Capo Confusion and why some guitarists may not understand theory.

please don't rip me apart internet. I Really do appreciate the guitar and other stringed instruments, but you have some theory shortcuts not available to other players! #guitar #piano #musictheory #education #music

[@mattoakley5613]

I now realize that the G-sharp nomenclature comment should have been referencing A-flat. I'm sorry for my transgression against the theory of Music.

[@deem9160]

Pretty good explanation of why guitar players can get away with certain things that other instrument players cannot.

[@mattoakley5613]

Yeah, if you learn a lick on a stringed instrument, you can use it in any key pretty easily- generally speaking. Other folks do not get that luxury!

[@reapercreeper6097]

interesting video, i used to take piano lessons and play piano few years ago and now i'm learnign guitar and i can see what you mean.

[@mattoakley5613]

I went to school for piano and know enough guitar to help most people. Feel free to ask questions! Makes it easier for content!

[@IshredGuitar]

How do you know what chords you're playing? My answer I don't! lol! I've never know what chords I'm playing, I've only known what key I'm in or my master mode, what my diatonic master key is...I could give a shit less about what chords I'm playing. Fuck pianist!! and other instruments, my guitar is the fucking best! My guitar and me piss excellence! Guitars or for the Gods, the rest take a back set...hop in the back and hold my beer.

[@martea726]

I’ve been feeling this too. It takes a few seconds to identify what chord I’m playing but honestly it seems like a waste of time. I understand how to find the key and all of the chords and triad shapes of the key. The note names don’t matter - I just know their positions and can be confident that I’m playing the right notes

[@IshredGuitar]

@@martea726 Right On! yes martea726 We play all kinds of techniques don't we bro? We don't care to think about what notes we're passing our fingers over when we play triads, major, minor, augmented, diminished runs, harmonic minor shred runs, pentatonic runs, diatonic runs beyond calculation in pentatonic or diatonic... and all their relative arpeggios and all the arpeggio variations, melodic minor runs with the neo-classical 3NPS shred, 7 NPS shred alternate speed picking, ascending and descending in 4s 5s, neo-classical pedal licks, double stops, bends, vibratos, slides, sliding with a bend, tapping, hammer ons pull offs, right hand muting technique executing kick ass staccato, legato, double bends, trills, warp speed tremolo picking, finger picking etc etc etc...we rape the fretboard daily! Oh yes, why in the fuck would we care about piano keys and notes? I don't thin we do, we live to pickup our most excellent axes and jam on our killer gear. We love changing strings on our guitars, we know our guitars and love them they're sacred to us. We have Ikigai (ee-key-guy) is a Japanese concept for that which gives your life worth, meaning, or purpose.

[@mattoakley5613]

Prime example, sir! I got to play with a lot of great instrumentalists when in the choir/orchestra/theater/opera scene while I was in school, but when I picked up bass to join some wedding/bar/festival bands it rocked my world a little bit. Most of those guys were better instrumentalists, but none of them really had any idea what they were doing. That was when I started to realize that there's something more important than the science and theory of Music.

[@mattoakley5613]

​@@martea726Learning these concepts is what let's other folks pick up any other instrument and be able to make sense of it day one. If there isn't any interest in other instruments it probably wouldn't give much of a leg up. It probably would mostly help with just communicating with other non guitarists.