I've spent the last couple of years memorizing shapes, and that's all well and good, but once you understand the connections and how it all fits together, a whole new world opens up.
Marty, you taught me crazy train when I was 9. Now I’m 29 and picking up the guitar again for the first time in two years and you’re teaching me the major scale 🫡 thank you friend
This comment cracked me up. I still remember getting my first guitar at around age 14 and watching these videos being completely lost and having no patience to learn. Between then and now I have played a bunch of bluegrass/open chord stuff. I’m now 27 and just learning theory and starting to navigate the fretboard. If only I’d have actually practiced this stuff for the last decade.
Been playing casually since I was 14 in 2009, pretty much learned everything in the beginning from Marty. I’ve pretty much just learned songs since then and never really tried to learn how to play properly. Who would think 15 years later, I’d still be learning from Marty. Thanks for everything man.
Thank you Marty. More musical gold. I appreciate your explanation of what you are teaching. Explaining exactly where the notes are to be played. And doing it slowly. Because if you can’t play it slow you can’t play it fast ! Thanks for your time you put into your lessons. Truly appreciate it !!!
Marty is the man!!! If you’re new. Please don’t disregard the books. Every musician will tell you they are foundational gold. And you can work on a chapter or section as many times as you need to before going on to the next chapter. Allowing you to perfect things and go back to them. Reading the book to yourself and out loud and maybe writing a few patterns down from the book and then playing that on the instrument will excel your learning and progression 100 fold. If you stick with the books and form a regiment for practicing and watch Marty’s content. You will see the improvements.
Good Work Marty. I've been watching you for years and I'm thankful that you are teaching them to study the fundamentals. - Keep Up The Magnificent work. -
marty i went through this lesson a few times. For myself I will say this lesson has finally cast a different light on how to use the Maj scale instead of ... memorizing another scale pattern
i've actually been using rocksmith 2014 for nearly a year now and i found it to work amazing to teach the basics of guitar playing. the game has a bunch of buildt in lessons and virtual amps. and you can play your favorite songs on repeat. plus the interface makes it really easy to get a grasp on the guitar. but then again a game is not a substitute for a real in person teacher, rocksmith get's you pretty far.
The most amazing thing about this is... When i was 15 and my guitar teacher taught me this same thing, i hated it cause this tone is the same as my teacher taught it to me and i wanted tons of distortion and echo. Now tho, it sounds so good because ive broughened my love of different styles. My guitar dont have to be on 10 and my amp dont have to be on 11! Thanks for showing me this again. Rock on!! 🤘
“Honey! You have to get away from that computer and go to work!” -You just don’t get it do you? Marty is my only chance to get out of this miserable, mundane, life, sucking career I am stuck in!
❤😊 I need to make myself do more intervals. I strangely do this one all the time, but am not as accustomed to just doing pentatonics. I meant to continue on with bigger interval skips and alternating backwards and forwards through next bigger and next bigger, but somehow zone into trance doing the do mi re fa mi so fa la so ti la do ti re do. Do la ti so la fa so me fa re mi do re ti do. I just don't usually do anything else before wanting to just play, instead of the next leveling up practicing. ❤
At 3:56 when he says "half step up with your middle finger, 9th fret" it looks like he plays 8th fret with his middle finger. I am new to major scales and not questioning the wizard but wanting to learn right. Am i seeing this correctly?
Great job Marty like always, would you have time to work on Santana's Do you remember me, I will love to play it and you are the right person to figure that out, please, keep on rocking.
i got lost on creating chords with thirds and after. i am practicing my scales and thirds tho. i am noticing a shape on thirds!!! i need to practice saying the notes as i play them
Dude I’m so confused. The c major scale you play in this video is different than in another video of yours where you play the same notes as the a minor scale. So is the C major scale the do re me one or is it where you start with your pinky on the 6th string root note and play the a minor basically??
The A minor scale is the relative minor of the c major scale. It is the same shape and notes as the c major scale, but for the A minor scale you start on the A note using it as the root of the scale.
