If I had had you as a teacher 20 years ago, I would have never quit trying to learn the guitar. Now at 82 I’m back to try again. Thanks for this video lesson. This lesson revitalized again my desire to learn.
@@brownpunk1794 enjoying everyday to the fullest. I know I won’t attain much expertise on my playing, but my brain will appreciate the exertion. What good is getting old if you don’t enjoy it. Thanks for your post.
To anyone who doesn't understand the diagram... it goes in alphabetical order C-G. Basically you need to understand a bit of theory to understand this. It goes in alphabetical order. You must know this far in how to tune your guitar (EADGBE) those are the keys played when you don't have your fingers on the frets. Then as you press down on the frets it increases. Example: If you were to press down on the sixth string (Low E) in the first fret that would make an F, and so on and so on. But that is not all, as there are sharps (#) in between those, every single letter has a sharp except B and E. So the musical alphabet is A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#. Then at the 12th fret it repeats itself. I hope this helped.
Yeah I didn’t bother learning scales for a long long time coz I just wanted to play songs but wish I learnt properly but I guess people like Lennon, Cobain , Gallagher and me are just one of a kind.
@@MrThedonhead no. You just figured out the habits and techniques that made you good at playing guitar. There is literally nothing special about anyone once you take the time to break it down. Is there a lot of accidental geniuses. Yes
I agree. Learning the fret board will make the understanding of chords easier. Although it make seem to the student that he/she is not learning anything worthwhile. I guess it all falls to the teacher to explain the need.
As a beginner trying to learn the right way, this is helpful. The only comment/suggestion I have is that it would be really helpful to have a sheet of the entire scale, like tabs or something where it starts with the 5th string, 3rd fret, then open 4th string, 3rd fret etc. Something visual to show the sequence from start to finish, would be really helpful.
I agree I was lost after the first few notes and find it difficult going back just a little as I don't know if that's where I left off so have to start the whole thing again
@Scales-n-Arpeggios Thank you so much man, you've made it so much easier for me to gain knowledge to these things, I have a question what are the benefits of knowing all these?
Been playing acoustIc by ear for about 15 years, More a buskers approach than understanding the true mechanics , treated myself to an electric & amp and this is my first exercise in terms of understanding what I’m playing,, plenty of bad habits I need to lose.. my playing has plateaued & I know I won’t get any better unless I look at the theory of what I’m playing.. Back to basics , subscribed 👍🙂
but big rockstars or guitarrists do not even know any music theory, as well this is my first exercise, in my sixth day playing guitar, n I feelling so good to understanding this, cuz finally I could, n I dont even speak english, so that makes feel better xd
@@spintrap.exe111 If you tell a big rockstar to play a scale and he really does not know it or the theory (which is unlikely) you can play it to him once and he will likely go "oh yeah, i use that a lot, i didn't know it had a name". Theory is not just theory because we put a name on it. It works for a reason.
Same for me. Love playing the guitar, just never studied any Theorie or looked at the correct habits and losing them has been tough, but it sure is working and benefiting me!
I’m taking ur course online & wanted to see some of ur TH-cam content. Plainly speaking, anyone that’s reading this, if u want to learn guitar, JUSTIN IS THE BEST TEACHER ON THE INTERNET!! Full stop!!
That lesson with its diagram was an eye opener for me. We had music lessons at school, mostly thinking and visualizing notes as a sequence, as they appear on a piano. Seeing the C major scale on the frets really helped me connect the dots with what I remembered from those lessons. Mostly helping me find my way around the fretboard. Perhaps this lesson should come before any chords
I'm a new player, so I could be missing something, but you play every string open, in the progression he's set you do it before the note of a higher pitch, meaning open d before b / second fret of d, and after third fret of a /c
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Thank you so much. When i did guitar in high school, i had to do a bunch of scales. Now i am 56 years old, i am trying to pickup guitar again, and this came back to me like it was yesterday.
To better process these scales and capturing the progression of the fingers on the F.B. it would be really beneficial to have them light-up on the graphic as an added visual tool for learning; thanks for your consideration. You have been a significant help for me, studied flute for 10 years and played in the US Army band, now at 67 happily tackling this marvelous instrument! Very satisfied with my monthly donation of $10.00 ... would encourage the many others here to do the same as you definitely have the attention and respect of scores of budding guitar players!! Thanks Justin Sandercoe!
@@brianshissler3263 maybe that this helps, from the left to the right it is 6 to 1 , so E is 6 A is 5, D is 4, G is 3, B is 2 and finally the High E is the first string. So the Second String third fret is the D on the B string
I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else is searching for best guitar courses review try Elumpa Simple Guitar Alchemist (just google it ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my cousin got cool results with it.
Thankyou. It took me a while as i got confused about the strings: I worked out this : C (5th str. 3rd --Fret 3 fing) D (4 str. - O fre .- O fin) E (4 st-. 2fr e - 2fin) F (4 st - 3fr -3fin) G (3st.- O fr -O fin ) A (3st -O fr -O fin) B (2 st- O fr - O fin) C (2st -1st fr- 1st fin) Hope this helps and makes sense.
Thank you, took me almost an hour to get this right. I'm a beginner with no knowledge of music but I have made some songs on my guitar already. I started learning chords and continued with this.
Thank you!! Only person that broke it down to make sense. Someone had a bunch of colors up and down the feet board and tried to explain the whole fret board at once instead of a section at a time and rushed through it. I finally get this one! Simple!
