MUSIC THEORY for guitar

[@caseylockwood5512]

The paper visuals are genius, love that aesthetic

[@samuraiguitarist]

It's nice to do something a bit different (though time consuming) glad you enjoyed it!

[@madgeniusmusic]

@@samuraiguitarist I loved it too Sammy.

[@f3uibeghardt522]

They were helpful, but it reminds me of that mid-2000s quirky, upbeat ukelele aesthetic. I always hated that.

[@GroundbreakGames]

Ok, now I Just need to watch this video every morning for the next three years and I should have this down pretty solid.

[@user-cz6us7ok2j]

Yeah... I guess I'm too dense for music theory. The steps and half-steps I got, but once he threw keys, scales and major/minor sequences into the equation, I just lost it.

[@gabopalacios2028]

@@user-cz6us7ok2j You got this. It's simpler than you think. You just need to write it down while you watch this or other theory related videos and you'll get it. If you understood the whole/half step stuff maybe your brain had it easier because you had a visual reference. So, maybe, writing it down will help your brain to figure it out

[@aadilmallick911]

just watch andrew huang's music theory in 30 min video

[@TheWarlock42]

You're going to need to change your channel name to Shogunguitarist soon.

[@Dubdubs16]

I like Sageguitarist

[@con3728]

Roninguitarist

[@blister9366]

Racist

[@Dubdubs16]

@blister9366 nah that's a horrible name.

[@TheRealSandman]

Music theory is in everything we do without knowing it! But understanding it has helped my playing so much

[@rakninja]

i've been kinda sorta trying to wrap my brain around keys, and this is the first explanation i think that really got through to me. thanks sammy.

[@davidt9513]

That is the best I've ever seen the scales explained!

[@tomney4460]

I’m an AP (college-level) Music Theory student and I’m learning more in this than I have in my first semester so far.

[@samuraiguitarist]

Right!? This was my first semester of college music theory class

[@chrislaubenstein7209]

This guy has been teaching me personally one-on-one for like 10 years and I've learned jack. Great hair tho 😍

[@Monedgar123]

In my Fundamentals theory class, one semester, I start with single pitch, and by the end you would know major and minor scales and all the chords in a diatonic key and how they function. That includes inversions, Roman numerals and pop chord symbols. That is, if you actually study and practice, and some don’t and blame me that they didn’t learn anything. Then I say, “did you take notes in class, read the lesson and take it to the piano or some other instrument?” Oh no? Then I don’t think I’m the problem. :)

[@kwimms]

Maybe you should pay better attention at school.

[@tomney4460]

@@kwimms Of course I pay attention in school, I have a 100% in that class and a 4.1 GPA. It is genuinely really challenging and a lot of the concepts that are taught, like 17th century part writing & voice leading, have minimal (if any) relevance in professional music unless you study and perform vocal music from that time period.

[@CalvinLimSH-ld5le]

Thanks for the 18 minutes of music theory in a nut shell for beginner guitarists learning the ropes how to play better music behind every good songs (scale + Melody + Chord + Rhythm lessons).

[@ChristopherBuecheler]

Enjoyed most of this yesterday while it was briefly up, and enjoyed the rest of it today. Thanks!

[@church607]

So glad I stumbled across this. Feels like the missing structure i've been looking for, but with all the self-teaching info on the internet it's been super overwhelming. Will definitely be looking into your courses!!!

[@msenecal]

This 18 minutes covers what it has taken me 18 years to understand. Good job Sammy G.

[@Vito_Tuxedo]

15:10 - “…but it is worth acknowledging their existence.” That got a healthy chuckle outa me. 😎

[@ottoporcer5088]

Holy smokes the circle of fourths is eye opening, thanks!

[@kanaandaniels6420]

Bro cleared up the circle of 4ths for me in 2 minutes... I been lost for 3 years

[@hazemelagaty4897]

I have been studying music theory on a guitar for a couple of years now and it's amazing how you can put all of that together in 18 minutes. Everything is relative, everything makes sense, now.

