I just found what I've been looking for years, somebody that actually shows how to improvise properly, Thank you

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome, Michael. Glad you found the channel!

@michael_caz_nyc

Жыл бұрын

I Agree 100%. Great content presented here.

I'm loving the guitar changes between videos. My wife doesn't understand why we need 9 guitars..... But you guys do!

@curiousguitarist

6 ай бұрын

Haha! Right!?

this made me cry, some people can play some people can teach but not everyone can explain things that make sense regardless of your perceived abilities, skill level, you're truly a master in my mind. for the above reason

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks Jen! I really appreciate that, and so glad you enjoyed (or cried) for this one :)

Great lesson Chris, when you mentioned the chord progression was actually ii and V in G it all clicked. The overlay graphics with the note names really help. Thank you. After being stuck in a rut for a while this gives me something new to practice.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

So grateful to hear this Stephen, I’m glad this got you motering down the line again! Love that clicking!!

Love this lesson, especially as it's in that chilled Dorian mood (my fave mode) :)

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Nice catch!! Thanks for all you do JG!!

Great stuff here! The solos are much more soulful! Thank you! Sir!

Another awesome lesson! Ending a phrase on that F# over the D7 sounds very sweet! I would love for you to keep this series coming. I have learned so much from these two lessons already.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Cool, this is a subject I can go on and on about, so more coming for sure!

Thanks Chris. There is a lot of value in this lesson. Gave me a lot of ideas to practice, and made it really click.

Another great video with classic clarity and application. Thank you.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Hey Ari! Good to see you lurking about, hope all is well, glad you enjoyed this one!

So much good stuff to unpack here! The Studio discussion this morning was pretty amazing too! Thanks so much Chris!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

You bet Tim! Yeah it was a cool live stream, great to see so many new faces too. Thanks for being a part of it all, Tim!

Great lesson, Chris! Awesome perspective.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

This idea is easy to see and understand, takes a little while to get it working, but then, you will NEVER see a chord progression the same way again. Glad you're here, Franco!

Great lesson Chris. Your channel is one of my favorites.

@curiousguitarist

11 ай бұрын

I really appreciate that, Kevin. Thanks for watching.

Another great lesson, easy to follow and understand how you lay it out for us. Love the use of triads. Keep on keeping on Chris 👍👍👍

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bubba! Keep on tugging! Thanks for all your support!

Only recently discovered your channel and already I've made significant progress in trying to move out of the beginner/intermediate plateau I've been stuck on for years. Particularly your lesson on the circle of fifths. This is equally instructive, thank you. Also, that SG with the P90s is gorgeous.

@curiousguitarist

7 ай бұрын

Welcome aboard! Great to hear about your progress. And yeah, this SG is pretty lovely, thanks!

Great lesson! : )

You are a great teacher Chris. You explain & demonstrate things, in an Easily digestible manner. Really enjoying your lessons. Appreciate it.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Michael. I appreciate that and I’m glad you’re here.

Thank you for a great lesson sir! Very clear.

@curiousguitarist

8 ай бұрын

My pleasure, Steve.

Good stuff! Thanks for sharing your sound advice!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Timmy, good to see you here again!

Thanks Chris!! I've been feeling down and stuck, now I know something else that I must practice more!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah! Being stuck sucks. I'm glad this looks like it'll un-stick you, Samuel!

Nice, I like this because a lot of notes that I play are also never in the scale ! Finally a lesson tailored to my playing .Thanks Chris!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Glad I finally hit one for you, Rajesh! This technique sticks with you for the rest of your journey!

Fantastic lesson thanks 🙏🏼

Your playing in this video was TASTY! Love it, the scale switching helps keep it way more fun and really opens up the fretboard

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Oh, thank you, I appreciate that. Glad you enjoyed this one, Jake.

Really excellent approach for players of all skill level. Thank you!

@curiousguitarist

Ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful, Brian.

Excellent video. Been so confused about this for years and you solved it!!!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

That is a treat to hear, Ali. Thank you!

wow. surprising number of good ideas in this one video. thanks!

@curiousguitarist

6 ай бұрын

You bet!

Great lesson! I’ve been focusing on triads for over a year, but this is really a simple and clear approach.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

That’s great to hear,Dirk. I hope this helps them stick

Fantastic teaching method! In this lesson you covered concepts that I already knew, but your way of breaking it down adds another layer of clarity, of seeing how simple it really is. Well done!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, David. I appreciate the compliment and I’m glad you got some value from this one!

This is really helpful, I’m gonna write it out in a notebook of all the diatonic chord notes to highlight when I practice over a backing track, awesome lesson!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Matt! Glad you enjoyed this one!

