You’re killing me with your genius!! Travel safe!!

Your caged arpeggios masterclass was really helpful and videos like this expand upon it even more. You are an awesome teacher man i want to join the patreon next month

Awesome breakdown man! Attaching the different CAGED forms to the different scales is definitely an eye opening process for any guitarist

Great lesson man! You’re by far the best at explaining scales and how they relate to their corresponding chord.

Yezza! Thanks, Ian. Love to the family. Happy trails!

Thanks Stitch, you are one of the best on KZread. Your lessons are really meaningful and easy to understand. You certainly have a great gift for teaching.

Hey I recently found your channel and you are the bomb at explaining this stuff from a guitar player's perspective. I can't find anyone else breaking it down quite like this. Just wanted to say thank you :)

Another brilliant lesson, so wish I could have been shown this years ago but am so happy to know it now. Thanks a lot Mr Stitch.

I know many modes and cage shapes and can run up and down, but wasn't connecting the two like this. Wow what a huge help! Thanks Stich!

WOW! I've been trying to learn how to navigate the fret board using the major scale and this video hit the nail on the head for me. Thank you!

Great recap and reminder that enables a better flow.....thanks..

Amazing I never realised it was the shape of the chord that set the pattern. Your videos have helped me improve so much thank you.

Congrats on 200K Ian! Keep on rockin!!!

Glad to have found your channel. You clear up a lot.

Yaaaay. Thank You 💥

I keep going back to this as a refresher , great stuff!😊

Thank you so much for your lessons

Perfect, this is how I instruct students as well...as my guruji taught me. Jerry Topinka used to say "you can base any solo from the B string" (Base off the C scale shape of course!

Thanks for the free chart. I’ve been looking for this.

another little trinket in the arsenal. bless you for sharing.

Stitch, Bruh, Your lessons are the chlorine in a world of muddy guitar instruction. You are the butt-naked direct gospel truth! I've learned more in the last year from you and 2 others on KZread than in my 30-something years of playing! And for that, I thank you 🤘🏻 I wish I'd known you were in the forest, I'm about 30 min west down I-20, close to Birmingham! I'm sure there were some magical jam circles out in that forest, no?

I'm going have to watch this when I have my guitar in my hands. Thank you so much

Hi Ian. Yes. This was exactly what was needed. I also like how you transitioned away from the Box/Form names to the CAGED names for the 5 Boxes/Forms.

@StichMethodGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect 👍

Thank you !

The light finally came on……🎉😂😊 thank you! When to use what shape. It seems so simple now, and modes are coming into focus now as a result…..wow…..

Thank you very much

*Very interesting sharing!👍🛎 Wish you success!*

thank you :)

One thing that some might want to take note of is that the scale "shapes" change depending on where you need to start but the intervals don't change. Or at least not necessarily.

You should have millions of subscriber, you're a legend!

Thanks, Stich.

this helped me so much thank you!

@StichMethodGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome to hear!

3:52 E-Shape chord and scale 4:40 C-Shape chord and scale 6:38 A-Shape 6:41 chord and 6:56 scale 8:01 G-Shape 8:05 chord and 8:15 scale D-Shape 6:41 chord and 6:56 scale

Wow! I've been playing for 40 years and THAT was a real eye opener! Awesome dude!

@brianhood554

3 жыл бұрын

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@rogerholman5464

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianhood554 uo

it would be awesome if you share with us some images of those beautiful places!

Done

thank you for that AHA moment

Great video! Does Mr. Stich post the gear/SFX/amps he uses on each video anywhere?

Hot damn, you're the best yt guitar teacher for sure.

Thanks for doing this video. Really helps. Hopefully if I watch this multiple times, the add revenue will be worth it for you. Haha

Ah, so no wonder when I occasionally try to play with, say an A major backing track, the A major scale sounds horrible with it. Lol. It was really throwing my brain for a loop.

Well explained! Eb though - lots of jazz tunes in Eb.

@StichMethodGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, that’s why I said nobody plays it 😂😂😂. Just kidding.

@benkatof4240

3 жыл бұрын

@@StichMethodGuitar ouch.

