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Steve Stine Guitar Lessons I used to use the piano to make music I wouldn’t say I know “HOW” to play piano but I use it to make noice sounds, that’s what I’m trying. To learn on guitar and I’m trying to picture the top of the low e string all the way to the high e string to the bottom as like 1 string kinda like a piano
That is how you give a guitar lesson. You explain, show, review and not repeat yourself 400 times and show us 30different camera angles. We can all rewind and rewatch. Well done sir.
Newbie here. So if i start with e minor on the 12th fret . Then go to D on the tenth fret. How do i know how to connect. Is this by ear or do i have to know the top note must match the bottom note? Sorry for the dumb question
Another tool that has helped me tremendously, get a clip-on tuner and leave it on while you play. Watch it, see the note names, see how your fingering affects intonation and changes the notes ever so slightly. Use the tuner to dial in your bends and seeing note names as you play can really ingrain the theory into your head without even trying!
7:48 dude..... I've been binge watching your videos. And I've gotten better in the last 3 days, than in the last 6 months. GREAT way to start the new year! God Bless
Is this also the application if for example im jamming in the key of Gminor pentatonic backing track , do i need to chase the notes from each chord OR should i only emphasize the G notes?
This site is a blessing for this 62 year old self-taught singer/songwriter. This is the best teaching site on the internet I think! Steve lays it out to learn!! I have the chording and the rhythm down but I can still learn here and all of Steve's uploads! Steve keep on atrucking!!!
This really helped me a lot. I’m self-taught, and I’ve been trying to get past this intermediate rut I’ve been in. Other RUclipsrs give way too much information and confuse me, and others don’t give enough, and just advertise. So genuinely, thank you for your easy and explanatory lesson. 🤙🏽
Exactly what frustrates me. I NEVER go back if they pull the" I will show you this much but the rest you can buy" shows lack of confidence in their teaching ability. Steve S Rocks.
I stopped playing guitar about 2 decades ago. Im a self learner back then and I hit this wall. I couldn't make a solo, i dont know the theory, no music teacher to ask to, no you tube yet for quick reference, so I guess I just gave up. after 20 years, yesterday I bought an acoustic guitar, I guess my love for playin' is burried within my DNA. after playin' for a while (resting my fingers cause it hurts) I run accross your channel, and wow! I think I hit my "aha!" moment... now Im thinkin' to get an electric guitar again. thank you man!
I havent even been alive for 20 years and I already feel like im out of time and behind on mastering the guitar thats amazing that you can still have the drive to want to learn very inspiring
Self taught for 40 years. Taught my son every thing that I know. Thank you Steve for enlightening me on connecting the 5 positions of E minor pentatonic. I have already forwarded a link to my son so we can work on this together.
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Only took me 10 years to finally find a video that actually helps with fret knowledge, I lost my drive during highschool to continue learning because i was self taught coming back now 6 years later is refreshing
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Picked up a guitar a few weeks ago, and started playing again. First time since high school. I have been watching your videos on scale and theory, love them. Was trying to learn some blues licks last night and it all just clicked as to how to connect the positions. Still a work in progress, but I was able to meander across the fretboard for a solid 10 minutes. Really appreciate all that you do on here. Wish youtube was around when I was in highschool. Probably wouldnt have had all the frustration that caused me to give it up.
Been playin for 14 years. Put my guitar down while running through some scales to write this comment. Great job. You rock. It's almost impossible to find someone to explain this the way you did. Thanks.
After playing for 45 years you have helped me to break very many barriers I have had even at my level of playing your way of instruction is absolutely superb my friend
I have been playing guitar for 30+ years but always pretty much just rhythm. Now I am probably not your average viewer because we play and sing bluegrass gospel. I have never been able to pick a "break" or even a "turnaround", as we call it in bluegrass, no matter how many good pickers I watched or tried to learn from. Your videos are an actual Godsend because I have learned and understood more about my fret board in the last few weeks since finding your lessons on here than I did in all of those years. A big part of that for me is that it is very evident you love to teach and know how to teach. Thank you.
Steve, I'm 57 (this year), and have been noodling on a guitar since I was 14. In this video, I've picked up more useful information that has STUCK than in almost 40 years of self learning frustration. My time constraints at this stage of my life have me in planted in different tasks for most of my waking hours, and have forced me to place the axe in a hanger more than it is played. Since seeing this, I have a much renewed drive, and will be using your methodology to once again do something that I dearly love. For that; I sincerely thank you! 🙏 🤘✌️
i was gobsmacked the entire way through, i have never heard ANYONE explain the fretboard in this manner and it's absolutely eye-opening and simple!!! big crazy thanks, holy moly!
What is amazing about Steve Stine is that he has the ability to communicate these patterns (or ruts) that we get stuck in, and how to actually move forward or take what we learned and transfer it to something new or to a new level.
Hey steve, i hope you too probably know tge feeling of satisfaction, happiness you get when u r self taught guy & something u hve been sowing for comes up from nowhere. Thats my case with ur videos. Helped me a lott lottt in improving my skills & missing knowledge. Thanks a lot to you mate.
To anyone wanting to learn and are searching youtube....you have found the right guy! I think I have watched all of his videos on pentatonic scales, and man......learned more from him in a couple weeks than ever! I have searched RUclips and searched teachers in order to learn, and Steve is the one. It is a lot of work and I am in the meandering phase, but it is paying off! I have watched chord theory and caged system and had to stop. I need to stay focused on penta for now. I am stoked knowing those lessons are available when I am ready! So excited and inspired from Steve! It is overwhelming at times but love your saying "it's not all or nothing" You are the best man!
