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@rossmelanson6999 2 сағат бұрын
Your white background, a little hard on the eyes…
@fretscience 2 сағат бұрын
Sorry to hear that!
@walterallen4069 13 сағат бұрын
Rhetorically speaking, it baffles me how it is possible, even if a viewer completely forgot grade school music theory, that when naming notes on each string's frets the terms B#/C, Cb/B, E#/F, and E/Fb get so much hate, to the extent some video authors will say either that there's no #/b for those notes [what?!] or omit any discussion of the inconsistency. I grew up with a piano keyboard in my head, thinking that I'd pick up guitar one day, but life happened then the collective inconsistencies of guitar inform have made me double down instead of folding when thinking of my bucket list. So, 6 strings of monochromatic semitones will be mine! Enharmonic keys on the circle of fifths will learn freedom by my hands and under my fingers. Had a real "duh" moment of an epiphany when you mentioned circle of fifths adjacent to string names though. Thanks for that.
@fretscience 7 сағат бұрын
In this already long video, I saw no need to introduce additional complexity, especially in an area that has almost zero practical impact for my audience (hobbyist guitar players). I’m not interested in arguing this point, but in 40 years of studying and playing music, the enharmonic names you mentioned have only mattered for notational correctness-never for practical usage. I have no hate for B#, Cb, E#, and Fb, but they’re tangential at best to the aims of this video.
@tr762 15 сағат бұрын
Debería ser el sistema estándar para enseñar esos temas que contemplan una buena parte de la teoría musical de la guitarra. No hay hasta el momento una forma más práctica para estudiarlo.
@WickBeavers 18 сағат бұрын
AS a Memory "warped" old player, I love your method presented here. It's possibly going to allow me to "learn the modes" without boring out my remaining memory trying to memorize 5 patterns of 7 modes (35 separate patterns, am I right?). I've become more interested in figuring out the target mode to play over any given chord progression, ie. how to determine that. Thanks so much for this!
@fretscience 18 сағат бұрын
@wickbeavers Thanks! I also recommend checking out my “big picture” video - in my other videos I have another approach to the modes that’s even more useful for making music: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqGmYmRrr89-n9ksi=AkHNZlm_FFgNzFM4
@jadonx 22 сағат бұрын
Wow! why did I not know Dorian is relative to Lydian, and Phrygian is relative to mixolydian for a given root name? always knew about Aeolian and Ionians relationship.
@fretscience 21 сағат бұрын
I don’t think they are commonly discussed relationships, so they are not widely appreciated. The other under appreciated relationship is between Dorian and Mixolydian, which only differ by the b3. If you play Dorian in a dominant context and bend the b3 slightly, you’re playing in the gray area between Dorian and Mixolydian, and that is one of the key elements of a bluesy sound.
@56davidwright 3 күн бұрын
Beethoven really took off once he learned the notes on the piano.
@fretscience 3 күн бұрын
Indeed
@ATGaming-bq3vq 5 күн бұрын
I've already learned the notes! 1 2 3 4...
@fretscience 5 күн бұрын
🧐
@Playsinvain 5 күн бұрын
I always begin these with great hope…and then realize I’m not ready. But someday.
@fretscience 5 күн бұрын
It may help to watch the overview video and then watch the videos in the recommended order at fretscience.com
@foolycooly3763 5 күн бұрын
I’ll come back to this when I have better strumming, plucking & chord transition fundamentals 👍
@fretscience 5 күн бұрын
Good call! You might be interested in my Cowboy Chord Superpowers video in the meantime: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3SWn3-Ajd2laassi=DdbJ2KxoQs0UZNzC Cheers! 🎸🧪🤘
@ll14m4n 5 күн бұрын
🔥Best mnemonics and infographics on the topic I've ever seen! Thank you! 🙏
@ll14m4n 5 күн бұрын
🔥Best mnemonics and infographics on the topic I've ever seen! Thank you! 🙏
@ll14m4n 5 күн бұрын
🔥Best mnemonics and infographics on the topic I've ever seen! Thank you! 🙏
@ll14m4n 5 күн бұрын
🔥Best mnemonics and infographics on the topic I've ever seen! Thank you! 🙏
@ll14m4n 5 күн бұрын
🔥Best mnemonics and infographics on the topic I've ever seen! Thank you! 🙏
@ll14m4n 5 күн бұрын
🔥Best mnemonics and infographics on the topic I've ever seen! Thank you! 🙏
@ll14m4n 5 күн бұрын
🔥Best mnemonics and infographics on the topic I've ever seen! Thank you! 🙏
@ll14m4n 5 күн бұрын
🔥Best mnemonics and infographics on the topic I've ever seen! Thank you! 🙏
@ll14m4n 5 күн бұрын
🔥Best mnemonics and infographics on the topic I've ever seen! Thank you! 🙏
@ll14m4n 5 күн бұрын
🔥 Best mnemonics and infographics on the topic I've ever seen! Bought the pdfs just to support the channel - they are reasonably priced too. This is pure gold, especially compared to the info-marketers who sell their pretentious "ultimate" course for hundreds of dollars, which only teach notes and intervals. Thank you! 🙏
@fretscience 5 күн бұрын
Much appreciated, thanks! 🎸🧪🤘
@ilale2378 6 күн бұрын
I was stuck till i found this video you have my gratitude as well as many others thank you so much.
