The Guitar Lesson NO ONE Wants (But EVERYONE Needs) - Part 1

[@didifischervideo]

You just blew me away with that exercise - how simple, joyfull and extraordinary usefull : )

[@franzvanpoppin9418]

I really love this way of explaining triads. Up til now I always had to think deeply about which inversion it was that I was playing (playing for example different C major triads), but memorizing all the shapes with the 5th in the bass separately makes so much more sense. Thanks for making my brain go "click!".

[@fenderbender2470]

I keep finding my way back to triads. I found the "E" shape fell most naturally under the fingers when playing the melody in F and C. Funnily enough every December I find I make more progress on my ear/playing trying to figure out the melodies for Christmas carols. Silent Night is a fun one. After groaning in grade school band when the instruction was to play twinkle twinkle little star fast forward several decades and I'm thrilled to play Happy Birthday in 4 keys. of course back then we didn't appreciate a good nap either.

[@uberjam-sam8512]

Great lesson. I am probably considered intermediate-ish, and it was much harder than I anticipated. I found myself doing as you had suggested some of your students do in lessons, which is hunt an peck, which is okay. Just another data point in the learning process. I have now played it several times all over the neck and it really got me thinking in terms of scale degrees in a way I don't normally do. I also found it instructive to do it on a single string. That was also much harder than I thought it would be.

[@dominicmauricio2474]

I used your sing the part tip to figure out the section I was working on this morning and it worked great. Thanks for the heads up Adam

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

Awesome!

[@LeLilley1]

Wow! First . . . you hit the "nail on the head" describing one of my issues so you got my full attention immediately!! I'm lovin' how you have boiled this down to it's most simple elements. Thank you!

[@michael.lentsman]

Cool, thanks. Important topic, it's about music.

[@jamestelgarez5967]

Thanks Adam!! Great lesson!!

[@armsfullofronan]

This is gold

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

Thanks, Ronan.

[@michaelkhorsandi8623]

Great lesson. Looking forward to part two!

[@ipelegeng]

Thanks Adam, practicing in the way you suggested is so helpful, cheers from Austria, Stefan

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

Excellent!

[@florianliebtmusik]

Great fun and good ideas to get my students into the fretboard, too. Thanks a lot.

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

I'm glad you found it.

[@florianliebtmusik]

@@AdamLevyGuitar. You gave me the link, so it was easy. Thank you again.

[@eddaymusic]

Good stuff. Thanks!

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

Cheers, Ed.

[@sherryblessgaries9806]

Hello Ed 😊

[@sherryblessgaries9806]

Great lesson 😊

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

Thanks!

[@sherryblessgaries9806]

Can I please have your number maybe text more later you’re a great man that I will love to know more about

[@stasbondarenko2574]

This was really fun. Played it modally throughout the week starting from Lydian, and changed one scale degree every day, on single strings and on different 3-string clusters. Very much looking forward to Locrian tomorrow, and to part II.

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

Yes - that's really making the most of it!

[@tomcripps7229]

I didn't play along with this and I know that I would get impatient, screw it up and demand to do a chord melody arrangement and be done with it. But I can see the wisdom in this being a great excercise as you move around in different keys. Hence the title of the video. And I will get on it.

[@nicko6710]

Nice work, I also use the way you phrase. The first 4 notes of Happy Birthday, say it in different ways now play it...

[@andreasfetzer7559]

Wonderful!

[@bbowjazz]

This lesson is precisely why Adam played behind Norah Jones for years and 999 other guitarists who might even have more fretboard mastery than he does, didn’t.

[@nicomiguelguitar]

Really enjoyed this tip. The best way to be more melodic is to, well, play melodies! Paying attention to the range limitations is crucial. Thanks Adam. PS intermediacy is indeed a word!

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

Cheers, Nico.

[@gt7150]

Does that make Happy Birthday mixolydian?

[@benzion09]

Great lesson Adam , I was wondering , how do you get that beautfull lush reverb

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

This Collings DS2H is kind of magical. So much ring/chime/bloom. And the room I'm in is adding some mild ambiance. I didn't add any actual reverb. What you hear is what you get.

[@philipgerrans8152]

Hi Adam, when you play second inversion in C ( i.e. you start on G) are you playing in G? ie, the first note is now G. this seems to fit with your remarks on modes at the end. in D Lydian D is the first note of a D lydian scale. D is not the fifth of G in this case?

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

When playing 2nd inversion C chord, and starting the "Happy Birthday" melody on the note G, you're in the key of C. When playing in D Lydian, the starting melody note is A. Whichever. mode we choose to play in, the starting melody note is the 5th scale degree of that mode. Does that make sense? I hope so.

[@Timanator]

Hey Adam, huge fan of yours from the Norah Jones Come Away with Me Album. Just found out you have a channel!

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

Welcome!

[@ashikabbasali1836]

Bang on 5th is king thats .my starting note appreciate feedback on my original guitar compositions

[@cloudyphiz]

One could spend hundreds of hours watching guitar lessons on KZbin and find nothing close to as valuable as the first 10 minutes here. I know because I probably have.

[@AdamLevyGuitar]

Thanks so much, Gary.