Can’t POSSIBLY express to you how well timed this video was. Was literally just looking through books and watching videos on how to extend my soloing. This was exactly what I needed. Cheers man
Another self taught player here. Steve, your way of showing and explaining the guitar in sections and patterns has unlocked an entire new world of guitar for me. Your detailed yet simplified way of explaining the fretboard is beyond exceptional. You take the fear and confusion out of complicated theory and make it easy to understand and duplicate. You have such incredible talent both as a teacher and musician.Thank you for sharing this with us brother! God Bless you and yours and keep them happy, healthy and safe!
the fact that he gives us all this information, and really helps anyone at any level of musical knowledge, and it's all for free! honestly a great guy!
Steve.. I discovered today while studying c scale that when on a note anywhere on the fretboard that you can play the corresponding chord by applying the chord shape of the string name that note sits on at that spot.. you bar on that fret. For example.. at the 7th position.. the notes are B,E,A,D,F#,B... which sit on the E,A,D,G,B,E strings.. so.. if I wanna play a B chord at the 7th fret I simply put my bar there and apply the E chord form.. to play the E chord at the 7th fret I bar there and play the A chord form.. and so on... duh.. so easy now to play chords for the notes on the fretboard.. which basically serve as the root note of the chord.. woohoo!!! Learning.. sorry for the long comment I hope others can benefit from it.. hey everyone.. try it.. right the. Let’s down for each string then try what I said .. another example, 5th position/fret, A note sits on the E string.. so, bar the 5th position and play the E chord shape and u get the a chord, the D note sits on the A string at the 5th position so play the A chord form and you get a d chord musically.. ha! Damn! Enjoy all!!
I’m fairly new… I’ve been taking lessons for a couple of months and I’ve been beating up the Pentatonic scales on a regular basis. My instructor took note of this, and began teaching me the same thing you’ve shown here. Your explanation kinda hit home a little more, and helped me to think of ways to improve what I’m doing. Everyone online seems to boast of some sort of “magical scale/ guitar technique” which has eluded guitar teaching through the ages, and dispels learning scales. The more I spend practicing and diving into scales - it really boils down to the instructor and desire of the student. I’m 56, retired and have a long life of experiences. Perhaps my discipline is different from my younger peers, maybe it’s the time I can afford to learn and practice. Regardless, the basics you stressed in learning is noteworthy in comparison to the other online tutorials. This is the second of your videos I’ve had bounce across my feed, and both videos hit home and opened my eyes after being 1 on 1 in a classroom. That’s the hallmark of an excellent instructor. Thank you for sharing your gift.
Thanks Steve, this has been one of the best lessons I've gotten here on Y-T, just listening to you explaining how to connect the scales are very inspiring, you're very talented and I'm not sure if you knows how good you are as a Teacher/Instructor not boring at all, keep on making guitar players happy best wishes.
Outstanding! I'm been playing since I was 13, playing for decades and have never been able to solo effectively. Your teaching appeals to my logic. I learned to play piano in my mid thirties, my teacher taught in the same manor, logic. Music started to make sense. Your videos are helping me tremendously. Thank You!
Dear Steve,i'm so glad i found your channel!For me this is by far the most creative,inspiring and relaxt guitar course on the net!You are able to explain things in such a clear and simple way,and you take away all the fears of doing somthing wrong!Thanx a lot for your fantastic work!🙏
You are a very talented guitar player my friend but, it doesn't stop there. You are a phenomenal teacher as well and that says a lot. Great teachers are far and few between. Keep up the good work.
Howdy Steve .. Your emphasis on beginning slow and moving up through to faster tempos using a metronome when one "meanders" has been "so going back to re-learn or re-visit" years of not just approaching my solo processes but also moving between standard "root in the bass" box shape chords to actually seeing their alternate shapes to switch with ease into their inversions "with 3rd, 5th, etc in the bass" .. your meandering technique and the metronome .. PRICELESS!!!
Steve I got to tell you. I’ve been stuck in a guitar rut for a long time and I stumbled across your videos and I am out of the rut you are the best teacher I’ve seen and have listen to thank you so much for giving so much of your time to teach us
Glad you got out of the rut! And thank YOU for watching! :-) By the way, if you like Steve’s RUclips videos, go here → guitarzoom.com/join And check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membership. Members get unlimited streaming of more than 40 of Steve’s best guitar courses, including Play Guitar For Life, CAGED Made Simple, Music Theory Made Easy, and many more. Plus you get access to an ever-growing community of guitar players, so you can ask questions, share your progress, and get help achieving your goals on guitar. Be sure to check it out, and no matter what, keep playing! -- Mike from GuitarZoom
Hey Steve I’m trying to become a member so I can get your classes instead of just going to RUclips videos am I doing something wrong I can’t find it. What do you recommend I first start with?
I got it!!!! I’m coming on board. It’s my birthday on April 28 so I’m gonna buy myself the premium membership all I have is my iPhone hopefully I can do it with that I don’t have a computer.
I’ve been searching thru RUclips for weeks trying to find a real instructor. After a dozen or so mishaps I came across this vid and knew my search was over. Great lesson really explained simply and well. I’m looking forward to getting back into playing again now that I’ve found some real guidance. Great job.
Never thought about it this way. I always thought of the 5th position as "pentatonic box 2" and rarely used it. Starting and ending on the same notes is key.
