Years of guitar frustration solved with one concept!
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- Many students have struggled with being able to navigate the fretboard until they learn to apply this concept quickly: fretboard landmarks. From just two strings we can find anything we need on the fretboard, whenever we need it -- scales, chords, triads, arpeggios, double stops, target notes, licks… pretty much anything you need! Mastering the fretboard IS something you can do! Guitar teacher Blue Morris will show you how, step by step.
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Man this is SO helpful! Connecting knowledge in the guitar and coming clear about the real thinking process going on while your playing live, with no BS. We guitarrists have an amazing instrument that allows us to move using shapes, and doing things musically so AFTER that we start learning theory from the use of that. I love the way you showed us all of this. Subscribed and shared this video with friends! Thanks A LOT!
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I want to encourage all players to learn this stuff. However, don't get discouraged if this takes a LONG time. I have been working on fluidly moving through the 5 major and 5 minor shapes across the fretboard and learning all my triad shapes for the last 7 months. I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel but still have a ways to go. Next, I need to add 7th chords and triads. FYI, I practice for an hour 6-7 days a week. Don't be surprised or discouraged if this takes a year. Just keep going. Like anything else, progress takes hard work. Thanks Blue. Every time I watch one of your videos, I learn something. FYI, I bought your soloing book but haven't started yet.
Thank you for the great comment! And for getting the book 😎👍
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Do you have practice routine suggestions for it?
@@ssm445 First I assume you are familiar with the CAGED system. If not, watch some videos on that first. That will help a lot. I go through the 5 shapes for each key starting as close to fret 1 as I can(where the whole shape fits on the fretboard) and I go up and down the fretboard, (at least to fret 12 and back) Keep in mind that sometimes the C shape is the first one that fits, sometimes A(then you play AGEDC), sometimes, G(play GEDCA), etc.I do this for all 12 keys in the order of the circle of 4th's(It's just the circle of 5th's in the other direction. The 4th's just progress nicely up the fretboard.) I then I pick a common chord progression like a 1,4,5 (for instance G,C,D, but choose a different one every day). I start with G major and play that shape as close to fret 1 as I can that the whole shape fits, then the C major shape that fits in that same 4-5 fret area, then, D major shape that fits in the same area. Then I move over to the next G shape and do the same thing going through the chord progression while staying in the same area of the fretboard. I do this for all 5 G,C,D shapes. As I got better, I also played the chord within each shape and all the triads within each shape. You pretty quickly see how the scales, chords and triads fit together. When I got comfortable withe the major chords/shapes, I added in the minor. The minor shapes are the same as the major shapes, just moved over one shape although the root notes are in different places. So learning the minor doesn't take anywhere near as much time as major.This will make sense when you start doing it. I hope that helps. This routine has really helped me understand everything but as I said, it takes time and effort. I sometimes take a day or two break, to learn a song or solo to break things up but I'm not stopping what I am doing until I can do everything effortlessly. I have already made significant progress. If you have questions about what I wrote, reply and I will try to clarify. Blue, any comments on what I am doing?
What is the difference between the Major vs. Minor shapes? Are you talking 7 note major vs. 5 note penta, or major and minor penta which are the same shape- you just shift so your pinky is on the root. Same notes but root will be in a different spot. It is the relative minor you can play when it is major. It does not work the opposite way, if it is minor, you can never play a major scale.
Great lesson! I would add, learn the Caged system. it will take a year or so get it down good, at least a good year… But once you start getting it down, it opens up the entire fret board and you can navigate freely!
Need to learn that...and all the notes on the board.
Man dude, you're an awesome teacher! simple methods that other teachers complicate just to confuse students to bait and switch them to the paywall. You give great information with fully formed thoughts, and then state acall for action. Great content and your channel should take off like a rocket! A sincere thank you!
Thank you that's great to hear! 👍🎸
So COOL , U REALLY MAKE EVERYTHING SO SIMPLE & EASY TO UNDERSTAND. THANK U AGAIN.
