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1. Bar Chords 2. The Caged System 3. Pentatonic Scale 4. Nashville Number System 5. Identifying the Tonic of the Song

@bennyubub1582

7 жыл бұрын

You're the real mvp

@jsh6407

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Amar thanks

@undercrackers56

7 жыл бұрын

Damn! We should have come straight here and save having to watch 16 minutes of narcissistic rambling. Thanks Mike.

@louiseattzs

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, this video did not need to be 15 minutes long

@quintas66

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Amar "bar" chords lol You'd think after 30 years he would know how to spell basic music terminology. Also, I'm pretty sure this guy does not have a Ph.D.

After a year or two of hearing you mention that unstoppable guitar system, I'm so close to just giving you that one dollar. But I need to think it over. Talk to my financial advisor. So close though. I might say FUCK IT and just do it, but we will see

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

David Soule Dude, I just love you man! Great comment!

@3radHill

8 жыл бұрын

David Soule You could call that adviser... but a $1 for David's advise is probably better spent then what a financial advisor will charge you for his "advise". lol

@frigglediggle2

8 жыл бұрын

Yea but 1 buck can also buy a hamburger at Wendy's or 4 gumballs so the possibilities are endless.

@frigglediggle2

8 жыл бұрын

Sorry can't talk now, chewing gum

@3radHill

8 жыл бұрын

David Soule Ah...Spend a few days going through old jacket pockets & checking your neighbours trash for beer cans. If that doesn't work, get brave. Stick your hands between the couch cushions. I know thats a bit risky but that's why its so rewarding. Just have a few bandaids on hand. Then treat your self. Buy that cheese burger and gum balls. Maybe not the best combination but to each their own. And when your satisfied and blowing cheeseburger bubbles maybe buy a guitar lesson.You're worth it. lol

He looks like ben affleck and ryan reynolds at the same time

@devoncarterburns

4 жыл бұрын

One could say this qualifies as a super power...

@fobster2000

4 жыл бұрын

More Ryan Reynolds and James Hetfield!

@kylecollins1045

3 жыл бұрын

Crazy

@metalgear7084

3 жыл бұрын

Stephen dorff more like.

@TKnuckles333

3 жыл бұрын

Does he get you wet?

I have been playing for 41 years now. I have never been the campfire or house party guitar player. I am either alone in my room, or with a band.

@tonihorvat2747

4 жыл бұрын

I haw been playing fpr meybe half a year and i love playing in my room and im really looking forward to playing im a band once and 13 btw edit:i meamt 13 sorry

@reggiediaz5417

3 жыл бұрын

That's what you called you are a soul player men It's either you don't like to share ur music to others or u are afraid to fail some notes to others. But ur soul in music is into you

The chord numbering system is the most important theory you will learn in playing the guitar. It's not just that the chords have a number, but they have a sound that harmonizes with that scale. And this allows you to figure out the chords in most songs and it gives you the tools to write your own songs. If you know the circle of fifths you are already halfway there. (Fcgdaeb)

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Indeed my friend! Thank you so much for the comment.

Love this. Have been stuck in a rut for years and just need to get back to basics . Videos like these breaking out certain aspects of playing at certain levels gets myself thinking again about having a purpose playing rather then mind numbingly playing the same things over and over again. Thanks again for all your videos/tutorials etc. Rock on 🤘

Lots of good stuff on here. I've been playing for 30+ years and have done it all so there was nothing new on here to me, but still all good and correct information for the beginner. I don't understand (well, maybe I do) all the hate from the people that probably look a lot cooler than they sound. Teaching, mentoring and helping others down the path is an admirable quality. Keep up the good work.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you Chris. I appreciate your very kind comment and thank you for stopping by! e:)

I can barely play Darude Sandstorm so maybe not ready for this lesson yet.

@bigfootsdead

7 жыл бұрын

you can still get into some of the stuff mentioned here, specially the pentatonic scale

@JstBobby

7 жыл бұрын

Donkey Hurley every song us darude sandstorm, so you've played it whether or not you realize it.

@donkeyhurley5290

7 жыл бұрын

LOL, good one Johnny! You are probably right.

Wait... So that John Mayer song was about slow dancing in a burning room? Just need to be sure...