This is the most explained video lesson about penta in youtube. For several years ive been stucked to the patterns i dont how to use and got bored. Now s the time to push forward while staying safe at home
I had a great teacher we nick named Joe Bad. The first time I learned the pentatonic scale; I learned it on all twelve frets. After that the same pattern repeats itself. Off course there are notes in the scale you miss along the way but all you have to do is learn those notes later on the frets that you pass bye while running up or down the necks. In hind site I was lucky to have such a good teacher who from the start taught me to visualize and run up and down the fret board. Best thing to do is to learn to start at 1st fret for all seven notes a-g and run through until the same shape starts again.
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Ive been playing by ear for the past 11 years never tried to learn any theory. Recently started watching alot of your videos....and by God everything makes sense now and writing has become alot for fluent. Thank you.
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Steve, You're amazing. You inspired me to try guitar. I've never touched one before. What would be the first thing to learn in your professional opinion? I know 0 about guitar.
Mitchell Loven open chords and power chords definitely, try and memorize the notes on the 6 & 5 th string, you’ll be playing cool stuff in no time hahah.
Just stumbled onto your vids. I'm a self taught noodler who has been stuck in perpetual low-intermediate mode. You have been so helpful. I love your teaching style. Thank you.
Thanks for watching, Chris! Glad Steve's videos have been helpful. :-) Just wanted to give a heads-up, if you enjoy Steve’s RUclips videos, you should definitely go here and check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membership → guitarzoom.com/join Members get unlimited streaming of 40+ of Steve’s best guitar courses, including ✔️ CAGED Made Simple ✔️ Unlocking The Fretboard Connection ✔️ Music Theory Made Easy ✔️ Play Guitar For Life ✔️ Blues Guitar ✔️ Rock Licks ✔️ Acoustic Guitar ... and many more. The courses cover a wide variety of guitar subjects, and there are courses for all skill levels. No matter where you are in your guitar journey, you’ll reach the next level FAST as a GuitarZoom Member. :-) If you want to know more about music theory, Music Theory Made Easy is the perfect place to start. Go here to watch free preview videos from the course: guitarzoom.com/products/music-theory-made-easy-2 Make sure you watch all the videos, and no matter what, keep playing! -- Mike from GuitarZoom P.S. Want to check out video reviews from GuitarZoom Members? Go here → guitarzoom.com/reviews
I have been watching your channel for a few months. you are a very good player and teacher... I'm sure I can speak for all of us guitar players that want to take our playing further, and say thank you!
I enjoyed the wisdom in this lesson and the fact that you see it all as a journey with no destination. You never stop learning on the guitar even things you think you know inside out and upside down can reveal new hidden treasures if you look at them from a different standpoint. You're a good teacher and I think I'll watch more of your videos and maybe even take on a course. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
I took lessons for a few years back when I was a teenager I’ve always loved guitar but I didn’t really take it seriously back then. I’m in my 30’s now and thanks to your videos and a few others I’m back to my theory studies and moving right along....Thanks!
0:58 seconds into this video you described every problem I have been trying to get past and some problems I didn't even realize I had. This is great man, thank you
Thanks for watching! :-) Just wanted to give a heads-up, if you enjoy Steve’s RUclips videos, you should definitely go here and check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membership → guitarzoom.com/join Members get unlimited streaming of 40+ of Steve’s best guitar courses, including ✔️ CAGED Made Simple ✔️ Barre Chords Made Easy ✔️ Ear Training 2.0 ✔️ Unlocking The Fretboard Connection ✔️ Chord Chasing Mastery ✔️ Music Theory Made Easy ✔️ Play Guitar For Life ✔️ Blues Guitar ✔️ Rock Licks ✔️ Acoustic Guitar ...and many more. The courses cover a wide variety of guitar subjects, and there are courses for all skill levels. No matter where you are in your guitar journey, you’ll reach the next level FAST as a GuitarZoom Member. :-) If you want to discover more about connecting scale patterns across the fretboard, go here and watch some free preview videos from Steve’s course Unlocking The Fretboard Connection: guitarzoom.com/products/unlocking-the-fretboard-connection-4 Make sure you check it out, and no matter what, keep playing! -- Mike from GuitarZoom P.S. Want to check out video reviews from GuitarZoom Members? Go here → guitarzoom.com/reviews
Thank you for posting this. It is so much easier for me to learn by hearing the explanation and watching it demonstrated than it is just reading it out of a book.
The mode you're calling the "new first mode" IS already the 5th mode of the minor pentatonic scale. It's the tower mode. Well that's what I've heard it called anyways. There are only 5 petatonic modes. Once you learn those 5 modes you can go between boxes easily and open the fretboard. You could show how the G major pentatonic scale is the same as the E minor pentatonic scale. You use the same modes you just go from G to G instead of E to E. All keys have a built in major key to a minor key. Like A minor is C major. D minor is F major and so on. Idk what ppl other know. But that's what I was taught.
This is an eyeopener for me, thank you so much for explaining it so that I as a fair beginner can understand it without banging my head a lot. I am a drummer, but after 20+ years of beating the drums I want to learn something new and you sir are helping a lot.
Glad I stumbled across this video. I’ve been picking up and putting down the guitar for close to 40 years. I never really took it serious. I’d get to a plateau and hit a wall. My patience is terrible. Well at 49 I decided I’m going to teach myself. This was helpful. Thanks brother.
