Guitar walk-ups & walk-downs, explained
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
- Hey friends! Here's a quick question & answer video, where I'll talk about walk-ups and walk-downs, giving a quick to-the-point overview of what these are, when to use them, and how they work.
This question comes in from Patreon supporter Bill, who wrote:
"David, could you address walk ups and downs. Are there standard ones for each chord transition (a - c, c- g etc.). They really make a huge difference. I'm not sure where to start in adding them."
In answering Bill's question, I'll be showing the tool FretMonster which I've built and you can access here:
songnotes.net/fretmonster
This tool can help you visualize the notes in any key you pick, as shown on the fretboard. Also, the tool lets you change between seeing the notes with their name (e.g., C, F, G), or view those same notes but with their scale degree (e.g. 1, 4, 5). This can be a helpful way to see the notes of a scale in action, as they're positioned on the fretboard. And of course, I'll explain how walk-ups and walk-downs are essentially using these exact notes. Check out my video above for more!
Lessons I've made with walk-ups and walk-downs
If you're hungry for more, here's a list of the lessons I've made which make use of this general technique:
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Access my interactive fretboard web tool here: playsongnotes.com/fretmonster
Enjoy!
Yep, makes a lot more sense. And, it’s easier to find the notes to walk to. Thanks for sharing! Bud
Hi this fretmonster tool is great! is there any chance you can add a tab that switches it front right handed orientation to left handed orientation?
I can hardly do chords & I’m not sure what string to use using fret monster. I’ve had my guitar 3 days
@@Roofished are you enjoying your new guitar and hanging in there? It’s a lot of work but “perfect practice makes perfect” and it’s awesome when muscle memory takes over! I wish you the best!
Insane - this makes walk ups and downs just so clear. Excellent!
Your videos and a world pandemic allowed me to sit down and learn guitar. I'm still a novice but the fact I can pick up a guitar and play a little bit means a lot
Extremely simple but very educational video. I have struggled with this problem also. Thanks for enlightening us.
I´ve been incorporating a few walk-ups/downs in a couple of songs because I´ve learnt them specifically, like little unique tricks (Hallelujah, Let It Be and Hotel California). Watching this video just made all the lights come on, thank you so much! It all makes sense now, can´t wait to add it to other songs!
This is by far the best explanation of this anywhere. Thank you. Also fretmonster is awesome.
I need to rewatch this a few more times. It's starting to click. I know the 145 and 236 of each key but been swithing between cords only. Doing the step up and down to each makes it sound so much better. Sounds very Johny Cash, but love his music.
That's the best tool I've seen so far for understanding the fret board - pentatonic scales, caged - awesome thanks
Well done Dave! Happy New Year, wishing you and yours all the best for 2021. Thanks for the lesson and will look to use the fretmonster!
This is so awesome and Thankyou for sharing the monster for everyone I'm so grateful. You're such a good teacher
My goodness man, you’re the best I’ve found at explaining all of this. Thank you so much
Wonderful structured approach and overview - Now I understand the systemac behind walk up and down
Wow what a great lesson and I love the Fretmoster. And thank you VERY much for sharing it free of charge to us. What a great tool to have and experiment with. Subscribed to your channel for more tips etc. Again thank you for the great lesson and resource. Mike from Boston
Fretmonster! Nice! Helpful David. Merry Christmas and happy holidays!
I so appreciate you giving the basis for things such as this. As one who has “no ear” the theory helps immensely
Wtf man. This app is amazing!! You're an expert in making difficult stuff simple and actually teaching music. Thank u so much!
I work like 60 hours a week I have to do all my own food prep and take care of a dog and do all of my own meals. I swear to God I don't want to find one more good guitar teacher like you I don't have time for it. You're the last new good guitar teachers are going to look at. This stuff is gold what you're doing here. Marty Schwartz and Justin guitar and the Stitch method and Sean Daniels I don't have time for it all
If you throw in “my woman left me” , you might have a kick ass country song there! 😎
@@michaelmorrissey1052 🤣👍🏻
@@michaelmorrissey1052 & maybe throw in something about 3 10am shots of whiskey lol
Amazing video… been looking for something like this for awhile. Gonna have to put some time in to learning it, but this is excellent for making strumming not boring :)
This was so helpful, thanks David!
