listen to her play the Led Zeppelin song. can't remember the name of the song off hand. but she flat out hits every note. Jimmy Page has more than likely heard this girl play it and I'm telling you, she plays it great. wow. I wanna hear it right now.
It's a good lesson explaining what to do, but the first part doesn't explain why. When you move down three steps in the first example (from Am to F#m) what you're doing is playing the relative minor. F#m and Amaj are exactly the same notes. It just depends on the root note/chord progressions. It would've been useful to explain this to beginners I feel.
Fellow almost 50 self teacher here....glad to see others like me out there! Been playing since 2016 and loving it. Every small increase in skill keeps me going.
Self teacher also. What really helped me was getting fretboard stickers with the notes on them. Good visual aide to start gaining knowledge of note locations and surrounding patterns with a quick visual check before committing them too muscle memory
How can anyone not like this? It is positive, well laid out and easy to follow, and everything she is saying is an excellent reminder of what has led me through the process of playing in every band I've been in. Very well done!
@@dannyhood7433 ...if the tempo is slow you can use faster phrasing so that he guitar line contrasts with the harmony - and vice versa - if the music is moving quickly, to stand out, phrase slowly.
I wish Ayla and TH-cam had been around 45 years ago - I'd be a ten-times better guitarist now thanks to her fresh, easily-understandable, polished and cheery presentation instead of the mostly stiff and outdated tuition books we had then. Nice work, Ayla, you've got a bright future and you're laying the foundations for a lot of others.
oh yeah... i took a break from guitar.. for a few years actually... but was focused more on elec. music, synths, audio mixing type stuff. I went hard with the keyboard and piano, in order to understand music theory better. I memorized, all the major and minor chords and the 7ths. When I went back to guitar, and focus on technique and scales, I am seeing it with new eyes.. the piano was HUGE better understand the fretboard.
Man, I could listen to you all day...and now that I've found you, I do. As a 65 yr old part time bass player TRYING to turn guitarist, I find your style of instruction most rewarding not only in actually learning scales and modes from you, but that you take the time to explain things with simplicity and patience. When playing with a group, I normally just kinda hang back to see how exactly the group will cover any particular song. Once I have a feel as to where they're going and how they want it to sound, then I feel comfortable adding into it or not. Thank you so much for being here for us who are either accomplished or struggling aspiring musicians. God bless !!
@@rickrolled1918 he might have been like many others and just learnt covers via tabs or guides. I did the same thing for years, i could bust out any pink floyd, dire straits, metallica, sabbath ect all the old school stuff easy but had no idea how to improvise. Oddly enough it was when i mucked around on a piano and wrote all the notes on the keys that theory clicked and made sense from an improvisational standpoint.
Thanks for your amazing lessons, some of the best on YT. I've been playing for years, mostly CAGED system, your approach is helping me put all the missing peices together.
Moving 3 frets down only works if you then play the scale from the correct root. For example, if you are playing the A minor pentatonic shape from the 5th fret A on three 6th string under your index finger and you move down 3 frets to play A major pentatonic, you have to start from the same 5th get A which is now under your pinky. You have to focus on the A root notes. If you play the shape from your index finger you will be playing the F# minor pentatonic scale, not the A major. Better is to play the second box shape starting on the 5th get A. This will be the A major pentatonic scale.
Been teaching others for years. When I say years I mean I'm almost fifty. I play alternate picking, hammer on pull off and sweep style playing and chicken picking Nashville. You have a way of explaining things on such a simple level I don't. I would recomend your videos to any beginner! Keep up the good work!
Glad to see a girl closer to my age here teaching and sharing tips. More power to you. Your voice is so calming and loved the first tip especially. Very clear instructions and explanation.Thanks alot 👌🏼
Step 2 is GREAT. Recent tips I picked up. 1 When practicing scales or solos loop a bass note to give you an auditory reference. 2 practice with a backing track.
Simple, clear, and no pretense. Also, your guitar tone isn’t modified with gain, etc. This was one of the best lessons I’ve seen and learned from. Thank you.
I have watched hundreds of guitar vids. And wow... Words can't describe how you made this so clear to me. Your lessons really point out the simplicity of playing without all the complexity in the middle and you get straight to the point. Please don't ever stop making vids. These are so good. And thank you so much for making these.
My brain has been stuck in minor pentatonic. You have helped me so much. You are a awesome teacher and guitarist. I can’t thank you enough 😎❤️👍👍👍. You have a fan forever!
Why would anyone in the world dislike this video,,SMH! She's amazing and you can just sense that if you have a soul that goes deeper than the first level. 151 people tried playing guitar and failed, lol. Anyway she is Absolutely positive and beautiful.!
This girl is a really good teacher very easy to follow her and she doesn't rush through a lesson ,great info in her videos I always pick up some great tips! Rock On!
My tip is to watch this video. Great help with no fuss. Particularly like that you did not scare me away with a gazillion chord shapes and names.. 🙏🏻🇦🇺
I'm the Lead Triangle player in my band. I've jammed with some of the best Triangle players out there, and I know these tips will take my solos to the next level.