*Excellent lesson Marty!* I was wondering if there was a simple way of finding the first note ( root ) for evey scale on guitar. Can you please show this fod minor scales too. And which are the best scales for jazz - ( for use in Steve Howe & Yes type music? ) *( Thank you in advance for any help in this! )* *It feels silly asking - like I should know about these things!*
Marty i'm sorry i'm gonna have to come back later i had a very full day of school and i thought this would be simple but i'm too tired i'll see you tomorrow marty bye
It’s fascinating to me that the “open position” scale learned in a Mel Bay Method Book[from back in the day, c’mon fellow baby boomer guitarists] ⑥ E F G ⑤ A B C ④ D E F ③ G A ② B C D ① E F G when transposed up an octave to the 12th fret contains the repeated Am pentatonic lick from the “Stairway” solo! Additionally, the “3rd lead guitar fill” double pull-off lick from Led Zeppelin “Moby Dick” is played in the same “open position” scale ① G F E ② D C B ③ B A G ④ F E D ① G F E ② D C B ③ B A G ④ F E D ⑤ C B A ⑥ D(drop D tuning)
I feel stupid 😂 music theory vids always say made easy. And im still like how in the hell can i memorize a c scale. Ima take it slow, im just coming from your chord videos
It’s the pattern you’re fundamentally learnin. It’s always the same. Don’t think of it as the C major scale. Think of it as the Major Scale…. Get the pattern down. And wherever you decide to start it will designate the key of the scale.
I have heard people talk about position one and position two shapes. *Are they referring to scale shapes on the fretboard?* *Do you have any lessons on 'positions' / shapes?*
@@michaelhurley2540 A pick; When your sergeant drills you with his little big dick after he saw a Star Wars movie and was praying to a Norse God for a remedy for his psychedelic mind, due to war games. Good luck 🎸
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I've spent the last couple of years memorizing shapes, and that's all well and good, but once you understand the connections and how it all fits together, a whole new world opens up.
That's my problem. I know all the shapes or a lot of them. But I can't figure out how to connect everything together.
how do you even connect everything? is there a tutorial for that?
still waiting for opening of the new world !😃
I’ve played for 60 years. And just now starting to get into theory
And it’s very exciting 😊
@@chemice3210practice. Become fluent. Slides pull offs etc. that I’ve done for years are starting to make more sense
Marty, you taught me crazy train when I was 9.
Now I’m 29 and picking up the guitar again for the first time in two years and you’re teaching me the major scale 🫡 thank you friend
This comment cracked me up. I still remember getting my first guitar at around age 14 and watching these videos being completely lost and having no patience to learn. Between then and now I have played a bunch of bluegrass/open chord stuff. I’m now 27 and just learning theory and starting to navigate the fretboard. If only I’d have actually practiced this stuff for the last decade.
Your inspiration to always come back to crafts interests and hobbies
Awesome . Been playing for 25 years but now I’m trying to learn theory. Super helpful!
How's learning theory going? Please tell me it's going well because I've been trying for a few weeks and it seems like nothing has clicked yet
@DripUprising it is rlly hard tbh, I don't really want to get too into it anyway I just wanna make music that has some nice flow to it
The chuckle at 12:12. He knew he was going off and had to quit.😂😂😂
Was that piece from the Stairway to Heaven solo?
@@rb29358yup!
that last bit on modes is absolutely transformative
Been playing casually since I was 14 in 2009, pretty much learned everything in the beginning from Marty. I’ve pretty much just learned songs since then and never really tried to learn how to play properly. Who would think 15 years later, I’d still be learning from Marty. Thanks for everything man.
Same here lol and Justin
Thank you Marty. More musical gold. I appreciate your explanation of what you are teaching. Explaining exactly where the notes are to be played. And doing it slowly. Because if you can’t play it slow you can’t play it fast ! Thanks for your time you put into your lessons. Truly appreciate it !!!
Marty is the man!!! If you’re new. Please don’t disregard the books. Every musician will tell you they are foundational gold. And you can work on a chapter or section as many times as you need to before going on to the next chapter. Allowing you to perfect things and go back to them. Reading the book to yourself and out loud and maybe writing a few patterns down from the book and then playing that on the instrument will excel your learning and progression 100 fold. If you stick with the books and form a regiment for practicing and watch Marty’s content. You will see the improvements.
Good Work Marty. I've been watching you for years and I'm thankful that you are teaching them to study the fundamentals. - Keep Up The Magnificent work. -
I love the quick tangent into 2001's ending notes
Love a lesson where you know what's going on at the beginning and that springboards to things you don't know. Thank, I will practice this...