Thank you for another great lesson! You are an amazing teacher - making music theory relatable to knuckle heads like me lol

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Only because, I myself, am a knuckle head. At least that's what my dad called me when I was little. Don't worry, he was smiling when he did :)

Thanks Chris, always love your insights. I would be thinking Dorian when I hear the vamp or just Pentatonic and hopefully having the presence of mind to see the Major 6th chord tone over it. Always good to have other perspectives and think in G Major!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Good call! A Dorian is clearly a great way to look at it, and arguably a better way. The reason I chose G Major was to avoid any "modal confusion" that folks might have. Glad you enjoyed this one Andy!

Wow I really thought at first we went on a mode change but when you said it was G major I saw it right away. Great lesson really learned another. 👌 thanks Chris have been looking for the part 2.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Ah yes! When you SEE it...THAT's the moment. So great to hear that, Chad!

I needed this lesson 🎉

@curiousguitarist

12 күн бұрын

So glad you enjoyed this one!

Thank you so much

best damn teacher in the whole youtube jungle

@curiousguitarist

2 ай бұрын

Thanks, Adrian, that means a lot to me.

Amazing!!!!!! Thanks Cris!!!!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

You bet, Andres!

Thank you very bright, I hope we see more lessons like. This

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

I’ve got a lot planned! Glad you enjoyed this one, Isaac.

Another great lesson Thanks

@curiousguitarist

10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Joe! Glad you enjoyed this one

@curiousguitarist

10 ай бұрын

Thank you, Joe! Glad you enjoyed this one

Damn. Excellent video.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks, John!

The outtakes at the end!! I'm rolling.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

:)

What a great guitar.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Pete!

Super helpful

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Excellent!

Duude ... finally that was enough.. good job

You are so good. I’d give a month of my life to know what you know. 🙌🏻

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark! I'm happy to share it all with you.

I've commented on several of your videos. I always walk away with something new I can use. Best idea I have heard to incorporate arpeggios into soloing. I would like to learn more about how you determine another scale like you did with G major. I understand the G major notes compose both chords, but I would like to know if there is a way you can determine it "on the fly" or it is a matter of knowing more theory. Thanks again!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

It gets easier the more you do it, but it does take some deductive reasoning and a bit of theory knowledge. Every Dom7 chord is the V of a major Key, so THAT is a great indicator right there any time you see one!

@deut3168

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist That is a great tip! I've used it when learning songs by ear but never thought to apply it to soloing. Thanks again!

You did it again. Need I say more besides thank you

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome! Happy that this one landed well GB!

Wow, light bulb moment. Thanks Chris, love it!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, QBRX 2157! 💡

@QBRX

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist Is there a formula for figgering this out, or do you just have to look at all the chords in the arrangement?

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

@@QBRX it gets easier the more you do it, but yeah, gotta think about the chords. The best way to do this is to take small progression “chunks” and work them. This helps get you used to working on a “cadence” (like V I for example) AND it gets your brain learning this new cognitive skill.

@QBRX

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist OK, more work ahead. Thanks for the enlightening!

Great stuff, what's the quick way to identify expansion scales to use, as you did with G, in this video? I got it once you laid it out, but would have never thought of it on the fly. Maybe that's another video. PS: I love the blooper reel. That's what I envision a day of watching me teach looks like.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Well ANY Dom7 chord is begging to be found as the V of a key. So when you see THAT, just use the circle of fifths to "drop down" to the parent scale. In this progression that was the trick I used. My son is in charge of keeping me humble...you can thank HIM for the bloopers :) HAHAHA!

Thanks

@curiousguitarist

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Jacob!!

Awesome guitar!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I love this thing. The neck is so great...a little wider and a little flatter, but not a shredder profile.

@robertbarnaba241

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist very cool ! I’m looking into the SG Jr. I have Fred Flintstone hands… so the smaller the neck the better !

Hello Chris. I'm wondering if there is a quick way to realize or visualize what you illustrated at around the 7 minute mark, that using the G maj scale would fit so nicely in playing over the change to the D7 chord ? It seems like quite a leap (for me at least) to make that connection while improvising a solo unless I had previously committed to memory that the G maj scale is yet another "tool" in my box to use for this particular chord change. Loving your lessons and your great teaching style !

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

I don’t know about “quick” in this case. The thought process for me is that when I see the minor progression is “Dorian” I know (from modes study) that the scale is the second mode of the G major scale. That leap gets smaller and smaller the more you work on piecing together the origin of the chords in the progression. The ONLY key that produces Am and D7 is the G major scale.

BLOOPERS YESSSSSSS😄

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Ha!

Somewhere around 9:50 I heard Mike Bloomfield as in Stills Bloomfield and Kooper Super Session.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

That's a huge compliment Mark...humbling. Bloomfield and Greene really helped push the blues into the hands of the electric guitarist. Now I gotta go listen to some of that!!! Thanks, Mark!