So glad to see you again, you are a very good teacher and player. Myself have been a guitarist for 40yrs. I always learn something from your video's. Thank you and God bless.
She is a great teacher with a great personality. Athough, she is a talented guitar player, she understates her proficiency by making you believe that if she could do it, you can do it. Gives you encouragement.
Ok, I started to watch this because you are looking nice and the title was cool. Truth is this is one of the best videos explaining the basic ideas of solo I've yet to see on TH-cam. I use everything you mention, like literately. You also play well. So thank you lots, I will pass this to students and people who care about bettering their solos.
Just found you on YT. As a senior average player in this world of guitaring, genuinely the clearest delivery of music theory I have ever heard. Thank you so much and I will now go through your other videos. Please keep doing what you're doing.
When I read the title, as a guitarist I wasn’t going to click on it thinking it was gonna teach me how to actually “fake solo” lol!! But I’m so glad I clicked on it because WOW you saved me with that major pentatonic scale trick!!! Thank you so much!!!
Love me some Ayla! I first discovered Ayla on her cover of "Since I've Been Loving You", and was blown away. I'm revisiting guitar and hoping her instruction will take me further than I've been before.
A guitar teacher once told me to “keep going” if I made a mistake, instead of stopping and complaining (as I was doing). He further said, “You don’t have time for that”, meaning that when performing you can’t just stop. If you keep going while practicing you keep the flow going and get in the zone more quickly.
If you are playing with a song, then yes. If you are practicing a scale or chord, then no, that would be a bad thing. You need to have times, 15 mins a day would be great for fast progression, to pick a scale or a set of chords for a scale and practice without playing to a backing track. When doing that you need to take it as slow as you need to get it right, meaning every note is clear and not unintentionally muted, while you are practicing your scale or chords you want to also be practicing your picking, upstroke and down stroke, only one stroke per note. The more you practice like that, the more your hand will remember to do it right and the faster you will get and better sounding because you practiced making sure every note was played nice and clear with no unintended mistakes. It's best to dedicate 15 minutes to that at least once a day. That can be pretty boring so outside of that 15 minutes you can turn on a backing track in the scale you wish to practice(which is different from key). Just including this because it's mentioned a lot less so a lot of people don't know this but "key" is typically based off of the root note, the Tonic, in the first chord of a progression. Whether E major chord or E minor chord, two different scales, Emaj=E Ionian Scale(Natural Major Scale), Emin = E Aeolian Scale(Natural Minor Scale) same root note, is considered in the Key of E. Something more common that you possibly know is each major scale, has a different scale for every note(7 Scales), they are called modes. How it relates to key is, if your first chord is an E chord of any type, the actual scale you would want to play over it could be from any other major key based on the notes played in that chord and the chords that follow. Example: A minor Scale and C major scale use the same notes only what note you are rooted on changes which also changes the scale but not the notes, A Aeolian(ABCDEFGA) and C Ionian(CDEFGABC), but if you playing an A minor first and the other chords makes your notes fall into the notes from the C major scale it's still considered in the key of A. Either way, getting frustrated doesn't help, just dedicate 15 minutes as a minimum for good practice then have more fun style of practice with playing to backing tracks. If you do that you will naturally get faster and faster at running through your Scales and you will also be more precise. It is true you will never reach a point where you never make a mistake but dedicating some time to that kind of practice will reduce the amount of mistake you make while also improving how fast and precise you can finger notes and pick strings and your notes will be play a lot more clearly without many unattended mistakes.
@@Awsometurtle20 No problem. One more tip though, if you love playing you will want to improve which means if you haven't already you will end up diving into Music Theory, so one other thing that would be very helpful is to spend an extra 5 to 10 minutes with the C major scale, calling out the notes as you slowly play them, looking at them, focusing on them when you play them. A goal you will want to achieve early is learning the note names for the entire fretboard and it will go a lot faster than you likely think. After you know the whole notes ABCDEFG learning the 'in between' notes comes very easily as you practice other major scales. Knowing the notes will allow you to progress a lot faster with any new piece of Music Theory you look into and learn. It really doesn't take long either, even with just 5 minutes a day, by the end of one month you'll likely be able to call any note out with little thought.
Ayla rocking the Duo Sonic! Thanks for the tips. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has tried to learn guitar without first obtaining a masters degree in music theory.
Finally ... somebody that cuts through (what I call) the "secret musicians language" , and is giving us the gift of simplicity. I shutter to think how many years I've struggled with theory , scales, what makes a major, what makes a minor or a diminished chord diminished and a 7th a 7th. She basically says ... "don't over think it". Which is what I've been doing for decades (I'm sad to say). So, Thank you Guitareo girl ! Your presence is much appreciated Ayla. Cheers !
I’m not sure why this video was in my feed but I like that color of that Duo Sonic and a white coily is a nice touch. I have a Duo Sonic with vintage Strat noiseless single coils, and an orange coily.
I am still new to guitar and often feel lost , you really put perspective and make me feel assured to try again. Thanks Queen!
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Genial. Me encanta la manera en que explica Ayla, con sus ejemplos prácticos. Aunque soy hispanohablante y aún me cuesta un poco entender cuando alguien se expresa en inglés, sus demostraciones en el instrumento ayudan a comprender el concepto. Gracias.
