Music theory is like the grammar of a language, notes and chords are like words, rhythm is like sentences. I think music theory is vital if you want to actually understand what you're doing.
I wish I understood that 35 years ago. I only started to learn MT recently and it makes so much sense and really does help you. You can learn a lot without theory and many do and actually write good music. But if you struggle at all, knowing a little will help so much. It helps you understand the patterns and the possibilities that can be frustrating when you are winging it. Some people hear and put the patterns to work without even thinking about it, but for me I had a hard time understand why some things sounded good and others didn't until I learned some scales and practiced them and applied them to my own writing and looking at music I played from other bands. It all started to make sense.
Theory has helped me so much. More the earlier stuff than concepts like voice-leading, but even just learning the pentatonic scales helps a lot, in case the circle of fifths is too overwhelming. While guitarists are at a disadvantage with note reading, we don't have to deal with the bass clef or flats all that much. Piano is also great to learn alongside guitar as the note reading is very straight forward and can make composing a bit easier.
Unironically, this is best music teaching I've ever gotten anywhere. Last time I got this close it was from Spanish TH-cam guitar players.....and I don't speak Spanish.
Thank you shred, ive always needed a video like this to explain small basic stuff i missed. It would be cool if you started posting similar type content to this on TH-cam
Lord shred keeping my mind always fitness with his info! Shred, show us more of playing and compositions you made based on the things you teach! Will be appreciated and awesome content!
I have tried to understand that damn Circle of Fifths for probably 25 years. And you explain it to where I understand it in 5 minutes! Thank you, Shred 🤘🤘🤘
Shred, this is a lovely explanation....but not everyone can hear those half tones different from whole tones. I'm ok (with perfect pitch) so I know my keys inside out but loads of folk have to work this out the hard way. I've always thought that teaching the modes works better but, I know already, you've been teaching this already in former videos. Major & minor really suck because they don't cover the full musical harmonic range. This is exactly why Bach is such a good example of using all the modes in his harmonic progressions...there isn't really any major or minor, just fleeting visits through certain keys until he settles on the key he started in, Picardy ending or not! They just say they're Major or minor because that's the key they started & ended in. I love your approach to teaching music ...almost makes me want to buy a guitar! 😀 ...I'm a middle aged pianist so it will take me some convincing...
@rustiecagefun fact, perfect pitch is extremely rare. Many have great pitch. As a drummer, I can hear when my guitarist has a G or B string out of tune when they hit a Barre chord - those are his only two that go out because he bends them the most with his playing style. I can hear when a guitar is in tune with itself, and when something is out, But I cannot hum any note on command. Meanwhile, my HS friend had the FREAKY ability to hear me play a syncopation on my drums, and do a fill all the way around the set, then exclaim, “your 2nd rack tom is D!” Then walk over to the Casio and touch a key and it would be exactly perfect to that rack tom. That kid had perfect pitch. He went to Berkley and won an award for being the first Freshmen to win the dean’s award for best composed symphony. Tony Maltino. But, other than him, I have never met someone with perfect pitch, because it is just that rare.
Learning theory will stunt my creativity in the same way learning to weld properly will make ships less”interesting”. Truth is I would put more time in if I was 14 and starting again,right now it’s not my number 1 priority,it’s just enjoying playing along to the stuff I like.HOWEVER there’s a BIG bunch of people that don’t want you to learn because they know they’re frauds.Theres a lot of average people that hide in the arts simply because it IS subjective.Its easier to wear some strange clothes and say your art isn’t about other people it’s about you, rather than face up to you might just not have anything special to say.Working really hard at the tools to allow you expression is a real problem because you might find out all you’ve got to say once you can,is nothing.You end up Kirk hammet.But at least Kirk hammet stood up and he DID give us the solo unforgiving and a fair few others that seriously say something
Aloha Doctor Shred! Your mastery and detailed explanation are on display! Where does Buckethead sit on your list? At 52 he has blown everything else that I loved out of the water. Am I disillusioned?
First view ( edit : how do i share my music when i release, Do i need a business enquiry or just share my link) i really wish a feedback from you shred. Music has been quite a big part in my life. I really hope you enjoy it and im realeasing with video music as well ❤. And i appreaciate a lot to you because i learnt most of the exotic scales from your channel and have been exploring ever since.
If you put your finger right there on that fret and pluck the string you're playing a C#. Now, keep your finger right there and pluck that same string...Now you're playing a Db...MUSIC THEORY!