[@AntonioBarrote]

you just got yourself a new follower... amazing and clear explanation! Congratulations and thanks!

[@losrguitarplayr1]

In shcool, obviously multiple classes each day but a total of 3 years in chorus, 6 in concert band, 5 in marching band, 2 in jazz band, and 7 years in music theory. Of course I've learned about the circle of fourth's/fifth's but NEVER once were we taught a mnemonic device to remember the sharps and flats. 23 combined years in music thouhout school and you're still teaching me new things. Thank you 👏👏

[@WhirledPublishing]

Over 50 years of music training - which began with years and years in choir, then seven years in band - which included concert band, pep band and two years in marching band - on multiple instruments - then decades as a singer, performing from England to Hawaii - training under seven opera coaches, with a performance repertoire of over 50 arias composed by Mozart, Bellini, Puccini, Rossini, Verdi, Vivaldi and dozens of other composers * G2 to D6 * and having written over 1,000 songs, over a dozen musicals and now writing my 15th opera - trained in the Circle of 5ths, and various mnemonic devices, and I've created and uploaded educational videos on the principles of music, geometry, chemistry, math, etc., and I am - to this day - learning new things about music.

[@bradlfsh]

Great video. quick refresher on the stuff I already knew. And the stuff I wanted to know was made simple and easy to understand. I'm glad this video exist.

[@Backpack_Doughback]

Dude Awsome video, really helped me understand music theory!!!

[@sgdumpling9568]

This is actually the best video on this I’ve ever seen, thanks!

[@terrinobill]

Great lesson! I struggled a bit to teach my younger brother theory basics and this is a super easy lesson to follow. I shared it with him and he’s picking it up!

[@PaddySwan]

Anyway... here's wonderwall

[@gabopalacios2028]

I was so confused at first when you reached out the "circle of fouths". I was thinking "isn't it the Circle of Fifths"? and I even opened my Circle of Fifths app to make see the diference and you were right! Seeing it from the "fourths" perspective and your phrase cues made it all clearer than ever

[@Falestal]

Nice! I will just link to this instead of me doing something similar to this for my students. I usually use pen and paper to explain things as well. The more ways you can "show" a student how it's all connected the bigger the chance that the "Aha! 💡" will happen😁. Good job👍

[@KingOfH3arts]

Suddenly wishing I had you teaching me Music Theory in Highschool and College 😂 Every other teacher I had tried making things too complicated. This is clear, concise, and what i would describe as a completely perfect class on Basic Music Theory!

[@ghost79ish]

Solid lesson. I'm fine with all this stuff and more, but I will say that it was layed out really clearly. Knowing music theory and being able to teach it are very different things.

[@PfaffensJens]

Fantastic summary on the foundations 👍 love it

[@cruise.risingsoul]

awesome, thanks for the info... probably have to rewatch but love the content! hopefully i can brain it and apply using my fingerssss

[@mr.nobody68]

It is only the circle of 4ths when you go counterclockwise. If you go clockwise, the intervals between notes are a 5th

[@LorenzoPedretti-h6x]

Dude that's a Paoletti guitar from Italy! Happy to see my country represented! Love your work :)

[@zaytrinada]

I already did the relative major/ minor thing with just going down or up three half steps. For example A minor going up 3 is C Major E minor going up 3 is G major E major going down 3 is C#/Db minor Doing it like this kinda reminds me that the chord shapes are the same between the relative and the only difference is starting point🤷🏻‍♂️

[@ZOOC-iz1fq]

High quality content. It's wonderful. Please expand these topics in the future videos maybe even make a full series on music theory would love to learn from your sir.

[@MichalPfeifer]

I wish I've seen this video 15 years ago. Thank you!

[@Rawnfella]

Great video, man. So informative and presented in easily digested bites!

[@brumd]

And in tomorrow's video we take what we learned today and learn how to solo over Giant Steps.

