Richard, your lessons are absolutely marvelous. I start playing when I was 12 yrs old and took lessons until I was 17 (1964 - 1969) and what you are teaching was never covered in any of my lessons. I wish they were, now I’m finally getting it. Thank you so much!!!
Richard, thank you. These teaching videos bring to mind proverbs, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime...”
So I watched your video last night, got up this morning, and told myself I'm going to work out You Are My Sunshine by ear, which I did. My five year old son was sat in the kitchen with me and he said "That's a lovely song daddy". I told him, "It's you are my sunsine" and then I played it again and sung it at the same time, which is not something I've ever been able to do in 20 odd years of playing. I got quite emotional (I still am!...) and I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I never paid much attention to theory, and always found it quite abstract, but the way you explained intervals with all those example on that drawing just made something click in my brain. A brilliant lesson that has had a profound effect on me, thank you so much.
Decided I really need to learn the guitar properly instead of just a few chords, and not get side tracked. So Just dug my guitars out of the cupboard, out of sight an out of mind.Then Found your videos on line and I am very impressed. When I started to watch, I thought i'd get lost, but as you said, it will all start to make sense and it did. many thanks.
My first time here, I'm 64 and started playing 5 years ago for the first time in my life and self taught, it is something I wanted to do all my life but everything always got in the way and really don't know much theory. I just basically play rhythm and have quite a few chords under my belt using shape formations rather than theory. This lesson is absolutely great, out of all the RUclips clips I have wasted many many hours on yours just made sense. Thank you I will be going through all your clips to learn as much as I can. Please please continue making more vids, they really are a step by step way to improving my playing and understanding what and why I'm playing things. Just briliant, best wishes from Australia.
Shot Richard, thank you. What a great help, not only just your brilliant explanation of theory fundamentals but also the fact that you don’t have to be able to sing along perfectly when you play guitar, as this is where I am and will be forever. One humble human being you are, thanks.
I'm so glad I found your videos! What's great is you aren't some flawless grandmaster showing us how much better you are. Keep up the good work and keep on keeping it real!
Richard I wish I had seen your video explanation when I started learning guitar two years ago. I learnt the concept of intervals and scales but your explanation and song examples have really brought it together for me. Before I know it you’ll have me tuning by ear. Go Apaches!😁
Hi Richard. I have been playing for a number of years and is self taught. I have watched a lot of teachings on RUclips from great guitar teachers but for the first time it is all starting to make sense by watching your videos. Thanks man
Bless you kind sir! This is what makes spending the time doing these so worthwhile. I started doing the videos in lock down to help people like yourself and have struggled to find the time to continue but there are a number that I have done that will hopefully help you too - and I promise more will come when I can some how find the time from www.rguitars.co.uk (the day job of course! lol)
Nice one Richard! That was really well explained for beginners - and I found it a great help as a refreshing look at what I had partly figured out by trial and error. I've been playing for over 40 years, but I'm self-taught and desperately lacking on the theory side of things, so your tutorial videos are brilliant in filling in the gaps and finally making sense of things which I know how to play - without having the faintest idea why they work (if that makes sense).
Hi Richard, don’t know if you still look at these comments but I thought I would add that relating the intervals to actual songs has profoundly improved my understanding of 'musical' intervals. I knew the formula TTS etc but that’s all it was, spaces between notes in a scale, now I understand how the scale intervals relate musically
Oddly - I have never been happier - making so many people happy watching the videos! I always believe life is what you make it and there is a silver lining brewing behind every cloud. The eternal optimist. Please stay in touch!
Hello Richard, I took lessons for a few years a very long time ago and the instructor was never able to explain this to me. Either he couldn't or he just skipped over it I don't know. I just want to thank you for explaining this in detail because it worked. 👍
I have studied theory before and watch videos to kind of refresh my memory and see how others approach the subject. Love the way you described intervals using measurements and then combined ear training to explain each one of the Major scale intervals. Thanks for sharing.
Another brilliant rework of the basics. I’ve watched millions (lots) of videos about this very thing BUT yours is the most interesting and relatable therefore absorbable (?). I like the fact that your obviously a good player but don’t shove that down our throats with flashy showing off. Just pure teaching of things we can actually replicate, mistakes and all. Thanks again
Thank you so much Richard your tutorials are making my lock down out here in Canada less stressful and more joyful. Time is flying by watching and learning from you cheers! I'm going to study your tutorials daily for hours until the world is back socializing. I'm very curious to see how much knowledge I will finally start to understand from your way of teaching guitar theory it's very interactive I just love it! Hey Rich you think you can do a tutorial on your looping skills once you have finished all your great guitar theory videos?
I just saw this Wesley - Thank you SO SO much. Hope you are still enjoying them! The last one was real fun and I am looking forward to doing more! Thank you once again - really appreciate such kind words and to think you are benefiting so much fills me with joy! Seriously - makes my day.
