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Man this is SO helpful! Connecting knowledge in the guitar and coming clear about the real thinking process going on while your playing live, with no BS. We guitarrists have an amazing instrument that allows us to move using shapes, and doing things musically so AFTER that we start learning theory from the use of that. I love the way you showed us all of this. Subscribed and shared this video with friends! Thanks A LOT!

Great lesson! I would add, learn the Caged system. it will take a year or so get it down good, at least a good year… But once you start getting it down, it opens up the entire fret board and you can navigate freely!

I want to encourage all players to learn this stuff. However, don't get discouraged if this takes a LONG time. I have been working on fluidly moving through the 5 major and 5 minor shapes across the fretboard and learning all my triad shapes for the last 7 months. I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel but still have a ways to go. Next, I need to add 7th chords and triads. FYI, I practice for an hour 6-7 days a week. Don't be surprised or discouraged if this takes a year. Just keep going. Like anything else, progress takes hard work. Thanks Blue. Every time I watch one of your videos, I learn something. FYI, I bought your soloing book but haven't started yet.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for the great comment! And for getting the book 😎👍

@jrb123able

11 күн бұрын

Truth

@ssm445

11 күн бұрын

Do you have practice routine suggestions for it?

@tomcarmody5471

10 күн бұрын

@@ssm445 First I assume you are familiar with the CAGED system. If not, watch some videos on that first. That will help a lot. I go through the 5 shapes for each key starting as close to fret 1 as I can(where the whole shape fits on the fretboard) and I go up and down the fretboard, (at least to fret 12 and back) Keep in mind that sometimes the C shape is the first one that fits, sometimes A(then you play AGEDC), sometimes, G(play GEDCA), etc.I do this for all 12 keys in the order of the circle of 4th's(It's just the circle of 5th's in the other direction. The 4th's just progress nicely up the fretboard.) I then I pick a common chord progression like a 1,4,5 (for instance G,C,D, but choose a different one every day). I start with G major and play that shape as close to fret 1 as I can that the whole shape fits, then the C major shape that fits in that same 4-5 fret area, then, D major shape that fits in the same area. Then I move over to the next G shape and do the same thing going through the chord progression while staying in the same area of the fretboard. I do this for all 5 G,C,D shapes. As I got better, I also played the chord within each shape and all the triads within each shape. You pretty quickly see how the scales, chords and triads fit together. When I got comfortable withe the major chords/shapes, I added in the minor. The minor shapes are the same as the major shapes, just moved over one shape although the root notes are in different places. So learning the minor doesn't take anywhere near as much time as major.This will make sense when you start doing it. I hope that helps. This routine has really helped me understand everything but as I said, it takes time and effort. I sometimes take a day or two break, to learn a song or solo to break things up but I'm not stopping what I am doing until I can do everything effortlessly. I have already made significant progress. If you have questions about what I wrote, reply and I will try to clarify. Blue, any comments on what I am doing?

Man dude, you're an awesome teacher! simple methods that other teachers complicate just to confuse students to bait and switch them to the paywall. You give great information with fully formed thoughts, and then state acall for action. Great content and your channel should take off like a rocket! A sincere thank you!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thank you that's great to hear! 👍🎸

So COOL , U REALLY MAKE EVERYTHING SO SIMPLE & EASY TO UNDERSTAND. THANK U AGAIN.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

12 күн бұрын

Thank you! Glad it's helping!

best guitar lesson in my entire life, thank you so much !!

Recently discovered your channel and just wanted to say thank you for all your content. I was stuck in a guitar rut for awhile and your videos really gave me a new understanding of the fretboard. Best guitar KZread channel out there. You’re the best man

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

17 сағат бұрын

Great to hear! Thank you! More coming.

Thanks the videos. You fill a really nice niche on the web between song lessons and hard core theory. I really enjoy these!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

12 күн бұрын

Great to hear thank you! More coming soon!