Holy crap man. I dont usually comment on stuff, but i just had to say. It is so blatant and passionately obvious how much you care about wanting to help the people watching these videos. Justin literally speaks so earnestly and honestly that the advice he is sharing becomes EVEN MORE BENEFITAL. You rarely hear musicians- no offense yall, but especially guitarists- fully admitting " Oh my gosh i haven't always been this good". No other guitarist, teacher, OR TH-camR has made me feel this relaxed about entering the big world of music. That's why he is the GOAT of guitar youtubers. And if you disagree with me at all, just go back and really open yourself up
Hi Justin, you are a great teacher. I found this lesson difficult at first, then I realised that instead of remembering "shapes" I should be fluent with the circle. It became very easy to play notes in order clockwise and anticlockwise. 🔃CDEFGABCDEF G 🔃🔄FEDCBAGFEDC🔄 You don't need to remember the sequence if you remember the circle. Now I can play the scale in my head by imagining frets, strings and finger movements. Imagination is a great tool for learning, it is used a lot in somatic education. Cheers
Omg you have no idea how helpful this is to me. I've never attended to any music schools or never learned how to play guitar, and I've just learned what scales and chords and intervals and all that basic stuff is, but i could only understand them looking at a piano. Maybe i was a little bit more exposed to piano growing up idk. And every time any guitarist talked about how to strum C major chord or Em chord etc, i would get so confused. This gave me more clarity tysm
Wow, looks like you truely have some talent. I'm only starting to find myself able to syncronize my right and left hands well enough to play separate strings with separate notes now after around 2 years of playing chords with stroking and simple arpeggios
If I had had you as a teacher 20 years ago, I would have never quit trying to learn the guitar. Now at 196 I’m back to try again. Thanks for this video lesson. This lesson revitalized again my desire to learn.
Been clumsily teaching myself guitar for a while now. I'm better than I was but still not a 'player' as such. Just started learning scales and found it helpful the way you used the term 'coding' and 'building a map' Those words opened up the importance of programming your brain with this information rather than just guess it every time!
Re-learning guitar at the age of 36. Used to play a little bit when I was 16 but honestly It feels like I'm starting fresh. Got it Christmas day and have spent the last week relearning how to play. I never practiced chords, just played tabs and have now learned the most common open chords and already feel like a significantly better guitarist than I was in my teens. I can play along quite nicely to a few songs, some using a capo which keeps the learning fun as I really struggle with barre chords. Watching this video in bed itching to pick up my guitar I really resonated with the "practice makes permanent". Just watching this video, playing air guitar and visualising the fretboard I feel I could probably nail the C major scale in minutes - but why rush it? Get it right, code it properly. Looking forward to getting in from work tomorrow and picking up my axe.
Thankyou Justine I am a raw beginner played Classic Piano for 8 year's in my teens and 20s always wanted to learn the Guitar I am 62 now the thought of learning scales I didn't thinkI could go through that again but you explained it so well so here I go baci x
As a guitar player who has been playing for a year and a half and is still very new to scales and whatnot, this video helped me so much understanding this basic shape and how it can be moved around across the fretboard. Earning my sub!
I've been playing self taught for 15 years give or take. I've tried and failed with scales a few times up until now. I love the way you explain everything in an easy to understand manor. At least for me anyway! Highly recommend these videos and I'll definitely be checking out more. Thanks a bunch! 🎸
I think Justin is one of the finest teachers I have ever run across and worked with, His patience is excellent, and explanations are so well thought out! Thank You so much Justin! I look forward to learning more with you!
I first began learning when I was 12 on a baritone ukulele. By 14, I had moved to a 6 string guitar. Up to that point, learning the "F" chord was the most challenging thing. Then I was introduced to bar chords. My hands are small, and my fingers are short. It was a stumbling block that I never did overcome. I never did progress any further, and just maintained status quo through the years. My inability with bar chords made it impossible to play with my brother and uncle. My uncle would tell me to just follow him with the chords I did know, then up and down the neck he would go with bar chords. He couldn't understand why I didn't know what chord he was playing. That's when we realized that I didn't have an ear either. I don't know the chords by sound. I either memorize the chording or need a cheat sheet. Now I am retired. I still love making music, and find myself with time and an older mindset. I am ready to try to triumph over the disabilities I couldn't when younger. Thank you for your video. If I cannot chord quickly enough, perhaps I should concentrate my efforts on picking.
Dear Mr. Justin, I have watched many of your guitar lessons over the years, and I still do. I just wanted to comment that many years ago I learned to play the guitar by ear from my older brother several decades ago way back in the 1960s. Then, when I taught myself to read music, especially TABs on the guitar, I watched TH-cam videos where there is an encouragement to learn pentatonic scales. This is since more than five years ago. I did master reading guitar TABs, but I was never fast in playing these pentatonic scales. However, I think that focusing on those pentatonic scales did not help me to master guitar playing especially the new music of blues that currently interest me. I think that these pentatonic scales have slowed my progress in learning how to play blues. I have noticed that I make much progress if I focus less on music theory a the very beginning of learning a new song. I feel that I make noticeable progress if I focus on the videos where the players show how to play any music be it pop or blues and then go back to the pentatonic scales to find out where the notes come from where they are located in the scales that I play in my blues arpeggios. That is my experience with the pentatonic scales. I am still having problems finding TH-cam videos where it is clearly demonstrated how the pentatonic scales can be used to play some blues music that makes sense.
Why not start here? www.justinguitar.com/modules/minor-pentatonic-scale More info on Justin's guitars: www.justinguitar.com/modules/justins-guitars | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Assistant
I really like it that you talked about the pinky-anchor thing because I've always been doing that unwillingly when picking and recently I've been trying to beat that habbit a lot, because for some reason I thought it definitely could not be correct, however that reduces my 'picking skills' by 50% immediately since it feels like I can't orient my fingers (or rather the pick) blindly without the "anchor". It feels like my hand is just floating in the air with no reference as to what point of the guitar it is at. Now I'm quiestioning whether it's even necessary to beat that problem. I didn't know it was a common thing.
