Every guitar player sees the fretboard a little bit differently and this is what I've found works best for me. I hope you find it as useful as I do! Thanks for watching :) Check out the follow-up lesson and get the printable PDF over on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/andrewclarkeguitar
So if you have an A minor pentatonic and the relative C major pentatonic scale, or A minor scale / C major scale - Where does A major pentatonic fit in or C minor pentatonic, or C Blues Scale. Is the A blues scale the same as a C blues scale just relative with the Root note?
@@novellanightmares I see what you are asking, when you put all 4 finger on the high E string, the note under your first finger is always the minor, the note under your pinky is the major. For ex: your first finger on the E string at the 5th fret is A minor, your pinky is on the C note at the eighth fret which is Cmaj. You play that same exact scale/fingering for both Amin/Cmaj scales but you emphasize the note of the key you are playing in. If for example the song is in Amin, you start/stop/emphasize the A notes in the scale when playing a solo. If the song is in Cmaj, you play the exact same scale pattern but just start/stop/emphasize the C notes in the scale. You will very easily hear the difference in how the key note is stronger and more powerful than the other notes in the key. So your question about where is for example Amaj, move your first finger down the E string 3 frets from the A to the second fret and your first finger will be on the second fret which is F#min and your pinky will be on the A note at the 5th fret and you are now playing in either F#min or Amaj. The note under your 1st finger on the high E string is always the minor, the note under your pinky is always the major. More examples are put your 1st finger on the B note of the high E string at the 7th fret and your pinky will be on the 10th fret so you will be playing in either Bmin or Dmaj. First finger at the 9th fret, pinky at 12th fret = C#min or Emaj, First finger at the 12th fret, pinky at 15th fret = Emin or Gmaj. Its a simple concept that seems almost too easy but it is what it is, hope this helped.
35 years of guitar playing and I didn’t have these shapes overlaid when I looked at the fret board. I cannot begin to explain how helpful this one video was. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
This was one of the most helpful videos I've come across with understanding how the fretboard, keys, scales, chords, and notes all come together. And your teaching style is one of the best out there. Thank you Andrew!
The essence of caged. Learned this idea from a Charlie christian lesson early in my playing life where instead of focusing first on scales i focused in chord forms and extensions and how those fit into the major scale in all positions. By learning that the modes take care of themselves. Throw in passing tones and voice leading and you pretty much got it all covered except your ear
Wow, a little story for you. About 3 years ago I started playing. My very first lesson was from you on the E&B string. Just 6 notes. I looked for more lessons from you but assumed you just started teaching and moved on. Now 3 years later I get a great lesson from you again. And like the first one its perfect timing. I have been stuck for awhile in this intermedite zone trying to move forward. This lesson is golden for me and has opened my eyes to next level. I think you so much. So glad I found another gem from you. Now to learn that pattern and it makes perfect sense. Thanks again, Andrew
This channel is one of the best IF not THE BEST for learning guitar. Andrew's explaining is so simple, yet so powerful that I noticed significant improvement in my guitar playing and understanding. Had few AHA moments already and I finished 8 years of piano lessons in music school... Guitar is completely different kind of animal, very very challanging. But your channel somehow makes everything seems logical and easy at the end... I am grateful that I came across your channel and I will for sure stay for very, very long time. Keep up the impecable, amazing job! And thank you for sharing your love for the guitar with us! 🫡⭐️
Andrew, Just found you a day or so ago... Thank you for this incite. It's simple, just never looked at how the scales really overlap each other. Kinda like walking around in shoes without laces before, but now you have tied it all together for me. A true A-HA moment!
Lightbulb moment for me, seeing the nashville number system with the I chord on the A string! That horizontal 8 note pattern over the E and A strings is so much easier to visualise and remember where everything is. Easy to apply that visualisation to minor keys as well. Thank you!
Outstanding! No fluff, just straight to the point. This was not only put together well, your way of teaching is refreshing. You have found your niche young man.