@benkatof4240

3 жыл бұрын

@@StichMethodGuitar question for you... I never really learned CAGED, but I use mainly 7th chord arpeggios to navigate scales and hit target notes/chord tones. Am i missing something important not knowing the caged system?

Ian, FYI -- I stream with my TV. When you point up to your left referring to another check out this video here, it doesn't show on the screen. Thought I'd let you know. HAPPY TRAILS BUCKAROO!

Glad the harmonica was brought up,harmonica players have a choice of harmonica or cross harmonica with the same tune.I'm pretty sure that can relate to guitar playing.Any comment would be appreciated,thanks!

Since I started out understanding the modes, is it ok to keep them in mind when connecting the caged shapes? I.e. if i'm in the A shape i'm thinking mixolydian. If im in G shape i'm thinking aeolian. If i'm in A shape it's mixolydian. Ive engrained them in my mind over the months and it's the first thing I think of in a particular position. Thanks much!

Yo I live about a half hour north of Talladega.

Correction at 3:49 - the major chords derived from a major scale are the first, fourth and fifth chords.

So is it OK to play the chord shape that best fits your hand? With the Acoustic guitar, non cut-away, I tend to play, not so much the "C" chord shape or the "D", but the "E" chord or" A" chord shape. That's what I feel as a newbie, works for me. Probably limiting my sounds by keeping to only the A or E shape.

Thanks Stitch. I am slooooowly catching on. Will I master guitar ? No chance. Too late....... But I am enjoying myself and I am improving. If I could just put all the pieces together I would sound like a 3rd grade musician, and I'd be ecstatic. Time ..... ....... .....

Some modes, like Aeolian are really easy to resolve. For the life of me I can’t get Mixolydian songs for example to sound resolved, is that just part of composing with modes?

@murk4552

3 жыл бұрын

Just use G as the root for Mixolydian and do a slash chord over D Minor 7th. II and V chords in the C Major work scale dynamically in either order. So just do a full minor voicing in D. It'll resolve down powerfully too.

@TenThumbsProductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@murk4552 I’ve done that one the other way quite a bit. I always pictured more as a minor key with a V7 instead of a v. I could see how the slash chords would emphasize the dominant chord, I’ll give it a try, thanks!

@TenThumbsProductions

3 жыл бұрын

@@murk4552 I had a guitar in my hands when I read your comment, love the sound. Would you recommend more slash chords and more bass emphasizing the root note in other modal contexts if I am struggling with resolution?

@seanc.5310

3 жыл бұрын

You can just sprinkle in elements of the mixolydian scale into blues or major pentatonics. Try finding some Grateful Dead style jam tracks and mixolydian typically falls right into place. Check out mixo-dorian techniques also, it is one of my favorite sounds!

Welcome to my neck of the woods!

Hi :) I found Your video on KZread accidentally and I had an idea to ask you a question. I have a problem with something called Major but harmonic ;) Practically anyone talks about it, there are no songs in harmonic Major and his modes,just nothing only some general information about the construction of this scale. So,maybe you have some interesting information about modal music in general, but with an emphasis on harmonic Major and his modes? :D Have you made any videos about it or are you planning to do them in future? it's a very interesting topic, e.g. functional harmony in harmonic Major. Normally on second degree we have subdominant ii,right? but in harmonic Major ii is diminished,vi is augmented and iv i minor. Diminished chord is treated like rootless dominant in natural Major but in C harm.Major it would be flat A7 ,but a flat is augmented and G7 is dominant... If you can recommend something, a book, songs list in harmonic Major modes etc. or make a video about it, i'll be thankful Best regards PS my English is not very good, I used the google translator, I hope you understand what I mean :D

if you will do some a-z course on udemy or something like that. i am in.

Funny how the D shape scale coincides with Dorian yes?

I always just use the E shape And then wind up in a pentatonic anyway lol

I play Eb in C shape all the time. Well maybe not all the time. Lol

Dude, stop by and say hi!

Were can I find a print out of all the scale shapes he was talking about

@StichMethodGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Linked in the description box of this video

@chewie1984

3 жыл бұрын

@@StichMethodGuitar ok i must have looked over it thnx u.