I was using both your lesson and yousician (free version). On Yousician I was doing lead guitar than I got to this lesson and I found it very easy. I did it all correct at my first try. So I'd say it's good to have multiple learning platforms. I'd thank both Justin and Yousician for their attempts to give us the education that'd cost thousands. :D (Edited) after about 10 munites I can play the whole scale at a kinda fast tempo my eyes closed. You should probably try them both.
I’ve been playing for a few years but don’t really know anything about what I’m doing I just read tabs and learn songs. I decided to finally learn scales because I felt that I am at a peak and I was lead to this video. I now know the C Major scale and I’m barley 5 minutes in haha thank you! I look forward to watching more of your videos and learning the fundamentals. Do you have any videos on like knowing what every note is called?? I don’t know my way down the neck 🥺
I am 55 years old. Waited over 20 years before buying fender. Loved how you teach. Now I want to try and do this right. Where can get copies of these basic scales ? Thank you
I've played chords on guitar for years pretty proficiently, but I'm getting new interest in learning licks and ornaments, as you say. I've played piano for a long time as well and know the scales there, and you're totally spot on about memorizing the shape! That mapping is so important to learning music.
i beleive it's japan it may be somewhere else but the train conducters/operators will always announce their actions out loud to each other before doing it because the verbal element does help you stay on track and remember it's also way more efficient it makes it more safe, if you are tired it allows you to catch it with your ears before you do it with your hands
Great Lesson! I like how you broke up the lesson into the scale and how to practice it. Not a lot of people talk about the visuals you can make in your head to help start memorizing it. Thanks for sharing!
The first 5 or so views totally lost me but after about 30 minutes of pausing and replaying I can now manage it, not good but I now know what to play. Fantastic instruction as usual. Now to rest my blistered fingers.
Play, listen, rewind, listen again. .. that's what the old masters did with their records as well. You're doing great. Mastering this and working towards "brilliance on the basics" doesn't come in a week. It's good that you have patience with yourself! | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Assistant
This seemed pretty easy. I played it fast and consistently after 5 minutes. Maybe it's the full year of playing random music that helped. Lol. Switching to electric soon and I need to learn everything that there is to learn about guitars.
Very easy to follow along. I have been playing a short time. After struggling for 2 days with this scale, I noticed my chord switching improved greatly.
Practice makes permanent not perfect - first time I have ever heard that and its so true, have to be so careful not to reinforce something thats wrong.
You are such a Stellar Teacher! Thank you for being so clear with visuals, sound, charts and how to develop solid skills! It can be overwhelming as there's so much to learn on guitar as well as everything else in life! I finally found a smaller guitar for my smaller frame to make it more comfortable to pick up! You are such an inspiration!!! Thank you tremendously!
I play the violin, not good at it, but the first thing we learned was scales. Learning the scales is important becuase after we did the scales we went straight into the playing the music. It made it alot easier to play when you know what notes/ were they are. But thinking about learning how to play electric guitar. I know its not going to be easy for me. Learning anything new was never easy for me. But to hell with it love rock/ punk music and im gunna play to hell in back🤘
Your knowledge of violin will be a good support for your journey into guitar. Have faith and love music; passion will bring you FAR! | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide
someone please answer- whats always messed me up was WHY not start on the first E String? why the second A string? you'll find a c note if you go far down enough so why skip a whole string?
Since I like Justinguitar's lessons so much: is there an equally good equivalent for bass guitar? Does not have to be free, I happily pay for a good and effective teacher.
I'm all in today. Some hypomania and im learning guitar and keyboard and music theory all at once. Guaranteed success haha. Im old af. Ill be back on five years to tell you im a superstar! 😂
Very engaging video !! Many people are trying to learn Guitar online but there are only few who actually find something useful as this one. Keep doing the good work !!
Not sure if my reasoning is correct, but this makes sense to me and helped me learn the entire thing in just a few minutes. Just follow the musical alphabet. You’ll know where the open strings are this way, and when going down it’s in reverse. -> GABCDEFG So it goes CDEFG for UP And FEDCBAG FEDCBAGFE for DOWN then UP again FGABC
If there isn’t dot for a letter it has to be an open string EADGBE which matches where you are in the alphabet, open string also has to be between each “set” of dots on a string. Going UP open string before set of dots and always moving from left to right (looking at the guitar from own perspective) Going DOWN always moves right to left with open string afterward your set of dots
thanks man youre a massive help, ive always just learned songs and it came to my attention when i was with a few others i should actually learn these. Also i love the tele you have
Thanks for this video! It was funny hearing you describe the anchor tip, as I recently started practicing scales after just dootin’ around with chords for a few years and have been naturally using a pinky anchor - was wondering if it was a good habit or not, and guess I got my answer! 😊 Cheers
Great lesson mate, I taught myself Major scales on the bass. I'm glad your here to teach em to me on a six string. Always fun and fulfilling to learn something new creative. Thanks Man
@@Levi89723 it taught how to play 12 bar blues patterns and turnaround patterns. I can't remember the name sorry, but it comes in a series. It's basic progressive rock. Showed me enough to get into and perform in a band. Look at my page, and you'll hear some of what I've done with guitar and bass.
