficult for ourselves with larger 3 octave scale patterns and boxes.
“Any great melody is within an octave”. That is a great quote!
I have always thought small / tiny one-octave shapes were the way to go for me for the major scale.
This video gave me even more reasons to think so / and to apply the same concept to the pentatonic scales.
My brain can’t deal with five monstrous shapes. I can handle a tiny shape that I manipulate / vary it, and jump around to the different root notes on the neck to play it.
In my brain, I store the two ways of playing the major scale as “playing it to the right”, and “playing it to the left”. (Lousy terminology, I know).
Then I lean to the right one fret when getting to the B string. 😂
Thank you!
Your words are kind, thank you
Awesome. I'm glad my lesson connect!
you helped me a lot today with this lesson! god bless you sir
and you too
Your videos are so useful, I learned to play the guitar by ear and this things are really useful for me and your explanations are great
Your method reminds me a lot of another scale patter generator thing I saw online. They essentially show you 2 patterns and then give you the "warp up" trick when you get into the G, B, and E strings. Good stuff. I should dig up that's website and post it here.
Thanks for taking the time to upload these videos, and sharing your knowledge. I hope to gain a lot from them.
Glad you dig them!
Dude You and Marty Schwartz are the best teachers ever!!
Thank you so much bro, you broke it down in a way that I could understand so perfectly....the Light bulb came on.....Luv!
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You are one of the best guitar instructors on the Tube. :]
Nice! Now figure out which pattern fits for each of the CAGED chords! Magic!
THIS is excatly what I needed, I was sooooo trapped inside those little boxes, I reckon this will help me with my guitar skills!
I have said your videos are great too many times so this time I'll explain why :P The way you explain everything makes it obvious you are passionate about it, which translates to me really well and makes me exited to pick up my guitar and understand everything you're saying! And then I'm blown away that I have more amazing tools to create songs with!!!!!!
Thank you for your videos, it is greatly appreciated
I'll be completely honest, I can't even play this type of thing. But I do understand how it works, and I really like the idea.
Thanks!
Hey man, you are really helping me out, especially with Tool but all the other stuff as well, thanks a lot :D
Really helpful man! I'm learning the CAGED Boxes and this spice things up!
What a creativity mind it is ! . You are a genius my friend :-) . You make complex things very simple . You are really Great teacher & master class musician...All your explanations are really Awesome..Enjoyed your lessons :-).. Thank you !.
As always str8 GUITAR GOLD!! THANKS!
Your knowledge about guitar theory is pretty much the same as all other guitarist I have come across on RUclips ... combined!
Thank you so much. You check out my pentatonic substitution lesson? I put these ideas to use.
best way I've seen a scale in the entire time I've been playing guitar.
Now apply this to all the other scales (Maj, min, etc). Will change your life.
+axeofcreation its exactly what I'm doing now. it's exactly what I needed to move forward with guitar again. Been kinda in a stand point. I got a pinched nerve in my neck that goes down my right arm. Been having a chiropractor work on it. small progress but Im getting back into guitar again. This video picked up right where I got off. Now I do my stretches and play.
+TheStoneDangler excellent! There will be 3 patterns for each mode and they connect into each other. Glad this helped open up a new door! Best of luck.
+axeofcreation thanks dood. highly appreciate it.
Excellent and very usefull lesson!
thank you for your video, helped me a lot.
Nice one man, been following your lessons for a while now. Always great to learn some new way of thinking and visualising something! Helped me out tenfold
Thank you. I view all my scales in this way. Game changer.
i guess I'm kinda off topic but does anybody know of a good website to watch new series online ?
@Cyrus Zaire Flixportal xD
Thanks, I went there and it seems like a nice service :) I really appreciate it !
@Cyrus Zaire no problem :D
Nice channel man! I see you already got a shitload of followers, so keep it up and thank you for the good ideas
Has viewing scale patterns from this perspective help you break out or improve your fretboard vision?
yes! thx man
This was an exceptional lesson. So many people are missing out that it's sad.