@TheMinorFallsTheMajorLifts

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist 🙌🏻❤️

Nice lesson Chris, which colour is that on the SG SPECIAL? Very nice.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Faded Pelham Blue. It sure is pretty!

Santana is happy ❤

I literally was just working on this morning

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Oh really? What a coincidence!

@JaysonT1

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitaristlol

I definitely use the question- what major scale do these chords come from? But then I name the mode. A Dorian- Then what are the color notes- the B and the F sharp- start with pentatonic then build from there. When it's a borrowed chord- I add that extra note or 2. To the scale. I love the a minor pentatonic plus the G major scale

@curiousguitarist

10 ай бұрын

Fantastic context! Great comment.

This sounds like an Albert Collins move with the song Frosty...when he targets the 6

Nice job. Thnks Chris. Is that a custom neck on your new SG? It has almost no tape back to the nut. You said you just got this and it's a killer color. But that neck doesn't look stock??

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Its totally stock, but man the neck is badass! Slim bit not thin, wide at the nut, and the body join at 22 is sublime.

@donlessnau3983

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist That surprises me. It is noticeably wider than most standard SG necks with little or no taper. What year does the headstock serial show? I know you got it on Reverb so they must have really changed the neck design in the last 10 years. It's really sharp.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

@@donlessnau3983 it’s a 2019

Chris, 😊

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Audrey, 👍

Mr. Sherland, as a 45 year old just starting with guitar your videos actually make some sense to me even though I have no idea what I'm doing. I don't have a teacher yet. So as I start on my own where is a good place to start? Memorize notes on the neck, basic chords, scales, or all of it? I'm just trying to get some directions to get the ball rolling.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

I'd start with these: 1) Learn a few songs to incorporate chords and some rhythm 2) Map the major scale and the minor pentatonic scale over as much of the fretboard as you can 3) memorize the natural notes, open string names, and the formula for the major scale 4) Start mapping triads on the neck. THAT should keep you busy :D

@Michael_Butler

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist thank you!

@Bob48

Жыл бұрын

Hi Michael...I started a few years ago when I retired (73 now). The first year or so I got familiar with all the cowboy chords and then the bar ones. I bounced around for another few months trying stuff out but not really having any direction, and no teachers around. My break came when I started learning the pentatonic scale and found after a while that I could play along with a lot of blues songs, simple stuff but really satisfying. I'm trying to get my head around modes right now with not of lot of luck, but persistence pays in music :) All the best.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

@@Bob48 try this Bob: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qGRl0qmLeMfUl5M.html

@Michael_Butler

Жыл бұрын

@@Bob48 Thanks for the advice and well wishes... I regret not starting earlier. But like they say, the next best time to learn something new is now. Yeah I got kind of frozen on not know where I should start out. So I've been doing a lot of starting and stopping. I figure If I had some structure I could focus and have some goals.

This was great,,,,,, And thank you for recommending.. Question... Short of memorizing all the scale notes for major and minor in every key,,, Is there a trick to finding which scale??? In this example the relative Major to A minor would have been F#,, but you found G major to be the scale to be useful to hit both chords... These scales are very familiar to me because the 3 note per string 7 positions are my "go to" when im just blasting over stuff.. Maybe im just lacking flavor.. My favorite style is like Randy Rhoads, Mixing the fast blazing scale work, with the melodic make the hair on the back of your neck while the guitar sings feel.... If I want to describe the style I hear myself playing,,, You would mix Styx & Journey with Ozzy & Iron Maiden with the feel of Neil Zaza.... Excruciatingly complicated to translate what I hear in my head to the fret board..

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Great description! As far as identifying what scale works the best thing to focus on is learning the diatonic chords (all the chords in a key) and what order they come in. It’s always the same, for every key. So that Am to DMajor can ONLY happen in the key of G.

@oldmanpatriot1490

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist Rereading this comment the next day and you can see one of my problems right off the bat. I said F#Major... When the relative Major to A minor is C Major.. I kinda know this stuff but it doesnt come to me fluidly... The way I learned was to pick song out off the radio and/or look at tab.. When I had to solo over something, Iet say in A,,, I never really thought about if it was major or minor, I just took up real estate on the 5th fret and started blasting away and then I thought maybe its because I was using the 5 pentatonic positions instead of the whole diatonic scale. I never really took the time to learn music theory. As I look back on my playing career,, I know now thats what has stopped me from really being great. And dont get me wrong, Im no slouch,, I just cant seem to improvise to the standard that I think I should.. the best way to describe it is Im following scale patterns blindly and always hitting bad notes unless I work something out ahead of time.. But I cant really do anything off the cuff with any measure of accuracy... Here is an example of one of my audition videos to give you an idea where Im at.. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eoKqmrGYfbTZac4.html

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

@@oldmanpatriot1490 yup, settling into the difference between a scale and a pattern is a huge leap forward. A scale is a discrete set of pitches that all relate to each other. Knowing those relationships allows you to choose great notes as the context presents itself. A pattern is generated from all of those notes laid out on the fretboard in every place they can be found. In that light the notes have no context at all, just visual distance. Take the journey solo and analyze when notes Schon is choosing to end phrases on, and relate those to the chords underneath them. He is a master of targeting notes that have musical context. You’re definitely no slouch, just shift your focus for a bit from the technical to the musical context and it’ll all come together.