Well, you didn’t teach me anything I didn’t already know in separate pieces. However you framed it in a way that lit up the connection from the pattern shapes, to the harmonized major scale, to the chords…all in one basic position. Pulled several pieces I’ve been building recently together like all my triad inversions, and those scale patterns I’ve been hammering on for way too long. I’ve recently achieved fluidity across the entire fretboard, in any key. So I’m comfortable in any position really, And adding in your harmonized major scale on the bottom two strings ties them all together wherever my hand happens to be at. Never saw that before. Thanks for posting!!
This connected everything for me for the guitar. Thanks 🙏🏽 and now connecting this with the Rosetta system I learned from Jacob Szkely for cello and now taking this to the NEXT level. 😊😊
Brilliant video, so clear and concise and ties so many building blocks together into a super useful and straightforward vision. Really appreciate you sharing this, thank you so much!!!
Thanks for being brave and showing this very practical technique. I feel many instructors don’t want to show technique in fear of getting criticized for teaching a ‘creatively restrictive’ methodology.
Excellent, this is probably the best lesson I've seen from you and one of the best examples of patterns and chords across keys. Nearly everything you need is right here, great job dude
I think this kind of video will be really helpful for a lot of people. I hope you make more for like advanced players and such! I pretty much do the same thing you covered here except instead of going down to 3rd fret for G I slide up to 10th fret. That W-H-H-W shape then gives me all of the chords in order from A to G. And then you also have a nice little 4 note per string pattern that I also connect to the dorian shape at the 10th fret. And then (I don't know if this is theoretically allowed but I do it anyway) I also add the "blue note" (bA) to the dorian shape into the mix
Great lesson, Andrew!! Love the way you teach. Bought your course last year. Was thinking where do I go this year. Going to go through the course again and focus on your lesson to go forward. Thanks and Happy New Year 🎉👍
wow this actually made me have an "aha" moment and I was suddenly able to just play around with some chords and improvise on top of them. Thank you for this lesson.
I cannot for the life of me get my head around this. I've watched so many videos on how to figure out the fretboard but it just seems to turn into mud as soon I try to think about any of it.
This video ties a bunch of concepts together really quickly. It might just be moving to fast for the level you're at currently. I'd suggest starting with some of my lessons that just focus on one or two concepts. Get those down, then you can worry about tying it all together. :)
This instruction is incredible. 24 now, wish I saw this 10 years ago. Will be subbing to Patreon eventually Side question, how old are you? You look too young to be this genius
I see 1 line for my g/a shape (also where the 1st chord lives in Amaj-form with 4&5 in Emaj form) and 2 lines for my d shape where my 1st chord also lives in Emaj form plus 4th and 5th in A maj form. From there the rest fill in for me. 😊 (always in the same places no matter the key. Also, the g/a line is always 5frets away either way to the lines of the d shape & vice versa)
Hi Andrew, this is fantastic! One thing I am still confused about is how the i ii iii numberi g changes on the horizontal scale in relative minor? Maybe I missed it.
Are you just wondering how the numbering changes if we were to play in a minor key? If we used the same shape, but wanted our numbers to correspond with the key of A minor, for the low E string: G(7) A(1) B(2) C(3), then A string: C (3) D(4) E(5) F(6).
Hey with the CAGED shape portion will you please help me understand which exact shapes from the CAGED, correlate to the 12345 chord progression in said key
That was just a very quick example of how CAGED can fit in there. Here's an actual breakdown of the CAGED shapes inside the scale shape: ruclips.net/video/BFBlThzMlD8/видео.html
My pleasure! It's just the minor pentatonic scale with that one extra added note. That note doesn't exist naturally in the key, but works really well over most of the chords in that key. Play around with it. It's a fun one.
I'm at the point where I don't see much of all - just an anonymous bunch of frets. But I like these videos - they are kind of what I've been looking for - I'm trying to get the point where I don't get lost when I'm soloing.
It can be either. A flat 5 and a sharp 4 are enharmonic equivalents. I chose to go with the sharp 4 for the graphic because I thought it made it a little more clear what was happening on the g string.