[@samuraiguitarist]

Lol funny enough, the only other time I did stop motion was for my giant steps video. I still suck at that song

[@JohnM-zz8bd]

@@samuraiguitarist nobody sucks at that song, we all suckle at it.

[@kentozapater8972]

are you refering to john coltrane's song?

[@HuhWaitWhatNow]

This is such a great video. I don't think these things could've been explained any better.

[@purposefully.verbose]

thanks for the Moises link you dropped recently. i got it pretty cheap for a year, and then AFTER i got it, i realized not only can you separate tracks with it, but you can also retune songs back into a 440 A. lots of songs from the 70s and 80s were sped up a little bit for "punchiness" - meaning i always had to retune to the song to play along... now i can tune it to my bass in a matter of seconds. (you have to use the desktop app to retune, but the app is much faster than the web portal)

[@Ghostnoon300]

this was an enlightening vid thank you for the help!

[@greenishmustard]

Am gonna be watching this a lot of times 😂. Thanks man

[@RonRegan]

This.was Great. Thank you.

[@asaad268]

Thank you so much ✌️

[@richbowman5819]

Great video. I learned the circle of 5ths, but you explained everything very well. Good job!

[@stephenbouchelle7706]

Love the graphics.

[@otisheckles6249]

Using 'back cycling' to layout the circle of keys;, interesting. Always was a fan of using V-I to cycle through my scale practice. It's all about resolutions.

[@aaronstonebeat]

At 5:10 you play b but it sounds like c. Why? Then at 5:17 the b flat sounds like b. When you play the whole f major scale b flat at 5:24 sounds like b flat. I can't imagine this happened by accident. Or did it? Long time subscriber, I always enjoy your content. The theory is solid.

[@JasonCope97]

Sammy G has to be the best YT channel for guitar 🫡

[@zwerko]

I could never wrap my head around the 'circle of fourths/fifths' - to me, it's far easier to learn all the scales by heart than to transpose them out of a circle graph. Took me about a month to learn them and now they live rent-free in my head, whereas even 20+ years later after I was told about those magical 'circles' I still struggle with remembering them and need to construct them from scratch - negating the whole point of them as being a 'shortcut'. YMMV.

[@Vito_Tuxedo]

Damn, Sam…I wouild pounce on your Black Friday deal, but I’ve really tightened my budget belt lately, onna counta I switched my day job to half-time so I’d have more time to get everything packed up and ready for moving my family across the country. But half-time is half pay. But all is cool, because after we move, I won’t need a day job any more, and I can make guitaring my full-time job. At that point, I’ll gladly pay for whatever deal is available, because I know it’ll be worth it. Thanks for you, bro’. 😎

[@Luisja_c]

Thank you Sensei

[@Jaspertine]

I learned all this in high school, and like a dumb teenager, assumed I'd learned as much as I'd ever need to, and that I totally had music "figured out" at age 15. You probably already know how that went.

[@robswystun2766]

Thanks, sensei.

[@jimmehbob6576]

I know I'm a beginner who's only been playing for about a month but man this stuff feels so hard to apply. I was playing around with the whole triad thing it felt like it took a million years for me to find the next note.

[@chrismuratore4451]

15:45 this can be complicated if you play around by ear and end up building inversions 😅

[@OwenStone-oh4eo]

I have been in music for 7 years, and have never been taught as well about all of that as I just was in those 18 minutes

[@PeanutButterWafflez]

3:36 Jazz

[@chrismuratore4451]

0:38 the diesis would like a word 😊

[@trharding]

3:36 Jazz!

[@MsJpeter]

Man that's GOOD!

[@chronotheastrologist9676]

For things like triads and chords going diagonally and vertically can I just pick the relative notes that are near or does it need to be certain ones

[@hunterhollingsworth9058]

This is really helpful, however it does seem to assume that the player knows the notes on the fretboard. any recommendations on which method or video is most helpful for that?