Thank you! Glad it's helping!
I didn't realize I was using landmarks on the 1,2 (and 6) strings to find stuff until you organized it in my mind. adding the scales was a light bulb moment for me though.
Great explanation. I teach guitar but have very little knowledge such as this, so will refer students to it. I learned mostly from a couple of tab books and picking out tunes so I struggle with lead playing but this will help a lot, thanks
Thanks the videos. You fill a really nice niche on the web between song lessons and hard core theory. I really enjoy these!
Great to hear thank you! More coming soon!
This is a fantastic video. It simplified all the musical concepts discussed and made them more functionally available for me! Thanks!!!!
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Thanks for the great video. Really useful info presented well. I’m not sure now how I learned to remember where chords are in the first place but definitely learning and recognising the 3 string triad shapes on EBG and BGD are really useful. These mini chords are used regularly in guitar music. Learning the change of shape with a progression like a I IV V e.g. G C and D on the EBG strings all along the neck is really useful and helpful to progress. Then you see the sequence of shape change becomes a pattern itself that is easy to remember. Do same for BGD and they become recognisable in all sorts songs rhythm and lead guitar parts.
This is definitely the kind of stuff we need! So many people learning guitar are always struggling with...should I learn scales...pentatonic...caged...etc...including myself. We need something all in one basket to understand. Thank you so much ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you! More like it coming to the channel 👍
excellent lesson i have learnt so much thank you
This is gold. Thanks!
Glad you enjoyed it!
This help me ALOT!!! Thanks! Your Awesome!
Glad to hear it! Thank you!
Gracias x tu aporte Blue!! Otro gran video!!!
Thank you for your support José!!!!
This is the kind of video we really love!!! Thank you so much
Great to hear thank you. More like it coming 😀
Recently discovered your channel and just wanted to say thank you for all your content. I was stuck in a guitar rut for awhile and your videos really gave me a new understanding of the fretboard. Best guitar RUclips channel out there. You’re the best man
Great to hear! Thank you! More coming.
Great explanation and concepts. Simple and useful.
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Great lesson. I have been getting such valuable knowledge from your videos. Thank you so much.
Glad to hear it, thank you!
Nice lesson!! This help me to think different
Glad to hear it, thank you!!
It sounds so beautiful
Thank you for saying 👍🎸
You are an awesome teacher.
Thank you! 😃
Fantastic as always😊
Thank you for your support 😎🎸
Every word you speak is gold dust ...
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Thanks Blue, Great summary that helps to carry on improving! Theory is great and necessary to understand and progress but as you say several times... when playing, and that's what really makes fun, it flows much better if you just have clear landmarks to know where you are and what to do with theese concepts and shapes that work well to make it all simpler...
Thank you! Much appreciated!
I’m gonna give this a go. I have spent the last 6 months navigating the Fretboard using intervals & it has improved my playing ten fold. Maybe this is the final step that brings it all together? Thanks for the concept!👍
Fantastic lesson - thank you
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Great video. Thumbs up, indeed!
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Thanks 🙏
Thanks for watching 🎸
best guitar lesson in my entire life, thank you so much !!
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Blue, every video you make is helpful, even though I'm an intermediate player.
I use those same landmarks all the time.
The more I learn "complicated" passages, the more dexterity I develop...and the more shapes I remember relative to each other...
...using landmarks!
(Like chords or triads with licks & dbl-stops.)
Thanks for continuing to do these videos!
Keep up the excellent fun!
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Thank you! I appreciate you watching these videos and commenting. More coming!
Love it.👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Cool guitar bro
Good stuff thank you
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I've been working on that lick. Having fun with it. Is it rock?
Good lesson , …joe b said , if you have to think, you’re already to far behind, anything. You don’t think when you get on a bike and ride, the guitar has to be like that , you just play from knowing and knowing from playing all the time. But I like they way you taught the breakdown of how and the application.
