Thanks for having me on the channel again Marty! I really appreciate the opportunity to teach here, your channel is great and your community is amazing!
Chris and Marty, thank you so much for this lesson. I swear I have tried to understand clearly for years and with this, it finally clicked. I’m not kidding I almost shed a tear. Thank you.
You all prolly dont give a shit but does anyone know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account..? I somehow lost the password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me
@Gatlin Wesson thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and Im trying it out now. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
I'm trying to learn guitar to pay tribute to my father. He was the greatest guitar player I ever heard. He knew it all. I wish I'd listened when I had the chance. He left me with his guitars and amps and pedals and the works, and it just seems like a crime not to learn - they're worth thousands. I tried to learn from you two years ago, and just learned the santana intros you taught, and then gave up after a few months. I got those back now, and honestly, Chris is a great teacher. Just today from you both I've learned triads and the major scales. Theory's a big scary thing, and I thought it would be boring, but today wasn't like I thought it would be.
Whilst I'm pleased with my progress so far, I don't think I'm ready for this lesson yet🤣😂, but it gives me something to aim at, and more importantly, reminds me that I'll always have more to learn. The delivery is superb, and when I'm was ready to understand it, I know I'll enjoy it.
And reward yourself with a good guitar end of this year when you mastered this part. That's what I did last year for Christmas when I made progress during the lockdown.
Yea, it would be easy to manage if you gave us the name of the fricking chords instead of just saying, this is a minor chord. What minor chord for God's sake?
yeah ok man but explain how you are actually making the chord. You showed us the key of A. Then the chords you actually played weren't in the key of A. They were outside of the notes you showed us. And then y'all didn't explain why. Now I'm still just as confused.
Maybe it’s me but you talk a lot about keys and chord progressions within a key but you never actually talk about what a key is....which is, er, the title of the video.
I’ve subscribed to Chris’s channel and really happy to have him in my arsenal of great instructors to inspire and learn from everyday. He has a very special way of breaking things down
Music theory is such a mystery to me. It drives me crazy when the teacher says the first chord is always major but the third is always minor... Such statements (without explanation as to WHY!?) make me give up on learning mudic theory!
Hats off to Chris and Marty for this great lesson. I’ve never seen guitar theory put so simply. I’ve struggled with theory due to lack of interest and patience in applying the info. This simple starting point enables me to intuitively use chord shapes in the scale to experiment with creating music and learning other people’s music, similar to learning the blues in different keys. Excellent lesson.
That can get tricky depending on the chord progression of the tune, but usually you can find the center of the key by trying to find the bass note in the part of the tune that feels like “home”, from there you can start to experiment with chords that are in that key...see what works and what doesn’t. Usually it’s a process of elimination but finding that first home base chord is the first step, hope that helps!
After playing guitar off and on for several years (I still consider myself a rookie) I have seen hundreds of guitar videos but this what is finally staring to make things click. After learning this pattern I realized it can be repeated literally anywhere on the neck.
I’m a right handed guitarist, my fretting hand is good with all the shapes and chords and is getting up to speed, can you make a technique video about rhythm and how to properly strum
Even though I don't know any of the chords it still kinda makes sense ig. It's sound does. I'm still learning barre chords but I'm preparing for music theory
wow, this thing is so useless, there is literally no explanations... im sitting there and just: why? why? why? why? what for? why? why? why? and there is no explanation to anything
I’ve been looking for someone to teach it at the pace and in-depth way that you just did! I finally kind of get it! I appreciate you, thanks for taking the time :)
Thank you so much! Really helpful for any young musician learning. Back when I was a fresh beginner, I remember to this day how stressed out I was because I didn’t know what a key was! Thanks again Marty!
If you can, Please do the solo lesson of Winter by The rolling stones. One of the most melodic and iconic guitar solo of all time. There isn't proper lesson of it on you tube. It would be much appreciated.