Hi, thank you from France ! Thank you for your explanation, simplicity and your smile :) have a good day , your video help me a lot thank for sharing your talent!
Great Tip, Just want to add, another easy way Identify major and minor pentatonic, is if your pinky is on the root of the E string then it is a major pentatonic, if your first finger is on the minor root on the E string then its minor pentatonic. Cheers
Incredible balance in every aspect! You hit me exactly where I needed it in everything from the technical knowledge (the reason I came here) to presentation, personality, expertise, fun, aesthetics. I don’t often leave comments. You nailed it kid!!! Go far. I’m gonna follow you. Thank you!!!
This is called in solfeggio "the minor relative" :) which is one tone and half below the major key : A -> F#m B -> G#m C -> Am D -> Bm E -> C#m F -> D#m G -> Em You also have the same thing with the "major relative" (small b = flat) : A -> C B -> D C -> Eb D -> F E -> G F -> Ab G -> Bb
You have just become my new guitar teacher. I'm in my sixties and haven't played for 20 years and I vowed that if I ever began playing again I would try and leave all the old bad habits behind. Well I am leaving most of them but I found the more new ways of playing cards and playing notes and when to use my phone and when to use a pic and and learning scals and learning exactly what you're trying to get across here is really helping me to learn the way that I wish I would have. So I seriously want to thank you I think you're very talented but I'm so glad that you're sharing with us because so far I am able to relate to you so easily so thanks youngster for teaching an old dog new tricks
Your method of explaining and instruction is amazing!! Thank you so much, I have been pretty much self taught and just go by what sounds good together and the way you explain helps me understand why and gives me encouragement to expand my playing.
That is magic , and is groundbreaking for me , ive been messing around on guitar for 50 years and i have never been aware of that drop 3 frets to find major ,, so simple when you know !thaanjs so much 🎶🎶🎸🎵🎸🎶🎶🎸🎵
What a great lesson! 💃 This may sound very noob to some, but it helped me a lot when I figured this out the first time, so hopefully it may also help some of you 🥰: Let's say the we are playing a chord progression of F, G and Am. I realized this when I was playing a kind of triads of them: F G Am 1------3------5 1------3------5 2------4------5 3------5------7 This is in the key of Am. So then I played the pentatonic scale from 5th fret as I usually do. But then I also realized... "Holy shit... Why haven't I thought of this before?" What I had realized (kinda obvious to most perhaps) is that the four notes in the Am-triad I was playing were among the notes of pentatonic shape from 5th fret as well. This also made me realize that I can apply EVERY note from each chord from the chord progression to my solo... One way or another of course.. Sometimes it may not sound right, but then you just make a nice run to get back on track or return home (ending the phrase with a note of the same "name" of the key you are in for example). One thing which is certain however, is that you can ALWAYS apply ANY note from the chord that's currently playing. So it's important to be aware of the chord progression. Then I also realized these triads were "lesser" versions of the "actual" bigger chords... (Something I should have realized way sooner lol.) Then I also applied these extra notes from the bigger chords to the solo as well. Finally I combined all of this with the knowledge I already had of the different scales, as well as nice licks I've remembered because I think they are nice - among other stuff... Suddenly I had expanded my repertoire.... With more tools I could use 😊💕
Start improvising over real (favorite) tracks. Learn from the licks played in them, try to copy it. Gets you inspiration about what's possible in a solo and trains your ear. And second:, when you're in a Jam-Session: Don't play to much, but keep playing! Meaning, let your notes ring and stand for themselves. Play rather few and don't rush through it noodling all the time (how likes to listen to sombody, who talks non-stop ;-) ) . And keep playing means: Even if you hit a "wrong" note, go over it. Just keep playing, finish the bar, land on the root, you'll be fine. PS: Great Video. Thanks!
I simply love this girl. Whenever she smiles, it doesnt matter what the contents is.... oh wait it is about guitars...really?! In all seriousness: great lessons
If by "rule you found" you are referring to when Ayla went from Emin to E maj pentatonic by moving her fingers three steps up the FB, that really had nothing to do with relative minor scales. Using pentatonic shape 1 in each of those positions one can play either a minor or major pentatonic scale, but by regarding E as the root note in both positions you get Emin and Emaj pentatonic scales. The relative minor scale of Gmaj is Emin, and the relative minor scale of Emaj is C#min.
Before watching this video, me half-jokingly: "Just abuse the Minor Pentatonic Scale!" (the only one I'm really familiar with, haha). After watching the video, not only is it heavily encouraged, but that moving three frets down to work on a Major Scale, is a massive life hack, and it will really help me from now on! Thank you for this video!
Faking lessons from somebody who is herself way way too good herself on lead guitar 😁. Big fan, since the "Since I have been loving you" cover days ❤️❤️
VERY well done! your tips for playing 3 frets down is something a pro told me, when I was JUST starting out, and just that little tip put me a different league than the other guys playing guitar around my high school. Here's another (which I'm sure YOU know, but maybe for others): Playing a minor scale TWO FRETS UP from the key of your backing track. This gives you a "major" scale but with a flat 7. So you can play blues licks, with a major feel to them. Example: play a G major backing chord, and play an Am scale over that. Start from the G note, and as you noodle around to find lead licks, emphasize notes from the G chord (rather than playing Am licks). You'd find an F note in there, to give it a blues/rock feel, but also a B note that informs the listeners that it's a major key. Also, while playing in this mode, try bending up to that B from a Bb; this is a classic blues lick...
