Master The Fretboard in ONE HOUR

In today's livestream I attempt to teach everything about the guitar fretboard and how to master it in one hour.
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[@RickBeato]

Audio begins @0:40

[@Snowness]

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[@peterrahill9263]

"Copy that, Houston - 10-4."

[@automaton111]

What order would you do your courses in for a beginner at guitar? I looked at your course bundle before but was too intimidated and unsure of a learning path to purchase at the time. There’s so much and it sounds complicated

[@bjornagaintobywilde]

You're on mute dear....

[@peterjones4621]

@@Steve-qn8gn I like the fact that Rick occasionally show's his human side and has no problem doing so. I think he left the video as it is to show just that, to show he makes mistakes and displays it for all the world to see.

[@zanzibarshootingstar]

Timestamps for reference (will be adding more as I work through the video). Figure this might be useful for others too. G Major: 4:00 - First Position 5:48 - Second Position 7:48 - Third Position 8:46 - Fourth Position 12:01 - Transposing Tangent 13:32 - Fifth Position 15:09 - G Major Pentatonic 15:16 - First Position 15:38 - Second Position 16:04 - Third Position 17:49 - Fourth Position 18:18 - Fifth Position 24:10 - G Major Blues Scale 24:41 - First Position 25:45 - Second Position 26:25 - Third Position 27:14 - Fourth Position 27:50 - Fifth Position 29:28 - Moving on to Chords/Arpeggios 29:40 - Diatonic Chords in the Key of G 31:17 - G Major Arpeggio (with comment on barring) 33:20 - A Minor 34:35 - B Minor, C Major, D Major, E Minor, and F# Diminished 35:40 - Major and Minor Arpeggio shapes written out/summarized 39:30 - 7th Chord Arpeggios Intro 41:40 - Maj7 Chord/Arpeggio 42:40 - Dom7 Chord/Arpeggio 45:12 - Min7 Chord/Arpeggio 46:47 - Min7b5 Chord/Arpeggio 49:24 - Soloing Discussion

[@limbli]

amazing, thank you!

[@tamasg79]

Thank you

[@finlayyearsley_guitar]

Legend

[@chrisaldridge6793]

Great job!! Thank you so much!

[@EdwoodCA]

Legend, indeed! [as finlayyearsley said]. Most would just timestamp the start of each section. [And that IS super nice of them.] But, you, Zanzi: Legend

[@jimifritz]

I have been playing guitar my whole life, I went to M.I. The Denver guitar institute (now gone) The Dallas School of music, I toured for 12 years and I still tour regionally, i have recorded 9 albums 10 singles and 2 videos….I have taught guitar now for over 12 years…..I purchased the entire Beato course because as a musician you can live 3 lifetimes and still be scratching your head trying to take it all in…..Rick is the real deal and so are his courses….it does not matter how long you’ve been playing you must never stop learning about the guitar and music, it’s the only way to separate yourself from all the others that play only by ear….I have opened for Def Leppard, Megadeth, Rob zombie, George Lynch, Prong, Overkill, Symphony X, Metal Church, Loudness (from Japan) HellYeah, Hank 3 and I once played on stage with Dime…..I’m always learning and so should you! Good luck with everyone’s playing

[@chrisruef9221]

Wow, I just want to play well around the campfire.

[@thaoriginalsirscoot]

Agreed!

[@ElvisNash]

sounds like a good program from Rick , have to pick that up later

[@user-uo9cy2ep2h]

Good for you

[@taggart8]

I have the Beato ultimate bundle…4 courses that actually give you the toolbox for playing guitar effectively. I would say its worth every penny folks.Great work.

[@aaronshah2611]

Awesome!