Scales,notes,shapes,more shapes,add that manipulate it again . Learn more apply what you know move it up and down top to bottom on both axis.. more formulas . More math. Hammer ons pull offs rhythms.trills.plucks . And twangs. It is a love I now can't go a day without.. like u2. 🦅🤘🇺🇸 D,a,bm,g.
Music theory always scared me it always sounds too hard, just want to play. Just want to have fun, pull out my guitar and be the life of the party, despite being handy caped from war injuries. i have limited mobility in my left hand, makes it very difficult to play. BUT i can do the bar and power cords. I have great difficulty with normal cords and doing riffs. I still have fun doing the simple stuff. I'm in therapy to try to get more mobility back, but it's a slow process. I love your videos with simple songs to play, I hope you continue them for people like me that have served their country and have the joy of playing the guitar.
Admittedly I've only watched this once but I can't pretend to understand any of it beyond a key contains certain chords. And there is no way I'd be able to play that diminished chord, firstly even after nearly 3 years my fingers struggle to cover 3 frets and my thumb bends backwards at the middle knuckle (pretty much 90 degrees) so it's virtually impossible to get it on the top string without affecting the reach of my other fingers. But the concept just seems so complicated to me, maybe I'm just being dense!
Best things I learned in the past decades of playing is: Make it your own. Don’t worry about getting the sound right. Get the basics down before learning bad habits. Learn a variety of styles and share. Keep it simple and have fun when you play. Send Marty some $$. Great vid guys, thanks.
I’m mostly rock but I’m learning “Happy Together” to try just get some practice with new sounds and gotta say things are clicking so much with these theory videos
This I understand completely. Right where I need to exercise on. Thanks for the dim shape and for not neglecting it. Thank you both. I want all those git on your walls. Gotta say.
Good video. I’d need another 100 videos on the same exact topic to actually understand. I still don’t know what a key is. What does it mean when someone says let’s play in the key of A? Does that just mean the area on the fret board??
Basically every chord is made up of note 1, 3 and 5 from your starting point in the scale (C-E-G, or D-F-A). It's the interval between the notes (whole step or half step) that makes it into a major or a minor. I guess.
Your statement is indeed accurate-a major chord has a difference of four semitones from the root to the third and three semitones from the third to the fifth. For a minor chord the reverse is true-three semitones from the root to the third and four semitones from the third to the fifth. Mentioned in the video is the diminished chord where the root, third and fifth are each separated by three semitones.
Val Surf FTW!! Bought my very first street board there in 1975, the same year I took up guitar :) Didn’t get my first Les Paul until 4 years later, but this one is definitely my last! The color is sweet cherry but since it’s a dye over, not painted, it’s aging into this very beautiful salmon orange. I’m in serious love with this thing
@@curiousguitarist that’s so cool! I live around the corner from CSUN on balboa and Nordoff. Thank you so much for teaching Marty. I’ve been a virtual student for 8 years. I teach surf lessons at Malibu surf shack. Take care Jedi master Sherland. Thomas Nash.
The thing that confuses me is why the two chord is always minor, because say if your in A, there are tons of songs that would have a B in it just before going to the five.
Any chance of expanding on your opening peice please I know it is hanging the chords on the scale as Cris explained it just sounds a little more expanded.
Please tell me how to use a plectrum ? I try to use it but it feels like its destroying my snares while strumming up and down.. i dont understand how to use it..
A long time ago I was a big fan of Joe Satriani. He talked about who he dubbed to take over his teaching studio bc he couldn’t teach anymore. They taught diatonic theory and how all the modes and chords fit on each other like a puzzle. How the root note of each mode had a corresponding chord that fit over it. It completely changed the way I look at the fretboard. In all my years I never see anyone teach diatonic theory and I’m not sure why. It makes the whole “theory thing” so much easier to digest. That you for beginning to show people with this lesson Chris.