[@ianchandler9993]

3:36 Omar Rodriguez-Lopez wants to know your location

[@vladilenasmusiccollection9309]

Sounds like Take The Veil or Tetragrammaton

[@samuraiguitarist]

Love me some Mars Volta

[@kaicohan]

I got to @11:35 :)

[@PrairieHorse2]

I've been playing for years. Started around 8 I believe, self taught, very few lessons but zero music theory. I've reached a point where I feel as if no matter how much I play, how many scales I attempt to learn, genres I venture into. I seem to not progress nor learn something that truly helps me as a guitar player. Does anybody have any idea how abouts I can progress further? I need someone to tell me what I am doing wrong or critique me...

[@LaDeAlPakino]

ARe you going to do a video on the "up-down body" instrument on the background? It sits on the center of the screen over your right shoulder and it drove me crazy when I noticed. Salu2

[@NuggyRC]

Didn't this already get posted recently?

[@samuraiguitarist]

Ya I had to fix a couple things

[@leftbehind4030]

@@samuraiguitarist Namely the whole offer!

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

I like that you use the keyboard to illustrate some of this. I took beginning music theory in school, but we didn't have a piano at home, so that's how I learned theory on guitar by transcribing what I learned on piano that day. I'm convinced that this gave me a big advantage over those who only learned on guitar.

[@TommileeCashOConnor]

Never have I understood theory so easily

[@sanzskateboards]

How would the father charles acronym system work when trying to find say b flat major scale

[@samuraiguitarist]

Bb is two spaces away from C on the flat side. 2 flats added to the scale. You use the flat acronym Battle Ends and Down Goes Charles Father to figure out which notes are flat. Take the first two words, Battle Ends. Take the first letters B E, make them flat, Bb Eb. So a Bb major scale has Bb C D Eb F G A Bb

[@onsight2822]

I have a Newbee Guitar question nobody can answer so far regarding looping 🤷‍♂️ Is it possible to play a bass line through a looper pedal and an amp then play along with a guitar using the same amp and looper ? if not is there another way using one ( bass ) amp ? ( unusual i know :-) if not is there another way or , what is the easiest / cheapest way to play a bass line and guitar jam on your own ? maybe it could be a good video idea / i can't find any info on how anywhere??? 🤷‍♂️

[@cyberfutur5000]

I mean, yes, it's possible. But maybe it doesn't sound all that good. Guitar over a Bass amp may sound a bit muffled and bass over a guitar amp misses the oompf a bit^^ (also playing bass over a guitar amp really loud might not be the best thing for the speaker) And there is the thing with connecting two instruments, don't know your looper, and if you can plug in 2 things at once, if not you might want a mixer of sorts. I don't own a bass amp, so when I want to do what you describe I usually plug it all into my mixer, wich is plugged into my PC wich intern is plugged into my stereo, where I have those massive old speakers that can deal with the highest highs and the lowest lows. The guitar doesn't sound as good as with my amp (something like "guitar rig" and a DAW helps here) but the Bass sounds a million times better. But generally you can play whatever you like through your looper and amp.

[@JimBoom92]

you can learn a small part of music theory in 18 min ;). good video though. respect for the analog visuals in our digital world.

[@old_man_fran]

I have all your courses and they're great. But now I struggle when I see everyone else refer to the CIRCLE OF FITHS 😅. Is it a Canadian thing?

[@samuraiguitarist]

Is it???? I didn't know others did it different

[@robinr22]

Ha ha, lol, I just googled it and I can't believe how many people refer to it as 'fiths' - it's not even a word!! 😂😂

[@cyberfutur5000]

In German as well. It's called the "quintenzirkel" wich is a fancy way of saying circle of fifths. But German music theory language is just the worst anyway. I tried to understand music theory for a decade and the moment I tried it in English it all made sense. We don't even have a word for flatten or sharpen and apparently the alphabet geos AHCDEFG over here. And you kinda need to be fluent in old Italian.