Really excellent stuff. Your channel is exactly what I've needed to get back to playing, after years of learning songs in lessons and not attempting to understand them, and years of not playing. I started with watching the three blues lessons and then moved on to this one. You had your list of not exactly prerequisites in those blues videos and I was happy to be familiar with all of those topics, but there's still always been a missing link for me no matter how aware I am of the simplicity if intervals, and this breakdown seems like a good step. I wanted more blues, but this video was what I needed to finally draw out an interval chart and I think things are finally coming into focus. I've been playing guitar without understanding it for something like 10 years, and I hope to be able to understand well enough to feel comfortable jamming, when I get some chops back, and maybe good enough to learn and teach someone some basic bass. I know the scale shapes without thinking, the open chords, movable chords (I'd like to learn more types, and if intervals became intuitive enough, that seems like it would be a good way to learn them.) I'd like to be better able to identify intervals by ear as well. That's something I convinced myself I couldn't do, and I think I was wrong. I think I often played the right sounding notes when messing around, from somewhat subconscious trial-and-error, I'm guessing. Without this foundational knowledge, I couldn't really learn and retain what I was doing, because playing guitar was simply hitting a bunch of notes at a certain tempo. I really think these videos are gonna do it for me. They're not perfect lessons, there's little mistakes throughout, but they're damn good. I've downloaded this and all 3 blues lesson videos to watch multiple times, in case I need a refresher, or a lesson plan. Thanks for this.
Richard - I think you've created a monster - that is, in the form of your tutorial series. I'm ever so grateful for it. If you are willing and are able, please continue with it. I know there is a lot more to be learned from you. Stay safe.
Richard, thanks for this theory lesson. Although I had learned some music theory while learning to play the piano, I was still at a loss when trying to work out chords for the guitar. This lesson on interval rang a bell for me, especially the exercise of working out and identifying the intervals in songs that I know. Great work! Looking forward your next lessons in this series.
wow I get it messuring sound is interval the way you explained made it click in my mind . Very appreciative ...Roland J Gutierrez from Magdalena New Mexico USA 🇺🇸
Thanks for your tutoring videos. I’ve played for several years, and been a total slave to ultimate guitar app, but it’s not really geared to musical theory. Getting a starting point, is a real problem. Thanking for doing this for us.
Hi Richard. an interesting back to basics lesson for me covering somthing that was missing in my guitar lessons 50 years ago. Also intesting you relationship between a song and the intervals. In the days befor electronic tuners we all tuned our guitars from the 5th fret method (your next lesson Ive alredy looked) and I always checked mine by pluking the middle phrase of the Sadows Apachie, F A C B C D E D C A. Another great lesson many thanks for doing this whilst we are all in lockdown. At the end of this some people will have amazing gardens or very clean houses or be very fit or long haired alcoholics or all 4. On the other hand the many people who are watching you lessons at the moment will be amazing guitarists. (Cheers by the way)
This is great Richard again you are explaining it the way I personally understand it Thank you so much i just wish someone explained it this way years a go its taken me years to find out my self and was not sure but so reassured now .
Hey again Richard. Yeah man that helped. Knew it mostly. Relating it to the sound of the notes, and as they are arranged on the guitar. Now how the notes make up a cord is coming up next I hope. I'm getting somewhere with this theory stuff. Thank you for helping us all. Sometimes I have to see many ways of looking at things until that light bulb lights. Thanks again for the help.
Really entertaining lesson. My old guitar teacher once suggested the major scale to me as a mnemonic(?) like a drum beat: Tuh-tuh-sst tuh-tuh-tuh-sst. Please imagine rhythm.
Referencing culturally significant song snippets to correspond with intervals is really quite brilliant. A child (or a 49 yr old drummer) should find this method quite useful, I think. Thanks, Richard :)
hello richards...great explaination... a real teacher who knows what the student actually wants...exceptional teaching skill...your videos interests me a lot...as i know how much i ask is always less, there are infinite no of things but i need help in some areas... like i want to know the technicalities...and in total what all we need to learn 1. how many scale variety are there in total?...are those locrian myxo aeol phry scales are same as pentatonic scales??....and how many variety of pentatonic scales??? 2.An individual video on each scales and what all CHORDS can we use in that particular scale... 3. how to chose our chords according to scale? 4.how to form our own riffs...and how to decide what chords we can take??? 5.how to form our own composition n wat techniques to use?? kindly richard... a severe help is needed as i belong to India...and to a quite remote area where hardly we can find any guitar teachers.....i study by myself...but i m confused and lack confidence n my minds going nuts....plz plz plz....do kindly help with a detailed session on required topics...for which i wud be grateful...
Awesome Richard, Thanks again...Not sure if it's what you are saying or how you put it across, but this stuff is really sinking in for me after god knows how many years...
Thanks Richard. The word/song association makes this easy to understand. Don’t be put off by the down thumbs. I’m reasonably experienced but have never understood these key basics so well.