@fretscience 6 күн бұрын
Glad it helped! 🎸🧪🤘
@m.vonhollen6673 7 күн бұрын
Intervals is distances between notes. Everyone should learn keyboards as the visuals are simpler. Everyone has to take Functional Keyboards in Jazz college.
@fretscience 7 күн бұрын
This video is about understanding how the guitar fretboard works. Understanding keyboards can help with understanding harmony, but that’s missing the point of the video
@armandosinger 8 күн бұрын
Rewatching this. Great stuff. I’m noticing for the first time that there is a little inconsistency with the fingerings between the pentatonic patterns and 3 notes per string. In 3nps, you *never* have the root under the ring finger in any of the 3 note fragments. In these or tonic patterns, you’d often do have the root under the ring finger and it’s super common and “guitaristic”. So if you’re reconstructing the modes with pentatonic shapes plus added color notes, you’ll be learning yet new patterns. I guess ya just need to learn it all!
@fretscience 7 күн бұрын
When I say index or ring finger in this video, it’s not my intent to be prescriptive. Many people do play the 2nps pentatonic shapes almost exclusively with those fingers, but really I’m just using those labels as shorthand for where the root is relative to your hands. When you add in the color notes to the pentatonic scale to get the modes, the way I show it gives you exactly the one-finger-per-fret scale diagrams you see in method books and that are widely used for sight reading in music schools. I don’t think I used the ring finger as a reference point in the 3nps video, because you’re right, it’s hardly ever used except in the upper note when playing higher up the neck. Anyway, cheers!
@armandosinger 7 күн бұрын
@@fretscience Roger that. Im trying to work out fingerings for your rectangle and stack, which is why I’m paying attention to these things. Since I now know all of the 3nps patterns across the neck, I’m wondering if it’s possible to work with that same fingerings. There are pros and cons. I look forward to your upcoming workshop series-perhaps you can talk about fingerings there. Thanks!
@Playsinvain 8 күн бұрын
Hi Keith sensei
@truthisnotanopinion71 9 күн бұрын
11:40 -12:29 is all I need, otherwise there’s too much information. Plotting out shapes for all the individual notes is genius.
@fretscience 9 күн бұрын
Whatever works for you! I like mixing things up from one practice session to another to keep myself on my toes, and I always find that understanding things in multiple ways pays off in the long run. But in the end, this lesson is just about learning the notes, so do whatever gets the job done. Cheers!
@JLPrice-kc2uy 10 күн бұрын
I thought a note can only be called a UNISON, when two notes of the same is played together in "UNISON" at the same time on the same staff line..?
@fretscience 10 күн бұрын
I think that’s an overly strict definition, but I’m aiming this at guitar players rather than music theorists, so I’m happy to adopt another word if you can think of a better one 😅
@JLPrice-kc2uy 10 күн бұрын
@@fretscience 'Plural,' more than one in pitch of sounds or notes. "the -flutes- play in unison with the violas" I'm sorry, i thought you were naming note positions. You're the only theorist I've heard say that. I do love your channel though… 😎
@fretscience 10 күн бұрын
I’m an amateur theorist who took a few classes decades ago and has done a lot of reading, but I definitely use the terminology a bit more loosely than an expert would. I also got in trouble for calling a #4 a tritone, which maybe isn’t 100% kosher to a true theorist. Still not sure what to make of that one, but I’m always happy to identify, admit, and fix my mistakes. Cheers!