Axis pitch will make more sense if learn MORE DIFFERENT scales You'll have to get the 7 basic down pack becuase you're basically going to WARP them via shifting ONE or TWO notes Chords ( arpeggios) will also give you a GUIDE to SEEing the entire fretboard at a glance..The BASIC...ROOT to OCTAVE..playing toward the BRIDGE and towards the NUT....sort of like playing the Open C MAJOR verse C Barr chord....and the BASIC of tuning your guitar...the 4 lower strings are tune to perfect 4th or INVERTED 5th... In a nutshell.....Learn the BASIC of playing the Arpeggios SWEEPING patterns. i know and see the C MAJOR/Amin throughout entire fretboard It just depends how your mind works or what you been expose to in your life. i worked at power plants, electronics or even design video games as a hobby. My brain is used to seeing and processing MULTI LAYERS of blue prints, schematics...ect...ect In 3D gaming design software....Im sued to seeing the models' mesh...flip/rotate forward, backward. upside down and inside out. So...mirror such as IONIAN is PHRYGIAN...Mirror descending make sense to me.... So lessons such as N6 chord...or inserting the Db chord as possible Lyd #6 is easier for me to process.... becuase C Harmonic min b2 is just Phrygian , maj7 = Db lyd #6 I had to apply it everyday...even if I wasnt playing my guitar..In a nutshell My brain will see multiple patterns layered on top of each other....ROOT NOTES are always my first point of REFERENCE anyways.... i use these 3 basic scale as guide...when I wing it. Playing blues or whatever I dont THINK about it..if i do, it'll miss a beat. It still comes back to the basic of what my Father told me from moment I wanted to play lead....target and play around the arpeggios....kid. Becuase I havnt learn different scales nor master fretboard, YET. X= option notes MAJOR pentatonic 1..x...2...x....3............5...x....6...........8 Minor penta 1...........b3..x..4...x...5............b7..x...8 DOMINANT 1...x...2.....x...3............5........b7...x...8 ( not popular...but hey I better than most people) it was a BIETCH to learn at first...becuase I kept missing the maj3 on the B string...But hey The guitar was a Bietch to learn at first... So PRACTICE....PRACTICE...PRACTICE... SLOWLY without wanting to noodle.lol will..... Harmonic min b5 and melodic min b5 = FULL dim ( W/H) dor b2, #4 and Lyd dom b2 = FULL dim ( H/W) The trick is you can also stack MAJOR, min or DOMINANT chords every b3 intervals too.... or like this ( these are just modes from various scales) example...if you ask me to wing it in 1. 4. 5 12 barr blues A7......D7......E7 Im simply going to use the DOMINANT pentatonic as a GUIDE over each TONE center 1,3,b7, #9.....or 1, #2, b7, 10 ( maj3) is EASY for me i also know.....3, 5, b7, b9 = FULL diminished. mix mix #2 mix #4 Mix b2 mix b6 mix b2, b6 mix #2, #4 Mix b2, #4 phry b4 loc b4 aeo b4 dor b4 or they;re just VARITIONS of whatever the hell within the 12 NOTES. like the sat said.....the ROOT note as the AXIS eveything else is OPTIONAL.lol
Man this just made all my progressions make so much sense. I always knew what I wanted to play next but never realized why I was going to those chords. Really appreciate this video
Holy shit, I’ve always wondered how musicians “just know” what 145 in the key of G or 236 in the key of A meant. The shapes remain the same but are moved up and down the neck. WOW. Thank you
@@curiousguitarist No worries mate. Your videos have taught me a lot about music theory. It's something I have always wanted to dive into to help with my soloing. I'm looking forward to more. Thanks again.
Hey Marty, long time fan I've been watching your videos. Infact, you have liked one of my comments in the past. Just wanted to say that without your videos I probably wouldn't know much guitar. Always watching you with different account's. thanks again
I'm working on learning the scales. My problem is if a song is in the key of say A how do i play leads out of the box of a position? Another Words how do I move up and down the neck to make it sound good with the different chords the rhythm is playing. I've tried and tried to get this explained to me but nobody can get it through my head. It's really holding me back, like I've hit a wall.