Dude I just checked the store😂😂😂😂 The Am i Evil shirt The most holiest chord And the math mathing shirt are fukn hilarious dude😂😂😂 Handle your hardwood boys
The Necromancy scale. You need a harp or two guitarists playing several tritones together perfectly, in the middle of a pentacle or pentagram made out of candle wax, encircled by lit candles made from the most raven-hued shade of black, using mystical wicks that make the flame burn purple, with a black light spotlight on the portal spot. If you are missing any ingredient, you can substitute that with a female virgin but she has to be “legally of age” in that country / area. Why? Because many demons were lawyers in their past life. 😎
Basically, any tritone notes that are a shade of black so void-bringing that Anish Kapoor could not be in the circle because he would try to sue, claiming they are too close to resembling Vantablack ™️
@@ShredmasterScott it’s not that it’s difficult I’m just trying to take little bites of information so I don’t get overwhelmed and I never realized how much there is to learn on guitar
Couldnt stand my last band i quit we dont need music theory then tried one out to write songs with one looked confused the ghosted me cause he could handle with his huge ego that he doesnt know jack
Inb4 boomers explain they “don’t need theory” while simultaneously explaining their own self discovery of theory and using it as their own framework to build the sounds they’re accustomed to
Ummm sorry, all the boomers I know went crazy about theory because of satriani, Vai, Yngwie, Greg Howe, Tony MacAlpine, Paul Gilbert, Vinnie Moore,Jason Becker , Marty Friedman, and so many more, the generation that decided theory was a waste was the Nirvana era ummm what was coined, posers, you may want to check your history
How many people can look at this stuff, listen to it, and just BAM! get it? I love music, but it's as foreign to me as Chinese. From the start of the video, I was confused by 0:02, and just stayed that way. I understood your name, and nothing else. I'm a mechanical guy, an engineer, problem-solver, great with spatial relationships, horsepower, and forged steel. Creativity, ESPECIALLY musical, is not in my DNA. You could point me to a lumber yard, and I could build you a house, but I couldn't paint you a picture, sing a song, or play an instrument if there was a gun to my head. I AM a creative writer, having received some minor accolades. Other than that, if it isn't 3,500 PSI or made with explosive-reactive armor, I'm lost. Is there any hope for me, or is it truly something you are born with? Everyone in my family is musical but me, every one of them playing instruments, singing in bands or barbershop quartets. Is a guitar a lost cause for me? Actually, I want to play the hauntingly beautiful violin. Is there hope for me, or am I a snake trying to juggle?
@rustiecage I can HEAR very well. I can sing (terribly) every lyric on entire albums, I can air drum or air guitar entire albums, but when the rubber meets the road, I'm an absolute tragedy. Not a little, I'm a 400-car pileup with as many deaths.
Play the guitar strings without fretting anything. 3rd fret is a third up. Now, go up to the 5th fret. That’s a fifth up from the root note. Go up to the 7th. That is a 7th. Go to the 12th fret. That is an octave. (So, a C, one octave up, is a higher C note.). I’m a drummer and I am also still learning. It helps when you do this stuff with a guitar of your own IN HAND. I don’t learn by reading or listening. I learn by DOING. Playing along with him is how I learn.
have you ever broke down cycle of 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 6th etc... I have. cool how each creates it's own scale or pattern. good for writing jingles or hooks for songs.
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Music theory is like the grammar of a language, notes and chords are like words, rhythm is like sentences. I think music theory is vital if you want to actually understand what you're doing.
I wish I understood that 35 years ago. I only started to learn MT recently and it makes so much sense and really does help you. You can learn a lot without theory and many do and actually write good music. But if you struggle at all, knowing a little will help so much. It helps you understand the patterns and the possibilities that can be frustrating when you are winging it. Some people hear and put the patterns to work without even thinking about it, but for me I had a hard time understand why some things sounded good and others didn't until I learned some scales and practiced them and applied them to my own writing and looking at music I played from other bands. It all started to make sense.
Theory has helped me so much. More the earlier stuff than concepts like voice-leading, but even just learning the pentatonic scales helps a lot, in case the circle of fifths is too overwhelming. While guitarists are at a disadvantage with note reading, we don't have to deal with the bass clef or flats all that much. Piano is also great to learn alongside guitar as the note reading is very straight forward and can make composing a bit easier.
Unironically, this is best music teaching I've ever gotten anywhere. Last time I got this close it was from Spanish TH-cam guitar players.....and I don't speak Spanish.
Thanks!
I love you Shredmaster Scott
WOW, AMAZING! I've been playing guitar for 25 years and this is the best lesson i've ever heard! Thank you very much!!!
Thank you shred, ive always needed a video like this to explain small basic stuff i missed. It would be cool if you started posting similar type content to this on TH-cam
Such a gem of a video.
thanks for the epic tutorial brother!
Lord shred keeping my mind always fitness with his info!
Shred, show us more of playing and compositions you made based on the things you teach! Will be appreciated and awesome content!
