I've been picking up and putting down my guitar for 20 years because I never progressed at all. Never could play a whole song due to solo fright. You make learning this easy and fun and it instills confidence in my playing. Your wind cries Mary lesson made possible my first complete song possible. I'd listen to the allman brothers and thought I'd never be able to play those up and down the neck scales but you just shatters that feeling with this lesson. I know a lesson on this isn't new, there's probably 1000 on here but I love the way you teach and can slow down in the middle of a lick and show it all. I just wanted to say thank you and please keep them coming.
Same here I started playing 10 years ago, now I ashamed I know almost nothing about theory, I always had only very good techniques, so I could learn any song. But after a while I realised this is not music, and Im stucked with scales years before, so I stopped playing... now I start the whole learning again, it's never too late :D
Yes, mental practice is important. You will struggle physically if you can't capture the information mentally. I love it when he calls out the notes by location... 1.17..."A", 1.19..."B" If you know your fretboard in a certain the confusion fades, which allows your creativity to step forward.
Marty..I have to tell you that you have helped me so much ,I'm a old burnt out drummer for over 35 years with several road bands,,I pick up the guitar a log time ago but have never really progressed until I found you...THANK YOU SO MUCH BROTHER FOR ALL YOU DO....Jim hannond louisiana
I love the way you show this. Basic run up of the scale over the jam track. Then you throw some spice on that scale and show what it can really sound like with a little soul
Marty you are like my best friend and don't even know it.you are down to earth,teach and explain in simple terms we can understand.ive been playing for years and still you explain things so well.i appreciate all your lessons. Thanks Marty!
I am not a beginner but I am was self taught and unfortunately I wasn’t a good teacher. Your videos fill in the portion that I never quite got right. I also love that you don’t edit out mistakes because every guitarist makes them and many newer players get frustrated watching RUclips lessons because the person presenting edits their videos to be flawless. That isn’t to say that they aren’t good or cannot play a piece flawlessly but I guarantee most of them didn’t do it in one take. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and presenting it in a way where even those of us who have been playing for years can see and understand things that maybe eluded us.
Sounds like The Allman Brothers. Thank you for the lesson, you are a great teacher (been strumming for years but only just starting out with pentatonic, melody etc).
I definitely dig this one thanks. Just listening to the video with my eyes closed and hearing the notes with a pair of studio headphones really makes those notes sound so beautifully put together. Thank you good job.
thanks for the video. I am trying to wrap my head around what you mean, by extended,do you just mean the other 4 shapes of the minor pentatonic? I tried watching but got distracted so I couldn't tell. thanks keep up the great work.
So if I were wanting to play in the key of A MAJOR, I would essentially be playing the F-sharp minor scale patterns? I would just be using the 'A' notes for roots rather than the "F' notes, correct?
You know what Marty, I've been following for years and you've taught me so much that I've got nothing but respect and admiration for you, but damn it feels good to see you get buzz sounds and screw up notes in the scale !
I have enjoyed your videos so much that I have gotten to the point where I just watch each one no matter the topic or how complicated they are but always seem to learn more each time! Thanks Marty Shwartz' Music! I also got a kick out of the 13B point in this one and the gasp of disgruntled frustration that you didnt edit out because "it happens." I have really gotten alot out of your videos thank you for taking the time out of your busy life to make these awesome how-to videos! I feel like I'm starting to fill in the void of music I have been missing my whole life and your videos are the first ones I was able to really understand the lingo and started to take off!
I watch stuff like this at half or even quarter speed to get the fingering right, if I can stop laughing that is, because your slowed down voice sounds like a drunk broccoli
Got a big print out of the scales of the neck on the guitar while you were teaching Marty it all came together one day and was like the movie from the Matrix when he got it all figured out and bullets were dropping
OK, so I just had a light bulb moment that I have got to tell you about Marty. When you were explaining using the pinky on the root C for the major pentatonic, (the 5th shape I think) and going up the scale I thought "man, where do I know that sound from?" Then I got it, The Temps, Wish it Would Rain! Started messing around with it for a minute and realized it's just a 1,4,5 progression C, F & G with the pinky starting on the root of each chord and climbing up to the octave in a 12 bar blues pattern. I hope I'm conveying this correctly. Brilliant! So simple and yet so beautiful. Thanks a million amigo! Looking forward to really absorbing the remainder of this video. Later, Dave in the Adirondacks
Marty, I read your profile in the Taylor Guitar magazine "Wood and Steel." Congratulations on the well deserved recognition the magazine gives. Keep up the good work and thanks for getting an old fart like me up and running with my guitar and music!