You asked for it Blue: Another landmark could be: the BC EF half stop conurbation (nice, eh) is at several locations on the fretboard, laid out as a perfect 4 note square on 2 strings. Know those boxes, and you are off to the full step D G and A located in close reference above and below these 4 note boxes! (WAIT - Shouldnt i be copyrighting this stuff) naw....there you have it the full C scale on each location. Go from there for the other keys.

My original intention was I wanted to be able to find the 5 basic chord types with a root on the 5th and on the 6th string: major, minor, dominant 7, diminished and half-diminished. So I memorised the ‘landmarks’. Jazz was and is my primary interest, and if the chart says F#m7b5, well, you can’t spend time working that out! Simple, and very effective. 😀

excellent lesson i have learnt so much thank you

This is definitely the kind of stuff we need! So many people learning guitar are always struggling with...should I learn scales...pentatonic...caged...etc...including myself. We need something all in one basket to understand. Thank you so much ❤❤❤❤❤

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thank you! More like it coming to the channel 👍

This help me ALOT!!! Thanks! Your Awesome!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Glad to hear it! Thank you!

You're the best!!!! Love Saturday lessons

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

12 күн бұрын

Great to see you here in the comments. Thanks for your support!

Fantastic lesson - thank you

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

Nice lesson!! This help me to think different

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

4 күн бұрын

Glad to hear it, thank you!!

Great lesson. I have been getting such valuable knowledge from your videos. Thank you so much.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

12 күн бұрын

Glad to hear it, thank you!

This is the kind of video we really love!!! Thank you so much

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Great to hear thank you. More like it coming 😀

Gracias x tu aporte Blue!! Otro gran video!!!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 күн бұрын

Thank you for your support José!!!!

Great explanation and concepts. Simple and useful.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 күн бұрын

Thank you! Lots more guitar lessons on the channel!

Thanks for the great video. Really useful info presented well. I’m not sure now how I learned to remember where chords are in the first place but definitely learning and recognising the 3 string triad shapes on EBG and BGD are really useful. These mini chords are used regularly in guitar music. Learning the change of shape with a progression like a I IV V e.g. G C and D on the EBG strings all along the neck is really useful and helpful to progress. Then you see the sequence of shape change becomes a pattern itself that is easy to remember. Do same for BGD and they become recognisable in all sorts songs rhythm and lead guitar parts.

Thanks Blue, Great summary that helps to carry on improving! Theory is great and necessary to understand and progress but as you say several times... when playing, and that's what really makes fun, it flows much better if you just have clear landmarks to know where you are and what to do with theese concepts and shapes that work well to make it all simpler...

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thank you! Much appreciated!

Fantastic as always😊

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for your support 😎🎸

You are an awesome teacher.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thank you! 😃

It sounds so beautiful

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thank you for saying 👍🎸

Great video. Thumbs up, indeed!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting! Lots more lessons on the channel :)

I’m gonna give this a go. I have spent the last 6 months navigating the Fretboard using intervals & it has improved my playing ten fold. Maybe this is the final step that brings it all together? Thanks for the concept!👍

Cool guitar bro

This is gold. Thanks!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

4 күн бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Without doubt excellence

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 күн бұрын

Thank you! Lots more lessons on the channel and our Patreon www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver

Love it.👍

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

17 сағат бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks 🙏

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

4 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching 🎸

Blue, every video you make is helpful, even though I'm an intermediate player. I use those same landmarks all the time. The more I learn "complicated" passages, the more dexterity I develop...and the more shapes I remember relative to each other... ...using landmarks! (Like chords or triads with licks & dbl-stops.) Thanks for continuing to do these videos! Keep up the excellent fun! 👌 👍 🤪

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 күн бұрын

Thank you! I appreciate you watching these videos and commenting. More coming!

Good stuff thank you

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching. Lots more guitar lessons on the channel 👍

@user-wp2ej5mn4c

7 күн бұрын

I've been working on that lick. Having fun with it. Is it rock?

Another excellent video blue. Teaching us to fish, rather than giving us a fish etc. I'm so in agreement that getting those E and A notes memorised opens up the fretboard so much more to try to put these ideas into practice..

