So many guitar instruction RUclips videos suffer from this 'expert blindness.' I'd understand if they were marked for intermediate or at least not completely new players, but they keep advertising that they were for beginners. I watched hundreds of videos and none of them made anything click for me. One in particular literally stated in the video that learning the notes on the fretboard was too advanced if the viewer didn't already know chord shapes. WTF? As it turned out, the exercises in your (improved) how to learn the fretboard video were the ones that made the most sense to me as a complete beginner. I'm still working on them and I will be for a while, but it's bizarre how I keep finding the correct position even on the sharps and flats without referring to a chart even though I just added them to the routine. I get that this is the whole idea, to internalize it rather than memorize it, but seeing it in action...MY action...is kind of mind-blowing to me. I guess the point of this is that even though you said you're guilty of 'expert blindness' sometimes, on that particular video you said exactly what this beginner needed to hear.
Yea, and after playing, performing, and teaching for 4 decades myself, I agree! it's that inclination of his to be introspective that makes him not just a great teacher, but a damned fine human being in general too. 😊
Good lesson. Another way I like to "take it around the fretboard" is by taking an idea through every key. This can be done in many ways, but I'll usually start by taking it through the cycle of 5ths. Cheers!
Im trying to avoid the youtube comment section at all costs, but, This may be one of the most basic, most simplistic, yet the most enlightening video from any video Ive seen to date, and thats a lot of of dates, a LOT. You’re right, a lot of youtubers forget that many of us out here are completely clueless and overwhelmed by to much information which makes it difficult to get a handle on the most simplest of concepts. Thank you. Now the problem is not watching 16 more videos before I actually touch my guitar. 🙄 Sometimes I consider making an appointment for electric shock therapy to shut up my brain.
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar Im on it. I got 3 good hours of good work in today and Im not done yet. One thing Ive learned, professionals in any profession never stop working. Professional golfers get 4 to 5 hours of work in before the tournament round, then head right to the driving range after that. Tommy Emmanuel says he plays all day in his hotel room right up to gig time. These people are animals, it may sound like overkill but that’s how things get done, so that’s what Im gonna do. I just got over a 2 week battle with covid, let me tell ya, people have gotten it worse than I did but still it’s no joke, thank god for my doctor. Now I feel reinvigorated and I don’t want to waste anymore time. You put out some really valuable stuff, keep it up, you’re making a huge difference for a lot of us out here, Thanks.
@@floydsmithjr7999 : Haha! You have been sucked into the den of iniquity. 🤪 Quick! Run before it's too late! Save yourself, it's too late for the rest of us. 🥺
I'm jamming to ERAs' Abbey Road Blues...and although I play left handed....I deliberately take it around the fret broad..as long as I understand the melody...
Thanks Tommaso this is really helpful! I also didn't fully understand what I was supposed to do when I heard "move it around the fretboard" but now I know a bit better 😊
This is why I am a subscriber you explain it so well how to use instantly I get it thank you that's how I know you're a good teacher just haven't got around buying your program 💯🗝️👌
But you're right I've been playing with music for 17 years and I can understand better than the average person even though I'm not the best but I have a understanding so your theory is correct 💯
Pretty much every new riff I learn I move up or down a scale degree until I can play the riff anywhere in that mode. This opens up pretty much everything, but in particular when I played in thrash bands in the 80's early 90's this is how I learned to harmonize entire solos in 3rds, 6ths, etc. @Tomasso : The part I'm still most interested in how to deal with making the harmony line of those particular odd notes of a melody or lead fit better with the chords. Apologies if I'm not explaining it well, classical composers probably have a word for it that I don't know. Say the chords are A minor to E Major, and the lead line is something like, C, G, A, B, E, D and harmonizing in thirds would be E, B, C, G, D, G, F. It just turns the Am into Am9 and the EM into E7.. all good except that tricky last F note of the harmony line that is going to clash horribly with the E7. Two very simple ways to resolve that one by going down to E, or just hitting G again at the end, but I intentionally gave a simple example. I've found myself in the position of needing to suddenly change in the middle of a line from say a third harmony to a second, a fourth or whatever and often than can be very unsatisfying. Anyway, I understand such a video would likely be really confusing for people who don't at least completely know the all of the notes on the fretboard and basic chord harmony, but I thrive on such things! 🥰 Basically I want an in depth analysis on how Brian May orchestrates his multiple part guitar harmonies. No biggie. lols Seriously though, after hearing one of your orchestrations you did with strings, I've figured I could learn a lot about this from you. So that's why I keep pestering you. ☺
Brilliant! And with the chords, the game is spiced up by trying to find out what the hell should be the name of that new thing that you just made with your fingers. The exact opposite of the usual way, when we take a chord name and try to find the positions. This is great! ... Thanks! ;o)
So, in your chord example, the A7sus4 from the Cmajor/A minor scale would yield all b7sus 4 chords except the C and F chords which would be major 7sus4, and all would be diatonic to C major. Is this correct?