Hello, well....I can honestly say that I found that really interesting! Yeah, I know...this lockdown must be playing with my head lol....BUT normally I'd run a mile from any music theory at all (I know absolutely nothing about it - I can just make a few chord shapes if ya know what I mean and re-produce some songs - badly!) - I always thought I didn't quite have it in me..whether cos of my lack of patience or because of the way I am wired....BUT I actually understood what you meant and learnt the theory! I'm off to practice it now and look forward to the second lesson. Great stuff and thanks for your efforts mate! Keep em coming... :-)
Hi Richard, just wanted to say thanks for a great video. Yesterday I watched your lessons on guitar theory basics and chords, your explanation and analogies really worked for me. To put you in the picture i'm 55 years old, a big fan of Blues & Classic rock, ZZTop, Black Sabbath, AC-DC. you get the picture. I spent a few years messing with an Ukelele and have literally just brought an electric guitar, it turned up in the post this morning. Could you give a complete beginner any advice on what to practice first. Regards Andy
I'm so pleased you are demonstrating with Cort guitars Richard. Well in one way not, because I don't really want everyone to be let in on the secret so Cort start pushing their prices up in accord with max gouge demand pricing policy as Fender Gibson et al do as the brand gains recognition and kudos with the sheeple. But that said, Cort, fabulous finish, fitout and build quality guitars e.g. CR300, at prices so much less than equivalent big name brands, the latter should and would be embarrassed if they weren't shamelessly making so much money gouging those with egos craving recognition and status through brand association prepared to be price gouged for it.
Yes,I get it.I had a little bit of idea of how it worked,but not completely,but now I understand much better.Thank you,and keep up the goid work.By the way,both guitars were gorgeous,and would like to know more about them,and where you got them from.
This channel for me is speed learning at it's best. You make everything so simple to understand. Richard I dont normally ask but could you do a lesson on JJ Cale after midnight pls.. not just the chords but the solo too. I'd be made up if you would. Thanks Richie
A ratio of 11:1 in favour of thumbs up now :-). Sure there will be people who either don't care, or already know this, but for those of us still learning at a fairly early stage this is really useful. I can see the fog clearing! Thanks Richard.
Hey Richard I’m a former subscriber I unsubscribed a while ago tbh the politics of Guitar retail bored me a little. I love this revamp I loved vintage vs Gibson I think because it was a positive look at both brands. But I’ve resubscribed mostly because of this series. I think you are a really gifted teacher. Something I’ve been trying get watching thousands of lessons just clicked can’t wait for the 5 chord thanks ever so much
I do really appreciate your feedback. The reality is that not everything I have to say will be what everyone wants to hear all the time. I can totally understand you not wanting to hear negative ramblings. I cant promise that will never hppen again though! (Recent one was Sheeran - but really important to be honest about the situation). The tuition was born purely from the lock down!! I wanted to give people some "stuff" to focus on as often as possible. We are all going through the same experience and I figured it would break the boredom for some. I cannot believe the feedback though! I feel overwelmed by the positivity from viewers. Really am totally humbled. Anyway.... thanks again - really appreciate you subscribing again.
In the future it might be easier to start by explaining the open string starting even knowing as I do it was difficult to follow because of camera angle and fret number reference other than that it was awesome I love the song interval comparison thank you
I remember the Major Scale as : Tone - Tone-Semitone-Tone Tone - Tone-Semitone-(Tone) . That takes us 1 note above the octave note but the pattern is symmetrical ! Works for me !
Come on Richard man , two days since you done a vid, please play some more of your acoustic favourites , keep us sane . Hope you and yours are all doing well.
Thanks Richard, it's starting to make sence here. Now to put it in my mind and tranfering it into my fingers is the next step. Going to rewatch this video a few times more, now with my guitar in hand.
Hi Richard! Great beginners guide to intervals and major scale construction. Although initially boring for a would be rock god this stuff is really the key, (no pun intended) , to having some understanding of things like chord construction. Back when I started guitar a chord was just a few strings that I pressed down to make a certain noise and it had a name like C or Am etc. A little basic theory however explains why the strings played form a certain chord . This opens up lots of playing possibilities be it solo construction or building chords and double stops from scratch. It might be a bit of a pain to get your head around initially but once learned will be with you forever.
I am already noting the thumbs down racking up!! This theory is easy to learn and opens a WORLD of excting musical concepts. Once you learn this stuff you feel GUILTY because everything else becomes so easy. Sadly, some people would always prefer to snub theory purely because they can't be bothered to learn it - thus making their lives endlessly difficult when trying to improve. All the people thumbing the video down will be the exact same people looking at a G7 chord and having no idea where they can use it musically. The same people who dont realise that if you move the 7th along one semitone you have G Maj 7 and if you make the major 3rd into a minor third it becomes G Minor 7th. The same people who will have NO CLUE how to play over the top of these chords.... Its SO much easier to say "I find theory boring" than to actually spend a few minutes (which is all it takes really) to get your head around the simple concepts. It really is the difference between reading a book and digesting the contents - and then maybe writing your own book - or spending a life looking at words and never understanding a single one of them.