I think people should learn to sing the notes as soon as they play the very first scale.
I have tried to understand that damn Circle of Fifths for probably 25 years. And you explain it to where I understand it in 5 minutes! Thank you, Shred 🤘🤘🤘
Shred, this is a lovely explanation....but not everyone can hear those half tones different from whole tones. I'm ok (with perfect pitch) so I know my keys inside out but loads of folk have to work this out the hard way. I've always thought that teaching the modes works better but, I know already, you've been teaching this already in former videos. Major & minor really suck because they don't cover the full musical harmonic range. This is exactly why Bach is such a good example of using all the modes in his harmonic progressions...there isn't really any major or minor, just fleeting visits through certain keys until he settles on the key he started in, Picardy ending or not! They just say they're Major or minor because that's the key they started & ended in. I love your approach to teaching music ...almost makes me want to buy a guitar! 😀 ...I'm a middle aged pianist so it will take me some convincing...
@rustiecagefun fact, perfect pitch is extremely rare. Many have great pitch. As a drummer, I can hear when my guitarist has a G or B string out of tune when they hit a Barre chord - those are his only two that go out because he bends them the most with his playing style.
I can hear when a guitar is in tune with itself, and when something is out, But I cannot hum any note on command. Meanwhile, my HS friend had the FREAKY ability to hear me play a syncopation on my drums, and do a fill all the way around the set, then exclaim, “your 2nd rack tom is D!” Then walk over to the Casio and touch a key and it would be exactly perfect to that rack tom.
That kid had perfect pitch. He went to Berkley and won an award for being the first Freshmen to win the dean’s award for best composed symphony. Tony Maltino. But, other than him, I have never met someone with perfect pitch, because it is just that rare.
Studying grammar doesn't make you a bad writer. It makes you a bad person.
Music Theory to play guitar is like Liqour in having parties. You don't need it but it'd fuckin help.
when you do the quarter note demo and play play play that sounds like the beginning to the movie ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK!
Excellent video my man!! LOVE your channel and content! Keep up the amazing work!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
hell ya i did actually learn somethin today.. and your representation of the circle of fifths actually i feel stuck with me this time
Came here after a streak of chug chug power chord riffs, already sounds better just playing with the two note intervals you posted
Learning theory will stunt my creativity in the same way learning to weld properly will make ships less”interesting”.
Truth is I would put more time in if I was 14 and starting again,right now it’s not my number 1 priority,it’s just enjoying playing along to the stuff I like.HOWEVER there’s a BIG bunch of people that don’t want you to learn because they know they’re frauds.Theres a lot of average people that hide in the arts simply because it IS subjective.Its easier to wear some strange clothes and say your art isn’t about other people it’s about you, rather than face up to you might just not have anything special to say.Working really hard at the tools to allow you expression is a real problem because you might find out all you’ve got to say once you can,is nothing.You end up Kirk hammet.But at least Kirk hammet stood up and he DID give us the solo unforgiving and a fair few others that seriously say something
Aloha Doctor Shred! Your mastery and detailed explanation are on display! Where does Buckethead sit on your list? At 52 he has blown everything else that I loved out of the water. Am I disillusioned?
This summer, Sacha Baron Cohen as... the Guitar Teacher! 😎
First view ( edit : how do i share my music when i release, Do i need a business enquiry or just share my link) i really wish a feedback from you shred. Music has been quite a big part in my life. I really hope you enjoy it and im realeasing with video music as well ❤. And i appreaciate a lot to you because i learnt most of the exotic scales from your channel and have been exploring ever since.
Suggestion: Starcraft chords for the Terran race.
Same video game makers as Diablo.
Energetic space country rock.
This changed my whole world bro.🎉
Triads are crazy
EGBDF was Every Good Boy Deserve Fun................ But I like MUDHONEY's EGBD" Fudge" better!! 😅🤘
And FACE, because music is in yo FACE, lmao
🤘😫🤘 we all need this in our lives 🫶🏼
My ‘FACE’ when I, as a drummer, can keep up with guitarists and pianists … because I watch SMS’ videos.
🤘🤓👍
If you put your finger right there on that fret and pluck the string you're playing a C#. Now, keep your finger right there and pluck that same string...Now you're playing a Db...MUSIC THEORY!
This video just unlocked a knowledge I didn't know I had.
@@Die4Pie1 that’s great news!
Awesome 🤘
I can't believe it... I finally understood... I finally managed to understand music theory...
@@i_want_my_shuggah nice. It is a fun journey.
your the best Badass Teacher!