Thank you Marty for sharing your wisdom from your experience . You explain in a way that is easy to understand....the "root" note clicked in my head explained that way........ty Wojo
Thank you. I feel like I was the one that requested this lesson, and I really appreciate that you have produced this quickly. I'm pretty slow at getting all this guitar stuff down, and I appreciate what you do SO much. Especially they way you respond to comments so quickly.
Thumbs Down mustve been Slash, Clapton, Paige, Richards, BB King & Co. - Some people are just never happy. Great video Marty,,,just realised its Marty! back to the future.
amazing!!! I've been seaching for the major pentatonic scale shapes, and thought...... this must be wrong, becasue i'ts the same as the minor. well it is!!!! relative minor and the pinky!!! thats the key... thank you man!!!
I play in church you are my only guitar teacher. I take from you and put it towards my Bahamian style and boy I rock thanks. Would like to learn forever man by Eric clapton
Fascinating stuff Marty, thanks man. It takes some mental juggling, but that's a good thing. Takes my mind off the corona virus & the stock market. Be well amigo, Dave in the Adirondacks
Hey Marty, You are a legend bro. So inspiring mate, you make playing again fun. Thaks for all the time and effort you have put into sharing your knowledge and helping the masses out. May the gods of rock smile upon thee!
Well that sure made it easy. Just a couple of your videos and it all started to make some sense. There's only one thing I don't understand at this point and that's how four people could give this a thumbs down.
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I've been picking up and putting down my guitar for 20 years because I never progressed at all. Never could play a whole song due to solo fright. You make learning this easy and fun and it instills confidence in my playing. Your wind cries Mary lesson made possible my first complete song possible. I'd listen to the allman brothers and thought I'd never be able to play those up and down the neck scales but you just shatters that feeling with this lesson. I know a lesson on this isn't new, there's probably 1000 on here but I love the way you teach and can slow down in the middle of a lick and show it all. I just wanted to say thank you and please keep them coming.
Thanks so much for the comment and support! "MartyMusic" has more to come! Stay tuned!
Same here I started playing 10 years ago, now I ashamed I know almost nothing about theory, I always had only very good techniques, so I could learn any song. But after a while I realised this is not music, and Im stucked with scales years before, so I stopped playing... now I start the whole learning again, it's never too late :D
You make me scared of becoming old and never actually learned guitar
Keep it up, you got it
How you doing now?
I learn a lot from you just watching on my break without my guitar
Lol same.
Wtf same hahah
Same 🤣🤣🤣
Yes, mental practice is important. You will struggle physically if you can't capture the information mentally.
I love it when he calls out the notes by location... 1.17..."A", 1.19..."B" If you know your fretboard in a certain the confusion fades, which allows your creativity to step forward.
Marty..I have to tell you that you have helped me so much ,I'm a old burnt out drummer for over 35 years with several road bands,,I pick up the guitar a log time ago but have never really progressed until I found you...THANK YOU SO MUCH BROTHER FOR ALL YOU DO....Jim hannond louisiana
Marty, I get chills watching you play all over and around these scales. It's absolutely extraordinary.
I love the way you show this. Basic run up of the scale over the jam track. Then you throw some spice on that scale and show what it can really sound like with a little soul
This might be the best guitar video of all time. There's a lot to digest and some great playing to listen to.
Thank you for all the lessons Marty. Really cool/generous of you to take the time to make these videos. This one is my daily practice run through :)
13:05 🤘😎 he’s human after all! These scale runs are helping me climb this hill of progress so much! Thank you!
Marty you are like my best friend and don't even know it.you are down to earth,teach and explain in simple terms we can understand.ive been playing for years and still you explain things so well.i appreciate all your lessons. Thanks Marty!
Dude I Love your lessons. They help me understand the things my guitar teacher doesn't explain well. Keep it up !
I am not a beginner but I am was self taught and unfortunately I wasn’t a good teacher. Your videos fill in the portion that I never quite got right. I also love that you don’t edit out mistakes because every guitarist makes them and many newer players get frustrated watching RUclips lessons because the person presenting edits their videos to be flawless. That isn’t to say that they aren’t good or cannot play a piece flawlessly but I guarantee most of them didn’t do it in one take. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and presenting it in a way where even those of us who have been playing for years can see and understand things that maybe eluded us.
Thanks, Marty--with your kind and patient teaching, you've opened my eyes!