It has to be said that a few big name guitar players have made it despite a total lack of musical theory but they are in the minority, the majority have spent time learning at least the basic theory behind their art. At least little musical knowledge can be an enormous help in helping a player further develop and enjoy their playing, it certainly wouldn’t do any harm. Don’t let the thumbs downers stop you continue this excellent series.
Hi! Its a Cort CR Model but if you fancy something out of this World Gordon Smith just made me this.... rguitars.co.uk/products/gordon-smith-gatsby-iridescent-custom Same principal. World Class guitar!
P.S. I'd like to add, that if I knew someone interested in guitar wanting to buy their first (or second , et al) acoustic or electric, you're who I'd send them too with confidence that they'd end up buying the right guitar for them offering maximum probability of sticking with it through that testing initio period.
A nice thing I just noticed/learned with your video that I don't think you pointed, that little thing you did @ 24:42 and I don't know the name of, it exists because of how the tones work, as you start to explain at 21:00: you go 1-2-3-4 with your fingers then go down one string with another 1-2-3-4. That happens because the fifth note on the first string would be down there, one semitone after the same note you play on 4. So you go down one, back five and one forward to continue the melody. God damn it, writing this shows that I know absolutely nothing about music.
Really enjoying your RUclips channel which I’ve only just discovered. Is it just me but the root to the fifth much more like Star Wars although it does work with twinkle twinkle. Root to fourth sounds like auld lang syne to me. No wonder I’ve been struggling for so long...
The trouble I have is I learn theory and never use it and inevitably forget it as I mainly just learn songs. Learning my favourite songs is the reason I started to play guitar but I would love to be able to just jam, be it with friends or using a pedal. Of course that pedal would be the jampal...
So the point at the end is you're following the rules of a major scale in different tones , you could then play all over the fret board following those major scale rules and you wouldn't sound shit 😉
Great lesson again Richard the way way too understand intervals cant wait for the next lesson a guitar maintenance video would be great keep it up mate👍👍👍👍
If you go up a tone from the octave, you have the 9th. See the sheet diagram or try it on your guitar. So the 9th is an octave up from the second. So, 2/9; same note but an octave apart. It’s similar from the 6th to the 13th. Try it. I fancy this will come later - but I’m not quite at the end of this video as I write. Good luck!
Finally learning theory after about 40 years of avoiding it. Thanks for your lessons it's very much appreciated. Is there any books you would recommend also?
Richard, your lessons are absolutely marvelous. I start playing when I was 12 yrs old and took lessons until I was 17 (1964 - 1969) and what you are teaching was never covered in any of my lessons. I wish they were, now I’m finally getting it. Thank you so much!!!
Richard, thank you. These teaching videos bring to mind proverbs, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime...”
That is exactly my hope with each video!
So I watched your video last night, got up this morning, and told myself I'm going to work out You Are My Sunshine by ear, which I did. My five year old son was sat in the kitchen with me and he said "That's a lovely song daddy". I told him, "It's you are my sunsine" and then I played it again and sung it at the same time, which is not something I've ever been able to do in 20 odd years of playing. I got quite emotional (I still am!...) and I just wanted to say THANK YOU. I never paid much attention to theory, and always found it quite abstract, but the way you explained intervals with all those example on that drawing just made something click in my brain. A brilliant lesson that has had a profound effect on me, thank you so much.
Decided I really need to learn the guitar properly instead of just a few chords, and not get side tracked. So Just dug my guitars out of the cupboard, out of sight an out of mind.Then Found your videos on line and I am very impressed. When I started to watch, I thought i'd get lost, but as you said, it will all start to make sense and it did. many thanks.
My first time here, I'm 64 and started playing 5 years ago for the first time in my life and self taught, it is something I wanted to do all my life but everything always got in the way and really don't know much theory. I just basically play rhythm and have quite a few chords under my belt using shape formations rather than theory. This lesson is absolutely great, out of all the RUclips clips I have wasted many many hours on yours just made sense. Thank you I will be going through all your clips to learn as much as I can. Please please continue making more vids, they really are a step by step way to improving my playing and understanding what and why I'm playing things. Just briliant, best wishes from Australia.
Thank you Richard the light is coming on. I shall see more clearly after I watch this again. Great way of explaining it. Thank you.
Shot Richard, thank you. What a great help, not only just your brilliant explanation of theory fundamentals but also the fact that you don’t have to be able to sing along perfectly when you play guitar, as this is where I am and will be forever. One humble human being you are, thanks.
Great video. Never managed to realise any of this in my 25 years since I first played. Has put me on to a whole new chapter in my playing at long last
Best lesson ever. Period, full stop. It finally makes sense, can't thank you enough.
Thank you SO much. That means a lot to me.