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thank you again! 😎

"How a guitarist's mind works" or "Inside the guitarist's mind" could be good subtitles for this (awesome) lesson. (Both a little ripe for satire, I realize, but that's alright.) Levelling up!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 күн бұрын

Thank you! Much appreciated!

Love that Tele.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 күн бұрын

Thank you! It's a unique tele but very handy to have that extra pickup for sure.

@victorformosa228

10 күн бұрын

​@@GuitarLessonsVancouverThe first solid body electric guitar. I have a squier Tele, do you know how they came up the name of Telecaster ?

Blue my man you are a most excellent guitar teacher! You have a way of turning lightbulbs on in my head and after starting to finally get serious about guitar in my 40's about idk 7 years ago I have learned thats not easy. Lots of mindless noodling if Im not focused on a task. Thank you, I highly recommend your patreon page! I would love to see you do a deep dive on Yellow Leadbetter by Pearl Jam!!!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thank you very much! Yellow Ledbetter is a good idea. I'll put that on the list. See you on Patreon 👍🎸

I totally agree but I’d like to add knowing the notes on the b string as well. This was a game changer for me as it allowed me to easily visualize all the D and C shaped chords. So if you know the notes on the low E and A strings, you also know the notes on the high E string. Just adding the notes on the B string really opened up the fretboard for me.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 күн бұрын

I agree, the notes on the B string can give us some good triad shapes :)

The best system without doubt

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

9 күн бұрын

Thank you!

I been using your e and A method for minor pentatonic scales.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

4 күн бұрын

Awesome well done!

This is absolutely essential!! Can't thank you enough for this lesson, man. Break through moments

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 күн бұрын

Great to hear thank you! Lots more guitar lessons like it on the channel!

Nice looking Tele.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

9 күн бұрын

Thank you! American Professional Nashville Telecaster

loved this lesson. Here's an idea for a future lesson. I'd love to see a lesson if possible to show me the 3rd , 5th and 7th degrees in the "Funny B" shape and the shape 3 "Triple stack". You have done already for the the easy shape. Thanks

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

10 күн бұрын

Good idea thank you! Target notes on shape 3 is a good idea. I'll add that to my list.

Really complex.

There are shortcuts yes, but the best thing to do is memorize every note on your fretboard and all the notes in major,minor, and pentatonic and blues scales .

Like your Maui Shirt & most the lessons

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thank you! I love Maui. Wish I could go there evert year.

I'm a patron, I have the book. With some of us with no talent (yes, that's a thing), and the memory capacity of a gnat, still years of frustration. But we keep plugging away.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

9 күн бұрын

Thanks for your support! You can do it!

It looks easy when someone else does it. But the video has stopped and you have to remember what you need to do, that’s a different game. Don’t be ashamed to watch the video a dozen of times before you’re starting to get it.

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thanks! Indeed there is a lot covered in this video. Thanks for watching 😎👍

What model tele is that?

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

It's an American Professional Nasville Telecaster. They don't make many of these. Strat pickup in the middle.

Just learn the whole fretboard. It is soo worth it. And you got plenty of time to learn it. I mean, you gonna play guitar for the rest of your life. So you just have to overcome your lazyness.

FYI At the end of the video 14:35 you have an Arrow pointing to blank space (No video link for "cool" links... )

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Oops thank you. Fixed now. Must have forgotten to add the licks video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q3aVqLqmac7Lm5s.htmlsi=izrdAdoYR2Ub5Yzr

@djbny2la

8 күн бұрын

@@GuitarLessonsVancouver P.S Love your content! EXTREAMLY helpful!

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

8 күн бұрын

@@djbny2la thank you very much!!

this is really not all that earthshattering, it's just another way to negotiate the fretboard. One still has to learn all of this over time just like they have to learn anything, with lots of practice and repetition

This is Still completely not understandable to someone who doesn’t have an advanced understanding of music theory.

The reason they can't navigate is because they don't know the major scale

Not bad, but cut some of the talking out😮

simplify your lessons , too much excess talking

Great !

@GuitarLessonsVancouver

11 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching 🎸