@malmqvist11

8 жыл бұрын

+Faez Raen I was being sarcastic, seeing as he mentions and repeats it about 5-10 times... Oh and John Mayer is a complete douche. Great guitar player, slightly overrated, but awful lyrics and a singing voice that gets very tiresome, very quickly.

@samme79

8 жыл бұрын

+Erik Slot Malmqvist Awful lyrics lol. If you've listened to his newer songs you'd know better but I think you're still stuck to his 'Your Body is a Wonderland' era. But anyway to each his own

@tehSteahdy

8 жыл бұрын

+Erik Slot Malmqvist the only reason you think his lyrics are rubbish is because you haven't listened to his actual music his mainstream music is him sacrificing his craft to get a hit, he even says that

@MrMusicM67

8 жыл бұрын

+Erik Slot Malmqvist Clearly haven't listened to his music and his recent work with the Grateful Dead.

@passion_flora

8 жыл бұрын

+Erik Slot Malmqvist it's called repetition. Weird how he repeats it every chorus huh?

your explanation of the Tonic makes so much sense, and I been studying music for over 15 years

I have been stuck at intermediate for 30yrs never seeking out lesson. Thank you for turn me on to the number system and finding the tonic. Thanks again

Damn Ben Affleck got old and good at guitar

@jimjim3394

5 жыл бұрын

Will Page Ben affleck now looks older than this dude

@SalamiSlice

4 жыл бұрын

I think you mean Paul Rudd

@smolpp5316

4 жыл бұрын

Looks more like Ray Liotta to me

So, not actually a definitive lesson but more of a vague, rambling way of promoting your courses.

@ouncy

7 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a lesson on how to Google search.

@maxhaufe4487

7 жыл бұрын

He's gotta make money too ;) and hey why not :D it's his KZread channel ^^

@abelj.

7 жыл бұрын

He didn't say its a lesson . He just wanna tell us :)

@carlosalves9082

7 жыл бұрын

It's impossible to teach all these things in a short video. He is just guiding people who study guitar by themselves. And yes, it helps a lot!

@ouncy

7 жыл бұрын

***** I was with you for the first sentence, kinda lost me after that.

This is really encouraging for someone like me, I picked up the guitar without any training, just to cope with the pressure of medical school and now I can play full fledged covers thanks to your videos and many like them. Sending tons of love from India....❤️ Thank you so much .. Rashi

@y047anuragyadav4

Жыл бұрын

Hey hope u r doing fine. I wanna know if u continued ur guitar practice? Where did u reach by now in guitar?

Finally! A decent guy, decently and clarely explaining, and inviting people to decency. GREAT! Thank you, and respect!

@yourguitarsage

4 жыл бұрын

👊🏻🙏

The most important thing he didn't mention: know all notes in the fretboard.

@thatpennyyoufindonthegroun5855

7 жыл бұрын

lol that's more difficult to do. youd have to study even more music theory to catch up on his chord figures and then understand whether it's a major or minor. I'm a total beginner and all I could do is just play tabs lol

@juancpgo

7 жыл бұрын

That Penny You Find On The Ground I’ve been playing guitar for years, and I can tell you that it's much much easier than how we see it at first. The problem is that at the beginning it's too much information at once: your fingers are totally not used to the fretboard, your mind is not used to thinking in note terms, your ears not used with intervals, and so on. There are too many layers of knowledge to absorb at once. Trust me, it doesn't take long for you to be hugely less intimidated by it. There are thousands of chords, but you need only a few shapes to play really any song. Also, you learn how the chords work, and from any one chord you can get to many others. For example, you learn to turn a major chord to a minor, 7th, m7, maj7, 9, 6, etc... just by moving one or 2 notes. I would advice you to learn how the SYSTEM works. Learn how chords work, instead of just learning a bunch of shapes. Then it all becomes as simple as you can't even imagine yet.

@thatpennyyoufindonthegroun5855

7 жыл бұрын

Juan thanks but I can't afford a teacher and most of these KZreadrs confuse the crap out of me when it's comes to theory. They say one thing then contradict themselves.