I'm so glad I found your videos! What's great is you aren't some flawless grandmaster showing us how much better you are. Keep up the good work and keep on keeping it real!
Richard I wish I had seen your video explanation when I started learning guitar two years ago. I learnt the concept of intervals and scales but your explanation and song examples have really brought it together for me. Before I know it you’ll have me tuning by ear. Go Apaches!😁
I am subscribed! You belong to one of the very few good and unpretentious person in RUclips. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and politeness Sir!
Perfect mix of great guitars and help for those of us who didn’t cover the basics AND have lots of lock down time on our hands. Thank you Richard!
Hi Richard. I have been playing for a number of years and is self taught. I have watched a lot of teachings on RUclips from great guitar teachers but for the first time it is all starting to make sense by watching your videos. Thanks man
Absolutely brilliant first lesson Richard. This has inspired me and given me confidence in my ability. Thank you so much...
Bless you kind sir! This is what makes spending the time doing these so worthwhile. I started doing the videos in lock down to help people like yourself and have struggled to find the time to continue but there are a number that I have done that will hopefully help you too - and I promise more will come when I can some how find the time from www.rguitars.co.uk (the day job of course! lol)
Nice one Richard! That was really well explained for beginners - and I found it a great help as a refreshing look at what I had partly figured out by trial and error. I've been playing for over 40 years, but I'm self-taught and desperately lacking on the theory side of things, so your tutorial videos are brilliant in filling in the gaps and finally making sense of things which I know how to play - without having the faintest idea why they work (if that makes sense).
Hi Richard, don’t know if you still look at these comments but I thought I would add that relating the intervals to actual songs has profoundly improved my understanding of 'musical' intervals. I knew the formula TTS etc but that’s all it was, spaces between notes in a scale, now I understand how the scale intervals relate musically
Thank you for your help . It's just so intelligent if you to make the best of this terrible situation . I wish you good health and good fortune.
Oddly - I have never been happier - making so many people happy watching the videos! I always believe life is what you make it and there is a silver lining brewing behind every cloud. The eternal optimist. Please stay in touch!
Hello Richard, I took lessons for a few years a very long time ago and the instructor was never able to explain this to me. Either he couldn't or he just skipped over it I don't know. I just want to thank you for explaining this in detail because it worked. 👍
I have studied theory before and watch videos to kind of refresh my memory and see how others approach the subject. Love the way you described intervals using measurements and then combined ear training to explain each one of the Major scale intervals. Thanks for sharing.
Another brilliant rework of the basics. I’ve watched millions (lots) of videos about this very thing BUT yours is the most interesting and relatable therefore absorbable (?). I like the fact that your obviously a good player but don’t shove that down our throats with flashy showing off. Just pure teaching of things we can actually replicate, mistakes and all. Thanks again
Thank you so much Richard your tutorials are making my lock down out here in Canada less stressful and more joyful. Time is flying by watching and learning from you cheers! I'm going to study your tutorials daily for hours until the world is back socializing. I'm very curious to see how much knowledge I will finally start to understand from your way of teaching guitar theory it's very interactive I just love it! Hey Rich you think you can do a tutorial on your looping skills once you have finished all your great guitar theory videos?
I just saw this Wesley - Thank you SO SO much. Hope you are still enjoying them! The last one was real fun and I am looking forward to doing more! Thank you once again - really appreciate such kind words and to think you are benefiting so much fills me with joy! Seriously - makes my day.
I just noodled through the whole thing, your voice a calming future possibility 🤩
Richard you stud muffin you! I just had a breakthrough with this lesson thank you so much..
Really excellent stuff. Your channel is exactly what I've needed to get back to playing, after years of learning songs in lessons and not attempting to understand them, and years of not playing. I started with watching the three blues lessons and then moved on to this one. You had your list of not exactly prerequisites in those blues videos and I was happy to be familiar with all of those topics, but there's still always been a missing link for me no matter how aware I am of the simplicity if intervals, and this breakdown seems like a good step.
I wanted more blues, but this video was what I needed to finally draw out an interval chart and I think things are finally coming into focus.
I've been playing guitar without understanding it for something like 10 years, and I hope to be able to understand well enough to feel comfortable jamming, when I get some chops back, and maybe good enough to learn and teach someone some basic bass. I know the scale shapes without thinking, the open chords, movable chords (I'd like to learn more types, and if intervals became intuitive enough, that seems like it would be a good way to learn them.) I'd like to be better able to identify intervals by ear as well. That's something I convinced myself I couldn't do, and I think I was wrong.
I think I often played the right sounding notes when messing around, from somewhat subconscious trial-and-error, I'm guessing. Without this foundational knowledge, I couldn't really learn and retain what I was doing, because playing guitar was simply hitting a bunch of notes at a certain tempo.
I really think these videos are gonna do it for me. They're not perfect lessons, there's little mistakes throughout, but they're damn good. I've downloaded this and all 3 blues lesson videos to watch multiple times, in case I need a refresher, or a lesson plan.