For anyone interested i recommended getting fretboard stickers with the notes on them. Really helps in the early stages being able to visually identify where notes are and the patterns that mesh them together. As you become familiar with where everything is just slowly start removing the stickers as your muscle memory takes over.
You've got a really smooth right hand. A lot of guitarists don't think about that or stop when they start focusing on their left. Good video, too. It's all valuable information that I explain to my students. Nice job.
I totally agree with your statement "Give them (the other people at the jam session) a chance to jump in, because if you've used your first chance to play by playing every single thing you know at 240bpm, you will definitely have given out your overall lack of ability". This was my biggest problem! But I still lived - HaHaHa. I love you and my new plan is to listen to everything you have loaded up onto TH-cam. Thanks for the great knowledge.
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What a great tip! Thanks! I subbed your channel. 💯
I thought you sounded great I like your style you keep on rocking.
Hours and months of YT searches trying figure out scales. Then comes along a teen that summed everything up in two seconds flat.
listen to her play the Led Zeppelin song. can't remember the name of the song off hand. but she flat out hits every note. Jimmy Page has more than likely heard this girl play it and I'm telling you, she plays it great. wow. I wanna hear it right now.
It's a good lesson explaining what to do, but the first part doesn't explain why. When you move down three steps in the first example (from Am to F#m) what you're doing is playing the relative minor. F#m and Amaj are exactly the same notes. It just depends on the root note/chord progressions. It would've been useful to explain this to beginners I feel.
@@popwarner1526 since I've been loving you, that's the title..
She can marry my son. Love her.
@Steven Stone did you start learning like a year ago?
Self teaching at almost 50, this kid just put so much in perspective for me. Well done!
Fellow almost 50 self teacher here....glad to see others like me out there! Been playing since 2016 and loving it. Every small increase in skill keeps me going.
Same
I thought it was a fart, but it was something else. I had to turn around, go home, and shower
Self teacher also. What really helped me was getting fretboard stickers with the notes on them. Good visual aide to start gaining knowledge of note locations and surrounding patterns with a quick visual check before committing them too muscle memory
Dude, I'm 75 and I learned some here.
This girl is very friendly and a good tutor! Please keep her permanently. I want to learn more from her. :)
she is an awesome teacher
KJ She's cool. A bit geeky, but cool. 👍
@@jamesy1955 You really had to throw the "geeky" slur in? She's talented and trying to help others.
@Keiwah Yep
@@jamesy1955 "geeky" = "knows what she's talking about in music". We should all be so geeky. Keep it up...
How can anyone not like this? It is positive, well laid out and easy to follow, and everything she is saying is an excellent reminder of what has led me through the process of playing in every band I've been in. Very well done!
TOP TIP: If the music is moving quickly, use slow phrasing. If the music is moving slowly, *then* you can use quicker phrasing :-)
Amén
Very good! Thank you for this one!👍🏼
Excellent tip
If the tempo is slow then solo fast?
@@dannyhood7433 ...if the tempo is slow you can use faster phrasing so that he guitar line contrasts with the harmony - and vice versa - if the music is moving quickly, to stand out, phrase slowly.
I wish Ayla and TH-cam had been around 45 years ago - I'd be a ten-times better guitarist now thanks to her fresh, easily-understandable, polished and cheery presentation instead of the mostly stiff and outdated tuition books we had then. Nice work, Ayla, you've got a bright future and you're laying the foundations for a lot of others.
So much of this is great for keyboard instruments too!
Smiles, same notes, do you play? Post something if you can:)
don't you just press that button on the keyboard that says 'transpose"
oh yeah... i took a break from guitar.. for a few years actually... but was focused more on elec. music, synths, audio mixing type stuff. I went hard with the keyboard and piano, in order to understand music theory better. I memorized, all the major and minor chords and the 7ths. When I went back to guitar, and focus on technique and scales, I am seeing it with new eyes.. the piano was HUGE better understand the fretboard.
@@ineedstuff8286 i just started messing with some keyboards to understand notes more myself
Sounds great to me
Man, I could listen to you all day...and now that I've found you, I do. As a 65 yr old part time bass player TRYING to turn guitarist, I find your style of instruction most rewarding not only in actually learning scales and modes from you, but that you take the time to explain things with simplicity and patience. When playing with a group, I normally just kinda hang back to see how exactly the group will cover any particular song. Once I have a feel as to where they're going and how they want it to sound, then I feel comfortable adding into it or not. Thank you so much for being here for us who are either accomplished or struggling aspiring musicians. God bless !!
I think I’ve learned more from this 15 minute lesson than I have in 20 years about soloing. Thank you soooo much
Hmmm, you must not have learned anything in 20 years then.