This is a great lesson and concept. But I feel it could be way more if it was centered around the triads instead of barre chords. Barre chords are practical but in my opinion they end up being a lazy short cut of sorts. Triads teach you so much more about the fretboard and possibilities.
I dont really get it. I understand more or less the mayor scale, i have the pentatonics going, i get the 7 notes horizontaly but what seems random at best are the shapes used for eavh chord, what is the system behind them that i yet fail to see?
@jensvor5361: The "system" behind chord "shapes"" is the Major/Minor scale. A "chord" is made up of a minimum of 3 notes, the 1st, 3rd and 5th of whichever key the scale is in. Ex: An Amaj chord is made from the Amaj scale with notes A, C, and E. There are many places on the fretboard where you can physically fret those three notes at the same time to play an Amaj chord. The bottom line is, if you want to learn to play the guitar you have to learn a little music theory, not a lot, but a little or you will never understand what you are doing and the guitar will be a mystery. Learn the formulas for Major and Minor scales, chord construction and chord progressions. Like everyone else, I tried to just "let it come naturally" and that didn't work, I had to go back and actually figure out the basics. Its like trying to read a book without knowing the alphabet, you have to stop and learn the alphabet before you can read the book. I'm not talking about learning to read music, just understanding the basic principles of music. It is very easy to play the guitar if you are willing to put a little effort into it. I hope this helps, Good luck!!
This is a great video! So helpful. Do you also have the notes for all fibe patterns? For pattern 1 I already knew the notes but would be very interesting for patterns 2,3,4 and 5. Thanks for your good work man!
@steeevie.wonder: If you're serious about learning how to play the guitar, you should be figuring out those notes on your own instead of asking someone else to do it for you. I know that sounds kind of harsh, but to me learning to play guitar was kind of like solving a puzzle and by figuring it out on your own you will gain a tremendous amount of knowledge about how notes are arranged on the fretboard and how to play them. I started playing 50 years ago, didn't have youtube and guitar players for some odd reason don't like to help those who want to learn so I had to figure it out on my own and I'm actually glad that is the way I learned. I just had a copy of Mel Bays "How to Play guitar" book and TBO, once you figure it out, you will be amazed at how simple it really is to be a good guitar player. Good Luck!!
The simplest trick I’ve ever seen and it was on RUclips, forget the guy, was the relative minor is always 3 frets up from the relative major. Doesn’t matter what key. Then the 1-4-5 of the minor mimics the 1-4-5 of the major. Which makes it incredibly easy to find 1 through 6. Because when you barre C at 8 on the low e string. The 4 is F barred on 8 at the A string. And 5 is G barred at 10 on the A string. So just move down two frets. The relative minor 1-4-5 is literally the same pattern. 3 strings up. So start at 5 on the low e string. And those are your 2-3-6 chords of the major. Where the 6 is on the low E string at position 5 or Am. It takes about two seconds to explain in front of someone. But once you see it. You can never unsee it. Then you can just riff completely using the box he laid out here. So 1 is a major barre chord with root on the low E, 4 is the major barre chord same fret with the root on the A string, 5 is the same barre shape but move two frets down on the A string. Then play that same pattern using the minor versions of the barre chords 3 frets up the neck for the 6-2-3. Then use the 6 and 1 positions to shred with the scales. If you want a diminished sound, literally play anything not in the scale in rhythm and land back on a root. And it’ll sound fine.
Been playing since 94. I’ve taken many lessons and have never heard a teacher explain anything like this before This guy is giving away secret intellectual property rights of people that have had to figure all this out on their own
You’re right. And I probably should have mentioned something. It’s there to represent the diatonic B diminished triad and is essentially the diatonic 7th chord for the 7th scale degree so there’s a more fleshed out shape to play. I usually call it a minor 7 flat 5 chord but left that out to keep it simple.
It's just a major scale! Or a natural minor scale depending on which note your start/end the scale on. But they're relative so it doesn't really matter what you call it.
