7 Biggest “Aha" Moments You’ll Have Learning Guitar

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

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[@christianhoffman7407]

Here is something that is wild, at 2:35 those "wrong" notes are the major pentatonic of the key directly across on Circle of 5ths, in this case F#. I am not sure if that is useful but I saw that on the "you're only one fret away" video.

[@DDE_ADDICT]

You have been playing for 22 years, I was thinking you are 22 years old.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Haha, I'm 32 ☺

[@mrsxber1916]

​​@@andrewclarkeguitar Damn. I definitely thought you were younger

[@davidtymon8258]

Having been 'playing' for 30+ years, but never really understanding what I'm playing... most of your 'aha' moments have come to me in the last 6 months or so. It's amazing to finally feel like I can play a guitar after decades of haplessly stringing a few chords together and not knowing how to expand on them. what I've taken from this video is "you are always one fret away from a right note". When I hit a bum note I panic and stop. Now i know to panic and slide up or down one fret, the quicker the better. :)

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I'm glad that there was still one that helped! Sounds like you're on the right track. Thanks for watching!

[@metalmick]

It’s ok when you play a wrong note. It’s called Jazz.

[@jarrowmarrow]

wow great im a beginner but i just got my brain opened.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That's awesome 😀

[@P_dude_007]

Awesome video as always! I was so glad to learn about using the diminished 7th chord a half step down as a smooth transition into any minor chord. This got me wondering how I’ve never heard of this before. I think a video about more fun ways to spice up your playing like this could be awesome. What do you think?

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Great idea!

[@killedbycoconuts]

I've gotten more aha moments in the past few months from Andrew's videos and solo course than ever before. Just get the course already!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Ayyy appreciate that! 🙌

[@volumeleet7667]

I played for 11 years before all of these aha moments became reality. I was just playing scales over and over backing tracks. And then I learned about TRIADS and got all of these AHA moments in a year and a half. Now I feel like I can do whatever I want - there is no mistakes, just happy accidents that you can play around with.

[@christianhoffman7407]

That is what I am waiting on. A lot has already happened past 5 months. I am actually watching a video about triads (took a break from it and opened Andy's video) they have been on my radar for a while but I am trying to figure out a way memorize them. I am trying to0 memorize the entire fret board hoping that will help. I have every note (all in natural notes and flats)memorized by fret top down and I am working on another hands on method.

[@johnchance1959]

Best explanation of Modes I've heard.

[@DamienSawyer]

Great video man. Seeing a lot of commentors are confessing their ages, I've been playing for 34 years - yet I learnt a lot from you!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thank you! I'm glad you're still able to get something out of the videos!

[@Rick1198s]

Really enjoyed this short video Andrew. You make some great points and observations 😄 Thank you for your efforts.🙏🏻

[@jayedevan567]

I’ve played consistently for about 4 years but only started having some of these ‘Aha’ moments…then found your page and even more of them came…you are a gem, sir…thank you for sharing your knowledge with the rest of us👊🏾🎸🔥

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I'm so glad you're finding the videos helpful!! ☺

[@gitarkitekto]

This is awesome! thanks Andrew!

[@brucemillar]

Great video, I enjoyed your presentation style as well. Thanks Andrew.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thanks for watching!!

[@Westernerd1]

Thank you for this!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

My pleasure!

[@Santaheckler]

Those are definitely some gems!!! Thank you! 🫵😎

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

I'm glad you got something out of it!

[@kh485]

My “aha” moment was experimenting with other modes and scales other than just major and minor modes. But If you hit a “wrong note” you might be more than one step away.

[@AdamStrakos]

Thank you for that diminished 7 chord trick. Ive been using non-diatonical dominant 5th chord trick when resolving to chords, but never this one. 😊

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Yeah, it's a cool one! Glad you got something from the video.

[@cleangoblin2021]

Something i learned today. Just go 3 semi-tones down to get the relative minor

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Nice!!

[@mertyang]

got many aha moments here in this video. thank you so much Andrew!

[@getsmart6765]

Outstanding content! I learned a lot! 👍 (liked/suscribed)

[@jesschan27]

Thanks Clarke. You speak fantastically clear English and I really do think you'll make a perfect international English teacher on KZbin. You'll probably get multiple times of more views than on your guitar lessons due to the international popularity of English teachings. I'm serious! Your smart look and perfect English will easily get you millions of views any time! Best wishes!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That's very kind, thank you! My focus is on guitar for now, but maybe in the future. :)

[@cedricBUNKERTON]

Aha moment #8: At 2:35, the red 'missing' notes from the C Major scale show the CAGED Pentatonic scale for the whole neck. 👍✉🔔

[@BernardJohnson-wz1yb]

Awesome video! You got a new sub. Watched several of your videos and I really like your approach.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Appreciate that!

[@DCford-eu4nm]

If I could have one thing added to this lesson it’s where to put your fingers on the chords through the lesson do I don’t have to pause lesson and look at your chord position , other then that I love what your lesson is teaching me , thanks Andrew !

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That's good feedback. Thank you!

[@pizzipaul1]

Nice dude...great video!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thanks man!!

[@ADAMSIVES]

This is an awesome video. I am naming my next child “Andrew Clarke “ or “Mixalidian”

[@jjs3863]

ngl - Mixolydian would be a pretty cool name

[@DamienSawyer]

Good. There's way too many Phyrigians in my kids' classes already.

[@high_plains_drifter]

That's all to know when you're beginner, wish I had these Information a few years ago. It's like a puzzle to find it out by self.

[@MeesMovies]

Subbed directly! Great aha moments for me. I do have a question tho. How does the number system work when I’ve got to start in a minor key instead of major? How does that work out on the low E and A string? Thanks for the great video!