@@crimadellaphone9374 beat me to it...I was like "what the hell DID you learn in 20 fucking years then"💀
@@rickrolled1918 he might have been like many others and just learnt covers via tabs or guides. I did the same thing for years, i could bust out any pink floyd, dire straits, metallica, sabbath ect all the old school stuff easy but had no idea how to improvise. Oddly enough it was when i mucked around on a piano and wrote all the notes on the keys that theory clicked and made sense from an improvisational standpoint.
Gewoon pentatonics met grote hits meespelen heel goed voor je tempo en melodie gevoel !
😂 😂 really?
Thanks for your amazing lessons, some of the best on YT. I've been playing for years, mostly CAGED system, your approach is helping me put all the missing peices together.
The tip on moving 3 frets down to play the major pentatonic is genius! I'll take that tip!
I discovered this by accident years ago and it worked wonders.
I'm with you. Never knew that
Moving 3 frets down only works if you then play the scale from the correct root. For example, if you are playing the A minor pentatonic shape from the 5th fret A on three 6th string under your index finger and you move down 3 frets to play A major pentatonic, you have to start from the same 5th get A which is now under your pinky. You have to focus on the A root notes. If you play the shape from your index finger you will be playing the F# minor pentatonic scale, not the A major. Better is to play the second box shape starting on the 5th get A. This will be the A major pentatonic scale.
@@davide.waterbury6295 lost me, second box , A. Would be... Forth string, seventh fret, under the index finger?
start on ur index fingers its minor start on ur pinky its major
Been teaching others for years. When I say years I mean I'm almost fifty. I play alternate picking, hammer on pull off and sweep style playing and chicken picking Nashville. You have a way of explaining things on such a simple level I don't. I would recomend your videos to any beginner! Keep up the good work!
i‘m so glad Ayla is part of your team now! she‘s such a great teacher and player ☺️
We're happy she's part of the team too :)
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It's great to see the younger generation is interested in guitar playing. Keep it up Ayla!!
Glad to see a girl closer to my age here teaching and sharing tips. More power to you. Your voice is so calming and loved the first tip especially. Very clear instructions and explanation.Thanks alot 👌🏼
She is a brilliant guitar player for sure!
Yeah its so great! I love seeing how the channel has opened up to this!
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Cryptowizdom........Sweet name!!
Step 2 is GREAT.
Recent tips I picked up.
1 When practicing scales or solos loop a bass note to give you an auditory reference.
2 practice with a backing track.
I have a hard time believing this young lady could ever show up to a jam session and not know what was going on. Amazing, well done and thank you.
Yes, she is clever teacher; tries to get us motivated and I guess, she succeeded.
This may be the clearest and simplest explanation of scales and shapes and soloing in general I’ve ever seen
You just took me to school, cause I had never heard about moving the pentatonic for a major, You Rock
Just started to learn lead this year, so no would be my answer, more like 4 weeks and 20 minutes.
@@pp-bc8ln I've been playing almost 30 years and I didn't know that.
Simple, clear, and no pretense. Also, your guitar tone isn’t modified with gain, etc. This was one of the best lessons I’ve seen and learned from. Thank you.
I have watched hundreds of guitar vids. And wow... Words can't describe how you made this so clear to me.
Your lessons really point out the simplicity of playing without all the complexity in the middle and you get straight to the point.
Please don't ever stop making vids. These are so good.
And thank you so much for making these.
The world needs more of her in general! So amazing and awsome.
What are your best tips to "faking" an AMAZING guitar solo? 🎸
does faking it on a keyboard count??
@@PianoteOfficial Always.
Gain. Then a bit more gain. gg.
Borrow licks.. Nice one i like that way even though I'm totally a beginner
Still Loving you. Led zeppelin really like the way you play. My first vdeo to saw ayla.. 👍
“A little cheeky bend”. Super chill & cheery Canadian vibes here. I know all of this info & still enjoyed the video 😂🤙🏻
My brain has been stuck in minor pentatonic. You have helped me so much. You are a awesome teacher and guitarist. I can’t thank you enough 😎❤️👍👍👍. You have a fan forever!
Why would anyone in the world dislike this video,,SMH! She's amazing and you can just sense that if you have a soul that goes deeper than the first level. 151 people tried playing guitar and failed, lol. Anyway she is Absolutely positive and beautiful.!
This girl is a really good teacher very easy to follow her and she doesn't rush through a lesson ,great info in her videos I always pick up some great tips! Rock On!
I've been playing for 35 years and I find your channel very helpful. Newly subscribed!
My tip is to watch this video. Great help with no fuss. Particularly like that you did not scare me away with a gazillion chord shapes and names.. 🙏🏻🇦🇺
I'm the Lead Triangle player in my band. I've jammed with some of the best Triangle players out there, and I know these tips will take my solos to the next level.
So glad to see you again, you are a very good teacher and player. Myself have been a guitarist for 40yrs. I always learn something from your video's. Thank you and God bless.
25 years playing and i never new the "3 frets down" trick! Thank you!
what an engaging, honest and frank video - not to mention very helpful. Absolutely terrific! Thanks for sharing.
I really love the friendly and welcoming attitude here. And the tips are spot on. This teacher is great!