@juancpgo

7 жыл бұрын

That Penny You Find On The Ground Yes, I agree. To teach is a very rare quality, it requires a special ability to organize knowledge and present it to a beginner. Go to websites and youtubers till you find one that can explain easily. There is a lot, a lot, a lot of them. Just find the ones that make you understand. There's no excuse today to not learn something, unless you don't have internet. For theory applied to the guitar, you need to know a few things (if you don't want just ignore it haha): 1) Memorize the musical alphabet (12 notes: A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#). As you may have noticed, there is not B# nor E#. It's just one of the exceptions in music theory (there is a few exceptions here and there, seems confusing at first but you get used to it). Learn how these 12 notes are laid out in the guitar's fretboard. The open strings correspond to the notes E A D G B E (starting from the lowest sounding note). Any note you play on the guitar is one of the 12 above. When you press one note in the guitar and move it 1 fret higher, you moved 1 note in the musical alphabet. Ex: F → F#, B→C, etc. 2) Then learn the major scale, because from the major scale you understand where chords come from. A major scale uses 7 notes of the 12 above. You can build a major scale starting from any of the 12 notes above. So, there are 12 major scales you can build. Ex: there is a C major scale (C D E F G A B), a G major scale (G A B C D E F#), a D major scale (D E F# G A B C#). etc. Although these scales have different notes, they all sound alike, they all sound familiar, because the spaces between the notes are the same. 3) Then learn how chords come from the major scale. A major chord (the default chord) is simply the notes 1 3 and 5 from the corresponding major scale. Ex: C major chord is (C E G), a G major chord is (G B D), a D major chord is (D F# A). To create a minor chord, just take a major chord, then lower its middle note to the previous note in the musical alphabet. Ex: a C minor chord is (C D# G). A major 7 chord is simple a major chord adding a note in the 7th position of the scale. Ex: A Cmaj7 chord is simply (C E G B). The same thinking applies to C9, C6, etc.. That's most of the complexity. If you understood these 3 points, you got most of it. It's really not as complicated as it seems.

@thatpennyyoufindonthegroun5855

7 жыл бұрын

Juan oh yeah now it makes sense. I know the notes but what confuses me is what really is music? Is it made up or organized in perfect sequential notes to make it be music like if your writing a riff do you follow theory to make it into a song or just stack a bunch of cool sounding chords to make it into a song.

Why do you call it the Nashville number system? Isn't it the Roman Numeral system from Tonal Harmony?

Love these top 5 videos you've been putting up. They're giving me a lot of new goals to shoot for

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Tyler! Please let me know if I can help you in anyway on the guitar.

Thanks for sharing! this was very helpful! I like how you gave a quick overview of each concept and then made available resources that would help learn more about them. Great job!

Is there some way you can incorporate cats jumping around in your guitar videos?

@bp3957

7 жыл бұрын

Hahahah

He's so stoic and cool about this whole guitar stuff that makes me chase away the mess in my head and motivation to learn comes back.. like that (snaps fingers) :)) I want to buy all his books literally, he does such a good job. Since I'm poor + use a foreign currency, I'll make sure to buy at least one, I swear.

@yourguitarsage

4 жыл бұрын

So kind. Thanks my friend. Here is a link for free access to my first 30 lessons. www.yourguitarsage.com/30

@user-zr3yh9mu4l

4 жыл бұрын

YourGuitarSage The reply from You feels almost like an autograph. Yes Erich, sign me up for 30 free lessons!! :)

Thanks Erich, the light bulb just went one about the caged system..no one explained it like you did, thank you..I finally got it.

I've been playing for 4.5 years and you explained a lot I finally understood!

That caged thing was cool

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+Leonard Crainie Glad ya liked it! e:)

I started learning to play at fifty and just love the journey. At times it can be frustrating when progress is slow but the one thing I have discovered is that each skill becomes a building block to the next and one day the task that was so hard becomes simply part of the warm up. Thanks Erich your vids they are informative and have helped along the journey, if I have advanced past one I move onto the next like any adult would.... all I can say to the haters is if you already know what’s being presented then move on to the next one or chill out with some cat videos. Adios

Awesome video again Erich,thank you!!

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Good hearing from you Peter. Hope all is well with you! e:)

I never knew these pentatonic scales will be so helpful. Thanks man, I appreciate your work.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+Saurav Tripathi You are so welcome Saurav! BTW Tune into my live Q & A event on my FB Page to answer all your questions this Saturday - March 19, 2016 at 11AM Central Standard Time! facebook.com/events/594737640680311/

Did anyone tell you before that you look like James Hetfiled? Maybe looking from some certain angles! :) Kool video and stuff.. greetings from Egypt

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend! Yes, I get that a lot.