Awesome theory lesson, coupled with a nice web tool - love this tutorial!
Hey David! I'm your classic 'stuck' beginner/intermediate guitar player. Anyway, just wanted to let you know this video really clicked with me and made me understand! This will definitely be a building block video for me. I'm going to see what other videos you have, but if nothing else, this one really gave me an 'ah ha moment' and I appreciate it. thank you.
Thank you David! I have learned a ton from your channel!!
So great. You made it extremely understandable. Good lesson. 🙏🏽
This lesson is AWESOME! Thank you so much.
This was great. A big help for me. Thanks.
More coming? Great!!
Excellent presentation! Thx
Thank you. I am learning a lot from your lessons and enjoying
Incredible. So glad I found your videos
Love the fretmonster! Thank you!
Best lesson I have seen on this, it finally clicked, thanks so much.
SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO incredibly helpful. Thanks a million!
Great explanation. Keep the great content coming
Fantastic tutorial. I have been wondering how this was done. Thank you
Watched so many of your videos. This may be your best ever!
PS How is Fretmonster not being sold an App?
Thank you for posting
Amazingly helpful!
Your fret monster is amazing ! Thank u🇫🇷👍🏼🍒
Great lesson
When my time gets tight but I need to practice I do what I call a minimal practice. Which for me is playing through two choruses of blues usually in e concert for the upcoming rock gigs ( popular key in rock). So since I play alto, tenor sax/ and flute that would be improvising in c# for alto, f# for tenor, e for flute. But a minimal practice 2 choruses of blues improv on each instrument. Simple but helps immensely.
Love seeing A White Sportcoat and a Pink Crustacean in the background! Awesome album. 👌
This video is very helpful, I appreciate it.
Thank you so much. That made so much sense to me.
Thanks Dave, that was helpful.
David. My man. Just want to say how grateful I am for all you’re putting out. You’re simply the best. Took up the guitar for the first time two months ago at 60 yrs of age. My biggest musical goal is learning enuf of Guy Clark’s LA Freeway to be respectful. Gonna’ need your help to get there, brother. Cheers. 🎸 happy😎
..oh what’s the best way to shoot you some shekels?
Very good teaching
Thank you so much for the fretmonster. Amazing web tool. I have lightbulbs goin' off all inside me brain. 💡🔦🏮🕯🪔
Very good sir , thank you
I just watched this after watching your Cats in the Cradle video - helpful for understanding the D walk up!
This is good teaching!
Thank you that made so much sense. I am going to subscribe to your channel for more tips.
Love the FRETMONSTER! It would be really nice if Highlght triads showed the third and fifth in, say, red and green (i.e. different colors). Cheers!
Thank you!
Thank you.
WOW thanks a lot for this video!! A lot of ideas just clicked
I am literally going to get my guitar out and start playing this!!
Happy to be the thousandth like for this video
Very Johnny Cash. Very helpful/useful. Like this very much. I'm sure this tool was a lot of work. Thank you and very merry xmas. Did I say very?
By the way what kind of a software tool did you use to create this fret monster
How damn cool ! Thanks
Another fantastic lesson, moved a bit fast but fabulous none the less. Thank you.
I DON' GET IT
NIce one. But still don't understand logic of jumping between numbers :) 15671, 1234......how to know which one number is right? By ear? step, step, half or how? Thanks!
Same.
You have to learn in the notes of the neck and scales.. so you know where the sharps are..
Thanks
Nice 👍
This is a great lesson. You’re a fantastic teacher, thank you!
Thanks David ! The Fretmonster is most helpful, nice Taylor guitars, is it a koa top?