Thanks for the kind words, Gavin! :-) Just wanted to give a heads-up, if you enjoy Steve’s RUclips videos, you should definitely go here and check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membership → guitarzoom.com/join Members get unlimited streaming of 40+ of Steve’s best guitar courses, including ✔️ CAGED Made Simple ✔️ Unlocking The Fretboard Connection ✔️ Music Theory Made Easy ✔️ Play Guitar For Life ✔️ Blues Guitar ✔️ Rock Licks ✔️ Acoustic Guitar ... and many more. The courses cover a wide variety of guitar subjects, and there are courses for all skill levels. No matter where you are in your guitar journey, you’ll reach the next level FAST as a GuitarZoom Member. :-) If you want to know more about music theory, Music Theory Made Easy is the perfect place to start. Go here to watch free preview videos from the course: guitarzoom.com/products/music-theory-made-easy-2 Make sure you watch all the videos, and no matter what, keep playing! -- Mike from GuitarZoom P.S. Want to check out video reviews from GuitarZoom Members? Go here → guitarzoom.com/reviews
Good Sunday afternoon Steve. I stumbled upon this video and I can't thank you enough. You definitely opened my mind to look at my fretboard in a new and refreshing way. I put your advise to work as soon as the video was over and I have already gained so much more freedom to move in and out. Thanks so much for the knowledge you share with us. God Bless.
Great video man, I've been playing for about 12 years now and always would want to stay in that same box because I didn't know how to venture out onto the fret board, I picked up that exercise and have been amazed that in 15 mins of playing around, I could make up my own solos and they actually went together, learned something in 15 mins that I've been trying to do for years, props to your teaching skills
Thanks for the kind words! And thanks for sharing your experience! :-) By the way, make sure you check out the GuitarZoom Christmas Sale → guitarzoom.com/christmassale/ Because from now to December 25, you can get up to 95% OFF some of Steve’s most popular guitar courses, including Music Theory For Life (60% OFF), Acoustic Guitar (67% OFF), Modes Masterclass (75% OFF) and much more. Best part is, each course comes with lots of free bonuses, so you can continue on your guitar journey even after you finish the course. Click the link above to check it out, and no matter what, keep playing! -- Mike from GuitarZoom P.S.Get up to 95% OFF Steve’s most popular guitar courses through December 25th → guitarzoom.com/christmassale/
WOW! This lesson has opened up the entire fretboard to me! I wish I had learned this years ago. I always played 'vertically' in one position vs horizontally across the fret board. I feel new and improved!!
Awesome! Glad Steve's video helped open up the fretboard for you. :-) Just wanted to let you know, if you enjoy Steve’s RUclips videos, you should definitely check out the new GuitarZoom Premium Membership → guitarzoom.com/join Members get unlimited streaming of more than 40 of Steve’s best guitar courses, like CAGED Made Simple, Music Theory Made Easy, Play Guitar For Life, Blues Guitar, Rock Licks, Acoustic Guitar, and many more. The courses cover a wide variety of topics, and there are courses designed for all skill-levels. So wherever you are in your guitar journey, you can get to the next level FAST as a GuitarZoom Member. :-) If you want to know more about scales, All About Scales is the perfect place to start. Go here to check it out: guitarzoom.com/products/all-about-scales-3 Make sure you check it out, and no matter what, keep playing! -- Mike from GuitarZoom
Hi I enjoyed and learn a lot here online from you and basically usiing acoustic guitar but start thinking now whether I should buy an electric as it is difficult to bend strings and produce sounds which are difficult to produce in acoustic. I thought you are on live tonight as I got facebook message.
Great thanks, 30 years mucking around, too shy to try, finally did a beginners course, am stretching into intermediate at times, this lesson is another gift from a generous teacher. I am so grateful for Steve’s clear explanations and his enthusiasm is definitely catching, I am now planning my stellar career at the age of 53, look out, here I come!
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Great video and great instructor, I spent years noodling around, not really knowing what I was playing and what worked together properly. I decided to finally sit and spend some time learning what I need to know. This video alone has helped and inspired me to immerse myself even more in the theory side, 10/10.
So I guess the moving between the positions part basically means sliding or otherwise playing 3 notes on the string you're moving on... or even just picking when to move and play any of the notes in that next position. I need to spend some time on this :/
After years of 'sort of' playing the guitar, I stumbled across your videos on RUclips, Steve. I have learned more in the last two weeks than in the previous twenty years I think! Your manner also makes me want to learn more - just brilliant. Thanks
Your guitar lessons are awesome, but besides that, your broad view (seeing through the eyes of the viewer) on the subject you are explaining is astounding. You are a gem. I think your philosophy and approach to life is something to look up to. I believe that you are not a just an extraordinary guitar teacher, but you would be an extraordinary teacher overall no matter the subject you pursue... Thank you
Steve no words to thank you ! I t was getting monotonous to play Pentatonic Scales up and down in the same place. I wanted to move out of it and play all over the place on the fret board. I tired it but it was never melodious as I was playing wherever I felt like ( sort of unguided notes ). You gave me the idea of how to go about it ! Thanks once again Steve !
Just wanna thank you Steve, you and Paul Davids have truly opened my eyes. I'm self taught, been playing for 20 plus yrs and never really knew the exact pentatonic scale. Because of you a light bulb has been lit! Thanks brother 🤘
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Awesome brother, ty. I really appreciate you. There's many out there trying to help all types of guitarist, but only a few like you and Paul Davids really explain yourselves well👊
and He is! Millions of us know him and follow is videos and courses. But I know... you meant Steve should be doing world tours in one of the greatest rock or Metal bands, yeah would love to go to his show! keep it rockin Leo
Thanks for the lesson man! You've been SO helpful to me as far as just keeping at it and not giving up. CLARITY is becoming a reality here, rock on Steve!