@raymundslanislav7889

6 жыл бұрын

Omg he could be James's younger fitter brother or even play him in a movie 😁

@mohamedhabib8982

6 жыл бұрын

WoW ---- Chussss amazing for meet here i'm one huge fan of your works , Master

@michaelharvey1701

6 жыл бұрын

Combination of Kevin Costner and James Hetfield.

@PeteWizzle

6 жыл бұрын

James Hetfiled maybe, but he looks nothing like James Hetfield.

Some of these I honestly haven't even thought much into it. I'm glad you make these videos every week. Your Guitar videos are the cliff notes version of learning to play lol. So much easier to follow, and understand. Thanks a ton!!

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

I love that! The cliff notes.

WOW! Thank you Erich. That's a lot of great info. Ill be sure to watch more of your videos. Youre a great find for a newish guitar player.Greg

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+greg hamilton Thank you for the kind word Greg! Look forward to hearing from you. e:)

So... i saw this video last year and today i was trying to learn randomly and bumped into this. i remember when i watched this video for the first time and it was all news for me, made me feel good with myself. thanks Sensei greetings from Angola.

Top 5 things... You must look cool...you must sound cool....you must feel cool.....you must be cool...you must watch videos of funny cats!!!!

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+eroticmasterbaker You got that right e:)

@eroticmasterbaker

8 жыл бұрын

yourguitarsage I really do appreciate your videos, sir. BTW, I never practice guitar. I just enjoy playing guitar sometimes. I also enjoy watching funny cat videos.....and I think you do too!

@undercrackers56

8 жыл бұрын

+eroticmasterbaker ...and must be able to explain simple guitar concepts in a manner that confuses novices.

@woodpaper5138

6 жыл бұрын

right on

@gregsneathern7940

5 жыл бұрын

Cats and “boobie girls”!!

Another Awesome Video! I'm practicing the Pentatonic Scale right now but I'm having trouble with stretching my 1st and 4th fingers. Any advice on how I could improve this?

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Joshua! Yes, drop your thumb behind the back of the neck closer towards the bottom. Then, just practice it a lot. In time you will get this!

@matthieucedilotte9723

8 жыл бұрын

+Joshua Sin Pratice

It's rare that someone does a promo video but also includes valuable information and content. You've done both. Well done. I'l headed over to your website right now.

@yourguitarsage

7 жыл бұрын

Welcome Baby Boomer! e:)

I've been playing for 5 years and this was very informative. Thx

#6 : "it's always the B string"

@yourguitarsage

5 жыл бұрын

Hahah!! 😂. Truth! Great #6!

For all those that get what I'm saying, thank you and I'm here for you. For those that just complain, thank you for making this my most successful video on KZread. Those negative comment have given this video rocket fuel. Trolls rule. Thank you :)

@drhoboftw1576

6 жыл бұрын

YourGuitarSage you'r lessons are very informative but you do too much self-promotion it just ruins it

@theitaliankid05

6 жыл бұрын

This guy gets it. He's kind of condescending too.

@robertrodgers3845

6 жыл бұрын

Erich I am a life UGS member, I like to come over to you tube and watch your quick classes... Ha... If you have anymore of those Epiphone Accustics laying around, I would love to help you keep the dust knocked off them! LOL

@ultracon3806

6 жыл бұрын

Dr HoboFTW; your complaint makes absolutely no sense.

@pixelatedparcel

6 жыл бұрын

Don't need this video but it's been a while since I dropped-in and figured I'd say merry X-mas to you, since I'm here...Don't see many of those complainers turning an abstract goal into books, a learning system and 400k KZread channel. Congrats to you, man. Keep on making that lemonade and merry X-mas.

Thanks for all that you do. I've learned a lot from you so far and can't wait to learn more.

Exciting stuff! I hope I can stick with it! Thanks, Sage!

Good stuff! How's that amplifi amp?? I've been interested in those for awhile.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Darren! I really love it. It's really versatile and a great all-around amp. I love tubes, but I love gadgets also.

ive been playing/studying music 25 years and never heard it called a Nashville number system

@MoneyBooBoo

8 жыл бұрын

Same here lol

@seenochasm7101

8 жыл бұрын

Where have you guys been?