@@marksposito817 well done, man.. I'll check it out, thanks. :) The major scale though, did you just use the internet and TH-cam for it? I feel like a dumbass asking this but is the scale(s), the same for guitar to? Im guessing they're different since you said Justin's there to teach ya it on a six string which is probably a guitar...but then again, yeah..haha. I flatout only started playing guitar around 3 months ago and well..its going alright but goddamn, sometimes teaching yourself is hard, as you probably know...? XD Sorry for bombarding you with questions and giving you information you probably don't want but i do hope you have a good day because you seem nice. :) Wait- sorry- whats your page..?
This was very helpful!! At first I thought I will not be able to do it, but after about 15 minutes I can! Slowly, yeah, but I can:D So thank you!! Now I’m going to practice more
What scales should I learn next? It would be helpful to have a little guide for what to keep learning as I am just starting. Really appreciate your videos!
It is not a question of which scale to learn next. It is all about what to learn to do so that you can make music with this scale beofre learning any other. Check this advice: www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/when-not-to-learn-scales-sc-104 And as to what next? Follow the course and you can't go wrong. www.justinguitar.com/site-map-and-lesson-structure Cheers 😊 | Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Approved Teacher
hi thank u so much i have been playing just what i hear but now i am learning the scales lesson u are giving nd i have learnt it overnight thank sound like music cant wait for the next lesson 2
so basically start on the root chord, do the pattern with open cord before moving to the next string going down and invert the pattern going up so you hit open on the cord you were just on before moving onto the next
I've been playing for two years now following a 44 year break since my first attempt at playing the guitar. For some reason this scale stuck in my head although at the time I wasn't sure what it was or why I was playing it. Now I know. Thanks
I had started playing guitar at 45 yrs I played for a few months but then I gave it up. Now I restarted after 11 yrs and have forgotten everything. I have no memory of the C major scale which I used to play ever so often.
Crybaby! There is no crying in guitar playing!!! At ANY LEVEL! Especially ground zero . This is a NO PUSS BAGS ALLOWED club you joined. Welcome. Take a seat. Suck it up, buttercup! This isn't a flute lesson. Keep going, or go learn the flute. We came to Rock. To learn. To strum. To write. To PLAAY. It starts at ground zero. Painful fingertips and frustrating sessions. No pain, no gain. No duty, no beauty (ful music). You know you want to learn. Now ask yourself.. just HOW bad do u want it??
Funny thing i saw this video 6 months ago and gave it a try for an hour. After i totally forgot it. 10 mins ago i sumbled again on the video and after lil bit of practise i did the scale without knowing that i actually learned it. Now the thing is do not know is what to do with it. lol
If I had had you as a teacher 20 years ago, I would have never quit trying to learn the guitar. Now at 82 I’m back to try again.
Thanks for this video lesson. This lesson revitalized again my desire to learn.
congratulations on starting the guitar again
Are u still alive sir?
All the best
@@brownpunk1794 alive and kicking. Enjot
@@brownpunk1794 enjoying everyday to the fullest. I know I won’t attain much expertise on my playing,
but my brain will appreciate the exertion. What good is getting old if you don’t enjoy it.
Thanks for your post.
@@skippserrano6771 keep playing my friend👊🏿👍🏾
To anyone who doesn't understand the diagram... it goes in alphabetical order C-G. Basically you need to understand a bit of theory to understand this. It goes in alphabetical order. You must know this far in how to tune your guitar (EADGBE) those are the keys played when you don't have your fingers on the frets. Then as you press down on the frets it increases. Example: If you were to press down on the sixth string (Low E) in the first fret that would make an F, and so on and so on. But that is not all, as there are sharps (#) in between those, every single letter has a sharp except B and E. So the musical alphabet is A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#. Then at the 12th fret it repeats itself. I hope this helped.
Thanks!
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Amazing explanation. If anyone wants a visual explanation, let me know. I'll upload a video for the community.
!!! this should be the top comment
Truly found this so so helpful.
I think learning fretboard before learning chords makes you visualize what you are doing
Yeah I didn’t bother learning scales for a long long time coz I just wanted to play songs but wish I learnt properly but I guess people like Lennon, Cobain , Gallagher and me are just one of a kind.
@@MrThedonhead no. You just figured out the habits and techniques that made you good at playing guitar. There is literally nothing special about anyone once you take the time to break it down. Is there a lot of accidental geniuses. Yes
They both do. Chords are nothing but notes from scales, or you could say notes in scales are derived from chords.
Chicken or the egg
I agree. Learning the fret board will make the understanding of chords easier. Although it make seem to the student that he/she is not learning anything worthwhile. I guess it all falls to the teacher to explain the need.
it does, great observation
As a beginner trying to learn the right way, this is helpful. The only comment/suggestion I have is that it would be really helpful to have a sheet of the entire scale, like tabs or something where it starts with the 5th string, 3rd fret, then open 4th string, 3rd fret etc. Something visual to show the sequence from start to finish, would be really helpful.
I agree I was lost after the first few notes and find it difficult going back just a little as I don't know if that's where I left off so have to start the whole thing again
there is a link in description with the first diagram we saw and then a guitar tab + notes :)
Did you learn the notes on your fretboard first? Or, :jump straight to scales without learning the fretboard?
for real... such an oversight
i thought the same when i started the video, but once you get it, that chart is way better than tabs. try and learn it, you will thank yourself.
I'm an intermediate learner but never took the time to learn scales and modes, so here I am I really want to improve at guitar
@Scales-n-Arpeggios Thank you so much man, you've made it so much easier for me to gain knowledge to these things, I have a question what are the benefits of knowing all these?
Been playing acoustIc by ear for about 15 years, More a buskers approach than understanding the true mechanics , treated myself to an electric & amp and this is my first exercise in terms of understanding what I’m playing,, plenty of bad habits I need to lose.. my playing has plateaued & I know I won’t get any better unless I look at the theory of what I’m playing..