Just stumbled upon your channel. Getting serious about learning theory after fumbling around my fretboard off and on since the 90’s. Thank you and I can’t wait to get started!
Thanks for having me on the channel again Marty! I really appreciate the opportunity to teach here, your channel is great and your community is amazing!
Great, clear teaching - something just clicked for me! Thanks Chris!
@@sbpsychology1109 that’s great! Glad to help flip the switch!
Great tutorial and explanation , cheers guys!
Chris and Marty, thank you so much for this lesson. I swear I have tried to understand clearly for years and with this, it finally clicked. I’m not kidding I almost shed a tear. Thank you.
@@fawkesandhound Man that is the coolest comment ever! So glad this helped!
Dude, you are just the coolest, most genuine, kindest person I think I've seen on youtube. Thanks for all the lessons over the years
I appreciate that!
You all prolly dont give a shit but does anyone know of a trick to get back into an Instagram account..?
I somehow lost the password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me
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@Gatlin Wesson thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site through google and Im trying it out now.
Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.
@Gatlin Wesson It did the trick and I now got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D
Thank you so much, you saved my ass!
Very cool. Now, if he only explained what a key is...
It's not simple for beginners to learn that ,
but it's important .
I'm trying to learn guitar to pay tribute to my father. He was the greatest guitar player I ever heard. He knew it all. I wish I'd listened when I had the chance. He left me with his guitars and amps and pedals and the works, and it just seems like a crime not to learn - they're worth thousands. I tried to learn from you two years ago, and just learned the santana intros you taught, and then gave up after a few months. I got those back now, and honestly, Chris is a great teacher. Just today from you both I've learned triads and the major scales. Theory's a big scary thing, and I thought it would be boring, but today wasn't like I thought it would be.
Similar story here although we sold most of his gear. Kept a few choice pieces and a new passion for learning and developing.
I'm sure your dad would be happy to know that you're carrying on his legacy. Godspeed in your guitar journey, friend.
Damn this one was great. I cannot progress as a guitarist without approachable theory like this. Thank you Chris and Marty for this Sunday Gold!
You're so welcome Erik! Applying theory takes almost all the barriers away!
Anyone getting into intermediate or advanced levels, Chris is a teacher you want to follow. Thanks Marty!
Appreciate that Michael!
I am such a trash that the dustbin is disgusted by me😭
Still don’t understand what a key actually is and why it’s in the key of A, like what does the A mean 😕
Whilst I'm pleased with my progress so far, I don't think I'm ready for this lesson yet🤣😂, but it gives me something to aim at, and more importantly, reminds me that I'll always have more to learn. The delivery is superb, and when I'm was ready to understand it, I know I'll enjoy it.
Gotta go to work, but I'm anxious to practice this when I get home.
And reward yourself with a good guitar end of this year when you mastered this part. That's what I did last year for Christmas when I made progress during the lockdown.
Yea, it would be easy to manage if you gave us the name of the fricking chords instead of just saying, this is a minor chord. What minor chord for God's sake?
yeah ok man but explain how you are actually making the chord. You showed us the key of A. Then the chords you actually played weren't in the key of A. They were outside of the notes you showed us. And then y'all didn't explain why. Now I'm still just as confused.
Maybe it’s me but you talk a lot about keys and chord progressions within a key but you never actually talk about what a key is....which is, er, the title of the video.
A key is:
Defined by the 7notes of a scale.
Contains 7 chords each one built from each of those 7 notes in that scale.
That’s it man.
Hope this helps.
Who needs to know the keys when you can just watch Marty shred
I’ve subscribed to Chris’s channel and really happy to have him in my arsenal of great instructors to inspire and learn from everyday. He has a very special way of breaking things down
Thanks for the plug Michael!
Music theory is really a blessing, whether it's learning how to compose music, or just feel a sense of appreciation!