Could you please have a lesson about chord tones (both major and minor pentatonic) and how exactly to land on the intervals or target notes? Thank you
Hope it helps. Takes a little time to really sink in. But it definitely opens things up. Plus this concept can be applied to every scale/mode (except its three patterns). Let me know if this helps.
Wow! It`s a great way to see scales.
:D
Nice lesson
I definitely will!
Oh and also: how are you liking the hufschmid pick(s)? is it allot of getting used to it or does make a difference at all?
amazing lesson thanks
Thanks for the video as always and im here for the guitar but i got to ask are those thundercats on your monitors? lol
awesome. as always. ty
Very helpful. How does that apply to the major pentatonic?
Yes, it can also apply to any scale or mode. They'd would just have an extra pattern.
thanks man great vid
cool..thanks master
I practice scales in box positions. When I'm playing and soloing I don't think about boxes and patterns. I go purely by feel subconsciously.
+Neil St And that's great. A lot of players for go by "feel" but that tends to be from a melodic and rhythmical standpoint. If all you (you in the general sense) do is practice within boxes, muscle memory will start to dominant your subconscious playing.
I watched this a number of times and eventually figured it, so thank you. Unfortunately, the demo didn't help as it was too rushed for me.
Awesome!
I can already play solos out of my pentatonic box because I play every song from other bands as well as tool in Drop D.
This is quite vague of a request, but could you make a video on the amount of "Theory" the Beatles knew. And perhaps an explanation on how they managed to keep coming up with ideas, and keep it interesting WITHOUT knowing sed theory... I feel strongly they knew a modest amount of theory, but found a way to take ideas from other peoples music. I mean you don't just write "Michelle" on a whim...
I can't speak for how much "theory" they knew but I would venture more than you'd think. But they had a residence in Germany where they played 8 hours a night. That's a lot of music to learn and play. You learn that much material you're bound to learn a lot about song structure, melody, and chord progressions
axeofcreation I was thinking the same thing. The Hamburg gigs definitely shaped their songwriting abilities. On another note, I am recently discovering Max Martin. A songwriter/producer that has written a ridiculous amount of #1 hits. Not that they are all my style by any means, but their is something fascinating about being able to constantly write hits. Someone needs to do an analysis of his songwriting/producing. Anyways thanks a lot of responding. Your lessons are great.
Honestly id like to know that too but I seriously don't think anybody can teach you what the Beatles had they just had "it" yea know
what i try to do is more or less anticipate the tones in my head before actually playing them. you know like when you can hear the music in your head beforehand. so when playing solos, of course i also use the pentatonic scale and blues scale and whathaveyou, but i really try not to. just like someone in the comment section already said, it can really limit your creativity...
Of course, you should always try and achieve that.
Is that a hufschmid pick?
great lesson btw. good way to look at the pentatonic scale in different octaves
I feel like the easiest way to break out of those same shapes would be to learn your modes, although that is much more intensive than the procedures you suggest in the lesson. Also there is a serious lack of decent explanations regarding modes, it seems the majority of videos would have viewers believe that they can simply play the C major scale beginning on different notes and they are magically playing modal- and unfortunately it is nowhere near that simple. Although for the sake of those lessons, I feel like the theory of modes would be more clear if they would give each mode starting with the same tonic, instead of progressing through them for the sake of avoiding accidentals. For instance, instead of explaining modes by using C major and beginning on different notes, they should go through and give each mode with C as the starting point. So instead illustrating C ionian, D dorian, E phrygian, etc. it should simply be C ionian, C dorian, C phrygian etc. so that the pattern of tones and semi-tones is more clearly illustrated.
dude you know the struggle I'm at :o
awesome teacher....these boxes are dangerous and can kill your creativity if you don't know how to break free.
break those chains! Thanks!
hahaha! Actually they're Mars Attacks figures.
is that hayley williams at the back?
ezzad azman No. Debbie Harry aka Blondie
Horrible guitar sound.. Awesome lesson!
that's not horrible at all, a very nice tubed/overdrive blues sound that just fits the theme
Voted for you again, but I'll be f@#$ing pissed if by winning you are no longer allowed to give us free lessons. Thanks.
haha, thank you.
Thanks!