Building the Better Guitar Scale - Pt. 3 Playing scales vertically along the neck.

[@MetalThrashinMad91]

A lot of people make bold claims like "learn this in 15 minutes!", and can't deliver. You, sir, deserve an award. This series was brilliant. Looking forward to any upcoming content you do!

[@fu2201]

I completely agree with you. I think of all the 'teachers' online and that I have paid for when I was young that never made it this simple, thye confuse you with redundant info. He is a rare breed

[@shiningwizard202]

Couldn’t agree more. Just adding variables to shapes has changed my approach to playing entirely.

[@brandonjohnson928]

I couldn’t agree more. Make it 2 awards. One for being able to tech me ANYTHING in 15 minutes and the second one is for NOT making false claims that hide behind a payment plan! 😂

[@marinoderienzo3176]

I needed this epiphany 30 yrs ago. No time like now...

[@BrokenFingersProduct]

Holy hell. THANK YOU. I've been playing guitar for 18 years and everything is finally falling into place now. THANKS!

[@evolgenius1150]

I been dabbling for 2 decades. I know my pentatonic box and a 1st shape g major scale. Thats it. Every time i see mode and scale books they're all black magic. I feel like you just opened secret forbidden alien secrets.

[@AgathangeOundjian]

I have never had such a simple explanation in my life, amazing stuff!

[@darkomtobia]

This is quickly becoming my favorite guitar learning series.

[@johkonut]

Just when I think you couldn't make things any clearer and easier you give me another mind-blowing tip. Thank you very much.

[@tedc6694]

Been playing since 1974. Never found a better way than this. Amazing. Thank you

[@fu2201]

yep 1985 here, best explanation Ive ever seen. No confusing terminology like many instructors use to make themselves look smart. (resolve, chord tone, modulate, voicings, attack....etc)

[@brotheraugustine]

I rarely say this, but this pattern is genius tier. You figured out the guitar. Much appreciated.

[@JayEastward]

Part 1 was like an epiphany and I am sure no guitar lesson can ever top that, for a simple and instant vision of fretboard logic. But we are blessed that the revelations keep coming!

[@LissetteAzar1]

Just wow!!! I needed this in my guitar-learning journey.

[@pokerandliquor]

You sir are a scholar and a gentleman! Oh my goodness gracious this is transformative!

[@dreastonbikrain1896]

This whole series is gold and it's a sign of genius. Very thankful for you sharing this❤

[@fu2201]

Well, if I had you back in 1985 maybe Id be a Rock Star now. But TOO many teachers make this stuff so confusing with terminology or worse, they want you to keep paying for expensive lessons. Unfortunatley I lost motivation in my late 20s and now Its kind of bitter sweet to see how it works and how simple someone could have taught it. Thank you.

[@michaelsparks8632]

I will just echo what EVERYONE else is saying about your series Michael, well done!

[@rocketguitar1]

Incredible you are truly giving the world a whole new generation of competent guitar players 👏 👏 bravo

[@samstamos427]

You've defined a decades long mystery for me in a matter of minutes; three patterns and their algorithmic integration to the eventual "Grand Unification Pattern." Absolutely astounding! Now I have more work to do, scales and such.. Thank you.

[@docd790]

Holy hell. You just changed my life.

[@mathemystician]

Just wow, honestly, it's stunning at how much this approach has resonated with me and unlocked the whole fretboard. Thank you for the book and the videos! I am sure I'm not the only one eagerly waiting for what's coming!

[@I.M.Guitar-Nerd]

Why does everyone not illustrate the fretboard in this manner? Outstanding! I'm looking forward to more like this.

[@jonnehayesjr.9299]

Then we probably wouldn't need or want "guitar teachers" now would we?!?!! 😆

[@bluestringmusic]

Wow, been playing for 15 years. Never saw the fretboard this way. Very cool and dare I say revolutionary? Subbed and waiting for more such content.

[@jaythorn2923]

Your lessons completely changed the way I see and play the fretboard. Thank you!!!

[@myankulov]

Same here. Thank you!

[@KT-ut9zg]

OMG! Blown away with this series! thank you. The Grand Unification Pattern "AAAahhhhhh!"

[@jwm6314]

I'm blown away. These patterns fit how I think about things in a general sense, so I can't wait to play with this. I need to get these kids to bed... lol.