Eleven and a half minutes shows everything I know about guitar solos that took many, many years to figure out on my own.
This is one of the most useful and honest guitar videos I ever - EVER - watched.
Why did nobody tell me that I can make a minor pentatonic to a major pentatonic LMAO😅
Thanks for the trick
Right?!
😂😂😂😂
U can even play Eb pentatonic for triton sub , I m telling you now
@@garmodonnel3519 triton??
Remember the root notes though. Minor or Major, still should focus around the root
She is a great teacher with a great personality. Athough, she is a talented guitar player, she understates her proficiency by making you believe that if she could do it, you can do it. Gives you encouragement.
*_"If it sounds right...,_*
*_...it is right..."_*
*Joe Meek*
Ok, I started to watch this because you are looking nice and the title was cool. Truth is this is one of the best videos explaining the basic ideas of solo I've yet to see on TH-cam. I use everything you mention, like literately. You also play well. So thank you lots, I will pass this to students and people who care about bettering their solos.
The most useful random click of my life
Haha that summed it up so we’ll
Just found you on YT. As a senior average player in this world of guitaring, genuinely the clearest delivery of music theory I have ever heard. Thank you so much and I will now go through your other videos. Please keep doing what you're doing.
you can totally play minor pentatonics over a major chord progression, it sounds really bluesy.
Was looking for this comment. Found.
Absolutely! Just check out angus young solos. Just don't play the major position over a minor chord. Then it sounds pretty sour.
Its about the landing notes. Starting by the triads.
You only need the major pentatonic for country or some of that countryish Allman Brothers Dicky Betts stuff.
When I read the title, as a guitarist I wasn’t going to click on it thinking it was gonna teach me how to actually “fake solo” lol!! But I’m so glad I clicked on it because WOW you saved me with that major pentatonic scale trick!!! Thank you so much!!!
The positivity in these comments is so wholesome. Love to see it. Thanks for the great lesson!
Love me some Ayla! I first discovered Ayla on her cover of "Since I've Been Loving You", and was blown away. I'm revisiting guitar and hoping her instruction will take me further than I've been before.
A guitar teacher once told me to “keep going” if I made a mistake, instead of stopping and complaining (as I was doing). He further said, “You don’t have time for that”, meaning that when performing you can’t just stop. If you keep going while practicing you keep the flow going and get in the zone more quickly.
Ouuu thanks for the tip
If you are playing with a song, then yes. If you are practicing a scale or chord, then no, that would be a bad thing. You need to have times, 15 mins a day would be great for fast progression, to pick a scale or a set of chords for a scale and practice without playing to a backing track. When doing that you need to take it as slow as you need to get it right, meaning every note is clear and not unintentionally muted, while you are practicing your scale or chords you want to also be practicing your picking, upstroke and down stroke, only one stroke per note. The more you practice like that, the more your hand will remember to do it right and the faster you will get and better sounding because you practiced making sure every note was played nice and clear with no unintended mistakes. It's best to dedicate 15 minutes to that at least once a day. That can be pretty boring so outside of that 15 minutes you can turn on a backing track in the scale you wish to practice(which is different from key). Just including this because it's mentioned a lot less so a lot of people don't know this but "key" is typically based off of the root note, the Tonic, in the first chord of a progression. Whether E major chord or E minor chord, two different scales, Emaj=E Ionian Scale(Natural Major Scale), Emin = E Aeolian Scale(Natural Minor Scale) same root note, is considered in the Key of E. Something more common that you possibly know is each major scale, has a different scale for every note(7 Scales), they are called modes. How it relates to key is, if your first chord is an E chord of any type, the actual scale you would want to play over it could be from any other major key based on the notes played in that chord and the chords that follow.
Example: A minor Scale and C major scale use the same notes only what note you are rooted on changes which also changes the scale but not the notes, A Aeolian(ABCDEFGA) and C Ionian(CDEFGABC), but if you playing an A minor first and the other chords makes your notes fall into the notes from the C major scale it's still considered in the key of A.
Either way, getting frustrated doesn't help, just dedicate 15 minutes as a minimum for good practice then have more fun style of practice with playing to backing tracks. If you do that you will naturally get faster and faster at running through your Scales and you will also be more precise. It is true you will never reach a point where you never make a mistake but dedicating some time to that kind of practice will reduce the amount of mistake you make while also improving how fast and precise you can finger notes and pick strings and your notes will be play a lot more clearly without many unattended mistakes.
@@crimadellaphone9374 wow that’s amazing thank you ill try to get some practice in more consistently
@@Awsometurtle20 No problem. One more tip though, if you love playing you will want to improve which means if you haven't already you will end up diving into Music Theory, so one other thing that would be very helpful is to spend an extra 5 to 10 minutes with the C major scale, calling out the notes as you slowly play them, looking at them, focusing on them when you play them. A goal you will want to achieve early is learning the note names for the entire fretboard and it will go a lot faster than you likely think. After you know the whole notes ABCDEFG learning the 'in between' notes comes very easily as you practice other major scales. Knowing the notes will allow you to progress a lot faster with any new piece of Music Theory you look into and learn. It really doesn't take long either, even with just 5 minutes a day, by the end of one month you'll likely be able to call any note out with little thought.