It's actually not software. It's a low aperature lens. A lens with a lower aperature creates a more shallow depth of field like what you're seeing in the video. Hope that helps!
You added 2 extra notes at 2:54, right? Some of us are literal learners and this is throwing me to come back down 2 for style (if that's what you did).
Every guitar player sees the fretboard a little bit differently and this is what I've found works best for me. I hope you find it as useful as I do! Thanks for watching :) Check out the follow-up lesson and get the printable PDF over on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/andrewclarkeguitar
So if you have an A minor pentatonic and the relative C major pentatonic scale, or A minor scale / C major scale - Where does A major pentatonic fit in or C minor pentatonic, or C Blues Scale. Is the A blues scale the same as a C blues scale just relative with the Root note?
@@novellanightmares I see what you are asking, when you put all 4 finger on the high E string, the note under your first finger is always the minor, the note under your pinky is the major. For ex: your first finger on the E string at the 5th fret is A minor, your pinky is on the C note at the eighth fret which is Cmaj. You play that same exact scale/fingering for both Amin/Cmaj scales but you emphasize the note of the key you are playing in. If for example the song is in Amin, you start/stop/emphasize the A notes in the scale when playing a solo. If the song is in Cmaj, you play the exact same scale pattern but just start/stop/emphasize the C notes in the scale. You will very easily hear the difference in how the key note is stronger and more powerful than the other notes in the key.
So your question about where is for example Amaj, move your first finger down the E string 3 frets from the A to the second fret and your first finger will be on the second fret which is F#min and your pinky will be on the A note at the 5th fret and you are now playing in either F#min or Amaj. The note under your 1st finger on the high E string is always the minor, the note under your pinky is always the major. More examples are put your 1st finger on the B note of the high E string at the 7th fret and your pinky will be on the 10th fret so you will be playing in either Bmin or Dmaj. First finger at the 9th fret, pinky at 12th fret = C#min or Emaj, First finger at the 12th fret, pinky at 15th fret = Emin or Gmaj. Its a simple concept that seems almost too easy but it is what it is, hope this helped.
35 years of guitar playing and I didn’t have these shapes overlaid when I looked at the fret board. I cannot begin to explain how helpful this one video was. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I'm so glad it helped! Cheers! :)
This was one of the most helpful videos I've come across with understanding how the fretboard, keys, scales, chords, and notes all come together. And your teaching style is one of the best out there. Thank you Andrew!
I really appreciate the kind words. Thank you!
It took me years to learn what you just presented in 9 minutes. Many folks will excell way beyond where they are if they learn this. Amazing lesson.
Really appreciate the kind words! Thank you :)
One of those people would be me, one video and im already jamming to Tame Impala
The essence of caged. Learned this idea from a Charlie christian lesson early in my playing life where instead of focusing first on scales i focused in chord forms and extensions and how those fit into the major scale in all positions. By learning that the modes take care of themselves. Throw in passing tones and voice leading and you pretty much got it all covered except your ear
Thanks!
You're welcome! Thank you for the support.
Wow, a little story for you. About 3 years ago I started playing. My very first lesson was from you on the E&B string. Just 6 notes. I looked for more lessons from you but assumed you just started teaching and moved on.
Now 3 years later I get a great lesson from you again. And like the first one its perfect timing. I have been stuck for awhile in this intermedite zone trying to move forward. This lesson is golden for me and has opened my eyes to next level. I think you so much. So glad I found another gem from you. Now to learn that pattern and it makes perfect sense. Thanks again, Andrew
This channel is one of the best IF not THE BEST for learning guitar. Andrew's explaining is so simple, yet so powerful that I noticed significant improvement in my guitar playing and understanding. Had few AHA moments already and I finished 8 years of piano lessons in music school... Guitar is completely different kind of animal, very very challanging. But your channel somehow makes everything seems logical and easy at the end...