It's a great Father's Day present.
Ciao Marty, sei bravissimo e ti voglio ringraziare!!
Ti seguo da molti anni e grazie a te è cresciuta la passione per la chitarra 🎸
used your c major backing track ..played pentatonic and motivated me to a whole new level. love your videos..thanks
Sounds like The Allman Brothers. Thank you for the lesson, you are a great teacher (been strumming for years but only just starting out with pentatonic, melody etc).
Opened up a whole new flavor of blues playing! Thanks.
I definitely dig this one thanks. Just listening to the video with my eyes closed and hearing the notes with a pair of studio headphones really makes those notes sound so beautifully put together. Thank you good job.
Thanks for supporting Marty-Music! Let me know what lesson you'd like next???
Marty Music the portugal man- sleep forever pleasee !!
Kings of Leon notion please!
thanks for the video. I am trying to wrap my head around what you mean, by extended,do you just mean the other 4 shapes of the minor pentatonic? I tried watching but got distracted so I couldn't tell. thanks keep up the great work.
Songs by Fleetwood Mac when Peter Green was around!!
Hi marty i would like some jazz lesson or funk that be awesome. Thanks for all these lessons man!
back to playing after many years off (kids, work etc.) -- your site is terrific! Thanks for this great resource!
Every time you hit that C note, I’m like “I got sunshine, on a cloudy day” lol
I love how he takes it super slow . Helps me learn it so much faster .
So if I were wanting to play in the key of A MAJOR, I would essentially be playing the F-sharp minor scale patterns? I would just be using the 'A' notes for roots rather than the "F' notes, correct?
That is correct Brandon!
You are light in a dark world! Thank you for you help and intuition!
hey Marty, 6 years on, this video helped me unlock my fretboard...... great vid
Great video Marty, I’ve been learning a lot from the content you’ve shared and your good approach. Thank you.
You know what Marty, I've been following for years and you've taught me so much that I've got nothing but respect and admiration for you, but damn it feels good to see you get buzz sounds and screw up notes in the scale !
I have enjoyed your videos so much that I have gotten to the point where I just watch each one no matter the topic or how complicated they are but always seem to learn more each time! Thanks Marty Shwartz' Music! I also got a kick out of the 13B point in this one and the gasp of disgruntled frustration that you didnt edit out because "it happens." I have really gotten alot out of your videos thank you for taking the time out of your busy life to make these awesome how-to videos! I feel like I'm starting to fill in the void of music I have been missing my whole life and your videos are the first ones I was able to really understand the lingo and started to take off!
I had to watch the video 10 times, but I think I'm starting to get it! you're the man Marty!
I watch stuff like this at half or even quarter speed to get the fingering right, if I can stop laughing that is, because your slowed down voice sounds like a drunk broccoli
this is the best comment ever lol
@@lui948 agreed lol
Try to see where it’s at and play around.and if u can’t find it check the vid.
Everyone who read that just slowed down the video to see.
he does sound drunk as hell hahahaha
Got a big print out of the scales of the neck on the guitar while you were teaching Marty it all came together one day and was like the movie from the Matrix when he got it all figured out and bullets were dropping
OK, so I just had a light bulb moment that I have got to tell you about Marty. When you were explaining using the pinky on the root C for the major pentatonic, (the 5th shape I think) and going up the scale I thought "man, where do I know that sound from?" Then I got it, The Temps, Wish it Would Rain! Started messing around with it for a minute and realized it's just a 1,4,5 progression C, F & G with the pinky starting on the root of each chord and climbing up to the octave in a 12 bar blues pattern. I hope I'm conveying this correctly. Brilliant! So simple and yet so beautiful. Thanks a million amigo! Looking forward to really absorbing the remainder of this video.
Later,
Dave in the Adirondacks
I can't wait to get home, stamp on my loop pedal and do this progression all evening.
You are a very talented teacher! I really appreciate YOU! Thank you!
Been with you since the beginning. This summer I decided to focus on scales. Wow , what a difference !!. Now the fretboard makes sense.
congrats on that feat man.. or woman. =)
simplicity teaches more !!!! great job !!
Marty, I read your profile in the Taylor Guitar magazine "Wood and Steel." Congratulations on the well deserved recognition the magazine gives. Keep up the good work and thanks for getting an old fart like me up and running with my guitar and music!
Great lessons man! I just learned how to play with major pentatonic with extension. Thanks very much!
you just demystified some of Dickie Betts' runs; thank you very much, more power to you!