Back to basics , subscribed 👍🙂
omg im in the exact same position! so many bad habits hahahaha. good luck
but big rockstars or guitarrists do not even know any music theory, as well this is my first exercise, in my sixth day playing guitar, n I feelling so good to understanding this, cuz finally I could, n I dont even speak english, so that makes feel better xd
@@spintrap.exe111 If you tell a big rockstar to play a scale and he really does not know it or the theory (which is unlikely) you can play it to him once and he will likely go "oh yeah, i use that a lot, i didn't know it had a name". Theory is not just theory because we put a name on it. It works for a reason.
Same for me. Love playing the guitar, just never studied any Theorie or looked at the correct habits and losing them has been tough, but it sure is working and benefiting me!
same here!!! just been playing by ear all these years and have plateaued just as u said too,,, bad habits everywhere >.
"Practice Perfectly" - True words spoke by a true master. Excellent work Justin!
There are many guitar lessons on TH-cam... But this man is, obviously, one of the best teachers there. Thank you so much, sir.
Wow, thanks!
Cheers 😊
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I’m taking ur course online & wanted to see some of ur TH-cam content. Plainly speaking, anyone that’s reading this, if u want to learn guitar, JUSTIN IS THE BEST TEACHER ON THE INTERNET!!
Full stop!!
That lesson with its diagram was an eye opener for me. We had music lessons at school, mostly thinking and visualizing notes as a sequence, as they appear on a piano. Seeing the C major scale on the frets really helped me connect the dots with what I remembered from those lessons. Mostly helping me find my way around the fretboard. Perhaps this lesson should come before any chords
This is really great but the graphic should indicate open strings (via color or tone) so it is more useful.
Yeah, it's not all clear which open strings should be played. VERY confusing.
@@chrisl2285 the notes that are in the c major scale
look at the top of the tab the lettering is there.Once you learn guitar the guitar is not going to light up the notes youre playing lol
I'm a new player, so I could be missing something, but you play every string open, in the progression he's set you do it before the note of a higher pitch, meaning open d before b / second fret of d, and after third fret of a /c
@@douganderson7002 ? You should know what the open string notes are by heart lol. Guitar basics.
Thanks!
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Cheers 😊
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Thank you so much. When i did guitar in high school, i had to do a bunch of scales. Now i am 56 years old, i am trying to pickup guitar again, and this came back to me like it was yesterday.
To better process these scales and capturing the progression of the fingers on the F.B. it would be really beneficial to have them light-up on the graphic as an added visual tool for learning; thanks for your consideration. You have been a significant help for me, studied flute for 10 years and played in the US Army band, now at 67 happily tackling this marvelous instrument! Very satisfied with my monthly donation of $10.00 ... would encourage the many others here to do the same as you definitely have the attention and respect of scores of budding guitar players!! Thanks Justin Sandercoe!
would be really handy if the graphic lite up to the notes being played, i get lost with "2nd string third fret",
I was thinking that too. Know any channels that do this?
@@brianshissler3263 maybe that this helps, from the left to the right it is 6 to 1 , so E is 6 A is 5, D is 4, G is 3, B is 2 and finally the High E is the first string. So the Second String third fret is the D on the B string
You can't be playing scales, when you don't even know the name of the strings and what a fret is
Dude first learn the frets and strings before you start playing scales....
I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else is searching for best guitar courses review try Elumpa Simple Guitar Alchemist (just google it ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my cousin got cool results with it.
if i l make it big in music i will recommend Justin to the whole world
Jake Persay You don't have to wait you can recommend Justin to the whole world right now!
I recommend him anyway!
Whole :)
Same here!
*when 😉, not if. you got this.
Thankyou. It took me a while as i got confused about the strings: I worked out this : C (5th str. 3rd --Fret 3 fing) D (4 str. - O fre .- O fin) E (4 st-. 2fr e - 2fin) F (4 st - 3fr -3fin) G (3st.- O fr -O fin ) A (3st -O fr -O fin) B (2 st- O fr - O fin) C (2st -1st fr- 1st fin) Hope this helps and makes sense.
Thank you, took me almost an hour to get this right. I'm a beginner with no knowledge of music but I have made some songs on my guitar already. I started learning chords and continued with this.
Better than me. I think this is gonna take me a week or 2 to have memorized
Thank you!! Only person that broke it down to make sense. Someone had a bunch of colors up and down the feet board and tried to explain the whole fret board at once instead of a section at a time and rushed through it. I finally get this one! Simple!
Holy crap man.
I dont usually comment on stuff, but i just had to say.
It is so blatant and passionately obvious how much you care about wanting to help the people watching these videos. Justin literally speaks so earnestly and honestly that the advice he is sharing becomes EVEN MORE BENEFITAL. You rarely hear musicians- no offense yall, but especially guitarists- fully admitting " Oh my gosh i haven't always been this good". No other guitarist, teacher, OR TH-camR has made me feel this relaxed about entering the big world of music. That's why he is the GOAT of guitar youtubers. And if you disagree with me at all, just go back and really open yourself up
Hi Justin, you are a great teacher. I found this lesson difficult at first, then I realised that instead of remembering "shapes" I should be fluent with the circle. It became very easy to play notes in order clockwise and anticlockwise. 🔃CDEFGABCDEF G 🔃🔄FEDCBAGFEDC🔄 You don't need to remember the sequence if you remember the circle. Now I can play the scale in my head by imagining frets, strings and finger movements. Imagination is a great tool for learning, it is used a lot in somatic education. Cheers
Omg you have no idea how helpful this is to me. I've never attended to any music schools or never learned how to play guitar, and I've just learned what scales and chords and intervals and all that basic stuff is, but i could only understand them looking at a piano. Maybe i was a little bit more exposed to piano growing up idk. And every time any guitarist talked about how to strum C major chord or Em chord etc, i would get so confused. This gave me more clarity tysm
Found myself to be able to pick individual strings with no issue at only 2.5 months in :)
Scales are always fun !