The surprise we all found during medical training was that when you become a resident and start teaching students and interns you have to explain things and in the process of having to explain it your brain processes it in a different way and you learn something new yourself. You make connections between concepts. In simplifying and clarifying it for them, you simplify and clarify it for you. And then, of course, you go into practice and have to explain complex things in a simple way to patients and the process of finding the best way to do that never ends.
Great lesson, your enthusiasm is inspiring and playing your explanation is helpful...but truthfully in 50 years of playing gtr I have NEVER heard anyone say "take it around the fretboard", nor have told anyone to do it either.
How long should someone study a subject like this in order to: 1) understand the concept 2) be able to see everything on the fretboard without getting lost 3) to use it naturally during an improvisation Because most guitar teachers: 1) keep the student doing the same exercises for weeks 2) present the lesson today and the next week jumps to another subject, even if the student is having difficulties or is not fluent... I am the kind of student who likes to get the most from a minimal idea. I could play variations of the same lick over and over again until it becomes natural for me. But, am I wasting time with something too obvious (not about this video, but in general) when I should learn something else instead?
mmm... forever? :-) I'm still practicing what I show in the video, but I'm doing it with more complex items: not short licks, but entire chord progressions, modulations sequences, double stop legato licks (
Gave you a like for encouragement, but I don't agree. If you can type in English that well, you can play guitar. Music theory is really not all that hard, unless you do not start at the very beginning and keep going until you get it. For some people that may take more or less time, but once you get that missing bit, it starts getting really easy. Depending on what part you don't get, you may need to just learn a pentatonic scale. But I strongly suggest learning the diatonic A minor scale after learning the A minor pentatonic. YT deletes my comments when I link anything, so just search for an A minor scale chart. The reason I say learn this key is because the notes are A, B, C, D, E, and F. Easy enough. Really all that music theory does is also number those same notes as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. So that A=1, B=2, C=3, and etc. That's basic music theory in a nutshell. What I said may not make sense right now, but if you get a scale chart and start like I said, you'll see it. If your trouble is physically doing it, that's just repetition to create the muscle memory. If it's a timing issue, get a metronome. If it's not a timing issue and you don't think you need a metronome, get a metronome. One of my greatest mistakes was not doing that right away. And most importantly: never compare where you are in your playing with where someone else is in their playing. Not only is it supremely illogical, that is what stops probably more than 90% of all aspiring artists from learning enough to just enjoy playing. And that's what it's all about. So have fun and enjoy the journey. 🙂
It may be you are simply missing some of the basics. Once you learn them, then everything will look much easier. Here's a playlist for you: ruclips.net/video/WSB3iIkDy7o/видео.html
So many guitar instruction RUclips videos suffer from this 'expert blindness.' I'd understand if they were marked for intermediate or at least not completely new players, but they keep advertising that they were for beginners. I watched hundreds of videos and none of them made anything click for me. One in particular literally stated in the video that learning the notes on the fretboard was too advanced if the viewer didn't already know chord shapes. WTF?
As it turned out, the exercises in your (improved) how to learn the fretboard video were the ones that made the most sense to me as a complete beginner. I'm still working on them and I will be for a while, but it's bizarre how I keep finding the correct position even on the sharps and flats without referring to a chart even though I just added them to the routine. I get that this is the whole idea, to internalize it rather than memorize it, but seeing it in action...MY action...is kind of mind-blowing to me.