I love it when Marty screws up. Reminds me that I’m doing ok 👍
Nice lesson...Greet from Vukovar-Croatia
Your a great teacher . Fun and study
Keep kids in music
Thank you Marty for sharing your wisdom from your experience . You explain in a way that is easy to understand....the "root" note clicked in my head explained that way........ty Wojo
Mahalo Marty...coming to the Marty Game a little late, you an amazing teaching and musician!!
I think this guy is the best online as far as lessons go
Thank you. I feel like I was the one that requested this lesson, and I really appreciate that you have produced this quickly. I'm pretty slow at getting all this guitar stuff down, and I appreciate what you do SO much. Especially they way you respond to comments so quickly.
Goddamn Marty you can play some serious guitar! You make scales sound like lead licks. Man you are awesome
Thank you Marty! My playing has advanced with your tricks!
You are awesome. Thank you for doing what you do.
marty you are a great teacher mate im from australia great work mate
You are a great teacher!!, thank you Marty
Such a good lesson. Thanks Marty
Thumbs Down mustve been Slash, Clapton, Paige, Richards, BB King & Co. - Some people are just never happy. Great video Marty,,,just realised its Marty! back to the future.
OMG THIS BLEW MY FRIGGIN MIND THANK U SO MUCH
The finish on that guitar is luxurious af
Cool exercise thank you so much for sharing 👊🏽
God bless 🙏🏽
congrats on getting over 100k subscribers ! I think this deserves some update about plans on this channel.
amazing!!! I've been seaching for the major pentatonic scale shapes, and thought...... this must be wrong, becasue i'ts the same as the minor. well it is!!!! relative minor and the pinky!!! thats the key... thank you man!!!
This is such a happy scale 😊 im not even practicing, just listening
Fantastic!!! you're the best!!!!! you make it so simple and clear Marty.
Sweet playing! Can you do any John mayer songs where you explain the solos in relation to wich scale they come from etc:)
I play in church you are my only guitar teacher. I take from you and put it towards my Bahamian style and boy I rock thanks. Would like
to learn forever man by Eric clapton
Great video Marty, I’ve been learning a lot from the content you’ve shared and your good approach. Thank you 🎶
Thanks Marty, could you do one on chord progressions with a bit of the theory involved? I think it would be REAL COOL!
PLEASE,
:)
Awesome lesson Marty!!
Good lesson! Thank you
Great lesson. Thanks Marty 😎🎸🔊🔊🔊
You're awesome my dear Sir ...I've learned a lot from you... lots of love from India ❤🎸
stranger things haha what a great example :D like your video so much, you always explain things in simple way. support you
Sounds really good
All I can hear is 'My girl' when you play the scale slowly haha
Like the tone of that guitar
Your the greatest teacher
More Jamming than I've done in my life.
Thank you Marty Schwartz!
You riff beautifully here!
That's a beautiful guitar marty!
Thanks. I can use this with practise and placing it in different places on the fret board.😊
Great lesson . Thank you so much !!!
Good stuff Marty. Thanks
Great lesson bro!thanks!
Great lesson!
Super class Marty, thanks a lot
Sounds Allman Bro's like
Visual learner. Very helpful, thanks!
Fascinating stuff Marty, thanks man. It takes some mental juggling, but that's a good thing. Takes my mind off the corona virus & the stock market.
Be well amigo,
Dave in the Adirondacks
I've heard you talk about relative major and minor before. I guess it never clicked like it did today. Thank you so much.
Ty as always Marty! 🙏🏻❤️
You are the best. Love your lessons.
This really helped me. Thanks
Amazing lesson thanks for this Marty pimp
You Rock Marty!
I cry when I see these videos because music so beautiful
Amazing useful! THANK YOU!!!
Brilliant as ever thank you
Hey Marty, You are a legend bro. So inspiring mate, you make playing again fun. Thaks for all the time and effort you have put into sharing your knowledge and helping the masses out. May the gods of rock smile upon thee!
Love these videos!! Nice change of pace from teaching songs!!!
Thanks for supporting my channel "MartyMusic"
As usual, came for the lesson and ended up just listening. ;)
Well that sure made it easy. Just a couple of your videos and it all started to make some sense. There's only one thing I don't understand at this point and that's how four people could give this a thumbs down.
One of your BEST on SCALES yeah...thks so much
This is my pace! Ty so very much Marty...for EVERYTHING!!
Another freakin NOICE lesson brother..i got alot out of this one , thank you man!
Thanks for supporting my channel "MartyMusic"