I am grateful that I came across your channel and I will for sure stay for very, very long time. Keep up the impecable, amazing job! And thank you for sharing your love for the guitar with us! 🫡⭐️
Wow man thank you so much for the kind words. I'm so glad the videos are working for you 😊
You are a good teacher. The lesson opened another horizon of learning
The best guitar teacher in youtube. Straight to the point lessons.
🙏🙏
Andrew, Just found you a day or so ago... Thank you for this incite. It's simple, just never looked at how the scales really overlap each other. Kinda like walking around in shoes without laces before, but now you have tied it all together for me. A true A-HA moment!
That's awesome! Glad it helped.
Lightbulb moment for me, seeing the nashville number system with the I chord on the A string! That horizontal 8 note pattern over the E and A strings is so much easier to visualise and remember where everything is. Easy to apply that visualisation to minor keys as well. Thank you!
Outstanding! No fluff, just straight to the point. This was not only put together well, your way of teaching is refreshing.
You have found your niche young man.
Really appreciate that, thank you!
Been playing a long time, and understand all this already. But I wish somebody would’ve shown me this when I started. Lol. Good job, sir.
Exactlywhat I needed to visualize the fretboard once and for all (scales, chords, arpegios)!
Well, you didn’t teach me anything I didn’t already know in separate pieces. However you framed it in a way that lit up the connection from the pattern shapes, to the harmonized major scale, to the chords…all in one basic position.
Pulled several pieces I’ve been building recently together like all my triad inversions, and those scale patterns I’ve been hammering on for way too long. I’ve recently achieved fluidity across the entire fretboard, in any key. So I’m comfortable in any position really, And adding in your harmonized major scale on the bottom two strings ties them all together wherever my hand happens to be at. Never saw that before.
Thanks for posting!!
That's great! That was the main goal of this lesson. I'm glad it helped put things together for you. Cheers! :)
Thank you for this video; it helps to gain an understanding of playing and learning.
I'm glad it was helpful!
Fantastic approach !!!At a glance you get familiar with shapes and notes .Great work Andrew ;thank you ever so much .
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent video to tie so many of the previous lessons together!
fun way to visualize the fretboard thanks for sharing, im going to teach this to my student :D
Awesome! Glad it's helpful for you and your student.
Great lesson. You really connected the dots for me!
Great tutorial. Many thanks. Glad to see a teacher finally showing us the full number of notes(shape) we can play together.
This connected everything for me for the guitar. Thanks 🙏🏽 and now connecting this with the Rosetta system I learned from Jacob Szkely for cello and now taking this to the NEXT level. 😊😊
GOLD. This is the master lesson. THANK YOU SO MUCH ❤
You're welcome! It's my pleasure.
Love the work you're doing Vaughn, it's amazing
This helped me out a lot, thanks!
You're very welcome!
Brilliant video, so clear and concise and ties so many building blocks together into a super useful and straightforward vision. Really appreciate you sharing this, thank you so much!!!
Thank you! I'm glad it helped.
mighta changed my life with this one here Andrew, thanks !
Thanks for being brave and showing this very practical technique. I feel many instructors don’t want to show technique in fear of getting criticized for teaching a ‘creatively restrictive’ methodology.
never heard this explained so well (ie a way i understood)
nice one
i like your style of teaching. to the point and easy to understand. thanks for this extremely useful video
Appreciate that! It's my pleasure.
One word. Amazing. Great video. Really helps out a lot for new and experienced guitarists.
Thanks for watching!
Something about your lessons always clicks with me. Concise and I am wanting to play more! Cheers!
Appreciate that. Cheers!!
This is what I've been trying to learn now, again thank you so much!
You're very welcome!
I see 27 years of failure
This
I believe in you
If you’re still working at it after 27 years then you’re getting closer
That's actually impressive. But I have ya beat
😂😂😂
this is really helpful and it's explained so well 👍🏻
Thanks for watching!
This is amazing and thank you. 8 am self taught and still learning and wish you were my teacher!
You're very welcome!
Your lessons are awesome. I've learned so much from you. Thanks, Andrew! You rock! 🎸🤘😀
Thanks so much! Glad I can help 😊
You're a good teacher.