Wow, looks like you truely have some talent. I'm only starting to find myself able to syncronize my right and left hands well enough to play separate strings with separate notes now after around 2 years of playing chords with stroking and simple arpeggios
If I had had you as a teacher 20 years ago, I would have never quit trying to learn the guitar. Now at 196 I’m back to try again.
Thanks for this video lesson. This lesson revitalized again my desire to learn.
I wasn't gettin' my guitar to play today. After I saw the new videos, you changed my mind! Thanks!
Been clumsily teaching myself guitar for a while now. I'm better than I was but still not a 'player' as such. Just started learning scales and found it helpful the way you used the term 'coding' and 'building a map' Those words opened up the importance of programming your brain with this information rather than just guess it every time!
Re-learning guitar at the age of 36. Used to play a little bit when I was 16 but honestly It feels like I'm starting fresh. Got it Christmas day and have spent the last week relearning how to play. I never practiced chords, just played tabs and have now learned the most common open chords and already feel like a significantly better guitarist than I was in my teens. I can play along quite nicely to a few songs, some using a capo which keeps the learning fun as I really struggle with barre chords. Watching this video in bed itching to pick up my guitar I really resonated with the "practice makes permanent". Just watching this video, playing air guitar and visualising the fretboard I feel I could probably nail the C major scale in minutes - but why rush it? Get it right, code it properly. Looking forward to getting in from work tomorrow and picking up my axe.
I've been playing guitar for over 10 years, and this is the first scale I've ever learned! Thanks Justin!
Thankyou Justine I am a raw beginner played Classic Piano for 8 year's in my teens and 20s always wanted to learn the Guitar I am 62 now the thought of learning scales I didn't thinkI could go through that again but you explained it so well so here I go baci x
As a guitar player who has been playing for a year and a half and is still very new to scales and whatnot, this video helped me so much understanding this basic shape and how it can be moved around across the fretboard. Earning my sub!
I've been playing self taught for 15 years give or take. I've tried and failed with scales a few times up until now. I love the way you explain everything in an easy to understand manor. At least for me anyway! Highly recommend these videos and I'll definitely be checking out more. Thanks a bunch! 🎸
I think Justin is one of the finest teachers I have ever run across and worked with, His patience is excellent, and explanations are so well thought out! Thank You so much Justin! I look forward to learning more with you!
I first began learning when I was 12 on a baritone ukulele. By 14, I had moved to a 6 string guitar. Up to that point, learning the "F" chord was the most challenging thing. Then I was introduced to bar chords. My hands are small, and my fingers are short. It was a stumbling block that I never did overcome.
I never did progress any further, and just maintained status quo through the years. My inability with bar chords made it impossible to play with my brother and uncle. My uncle would tell me to just follow him with the chords I did know, then up and down the neck he would go with bar chords. He couldn't understand why I didn't know what chord he was playing. That's when we realized that I didn't have an ear either. I don't know the chords by sound. I either memorize the chording or need a cheat sheet.
Now I am retired. I still love making music, and find myself with time and an older mindset. I am ready to try to triumph over the disabilities I couldn't when younger.
Thank you for your video. If I cannot chord quickly enough, perhaps I should concentrate my efforts on picking.
Dear Mr. Justin, I have watched many of your guitar lessons over the years, and I still do. I just wanted to comment that many years ago I learned to play the guitar by ear from my older brother several decades ago way back in the 1960s. Then, when I taught myself to read music, especially TABs on the guitar, I watched TH-cam videos where there is an encouragement to learn pentatonic scales. This is since more than five years ago. I did master reading guitar TABs, but I was never fast in playing these pentatonic scales. However, I think that focusing on those pentatonic scales did not help me to master guitar playing especially the new music of blues that currently interest me. I think that these pentatonic scales have slowed my progress in learning how to play blues. I have noticed that I make much progress if I focus less on music theory a the very beginning of learning a new song. I feel that I make noticeable progress if I focus on the videos where the players show how to play any music be it pop or blues and then go back to the pentatonic scales to find out where the notes come from where they are located in the scales that I play in my blues arpeggios. That is my experience with the pentatonic scales. I am still having problems finding TH-cam videos where it is clearly demonstrated how the pentatonic scales can be used to play some blues music that makes sense.
Why not start here? www.justinguitar.com/modules/minor-pentatonic-scale More info on Justin's guitars: www.justinguitar.com/modules/justins-guitars | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Assistant
I have progressed so much in just barely two months. Thank you Justin 👏
I really like it that you talked about the pinky-anchor thing because I've always been doing that unwillingly when picking and recently I've been trying to beat that habbit a lot, because for some reason I thought it definitely could not be correct, however that reduces my 'picking skills' by 50% immediately since it feels like I can't orient my fingers (or rather the pick) blindly without the "anchor". It feels like my hand is just floating in the air with no reference as to what point of the guitar it is at. Now I'm quiestioning whether it's even necessary to beat that problem. I didn't know it was a common thing.
I was using both your lesson and yousician (free version). On Yousician I was doing lead guitar than I got to this lesson and I found it very easy. I did it all correct at my first try. So I'd say it's good to have multiple learning platforms. I'd thank both Justin and Yousician for their attempts to give us the education that'd cost thousands. :D
(Edited) after about 10 munites I can play the whole scale at a kinda fast tempo my eyes closed. You should probably try them both.