I agree, it helps stitch everything together
@@curiousguitarist Indeed!
Music theory is such a mystery to me. It drives me crazy when the teacher says the first chord is always major but the third is always minor... Such statements (without explanation as to WHY!?) make me give up on learning mudic theory!
Great lesson Marty, please get Chris to do us an ear training session.
Ooh I like that idea!
Marty, I now understand why you’re such a great teacher! Because you had a great teacher! Chris is all that and more!
Thanks Scott!
Between your channel and Beato, I learn more in weeks that I did in years 20 years ago. My son has a real edge in getting good over his pops.
Hats off to Chris and Marty for this great lesson. I’ve never seen guitar theory put so simply. I’ve struggled with theory due to lack of interest and patience in applying the info. This simple starting point enables me to intuitively use chord shapes in the scale to experiment with creating music and learning other people’s music, similar to learning the blues in different keys. Excellent lesson.
Thanks Larry! Glad this type of approach works for you!
Great lesson. I have a slightly different question about keys. If I hear a track I'd like to jam with, how do I know what key it's in?
That can get tricky depending on the chord progression of the tune, but usually you can find the center of the key by trying to find the bass note in the part of the tune that feels like “home”, from there you can start to experiment with chords that are in that key...see what works and what doesn’t.
Usually it’s a process of elimination but finding that first home base chord is the first step, hope that helps!
@@curiousguitarist this seems viable th-cam.com/video/xHSc5aoixt8/w-d-xo.html
After playing guitar off and on for several years (I still consider myself a rookie) I have seen hundreds of guitar videos but this what is finally staring to make things click. After learning this pattern I realized it can be repeated literally anywhere on the neck.
The intro quality was so good I forgot if I was watching a YT Video or a movie.
And that SG is looking 🔥 just perfect.
Marty please do a lesson on jaded by Green Day!!! You the man Marty 💪🏼
Not sure where you are geting the chords from! They just sort of appear
I’m a right handed guitarist, my fretting hand is good with all the shapes and chords and is getting up to speed, can you make a technique video about rhythm and how to properly strum
Sounds like he is playing that song from Something About Mary where the guys keeps popping up singing little songs as a sort of musical narrator.
i didn't watch the whole video yet, so i'm sorry. but so a "key" is a scale or a group of chords? :( i'm never going to understand things. :(
The key is just the starting point. Like if you start on C it goes CDEFGAB. If it's the key of D it would be DEFGABC and so on
MARTY, CAN YOU PLEASE DO A LESSON ON 3 o’clock blues- BB King and Eric Clapton PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Free music theory lessons are always appreciated
This is such a good lesson. Holy moly, that tied a lot of things together for me! Thank you!
Can't see a thing fingers are in the way.
Hahaha!
Even though I don't know any of the chords it still kinda makes sense ig. It's sound does. I'm still learning barre chords but I'm preparing for music theory
Awww Chris even has a poster of Marty on his wall!
Well... Just gotta watch this 40 times
For me the most helpful thing right now is the thumbnail that emphatically say's "STOP OVERTHINKING!"
¡¡Holaa!!! me he suscrito a tu canal me gusta mucho tu contenido, busco inspiración para mis videos.. Sigue asíí!!!
wow, this thing is so useless, there is literally no explanations...
im sitting there and just: why? why? why? why? what for? why? why? why?
and there is no explanation to anything
I’ve been looking for someone to teach it at the pace and in-depth way that you just did! I finally kind of get it! I appreciate you, thanks for taking the time :)
You bet Alex!
Theory is so frustrating.....its like learning a foreign language
It absolutely is a new language. But if you want to really understand any instrument that journey has to start with music theory.
Yo Mart, you look like you are going with romantic mood lighting in this one. Great video.
Thank you so much! Really helpful for any young musician learning. Back when I was a fresh beginner, I remember to this day how stressed out I was because I didn’t know what a key was! Thanks again Marty!
