A new beginner-friendly framework for guitar improvisation

[@Six_Point]

Always felt like I had holes in every video on these topics, like I’m missing information and had questions I didn’t know to ask. Thank you for a very clear explanation. This video simplified and showed me where to go next. Subscribed 🤙🏻

[@fretscience]

Glad you’re here! 🎸🧪🤘

[@tito.tarantula]

The how-to template for aspiring online guitar teachers. Every vid is a winner and so well thought out. Thank you.

[@fretscience]

Much appreciated, thanks! 🙏🎸🧪🤘

[@waynegram8907]

FRET SCIENCE< Break down lesson and theory behind Purple Haze because Hendrix is either using a Hexatonic scale or MODE, its not a normal stock pentatonic scale, its a hybrid scale the purple haze solo.

[@fretscience]

Good idea...I have several "Little Wing"-related lessons on Patreon, but Purple Haze is also great!

[@rickmon3248]

As a visual learner, your videos have been the most clear lessons I’ve found on youtube! I’d love it if you could cover some Santana solos

[@fretscience]

He's definitely on my list. Any particular solos you would like to see?

[@user77434]

Great tutorial! Your videos are already top notched - just one more enchantment I’d like to request - it's to add the fretboard animation to show which note you’re pressing when you’re playing (other guitar tutorial channels have this (e.g. pow music)

[@fretscience]

I haven’t found a way to do that level of animation (tbh, my existing level of animation already takes a ton of time). If anyone has any pointers on how to do it, I’m all ears!

[@user77434]

@ I think Jamstik creator creates the animation for you. Please check it out to see if you can make videos with it!

[@user77434]

@@fretscience I will try to look up a link for it. But I found this out from another guitar content KZbin creator

[@TomKaszuba]

Brilliant. Straight up, flat out brilliant.

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Tom! 🎸🧪🤘

[@PerryCodes]

These have easily become my favorite guitar videos on KZbin. Oh... and I absolutely love that PRS Fiore.

[@fretscience]

Thanks! The Fiore has definitely become my favorite guitar. Great playability and incredible tone options from the pickups and push-pull combinations. 🎸🧪🤘

[@seanjestersloan]

Your teaching is stunning. I get so inspired by what I'm learning and this knowlege is extremely powerful. I wish I knew you when I started playing.

[@fretscience]

Wow, thank you! 🎸🧪🤘

[@EricWestphal]

Excellent, concise and useful explanation! Looking forward to putting it to work.

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Eric! 🎸🧪🤘

[@amyhardy6784]

Excellent!

[@fretscience]

Thank you! 🎸🧪🤘

[@Chimp_No_1]

Fantastic lesson, incredibly helpful ! New subscriber ! Great content ! Thank you for sharing !

[@fretscience]

Awesome, glad you're here! 🎸🧪🤘

[@JVMusicAndBass]

Would love to know how you think about improvising over blues changes. IE are you changing the entire pentatonic with each chord or do you think the home pentatonic with alterations. Thanks for the great content!

[@fretscience]

I’ve touched on this very briefly in a couple of videos, and I cover some blues basics on Patreon and in Module 8 of Improv 101. Both approaches you mentioned can work, and there are about as many ways to do it as there are blues players. I’m not all that great at playing blues, and I tend to mix and match approaches. I don’t love the sound of the IVm pentatonic scale over the IV chord, so I tend to gravitate toward using the I minor pentatonic and targeting notes from each of the chords on top of that.

[@paularob123]

Excellent video.

[@fretscience]

Thank you very much! 🎸🧪🤘

[@shredwithmeg8080]

fantastic video sir!!!

[@fretscience]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks! 🎸🧪🤘

[@RaduBMare]

Great video, as always! Thank you!

[@fretscience]

Much appreciated! 🎸🧪🤘

[@deathmagneto-soy]

Huh ... how about that. That honestly is a really interesting way of looking at getting around the neck. I never really considered a shape-based approach to finding the root third and fifth within the boxes like that. Very neat method.

[@fretscience]

It generalizes _incredibly_ well. I have another KZbin video that shows an easy way to access the major scale modes this way, and it also extends to harmonic and melodic minor (those lessons are on Patreon). I’ll have more to say in future videos, but I’m optimistic that this is headed toward a major breakthrough in how to teach fretboard visualization. My “big picture” video lays out how I was thinking about this a year ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqGmYmRrr89-n9ksi=ApobXWUuO7N_Kyid

[@deathmagneto-soy]

@@fretscience - Just finished watching that link. You're definitely onto something unique here. Remarkably clear and concise way of navigating the fretboard and it looks like it's a well fleshed out approach, which is not often the case. I added you as a subscribe and I'll try passing a link around in the reddit guitar subs. Best of luck with it, man.

[@fretscience]

Much appreciated…cheers! 🎸🧪🤘

[@vinny5004]

Nice video. But people should strengthen their fingers to being able to bend with their pinky. That’s the way to play that bend in phrase two of the solo without having to move your hand

[@fretscience]

I’m all for building finger strength, but fwiw, it feels very natural to me to play it the way I did in the video. I have more trouble bending in tune with my isolated index finger than anything else, but I don’t see that working for these phrases anyway.

[@tommy5241]

I'd like a Stormy Monday solo breakdown

[@fretscience]

Great idea. There are some good potential challenges there. I’m partial to the Allman Brothers Band arrangement…do you have a favorite?

[@mattricav]

Ok I bet this video is going to be great.

[@ianjoseph2712]

Does the legend reply

[@fretscience]

???

[@remy131]

🎸🧪🤘

[@fretscience]

That’s what I keep saying 🤣

[@saultigh6692]

Tune in 4ths. No warp. No worries. Full symmetry vertically and horizontally!

[@fretscience]

That’s certainly an option, but it makes it a lot harder to learn from recordings of other players. In my direct experience, I’ve only seen jazz players succeed with that approach. The warp isn’t that hard to learn, and it forces you to explore different fingerings in different positions, which leads to a wider variety of phrasing options. Overall, I think standard tuning is a win in spite of the initial mental challenge.

[@saultigh6692]

@@fretscience Just throwing something else out there into the mix for folks to consider. And I do come to 4ths tuning via jazz. Its a real joy to be able to move shell chords and their extensions anywhere with the same shapes. I think it may also be useful for metal and for players with guitars of more than 6 strings. I think as a long time player in standard tuning who really remembered shapes , learning 4ths tuning ultimately has made me much more aware of intervals and also even improved how I see standard tuning and think about the warp now. Its something to think about after a while to get a new perspective on things which always helps. Certainly not the way to start learning guitar unless your name is Stanley Jordan 🙂 I play both which makes my guitar life a little more difficult but interesting and enjoyable none the less! I am along time subscriber, love your channel. I agree with your above thoughts and I think with the way you explain things, you would make a hell of a 4ths tuning video!

[@fretscience]

Making a 4ths tuning video is a good idea. It would be interesting to dig into the pros and cons. Cheers!