You're NOT an intermediate guitarist if you can't do THIS.

[@BERNTHGuitarAcademy]

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[@judahiscool3659]

Hey bernth can you make a beginner tutor vid

[@BlackCatBCB]

In the personal coaching package, are all the full member options also available? Does it work on IPad? Thank you! 🙂

[@rodneysnextchapter615]

I can't read music so it probably wouldn't help me. I'm not a fast solo guy either really though I wouldn't mind learning.

[@braxal6983]

Bernth, I like to join the patreon but it shows $5 level is sold out. When will it be available?

[@AveragePoké]

Good to know I'm still a beginner after 20 years 🤣. No but I've actually been studying music theory more lately and honestly it's the first thing I should've been doing all those years ago.

[@vpovince1001]

Bernth is a GREAT guitar teacher !!

[@redfireanimation5202]

He is!

[@sammy-whirl8500]

​@@redfireanimation5202 there's actually ONE THING that real guitar teachers teach....that he CANT!!

[@typingfrfrfr]

@@sammy-whirl8500 which is?

[@sammy-whirl8500]

@@typingfrfrfr probably nothing. I was just doing a clickbait

[@typingfrfrfr]

@@sammy-whirl8500 how dare you mister 😡

[@GB-rb1up]

The vi-IV-I-V chord pattern can apply to literally hundreds of songs. This example is extremely useful. Thank you, Bernth.

[@lfvanheijkamp]

The piece is in D-minor, not F-major. Roman numerals should be i-bVI-bIII-bVIII, which is also quite common and enharmonically equivalent to vi-IV-I-V, but has its tonic three semitones lower (or nine semitones up) AND is in a minor instead of a major key.

[@jimjimmington1]

that guitar tone is absolutely amazing 🔥🔥

[@Low.Key.Music01]

That's been my problem with soloing. It sounds like a scale exercise and mechanical when I solo rather than sounding more melodic

[@JeremyAndersonBoise]

Say less. On the guitar, I mean. Think of it like a conversation, don’t avoid taking a breath, revel in it. idk, just spitballing. Good luck!

[@JPPWB]

One thing the game Rocksmith 2014 was surprisingly good at was it's session mode. Among other things it would show you scale and highlight the notes of the current chord. You could zoom out across the whole neck as well.

[@Airhead348]

Ive playing that until my xbox burned out recently

[@exsanguinator1465]

people think learning theory will make them lose their creativity, it just does the opposite.

[@Sonnenradkrieger]

you are a really good player with understanding. And I am again into the music theory after many years.

[@rustystrings0908]

I barely even like metal but Bernth you are hands down the best teacher online today

[@cosmicspaceship]

Bernth is a living god, Amen!

[@OlinCaprison]

Sorta assumed this was gonna be silly from the clickbait title, but it is absolutely true, this is the absolute most important thing when it comes to solos. You’re more of a professional if you can do this than if you can shred all over the neck.

[@nathanbolen7624]

that sounded really cool slow too

[@shanobi1kanobi]

Outstanding once again! You do a great service for the guitar playing community 🤘

[@redfireanimation5202]

You are the only online guitar chef where I can suck at all your lessons, but somehow improve dramatically at guitar regardless.

[@IsaiahYopp-k8d]

lol I kind feel the same way

[@andersjjensen]

Isn't that the hallmark of a good exercise? That it bakes your noodle crisp until you flip the table and go "OK, time to play something I CAN play" only to reallise that... holly crap! :D

[@madaxe79]

Dude… this is the hardest part of improvisation. and I have spent years and years trying to conquer it. Playing diatonic licks in any key over any progression is literally the end goal for most aspiring guitarists. I’ve been playing guitar for nearly 30 years, and I am still limited to keys and progressions I’m familiar with. I know professional Jazz musicians who still struggle with unfamiliar keys or progressions. You’re talking about probably the most advanced skill on guitar.

[@DannyHood-j]

This holds me back thinking each chord sounds structured. Music is sport ‘racing’ Olympia fretboard gymnastics.. Agony of defeat.

[@budgreene8142]

New sub. I like your teaching method

[@c.g.vonhagenstein7576]

P.S. That skull tat on you're right hand is rad af!

[@AxeCraftCreations_sTation]

Love it Bernth fucking genius!

[@c.g.vonhagenstein7576]

The Scorpions are Still Lovin' You Bernth lol Great little lesson, and one I could see you expanding on as far as getting more and more "outside the box" (according to taste), and of course I'm sure you've probably done this already in your courses. Nevertheless, I think a series of lessons where you take a "bland" or "boring" solo and do different things compositionally and technique-wise to make it more interesting (9 levels of interesting?) would be could. You're sort of doing that in this one already I guess. Cheers!

[@timmystoner7219]

So correct

[@manicmurph]

This is the style that Marty Friedman uses. He accents the chords with arpeggios and it sounds a lot cooler. I started doing this just without all the arpeggios and it makes the solos sound a lot better and it sounds like the notes "belong" there if that makes sense...lol.

[@Waqq23]

You are significantly more well-spoken than the vast majority of people I speak to on a day to day basis, all of whom are natively english speaking

[@andersjjensen]

Thinking before speaking helps a great deal. It is, however, not a habit many people seem to practice.

[@andersjjensen]

He still shreds....

[@usgrant81ify]

It’s so bizarre the obsession in the guitar community with whether something/someone is beginner, intermediate, or advanced

[@BassAntik]

nice lick! Your slower tempo is my max tepmo)))))

[@rikkigamer777]

My guitar only have 21 fret 😢

[@mattslater167]

Would be really cool if you visually showed us the chords you were playing over for any given bit.