If you can, Please do the solo lesson of Winter by The rolling stones. One of the most melodic and iconic guitar solo of all time. There isn't proper lesson of it on you tube. It would be much appreciated.
Thank you Marty you understand the principle of standing on the shoulders of Giants. Chris is also a brilliant teacher. Thank you for this.
Just started trying to expand my knowledge of guitar besides just songs and this guy has made it incredibly better than I thought it would be
Scales,notes,shapes,more shapes,add that manipulate it again . Learn more apply what you know move it up and down top to bottom on both axis.. more formulas . More math. Hammer ons pull offs rhythms.trills.plucks . And twangs. It is a love I now can't go a day without.. like u2. 🦅🤘🇺🇸 D,a,bm,g.
Music theory always scared me it always sounds too hard, just want to play. Just want to have fun, pull out my guitar and be the life of the party, despite being handy caped from war injuries. i have limited mobility in my left hand, makes it very difficult to play. BUT i can do the bar and power cords. I have great difficulty with normal cords and doing riffs. I still have fun doing the simple stuff. I'm in therapy to try to get more mobility back, but it's a slow process. I love your videos with simple songs to play, I hope you continue them for people like me that have served their country and have the joy of playing the guitar.
Admittedly I've only watched this once but I can't pretend to understand any of it beyond a key contains certain chords. And there is no way I'd be able to play that diminished chord, firstly even after nearly 3 years my fingers struggle to cover 3 frets and my thumb bends backwards at the middle knuckle (pretty much 90 degrees) so it's virtually impossible to get it on the top string without affecting the reach of my other fingers. But the concept just seems so complicated to me, maybe I'm just being dense!
Best things I learned in the past decades of playing is: Make it your own. Don’t worry about getting the sound right. Get the basics down before learning bad habits. Learn a variety of styles and share. Keep it simple and have fun when you play. Send Marty some $$. Great vid guys, thanks.
I’m mostly rock but I’m learning “Happy Together” to try just get some practice with new sounds and gotta say things are clicking so much with these theory videos
What a fantastic teacher and lovely guy
I've heard countless people talk about Marty from TH-cam and they all spoke about him as though they knew him personally.
THis is to totally awesome! Mahalo Marty and Chris!
Mahalo Kevin!!!
Ppl always skip why...
I need the why's answered
Why are keys important
I gotta know why they should be applied then how....
Cuz I'm retarded
This I understand completely. Right where I need to exercise on. Thanks for the dim shape and for not neglecting it. Thank you both. I want all those git on your walls. Gotta say.
Good video. I’d need another 100 videos on the same exact topic to actually understand.
I still don’t know what a key is.
What does it mean when someone says let’s play in the key of A? Does that just mean the area on the fret board??
Basically every chord is made up of note 1, 3 and 5 from your starting point in the scale (C-E-G, or D-F-A). It's the interval between the notes (whole step or half step) that makes it into a major or a minor. I guess.
Your statement is indeed accurate-a major chord has a difference of four semitones from the root to the third and three semitones from the third to the fifth. For a minor chord the reverse is true-three semitones from the root to the third and four semitones from the third to the fifth. Mentioned in the video is the diminished chord where the root, third and fifth are each separated by three semitones.
That’s just too much overwhelming info. Can we just jam on some good tunes🤷🏻♂️isn’t that what music is anyways
This is a bit much right now... I got a lot on my plate (music wise)... but I'll get around to it eventually. Thanks for the Tip!
OMG, I’m so confused. It’s not you, it’s me! 😢
Are you still confused? I am now confused
Val Surf in the hizzle! That orange Gibson is everything I need in life. My god.
Val Surf FTW!! Bought my very first street board there in 1975, the same year I took up guitar :)
Didn’t get my first Les Paul until 4 years later, but this one is definitely my last! The color is sweet cherry but since it’s a dye over, not painted, it’s aging into this very beautiful salmon orange. I’m in serious love with this thing
@@curiousguitarist that’s so cool! I live around the corner from CSUN on balboa and Nordoff. Thank you so much for teaching Marty. I’ve been a virtual student for 8 years. I teach surf lessons at Malibu surf shack. Take care Jedi master Sherland.