You already know your minor pentatonic patterns one through five - right? Well what if you convert them to CAGED. Would you get C=4, A=3, G=1, E=2, D=5.

@allansamilow728

3 жыл бұрын

I was going to ask the very same question! Ian?

@jackh577

3 жыл бұрын

I've noticed some web sites and teachers change the numbers, and some don't.

Did he say "That's the friggin' scale shape" at 5:20? 'cause that's how I feel about most shaped chords. Other than E and A, they're impossible.

I have really enjoyed prior videos of yours and I can see that this one has been extremely helpful to many of the commenters however I got completely lost when you began to show the cage shape linking to the scale?? Is there any sort of reference that possibly can be read to help someone catch up to the others. Unfortunately; I’m totally lost on this lesson.

@StichMethodGuitar

Жыл бұрын

Did you get the free chart linked below the video?

@Naminorite

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the reply; I watched initially via ROKU on TV. I only have iPhone not laptop so with your comment I coordinated getting a copy of the resource pages from a friend via their computer. I will review the resource pages and rewatch when I get free time away from my job. Thank you again

All 7 shapes and arpeggios. Must know. Unless you have the ear gift lol.

I honestly never understood... When to use and which one and why... the Modes of the Major scales... When and why Ionian and when Phrygian?? I practised them a bit, then I saw I cant use them, so gave up. Can you do something on understanding WHY and WhEN and WHICH modes?? 🙏🙏

@StichMethodGuitar

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, watch my Understanding Modes Videos #1 and #2

@acousticknights9654

3 жыл бұрын

The difference in major and minor is just different modes. The best time to switch modes when jamming or soloing is to match the root with whatever chord or note the rhythm is playing. It takes time, patience, and practice...but that's basically it in a nutshell. If you want to get a little more technical and purposeful and start organizing a song based off modes think of this...major sounds happy, minor sounds sad...but both major and minor are just different modes, and what about all the emotions in between happy and sad? Well, that's when and where modes come in. Look up the emotional definition of modes and tell the story you want to tell with rhythm after that. Hope that makes sense and helps. Keep jamming

Are you a Music teacher in school sir ?

There's more to guitar than the pentatonic?! 😅😅😅

Wait bro. You live in Alabama?

@StichMethodGuitar

2 жыл бұрын

Nope…. Florida

everything is derived from the major diatonic scale...sing...do re mi fa so la ti do.....and thats it

@acousticknights9654

3 жыл бұрын

I thought Ti wasn't technically diatonic because it represents the diminished chord (or maj7 b5) and diatonic was everything in a scale besides for diminished (all chords/notes represented within 3 slices of the circle of 5ths)

@fasteddie8782

3 жыл бұрын

@@acousticknights9654 your PROBALY right but ,when I do play a major scale I always use the major 7th note ...it gives it that little xtra bit of major type sound...YEA all chords are built off of this scale....for major....minor IS flatted third degree of major scale....for me it's like a roadmap to reach your destination.when I play lead guitar type SHIT...but it's the pentatoic scale that changed my life....allman..srv...page...Clapton......skynyrd...muddy...Albert ...both of them...Hendrix Eddie.v...so many...so few time

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A psychotic guitar player thinks a C shape major scale is Phrygian. A neurotic guitarist knows it’s not, but is still bothered by the similarity.

I am tone deaf. unless I am trying to play a cover song, I only play in C major / A minor because I can't hear. That way I know I will always be in tune with myself.

@acousticknights9654

3 жыл бұрын

If you know any scale you can just move the root. Throwing on a backing track where you can see what scale it's in is a great way to work on ear training. I WAS tone deaf, and had a few medical issues with my inner ear. It definitely took some work and I'm still not perfect...but with a little time I can find anything now.

@mykneeshurt8393

3 жыл бұрын

@@acousticknights9654 I know all of the notes pretty well on my neck. I know a lot of theory. I can. not. match. tones. So if I record myself and come back to it the next day, if I did not write down what key I played. I can. not. tell. what key I played in. So I just play in C/Am and avoid that confusion. I've taken a lot of lessons to fix this hearing issue and NO ONE has had an answer for me. 25 years of trying to play music.