@ericm8333

8 жыл бұрын

Not in Nashville obviously.

@NorthWriter

8 жыл бұрын

Me neither. But it sounds like basically a simpler explanation of music theory, which makes sense. Anything that helps music theory make more sense can't be a bad thing. :)

@kennyvdh

8 жыл бұрын

indeed..

That is flat out the best explanation of The CAGED system I’ve ever seen. Thank you!!🙏🏾🎸

Thanks for your videos man you've helped me a lot over the years

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+Aviv Osterman Thank you Aviv! I appreciate your comment. e:)

You're turning into James Hatfield aren't you

@christianpomrening5522

8 жыл бұрын

that's what I was thinking too lol

@isuriftw1910

8 жыл бұрын

holy shit youre right

@valkyr_rl7169

7 жыл бұрын

*Hetfield

@grayson5285

6 жыл бұрын

its hetfield

I'm pretty sure roman numeral analysis of keys has been around long before Nashville was even founded...

@morelandlesswater8656

4 жыл бұрын

But was it around before the Romans?

thank you ! great summary to go through xxx

i am nearly an intermediate .. loved this video ! .. will be checking the website and all your other videos soon !

I just watched your video on how to play he stopped loving her today. You said you have seen George? My uncle is an amazing country singer. He sounds just like GJ. He met George backstage. And sang with him. Everyone in my family said he could of done so much with his voice. But he can't stay sober and out of prison long enough. He went to Tennessee one time. Sang for a bunch of people and came back to Chicago with like 8 different peoples guitars.

@itzfork6401

8 жыл бұрын

He also had a chance back when George was still alive. To make a song with him.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+xPuRiFiieD_FoRk that is super cool my friend! He was a legend!

Good lesson and very clear....but I'd suggest it was meant for beginners as opposed to intermediate standard....most of this is basic keyboard knowledge.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ellyn. e:)

@ZeroSum23

7 жыл бұрын

The "Nashville Number System" sounds an awful lot like Music Theory 101. But you're right, it's super helpful when you meet someone else who knows Theory and you can tell them "This song is I, IV, V in the key of D." Makes it really simple to translate and pick up songs by ear once you can pick up how the patterns sound.

@austinhernandez2716

7 жыл бұрын

I'm majoring in music composition and theory so I can definitely relate. I've been taking guitar lessons for a year now and music theory has helped me so much. I think every guitar player should take like an introductory course

@TheInvader123

7 жыл бұрын

+ZeroSum23 I don't typically communicate the system through Roman numerals. You must be "advanced".. :p

@ZeroSum23

7 жыл бұрын

TheInvader123 You're right, I probably shouldn't have used the Roman numerals within the quotation marks. That's how it's written, but not how it's said. You caught me!

Nice vid. Thanks for posting. I need to start playing again and watching your videos is the best thing I could do. Thanks.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Do it silver dude! Please let me know how I can help.

Amazing class, and it`s free, thanks for you time Erich, this lesson helps everyone to keep progressing!

First 2 mins and I instantly subscribed... U are really comfortable on camera... This feels so much like live 1on1 teaching

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+Pi5hvi ---- Thank you my friend. I appreciate that very kind comment! e:)

@Ayonbuddy28

8 жыл бұрын

+Pi5hvi me too instantly

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+Ayon Manna awww! Thank you so much my friend

Thanks for your awesome teaching, very much appreciated Erich...I wish I had come across your video 18 momths ago, but better late than never.. I started to learn guitar at 15 yrs old and learnt all the chords including BARRE chords but only in the E & A formation which are of course the most commonly played and I was like you say a basic guitar player, with little or no understanding of even the basic music theory. I dabbled with learning scales but didnt progress far at all with that, but never lost the ability to play chords and could bash out a song.. Anyway about 18 months ago I started to get serious about learning some music theory and improving my abilities, so I slashed out and purchased a Martin acoustic albeit a lower end model but still the best sounding guitar I have ever played.. You tube has been my teacher and have spent hundreds of hours searching various lessons, learning songs ect but I had no real direction as to where to devote my energies, but stumbled on to the CAGE SYSTEM..of course I new about PENTATONIC scales and started to learn these but only recently I have worked out the coalition between minor and major and how you can play them separately or play a mixture of the two...wow big eye opener that was..I also learnt about the TONIC, triads and how songs build and resolve..Finally I learnt the number system..I have by no means mastered any of this but it has unlocked the mystery of how music and the guitar is structured..also have been learning some songs in open tuning and using the capo in both standard and open tunings, and I understand how it all works thru these 5 things.. For anyone who is serious about learning the guitar...learn these 5 things..your eyes will be opened.. thanks again and i have subscribed to your channel..