[@theendoftheworldallstars1260]

I've been playing 60 years, and your videos inspire me to keep learning. The Mark Knopfler one was a classic. Thank you Rick from beautiful Finistere (France) ;-)

[@ApteraEV2024]

We Thank you❤🎉

[@WhaleBluePRS]

1:04:01 Figuring out how to explain something might be the most important part of being a teacher. When you can explain something in a way that the majority of students can understand it, you become a better a teacher. The better you are at teaching, the better you become as a player. (Just my 2 cents worth!)

[@WhaleBluePRS]

If you see this Rick, thank you! I took lessons in Binghamton NY around 1986 or so from a TERRIFIC jazz guitarist named Tim Schumacher. He moved to Philadelphia a month or two after I started. Like your first teacher, I learned pretty much everything I needed to know to get me going. I figured all of the stuff you presented tonight on my own, with much exploration and experimentation on my own. I've now been teaching private lessons for almost 14 years. I teach exactly what you teach, almost verbatim. Thank you for affirming that I'm doing "good" by my students. I'm not a college educated guy, just a guy that worked his butt off in the pursuit of excellence. I have more doubts than you can shake the proverbial stick at. This video made a difference for me. A blessing to be sure! Thank you! Lee Campbell

[@timothyschumacher7707]

Nice! If you are interested I also periodically studied with Steve Brown starting at 16. When I attended IC Rick was at N.E.C and was Back in Binghamton or Philly when he joined Steve as faculty. My teacher Flip Hayes studied with Paul Weiss and likely picked up the Mic Goodrick influences. Those fella’s from Ricks Ithaca days (Paul S.,Tom W., Dave J., Tom K.,Mike L.,) I miss them… did not play enough with them

[@WhaleBluePRS]

@@timothyschumacher7707 So cool you caught this. I can't thank you enough for the foundation you gave me. I don't normally self-promote, but I'm on bandcamp if you want to hear some of what I've done. (leecampbelltoo) I remember Flip Hayes but never crossed paths with him. I remember a classmate studying with him back around mid-80s or so, if memory serves. I taught at McNeils in Vestal until the lockdowns etc. I tried going back but it just didn't work out second time around. I just do Zoom and 3 in-person at my house. You were 'The Guy" that got it all started for me. I will always be grateful for that! Lc

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@@WhaleBluePRS 👍🏽👍🏽

[@_left_eye]

It’s crazy how things one may already know appears completely something else, if approached in a different way. This is literally enlightening Rick!

[@whatabouttheearth]

More than one way to skin a...🤔 potato

[@johnstitt2615]

Even Rick’s technical difficulties are gold.....freakin gold. Luv the channel.

[@chancemiller9340]

Master The Sound Board

[@kellydrover1994]

Bought the bundle and what a great value.. still can’t play worth a poop but sure learning and having fun.

[@markb6442]

Right from the get-go...(referencing modes, etc), I realized that the audience you're choosing to teach to are musicians who are already versed on where the notes are on the fretboard. This seems more of an instruction on how an established musician should teach the fretboard. I will watch the remainder and hope something resonates with my level of playing... i.e. someone who does not already know the fretboard.

[@randallsmith7885]

Totally not a beginner lesson.

[@reid1967]

My goal is to get my music theory to the point I can watch a Rick Beato video once without having to keep pausing and going 'Wait, what?' and counting on my fingers.

[@goswo]

I use both my own and my daugters fingers. Hope to develop so she can get her hands back :-)

[@aramriley7062]

Same here!

[@whatabouttheearth]

😂

[@peacelove9388]

@@goswo lol

[@dohoeijmans2432]

I feel you bro

[@mbmillermo]