I think that describes the way it feels to play guitar only after years of study. Playing guitar is far more complex than riding a bike. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Another excellent video blue. Teaching us to fish, rather than giving us a fish etc.
I'm so in agreement that getting those E and A notes memorised opens up the fretboard so much more to try to put these ideas into practice..
Thank you again! 😎
You're the best!!!! Love Saturday lessons
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Blue my man you are a most excellent guitar teacher! You have a way of turning lightbulbs on in my head and after starting to finally get serious about guitar in my 40's about idk 7 years ago I have learned thats not easy. Lots of mindless noodling if Im not focused on a task. Thank you, I highly recommend your patreon page! I would love to see you do a deep dive on Yellow Leadbetter by Pearl Jam!!!
Thank you very much! Yellow Ledbetter is a good idea. I'll put that on the list. See you on Patreon 👍🎸
My original intention was I wanted to be able to find the 5 basic chord types with a root on the 5th and on the 6th string: major, minor, dominant 7, diminished and half-diminished. So I memorised the ‘landmarks’. Jazz was and is my primary interest, and if the chart says F#m7b5, well, you can’t spend time working that out! Simple, and very effective. 😀
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Love that Tele.
Thank you! It's a unique tele but very handy to have that extra pickup for sure.
@@GuitarLessonsVancouverThe first solid body electric guitar. I have a squier Tele, do you know how they came up the name of Telecaster ?
Without doubt excellence
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It looks easy when someone else does it. But the video has stopped and you have to remember what you need to do, that’s a different game. Don’t be ashamed to watch the video a dozen of times before you’re starting to get it.
Thanks! Indeed there is a lot covered in this video. Thanks for watching 😎👍
I been using your e and A method for minor pentatonic scales.
Awesome well done!
The best system without doubt
Thank you!
This is absolutely essential!! Can't thank you enough for this lesson, man. Break through moments
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You asked for it Blue: Another landmark could be: the BC EF half stop conurbation (nice, eh) is at several locations on the fretboard, laid out as a perfect 4 note square on 2 strings. Know those boxes, and you are off to the full step D G and A located in close reference above and below these 4 note boxes! (WAIT - Shouldnt i be copyrighting this stuff) naw....there you have it the full C scale on each location. Go from there for the other keys.
loved this lesson. Here's an idea for a future lesson. I'd love to see a lesson if possible to show me the 3rd , 5th and 7th degrees in the "Funny B" shape and the shape 3 "Triple stack". You have done already for the the easy shape. Thanks
Good idea thank you! Target notes on shape 3 is a good idea. I'll add that to my list.
Nice looking Tele.
Thank you! American Professional Nashville Telecaster
I totally agree but I’d like to add knowing the notes on the b string as well. This was a game changer for me as it allowed me to easily visualize all the D and C shaped chords. So if you know the notes on the low E and A strings, you also know the notes on the high E string. Just adding the notes on the B string really opened up the fretboard for me.
I agree, the notes on the B string can give us some good triad shapes :)
Learn ALL the notes.
I'm a patron, I have the book. With some of us with no talent (yes, that's a thing), and the memory capacity of a gnat, still years of frustration. But we keep plugging away.
Thanks for your support! You can do it!
There are shortcuts yes, but the best thing to do is memorize every note on your fretboard and all the notes in major,minor, and pentatonic and blues scales .
True. The best way to do that is to memorize one key at a time. E.g., start with C, E, G Then D... and so on. If you jam in a certain key long enough and use a real time tuner, like a Peterson Strobo, you can visually see what notes you are hitting in near real time. Very useful during the changes. I play quietly until I map out the changes- then you hit them with more confidence and land on the right note as needed. I don't track every change- I think it sounds better to mess around in the scale, but at important times, land on the right note. Doing it too often, at least to me is boring and sounds too clinical. I am able to do it- especially when playing jazz, but most of the time, and especially in blues, I like to have fun and mix it up. I rarely miss the turn-around though.