[@wagonet]

Best video on the topic. Thank you. This really clicked moving around 🤯 vertically. I never realized the patterns do that.

[@lostmemories4894]

I watched 7 videos on scales not understandanding 1. I watch ur videos and I understand all I need to have a solid foundation. Thank you

[@error404m]

I respect this uploader so much that I dutifully call the third pattern "zee" despite using "zed" for everything else in my life.

[@paulwicht6294]

🤣

[@seanlong8886]

I could not thank you enough man. Just wow. Truly A Master teacher… thanks for passing such beautiful, logical, and easy to follow knowledge on. For no cost as well… that says so much. Giving out the keys 🙏🏾✨

[@jauntyj3257]

I can't believe this is free... May God bless your heart!

[@Rick1198s]

This is an A-MAZE-ING system, logical, and relatively simple to learn and apply, AND ... one does not need a whole bunch of music theory to achieve it. Thanks heaps Michael.

[@mabblers]

Wow, this and pt1 and pt2 bring such clarity and understanding. Thanks

[@MrGUSARIK]

Absolutely awsome. We need more. Keep posting. Thank you very much.

[@cookiemonster5281]

This series is unbelievable! I picked up like second nature. 🙏 Now to spot chord tones, arpeggios.

[@severingetzner8211]

First I thought: Probably just another clickbait, but I have to admit that I just learnt how to solo on the whole fretboard in less than half an hour. Thank you!

[@grievouserror]

Thank you! With this series, I feel as though the scales have fallen from my eyes.

[@clownpocket]

That was great, very helpful. And I’ve been playing for almost 50 years.

[@victoarimanueol2765]

Thank you 🙏🏼 The previous part1&2 really opened my fingers and fretboard knowledge… Now Looking forward for next videos

[@boulderdesigner]

Wow, your lessons amazing! You have decoded the fretboard for me! Thank you!!!

[@horustwohawks]

You are unlocking the whole thing with such simplicity. I hope it doesn't get old hearing ...thank you so very much. I think this is what I have been looking for for years.

[@brianmincher716]

Dude, you are a stud. This is exactly what I need right now. Thanks so much.

[@guidorussoheck2100]

This is TOP Tier. wish i knew about this 15 years ago.

[@nycstev]

This was THE light bulb moment for me 😊!!

[@busmaalex4236]

This is just crazy thank you so much for your work and for that you are the one perfect person teaching this 🙏

[@davidhallowell3457]

I may be one of the few people who was already well down the road doing very much the same mapping explorations, but you've added some nice insights to my toolkit. A couple things I would share (that might make sense only to you)... 1. I find it helpful to note that from any scale tone on any string (call it an anchor tone), there are three ways to consider 'where to go (up or down that string) from here? ' Thinking in three-note patterns, there is always one pattern where the anchor tone is the top note, middle note, and bottom note of the three. Taking a concrete example, using G on the 6th string, 3rd fret as the anchor, there is G, F#,E.... A, G, F#, and B, A, G. Those = an Z, Y and X choice. Similar things happen when you work through each scale degree. 2. keeping the above view in mind, it is helpful to connect the scale degrees to all the inversions of major and minor triads. 3. Both the above intertwine nicely with the CAGED system, and they break it into smaller pieces (octave chunks, vs. whole chords across the neck). 4. All of the above, create a kind of portable 'atomic' view of the larger 'molecular and polymeric' pictures that you have built so nicely. It's not that one is better than the other -- I'm just highlighting that there are 'shapes within the shapes' and tiny elements that thread through the larger ones (as I'm sure you are well aware). Cheers - thanks for your great work.

[@MichaelPillitiere]

Thanks for the comment. You’ll see some of what you mentioned in further videos, but I still notice things I hadn’t considered before. There are certainly a lot of ways of viewing the fretboard and I advocate for whichever one sticks in a players mind the best. Some of my students resonated with approaches that completely mystified others, and vice versa. Whatever gets the music into the hands most efficiently, I’m for it.

[@Virtual-Media]

This series is a game changer thanks for sharing the logic behind this method.

[@Spoilnins]

Thank you sir. The way you explained made it so easy to understand!! I am so excited to start practicing!! I will carry your teachings with me forever thank you rock and roll.