I guess the point of this is that even though you said you're guilty of 'expert blindness' sometimes, on that particular video you said exactly what this beginner needed to hear.
Yea, and after playing, performing, and teaching for 4 decades myself, I agree!
it's that inclination of his to be introspective that makes him not just a great teacher, but a damned fine human being in general too. 😊
Ooo, first video I have seen that actually shows our clever Italian friend ;)
Good lesson. Another way I like to "take it around the fretboard" is by taking an idea through every key. This can be done in many ways, but I'll usually start by taking it through the cycle of 5ths. Cheers!
I really want to get better on the guitar. thanks for this video
Great stuff! Have a beautiful day!🍒
Im trying to avoid the youtube comment section at all costs,
but,
This may be one of the most basic, most simplistic, yet the most enlightening video from any video Ive seen to date, and thats a lot of of dates, a LOT.
You’re right, a lot of youtubers forget that many of us out here are completely clueless and overwhelmed by to much information which makes it difficult to get a handle on the most simplest of concepts. Thank you. Now the problem is not watching 16 more videos before I actually touch my guitar. 🙄
Sometimes I consider making an appointment for electric shock therapy to shut up my brain.
You have my permission to close all the RUclips tabs in your browser and grab your guitar. For what my permission is worth ;-)
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar Im on it. I got 3 good hours of good work in today and Im not done yet. One thing Ive learned, professionals in any profession never stop working. Professional golfers get 4 to 5 hours of work in before the tournament round, then head right to the driving range after that. Tommy Emmanuel says he plays all day in his hotel room right up to gig time. These people are animals, it may sound like overkill but that’s how things get done, so that’s what Im gonna do. I just got over a 2 week battle with covid, let me tell ya, people have gotten it worse than I did but still it’s no joke, thank god for my doctor. Now I feel reinvigorated and I don’t want to waste anymore time. You put out some really valuable stuff, keep it up, you’re making a huge difference for a lot of us out here, Thanks.
@@floydsmithjr7999 : Haha! You have been sucked into the den of iniquity. 🤪
Quick! Run before it's too late! Save yourself, it's too late for the rest of us. 🥺
I'm jamming to ERAs' Abbey Road Blues...and although I play left handed....I deliberately take it around the fret broad..as long as I understand the melody...
Thanks Tommaso this is really helpful! I also didn't fully understand what I was supposed to do when I heard "move it around the fretboard" but now I know a bit better 😊
This is why I am a subscriber you explain it so well how to use instantly I get it thank you that's how I know you're a good teacher just haven't got around buying your program 💯🗝️👌
But you're right I've been playing with music for 17 years and I can understand better than the average person even though I'm not the best but I have a understanding so your theory is correct 💯
Another expression I’ve heard is, “take it around the circle of fifths”…….. Makes sense either way.
Amazing lesson ! I needed this ! Thank you
Very helpful and thoughtful lesson, as usual. Thanks! 🎸🤘
Great advice, thank you! :)
🧠💡🙌
Pretty much every new riff I learn I move up or down a scale degree until I can play the riff anywhere in that mode. This opens up pretty much everything, but in particular when I played in thrash bands in the 80's early 90's this is how I learned to harmonize entire solos in 3rds, 6ths, etc.
@Tomasso : The part I'm still most interested in how to deal with making the harmony line of those particular odd notes of a melody or lead fit better with the chords. Apologies if I'm not explaining it well, classical composers probably have a word for it that I don't know.
Say the chords are A minor to E Major, and the lead line is something like, C, G, A, B, E, D and harmonizing in thirds would be E, B, C, G, D, G, F.
It just turns the Am into Am9 and the EM into E7.. all good except that tricky last F note of the harmony line that is going to clash horribly with the E7. Two very simple ways to resolve that one by going down to E, or just hitting G again at the end, but I intentionally gave a simple example.
I've found myself in the position of needing to suddenly change in the middle of a line from say a third harmony to a second, a fourth or whatever and often than can be very unsatisfying.