@@crimadellaphone9374 wow that’s an awsome tip I think I’m gonna try and do that on the bass I’m gonna transition to play bass for my church 👍☺️
Same shape up 3 frets and you're doing the major??!! You. Have. Changed. My. Life. Thank you from the bottom of my heart!
Ayla rocking the Duo Sonic! Thanks for the tips. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who has tried to learn guitar without first obtaining a masters degree in music theory.
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Finally ... somebody that cuts through (what I call) the "secret musicians language" , and is giving us the gift of simplicity. I shutter to think how many years I've struggled with theory , scales, what makes a major, what makes a minor or a diminished chord diminished and a 7th a 7th. She basically says ... "don't over think it". Which is what I've been doing for decades (I'm sad to say). So, Thank you Guitareo girl ! Your presence is much appreciated Ayla. Cheers !
I’m not sure why this video was in my feed but I like that color of that Duo Sonic and a white coily is a nice touch. I have a Duo Sonic with vintage Strat noiseless single coils, and an orange coily.
The 3 frets trick is absolutely GOLDEN knowledge ..
“ you gotta feel every note , if you don’t how am I supposed to feel it “
Carlos Santana
I am still new to guitar and often feel lost , you really put perspective and make me feel assured to try again. Thanks Queen!
Genial. Me encanta la manera en que explica Ayla, con sus ejemplos prácticos. Aunque soy hispanohablante y aún me cuesta un poco entender cuando alguien se expresa en inglés, sus demostraciones en el instrumento ayudan a comprender el concepto. Gracias.
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Hi, thank you from France ! Thank you for your explanation, simplicity and your smile :) have a good day , your video help me a lot thank for sharing your talent!
You're so talented & have a BEAUTIFUL smile !
Thank you for sharing your hard work Ayla ... you inspire me :)
~ Michael your #1 fan
Great Tip,
Just want to add, another easy way Identify major and minor pentatonic, is if your pinky is on the root of the E string then it is a major pentatonic, if your first finger is on the minor root on the E string then its minor pentatonic.
Cheers
She speaks so clearly and smoothly with no hesitations, lovely speaker and teacher.
Incredible balance in every aspect! You hit me exactly where I needed it in everything from the technical knowledge (the reason I came here) to presentation, personality, expertise, fun, aesthetics.
I don’t often leave comments. You nailed it kid!!! Go far. I’m gonna follow you. Thank you!!!
This is called in solfeggio "the minor relative" :) which is one tone and half below the major key :
A -> F#m
B -> G#m
C -> Am
D -> Bm
E -> C#m
F -> D#m
G -> Em
You also have the same thing with the "major relative" (small b = flat) :
A -> C
B -> D
C -> Eb
D -> F
E -> G
F -> Ab
G -> Bb
I am not sure what it is that I learned from this video. Not sure if you can play great or if you are faking it all....Reason for existing please ??
You're wise beyond your years. Thanks for the great tips..
She could be 75
You have just become my new guitar teacher. I'm in my sixties and haven't played for 20 years and I vowed that if I ever began playing again I would try and leave all the old bad habits behind. Well I am leaving most of them but I found the more new ways of playing cards and playing notes and when to use my phone and when to use a pic and and learning scals and learning exactly what you're trying to get across here is really helping me to learn the way that I wish I would have. So I seriously want to thank you I think you're very talented but I'm so glad that you're sharing with us because so far I am able to relate to you so easily so thanks youngster for teaching an old dog new tricks
Your method of explaining and instruction is amazing!! Thank you so much, I have been pretty much self taught and just go by what sounds good together and the way you explain helps me understand why and gives me encouragement to expand my playing.
That is magic , and is groundbreaking for me , ive been messing around on guitar for 50 years and i have never been aware of that drop 3 frets to find major ,, so simple when you know !thaanjs so much 🎶🎶🎸🎵🎸🎶🎶🎸🎵
Great tips! Thank you.
Btw: I like that Axe!
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Moving down three frets to play the major scale blew my mind. Never had it explained that way. Thank you.
Holly Molly, step 1, who knew, thank you Sooooo Much..
What a great lesson! 💃
This may sound very noob to some, but it helped me a lot when I figured this out the first time, so hopefully it may also help some of you 🥰:
Let's say the we are playing a chord progression of F, G and Am.
I realized this when I was playing a kind of triads of them:
F G Am
1------3------5
1------3------5
2------4------5
3------5------7
This is in the key of Am. So then I played the pentatonic scale from 5th fret as I usually do.
But then I also realized... "Holy shit... Why haven't I thought of this before?"
What I had realized (kinda obvious to most perhaps) is that the four notes in the Am-triad I was playing were among the notes of pentatonic shape from 5th fret as well.
This also made me realize that I can apply EVERY note from each chord from the chord progression to my solo...
One way or another of course.. Sometimes it may not sound right, but then you just make a nice run to get back on track or return home (ending the phrase with a note of the same "name" of the key you are in for example).
One thing which is certain however, is that you can ALWAYS apply ANY note from the chord that's currently playing. So it's important to be aware of the chord progression.