@StraightRocketFuel 10 күн бұрын
The number of times this guy has absolutely melted my mind with supernova like moments of realization is astonishing. Every video it’s like the Big Bang in my cranium.
@fretscience 10 күн бұрын
It truly makes my day when I hear that…thanks! 🎸🧪🤘
@robertmogavero4596 10 күн бұрын
There’s one mistake here boss when you said one more time for the fans in the back you said starting on the 12th top strength was a major but that’s really e major. The one below. It is the A major. Below that is D major
@fretscience 10 күн бұрын
I appreciate it when errors are brought to my attention, so that I can fix them in future videos. In this case, you would be correct if I had started with a root-position triad at the 12th fret, but I started with the A major second-inversion triad. If you look again, you’ll see that all the triads in the video are named correctly.
@robertmogavero4596 10 күн бұрын
@@fretscience my apologies I double checked well done, sir and for the record your videos are very well done
@fretscience 10 күн бұрын
@robertmogavero4596 no worries, and thanks! 🎸🧪🤘
@robzbobz 11 күн бұрын
From the bottom of my heart, thank you for providing such great free material on your channel.
@fretscience 11 күн бұрын
Much appreciated! 🎸🧪🤘
@golemarkovic 11 күн бұрын
God bless you!
@fretscience 11 күн бұрын
Cheers! 🎸🧪🤘
@jorisArt 11 күн бұрын
Wow! What an eye opener. Here I was memorizing patterns with no understanding. Thanks for helping me see the light!
@fretscience 11 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful! 🎸🧪🤘
@mikeharner8664 11 күн бұрын
You sir are a genius! The way you explain this makes so much more sense than the way I have been learning guitar.
@fretscience 11 күн бұрын
Glad it was helpful! 🎸🧪🤘
@DETROITBULLET 12 күн бұрын
It's not that simple
@fretscience 11 күн бұрын
The concept isn’t complex, but I’ve certainly gotten better at explaining it in the nearly two years since I made this video. I’m happy to answer questions on it if you have any
@joshkatsikis9138 12 күн бұрын
Describing the relationships between notes as a chess move really gave me some insight, playing an octave of whatever note you're already playing really is like moving a chess piece, knowing where each scale degree is in relation to your current note being played is exactly like the different movements of chess pieces.
@josefclare6264 13 күн бұрын
This is a really good video :).
@fretscience 13 күн бұрын
Thanks! 🎸🧪🤘
@johndurrett3573 13 күн бұрын
My brain just keeps melting seeing the same positions seemingly appear to be different notes depending on context. And why couldn't they have given them letters in order of lettors..going A B C D E F G.
@fretscience 13 күн бұрын
It takes practice and patience to learn the whole thing, and it can definitely be frustrating at times. I recommend focusing on just a few notes names at first (like B, E, A, and D) and working on them until they feel like second nature. If you get different answers depending on which method you try to use, it likely means that you’re forgetting that the only places there are no sharps or flats are between E/F and B/C. I hope the approaches in the video help make it easier over time!
@cemartmed 13 күн бұрын
This class makes me cry😭. So good
@fretscience 13 күн бұрын
Cheers! 🎸🧪🤘
@blasttrash 15 күн бұрын
noob here, why are all videos in guitar community with thick string(E) at the bottom? But when I hold the guitar, the thick string(E) is at the top? This confuses me whenever someone mentions the word vertical movement since I dont know which direction to move just by looking at the video(coz in real life it would be reversed against the gravity)
@fretscience 15 күн бұрын
I don’t know how it started, but it’s the way it’s been done in books and tablature for decades. If you’re playing right-handed it’s like tilting the guitar back and looking down on the fretboard, I guess. You’ll get used to it pretty quickly, especially if you use TAB to learn songs.
@blasttrash 15 күн бұрын
@@fretscience oh that makes sense since we are looking at the guitar "top down". Thanks
@caliandy1 16 күн бұрын
Another fantastic lesson from one of the internets best guitar teachers.
@fretscience 16 күн бұрын
@caliandy1 Thanks, much appreciated! 🎸🧪🤘
@Bonsyoer 16 күн бұрын
I’m lefty.. need this in mirror mode
@fretscience 16 күн бұрын
I hear what you’re saying, and I wish I could think of a good way to make my materials more accessible for both left and right orientations. At heart this video is all about the concepts, and at most there are a handful of diagrams here that you might want to reference later. It would be great for your memory retention and comprehension to write down leftie versions on paper for yourself.