@oldmanpatriot1490

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist Thank you.. I am finding your channel very informative... Its definitely not a quick study type thing..

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

@@oldmanpatriot1490 yeah, for me, if it's worth having...well...it's worth working your butt off for.

Great lesson! How do you know that the G maj scale will work in this progression over Am to D7??? Is there an easy way to think about this so I could use it for other keys??

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Every dom7 chord is the V in a key. Just look down a 5th from that chords root and that’s your major key!!

@Stevehando.guitar

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist so you mean the fifth of the five chord ?

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

@@Stevehando.guitar perfect!

@Stevehando.guitar

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist thank you so much! What a great lesson 👏

@chrisvanderwalt790

Жыл бұрын

@@Stevehando.guitar It seems that Chris rushed his answer - Actually he said "look DOWN a fifth" (down in pitch) - so the root of the overall key is the 4th of the V chord (if you're moving up in pitch). Going down a 5th and going up a 4th lands you on the same note, albeit an octave apart. The '5th of the Vth' would be the two chord, if you're not changng keys.

I understand that we use the G major scale because it has all the notes of the A7 and D7 arpeggios and therefore it naturally works over those chords but we didn't have a G chord or anything in the mix so how would one know that in advance/on the fly in a real world situation which scale to play? Is it just because G is the 7th in the key of A so we would always use the major scale of the 7th of whatever key we are in?

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

There’s a lot going on here, but the bottom line is that Am and D7 are built from the Gmajor scale. It’s a “2 5” progression. One thing you can do to help is to play all the chords in every key a few times. That kind of exercise really helps to demystify these progressions. Hope that helps!

Please stop making these concepts so straightforward and easy to comprehend! Really, this video lesson is golden. Thank you. Please do more of these types of lessons.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

ANYTHING for YOU Robert! Glad you enjoyed this one...let's work on it next time we're hangin' Tacos and beer?

@tube77tdf

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist Def!

how about soloing over two chords not in the same key? like A major to C major?

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

A minor pentatonic works nicely there, but if you want to retain the A major sound I'd focus on playing more chord tones to help outline that change. You could also just swap between A and C major pentatonic.

@leokerz

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist Cool! ill try that.

Great explanation of using the Dorian mode and fitting the nodes of the 2 chords, A minor 7 and D7. What I struggle with is using the mixolydian and what progressions use that mode (I do know it is highlighting the 5th note and 5th chord of scale). I know AC DC uses it a lot but knowing when, how and what major chord-like progression and hitting those extra notes at right chord has been difficult for me. Can you do a similar style lesson for mixolydian please?

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Great suggestion...something like....this? kzread.info/dash/bejne/k3au1KOHgNm8pLA.html

This why they don't let you play baseball, sir. You knock it out the park every time.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Red! Hope all is well!

..or an A Dorian or D Mixolydian scale = G major. If Santana playes he gonna focus most of the F# to get Dorian sound. 🙂

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

BAM! So right! I was going to use a Santana-inspired riff as an example and I forgot to do it!! DOH! Thanks for the context!!

"Again" 🤣 brilliant

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed this one!

@jcdrnosecone

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist I spent overnight really embedding the idea of moral change from your last video I I am familiar with it but you just confirmed it for me. Thanks!

I thought 'playing over changes' was about what to play over non diatonic chords like dominant 7th chords in an otherwise diatonic progression.

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

Originally it was coined from a single song called “I Got Rhythm” by George Gershwin. But at this point the term has been generalized to encompass playing melodically and intentionally over any chord change, and usually including the method of targeting arpeggios or single chord tones from each chord.

9:55 "Works better because it's the third of the chord". Forgive my ignorance, but is "the third of the chord" special or are you simply saying it's part of the chord (just happens to be the third)?

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

The "third" of any chord designates whether the chord is major or minor, so it's a substantial sound to go after when targeting a chord tone. As the diagram shows, that minor pentatonic scale has the Root, 5th, and b7 of the D7, but that 3rd has to be "added" there in order to target that note specifically. Hope that helps...let me know if you're still confused.

@JaysonT1

Жыл бұрын

@@curiousguitarist Understood. Thank you!

@curiousguitarist

Жыл бұрын

@@JaysonT1 of course!

Thank you so much

@curiousguitarist

6 ай бұрын

You are welcome.