If you like these lessons, definitely check out www.zombieguitar.com/ It is a one-of-a-kind site dedicated to helping guitarists to understand the fretboard and create their own music. You will love it!!

Hey Brian, I’m not new here but just wanted to say that recently I’ve started taking physical guitar lessons but you’re so much clearer and a better teacher overall. Thank you so much.

Hi Byan after literally decades of trying to learn to solo and getting lost in a deluge of (for me) completely confusing theory, your video was the major light bulb moment, it made the connection. You have given me an 'in' to the beginning of my soloing journey - I really can't thank you enough.

@zombieguitar

5 жыл бұрын

That's what I like to hear!

thanks so much for this brian. I learned the chord tone soloing from the dominant 7th chord caged shapes lesson you did a few months ago and its been super useful, once you learn those shapes and use them with scales such as the major and minor or modes its an incredible feeling. It is difficult, it can be frustrating but if you stick at it there is literally nothing stopping you from sounding great and you have endless possibilities. I want to extend that knowledge now into just major and minor chords and this was very helpful thank you so much, i look forward to your content in the future.

Man, that is some beautiful sounds brother - thank you so much for sharing this!!!

I love the idea that you play over the chord progression over and over again on a selected box (CAGED boxes), then start soloing. Thank you Brain for bringing up this idea.

I'm italian but the way you teach is very clear. Thank you

very informative! I never understood the target note progressions in this building a lead method. It takes some of the guess work out of what sounds right. Thank you for this insight.

This is an awesome approach mate,thank you for sharing! I couldn't say that I fully understand but this video is surely worth to save and work on it later. Thanks again! 🎸🙏

best lessons on the net Brian, many thanks from a Brit across the pond.

Simple yet very effective! Thanks for this.

This lesson really highlights the importance of the caged system as a basis for lead soloing. Great lesson Brian

Awesome Brian keep these coming

Thanks Brian.Great lesson.Stay well.God bless

Thank you, really nice Brian!

Thank you Brian. Very helpful!

another good one Brian ... thanks man

Love your teaching

Great lesson

Great video. You are one of the Music Coach that provided me with key information that allowed me to progresse. You are using music to teach music theorie and important basic concept. I can now play in a jey all over the neck and improvising lines. However following chords progression requires discipline. Lol But when you get that you can throw an arpeggio or scale stuff (using the proper chord/mode for the scale degree). The lesson where you teach how to use the dim7 chords to create a chromatic progression mixed with a Tonal progression was a game changer for me. I composed such progression and great bass line using arpeggios following the progression. Since it's not all in key I can't freely improvise. It's a reel challenge to follow the progression.

@zombieguitar

5 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! The lesson that I will be making next week will be about how to solo over non-diatonic chords. That outta help you out with where you are stuck right now.

Thanks for the lessons

Ya know... Never stop! Slow down occasionally or take a break. But keep on! What you're looking for is out there waiting for you to find it (kinda...). Your "the light comes on" moment can happen with stuff like this. If it was easy everybody would do it every day so it's gonna be hard to do. I could go on all day... He was nowhere near where you want to be/go but: Think about Hank Williams "I Saw The Light"; who hasn't heard that? Rock on! Rip it up!

Thanks for taking the time and effort for these lessons. Wish there was a way for the fretboard diagram and your orientation to be the same direction.

@zombieguitar

5 жыл бұрын

Some others have said this before too, but if you look up any fretboard diagrams anywhere, on any site, they are all laid out like this - low notes to the left, low E-string on the bottom. Typing in "fretboard diagram images" into google, you can see what I mean: www.google.com/search?q=fretboard+diagrams+images

@JGAbstract

5 жыл бұрын

@@zombieguitar I wasn't talking about that, your diagrams are fine. I was talking about like the head on the diagram is on the left (normal) but when you're looking at someone (cameras pov), your guitar head is on the right. So it's just disorienting for a beginner that doesn't have these chord shapes or scales memorized. Nothing wrong on your end.

@zombieguitar

5 жыл бұрын

@@JGAbstract oh, I see what you're saying. Ya, I can see that being kind of confusing to some people.

Thanks man ...

Great lesson this really makes a lot of sense thanks!! Quick question tho because I’ve heard different answers to this question and it’s driving me crazy😂 do I have to barre every chord that I play around the fret board or can I just play the three intervals that make up the chord?