Marty the magic man showing us how to master the major scale
Must be who Heart's song was talking about. Magic man Marty.
Thank you. Clearest lesson I’ve found on major scale
This deserves WAY more views!! So perfectly described. Beautiful playing .. and the swag is immense 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Your lesson on Guns And Roses Sweet Child of Mine is what all guitar lessons should be! Kudos!
marty i went through this lesson a few times. For myself I will say this lesson has finally cast a different light on how to use the Maj scale instead of ... memorizing
another scale pattern
9:21 beautiful, sounds like Jerry Garcia !!!! Fantastic!!!!
Very well done Marty. Thanks man!
I keep watching! Always love to see you in Nashville! Thank you, so much!
Brilliant, the first time I tried to understand this it was too early on my guitar journey, now it makes perfect sense 💙
Can I ask how long ago this was? 9 months in and I'm just lost.
i've actually been using rocksmith 2014 for nearly a year now and i found it to work amazing to teach the basics of guitar playing. the game has a bunch of buildt in lessons and virtual amps. and you can play your favorite songs on repeat. plus the interface makes it really easy to get a grasp on the guitar. but then again a game is not a substitute for a real in person teacher, rocksmith get's you pretty far.
I had that game for a while but I sold it because the latency was terrible.
Excellent Marty, simple and straight forward. Thanks,.
Hey Marty, thank you for the Essential Guide to Mastering the Major Scale on Guitar. Greatly appreciated!!
The most amazing thing about this is... When i was 15 and my guitar teacher taught me this same thing, i hated it cause this tone is the same as my teacher taught it to me and i wanted tons of distortion and echo. Now tho, it sounds so good because ive broughened my love of different styles. My guitar dont have to be on 10 and my amp dont have to be on 11! Thanks for showing me this again. Rock on!! 🤘
It never gets old!
That is a gorgeous Epiphone. I have that model also in cherry red color.
Thanks for this - I new the major c scale but this is completely different- definitely working out the pinky!
Im finding a scale chart really useful along wirh this vid cheers marty
Wonderful! Thanks so much!
“Honey! You have to get away from that computer and go to work!”
-You just don’t get it do you? Marty is my only chance to get out of this miserable, mundane, life, sucking career I am stuck in!
🤘🤘
Mahalo Marty, once again one sweet lesson!
Wonderful resource for learning thank you so much
Sweet! I love “lightbulb” moments. 😊
I had one watching this 😂
❤😊 I need to make myself do more intervals. I strangely do this one all the time, but am not as accustomed to just doing pentatonics. I meant to continue on with bigger interval skips and alternating backwards and forwards through next bigger and next bigger, but somehow zone into trance doing the do mi re fa mi so fa la so ti la do ti re do. Do la ti so la fa so me fa re mi do re ti do. I just don't usually do anything else before wanting to just play, instead of the next leveling up practicing. ❤
So good 😌 thank you
this guy is so awesome
At 3:56 when he says "half step up with your middle finger, 9th fret" it looks like he plays 8th fret with his middle finger. I am new to major scales and not questioning the wizard but wanting to learn right. Am i seeing this correctly?
I was confused too lol
I think he just messed up and it really is 9th fret
@@Tha81stGod Marty which is it?
Great job Marty like always, would you have time to work on Santana's Do you remember me, I will love to play it and you are the right person to figure that out, please, keep on rocking.
Very nice Marty 🎸🎸🎸🤗❣
Thank you🎉
Great video! Can you make a short explaining what “Playing over a chord” means? I just don’t understand!
I think he is referring to playing with a band, if the rhythmn guitar is playing a C chord, the C scale notes will fit.
i got lost on creating chords with thirds and after. i am practicing my scales and thirds tho. i am noticing a shape on thirds!!! i need to practice saying the notes as i play them
Flashes of Zeppelin. Nice😊
Thanks Marty.
I think my biggest issue is learning how to use this and improvise good sounds on my guitar with it
Dude I’m so confused. The c major scale you play in this video is different than in another video of yours where you play the same notes as the a minor scale. So is the C major scale the do re me one or is it where you start with your pinky on the 6th string root note and play the a minor basically??