Thanks for this.
Richard - I think you've created a monster - that is, in the form of your tutorial series. I'm ever so grateful for it. If you are willing and are able, please continue with it. I know there is a lot more to be learned from you. Stay safe.
Thats really kind and I have genuinely enjoyed revisiting my guitar tutor days! Loving playing with my jam pal too!
Richard, thanks for this theory lesson. Although I had learned some music theory while learning to play the piano, I was still at a loss when trying to work out chords for the guitar. This lesson on interval rang a bell for me, especially the exercise of working out and identifying the intervals in songs that I know. Great work! Looking forward your next lessons in this series.
That is brilliant, I am just starting and this is the best explanation of scales I have seen. Thank you so much :-)
I really enjoy how you present theory. I totally get this.
👍 Good friend Richard. 🙂 💫. I take it for me to playlist learn electric guitar. 🎸. Beautiful Les paul. 🙂 💫 Rock on!
Great lesson Richard. Informative and entertaining. Thanks 😊
Hi Richard, thanks for that brillant idea keeping the intervalls in mind using welk known melodies. Fantastisch explained all that Stoff :)
You're helping me so much .thank you from NZ
wow I get it messuring sound is interval the way you explained made it click in my mind . Very appreciative ...Roland J Gutierrez from Magdalena New Mexico USA 🇺🇸
Richard, I'm 72 years old and I finally "get it".Either I'm thick as two short planks or you explained it rteally well!
Thanks for your tutoring videos. I’ve played for several years, and been a total slave to ultimate guitar app, but it’s not really geared to musical theory. Getting a starting point, is a real problem. Thanking for doing this for us.
Hi Richard. an interesting back to basics lesson for me covering somthing that was missing in my guitar lessons 50 years ago. Also intesting you relationship between a song and the intervals. In the days befor electronic tuners we all tuned our guitars from the 5th fret method (your next lesson Ive alredy looked) and I always checked mine by pluking the middle phrase of the Sadows Apachie, F A C B C D E D C A. Another great lesson many thanks for doing this whilst we are all in lockdown. At the end of this some people will have amazing gardens or very clean houses or be very fit or long haired alcoholics or all 4. On the other hand the many people who are watching you lessons at the moment will be amazing guitarists. (Cheers by the way)
This is great Richard again you are explaining it the way I personally understand it Thank you so much
i just wish someone explained it this way years a go its taken me years to find out my self and was not sure but so reassured now .
Thanks Richard ! The light went on ! Gréât gréât gréât lesson !,,,!
Hey again Richard. Yeah man that helped. Knew it mostly. Relating it to the sound of the notes, and as they are arranged on the guitar. Now how the notes make up a cord is coming up next I hope. I'm getting somewhere with this theory stuff. Thank you for helping us all. Sometimes I have to see many ways of looking at things until that light bulb lights. Thanks again for the help.
Really entertaining lesson. My old guitar teacher once suggested the major scale to me as a mnemonic(?) like a drum beat: Tuh-tuh-sst tuh-tuh-tuh-sst. Please imagine rhythm.
gonna remember that tip. Thanks mate
Thanks! I like the way you present the material!
Richard, love your lessons, you're so natural and funny too!!!
I’m really enjoying these lessons, stopping me from going mad during house arrest!! Cheers Richard
Referencing culturally significant song snippets to correspond with intervals is really quite brilliant. A child (or a 49 yr old drummer) should find this method quite useful, I think. Thanks, Richard :)
I’m 45 years old and 6 weeks into learning the guitar.....that Sir was great for me! looking forward to the next lesson👍🏼
Brilliant!
hello richards...great explaination... a real teacher who knows what the student actually wants...exceptional teaching skill...your videos interests me a lot...as i know how much i ask is always less, there are infinite no of things but i need help in some areas...
like i want to know the technicalities...and in total what all we need to learn
1. how many scale variety are there in total?...are those locrian myxo aeol phry scales are same as pentatonic scales??....and how many variety of pentatonic scales???
2.An individual video on each scales and what all CHORDS can we use in that particular scale...
3. how to chose our chords according to scale?
4.how to form our own riffs...and how to decide what chords we can take???
5.how to form our own composition n wat techniques to use??
kindly richard... a severe help is needed as i belong to India...and to a quite remote area where hardly we can find any guitar teachers.....i study by myself...but i m confused and lack confidence n my minds going nuts....plz plz plz....do kindly help with a detailed session on required topics...for which i wud be grateful...
Awesome Richard, Thanks again...Not sure if it's what you are saying or how you put it across, but this stuff is really sinking in for me after god knows how many years...
The great thing is that this method will work for any scale if you apply the intervals for that scale (got them from the Troy Stetina Scale Book)
Thank you so much for this Richard - really helpful!
Great job! Very easy to understand. Thank you.