@seancataline8639 17 күн бұрын
this confused me even more (ive been attempting to play since 2013)
@fretscience 17 күн бұрын
I’m sorry to hear that, and I’m happy to answer questions
@shawncharton9416 17 күн бұрын
A tritone is ONLY a d5. An A4 is not three thirds.
@fretscience 17 күн бұрын
@shawncharton9416 Do you have a source for your claim? An augmented 4th reaches the same enharmonic note as a diminished 5th. Both are 6-semitone distances---the equivalent of three whole steps, which is where the name tri-tone comes from. In modern music theory they are both called tritones, although apparently in the olden days, the diminished 5th was called an "inverted tritone," which seems like a distinction without a difference. I'd be okay with being proven wrong, but I can't just take your word for it. Cheers!
@shawncharton9416 17 күн бұрын
@@fretscience my source is my theory teacher at Oberlin.
@fretscience 17 күн бұрын
@shawncharton9416 So how many semitones are you saying are in an augmented fourth? I don’t see how it’s anything other than 6. I respect your opinion, however I can’t find a single source online that supports what you’re saying. There are some subtle music theoretical differences between how #4 and b5 are used in compositions, but on the fretboard they are identical, and they are both called tritones. I suspect you may be misremembering what your teacher said about one of the theoretical subtleties, but again, I’m happy to be proven wrong if you can provide me with a verifiable source.
@shawncharton9416 17 күн бұрын
@@fretscience a tritone is three thirds stacked (C-E, D-F, and E-Gb) hence the name TRI tones. C-Gb is a fifth on paper. C-F# is a fourth. C-E, D-F, E-F# is not three thirds in succession therefore it is not a tritone. This bears itself forth in counterpoint rules where C to F# resolves to B to G where C to Gb resolves to Db and F. Different resolutions = different functions. That's the whole point of enharmonics.
@shawncharton9416 17 күн бұрын
Note that the inward resolution of a tritone wasn't "discovered" until Strauss where the outward resolution has been used since before Bach.
@Its_B1_4u2 18 күн бұрын
Thanks for the great and educational video❤
@fretscience 18 күн бұрын
Cheers! 🎸🧪🤘
@trinidiana 19 күн бұрын
This is way better than so many other videos on intervals that confuse the hell out of me
@fretscience 19 күн бұрын
I’m glad it worked for you! 🎸🧪🤘
@Carsons-Clips 20 күн бұрын
This is a cool video, the animations are really well done and I like this approach. I do think there are some important points that aren't explained well and you leave to the viewer to work out themselves - for instance, when you warp a rectangle/stack shape, and when you don't (Form 1 vs. Form 4), as well as @LittleLunaFox's earlier comment. In my opinion, it's not quite as simple those three steps, but if you use some brainpower you can figure it out and sometimes that helps it sink in.
@fretscience 20 күн бұрын
Thanks for the feedback. The full explanation of how to deal with the “warp” is in an earlier video, but there are definitely a few areas here that could have been expanded more!
@diegovalenzuela7206 20 күн бұрын
Very complete picture, thanks!!!
@fretscience 20 күн бұрын
Glad it helped! 🎸🧪🤘
@sirius.aeternus 21 күн бұрын
future video idea: adapting in different tunings, like c minor, or drop c
@fretscience 21 күн бұрын
Solid, thanks 🎸🧪🤘
@theartfuldodger935 21 күн бұрын
B attle E nds A nd D own G oes C harles' F ather
@fretscience 21 күн бұрын
Sure, that works, although I feel bad for poor Charles and his family
@mschreib.TheGet 22 күн бұрын
Absolutely confusing without played examples Useless lesson for a audio visual learner
@fretscience 22 күн бұрын
Sorry to hear it didn’t work for you. My more recent videos have a better mix of live examples
@ladyhughes7882 23 күн бұрын
Great Lesson Thanks!!
@fretscience 23 күн бұрын
Cheers! 🎸🧪🤘
@noneyabuiznezz 23 күн бұрын
for 30 years i haent learned their names either- i just call them like- inky, pinkey, hurtey, fatty, stupid etc..
@fretscience 23 күн бұрын
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