@zombieguitar

Жыл бұрын

Yup, you can just play the 3 intervals that make up the chord 😁

Gday Brian. Got a pdf for this mate? Running out of data watching this on my drive back to Sydney 😳

Brian, excellent lesson. Thanks so much. When you do identify the caged shapes within a scale pattern are you picking each of the notes in the caged shape or just randomly some of the notes in the caged shape before moving on to the next shape?

@zombieguitar

5 жыл бұрын

In the demo in the beginning, I'm kind of just picking 3 notes from each chord moving from string to next adjacent string. But the main point that I'm trying to get across is to try and help to have the chord tones "light up" for you, so you can always play them at will, in any order.

@timleem3609

5 жыл бұрын

Got it! Thanks again. I like your teaching style. I subscribed earlier but have not had time yet to view all the lessons you have out there. This lesson is so relevant for soloing so super good and will help me enormously.

I have a question that's been bothering me since the day I learned scales...basically When changing over chord changes, the scale available changes with chord in the background yes because the root note changes, but when I land on the chord tone am I still using the "scale map" of the overall key or has the fretboard changed with the chord change? Or an easier way to put it, the "The non chord tones" or "passing notes" do they need to be from the parent key or are they a passing note of the scale of the chord in the background? In a progression that is B and E, and A. Am I moving using the B scale reach and to change to the E (chord tone) and then the E scale to change to the A and then the A to go back to the B Or Am I using the B scale map to reach all the chord tones? Am I only allowed use the chord tones because they correspond with the underlying keys scale map?

@zombieguitar

5 жыл бұрын

Hey, check out my reply to your comment on the other video. Also check out www.zombieguitar.com, because all of these questions you are asking are answered there 😉

Hey Brian, amazing videos!! I was wondering if the $70 lifetime access deal on the website covers everything? So there's no additional fees for any of your content?

@zombieguitar

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thank you! The full access membership gives you access to everything here on this page: www.zombieguitar.com/all-courses/ There are some separate products sold separately here: www.zombieguitar.com/extras/ 😎🤘

Can you show me a video on how to mix scale tones with chord tones? And can you use only chord tones when soloing over a chord?

@zombieguitar

3 жыл бұрын

The chord tones are also scale tones. They are just the best sounding notes within the scale on a "per-chord" basis 😎.

I like the way you explain things.How about going over harmonizing leads.That has always confused me.

Please, could you play your intro solo on an acoustic? Those of us who have an acoustic are wondering whether your great solo is worth learning. Thx.

@zombieguitar

2 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks! Yes it can be played on an acoustic, but I don't want you to learn some silly solo that I came up with...I want you to understand what I did in order to play that so you can make up YOUR OWN solo 😁

@RealPartySongs

2 жыл бұрын

@@zombieguitar Your solo is not silly at all. It's made up of many triad combinations all over the fretboard and we can learn from that. But I still want you to play it! What does it sound like on an acoustic?

@zombieguitar

2 жыл бұрын

@@RealPartySongs I just said "silly" because it is just something I quickly whipped up prior to making the video. I want you to have the ability to do the same thing! It sounds just like you hear here, just without the distortion 😁

At the 9th fret f# minor. Followed by A. How is that an A barred across those three strings ?

@zombieguitar

Жыл бұрын

Do you mind giving me a timestamp for where you're talking about? I'll check it out 😁

@tbone2451

Жыл бұрын

@@zombieguitar Hey Brian. At the 4:54 mark, going from f# minor at the 9th fret. Then calling out the next chord as A. I’m probably just misunderstanding it . But it’s an A shape at the 9th

@zombieguitar

Жыл бұрын

@@tbone2451 it sounds like you might be getting "chords" confused with "shapes"... I just went and double checked, and everything looks correct. Starting at 4:54, it's an F# minor chord (this chord is being played in the "A-shape" made minor). It's then followed by an A major chord played in the "C-shape". Finally, it moves to an E major chord played in the "G-shape". In the CAGED system, there are only 5 shapes in total to choose from. You can play any chord, using one of these 5 shapes!

@tbone2451

Жыл бұрын

@@zombieguitar Got it. Thanks Brian, appreciate your time !

Do you have any tablature of what our played ??😁

@zombieguitar

5 жыл бұрын

Haha, no sorry...I just kinda wrote this on the fly today before making this vid

Hm,but this is not triad pairs?

Is it me, or does Brian remind you of Adam Sandler??

@zombieguitar

5 жыл бұрын

I've been hearing that a lot. Adam Sandler is the man, so thanks for the compliment!