Thomas Nash.
The thing that confuses me is why the two chord is always minor, because say if your in A, there are tons of songs that would have a B in it just before going to the five.
This has helped me understand so much more. Thanks so much Marty and Chris!
This was perfect, exactly the lesson I needed! It all makes sense now.
Forgive me total noob.....If I understand it correctly, D string and finger to fret placement it is an A note or key of A?
Any chance of expanding on your opening peice please I know it is hanging the chords on the scale as Cris explained it just sounds a little more expanded.
Please tell me how to use a plectrum ? I try to use it but it feels like its destroying my snares while strumming up and down.. i dont understand how to use it..
This was a good video but I’m confused why the minor and major bar chords sometimes have the middle finger down and other times not
OH MY GOODNESS IM FINALLY COMPREHENDING WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT MUSIC THEORY
A long time ago I was a big fan of Joe Satriani. He talked about who he dubbed to take over his teaching studio bc he couldn’t teach anymore. They taught diatonic theory and how all the modes and chords fit on each other like a puzzle. How the root note of each mode had a corresponding chord that fit over it. It completely changed the way I look at the fretboard. In all my years I never see anyone teach diatonic theory and I’m not sure why. It makes the whole “theory thing” so much easier to digest. That you for beginning to show people with this lesson Chris.
You bet! And I could not agree more!
Axis pitch will make more sense if learn MORE DIFFERENT scales
You'll have to get the 7 basic down pack becuase you're basically going
to WARP them via shifting ONE or TWO notes
Chords ( arpeggios) will also give you a GUIDE to SEEing the entire fretboard
at a glance..The BASIC...ROOT to OCTAVE..playing toward the BRIDGE
and towards the NUT....sort of like playing the Open C MAJOR verse C Barr chord....and the BASIC of tuning your guitar...the 4 lower strings are tune
to perfect 4th or INVERTED 5th...
In a nutshell.....Learn the BASIC of playing the Arpeggios SWEEPING patterns.
i know and see the C MAJOR/Amin throughout entire fretboard
It just depends how your mind works or what you been expose to in your life.
i worked at power plants, electronics or even design video games as a hobby.
My brain is used to seeing and processing MULTI LAYERS of blue prints, schematics...ect...ect In 3D gaming design software....Im sued to seeing
the models' mesh...flip/rotate forward, backward. upside down and inside out.
So...mirror such as IONIAN is PHRYGIAN...Mirror descending make sense to me....
So lessons such as N6 chord...or inserting the Db chord as possible Lyd #6
is easier for me to process....
becuase C Harmonic min b2 is just Phrygian , maj7 = Db lyd #6
I had to apply it everyday...even if I wasnt playing my guitar..In a nutshell My brain will see multiple patterns layered on top
of each other....ROOT NOTES are always my first point of REFERENCE
anyways....
i use these 3 basic scale as guide...when I wing it. Playing blues or whatever
I dont THINK about it..if i do, it'll miss a beat.
It still comes back to the basic of what my Father told me from moment I
wanted to play lead....target and play around the arpeggios....kid.
Becuase I havnt learn different scales nor master fretboard, YET.
X= option notes
MAJOR pentatonic
1..x...2...x....3............5...x....6...........8
Minor penta
1...........b3..x..4...x...5............b7..x...8
DOMINANT
1...x...2.....x...3............5........b7...x...8
( not popular...but hey I better than most people)
it was a BIETCH to learn at first...becuase I kept missing the maj3 on the B string...But hey The guitar was a Bietch to learn at first...
So PRACTICE....PRACTICE...PRACTICE... SLOWLY without wanting to noodle.lol
will.....