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+keep it real.. Cheers my friend. Thank you for the comment & sharing your experiences. e:)

This is so helpful! I’ve been playing guitar for a few months now but i didnt feel like i was improving bc i didnt know what to do next!

@yourguitarsage

3 жыл бұрын

👊🏻 www.yourguitarsage.com/30

very helpful video, makes more sense after learning more about some of the topics covered such as the caged system.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+eamonnd1 Thanks eamond! BTW Tune into my live Q & A event on my FB Page to answer all your questions this Saturday - March 19, 2016 at 11AM Central Standard Time! facebook.com/events/594737640680311/

You never explained how to find the tonic or tonal center of a song did you?

@2011littlejohn1

8 жыл бұрын

+Victor McCoy I would think it is where the piece resolves. (Not meaning that you always do resolve it of course).

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

No, I don't going to detail in this video, however I have videos that do go over this in detail. The video would be way too long otherwise.

@stephenelijah5974

6 жыл бұрын

Its in other videos as he's stated in this video you fucking moron.

Thumbnail says "Top 5 intermediate guitar players," gave me a good laugh.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

oopsie!

Thanks so much for your help (and ending message, too!)

Great video , it was encouraging and even inspiring to me- Thanks. I'm going to check out your website.

I went to go and find some cats jumping around and even the cats thought that was boring, so I came back to listen to you. You failed to mention that there are 2 versions of the pentatonic scale Major and Minor

@ChinchillupaGuy

8 жыл бұрын

+DEROY CREWS bro, it's all the same notes lol once you know the minor, you know the major, and vice versa

@deeman524

8 жыл бұрын

Chinchillupa Guy I know the 3 frets down or up technique,to go from Major to Minor; Fred Sokolow Taught it to me

@ChinchillupaGuy

8 жыл бұрын

DEROY CREWS yeah it's super easy stuff, but i suppose he could have mentioned it

@jubjub905

8 жыл бұрын

+Chinchillupa Guy not to mention you also have 5 other modes as well

@ChinchillupaGuy

8 жыл бұрын

jubjub f yeah in retrospect, he didnt cover much about the pentatonic scale at all, but wasnt that the point? he wants you to increase the views on the videos where he teaches each subject individually.

Is the Tonic of a song the same thing as the key of the song?

@chrishall2594

7 жыл бұрын

yes. tonic is c it means key of c (major or minor)

@OwlShape

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, unless a mode is used other than that of Ionian. Ionian means you are treating the first note in a major scale as tonic. You can treat any note in the major scale as tonic and get many different flavors out of the scale that way. For example if you treat the sixth note in the major scale as tonic you are now playing a mode called Aeolian, most people call it the Minor Scale, (and minor key).

starting to make sense of what I'm doing. Thank you :)

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

cheers man. every now and then when i go through a few videos some of the missing info gets filled in and large chunks of knowledge start to make sense. this video just helped me make a relationship between the pentatonic patterns and the different keys you get from different starting points. also a very clear explanation of the caged system. you just made it soooo much easier for me to find notes on the fret board. thanks man.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

So glad to hear that Michael. Thanks for taking the time to write! e:)

0:52 hahahahahahhahahahah

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, thank you! I'll be here all week!

@ErikGiovani

6 жыл бұрын

Hugh Topchik laugh. Point and laugh. 😂

@1ChristopherCampbell

5 жыл бұрын

Damn I died, I like this guy though!

i think there is a lot of good info in here but i have to say that the endless plugging turned me off. apologies to Mr Sage if this comes across wrong , i mean well,

Good tips thank ya boss!

For a self-taught beginner guitarist like me, this is so useful! Thanks a lot!

0:52 thee tha thu. Lol.

lmao 0:52 "theeth ah the top five things..."

Great info thanks

Thanks mate, I found this video to be very useful. Cheers!

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+Juan Manuel Piedra Cueva Cheers Juan. e:)

4:09 - 4:16 is the most old guy thing I've ever heard anyone say on KZread...

or, you can watch some cats jumping around. that's fantastic!