What an amazing and helpful tool your FretMonster is ( I am a bass player). Thank you so much. One question, did you remove the note/interval switch button? Would be helpful in learning intervals. Tx
I love all the ads during a tutorial vid. Thanks RUclips. Gfy.
You are a god send David Pots
Dude, you are really fantastic. Thus why I am a Patreon member. People, you want to really show your appreciation, jump onto the $3 Patreon, at the least.
This freaking genius
WOW! Light bulb moment, thank you.
Thanyou hermano...Gracias. you..my brein...more lessos...Gracias..
Good lesson. I've wondered about that.
Pretty guitar. What is it?
Hi TY so much for this and I may be thick, but how can I walk from Am to G ..I don't seem to hear it..TY!!
I’m so sorry to say, but I didn’t get what you were saying. I understand what I lV and V are, I know what the lowest note in chords are too, but you moved your fingers so fast. I believe I understand the theory, but I still don’t know how to make my guitar do it.
It’s like a math class, where the teacher spends so much time proving the equation, yet never really tells us how to do it. I learn best by being shown what to do very slowly, and once I know what to do, then explain the proof. I refuse to use it as an excuse, but I do have dyslexia and sometimes it works to my advantage, but not this time. That said, I’m going to subscribe to you, I’m going to download your fabulous fretmonster machine Because you’re good you’re really good, and I know once I get it it’ll be worth all it’s taking me to get through this.
Please,make a lesson of all the faces by creed bratton
i’m trying to do a walk up from E to E in Johnny Cash’s version of I’ve Been Everywhere. can’t quite figure it out.
Could you do I walk the line again please
music theory of this lesson is super helpful but it would be nice if you had your strumming hand in the video too
I'm lost... I sucked at math, and I'm lost here too....ugh
Don't give up whatever you do! Keep plugging at it from every angle and eventually it will pop into focus. Try this angle...he mentions the 1, 4, and five chord (standard blues progression). The walk downs & ups are the individual notes between each chord. His Fretmonster is awesome, but, you can create this yourself by drawing the fretboard and placing notes with their intervals to get a visual. Go as slow as you need to. Also while listening to David, you can go to the settings button listed at the bottom of the video and slow down the playback speed. Hope this helps. Keep a song in your heart!
This stuff is like gold hear what you're doing. Well done I've got to check out that front monster would love to see you do a nice cover of Hands on the Wheel from Willie Nelson. God bless and may you get all the success you can handle
What are the full chords when you walk down from b7 to e??
So this is what slash tried to do when he did the walk down in don't cry, but did it wrong ?
I do not see "interval" setting on fretmonster. Thanx.
Only been following you a week, David, but I love your steady explanations. Until now 😂 I'm sorry but I'm not able to connect the strings you're picking, see them on the fretmonster, or tie them into the number you are reading out.
I think what's throwing me is there are notes highlighted in yellow that you're not actually playing. Could you maybe just highlight the notes you're playing plz?
Can you please teach me the walk up and down to E??
So does that mean you normally dont walk between 4-5?
How would you walk from a G chord to an A chord
Johnny cash comes to mind
Huh? 🤯
Great lesson but the video is not showing your right hand plucking the strings.
Once you know the name of the strings you can tell what string he has plucked, by watching his left hand
It sounded great, just too advanced for my understanding.
anyone else realize that the song Lean On is in key of A
i tried changin the playback speed to .75 in order to slow down his speech but then the video is too slow. dam it man
Sounds like I walk the line by Johnny cash
No one told us this trick
Could you please do the late Justin Townes Earle? Preferably his rendition of the blues song my starter won’t start m.ruclips.net/video/Lk677khGbUI/видео.html but really any song. He’s got a very unique way of playing that makes it sounds like there are two guitars playing
Lesson is a lot faster than the usual note by note . Not grasping it
Can’t see what your right hand is doing
David
You are usually able to explain things very well but not this time email me something that covers this please