Clarificaiton on the "first lesson" argument at 10:05 - someone said "this is not a first lesson", then Rick said that he never said it was a first lesson. But Rick was thinking of something different -- this was Rick's first guitar lesson, but he already knew how to play! He had learned Hendrix "Hey Joe" solo and his mom had showed him some things. This was the first lesson with Tom the guitar teacher. He talks about it again at 14:50. But "this is not a first lesson" is valid -- it's not how to teach a rank beginner how to play the guitar. By the way, I strongly agree that these are the 5 scale patterns to learn -- exactly these -- and that's how I've been teaching them. Rick gives some good reasons (e.g., the pentatonic scale patterns are a subsets of these patterns, no double whole-step [4 fret] stretches), but there are more good reasons. Here's one: the next note up or down the neck for these patterns is *always* a whole step away. Another: The patterns of notes on strings is always the same for each of the five patterns: For example, if you're ascending and you play whole-half (fingers 1-3-4) on two consecutive strings, then you play a single whole step (fingers 1-3) on the next string, then half-whole (fingers 1-2-4) on the next two strings. Instead of moving over a string, you can move on the same string to two frets higher on the fretboard and continue the pattern that way. It *always* works in every pattern.

[@elissaaleph]

Amazing hour of lesson! I'm taking it in 10 minute intervals and practising until I get it right.

[@cantyouhearmeknocking1961]

Great idea!

[@stephenm8725]

good luck and rock on

[@blackstyle28]

It is good to know that even the pros have this same problem of un-muting

[@sharkman4928]

Amazing.....just when I think I am an intermediate guitarist (after playing for 40 years), Rick comes on here and convinces me I need to go back to beginner classes. Good Lord, I was totally lost in this lesson. 😫

[@BoomerBends]

Very few people possess both the ear knowledge and theoretical knowledge. Considering the vast, and sometimes confusing, ocean of information on KZbin and the greater web; if you could only have one music teacher online, Rick is your guy!

[@bill8908]

One of my all-time favorite guitar players is Corby Yates. That kid was beyond amazing! Probably the best version of "I Hear My Train a Coming" ever.

[@terrellgruber]

Rick is so fortunate to get such a good teacher. When i started guitar in 64 good teachers were not easy to come by.

[@VLKV_loves_you]

Fell asleep watching who knows what on my headphones and had the loveliest guitar lesson/dream, recognizing tonality of arpeggio patterns, wake up and Rick is 40 mins into the lesson

[@jazzsongs2141]

An incredible lesson. I spent so many years with teachers who only focussed on technique and never even once mentioned this theory. Thank You Rick! You are beyond a Musical Teaching Genius!

[@japhy4529]

Great video. I had to crack up though. Here's Rick at 3:13 "In my FIRST GUITAR LESSON that I ever had, I had a guitar teacher named Tom Morizzo. He used to talk about things, not in modes, he would talk about the 5 positions of the major scale..... And we started at G major." Rick at 10:06 "Someone said in the comments, no way this is a first lesson. I did not say this was a first lesson." 🤣

[@shelceygusek427]

Rick at 4:13 "So this is literally my first guitar lesson." He didn't mean it like that... but he DID say it...

[@d3w4yn3]

You could say that we all "resonated" with the guitar stream! (see what I did there? resonate? guitar?... guitars, they resonate!). Rick, we love you, and we love it when you do guitars!!!

[@skippydog7053]

I like the way you refer to the master JIMMY PAGE loads. He’s ultimate ace hero

[@gertjanboot5535]

Rick You are such a gem in Guitarland, deep respect from the Netherlands Europe

[@ethan6840]

I cannot tell you how helpful this video has been

[@maxmenius9839]

Rick is simply a wonderful guitar teacher. His wealth of knowledge is amazing.

[@mojofuzz5634]

As an intermediate (ish) player this has helped me usefully connect a bunch of theory (scales,arpeggios, etc) with their relative placement on the fretboard and practical use. Amazing value from a one hour video. Thank you.

[@stephenlam8601]

I’ve gleaned too much from good sir Beato…just bought the Beato book and feel guilty about getting so much for so little…content and format is end all be all of lessons…no excuses now…THANK YOU RICK BEATO!

[@thebeaun7646]

What a fantastic resource this is. I have a similar experience. I took three guitar lessons from a jazz guitarist in Santa Barbara in 1972. Those lessons lasted until I stumbled upon Rick.