Then I also realized these triads were "lesser" versions of the "actual" bigger chords... (Something I should have realized way sooner lol.)
Then I also applied these extra notes from the bigger chords to the solo as well.
Finally I combined all of this with the knowledge I already had of the different scales, as well as nice licks I've remembered because I think they are nice - among other stuff...
Suddenly I had expanded my repertoire.... With more tools I could use 😊💕
ay didnt think id see ayla here, shes dope
Start improvising over real (favorite) tracks. Learn from the licks played in them, try to copy it. Gets you inspiration about what's possible in a solo and trains your ear. And second:, when you're in a Jam-Session: Don't play to much, but keep playing!
Meaning, let your notes ring and stand for themselves. Play rather few and don't rush through it noodling all the time (how likes to listen to sombody, who talks non-stop ;-) ) . And keep playing means: Even if you hit a "wrong" note, go over it. Just keep playing, finish the bar, land on the root, you'll be fine.
PS: Great Video. Thanks!
I simply love this girl. Whenever she smiles, it doesnt matter what the contents is.... oh wait it is about guitars...really?! In all seriousness: great lessons
my favorite teacher .. making guitar easy for all of us. Thank you so much
Ayla never knows how to smile hahaha!
so guilty of what you've just said about major scales. such a good teacher.. thank you from PH!!
The rule you found is the relative minor! Blew my mind when I discovered it too lol
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If by "rule you found" you are referring to when Ayla went from Emin to E maj pentatonic by moving her fingers three steps up the FB, that really had nothing to do with relative minor scales. Using pentatonic shape 1 in each of those positions one can play either a minor or major pentatonic scale, but by regarding E as the root note in both positions you get Emin and Emaj pentatonic scales. The relative minor scale of Gmaj is Emin, and the relative minor scale of Emaj is C#min.
Before watching this video, me half-jokingly: "Just abuse the Minor Pentatonic Scale!" (the only one I'm really familiar with, haha).
After watching the video, not only is it heavily encouraged, but that moving three frets down to work on a Major Scale, is a massive life hack, and it will really help me from now on!
Thank you for this video!
Faking lessons from somebody who is herself way way too good herself on lead guitar 😁.
Big fan, since the "Since I have been loving you" cover days ❤️❤️
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that SIBLY cover of her is beyond this world indeed.
@@the_rover1 agreed 👍
Holy Moly!!!
I have been playing guitar for so long and have despaired of this trap hundreds of times!
Thanks a lot 😂 😍
There really isn't anything else I can add that other commenters have said so I'll just feed the algorithm monster 😉
VERY well done! your tips for playing 3 frets down is something a pro told me, when I was JUST starting out, and just that little tip put me a different league than the other guys playing guitar around my high school. Here's another (which I'm sure YOU know, but maybe for others):
Playing a minor scale TWO FRETS UP from the key of your backing track. This gives you a "major" scale but with a flat 7. So you can play blues licks, with a major feel to them. Example: play a G major backing chord, and play an Am scale over that. Start from the G note, and as you noodle around to find lead licks, emphasize notes from the G chord (rather than playing Am licks). You'd find an F note in there, to give it a blues/rock feel, but also a B note that informs the listeners that it's a major key. Also, while playing in this mode, try bending up to that B from a Bb; this is a classic blues lick...
Oh Man... I was trying to figure out some licks and turned it to 50% speed. She started to sound totally stoned speaking! Lol
You made my day with it 😂
Thanks, these three steps up on a Fretboard to go from Minor to Major is a super hint!
Wow, what a great lesson, so simple but so clever!
It's not that it's "fake", i guess, but is ways to do things that will always work. Very good!
Can’t you also change the root note in the “minor” pentatonic shape to make it a major pentatonic?
Yeah play it from the second degree then it becomes major from minor.
For anyone interested i recommended getting fretboard stickers with the notes on them.
Really helps in the early stages being able to visually identify where notes are and the patterns that mesh them together.
As you become familiar with where everything is just slowly start removing the stickers as your muscle memory takes over.
I like your modesty and easy style of presentation, your tutorials are an enjoyable way to learn.
Your "Since I've Been Loving You" cover was AMAZING! I am 58 and I suck, you are awesome!
Nobody:
Ayla: 😁
Dude she looks like a good friend, just super chill.
she sounds like the girl who has no guitar playing friends and all of a sudden someone asked how to play it
You've got a really smooth right hand. A lot of guitarists don't think about that or stop when they start focusing on their left. Good video, too. It's all valuable information that I explain to my students. Nice job.
Stevie T Somewhere having a stroke.
I totally agree with your statement "Give them (the other people at the jam session) a chance to jump in, because if you've used your first chance to play by playing every single thing you know at 240bpm, you will definitely have given out your overall lack of ability". This was my biggest problem! But I still lived - HaHaHa. I love you and my new plan is to listen to everything you have loaded up onto TH-cam. Thanks for the great knowledge.
you're not faking an amazing solo, you're playing an amazing solo
THREE FRETS BELOW!!!!!! So the easy solution was just 3 frets away! Thank you so much for sharing these easy and precious tips! :D
a cute girl with a pleasant talking voice teaching badass guitar lesson..love it