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

:-)

you sir are a blessing to people around the world who have the passion to play the guitar.. thankyou for the time you take to teach..

@yourguitarsage

7 жыл бұрын

Thank your the kind comment my friend! e:)

Thanks Erich. Perfect video for me. I've been playing for about 15 months, and it really put things in perspective.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Randy.

What's wrong with boobies and cats? I love guitar, but I also love boobies and cats.

@tim8602

6 жыл бұрын

quadrinity?

@user-wj6eq1cx7x

5 жыл бұрын

@@tim8602 Heheheh.

If this is intermediate i'm a freakin' expert.....

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Show us bro!

@mrheadlessa

5 жыл бұрын

@@yourguitarsage and there were silence.. 😂

@e1iseo

3 жыл бұрын

It’s been 4 years, where’d you go bro?

@wonderingRonin47

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrheadlessa I smell bitch in here It's been 5 years 😂😂

Thank you, very helpful!

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Natalie!👍

you're a gift to the world, thanks for the positive message at the end and caring about humanity :)

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend. In the end, that is what really matters! e

Felt like I was watching an Ad.

@truthof7382

4 жыл бұрын

Jamm JD Becuse you where.

I am the Walrus coo coo cajoo.

@billybigdinners7407

8 жыл бұрын

And Your bird can sing !

@brozoski

8 жыл бұрын

+will ro Hey! the Walrus was Paul! ~ standing on the cast iron shore yeah Lady Madonna trying to make ends meet yeah ~

@slewy6351

6 жыл бұрын

Goo goo gjoob

Thanks Bro. Really good stuff.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you shadows :-)

Been playing guitar for 9 years and learnd new things from this video thanks. subscribed 👍

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

For the kind words my friend :-)

I don't understand all the hate. Well, i will start learning bar chords.

Didnt know James Hetfield had a youtube channel :D

@wv2100

8 жыл бұрын

Haha I'm glad I'm not the only one 😀

@greeneking77

8 жыл бұрын

+Marco Lopez nah that's Ben Affleck bro

@calebar98

8 жыл бұрын

+greeneking77 Ben Hetfield

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+greeneking77 Yup...that's me! e:)

@alexwales8914

7 жыл бұрын

Jen Hetfleck

Youre amazing ive been looking for this exact video for weeks

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+Eddie Ligare Thanks Eddie!

Thank you Mr. Andreas, I have not reached this level yet but still like to know and understand what to look forward for which is motivating to work harder to get better😊never had i thought there's so much to learn on Guitar than strumming and plucking some strings😄

when you talk about how you "instantly" know what the tonic is, you explain nothing that helps.. and that the only thing i really need to learn..

@nandana6636

8 жыл бұрын

+Conall16 but how do you figure out what the tonic is? or the key of the song is? i know what ' tonic' and ' key' mean and understand those terms well, but how do you figure out what key a song is in?

@guitarmechanics8650

7 жыл бұрын

If you don't have a written version of the song with a key signature you play though the chords and figure out what your harmonic environment is, based on the chords in the sequence (or progression) and how they should be harmonized. Again the root (in a major key) would be major and the 2-7 chords (or triads) should be (in series) minor, minor, Major, Major, minor, minor and flat5 (or diminished triad, both terms are correct). You look at the comparison of all the chords and their function with one another and it becomes clear, most of the time. There are some composers that write tunes that pass through several key centers, through out the entire piece. All the Things You Are, an old pop ballad written by Jerome Kern, is a great tune to learn and is written in 4 different, but connected, keys. Blue Bossa Nova, by Kenny Dorham, is a really standard jam song in most cities across the globe and, though it is simple, it has to key centers that give the player some very cool spaces to expand and explore during soloing. It's what makes the language rich and performance exhilarating. You can find these songs and versions of these songs all over You Tube.

@guitarmechanics8650

7 жыл бұрын

Read the reply to Nandana just below. Hope it helps.

@guitarmechanics8650

7 жыл бұрын

Read the reply to Nandana below. I hope it helps.