Dude
I just checked the store😂😂😂😂
The Am i Evil shirt
The most holiest chord
And the math mathing shirt are fukn hilarious dude😂😂😂
Handle your hardwood boys
You are freakin awesome dude, that attitude will get you laid
Thank you …
Amazing 💫⚡️🎼
What notes that will summon the dead 😈
The Necromancy scale. You need a harp or two guitarists playing several tritones together perfectly, in the middle of a pentacle or pentagram made out of candle wax, encircled by lit candles made from the most raven-hued shade of black, using mystical wicks that make the flame burn purple, with a black light spotlight on the portal spot. If you are missing any ingredient, you can substitute that with a female virgin but she has to be “legally of age” in that country / area.
Why? Because many demons were lawyers in their past life. 😎
Basically, any tritone notes that are a shade of black so void-bringing that Anish Kapoor could not be in the circle because he would try to sue, claiming they are too close to resembling Vantablack ™️
Concise and valuable 🤘
What are the most hellish sounding chords for a chord progression?
Amazing video.
I passed the 4th grade exam from the Royal School of Music already, yet this is still enticing.
No idea what he’s saying but if I’m not picking I’m attempting to learn thank you.
Theory is kinda like rocket science at first. What part was difficult to understand?
@@ShredmasterScott it’s not that it’s difficult I’m just trying to take little bites of information so I don’t get overwhelmed and I never realized how much there is to learn on guitar
Can you do a video about the tuning and scales the band Immortal used on songs of northern darkness?
Please please please
I play in the key of B sharp all the time.
E sharp is better
😆😆😆😉👍
Couldnt stand my last band i quit we dont need music theory then tried one out to write songs with one looked confused the ghosted me cause he could handle with his huge ego that he doesnt know jack
Plus was annoying spoon feeding them where the chords were on the fret board didn't know his octave got offended when I told him to learn it
🤘
I say Flat 5 instead of aug4
Inb4 boomers explain they “don’t need theory” while simultaneously explaining their own self discovery of theory and using it as their own framework to build the sounds they’re accustomed to
Music theory isn’t new
@@WhereIsPancakesHouseagreed. IN B4 PEOPLE EXPLAIN THE ANCIENT GREEKS NAMED MANY SCALES AND DISCOVERED MOST SCALES BEFORE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST! Lel.
Ummm sorry, all the boomers I know went crazy about theory because of satriani, Vai, Yngwie, Greg Howe, Tony MacAlpine, Paul Gilbert, Vinnie Moore,Jason Becker , Marty Friedman, and so many more, the generation that decided theory was a waste was the Nirvana era ummm what was coined, posers, you may want to check your history
You need to check out Jimmy Rex Wiseman…..(shirtless guy)
True boomers, think "play 5 notes then do a bend while looking like your haemerhoids burst" boomers@@jerryleokirkman9460
Coming from below😂
Speak Victor smolski?
How many people can look at this stuff, listen to it, and just BAM! get it? I love music, but it's as foreign to me as Chinese. From the start of the video, I was confused by 0:02, and just stayed that way. I understood your name, and nothing else. I'm a mechanical guy, an engineer, problem-solver, great with spatial relationships, horsepower, and forged steel. Creativity, ESPECIALLY musical, is not in my DNA. You could point me to a lumber yard, and I could build you a house, but I couldn't paint you a picture, sing a song, or play an instrument if there was a gun to my head. I AM a creative writer, having received some minor accolades. Other than that, if it isn't 3,500 PSI or made with explosive-reactive armor, I'm lost. Is there any hope for me, or is it truly something you are born with? Everyone in my family is musical but me, every one of them playing instruments, singing in bands or barbershop quartets. Is a guitar a lost cause for me? Actually, I want to play the hauntingly beautiful violin. Is there hope for me, or am I a snake trying to juggle?
@rustiecage I can HEAR very well. I can sing (terribly) every lyric on entire albums, I can air drum or air guitar entire albums, but when the rubber meets the road, I'm an absolute tragedy. Not a little, I'm a 400-car pileup with as many deaths.
Play the guitar strings without fretting anything.
3rd fret is a third up.
Now, go up to the 5th fret. That’s a fifth up from the root note.
Go up to the 7th. That is a 7th. Go to the 12th fret. That is an octave. (So, a C, one octave up, is a higher C note.).
I’m a drummer and I am also still learning. It helps when you do this stuff with a guitar of your own IN HAND. I don’t learn by reading or listening. I learn by DOING.
Playing along with him is how I learn.
n1
...just saw this guy on the news...he's in jail for killing his wife...that's why he's been MIA...so long 'Shred!' 🤘😿
Source?
have you ever broke down cycle of 2nds, 3rds, 4ths, 6th etc... I have. cool how each creates it's own scale or pattern. good for writing jingles or hooks for songs.