Appreciate that!
Nice, easy to understand lesson.
Excellent, this is probably the best lesson I've seen from you and one of the best examples of patterns and chords across keys. Nearly everything you need is right here, great job dude
Thanks so much!
Really excellent video! Thanks!!
I think this kind of video will be really helpful for a lot of people. I hope you make more for like advanced players and such!
I pretty much do the same thing you covered here except instead of going down to 3rd fret for G I slide up to 10th fret. That W-H-H-W shape then gives me all of the chords in order from A to G. And then you also have a nice little 4 note per string pattern that I also connect to the dorian shape at the 10th fret. And then (I don't know if this is theoretically allowed but I do it anyway) I also add the "blue note" (bA) to the dorian shape into the mix
It just clicked. That was really helpful, thanks! And suddenly i know how to play around in any key.
Awesome! That's what it's all about.
You really put it together for us. Thankyou
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Amazing video as always. Very insightful.
Very well done video. 👍👍👍
Good stuff, I was on your Patreon for while, think I’ll join up again with these follow up practice lessons, sounds awesome.
Thanks for your support! Appreciate it!
Great lesson. Heading over to your Patreon.
Thanks, appreciate the support!
This is the lesson I wish I had when I first started.
Excellent.. I'm such a beginner that I still need to work on just making the notes or chords, but this is very helpful. Thanks
Glad to hear it's helpful! Keep at it and you'll get there.
Great lesson, Andrew!! Love the way you teach. Bought your course last year. Was thinking where do I go this year. Going to go through the course again and focus on your lesson to go forward. Thanks and Happy New Year 🎉👍
Really appreciate that man! Happy new year!!
super helpful.
Another insightful video drew! I learned so much!
Thanks so much for watching!
Excellent video
Thank you very much!
happy new year bro
Happy New Year to you too!
Subscribed! Awesome video
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for subbing :)
Awesome vid
When i started viewing the guitar in chord shapes I got a lot better.
wow this actually made me have an "aha" moment and I was suddenly able to just play around with some chords and improvise on top of them. Thank you for this lesson.
I cannot for the life of me get my head around this. I've watched so many videos on how to figure out the fretboard but it just seems to turn into mud as soon I try to think about any of it.
This video ties a bunch of concepts together really quickly. It might just be moving to fast for the level you're at currently. I'd suggest starting with some of my lessons that just focus on one or two concepts. Get those down, then you can worry about tying it all together. :)
Excellent lesson
This instruction is incredible. 24 now, wish I saw this 10 years ago. Will be subbing to Patreon eventually
Side question, how old are you? You look too young to be this genius
Hey! I appreciate that! I'm 32 😊
@@andrewclarkeguitar You're awesome, that means I've got 8 years to reach this legend status and somehow still look super young. Keep it up, sir!
Finally.the big picture ❤
No gate keep Andrew is amazing! ❤
Hi Andrew, I have a guitar that looks like yours, love it.
Nice! Such a good looking guitar, hey?
Excellent Job Andrew! One of the Best Explanations on RUclips! Musician/Artist USA- ThomMeinert
Thank you so much, Thom! Really appreciate that.
First things first. thanks !
My pleasure!
Can you upload a video of you just jamming to backing track?
With this shape you taught us.
Just connected everything for me
I see 1 line for my g/a shape (also where the 1st chord lives in Amaj-form with 4&5 in Emaj form) and 2 lines for my d shape where my 1st chord also lives in Emaj form plus 4th and 5th in A maj form. From there the rest fill in for me. 😊 (always in the same places no matter the key. Also, the g/a line is always 5frets away either way to the lines of the d shape & vice versa)
Awesome lesson. Is there a course we can take where we get access to those charts throughout the video?
Thanks! You can join my Patreon and get access to all the charts: www.patreon.com/c/AndrewClarkeGuitar
@@andrewclarkeguitar Thank you!