[@ey870]

Very cool

[@WoodworkingforAnyone]

Jesus dude. I don't want to sound like one of those old men but i dont normally have to rewind this much. I appreciate you trying so hard to teach me the d@mn guitar but let me take a breath between knowledge bombs ok. :)

[@Charlieberg-w2q]

I wish I could meet you I am from Winnipeg to I am such a big fan my name is Charlie berg plz reply

[@Charlieberg-w2q]

Plz Answer

[@aweebthatlovesmath4220]

Samurai and guitar in your channels name so i have to sub

[@guiguiyom8787]

Do you say TI instead of Si to avoid mixing it with C?

[@stephanpetersen8386]

And now in Danish please! 😁

[@rfried980]

Am I the only one who's disappointed he subscribed to the dojo a week early and missed all the courses?😅

[@samuraiguitarist]

Send an email to [e-mail] and we'll take care of you

[@rfried980]

​@@samuraiguitarist you are the absolute man!

[@Jacob-mw3ge]

lost me at 00:00

[@pewdro]

great video, but apparently my attention span is the same of a carrot, so I'll be watching this like probably two times a day until I can really understand it to the full tysm man!

[@donleza]

why hasn't this been explained like this all the time lol?

[@HeavyDwarf]

ahhh why is your CoF the wrong way 🙈

[@richardclark.]

B to da C to da D double G.

[@joeland87]

Fat Charlie Gets Drunk At Every Bar and Bead Greatest Common Factor. That’s how I learned the sharp and flats order.

[@CarterTripp-h2v]

It’s breaking me

[@bubbles3161]

Real men figure it out on there own. Like explorers drawing maps in their heads so they know how to get back to the x marked on the map in their head. That’s how you remember where the treasure is. The x mark on the map in your head.

[@wenamechainasama-n4u]

yeah, but it often leaves us stagnant. Music theory is generally just fun to learn and it helps. Alot!

[@michaelelder3945]

I stopped the video at time mark 4:47. I learned the major scale as 2 tetrachords with a whole step separator between the lower and upper tetrachords.. Next are you going to tell me this is Ionian mode? Are we going to show the circle of fifths? ... (I'm considering your Black Friday offer, but this video isn't making the case for me.) No, we never get into the modes. Time mark 7:32: The circle of 4ths? Of course! You're doing it backwards and a 5th turned upside down is a forth (using the concept of 9). It is usually done by adding sharps as you go clockwise from C (0 sharps/0 flats) or adding flats going counter-clockwise from C. At F-Sharp/G-flat, you're halfway around the circle. I completely understand this concept and you're teaching it backwards. At time mark 9:39, you get into the natural minor (or Aeolian mode). Time mark 11:01, Triads. ... From there, I lost interests and I skipped ahead to the end section. This is all review for me and lacking in the underlying detail. Point me to your more advanced lessons so I can determine if your Black Friday offer is worth my further consideration. I am not a beginner.

[@KXGXpertGamer]

First

[@bishopoftroy]

How about learning music theory in 18 months, at least? These learn X in 1 hour stuff are very counterproductive.

[@samuraiguitarist]

If you wanted to start getting into applying this all and then looking at the next steps maybe that's an 18 month experience. But the information isn't super hard and I think most people can benefit from a highly visual crash course.

[@BlackReaperMetal]

​@@samuraiguitaristI personally found a lot of value in this. I've been playing guitar and creating music for about 20 years. I had no idea how the circle of fourths or the circle of fifths worked. I didn't understand how minor and major scales were related. I didn't understand how to build chord progressions other than shapes I visualized based on patterns I built out of sounds in my head. This gives me tools to develop my skills by using these guidelines. I believe this gives me a foundation to study and experiment with for years to come. Thanks sensei.

[@chrisb8193]

How is it counterproductive? This is a good primer, on the basics, for FREE.

[@Sameoldstory27216]

Ahahahah what Is "ti" Is actually "si"