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Thanks! Good question. You would shift the numbers based on the minor key. So if you're in the relative minor key of C major, A minor, you would just make Aminor(1), Bdim(2), Cmajor(3), minor(4), Eminor(5), Fmajor(6), Gmajor(7). The chords all remain the same, the positions all remain the same, but the numbers move. You could easily just relative a chord progression in a minor key back to it's relative major though. So if you're playing an Aminor(1) to a Dminor(4) in the key of A minor. You could just think of it as an Aminor(6) to a Dminor(2) in C major. Personally, I'll typically just relate everything back to the major key in my head no matter what to keep it simple.

[@SamC_182]

This video is VALUABLE. And I have always been a music theory dummy. But this actually made so much sense to me. Edit; I already had the aha moment with the major scale. What I learned here specifically that made sense to me was getting into the modes and understanding their structure

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That's great!!

[@civicstar982]

I’ve never been more seen and accurately described then “mediocre in everything equally” 😅

[@southhams]

Eureka ❤ thank you 🙏

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

You're very welcome!

[@djculous]

I always play improv with backing tracks, i'm not that good so every once in a while i press the wrong note and somehow my mannersm kicks in and just bend it or make it chromatic notes to sound like it's not a wrong note lol! it's funny because it's a habit now.

[@NeverG1veUhp]

BB. King said he would do that at times 😂

[@jeromekovacik1198]

Hello Andrew, with the 4.99 I thought that I was joining Patreon. How do I cancel the 4.99 and get the 7.00 deal?

[@maybe5114]

Anyone know how to play horizontally a scale like in 1:18? I can play up and down but can’t do that. Any help much appreciated!

[@sevengranted3538]

just the 2 note, 3 note trick. Hammer on 5-7 on the A, then do the same on the D and slide it up to the 9th. Same method for other strings just gotta adjust for the B.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

It was explained well below. It was just a random lick using the notes from the C major scale. But essentially starting on the C note in Position 5, and sliding up into Position 1, climbing vertically up Position 1, then sliding up into Position 2 for the last bit. And actually reaching up into Position 3 for that 2nd last note on the 12th fret. There's a slow-down feature built into KZbin, it's a little easier to see if you use that. Hope that helps!

[@sevengranted3538]

@@andrewclarkeguitar Professor Clarke says I explained it well, I am honored 🙏🏼

[@Kallum]

A good video explaining this type of pattern: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2rXZKaXjaeXpNk The visualization at 3:40 is great, it is blues in B in this case but the concept is the same

[@alexhuevera939]

Light bulb moment, Game Changer, Genius, Criminally underrated and more Azzkissing comments

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Glad this one helped! Thanks for watching :)

[@aliegemengok2410]

1- one step away from right note 2- use the new thing are the new ahas 😂

[@sheltonsnyder7592]

Once i found out all music theory was all based on the major scale so much confusion was completely resloved.

[@DamienSawyer]

Me too. I teach a few kids piano and guitar. I've recently dropped the "start with basic sheet music or chords" approach and now start with the major scale TTSTTTS and build everything from there. .... well, that and intervals. Building chords from intervalic functions. It's cool because it goes deeper than notes and keys.

[@M5guitar1]

My biggest Aha moment was learning Take on Me..😂

[@ADAMSIVES]

Aha guitar? Ta bra!

[@whatisworthliving]

Aha!

[@josephSF]

Aha! also!

[@larryhagman3543]

Hi Andrew. Absolutely love your style of teaching but wondering why you keep cutting pauses and particularly why you keep cutting shots from wider shot to slightly closer. Feel like this is an unnecessary distraction from what you are saying. Your story your choice of course. But just a thought.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

As weird as it might seem, both of those things actually result in the average person watching for longer, which helps the video reach even more viewers. I can understand why it might feel unnecessary to some though!

[@larryhagman3543]

@ wow that is interesting. And weird. I make films for a living so that’s why it distracting for me but the bulk of the audience is obviously experiencing it in a different way. Thanks for responding. I will go off and see if anyone has done any research into this. Breaks several generally held storytelling principles in filmmaking. So perhaps these principles need a reworking in the KZbin space.

[@Dornpunzel]

Havent understood a lot tbh.

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

Sorry to hear that. This video moved through them all pretty quickly. I have some slower, more methodical lessons on the individual topics if that would be more useful.

[@bnelson313braveheart]

It,hasn’t clicked for me yet

[@gregdemeterband]

how about when, you just start playing from the Heart and everything you play, just flows freely.... instead of TRYING to play....

[@andrewclarkeguitar]

That's the goal! But this isn't something that just magically happens for many people.

[@haydenashland5256]

if i play something that “sounds good”, my next instinct is to figure out “why” it sounded good, that way I can repeat it again with more context. thats why music theory is helpful, I get your point but even the greats had to know some theory.

[@sawcrab2249]

basically, learn theory lol.

[@faker6968]

Your video title is incorrect. Its not aha moments on guitar, but music theory aha moments on guitar. If you changed your wording slightly the video could be abt any instrument. Nice clickbait lol

[@scottkrohn2095]

This is the least clickbaity title ever…what?

[@ili626]

All due respect, but isn’t this depriving others from their own “ah ha” moments? I’m so glad I was self taught before KZbin existed and the internet barely existed… The joy of discovering so much on my own has been one of the best things in my life

[@diro5833]

You can always stand on the shoulders of the giants and look farther.

[@scottkrohn2095]

Let’s not teach anyone anything so they can learn it all themselves. Good plan.

[@bizzy5439]

Learning a truth is exciting no matter how you learn it

[@ili626]

Lots of mistakes in this video.. it needs more ah ha moments