Hi Andrew, this is fantastic! One thing I am still confused about is how the i ii iii numberi g changes on the horizontal scale in relative minor? Maybe I missed it.
Are you just wondering how the numbering changes if we were to play in a minor key? If we used the same shape, but wanted our numbers to correspond with the key of A minor, for the low E string: G(7) A(1) B(2) C(3), then A string: C (3) D(4) E(5) F(6).
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Thks
You're welcome :)
Did I just stumble across the best guitar lesson ever?
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I have a guitar.
I see some wood with metal strips on it.
I think they are called frets.
The wood has some random black dots on it as well.
😆😉👍
I’ve never seen anyone make the A shape barre chord with their pinky. That is some freaky shit
It's just the easiest for me 😅
Don’t most rock musicians do that?
@@EM-cg4iy I barre it with my ring finger but I’ve never seen the pinky
I’ve been doing it for years. The first knuckle of my pinky is more flexible than my ring finger.
Hey with the CAGED shape portion will you please help me understand which exact shapes from the CAGED, correlate to the 12345 chord progression in said key
That was just a very quick example of how CAGED can fit in there. Here's an actual breakdown of the CAGED shapes inside the scale shape: ruclips.net/video/BFBlThzMlD8/видео.html
Amazing video, thanks for the lessons!! I'm new in the guitar world and music in general. What's the blue scale?
My pleasure! It's just the minor pentatonic scale with that one extra added note. That note doesn't exist naturally in the key, but works really well over most of the chords in that key. Play around with it. It's a fun one.
The added note is the flat 5 which is the devil's note. It's WAY in OH- WAY -OH from the wizard of Oz. Thats how i remember its sound. Very metal too.
I'm at the point where I don't see much of all - just an anonymous bunch of frets. But I like these videos - they are kind of what I've been looking for - I'm trying to get the point where I don't get lost when I'm soloing.
So when you go to.
The e flat major you can use the same bar cords as you do in the sea major pentatonic question mark
In Am should that b5 not be a Eb not D# ?
It can be either. A flat 5 and a sharp 4 are enharmonic equivalents. I chose to go with the sharp 4 for the graphic because I thought it made it a little more clear what was happening on the g string.
This is a great lesson and concept. But I feel it could be way more if it was centered around the triads instead of barre chords. Barre chords are practical but in my opinion they end up being a lazy short cut of sorts. Triads teach you so much more about the fretboard and possibilities.
Just wait until this Friday's lesson! ☺
I dont really get it. I understand more or less the mayor scale, i have the pentatonics going, i get the 7 notes horizontaly but what seems random at best are the shapes used for eavh chord, what is the system behind them that i yet fail to see?
@jensvor5361: The "system" behind chord "shapes"" is the Major/Minor scale. A "chord" is made up of a minimum of 3 notes, the 1st, 3rd and 5th of whichever key the scale is in. Ex: An Amaj chord is made from the Amaj scale with notes A, C, and E. There are many places on the fretboard where you can physically fret those three notes at the same time to play an Amaj chord. The bottom line is, if you want to learn to play the guitar you have to learn a little music theory, not a lot, but a little or you will never understand what you are doing and the guitar will be a mystery. Learn the formulas for Major and Minor scales, chord construction and chord progressions. Like everyone else, I tried to just "let it come naturally" and that didn't work, I had to go back and actually figure out the basics. Its like trying to read a book without knowing the alphabet, you have to stop and learn the alphabet before you can read the book. I'm not talking about learning to read music, just understanding the basic principles of music. It is very easy to play the guitar if you are willing to put a little effort into it. I hope this helps, Good luck!!
This is a great video! So helpful. Do you also have the notes for all fibe patterns? For pattern 1 I already knew the notes but would be very interesting for patterns 2,3,4 and 5. Thanks for your good work man!
I don't have anything nicely put together with all the positions. But it's something I can definitely do. Maybe a future video! Cheers.