[@redfireanimation5202]

The chord progression is what the guitar tells me I am.😂

[@TheLadsBandLive]

Anyone know the model of that Ibanez? Thanks.

[@zodi9783]

I feel like I'm sort of a weird type of player. I can play a fair amount of scale patterns and pick that stuff up fairly quickly. I feel like I can do what you're doing in this video pretty well but I am so confused about chords and everything like that. Other than power chords and the caged open chords I've pretty much got nothing and is say my rhythm playing is where I could use the most work

[@aaronroderick7736]

Hey Bernth, I’m a solo artist who has been playing for 22 years. I’ve watched your videos and even bought your shred course. I struggle with theory not because it is hard, but because I find it hard not to get bored with. I know what my weaknesses and strengths are. Is there any service you offer where I can get real time feedback on my work and to where we can make it a more individualized learning experience?

[@Scuffedlenny]

He offers personal feedback and one on one lessons on his Patreon, if you subscribe to the VIP option, I think. But spots are limited. You’ll also find much more courses, that might help you as he tends to mix theory with technique in his exercises. Which makes the theory part way less boring

[@Bluepilled-c5t]

You find theory boring because of bad teaching. It’s actually very interesting if you can find someone to explain it in a way you can relate to. And forget the deep stuff, you only need to know a bit.

[@JeremyAndersonBoise]

Oh good, I pass, I was worried. Honestly, that’s my whole strength as a player, my chops are comparatively trash, but my understanding of melodic over a given harmonic bedding is beyond solid. Ears, friendos, use your ears.

[@rrajatbbrar]

Green Day - 21 Guns

[@orkungunduz]

Dostum, Türkçe altyazı eklemelisin. Emin ol abone sayın artacak.

[@calvinpetty343]

Are you telling me I’m a beginner guitar player 😭

[@ilovejapanesemusic3858]

😅 I'm still a beginner because I don't understand what you're talking about😊

[@andersjjensen]

Short version: If you don't know what you're doing when playing a solo, don't use the entire scale as a playground. Stay within the confines of the specific chord of the backing... but don't be afraid to explore harmonic concepts to spice it up. Long version: No matter what all the participation trophy advocates say.. if you don't know music theory, start learning. It's like learning the spelling rules and grammar of a language. You CAN do without, but the results are going to be mediocre at best. And in the long run it's actually more work to constantly struggle than to just have a go at the theory right from the beginning. Studying music theory also solves the problem of "what should I practice on my instrument?": The scales, harmonies and chords you're studying! :D

[@gymfreak5965]

Slow down , I can't even play solos yet

[@DannyHood-j]

Tattoos help musically, more so than having good ear for notes. On your worst day instead of Outlining the chords when improvising. You need tattoos

[@whatssupersayin2591]

bro if people can play this solo they don't need lessons.....

[@NMIT1P]

I am musically impaired.

[@richardsmith9615]

Dislike, don't have 24 frets 😢 jk, great premise for a video and a nice reminder that I need to put some work in on theory and scales.

[@kawafanatic]

What are the chords at 0:31? Thanks!

[@kawafanatic]

Never mind, found it later in the video

[@Upotrex]

Yeah

[@jdubs681]

/I feel like this example is a tad beyond intermediate....there's sweep picking lol

[@anapple9407]

Sweep picking isn’t as hard as many people think tbh, as long as you practice it consistently for a little bit every day. Also not getting discouraged when you don’t see immediate progress either, it takes a little while to really feel comfortable. My advice to anyone trying to figure it out would be to start slow and stay relaxed, you’ll have it way sooner than you’d think, took me personally about 3 weeks of consistent practice to feel good about it

[@HansZarkovPhD]

What is lower than a beginner level? 15years of an hour a day and cant play crap.

[@SomboonCM]

Your playing is purely technical and absolutely soulless. Its a cross between mathematics and athleticism with virtually zero artistic element.

[@AmmoniakET]

i agree. most important is to have soul.

[@northernbrother1258]

It's called playing the changes.

[@kylezo]

Oh, is it? Is it called that??? Thank God you're here to dictate how to describe things. Without you, we'd have different genres and schools of thought and terminology. You'd probably self destruct in such a world! Phew.

[@Ahhaa5]

No this video is bs, thier no levels your solos have too many nonsense notes first to begin, no one needs to know that get to the important aspects that the part you missed. Second of all guitar playing doesn't need a lot of notes in the solos everyone one is thier own player. Thiers no "you have to learn this" let go of your ego everyone knows something different and likes different things everyone ca find their own voices a player. I go for simple melodic things because that's all it needs find the right notes. You have to think of the person listening not a hardcore guitar fan so if they hear it as say it's good even though it's not that crazy then it's good then. Stop trying to be a expert on everything because then it never ends. If you can learn No one has to play like you. I would of play a simple solo based on emotion of the chord progression. The chord progresion fine the solo is a lot of nonsense and added notes. otherwise then way you play it is to complicated and people wouldn't even bother to learn it. People like what they like. Solo are good but these have apexta you don't need to learn to be a guitar player. To be professional dosent mean to learn all??? Some guitar players don't play any solos or no amy chords thier just good at finding their voice and making good songs with what they learn and they still deliver. You dont need to learn how to play something your not into. Thier no rulebook yet thiers shitty producers who play nothing and no one points the finger that them. So their levels to playing but we don't point out the last people who don't play anythingans claim themselves t make music or be a musician. I play guitar as still don't consider my self a musician. So c'mon this is just your opinion. The guitar means and portrays different ways music all to people. As a guitar player I like so old emotion based music with energy that why I lie not very noty long solos thier no problem with that.

[@Axe_WoundTV]

Rate my solo! "Obnoxia" by AXE WOUND 🪓