If you like these lessons, definitely check out www.zombieguitar.com/ It is a one-of-a-kind site dedicated to helping guitarists to understand the fretboard and create their own music. You will love it!!
A great way to incorporate major and minor into your playing: 1. Record a 2 chord progression slowly. Keep it in the same key. Like i = Em & VI = C Like this ||Em % | C % :|| Play the Em scale and emphasize the e-g-b notes over the Em and c-e-g over the C. For switching back and forth between major and minor, use Esus2 & Csus2. Sus chords are neither major nor minor, but they sound super cool and if you do make the chords major or minor the sus chords add a ton of dimension and mood to the chords. But sus chords alone sound spacey and open or "suspended" as in sus. I have a ton more tips. If you ever have any questions, please go to my channel page's about section and email me. This guitar instructor is good, keep learning from him. I'm not at all trying to get in the way of that. I just like helping. I love the guitar and the more people that play and show interest the better!!! Always have fun, warm-up good and stretch out! And use the scale that the video illustrated. It works. Make sure that you know what chord you are on so you play the right notes! Good Luck and Best Wishes
I’ve never really thought of the number of positions for a scale but just learned them all over. When I hear about the 5 Pentatonic positions I never get it. Is that based on the CAGED system? So each position is superimposed on, around, or within each CAGED position?
I really love this idea as it helps to expand my vocabulary instead of exhausting a single scale. I guess this is a good way to play outside the box even when you're in some ways breaking the rules and those hybrids are an exception since they're closely related. But that's just on one chord. How will it work without offending a chord progression ie Em C G D? Sure, if you have a solo spot with a single chord you can break as many eggs as you want but I find very little room to impose other scales in a situation which involves a progression. Is there a video you have explaining this? Really sorry if this is a dumb question.
The most important thing to focus on always is the CHORDS. Scales are great, and essential to understand. However, after you get a basic grasp of all this "how to play in key" stuff...the thing that is going to take you to the next level is learning to forget about scales and instead shift you focus 100% on chords. If it's blues that you are interested in, then you will want to focus on the root, major/minor 3rd, 5th, 6th, and b7 of whatever chord you are soloing over. Check out this lesson for more elaboration about what I'm talking about: www.zombieguitar.com/how-to-create-walking-12-bar-blues-rhythms/ Let me know if that helps!
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If you like these lessons, definitely check out www.zombieguitar.com/
It is a one-of-a-kind site dedicated to helping guitarists to understand the fretboard and create their own music. You will love it!!
A great way to incorporate major and minor into your playing:
1. Record a 2 chord progression slowly. Keep it in the same key. Like
i = Em & VI = C
Like this
||Em % | C % :||
Play the Em scale and emphasize the e-g-b notes over the Em and c-e-g over the C.
For switching back and forth between major and minor, use Esus2 & Csus2. Sus chords are neither major nor minor, but they sound super cool and if you do make the chords major or minor the sus chords add a ton of dimension and mood to the chords. But sus chords alone sound spacey and open or "suspended" as in sus. I have a ton more tips. If you ever have any questions, please go to my channel page's about section and email me. This guitar instructor is good, keep learning from him. I'm not at all trying to get in the way of that. I just like helping. I love the guitar and the more people that play and show interest the better!!! Always have fun, warm-up good and stretch out!
And use the scale that the video illustrated. It works. Make sure that you know what chord you are on so you play the right notes!
Good Luck and Best Wishes
your style of instruction definitely works for me...I just unsubscribed a bunch of people because they kept me confused
That''s awesome man...glad I can be helpful to ya!
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i have watched all your videos i really have learned at lot from you. .really love your teaching. .thanks
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Great lesson Brian, I love all your videos! Thank you and keep rockin'
Rafael Nardi hey thanks a lot...much appreciated!!
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cant remember if im the ken that asked but thx lol
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Thanks man!
I’ve never really thought of the number of positions for a scale but just learned them all over. When I hear about the 5 Pentatonic positions I never get it. Is that based on the CAGED system? So each position is superimposed on, around, or within each CAGED position?
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I really love this idea as it helps to expand my vocabulary instead of exhausting a single scale. I guess this is a good way to play outside the box even when you're in some ways breaking the rules and those hybrids are an exception since they're closely related.
But that's just on one chord. How will it work without offending a chord progression ie Em C G D? Sure, if you have a solo spot with a single chord you can break as many eggs as you want but I find very little room to impose other scales in a situation which involves a progression. Is there a video you have explaining this? Really sorry if this is a dumb question.
The most important thing to focus on always is the CHORDS. Scales are great, and essential to understand. However, after you get a basic grasp of all this "how to play in key" stuff...the thing that is going to take you to the next level is learning to forget about scales and instead shift you focus 100% on chords.
If it's blues that you are interested in, then you will want to focus on the root, major/minor 3rd, 5th, 6th, and b7 of whatever chord you are soloing over. Check out this lesson for more elaboration about what I'm talking about:
www.zombieguitar.com/how-to-create-walking-12-bar-blues-rhythms/
Let me know if that helps!