7 POSITIONS OF THE MAJOR SCALE 3 Note per string

[@SomeKindOfMadman]

Thank you kindly, for the upload. I look forward to the next one in the near future. Cheers.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

You're welcome, all the best.

[@JoseGonzalez-pv9bd]

Thanks for the explanations Mr. Hutchings

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure Jose. Thx for watching. 👍

[@JoseGonzalez-pv9bd]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic I've been seeing you for many years and for me you are the new generation of guitar legends. You have a versatility in techniques and a high knowledge of harmony. You are a great master musician

[@shankhashubhramukherjee3585]

I came to know about from the concerts of Steven Wilson....so glad and fortunate that a guitarist of your stature shared the way he looks at the fret board while improvising...keep 'em coming...

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Hello Shankha, my pleasure mate, cool you enjoy Stevens concerts. All the very best

[@luigicimbro3006]

Hi Alex. It is always interesting to listen to your teachings. During this time I have tuned the guitar like you (C and F). Fantastic, the sounds have changed and even my playing is now less monotonous. Thanks Alex. I wish you a great Christmas

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

THank you Luigi, cool you are trying 4ths it sounds like you're having some interesting results... Wishing you a fabulous Christmas too. All the best

[@jagthatindianguitarist]

I'm using these shapes to work on my alternate picking. But also it's making me learn these shapes. V very helpful lesson

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Awesome mate I'm glad you're enjoying it.. All the best 👍

[@GUITARISTED]

Very helpful to make for smoother / quicker navigation, esp in 3rds (aka “The Fast Lane). I really enjoy listening to your style. One phrase comes to mind: “Fluidly Tasteful”. Cheers mate

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Much appreciated mate, I'm glad you enjoyed it. ;-)

[@AbdiasI]

Very helpful Alex! Greetings from Chile

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure Thx for watching, All the best from the UK 👍

[@patbreacadh]

Solid approach. And lovely guitar sound, piezo plus mag pick-up, yes? Thanks so much!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Cheers mate, actually I think it's more the mic sound picking up the strings as well as the mag pick up sound. I wish I had a piezo on this guitar but unfortunately not mate. All the best 👍🎸🙏

[@patbreacadh]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic Thanks so much for answering!

[@danaeverhart6487]

Hello Alex! Another year has come and gone with all its ups and downs. I know that you and your family know what I mean. I just want to wish you and the family A Very Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 and my God Bless you all in 2021!🤙🏻love ya Brother, Dana

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you very much Dana, wishing you and your family all the very best and happy holidays. 👍🎄🥂

[@Ransel_music]

Great lesson Alex!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you mate. ;-)

[@FireVan-dh5sl]

Thanks man. I'm trying to get into practice routine to improve my technique. After 5 years of just doing jamming playing guitar and make no improvement. I think doing scale is one of the best way to start a practicr routine

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure mate, yes I think it's important for everyone to have this solid foundation of the neck. Also once you master G major maybe try a few other keys, like Eb a B... All the very best. 👍

[@thecreativemusic6869]

Thank you Sir

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure mate. 👍😎

[@c.playsguitar]

Thank you so much 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

You're welcome, thank you for watching. All the very best

[@c.playsguitar]

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[@bassshimul1507]

LOVE U SIR & RESPECT

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you MAte. 👍

[@ARCHDEACONMUSIC]

Awesome as always! I've been messing with playing in 4th's lately and it's pretty cool...just gonna take a while to be able to implement it the way I want that's all, especially playing live. I'll probably just start with a song or 2 in 4th's and go from there...thanks bro! :)

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Nice one man, playing in 4th's is not for everybody but if you're brave enough to go for it then do it man.... It's a really fun way to play... All the best mate.

[@ARCHDEACONMUSIC]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic Yeah, I can see how playing and forth can actually make it much easier & to play faster as well. I'm going to work on learning, "Feeling Fine," in 4th's from your 1st Masterclass... I've just been battling a lot of forearm pain lately from practicing so much and being on the computer in building up my KZbin channel. Looking into Alexander technique too as I'm not able to practice as much as I want to right now, but I will get my forearms better as it is my livelihood. Looking forward to the challenge of learning your song...🙏🎸😀

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

@@ARCHDEACONMUSIC That's awesome man I hope you have fun with the Solo. I'm sorry to hear about your forearm, but it sounds like you have it under control... All the best mate.

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[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Even more hands... 😂🤣Cool .

[@cool22sweethikaru]

my idol

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Cheers Jao. 👍😎

[@cool22sweethikaru]

first time i saw you play ive blown away i always listen and watch all ur videos in youtube ur my inspiration thanks sir alex hutchings

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

@@cool22sweethikaru THanks so much Jao. All the best to you 👍😎

[@Grapho137]

Thanks for this practical lessons. Can you show how to play minor triads in 4ths tuning. Am a semi beginner

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

My pleasure, I've just created a playlist of the videos i've made showing various tips and tricks for beginning 4ths tuning, I hope you find them interesting and useful. kzbin.info/aero/PLoNAZKT2mb2QwqdTsVNctRETkyZk4Cyaf

[@judsonliem]

I loved this method, there's no gray area finally 😊, emm.. I just confused how to connectting this major scale with 5 pentatonic positions?

[@juliangall]

This is a very helpful way to look at the neck and approach learning it. I enjoyed it. However, as the video is for people who don't already know this, it might be less confusing if you tuned your guitar to standard tuning, which presumably 99.9% of your target audience use. Also, it might help beginners if you pointed out where the root was in each of the positions. Without that, it becomes about modes which, as you say, is a topic for another video.