The major scale is do re mi, the C major scale is C D E F G A B, which is also do re mi but in C
do re mi fa sol la si is the European version of c d e f g a b. c major and do major are the same thing 👍
It’s all Chinese to me
The A minor scale is the relative minor of the c major scale. It is the same shape and notes as the c major scale, but for the A minor scale you start on the A note using it as the root of the scale.
What about the other 4 shapes of the major?
*Excellent lesson Marty!*
I was wondering if there was a simple way of finding the first note ( root ) for evey scale on guitar.
Can you please show this fod minor scales too.
And which are the best scales for jazz - ( for use in Steve Howe & Yes type music? )
*( Thank you in advance for any help in this! )*
*It feels silly asking - like I should know about these things!*
Marty i'm sorry i'm gonna have to come back later i had a very full day of school and i thought this would be simple but i'm too tired i'll see you tomorrow marty bye
I CAN SING BUT I NEEDED THIS MARTY THANKS.
It’s fascinating to me that the “open position” scale learned in a Mel Bay Method Book[from back in the day, c’mon fellow baby boomer guitarists]
⑥ E F G ⑤ A B C ④ D E F ③ G A ② B C D ① E F G
when transposed up an octave to the 12th fret contains the repeated Am pentatonic lick from the “Stairway” solo! Additionally, the “3rd lead guitar fill” double pull-off lick from Led Zeppelin “Moby Dick” is played in the same “open position” scale
① G F E ② D C B ③ B A G ④ F E D ① G F E ② D C B ③ B A G ④ F E D ⑤ C B A ⑥ D(drop D tuning)
Marty is there any way you could make a video about scales for people like me who are too dumb to comprehend the concept?? That would be awesome
Learn some music theory and then youll get it right away!!!!
I feel stupid 😂 music theory vids always say made easy. And im still like how in the hell can i memorize a c scale. Ima take it slow, im just coming from your chord videos
It’s the pattern you’re fundamentally learnin. It’s always the same. Don’t think of it as the C major scale. Think of it as the Major Scale…. Get the pattern down. And wherever you decide to start it will designate the key of the scale.
Marty.... did I hear you sneak in a little Phish in the intro there... that definitely sounded like First Tube!
I have heard people talk about position one and position two shapes.
*Are they referring to scale shapes on the fretboard?*
*Do you have any lessons on 'positions' / shapes?*
You should do a tutorial on Ruby - Kaiser Chiefs! (my favorite song lol)
Aye Marty have you done a One of These Nights tutorial by the Eagles? if not, I would love that!
NO EAGLES
I can transfer this pattern to different root notes?
Yes
How does one go about requesting a song tutorial? I’m dESPERATE to play Snowblind by Suede but I can’t find any decent tutorials 😭🙏🏻
Hey marty could you do no bones by dinosaur jr? I love your videos so much man youre an inspiration
Geez, you sure know how to play that guitar.
3:00
When you jam over the G7 loop using G mixolydian I swear it sounded like Jerry. Was that Jerry's secret sauce?
definitely one of his ingredients
Or you could’ve been watching Ric Flair’s entrance 😂
Marty where can i contact you.... need help with this barre chords im struggling way to much please help........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Alr now where's our freak on a leash tutorial
Please do just visiting by wookiefoot
Why at 7:21! He stops calling out notes
Maybe I should go back to tasting lead based paint
I wish u can explain it in the whole whole half whole whole whole half
Pattern . Instead of naming the frets in NUMBERS.
That suspiciously Sounded almost like stairway to heaven solo. Cough“NO STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN”cough
barre chords and scaling why is it so difficult damn it.... getting frustrated
Well this definitely wasn’t for beginners. Got real lost real quick 😂
Try another pick 😂
@@jungleebushcraft what’s a pick? 😂😂
@@michaelhurley2540
A pick;
When your sergeant drills you with his little big dick after he saw a Star Wars movie and was praying to a Norse God for a remedy for his psychedelic mind, due to war games.
Good luck 🎸
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Does playing this on guitar make anyone else feel dizzy
it shouldn’t, try keeping your neck and back relaxed but relatively straight
Seems like all the teachers have a different way to play the major scale, it's a bit confusing.
this tutorial sucks, he doesnt even explain anything.
You are not explaining this clearly.
What is a third. We dont even know the major scale youre talking about thirds.
What an amazing video 😮❤ i overstand now marty....thanks 🫡
great lesson.
Thanks!