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Steve Stine Guitar Lessons Steve you are hands down the best soloist trainer on RUclips forsure
Steve Stine Guitar Lessons I used to use the piano to make music I wouldn’t say I know “HOW” to play piano but I use it to make noice sounds, that’s what I’m trying. To learn on guitar and I’m trying to picture the top of the low e string all the way to the high e string to the bottom as like 1 string kinda like a piano
Thank you steve
I like the style ure playn it's got that Jimi Hendrix sound
Hey Steve! what effects are you using?
That is how you give a guitar lesson. You explain, show, review and not repeat yourself 400 times and show us 30different camera angles. We can all rewind and rewatch. Well done sir.
Thanks Roy.
Amen to that brother direct and specific
Roy Guidry exactly. Steve is a very patient teacher obviously. He seems to have experienced all kinds of students on every kind of level.
I’m Definitely going to do that
Newbie here. So if i start with e minor on the 12th fret . Then go to D on the tenth fret. How do i know how to connect. Is this by ear or do i have to know the top note must match the bottom note? Sorry for the dumb question
This guy is without a doubt the best guitar teacher on youtube. He gets how a beginner or intermediate is thinking and feeling.
Another tool that has helped me tremendously, get a clip-on tuner and leave it on while you play. Watch it, see the note names, see how your fingering affects intonation and changes the notes ever so slightly. Use the tuner to dial in your bends and seeing note names as you play can really ingrain the theory into your head without even trying!
That's a good idea! I'm gonna try that!
Great tip.. thanks for sharing 🤩
That's brilliant. Never thought of that. Thanks!
Great idea!
So obvious but so genius!
7:48 dude..... I've been binge watching your videos. And I've gotten better in the last 3 days, than in the last 6 months. GREAT way to start the new year! God Bless
Glad to hear! God Bless you as well!
Same sht!!! Steve is the best!!!
Is this also the application if for example im jamming in the key of Gminor pentatonic backing track , do i need to chase the notes from each chord OR should i only emphasize the G notes?
Was gonna say the same thing… improved more in a month than month is or even a year before
This site is a blessing for this 62 year old self-taught singer/songwriter. This is the best teaching site on the internet I think! Steve lays it out to learn!! I have the chording and the rhythm down but I can still learn here and all of Steve's uploads! Steve keep on atrucking!!!
Thank you!
After 35 years, I am finally breaking out of 'the box'! Thanks, Steve, you are a good teacher. I'm quite excited about where my soloing could go now.
This really helped me a lot. I’m self-taught, and I’ve been trying to get past this intermediate rut I’ve been in. Other RUclipsrs give way too much information and confuse me, and others don’t give enough, and just advertise. So genuinely, thank you for your easy and explanatory lesson. 🤙🏽
Miracle Jai Same, I’m trying to get better and out of this stage. Just keep rocking on!
Exactly what frustrates me. I NEVER go back if they pull the" I will show you this much but the rest you can buy" shows lack of confidence in their teaching ability. Steve S Rocks.
Well put mate
I stopped playing guitar about 2 decades ago. Im a self learner back then and I hit this wall. I couldn't make a solo, i dont know the theory, no music teacher to ask to, no you tube yet for quick reference, so I guess I just gave up. after 20 years, yesterday I bought an acoustic guitar, I guess my love for playin' is burried within my DNA. after playin' for a while (resting my fingers cause it hurts) I run accross your channel, and wow! I think I hit my "aha!" moment... now Im thinkin' to get an electric guitar again. thank you man!
I havent even been alive for 20 years and I already feel like im out of time and behind on mastering the guitar thats amazing that you can still have the drive to want to learn very inspiring
Self taught for 40 years. Taught my son every thing that I know. Thank you Steve for enlightening me on connecting the 5 positions of E minor pentatonic. I have already forwarded a link to my son so we can work on this together.
Awesome! Thanks for watching, and thanks for sharing your story! :-)
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Only took me 10 years to finally find a video that actually helps with fret knowledge, I lost my drive during highschool to continue learning because i was self taught coming back now 6 years later is refreshing
Steve is probably the best teacher on youtube along with the-art-of-guitar.
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I have been teaching myself guitar for a year now strictly off RUclips and this video just blew my mind. Most helpful video I’ve seen yet.
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Picked up a guitar a few weeks ago, and started playing again. First time since high school. I have been watching your videos on scale and theory, love them. Was trying to learn some blues licks last night and it all just clicked as to how to connect the positions. Still a work in progress, but I was able to meander across the fretboard for a solid 10 minutes. Really appreciate all that you do on here. Wish youtube was around when I was in highschool. Probably wouldnt have had all the frustration that caused me to give it up.
Been playin for 14 years. Put my guitar down while running through some scales to write this comment. Great job. You rock. It's almost impossible to find someone to explain this the way you did. Thanks.
After playing for 45 years you have helped me to break very many barriers I have had even at my level of playing your way of instruction is absolutely superb my friend
I have been playing guitar for 30+ years but always pretty much just rhythm. Now I am probably not your average viewer because we play and sing bluegrass gospel. I have never been able to pick a "break" or even a "turnaround", as we call it in bluegrass, no matter how many good pickers I watched or tried to learn from. Your videos are an actual Godsend because I have learned and understood more about my fret board in the last few weeks since finding your lessons on here than I did in all of those years. A big part of that for me is that it is very evident you love to teach and know how to teach. Thank you.