[@eokaa885]

the fact you give these helpful lessons for free is incredible, your videos always make sense of things that in high school band my teacher couldn't quite make so simple and its much appreciated dude.

[@ROVA00]

Well he makes plenty of money from his videos

[@davidfox3177]

I’m glad to see an instruction video again, Professor! This info is crucial to aspiring musicians

[@johncostigan6160]

After all the years I've played, I never understood position relationships by the scale tone it starts on. They were modes. Harder to remember! Humbling lesson.

[@mranchovydrumbass]

Fantastic Rick ! after 43 years of playing and learning the guitar you have tied it all together for me in one video with a simple approach to mastering the fretboard, thank you sir X all the best Ant

[@frankosz6459]

Thank you, Rick. Great lesson. There is always so much that one can learn from your videos. I also enjoy revisiting (and discovering) the older videos on your channel.

[@mdu2112]

4:34, yes, include the low 7th before the root when visualizing the major scale shape!

[@AnnieB8844]

You cannot imagine Rick how much I appreciate this. You really make it easy! I'm 34 and rediscovered how much I like playing guitar (although I'm not that good). I'm looking forward to get better again, and this really helps:).

[@Sammywhat]

Rick! Great lesson my good man. Thank you for the wisdom and care. You are a blessing!!

[@bkinder2220]

I love this channel. I also love the fact that I spent years being able to hear a song, any song and being able to let my fingers talk by themselves. I sometimes wish I could read charts and talk in numbers, but I've always been a bit afraid I will lose my ear and make it too mathematical.

[@tamuccal1]

Great knowledge as always! Thank you for all of the free content, more than most would give away in their shorter videos. It’s much appreciated

[@99percentirish64]

Thank you, Mr. Rick. I really love your teaching, and videos.

[@MrLuigiFercotti]

Amazing how much adding that one note to the pentatonic changes the vibe.

[@christophersuster9874]

Thank you so much for this hour. I learned so much. You are such a good teacher. Love your channel. Thank you, Rick.

[@themoodyukuleleplayer.]

Rick no matter how many times I think I’ve got this. You keep teaching me. Please do more videos like this.

[@actionoriented]

Honestly the best fret board mastery / walk through I’ve seen of this length. Rick has such an amazing way of taking the most complex concepts and merging the theory + position concepts and is more effective in an hour than most are in three hours. This lesson should be table stakes for every player - it would have saved me a tremendous amount of confusion.

[@greggaedeke2386]

Thank you Rick! I needed that as an intermediate player. Your teaching is top notch.👍

[@amosjr4]

Perfect fretboard lesson...thank you very much,Rick!!

[@WinItReigns]

Elvis, I would love a episode on the King and his amazing players/band members throughout his career ❤️

[@danielhutchinson7073]

Yeah man, Rick Beato opened up the whole thing for me. I teach guitar now because of this fuckin guy. This video will carry you for years. If there's something you don't get in this masterclass, work on it and make it right. You will not regret it, you will not forget it.

[@edwardboggs1808]

Love your vids, Rick! Great job as usual.

[@superek4]

Rick the major scale to major pentatonic link is so obvious and genius!!! It has unlocked my playing tremdously. Your guitar teacher really knew what he was teaching. Thank you so much!

[@cmonman89]

Thank you, Rick! I've just discovered your channel, and I am absolutely blown away by how amazing your content is. Thank you for everything that you do.

[@Truth_Hurts_Bad]

7:26 - G +4 arpeggio sounds like Veil of Maya's 'It's Not Safe to Swim Today' and yes, it *is* beautiful. Cheers.