@markus-hermannkoch1740

5 жыл бұрын

usually a good hunch for guessing the tonic including "major" or "minor" flavor is presented by the final chord of the song. The next step is which scale is used. Often that is just basic major (ionian) or minor (aeolian). But that's not a given. E.g., I played the folklore classic Scarborough Fair wrong for a long time being sure its just basic minor. Only recently discovered that the wrongly-assumed VI minor is busted up to VI major (dorian). The mere tonic won't tell you that. But knowing it is necessary.

You're like Tai Lopez with a guitar, instead of books

@TeamNuclear2011

7 жыл бұрын

Billy Hardebeck not books K N O W L E D G E

@nilsonsoma

7 жыл бұрын

Billy Hardebeck NALEGE

@claudeborges

7 жыл бұрын

Billy Hardebeck I can't stand to see this tai Lopez anymore!

I enjoy your videos Sage.Really learn if you listen.Kind of stuck in a strumming rut.Please do a strumming rut video!Rock on you are a good teacher

@yourguitarsage

5 жыл бұрын

Search yourguitarsage strumming. i have some videos on this 👍

Exactly what I needed right now. Thank you!!!

"booby girls" lool

i made it 5 minutes in. I'm gonna go watch some cats now.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Ouch

That painting metaphor was beautiful.

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jake. Metaphors make things easier to understand.

I liked the you explained and defined complex things such as CAGED system in a very short way for someone who doesnt know a thing about it

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

+tolga dammer Good to hear that Tolga. I appreciate your comment. e:)

I'm just going to point a little fact out here. Knowing music the way he explains it will make song writing a whole lot easier but it will also limit you a great deal. Everything this will teach you is to follow a patten that has been repeated for centuries and just in case you had no idea we only use 12 tones in western music so we are already pretty limited. Knowing these pattens will make it harder to look outside the box and everything you write will start to look the same. It's good if you wanna do that but not great if you wanna create something totally original.

@robbynaumann439

8 жыл бұрын

It's nice to see someone point this out. The only thing I know on this list is bar chords, it almost makes it sound like I can't be a decent guitar player without these 5 things, which is nonsense. I've learned most things on my own and I don't have any real head knowledge about music. I just use my ears. I have a friend who's a composition major and he will admit that his struggle is thinking outside the box. He is a great musician but can't break free from what he's been trained to do.

@johnnywebb2652

8 жыл бұрын

+Robby Naumann I know a level 6 classical pianist that can't play anything without sheet music, not even ba ba black sheep. What a joke. I also know many brilliant musicians who can't write a decent melody or song. Look at all the wonderful artists and bands from the rock era (1960's on) Most of them cannot read or write music. It's all in their musical heads and their imaginations are not restricted by the rules of music or what's supposed to fit with what. cheers.

@martinjacobsen5974

8 жыл бұрын

Alex G I just have some small questions before I really answer your comment if that's alright with you. 1. Do you study music or have studied music? If yes then where and when. 2. Do you compose personal and original pieces and in what genre? 3. Are you saying that one is not limited by following rules? If so then how, since rules are restrictions? Sincerely Martin Jacobsen.

@martinjacobsen5974

8 жыл бұрын

***** Well I can really only speak for myself in this matter. So what I say is not necessarily the truth just my opinion based on my knowledge. I study music in depth and I am by no means by the idea that studying music is somehow a bad thing. I do not fear to lean about music and the theory behind it otherwise I probably wouldn't be studying it. But what is refereed to in this particular video are patterns that have been used for a long time. You say they open up new possibilities? But I fail to see how since you surely just are unknowingly copying something already written. The thing is Everything these days is a remix of a remix. Everything we create is based on something we already know. It works by all means! All I'm saying is that if you wanna create something new a clean slate will in some cases be the way to go. AND THAT'S THE HARD WAY! Everyone can learn how to make a melody using these lessons. What is really impressive is making something completely new. Thanks for reading.

@javierolmedo4927

8 жыл бұрын

Martin - the concepts explained here are mostly "structural" and specific to the guitar. He shows common voicings and patterns that work for "guitar music". Will these concepts make you a genius songwriter/composer? Probably not, that's reliant on your creativity (not to mention years of practice). While I don't disagree with what you are saying, this is an intermediate guitar video (as mentioned above) - not strictly a music theory or songwriting one - so I don't think your comments apply here necessarily.

Lol "booby girls"

awesome dude i really loved it.

I learned a lot! Thank you!

@yourguitarsage

8 жыл бұрын

Good to hear Stephanie. Thank you! e:)