Hi hope you are in your happy time .As you become so happy I feel your feelings of happyness and become happy too.
Right Richard, as promised starting from the beginning.
PERFECT. Will be worth it I promise.
AHHMAGAAADDDDD!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!!! LIGHTBULBS!!!!
Great stuff keep them coming please
Thanks Richard. The word/song association makes this easy to understand. Don’t be put off by the down thumbs. I’m reasonably experienced but have never understood these key basics so well.
Hello, well....I can honestly say that I found that really interesting! Yeah, I know...this lockdown must be playing with my head lol....BUT normally I'd run a mile from any music theory at all (I know absolutely nothing about it - I can just make a few chord shapes if ya know what I mean and re-produce some songs - badly!) - I always thought I didn't quite have it in me..whether cos of my lack of patience or because of the way I am wired....BUT I actually understood what you meant and learnt the theory! I'm off to practice it now and look forward to the second lesson. Great stuff and thanks for your efforts mate! Keep em coming... :-)
Hi Richard, just wanted to say thanks for a great video. Yesterday I watched your lessons on guitar theory basics and chords, your explanation and analogies really worked for me. To put you in the picture i'm 55 years old, a big fan of Blues & Classic rock, ZZTop, Black Sabbath, AC-DC. you get the picture. I spent a few years messing with an Ukelele and have literally just brought an electric guitar, it turned up in the post this morning. Could you give a complete beginner any advice on what to practice first.
Regards Andy
Spot on mate!
I'm so pleased you are demonstrating with Cort guitars Richard. Well in one way not, because I don't really want everyone to be let in on the secret so Cort start pushing their prices up in accord with max gouge demand pricing policy as Fender Gibson et al do as the brand gains recognition and kudos with the sheeple. But that said, Cort, fabulous finish, fitout and build quality guitars e.g. CR300, at prices so much less than equivalent big name brands, the latter should and would be embarrassed if they weren't shamelessly making so much money gouging those with egos craving recognition and status through brand association prepared to be price gouged for it.
Yes,I get it.I had a little bit of idea of how it worked,but not completely,but now I understand much better.Thank you,and keep up the goid work.By the way,both guitars were gorgeous,and would like to know more about them,and where you got them from.
Seriously useful and explained extremely clearly.. Many thanks
Thanx sir, and Love those guitar
well done
Thank you!
Thanks, great video. You have explained intervals and scales in an easy to understand way and helped me a lot. Look forward to next episode.
Yeeeehaaa!!! "Now sing along with me....... Taaaaaake onnnnnnnn meeeeeeee" (cats are howling behind me)
Thank you....a eureka moment for me!
A Turner that’s what I want to hear!
This channel for me is speed learning at it's best. You make everything so simple to understand. Richard I dont normally ask but could you do a lesson on JJ Cale after midnight pls.. not just the chords but the solo too. I'd be made up if you would.
Thanks
Richie
I need to know WHY and not just HOW! Make perfect sence! Glad I'm not taking singing lesson😜
listen I just think the unscripted version is so much more personal so keep it up John .
A ratio of 11:1 in favour of thumbs up now :-). Sure there will be people who either don't care, or already know this, but for those of us still learning at a fairly early stage this is really useful. I can see the fog clearing! Thanks Richard.
Thanks. I've learnt stuff
Doh? Very funny Richard!!
That was great! Thank you.
😂 singer. You draw us in with your singing voice and typed comments. *Never seen 5x1 explained in that fashion. Brilliant.
Hey Richard I’m a former subscriber I unsubscribed a while ago tbh the politics of Guitar retail bored me a little. I love this revamp I loved vintage vs Gibson I think because it was a positive look at both brands. But I’ve resubscribed mostly because of this series. I think you are a really gifted teacher. Something I’ve been trying get watching thousands of lessons just clicked can’t wait for the 5 chord thanks ever so much
I do really appreciate your feedback. The reality is that not everything I have to say will be what everyone wants to hear all the time. I can totally understand you not wanting to hear negative ramblings. I cant promise that will never hppen again though! (Recent one was Sheeran - but really important to be honest about the situation). The tuition was born purely from the lock down!! I wanted to give people some "stuff" to focus on as often as possible. We are all going through the same experience and I figured it would break the boredom for some. I cannot believe the feedback though! I feel overwelmed by the positivity from viewers. Really am totally humbled. Anyway.... thanks again - really appreciate you subscribing again.
Great video thanks I just got it 👍
In the future it might be easier to start by explaining the open string starting even knowing as I do it was difficult to follow because of camera angle and fret number reference other than that it was awesome I love the song interval comparison thank you
Hi Damon Doesn't the diagram make that clear?
I remember the Major Scale as :
Tone - Tone-Semitone-Tone Tone - Tone-Semitone-(Tone) .
That takes us 1 note above the octave note but the pattern is symmetrical ! Works for me !
Come on Richard man , two days since you done a vid, please play some more of your acoustic favourites , keep us sane . Hope you and yours are all doing well.