[@Basil__X]

Sir!! I’m forever indebted to you! This has finally brought things to a full circle for me!

[@LesliesDemos]

I just discovered these GUP vids. Amazing! Thank you for making these videos.

[@meekeecrisci]

found this link in a post...very useful, thank you so much

[@BitterScene1]

Hi Michael - using this 3 note per string method for the full 7 note modes in addition to the minor and major pentatonic boxes has really helped my playing, so thanks for creating these videos. I think in this video at 4:47 the move from Y to Z from the 3rd string to the 2nd string should result in the Z shape being shifted up a fret.

[@philipgreenwood3251]

Totally unique method, love it I can't wait for the next videos You've absolutely nailed patterns that seem so obvious yet this is a first.

[@yungreezy911]

All this 'grand unification' talk is getting me so excited 😂 I hope I take the time to combine these simple rules with the vertical and horizontal patterns so that I can stop thinking I rely on 'feel'. So far the info is incredibly on-point, you don't meander. You stay on topic and keep it succinct. Thank you sincerely. Side note: what I would call 'vertical across the fretboard' you have been referring to as horizontal. This has to do with the orientation of the player's eyes relative to the fretboard *while playing*.

[@rtroiani]

Dude, I love this! This makes so much sense to a logical person like myself!

[@emmanueldudret]

Crystal clear revolutionary approach. Thank you, Michael!

[@onomatopoeidia]

This made me angry about teachers wasting my time…then I just got stuck in 😂 thank you!

[@joeowens]

Amazing! Thank you for making something my engineering brain can absorb. Been having so much more fun on my guitar and bass since I saw this!

[@rayjay3545]

Thae best I have ever seen or heard .Ever !!

[@kennethpoisson6233]

Thank you - thank you - thank you!!

[@samp3483]

Every one of these have been light bulb moments. Excellent lessons

[@MrAntpre]

Tks a lot for these precious lessons. Ve been studying scale for some years and it s been a difficult memorisation game. I could fell there was some logic and geometrical rules without ever get to see them. Now it's clear. Need to practice more now. Thanks again and if u can keep the lessons coming that d be great. By the way I subscribe in order not to miss any further episode.

[@karldstencell]

Are you still planning to make the other videos mentioned at the end of this one? This series is fantastic and I’d love to follow it to the end! Thanks for the videos.

[@mangstrum]

This is brilliant

[@johnmac8084]

Thanks, this is fascinating 👏

[@ozkancanbay4963]

Excellent!

[@Aresmusic.official]

amazingly described.

[@zero8627]

Kinda confuse, but it will take time I can understand this. Thank you for this video

[@nonprasertchang572]

The most useful technique thx man

[@russsiegel8094]

Beautiful.

[@Suncoastpainting]

Awesome!!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@yogeshtripathi1982]

Humanity have to thank you..🤘🙏🙏🙌

[@Aresmusic.official]

please make videos around modes in-depth, that would be significantly useful for those who are so desperate about modes. thanks :)

[@haridhingra2123]

We need the part 4 soon

[@sarahrez6453]

mind blown!

[@bobobaggins8741]

🤯🤯🤯 this is the way.

[@ebensf]

I love these lessons. Would like your thoughts on how to modify this to work on pentatonic scales.

[@utyoubyouzer6777]

Hi there, you mentioned next part is coming. I searched for part 4 but couldn’t allocate it would you please let me know? Thanks a lot. This is a greatly made important content. 👍🏽

[@andyfrankland-davies2164]

Superb... now hurry up and do more. ;)

[@lapersona4912]

GridGirrazoos 🏅Vertical Shredding🔥🎼🔥

[@tilakapash]

Pattern stacking, double octave, 4 notes per string videos ? Are they already out or are you making them ? If I can be of any help please say so. Man, this is absolutely amazing. You have completely unblocked the fretboard for me, so logical, so simple. Humble thanks and gratitude

[@dcwyman49]

The best explanation and demonstararion I've ever seen with immediate and practical application for soloing and song writing. QUESTION: At time code 43 you went from X to Y horizontally and only moved up one fret. Should it not have moved up two frets; one for X to Y and one for third string to second string?