Anyway, I understand such a video would likely be really confusing for people who don't at least completely know the all of the notes on the fretboard and basic chord harmony, but I thrive on such things! 🥰
Basically I want an in depth analysis on how Brian May orchestrates his multiple part guitar harmonies. No biggie. lols
Seriously though, after hearing one of your orchestrations you did with strings, I've figured I could learn a lot about this from you. So that's why I keep pestering you. ☺
Why not post some of your musical content (and/or ideas) on your channel?
Rachmaninov
Tomaso is such an underrated guitar teacher. I'ma take a bunch of stuff around the fretboard now
Thanks :)
Great lesson!
Those chords from Am11 are great! Just playing fragments of those chords in a full song context could sound great!
Brilliant! And with the chords, the game is spiced up by trying to find out what the hell should be the name of that new thing that you just made with your fingers. The exact opposite of the usual way, when we take a chord name and try to find the positions. This is great! ... Thanks! ;o)
So, in your chord example, the A7sus4 from the Cmajor/A minor scale would yield all b7sus 4 chords except the C and F chords which would be major 7sus4, and all would be diatonic to C major. Is this correct?
The F chord would have a maj7 (E) and a #4 (B). The rest is correct.
The surprise we all found during medical training was that when you become a resident and start teaching students and interns you have to explain things and in the process of having to explain it your brain processes it in a different way and you learn something new yourself. You make connections between concepts. In simplifying and clarifying it for them, you simplify and clarify it for you. And then, of course, you go into practice and have to explain complex things in a simple way to patients and the process of finding the best way to do that never ends.
Great lesson, Tommaso! Thanks!
Great lesson, your enthusiasm is inspiring and playing your explanation is helpful...but truthfully in 50 years of playing gtr I have NEVER heard anyone say "take it around the fretboard", nor have told anyone to do it either.
How long should someone study a subject like this in order to:
1) understand the concept
2) be able to see everything on the fretboard without getting lost
3) to use it naturally during an improvisation
Because most guitar teachers:
1) keep the student doing the same exercises for weeks
2) present the lesson today and the next week jumps to another subject, even if the student is having difficulties or is not fluent...
I am the kind of student who likes to get the most from a minimal idea. I could play variations of the same lick over and over again until it becomes natural for me. But, am I wasting time with something too obvious (not about this video, but in general) when I should learn something else instead?
mmm... forever? :-) I'm still practicing what I show in the video, but I'm doing it with more complex items: not short licks, but entire chord progressions, modulations sequences, double stop legato licks (
@@MusicTheoryForGuitar your answer is enough for me.
Back to the drawing board
watched this twice and still have no clue. I think I am just too stupid to play guitar.
Gave you a like for encouragement, but I don't agree. If you can type in English that well, you can play guitar.
Music theory is really not all that hard, unless you do not start at the very beginning and keep going until you get it. For some people that may take more or less time, but once you get that missing bit, it starts getting really easy.
Depending on what part you don't get, you may need to just learn a pentatonic scale. But I strongly suggest learning the diatonic A minor scale after learning the A minor pentatonic.
YT deletes my comments when I link anything, so just search for an A minor scale chart.
The reason I say learn this key is because the notes are A, B, C, D, E, and F. Easy enough.
Really all that music theory does is also number those same notes as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.
So that A=1, B=2, C=3, and etc.
That's basic music theory in a nutshell. What I said may not make sense right now, but if you get a scale chart and start like I said, you'll see it. If your trouble is physically doing it, that's just repetition to create the muscle memory. If it's a timing issue, get a metronome. If it's not a timing issue and you don't think you need a metronome, get a metronome. One of my greatest mistakes was not doing that right away.
And most importantly: never compare where you are in your playing with where someone else is in their playing. Not only is it supremely illogical, that is what stops probably more than 90% of all aspiring artists from learning enough to just enjoy playing. And that's what it's all about.
So have fun and enjoy the journey. 🙂
It may be you are simply missing some of the basics. Once you learn them, then everything will look much easier. Here's a playlist for you: ruclips.net/video/WSB3iIkDy7o/видео.html
Great ideas!