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Playing improperly( the way you described) I had very little strength in my pinky . This feels better but weird,

Amazing, thank you. My thumb pain has been keeping me from playing lately. Wish I saw this sooner.

This feels so much more natural.. I've ALWAYS played like this for 30 years.. I spent almost 1 year trying to correct it and I don't like it now lol

My fingers are touching the second string and my pinky finger is not able to reach the 6th string 😂 solution sir

Just learning my first hard riff (sweet child of mine ) I find it hard bc I’m new but it makes my hand really hurt

There is one more solution, that is to increase your wrist mobility

It doesn’t work for me😢, or I didn’t do it right.

Okay but I have wrist pain but I already play with my thumb in the proper direction I might be a lost cause

Because context is so important and I’m not as educated as I would like to be: When soloing and using this mode, do the chords you are soloing over also necessarily incorporate the mode? Does this question make sense or am I over thinking it?

For me so far as the rankest of rank beginners, it's been "put the guitar in your lap and play it like that." Immediate easy fretting with zero pain or tension; you even get to use the natural weight of your arm to press the strings. I bought a really pretty strap and would like to use it at some point, but for now, playing it in my lap is just so comfortable.

Appreciate you brother, this helps with pain and also speed and dexterity. Very smart!

All your lessons are great information BUT after a while because there are so so many I can not digest anymore its like a never ending supply of food just cant eat anymore but noecomplaining just my feeling learning

Looks like an awesome trip 🤘🏼🤘🏼

Ariel Posen was a beast in that clip. That baritone tuning sounds incredible.

Full weekend except where are all the brilliant female musos...didn't see one...homofest 😅😂

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Interesting...where n when was this gig...does the band have a name ??

This is actually helpfull. I experienced a tremendous amount of pain whenever I played for a long time. Thank you!

Gem

All your lessons are V Good

The benefit of keeping your thumb parallel with your fingers is that it strengthens the thumb muscle. The thumb is important for muting the E string as well.

How about recording with Logic Pro x

Where can I get this backing track

Really good video

Practical, realistic approach. I have created this way for many years as a hobbyist. Nice job!

What do you use to generate the drum

Great subject and intro to the subject!!

To any future guitarist learn how to play the guitar scales horizontally up and down the front board instead of learning them in watch pattern. This will help you navigate to guitar a whole lot better and you won’t get stuck in the box.

Great Video! :)

Great lesson, exactly what I am working on. What is the fretboard software you are using? Thanks!

I’m a Guitar teacher at Guitar Center and I was walking around the sales floor and I heard a customer say “theory just kills your feel all those people that come from Berkeley they just play like typewriters they’re playing all the right notes with no feel” I didn’t have the heart to tell him that John was a Berkeley dropout

it's possible to build a house without a hammer and nails, but it sure is a hell of a lot easier with them

That's a huge help. Thanks a lot!

Playing or writing music without knowing music theory is a little bit like speaking or writing without knowing any grammar. Like yeah, maybe you can come up with something that ends up making sense but if you know your grammar (even just some basic rules), it is a lot easier to put that vocabulary to good use. A musician that can only play a lick or riff they learned without understanding it is a little bit like a parrot that can refer to a bottle as "That's a bottle" but that's about the extent of its "knowledge".

Joe Bonamassa needs to see this video.

Sting is singing about a lady of the night

As a bassist I want to learn Music Theory so I can understand why in “You Got Another Thing Coming” by Judas Priest the bassist can play one note over a progression and sound good.

But that’s just a theory

These are great exercises and I appreciate you laying them out. But, I wish that you could go into more detail about how to practice these. for example, how long should spend on each exercise a day? should you practice one at time until you reach 150? should you practice each one perfectly at a given tempo before increasing tempo? or should you push yourself at one particular tempo until you reach efficiency? these may seem like stupid questions to an experienced player who has had success in practicing, but to an unexperienced player, a detailed daily practice routine is needed in the beginning until you get some success. again, thank you for taking the time in laying these out!

Great exercise. I've been doing something like this. I think it is good to focus on the timing, and skipping.

Good idea l like it from nepal

This is just me talking and you have your good points😊 but I would say if somebody is stuck in the pentatonic box ... The best way out of the Pentatonix box ... Would be one to play that shape in other places in other words other modes or other boxes And then to use a totally different scale sometimes ... Or to change One note in the way that you're playing it ... There's a lot of meaningful guitar solos that have been written where they play the pentatonic scale but they changed just one note and Like stairway to heaven is an example but jazz or my solos (not jazz all the time) I do a lot of that Set the pattern means something but if you're stuck in the pentatonic box make sure you know all the boxes but make sure that you're playing them where they mean different things where it's not just the pentatonic scale The best way to get out of the pentatonic scale box is not to play the scale to play it differently And then of course ... Using arpeggios and using other scales like the harmonic scale is always good And of course then there are the weird scales that I don't even know the names of that nobody ever talks about but they exist I mean if you're stuck in the box just do other things. I don't think it's how you look at the notes I think it's the fact that you understand other things to do.

Hey buddy first off you're fine course and all ... But I really see the guitar players that learn to play by notes rather than shapes .. like Brandon Dion and honestly he I'm avoiding being negative he's not that good he sounds not always good sometimes he sounds way out there in a wonderful way and it's beautiful but a lot of times it's not good. I think playing guitar is easier with pattern recognition where we always understand the feeling and the intervals in between notes ... The patterns of the chords change in relation to the other things being played And the scales and modes and all that stuff I feel like no one should ever skip that part of guitar where you learn patterns. But most importantly more than everything in the whole wide entire world if you want to be a good musician with guitar the best thing you could do is play guitar a lot. .. and in the meaningful way that matches your goals. Your course is fine I just thought I'd put in there that ... Pattern recognition really helps me when I'm trying to do solos and things like that ... But you're right most guitarists play by patterns not by notes I like your videos I like Brandon's videos too you have good videos both of you but if you two were the flagship guitarists for learning notes instead of patterns You would do the opposite of convincing me to learn notes instead of patterns. Brandon seems pretty young though and I'm sure that the treasure trove of information that either of you have I don't think about him a lot but when people have so much knowledge I definitely like to soak up the knowledge. Instead what I would really recommend is being able to continue to play those patterns but to know what note you're starting on so that you can understand the feeling that you're going to produce by the pattern. You're right most guitarists play by patterns but I don't think it's a bad thing.

I'm not a TH-camr, but I can tell you that you'd be better off starting the short with a compelling demonstration and then explaining. This video doesn't communicate credibility, it just seems like an amateur trying to sell something. I'm not saying that you are an amateur of course, but that you can't expect someone to see your videos for the first time and be convinced by this.

Nah, that's bull. People do that naturally. In fact I would guess even your example, Jimmy Page, never studied music theory. Did Louis Armstrong? Did Paul McCartney? It's value is being a communication tool, part of the language along side the score. I see it as something that would make team composition a world easier than without it. Learning a song second hand would certainly be helped by it. But as soon as it goes from tools to rules, nope. I ain't down for that.

didnt help still painful af

I don't know if I'm an idiot or if I'm musically dyslexic. I've tried everything to understand theory. Even bought "Music theory For Idiots." Still couldn't focus on it. I read rhythms perfectly. I'm a rudimental snare drummer at a high level. However, when my drum instructor tried moving me to marimba so i could learn other percussion, i couldn't get it. It's definitely a learning disability. 🤦‍♂️

Great content. Thanks!

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