[@noisyverset]

Love it 🙂 Thank you so much🙏 for teaching me/us music theory in an educational- and understandable way, imo. Also love your interviews of musicians in every genre. The way you’re influencing the younger generation about the “older” ways of songwriting. Showing examples on key shift’s, scales and progressions that can “bring back” some sophisticationin in songwriting for all generations, in every genre, even paving way for new genres- is fantastic, IMO. Me and my friends have learned so much from you. Looking forward to seeing- and learning more 🙂 ✌️

[@johncostelloe743]

Beautiful playing sweet melodic tones thank you I really enjoyed it best wishes from Ireland

[@elenbrandt290]

Brilliant! Elegant in its simplicity!

[@zchannel2134]

That’s telling and showing something I needed to know 10+ years ago and still is going to give my playing a major step forward! And that’s just the major scale bit!

[@cellpoond9910]

Been watching you for years and love your videos. When you do this stuff, I'm lost after the first 30 seconds. I play with a guitar(not a musician) and wish I could do music, but can't. Can't speak Italian either. It's fascinating to watch.

[@douglove2412]

Lights are popping on! This makes more sense than any other teaching I’ve ever seen. I’ve been playing forever, but never “getting it” with knowing the scales. I’m a chords player, with lead-playing around the chords. Dorian? Mixolydian? Heard about them over and over, never put them in the brain or into play. The first part of this video, starting the scale on the different notes going up the neck, turns on the lights. Okay, Beato Book here I come!

[@royerreasonist]

Love you Rick! U R A Great & Deep Guitarist, Great Teacher and Great Happy Personality!

[@frankschwemmer7501]

You are just a legend. And I allways learn new things, while watching and trying. Thank you, Rick!!

[@aarongagnon5174]

You are a cool dude Rick. I always enjoy your content. Thank you for sharing!

[@robsmith896]

Holy cow! Thank you Rick!!! Big pieces of the puzzle fell into place tonight!!

[@timharrington4470]

There is always something to be learned from on every video. Make sure you have your guitar in hand when you watch it , and don't be afraid to pause and watch things a second time.

[@1badsteed]

Rick, at 4:15 you literally said this was your first guitar lesson. At 10:13 you said you didn't say this was a first lesson. I believe people are getting confused. Not everyone goes and gets lessons right off the bat. I believe I've heard you say before that you started out on your own. THEN you got a teacher. I never had a teacher and other parts of life were more important (to me) than being a guitar god. So if I went out and got a teacher, MY first lesson wouldn't be a beginner's first lesson. Keep up the EXCELLENT work. Your knowledge is invaluable and the free content is so appreciated.

[@andiskywings]

Thank you so much! Awesome lesson!

[@philtomey5910]

Discovered you during the pandemic, and the five pentatonic positions you teach sparked a personal renaissance in my guitar playing. This video outlines the possibilities of starting there - and growing from there - beautifully.

[@KirkHammet-wc1kc]

love your soloing lessons sir rick, gives me the idea what to play and the notes to land on.Amazing.thank you.

[@dannomanno4572]

You are such a blessing to all who play! Yhaynks gor help guitar popular agai my brother! God bless you and yours

[@jamesbay7534]

I have had 1 guitar lesson in my life. I am 60 and I just figured out what I have been doing is kinda on track lol!!! Thank you

[@bobshook3544]

Great video! This is definitely one the the first things all guitarists should learn! And if you've been playing forever and didn't know this- it's never too late to learn and will still be super helpful.

[@novicejohnd5803]

This is absolutely awesome, even now my ear has improved going trough these, thank you Rick, teaching at its best so rewarding.

[@TheDrunkenScoundrel]

I can hear that guitar resonate, the acoustic sound is amazing.

[@deanofrankenstein6391]

Fantastic video. Just great stuff by a very knowledgeable player...🙏

[@pupilmusic3197]

Wow the first 20 mins are incredible 😮. I learned to play major and minor separately, but combining them makes the relation as easy to understand as it is on piano. 🙏

[@totheleftrightla]

The most important thing I've ever learned is how to learn without bias for myself. I really like the core of how you lay out the g major by the 1st,2nd position and so on. It's brilliantly simple for every scale path in learning. A eureka thing for me, it is powerfully easy to see it.