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thanks for your comments mate, and a very fair point, the Charts on screen are actually written for Standard tuning and even playing in 4ths there is only 1 fret difference on the top two strings which I hope i made clear. The reason for me not tuning to standard is simply to honour my own decision to play this way and who knows it may peak someones interest to check out an alternative way to play the guitar. Thank you for checking out the video and I'm glad you enjoyed it. All the best

[@shredjoe1]

Hi julingall 4ths tuning has many advantages over standard. if you are a legato/tapping type player then its more symmetrical logical layout of scales is much easier to play runs etc fast & learn. You can cover 99% of the octave using 3 notes shapes 1 3 & 5 in 4ths. Best way to learn modes is by learning the interval set over a backing cos played on their own scale shapes it's hard to hear the modal flavour. (well it is for me!) Take the plunge & go 4ths! Alex has produced a set of good posts on 4ths & they're a great place to start. Great post Alex. PS You playing on Steven Wilson's 2021 tour?

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

@@shredjoe1 Cheers MAte, I'm not sure about the 2021 tour as yet, Steven could well change up the band for this one but if he were to ask me I'd be up for it, the last tour was a real blast. All the best Joe.

[@jacquesbureau5294]

Great video!! A lot to apply here. Also I am 65 so your big charts are good for me LOL!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Hey Jacques I'm glad the charts were useful. Thanks for watching and all the very best

[@patrickglennescosa6980]

Hi Alex, just wanted to confirm if you've memorized every position in 3 notes per string of a scale(Modes, Bebop, Phrygian Dominant) for your visualization? By the way, I've asked this because I'm already on the Volume 2 of your JTC's Approach to Improvisation. Also, is it quite overwhelming to memorized all those shapes/positions? Thanks a lot!

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Hey Patrick, thanks for watching and for your question.... Unfortunately the answer is yes... But... what I will say is, the most important ones are all positions of Major and Melodic minor in my opinion..... Bebop is basically the same of major just adding one note so don't worry too much about that one and Phrygian dominant I'd say just learn the First and 5th position to get started as these scale are used less frequently. I hope that helps.... Thank you for purchasing the masterclass by the way and I hope you're enjoying it. ;-)

[@patrickglennescosa6980]

Hi Alex, thanks a lot for your response and confirmation. 🙂 Yup! I'm learning a lot from your masterclass. Totally enjoyed and still digesting the concepts from Vol. 1 and now learning the Vol. 2. Thanks again! 🙂

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

@@patrickglennescosa6980 That's fantastic mate, I'm pleased you're learning a lot from it... As and when you're ready the finale Vol.3 deals more with techniques too which in turn should hopefully help with learning 'how' to play a lot of the licks.... But there's no rush even if you got that 6 months from now or not at all... just thought I'd mention it... Anyway Patrick have a great rest of your day and catch up soon. ;-)

[@patrickglennescosa6980]

Hi Alex, yup I have the Vol. 3 of your masterclass as well. 🙂 In Vol. 1, I've really enjoyed lots of the concepts you've mentioned and tried to play with the backings it contains which also helps a lot due to the "click" sounds before the changes. I've particularly enjoyed the sliding scale. 🙂 For Vol. 2, I'm learning the scales but with the approach of fragments and intervals too. After Vol. 2, I'll tackle Vol. 3. 🙂 I must say your masterclass boxset is really good and awesome. I believe it is a must have! 🙂 By the way, thanks a lot for interacting with us fans! It means a lot! Also, looking forward to your album and uploads here in KZbin. 🙂

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

@@patrickglennescosa6980 Hey Patrick that's wicked, so cool you're enjoying them.... I did put my heart in soul into those Masterclasses so it's good to hear they are being appreciated.... Unfortunately not too many people have bought them which is a shame but maybe they just need to be marketed a bit better, because I believe the content is good and these type of comments do help me to feel this.. So thank you again for purchasing them and letting me know. I'll have to do some more promotion along with JTC at some point. Anyway the pleasure is all mine regarding interacting I've finally come around to using social media.... All the very best, keep practicing and Rockin. 👍😎🎸

[@sebastiangomezmusic]

Why do you tune in 4th? what's the benefit over Standard Tuning? or the drawbacks?

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Hey Sebastian thx for watching, i hope this will answer you question. All the very best kzbin.info/www/bejne/foDZhHqgbqtmnJI

[@sebastiangomezmusic]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic thanks again for such a quick reply!

[@danaeverhart6487]

Now Alex! Teach us how to synchronize our hands together, to smooth out the bumps. One more question: what is the neck pick-up you are using on that guitar? It has a beautiful round tone! Peace

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Thank you Dana, the Neck pick up is a DiMarzio (I forget exactly but it's a humbucker that splits into a single coil too.;-) Thx for watching.

[@danaeverhart6487]

Alex Hutchings thanks again Alex! Rock -on man! Cheers

[@aliassaid6398]

Hey Alex, do you think the 3nps system is still important to learn if for example one adopts the interval visualisation system that Tom Qualye uses?

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

100% mate... I also use the intervals to visualise the neck I think it's important to use both 👍🎸🙏

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Notes and numbers. 👍🎸🙏

[@aliassaid6398]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic Thanks, Alex. What about the caged system? Are there any benefits that you would get from it compared to 3nps?

[@wenderfarias4175]

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[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

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[@5urg3x]

Lol Tom Quayle tuning 😜

[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

Yes mate Tom plays in 4ths too, what's interesting is how we came to it completely independently of each other. His teacher introduced to him when he was younger and I was inspired from a great 6 string bass player I was gigging with at the time. It's a cool tuning for sure. Thanks for watching.

[@5urg3x]

@@AlexHutchingsMusic A lot of people actually got it from six string basses way before Tom, you’re right! BTW I so need a six string bass 😝

[@topa1798]

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[@AlexHutchingsMusic]

😂 Nice one... ;-)