Thanks Richard, it's starting to make sence here. Now to put it in my mind and tranfering it into my fingers is the next step. Going to rewatch this video a few times more, now with my guitar in hand.
You had me at Jag-u-ar.
Top man !!! Thank u
Hi Richard! Great beginners guide to intervals and major scale construction. Although initially boring for a would be rock god this stuff is really the key, (no pun intended) , to having some understanding of things like chord construction. Back when I started guitar a chord was just a few strings that I pressed down to make a certain noise and it had a name like C or Am etc. A little basic theory however explains why the strings played form a certain chord . This opens up lots of playing possibilities be it solo construction or building chords and double stops from scratch. It might be a bit of a pain to get your head around initially but once learned will be with you forever.
I am already noting the thumbs down racking up!!
This theory is easy to learn and opens a WORLD of excting musical concepts. Once you learn this stuff you feel GUILTY because everything else becomes so easy. Sadly, some people would always prefer to snub theory purely because they can't be bothered to learn it - thus making their lives endlessly difficult when trying to improve.
All the people thumbing the video down will be the exact same people looking at a G7 chord and having no idea where they can use it musically. The same people who dont realise that if you move the 7th along one semitone you have G Maj 7 and if you make the major 3rd into a minor third it becomes G Minor 7th. The same people who will have NO CLUE how to play over the top of these chords.... Its SO much easier to say "I find theory boring" than to actually spend a few minutes (which is all it takes really) to get your head around the simple concepts.
It really is the difference between reading a book and digesting the contents - and then maybe writing your own book - or spending a life looking at words and never understanding a single one of them.
It has to be said that a few big name guitar players have made it despite a total lack of musical theory but they are in the minority, the majority have spent time learning at least the basic theory behind their art. At least little musical knowledge can be an enormous help in helping a player further develop and enjoy their playing, it certainly wouldn’t do any harm. Don’t let the thumbs downers stop you continue this excellent series.
Hi ive only just come across your videos and things are starting to really click and make sense - Thank you so much !
Love your classes thank you Richard! How do I get that 2 tone blue guitar it's stunning! 429 les Paul style
Hi! Its a Cort CR Model but if you fancy something out of this World Gordon Smith just made me this.... rguitars.co.uk/products/gordon-smith-gatsby-iridescent-custom Same principal. World Class guitar!
P.S. I'd like to add, that if I knew someone interested in guitar wanting to buy their first (or second , et al) acoustic or electric, you're who I'd send them too with confidence that they'd end up buying the right guitar for them offering maximum probability of sticking with it through that testing initio period.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
This was great - never really covered scales before, but this makes sense. Thanks for putting it together.
A nice thing I just noticed/learned with your video that I don't think you pointed, that little thing you did @ 24:42 and I don't know the name of, it exists because of how the tones work, as you start to explain at 21:00:
you go 1-2-3-4 with your fingers then go down one string with another 1-2-3-4. That happens because the fifth note on the first string would be down there, one semitone after the same note you play on 4. So you go down one, back five and one forward to continue the melody.
God damn it, writing this shows that I know absolutely nothing about music.
Really enjoying your RUclips channel which I’ve only just discovered. Is it just me but the root to the fifth much more like Star Wars although it does work with twinkle twinkle. Root to fourth sounds like auld lang syne to me. No wonder I’ve been struggling for so long...
The trouble I have is I learn theory and never use it and inevitably forget it as I mainly just learn songs. Learning my favourite songs is the reason I started to play guitar but I would love to be able to just jam, be it with friends or using a pedal. Of course that pedal would be the jampal...
Justin Taylor trust me. Keep subscribed and I promise you you will show you stuff you won’t want to forget and you will use. Promise
551 gotcha
So the point at the end is you're following the rules of a major scale in different tones , you could then play all over the fret board following those major scale rules and you wouldn't sound shit 😉
Great lesson again Richard the way way too understand intervals cant wait for the next lesson a guitar maintenance video would be great keep it up mate👍👍👍👍
Thank you 👍 very interesting and super helpful rich. keep it coming please!! ✌️
Excellent stuff Richard TTSTTTTST you are correct though you are no singer lol.. Stay safe.
Excellent lesson thank you 👍👍
Dear Sir, another great video. Please tell me what the second number after slash means? 2/9, 6/13?
This was my question also.
If you go up a tone from the octave, you have the 9th. See the sheet diagram or try it on your guitar. So the 9th is an octave up from the second. So, 2/9; same note but an octave apart. It’s similar from the 6th to the 13th. Try it. I fancy this will come later - but I’m not quite at the end of this video as I write. Good luck!
David Jackson see my reply on the same comment as yours - hopefully!
Ahhhh-now I see said the blind man! Thanks.
@@pierre6760 Thank you for your explanation!
Finally learning theory after about 40 years of avoiding it. Thanks for your lessons it's very much appreciated. Is there any books you would recommend also?