@steeevie.wonder: If you're serious about learning how to play the guitar, you should be figuring out those notes on your own instead of asking someone else to do it for you. I know that sounds kind of harsh, but to me learning to play guitar was kind of like solving a puzzle and by figuring it out on your own you will gain a tremendous amount of knowledge about how notes are arranged on the fretboard and how to play them. I started playing 50 years ago, didn't have youtube and guitar players for some odd reason don't like to help those who want to learn so I had to figure it out on my own and I'm actually glad that is the way I learned. I just had a copy of Mel Bays "How to Play guitar" book and TBO, once you figure it out, you will be amazed at how simple it really is to be a good guitar player. Good Luck!!
@@RICKYY1100that was actually my plan now. 😊
@@steeevie.wonder Cool, that's the right attitude, you will figure it out.
The simplest trick I’ve ever seen and it was on RUclips, forget the guy, was the relative minor is always 3 frets up from the relative major. Doesn’t matter what key. Then the 1-4-5 of the minor mimics the 1-4-5 of the major. Which makes it incredibly easy to find 1 through 6. Because when you barre C at 8 on the low e string. The 4 is F barred on 8 at the A string. And 5 is G barred at 10 on the A string. So just move down two frets. The relative minor 1-4-5 is literally the same pattern. 3 strings up. So start at 5 on the low e string. And those are your 2-3-6 chords of the major. Where the 6 is on the low E string at position 5 or Am.
It takes about two seconds to explain in front of someone. But once you see it. You can never unsee it. Then you can just riff completely using the box he laid out here.
So 1 is a major barre chord with root on the low E, 4 is the major barre chord same fret with the root on the A string, 5 is the same barre shape but move two frets down on the A string. Then play that same pattern using the minor versions of the barre chords 3 frets up the neck for the 6-2-3.
Then use the 6 and 1 positions to shred with the scales. If you want a diminished sound, literally play anything not in the scale in rhythm and land back on a root. And it’ll sound fine.
So we so when you go to the e major it looks like you can use the same bar chords as you do in the c major pentatonic question question mark
Been playing since 94.
I’ve taken many lessons and have never heard a teacher explain anything like this before
This guy is giving away secret intellectual property rights of people that have had to figure all this out on their own
Glad I can be the one to show you! :)
6:06 - The chord you play, built from the 7th degree of the scale, is a B half-diminished, not diminished as you said.
You’re right. And I probably should have mentioned something. It’s there to represent the diatonic B diminished triad and is essentially the diatonic 7th chord for the 7th scale degree so there’s a more fleshed out shape to play. I usually call it a minor 7 flat 5 chord but left that out to keep it simple.
@@andrewclarkeguitar I thought you might be keeping it simple :) Who uses the chord built from the 7th degree anyways? haha
I stumbled here by chance…….or did I ? Thank You. New follower. 47 years in. Yep. I’m that old. Xlnt. Approach.
The blue note is generally considered to be a flat 5 and not a sharp 4. Same note but still a difference.
Quickly narrowing my list on what patreon I will sub to this year
How do you know what shape each chord is for each number? Great lesson btw
Holy crap I actually already knew all of this! Does that mean I'm a good player!? XD
Yes :)
Yep, you made it.
I love when that feeling comes up. Good job! 🎉
I’m self taught and figured this out the same way took years to understand without RUclips tho
How are you supposed to know the order in which to play the notes?
Wait. Are the i, ii, iii, etc chords the same finger shape in any key?
What is this scale called? Might’ve missed it in the video
It's just a major scale! Or a natural minor scale depending on which note your start/end the scale on. But they're relative so it doesn't really matter what you call it.
@ thanks Andrew! Love your videos mate
Can you tell me what video software you’re using to get that blurred background? Thanks
It's actually not software. It's a low aperature lens. A lens with a lower aperature creates a more shallow depth of field like what you're seeing in the video. Hope that helps!
@ thanks
Isn't the full thing also the mixolidian shape, just add the Ab on the D, or for the Cmaj the F on string D
You added 2 extra notes at 2:54, right? Some of us are literal learners and this is throwing me to come back down 2 for style (if that's what you did).