Harmonic min b5 and melodic min b5 = FULL dim ( W/H)
dor b2, #4 and Lyd dom b2 = FULL dim ( H/W)
The trick is you can also stack MAJOR, min or DOMINANT chords every b3 intervals too....
or like this ( these are just modes from various scales)
example...if you ask me to wing it in 1. 4. 5 12 barr blues
A7......D7......E7
Im simply going to use the DOMINANT pentatonic as a GUIDE
over each TONE center
1,3,b7, #9.....or 1, #2, b7, 10 ( maj3)
is EASY for me
i also know.....3, 5, b7, b9 = FULL diminished.
mix
mix #2
mix #4
Mix b2
mix b6
mix b2, b6
mix #2, #4
Mix b2, #4
phry b4
loc b4
aeo b4
dor b4
or they;re just VARITIONS of whatever the hell within the 12 NOTES.
like the sat said.....the ROOT note as the AXIS
eveything else is OPTIONAL.lol
Easy to understand.... thanks Marty and Chris!
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Man this just made all my progressions make so much sense. I always knew what I wanted to play next but never realized why I was going to those chords. Really appreciate this video
That’s excellent Brandon!
Holy shit, I’ve always wondered how musicians “just know” what 145 in the key of G or 236 in the key of A meant. The shapes remain the same but are moved up and down the neck. WOW. Thank you
You bet George! Now you can play 1-4-5 in ANY key :)
@@curiousguitarist Thank you so much for this, you have gotten a new sub! 🤧
The problem for me, is there never seems to be a simple answer to any questions i have with music theory. i guess it just isnt simple lol!
so easy to see all that on a keyboard!! Isn't that a better way to teach that theory?
Wow, I feel like I just unlocked the secret to jumping in with a group on new songs without sheet music.
Love the Chris videos. Thanks Marty
Thanks Charles!
@@curiousguitarist No worries mate. Your videos have taught me a lot about music theory. It's something I have always wanted to dive into to help with my soloing. I'm looking forward to more. Thanks again.
Thanks. Good work.
Hey Peter! You’re welcome!
Classy move Marty. Awesome video!
I’m gonna go get hip on Chris’s channel. Thanks!
Thanks Rick, look forward to seeing you there!
Dude, Thank You!
Really, really, helped i was stuck in the a minor blues scale and didnt know where to go
This is why we have to learn those boring scales!!!
Thanks Marty and Chris. Keep these lessons coming
Man this video is released just as I’m learning chords within keys, and I gotta say it really ties thing up nicely! Thanks a lot Marty and Chris
You bet! Putting it all together early is a huge plus! Glad you enjoyed this one!
Hello Chris and Marty, I found some of the stuff a bit confusing but I only play for a month, am I supposed to understand them?
Why was the 2nd chord a Cm instead of a C#m?
Scratch that, it just clicked
huge thanks
Chris Sherland is a great teacher. He explained it super smoothly with the major scale, and I learned it.
Thanks, Chris!
Of course TDOTW!
Marty can you do a guitar lesson for five nights at freddys
How do you find where to start the chord ? Is at the route note in the scale? Im a noob so excuse me
Send help
Soooo lost
Thanks Marty and Chris. Have a wonderful day!
You bet!
"Don't think, thinking leads to overthinking."
Hey Marty, long time fan I've been watching your videos. Infact, you have liked one of my comments in the past. Just wanted to say that without your videos I probably wouldn't know much guitar. Always watching you with different account's. thanks again
I'm working on learning the scales. My problem is if a song is in the key of say A how do i play leads out of the box of a position? Another Words how do I move up and down the neck to make it sound good with the different chords the rhythm is playing. I've tried and tried to get this explained to me but nobody can get it through my head. It's really holding me back, like I've hit a wall.
Yes, I am Man I love Chris I subscribed, and I am a Patreon
Just stumbled upon your channel. Getting serious about learning theory after fumbling around my fretboard off and on since the 90’s. Thank you and I can’t wait to get started!
Great video - Chris is good!
Thanks Paul!