[@speezbortzappfing3r224]

Thank you for the special price on your lesson plans. Was a beginning player years ago and was inspired by all your videos of the great music and guitarists to pick it back up. Fingers are quite sore, but the callouses are going to return...eventually

[@chiclespateyro]

Oh man! I loved this so much! This was just right for my level. Now I have to master all these arpegios like it's nothing. Thank you sir so much, this is so valuable.

[@frankiesunswept]

Really rad video, thank you for sharing your knowledge :)

[@JimmyGallowayGuitar]

Anytime you put these videos out- I immediately send them to my students and encourage them to buy your Book- you've done so much work for me to help fast track these students all over the world. It is a crash course- it was all 4 years of college for me, and you combined jazz and classical approaches. Invaluable.

[@miltonalmonte7126]

That guitar sounds great beautiful guitar you are the best in explaining things God bless you

[@darrenoak7187]

This is a fantastic lesson, Thank you.

[@jaggededge8241]

Great video Rick. I vow to get your book one of these days. Appreciate all you content.

[@Thrandweel]

Incredible lesson. I didnt have the attention span for notes and scales when I was young. Which is why I went with drums. Came more intuitively to me. I always messed around with guitar but never understood the positions for scales. Love it

[@zazoomatt]

Exciting for ME owning everything BUT the EAR Training -I LOVED THIS Lesson RB Exactly Where I am AT ! Thank YOU SO MUCH

[@joejoepop]

I recommend one week per position, playing everyday, improvising, memorize where the roots are, play around with eighth note, triplet and 16th note patterns, etc. Doing this before learning the next position really sinks the pattern deep into your memory. I really don't think it's useful to try to learn the entire fretboard worth of scale positions, either diatonic or pentatonic, all at once. Once a player has even one position deeply memorized, they can start to play with modes, and all kinds of exciting things.

[@rishardlampese8947]

On the half dim arpeggio when you skip the B string in your first example (48:05) you're missing the b7 in the second octave of the scale. All you have to do is bar the g note on the B string with your pinky (or avoid the bar by playing the Eb on the 3rd string then the pinky on the B string). That form I think works better than stretching from the Eb note on the B string to the G note on the B string in your second example. It also keeps your own rule mentioned earlier intact - that of keeping the diatonic scale fingering within 4 frets. BTW the Amin7b5 works perfectly over the Cmin6 as the half dim is just an inverted min6. Even though I learned all this stuff back in the 70's it was a pleasure watching it spelled it out again. Great job.

[@alanryan39]

Quality as always.

[@streetwiseguitar5113]

Great teaching, Rick! 🙂

[@jerryrn62]

Just what I needed Rick! You're the best!

[@shellsjoint]

Rick, you're a game changer!! thank you so much!!!

[@garyeaton8773]

Your truly amazing man thank you!!

[@rhiwink]

Thank You Rick! Can't wait to start!

[@alanchang9457]

Thank you, Rick, for this wonderful guitar lesson...

[@DimitriMoreira]

Rick! Speaking about the methods of playing guitar, please cover Yamandu Costa. He's just a great guitar player that deserves way more recognition.

[@Handrews20]

Nice as usual ! Thank you Rick

[@tinamartini]

I think I know a lot about harmony (chords and progressions) but this is showing me a lot more about links between harmony and melody. Some beautiful ideas can emanate from all this. Oh and your Danelectro sounds lovely 🥰

[@michaelhoward4837]

13 mins in and you clarified something for me that I didn’t realize that I didn’t quite understand. Thank you! Nice holy cow moment for me!

[@BushidoPhoto]

I've been playing since 1988 and haven't learned many arpeggios. I hope to learn this concept now.

[@robfrasier9412]

Awesome stuff…learned a lot in one hour. I’m buying his course🎸👍😎just based on this.