Steve, I'm 57 (this year), and have been noodling on a guitar since I was 14. In this video, I've picked up more useful information that has STUCK than in almost 40 years of self learning frustration.
My time constraints at this stage of my life have me in planted in different tasks for most of my waking hours, and have forced me to place the axe in a hanger more than it is played. Since seeing this, I have a much renewed drive, and will be using your methodology to once again do something that I dearly love.
For that; I sincerely thank you!
🙏 🤘✌️
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i was gobsmacked the entire way through, i have never heard ANYONE explain the fretboard in this manner and it's absolutely eye-opening and simple!!! big crazy thanks, holy moly!
What is amazing about Steve Stine is that he has the ability to communicate these patterns (or ruts) that we get stuck in, and how to actually move forward or take what we learned and transfer it to something new or to a new level.
This meandering thing is amazing. Learned more in 10 mins than in the past 2 hours of other videos. Thank you good sir :D
Hey steve, i hope you too probably know tge feeling of satisfaction, happiness you get when u r self taught guy & something u hve been sowing for comes up from nowhere. Thats my case with ur videos. Helped me a lott lottt in improving my skills & missing knowledge. Thanks a lot to you mate.
To anyone wanting to learn and are searching youtube....you have found the right guy! I think I have watched all of his videos on pentatonic scales, and man......learned more from him in a couple weeks than ever! I have searched RUclips and searched teachers in order to learn, and Steve is the one. It is a lot of work and I am in the meandering phase, but it is paying off! I have watched chord theory and caged system and had to stop. I need to stay focused on penta for now. I am stoked knowing those lessons are available when I am ready! So excited and inspired from Steve! It is overwhelming at times but love your saying "it's not all or nothing" You are the best man!
There are many great guitar players out there, but not many know how to spread their knowledge like you! Thanks man!
Can’t POSSIBLY express to you how well timed this video was. Was literally just looking through books and watching videos on how to extend my soloing. This was exactly what I needed. Cheers man
24 years of tinkering with scales and this is the first time someone has explained it in a way I understand
Another self taught player here. Steve, your way of showing and explaining the guitar in sections and patterns has unlocked an entire new world of guitar for me. Your detailed yet simplified way of explaining the fretboard is beyond exceptional. You take the fear and confusion out of complicated theory and make it easy to understand and duplicate. You have such incredible talent both as a teacher and musician.Thank you for sharing this with us brother! God Bless you and yours and keep them happy, healthy and safe!
10:25 onwards he describes an exercise that makes this actionable and hardwired into your brain. Bravo Steve !
it helped me so much it's amazing
the fact that he gives us all this information, and really helps anyone at any level of musical knowledge, and it's all for free! honestly a great guy!
Steve.. I discovered today while studying c scale that when on a note anywhere on the fretboard that you can play the corresponding chord by applying the chord shape of the string name that note sits on at that spot.. you bar on that fret. For example.. at the 7th position.. the notes are B,E,A,D,F#,B... which sit on the E,A,D,G,B,E strings.. so.. if I wanna play a B chord at the 7th fret I simply put my bar there and apply the E chord form.. to play the E chord at the 7th fret I bar there and play the A chord form.. and so on... duh.. so easy now to play chords for the notes on the fretboard.. which basically serve as the root note of the chord.. woohoo!!! Learning.. sorry for the long comment I hope others can benefit from it.. hey everyone.. try it.. right the. Let’s down for each string then try what I said .. another example, 5th position/fret, A note sits on the E string.. so, bar the 5th position and play the E chord shape and u get the a chord, the D note sits on the A string at the 5th position so play the A chord form and you get a d chord musically.. ha! Damn! Enjoy all!!
Wow, thank you :)
A or Aminor?
This is the basis of the CAGED system.
thank you for sharing
Im a beginner too..I think this is the CAGED system
I’m fairly new… I’ve been taking lessons for a couple of months and I’ve been beating up the Pentatonic scales on a regular basis. My instructor took note of this, and began teaching me the same thing you’ve shown here. Your explanation kinda hit home a little more, and helped me to think of ways to improve what I’m doing. Everyone online seems to boast of some sort of “magical scale/ guitar technique” which has eluded guitar teaching through the ages, and dispels learning scales. The more I spend practicing and diving into scales - it really boils down to the instructor and desire of the student. I’m 56, retired and have a long life of experiences. Perhaps my discipline is different from my younger peers, maybe it’s the time I can afford to learn and practice. Regardless, the basics you stressed in learning is noteworthy in comparison to the other online tutorials. This is the second of your videos I’ve had bounce across my feed, and both videos hit home and opened my eyes after being 1 on 1 in a classroom. That’s the hallmark of an excellent instructor. Thank you for sharing your gift.
Thanks Steve, this has been one of the best lessons I've gotten here on Y-T, just listening to you explaining how to connect the scales are very inspiring, you're very talented and I'm not sure if you knows how good you are as a Teacher/Instructor not boring at all, keep on making guitar players happy best wishes.
Outstanding! I'm been playing since I was 13, playing for decades and have never been able to solo effectively. Your teaching appeals to my logic. I learned to play piano in my mid thirties, my teacher taught in the same manor, logic. Music started to make sense. Your videos are helping me tremendously. Thank You!
When it comes to music theory Steve Stine is the man!
I can't believe how much this lesson just opened the fretboard up for my soloing this is awesome and exactly what i was looking for..ty Steve!!
You are most welcome!