Hows it going for you now?
It didn't took me 5min I have learnt way too quick 😳
This is clear as mud to me
Watched this twice, Broke my brain and confused the hell out of me... Back to the basic of basics I go...
Thanks Justin! 59 and just bought my first electric guitar! The last comment is great about helping with chords.
I’ve been playing for a few years but don’t really know anything about what I’m doing I just read tabs and learn songs. I decided to finally learn scales because I felt that I am at a peak and I was lead to this video. I now know the C Major scale and I’m barley 5 minutes in haha thank you! I look forward to watching more of your videos and learning the fundamentals. Do you have any videos on like knowing what every note is called?? I don’t know my way down the neck 🥺
Have you found a video talking about how to find the names of all the notes on the neck?
@@dystopesia search learn the fretboard in three minutes
I love Justin’s tutorials- always works for me. How are you Justin?
I'm good margita
I am 55 years old. Waited over 20 years before buying fender. Loved how you teach. Now I want to try and do this right. Where can get copies of these basic scales ? Thank you
I recall Justin mentioning having this on his to-do list. I'll poke him again ;) | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Assistant
I've played chords on guitar for years pretty proficiently, but I'm getting new interest in learning licks and ornaments, as you say. I've played piano for a long time as well and know the scales there, and you're totally spot on about memorizing the shape! That mapping is so important to learning music.
been playing guitar for over 35 years and I can play. Yet I never got into theory and scales much so I decided to start here.
Ah the major scales! Well I don’t usually know who to go with. Justin’s tutorials work for me. How is everyone?
i beleive it's japan it may be somewhere else but the train conducters/operators will always announce their actions out loud to each other before doing it because the verbal element does help you stay on track and remember it's also way more efficient it makes it more safe, if you are tired it allows you to catch it with your ears before you do it with your hands
Justin's scales lessons are what really broke me into guitar. Once he taught me how scales are used, it opened up so much.
Practice makes permanent, so practice perfectly!
- Justin
Just learnt that too!
Great Lesson! I like how you broke up the lesson into the scale and how to practice it. Not a lot of people talk about the visuals you can make in your head to help start memorizing it. Thanks for sharing!
The first 5 or so views totally lost me but after about 30 minutes of pausing and replaying I can now manage it, not good but I now know what to play. Fantastic instruction as usual. Now to rest my blistered fingers.
Play, listen, rewind, listen again. .. that's what the old masters did with their records as well. You're doing great. Mastering this and working towards "brilliance on the basics" doesn't come in a week. It's good that you have patience with yourself! | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Assistant
@@justinguitar Thank you kindly 🙏
Been strumming acoustic guitar for over a year and a half and feel like a beginner with an electric
Mate you're a beginner on acoustic. 18 months is no time at all.
This seemed pretty easy. I played it fast and consistently after 5 minutes. Maybe it's the full year of playing random music that helped. Lol. Switching to electric soon and I need to learn everything that there is to learn about guitars.
oh my, ive been playing this scale wrong this entire time. thanks for the lesson!
Very easy to follow along. I have been playing a short time. After struggling for 2 days with this scale, I noticed my chord switching improved greatly.
Glad you think so! Cheers 😊
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Justin. Keep your frequent tips coming in on a regular basis like you're doing. There's always more to learn.
Practice makes permanent not perfect - first time I have ever heard that and its so true, have to be so careful not to reinforce something thats wrong.
You are such a Stellar Teacher! Thank you for being so clear with visuals, sound, charts and how to develop solid skills! It can be overwhelming as there's so much to learn on guitar as well as everything else in life! I finally found a smaller guitar for my smaller frame to make it more comfortable to pick up! You are such an inspiration!!! Thank you tremendously!
Hello
Learning the basics right now so I can get better idea of how to play guitar even better
I play the violin, not good at it, but the first thing we learned was scales. Learning the scales is important becuase after we did the scales we went straight into the playing the music. It made it alot easier to play when you know what notes/ were they are. But thinking about learning how to play electric guitar. I know its not going to be easy for me. Learning anything new was never easy for me. But to hell with it love rock/ punk music and im gunna play to hell in back🤘
Your knowledge of violin will be a good support for your journey into guitar. Have faith and love music; passion will bring you FAR! | LievenDV | JustinGuitar Official Guide
someone please answer- whats always messed me up was WHY not start on the first E String? why the second A string? you'll find a c note if you go far down enough so why skip a whole string?
You are by far best teacher in scales.
Finally someone,you, explained it to me so i understand.
More of these well structured lessons
Also nice to see a great teacher with an open mind still willing to learn different ways re anchored pinky
Learning since nov 2019.Thanks Justin. Love ❤❤you from India 🇮🇳
You are a very good teacher. Thank you
I knew Daw re mi fa saw la ti daw,ti la saw fa mi re daw.😀😀. Very important to know. Its a key for everything for guitar and singing
"Practice makes PERMANENT, not perfect" - love that!
Wow, practice makes permenant is sooo true! I will keep that in mind when practicing. Best part of the video!
Since I like Justinguitar's lessons so much: is there an equally good equivalent for bass guitar? Does not have to be free, I happily pay for a good and effective teacher.
I'm all in today. Some hypomania and im learning guitar and keyboard and music theory all at once. Guaranteed success haha. Im old af. Ill be back on five years to tell you im a superstar! 😂
Great leason! Thanks for sharing!
Very engaging video !! Many people are trying to learn Guitar online but there are only few who actually find something useful as this one. Keep doing the good work !!