[@MichaelPillitiere]

It certainly should! Good catch!

[@MrJacobThrall]

I think what I *really* like about this is the lack of bullshit. All the "Solo effortlessly like a pro without hours of studying all that confusing music theory! This is what the pros DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW! I was like you...then I had this lightbulb moment! This will change your playing for EVER!!!" sales pitch infomercial rubbish. Just a good piece of teaching to help visualise, memorise and utilise patterns.

[@MyAMJourney]

My mind was blown 49 seconds in

[@scottgriffiths7108]

I LOVE this method. It has transformed my inderstanding. I do have a question that came up in this video though. At 1:40 we have pattern Y in blue and then pattern Z in green . Then at 1:41 we have a pattern X above (higher up the fretboard) a pattern Y. They wouldn't go in that order would they? The patten X and Pattern Z should be swapped right?

[@MichaelPillitiere]

@@scottgriffiths7108 That’s correct, you’d never see that in ‘the wild’. I just wanted all 3 patterns visible in this illustration. Thanks for the comment!

[@scottgriffiths7108]

@@MichaelPillitiere Thank you for taking the time to reply. Very grateful for your teaching.

[@gvgvhk.jg.4579]

01:47 there's an error - on high e string you've got 4 notes on 5 frets (2 green and 2 blue ones) - that doesn't exist in major scale

[@dreastonbikrain1896]

Yes, but that is a human weird not an error in this method. According to the patterns when traveling to lower notes blue can only change to red, not green. So he just colored it incorrectly since he was focusing on the spacing number argument.

[@wagonet]

Also this video deserves min 100k views

[@monkface]

Some pretty big positions shifts which at first don't seem very practical but since I'm 5 whole minutes into this, I will have to give it time!

[@juanhectorvenegas]

what are the rules for melodic minor scales since they are different patterns Mr @Michaelpillitiere

[@Bairov]

How can I make this work for modes other than the church ones? Like Harmonic Major and Melodic Minor?

[@theguitarnoobph]

Genius!!!

[@ChuckSilva]

Gr8!1! ❤️

[@hillbilly4895]

Going to watch this 10X's...repeat it till you defeat it, right? (I'm a mech eng so the visual symmetry connects...somehow) Thanks for taking the time (and $) to create and post this. And yes, I'll be buying the pdf/poster.

[@elbrujopy]

This was brillant but can this be done also in the harmonic and melodic minor and its respective modes?

[@ladc8960]

Scaleshred 🤘🔥🎃

[@Tone-Oz]

Great content. But how did you manage Liam Neeson to narrate? Great sourcing!

[@rafalvarezsevilla]

now i feel like i'm google maps for guitar

[@devotionconceptual9389]

🏅VerticalGRILL♨️ 🤘Verticalizando d'Harmonic Minor Scale🎃

[@nguyencorentin8503]

Is there somekind of an algorythm like this for the Harmonique minor ?

[@mil3ston3s]

I really appreciate these videos as I was recently developing a system to name all the substring shapes myself, but this is way more developed! I’m wondering why you chose to focus on just the diatonic scale shapes, though? My thinking is that as many different combinations as possible should be named so that this could extend to any scale type (with some modifications)

[@MichaelPillitiere]

Simplification. Non-diatonic scales add all sorts of caveats and exceptions to remember.

[@adrian1072]

Excelent material - just like the previous videos. Congratulations. I have two questions or maybe corrections if I may: #1 at 1:38 as you exemplify Rule n.2 over the 1st string, you place an X form after a Y form (to me, that adding should be another Y or a Z). The same way, you place a Z before that Y (to me, should be another Y or an X) #2 at 4:41, a Z is placed on the 2nd string (after 2 Ys), but it should be 1 fret UP (According to Rule n.1, vertical placement when you shift from 3rd to 2nd string) Thanks

[@MichaelPillitiere]

Thanks! Yeah, #2 is an error. I didn't notice it until after upload. #1 is just to illustrate all different shapes out of context to fit everything on screen. Im glad you caught the error though! Shows how quickly you can begin to visualize the patterns on the fretboard.

[@adrian1072]

@@MichaelPillitiere Oh definitely ! I consider your videos true game changers.

[@easytrigger660]

Why the G scale that begins on therd fret sexth string,has the First shape?