I love your style of teaching sir, everyone can easily understand even a beginner...
Thanks. I just got rid of a scale issue that was bugging me for years. It took me 5 minutes to understand it from you.
Dear Steve,i'm so glad i found your channel!For me this is by far the most creative,inspiring and relaxt guitar course on the net!You are able to explain things in such a clear and simple way,and you take away all the fears of doing somthing wrong!Thanx a lot for your fantastic work!🙏
I'm a music instructor thinking of different ways to get people past intermediate. This is a great lesson Steve!
You are a very talented guitar player my friend but, it doesn't stop there. You are a phenomenal teacher as well and that says a lot. Great teachers are far and few between. Keep up the good work.
I am amazed by your teaching. Ever since I subscribed to your channel, my guitar life's never been the same
this guy can teach , you dont feel bored at all! good job
Out of all the teachers on utube you have what I need to expand my creativity more than the others. Thanks Steve.
I'm so glad to hear that, Mark!
Excellent Steve, thanks.You're a superb teacher.
Thank you Allan!
I was stuck exactly where you said.
I never thought about it like that . Thank you for opening up the fretboard to me. Your a star teacher
Howdy Steve .. Your emphasis on beginning slow and moving up through to faster tempos using a metronome when one "meanders" has been "so going back to re-learn or re-visit" years of not just approaching my solo processes but also moving between standard "root in the bass" box shape chords to actually seeing their alternate shapes to switch with ease into their inversions "with 3rd, 5th, etc in the bass" .. your meandering technique and the metronome .. PRICELESS!!!
Awesome!
Steve I got to tell you. I’ve been stuck in a guitar rut for a long time and I stumbled across your videos and I am out of the rut you are the best teacher I’ve seen and have listen to thank you so much for giving so much of your time to teach us
Glad you got out of the rut! And thank YOU for watching! :-)
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I got it!!!! I’m coming on board. It’s my birthday on April 28 so I’m gonna buy myself the premium membership all I have is my iPhone hopefully I can do it with that I don’t have a computer.
i have learned a ton from you, especially how to play between major and minor. thank you for caring and sharing sir
I’ve been searching thru RUclips for weeks trying to find a real instructor. After a dozen or so mishaps I came across this vid and knew my search was over. Great lesson really explained simply and well. I’m looking forward to getting back into playing again now that I’ve found some real guidance. Great job.
Thanks Steve. It help me a lot for my hugging guitar player someday
This guy is so humble. Really appreciate his tutorials!
Never thought about it this way. I always thought of the 5th position as "pentatonic box 2" and rarely used it. Starting and ending on the same notes is key.
This is the most explained video lesson about penta in youtube. For several years ive been stucked to the patterns i dont how to use and got bored. Now s the time to push forward while staying safe at home
I had a great teacher we nick named Joe Bad. The first time I learned the pentatonic scale; I learned it on all twelve frets. After that the same pattern repeats itself. Off course there are notes in the scale you miss along the way but all you have to do is learn those notes later on the frets that you pass bye while running up or down the necks. In hind site I was lucky to have such a good teacher who from the start taught me to visualize and run up and down the fret board. Best thing to do is to learn to start at 1st fret for all seven notes a-g and run through until the same shape starts again.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge, Arajoaina! :-)
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Ive been playing by ear for the past 11 years never tried to learn any theory. Recently started watching alot of your videos....and by God everything makes sense now and writing has become alot for fluent. Thank you.
Extremely useful! I will be applying everything you taught!!!
What you just taught in this video is priceless. Ive heard similar things all these years but never explained as well and as simple. Thank you
Great teaching skills along with playing skills! Thanks, Steve!
Steve you are amazing brother! I know you can out shred 99% of everyone! But you are humble and that makes you an awesome teacher! Thanks man!!
Thanks for everything. .always making breakthroughs in my learning of the guitar thanks to you.
Every time I’m stuck with how to progress, Steve’s videos show exactly how to progress. Such a great teacher. Thanks Steve.
Thanks for the kind words, Rob! And thanks for sharing your experience! :-)
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Steve,
You're amazing. You inspired me to try guitar. I've never touched one before. What would be the first thing to learn in your professional opinion? I know 0 about guitar.
Mitchell Loven open chords and power chords definitely, try and memorize the notes on the 6 & 5 th string, you’ll be playing cool stuff in no time hahah.
Just stumbled onto your vids. I'm a self taught noodler who has been stuck in perpetual low-intermediate mode. You have been so helpful. I love your teaching style. Thank you.
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This video cleared up things I didn't even know I was confused about
That's Steve Stine for you 😊
I have been watching your channel for a few months. you are a very good player and teacher... I'm sure I can speak for all of us guitar players that want to take our playing further, and say thank you!
I learned more in the first 4 minutes of this video. Than I have in the last five years lol.
I enjoyed the wisdom in this lesson and the fact that you see it all as a journey with no destination. You never stop learning on the guitar even things you think you know inside out and upside down can reveal new hidden treasures if you look at them from a different standpoint. You're a good teacher and I think I'll watch more of your videos and maybe even take on a course. Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
Thank you so very much, you are brilliant and very inspirational.
Love your lessons.
Please, please keep up the great work. 😃🎸
I took lessons for a few years back when I was a teenager I’ve always loved guitar but I didn’t really take it seriously back then. I’m in my 30’s now and thanks to your videos and a few others I’m back to my theory studies and moving right along....Thanks!