Coming here from playing drums for 18 years. I’m 21 now and I just need to learn the guitar. Wish me luck!
Not sure if my reasoning is correct, but this makes sense to me and helped me learn the entire thing in just a few minutes.
Just follow the musical alphabet. You’ll know where the open strings are this way, and when going down it’s in reverse.
-> GABCDEFG
So it goes
CDEFG for UP
And
FEDCBAG FEDCBAGFE for DOWN
then UP again
FGABC
If there isn’t dot for a letter it has to be an open string EADGBE which matches where you are in the alphabet, open string also has to be between each “set” of dots on a string.
Going UP open string before set of dots and always moving from left to right (looking at the guitar from own perspective)
Going DOWN always moves right to left with open string afterward your set of dots
Having the picture of the frets is very helpful, thank you
incredibly helpful. best video on this period
thanks man youre a massive help, ive always just learned songs and it came to my attention when i was with a few others i should actually learn these. Also i love the tele you have
Thanks for this video! It was funny hearing you describe the anchor tip, as I recently started practicing scales after just dootin’ around with chords for a few years and have been naturally using a pinky anchor - was wondering if it was a good habit or not, and guess I got my answer! 😊 Cheers
Great lesson mate, I taught myself Major scales on the bass. I'm glad your here to teach em to me on a six string. Always fun and fulfilling to learn something new creative.
Thanks Man
Howd you teach yourself?
@@Levi89723 with a book.
@@marksposito817 must be a good book.
@@Levi89723 it taught how to play 12 bar blues patterns and turnaround patterns. I can't remember the name sorry, but it comes in a series. It's basic progressive rock. Showed me enough to get into and perform in a band. Look at my page, and you'll hear some of what I've done with guitar and bass.
@@marksposito817 well done, man.. I'll check it out, thanks. :)
The major scale though, did you just use the internet and TH-cam for it?
I feel like a dumbass asking this but is the scale(s), the same for guitar to? Im guessing they're different since you said Justin's there to teach ya it on a six string which is probably a guitar...but then again, yeah..haha.
I flatout only started playing guitar around 3 months ago and well..its going alright but goddamn, sometimes teaching yourself is hard, as you probably know...? XD
Sorry for bombarding you with questions and giving you information you probably don't want but i do hope you have a good day because you seem nice. :)
Wait- sorry- whats your page..?
This was very helpful!! At first I thought I will not be able to do it, but after about 15 minutes I can! Slowly, yeah, but I can:D So thank you!! Now I’m going to practice more
Slowly but surely :) Enjoy your practice sessions, cheers.
Been playing guitar for 3 years… first time learning scales
Thank you for the lessons
What scales should I learn next? It would be helpful to have a little guide for what to keep learning as I am just starting. Really appreciate your videos!
It is not a question of which scale to learn next. It is all about what to learn to do so that you can make music with this scale beofre learning any other. Check this advice: www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/when-not-to-learn-scales-sc-104
And as to what next? Follow the course and you can't go wrong. www.justinguitar.com/site-map-and-lesson-structure
Cheers 😊
| Richard_close2u | JustinGuitar Official Guide & Approved Teacher
hi thank u so much i have been playing just what i hear but now i am learning the scales lesson u are giving nd i have learnt it overnight thank sound like music cant wait for the next lesson 2
so basically start on the root chord, do the pattern with open cord before moving to the next string going down and invert the pattern going up so you hit open on the cord you were just on before moving onto the next
Im really new and just learned basic chords and guessing this is the next level. Are pentatonic scales different than major/minor scales?
I've been playing for two years now following a 44 year break since my first attempt at playing the guitar. For some reason this scale stuck in my head although at the time I wasn't sure what it was or why I was playing it. Now I know. Thanks
Great beginner scale instruction.
You are awesome Justin. Thank You.
You are! Cheers :)
trying to figure out where to go from here, is this part of a larger playlist?
Before you even mentioned do re mi I was singing it in my head as you played the scale. Good to know I am on the right track lol. Thank you choir 🙌🏼
I'm now learning the G major scale and I think I'm seeing improvments already.
The scales have finally clicked. Thank you
I had started playing guitar at 45 yrs I played for a few months but then I gave it up. Now I restarted after 11 yrs and have forgotten everything. I have no memory of the C major scale which I used to play ever so often.
I think of my pinky on the fingerboard as a brake ,,I can pump the brakes or go full throttle w/my pinky off the brakes ,,it's totally flexible
Thanks clear video
im a beginner and this video made me want to throw my guitar away
Oh no! Why? Hopefully you didn't lol
Hahahahah
I'll take it!
Right😂?!@KameronStepp
Crybaby!
There is no crying in guitar playing!!!
At ANY LEVEL!
Especially ground zero .
This is a NO PUSS BAGS ALLOWED club you joined.
Welcome.
Take a seat.
Suck it up, buttercup!
This isn't a flute lesson.
Keep going,
or go learn the flute.
We came to Rock.
To learn.
To strum.
To write.
To PLAAY.
It starts at ground zero.
Painful fingertips and frustrating sessions.
No pain, no gain.
No duty, no beauty (ful music).
You know you want to learn.
Now ask yourself.. just HOW bad do u want it??
Great lesson! Thank you for the quality content 🎸🎸🎸🙌🏼❤️
Cheers
Funny thing i saw this video 6 months ago and gave it a try for an hour. After i totally forgot it.
10 mins ago i sumbled again on the video and after lil bit of practise i did the scale without knowing that i actually learned it.
Now the thing is do not know is what to do with it. lol
Been watching your videos since 2009. Don't know how i forgot to subscribe 😮