"How a guitarist's mind works" or "Inside the guitarist's mind" could be good subtitles for this (awesome) lesson. (Both a little ripe for satire, I realize, but that's alright.) Levelling up!
Thank you! Much appreciated!
Like your Maui Shirt & most the lessons
Thank you! I love Maui. Wish I could go there evert year.
Do you used CAGED? When you play the inversions...how do you know which pentatonic position goes along with it?
You can associate scale shapes with triad and arpeggio shapes. For example, think "whenever I have this arpeggio or triad, it is connected to this pentatonic shape." We do this kind of work on our Patreon group. See the "Six Steps" series: www.patreon.com/posts/six-steps-shape-92676762
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver Thanks. Good tip!
Really complex.
Not really. Only seems that way because you are not used to doing it. I am not too bright and can do it. It just has to click, then you will realize this is quite simple. Music is a language. You speak and write English which is far more complex. Notes and letters and chords are words that make up phrases. Listen more than you speak (play) and you will appear more interesting. When you speak, make it count.
@@UTAH100 Ok thanks. I'll take another look.
Just learn the whole fretboard. It is soo worth it. And you got plenty of time to learn it. I mean, you gonna play guitar for the rest of your life. So you just have to overcome your lazyness.
FYI At the end of the video 14:35 you have an Arrow pointing to blank space (No video link for "cool" links... )
Oops thank you. Fixed now. Must have forgotten to add the licks video: ruclips.net/video/yBaFXm9kek8/видео.htmlsi=izrdAdoYR2Ub5Yzr
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver P.S Love your content! EXTREAMLY helpful!
@@djbny2la thank you very much!!
What model tele is that?
It's an American Professional Nasville Telecaster. They don't make many of these. Strat pickup in the middle.
this is really not all that earthshattering, it's just another way to negotiate the fretboard. One still has to learn all of this over time just like they have to learn anything, with lots of practice and repetition
How is this concept different from simply knowing your scales and triads in all positions? This takes years to be fluent at.
This is Still completely not understandable to someone who doesn’t have an advanced understanding of music theory.
It may seem like it but that’s not the case, most of this lesson is based on moveable patterns but takes some getting your head around it. A series of light bulb moments will go off in your head when it clicks, hang in there. Good to watch other guitar teachers teaching the same concepts so that you hear this stuff explained in different ways that usually works for me.
My knowledge of theory is emphatically not advanced and I understand this pretty well. root note, 3rd/5th intervals are foundational music theory concepts and stuff like the pentatonic shapes is foundational guitar theory stuff.
Simple. 7 notes in the Major Scale. DO Re Mi Fa So La Ti and back to DO (octave-8th is again 1 and starts over- e.g., Open E note top string is same at fret 12 top string, only one octave higher in pitch.) That's it.
When they refer to numbers, like a chord triad is a ROOT, 3rd and 5th, it means that C is the 1 (or root), E is the 3rd...why? C, D, E. What is 5? G. Because C, D, E, F, G. That is the notes of that chord. Dead simple. Everything in music for the most part is based around this dead simple concept. Now you own it for the rest of your life. If a chord PROGRESSION is say a I, IV, V...what does that mean? Look at your scale...C chord, F chord and G chord. Note, the key of C does not have any sharps or flats which is why I used it. Those are easy to learn too. Get a teacher who will walk you through the dead simple musical alphabet. They use a simple formula to determine scales using degrees of the scale. Same goes with modes...but it is ALL based around the dead simple MAJOR SCALE.
I hope this helped. Now you know more than 98% of all beginners.
Learn the caged system, then learn the scale shapes around the caged system. Most powerful thing you can do.
@@doodoo871well said !!! And like the other commenter in here said , lights will come on …. It tool me ten years to connect the dots like this video explains …. Im a d d and very hungry for the “ big picture “ …. My first guitar teacher wasted a couple years not showing me this concept
The reason they can't navigate is because they don't know the major scale
Not bad, but cut some of the talking out😮
simplify your lessons , too much excess talking
Great !
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