Absolutely brilliant guitar lesson 🙏
0:58 seconds into this video you described every problem I have been trying to get past and some problems I didn't even realize I had. This is great man, thank you
Thanks for watching! :-)
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Best explanation for this issue ever!!!
Awesome to hear!
Thank you for posting this. It is so much easier for me to learn by hearing the explanation and watching it demonstrated than it is just reading it out of a book.
The mode you're calling the "new first mode" IS already the 5th mode of the minor pentatonic scale. It's the tower mode. Well that's what I've heard it called anyways. There are only 5 petatonic modes. Once you learn those 5 modes you can go between boxes easily and open the fretboard. You could show how the G major pentatonic scale is the same as the E minor pentatonic scale. You use the same modes you just go from G to G instead of E to E. All keys have a built in major key to a minor key. Like A minor is C major. D minor is F major and so on. Idk what ppl other know. But that's what I was taught.
This is an eyeopener for me, thank you so much for explaining it so that I as a fair beginner can understand it without banging my head a lot. I am a drummer, but after 20+ years of beating the drums I want to learn something new and you sir are helping a lot.
We're always learning😃
Glad I stumbled across this video. I’ve been picking up and putting down the guitar for close to 40 years. I never really took it serious. I’d get to a plateau and hit a wall. My patience is terrible. Well at 49 I decided I’m going to teach myself. This was helpful. Thanks brother.
Steve's the Bob Ross of the guitar world!
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Good Sunday afternoon Steve. I stumbled upon this video and I can't thank you enough. You definitely opened my mind to look at my fretboard in a new and refreshing way. I put your advise to work as soon as the video was over and I have already gained so much more freedom to move in and out. Thanks so much for the knowledge you share with us. God Bless.
Great video man, I've been playing for about 12 years now and always would want to stay in that same box because I didn't know how to venture out onto the fret board, I picked up that exercise and have been amazed that in 15 mins of playing around, I could make up my own solos and they actually went together, learned something in 15 mins that I've been trying to do for years, props to your teaching skills
Thanks for the kind words! And thanks for sharing your experience! :-)
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Also helped me I was practicing the exact penatonic you used so it was a great lesson for me
WOW! This lesson has opened up the entire fretboard to me! I wish I had learned this years ago. I always played 'vertically' in one position vs horizontally across the fret board. I feel new and improved!!
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Hi I enjoyed and learn a lot here online from you and basically usiing acoustic guitar but start thinking now whether I should buy an electric as it is difficult to bend strings and produce sounds which are difficult to produce in acoustic. I thought you are on live tonight as I got facebook message.
Great thanks, 30 years mucking around, too shy to try, finally did a beginners course, am stretching into intermediate at times, this lesson is another gift from a generous teacher. I am so grateful for Steve’s clear explanations and his enthusiasm is definitely catching, I am now planning my stellar career at the age of 53, look out, here I come!
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Dude you rock! This really helped me out.✌️🤘
Great video and great instructor, I spent years noodling around, not really knowing what I was playing and what worked together properly. I decided to finally sit and spend some time learning what I need to know. This video alone has helped and inspired me to immerse myself even more in the theory side, 10/10.
So I guess the moving between the positions part basically means sliding or otherwise playing 3 notes on the string you're moving on... or even just picking when to move and play any of the notes in that next position. I need to spend some time on this :/
After years of 'sort of' playing the guitar, I stumbled across your videos on RUclips, Steve. I have learned more in the last two weeks than in the previous twenty years I think! Your manner also makes me want to learn more - just brilliant. Thanks
thank you very much steve it helps me alot ,,
Your guitar lessons are awesome, but besides that, your broad view (seeing through the eyes of the viewer) on the subject you are explaining is astounding. You are a gem. I think your philosophy and approach to life is something to look up to. I believe that you are not a just an extraordinary guitar teacher, but you would be an extraordinary teacher overall no matter the subject you pursue... Thank you
Steve no words to thank you !
I t was getting monotonous to play Pentatonic Scales up and down in the same place.
I wanted to move out of it and play all over the place on the fret board. I tired it but it was never melodious as I was playing wherever I felt like ( sort of unguided notes ). You gave me the idea of how to go about it !
Thanks once again Steve !
Just wanna thank you Steve, you and Paul Davids have truly opened my eyes. I'm self taught, been playing for 20 plus yrs and never really knew the exact pentatonic scale. Because of you a light bulb has been lit! Thanks brother 🤘
Awesome, Aaron! Thanks for watching, and thanks for sharing your light bulb moment! :-)
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Awesome brother, ty.
I really appreciate you. There's many out there trying to help all types of guitarist, but only a few like you and Paul Davids really explain yourselves well👊
Jesus...I have been in his “first position” since 1992 and this video just broke me out. Holy crap.
You’re the GOAT, Steve.
Me too bro. Me too.
Too good bro Thanks!
I subscribed to your channel. Been playing acoustic for 10 years, now i want to try electric guitar, i think you are the best teacher.
This guy should be a famous musician🙂
and He is! Millions of us know him and follow is videos and courses. But I know... you meant Steve should be doing world tours in one of the greatest rock or Metal bands, yeah would love to go to his show! keep it rockin Leo
Steve, thank you so much. You're helping more people than you probably realize. God Bless!
Great stuff, really helped. Thanks.
Thanks for the lesson man! You've been SO helpful to me as far as just keeping at it and not giving up. CLARITY is becoming a reality here, rock on Steve!
A wizard should never share his magic with mere mortals.
I found the Holy Grail. This is brilliant. Never of thought of putting scales together like this! CANADA!