Unconventional Method for Learning Every Major/Minor Chord and Every Note on the Fretboard

[@zombieguitar]

If you like these lessons, definitely check out www.zombieguitar.com/ It is a one-of-a-kind site dedicated to helping guitarists to understand the fretboard and create their own music. You will love it!!

[@zombieguitar]

@@robertbrawley5048 low E-string on bottom, high E-string up top😁

[@freedomclass4802]

Honestly you’re the BEST guitar teacher on the internet. Get a masters in music and apply for a job as a guitar professor at a university. Everyone would really benefit from your wisdom. You’re fantastic! Thank you so much

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks man! I'd love to do that one day...maybe I will ;)

[@lukehakaraia791]

You have a Great kindness Brian Kelly ! Its a pity there aren't more guitarist out there in this world like you. That ain't about ego Brother peace and much love to you my friend.

[@inflames66676]

haha wtf this channel is criminally underrated

[@zombieguitar]

Dmitri Birukov haha thanks!

[@HigherPlanes]

Truth

[@johninflorida8634]

I like this approach. This man is great.

[@bobravenscraft5376]

Dude you provide an invaluable service to guitarists bored with scales and triads God bless ya

[@lgroots8691]

Dude you are seriously the best on KZbin. You explain everything very well. I’ve watched too many other channels....you’re the only one I’ve ever subscribed too. You have literally taught me how to play guitar at a decent level. You’re the man!

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks man, much appreciated!

[@baconsledge]

Not many people are as determined to help people learn guitar with such sincerety. Really great tutorials, Brian.

[@t.childs1128]

... I love the way you think and communicate !!! I don't know ... so "organic" ... whatever ... so "unpretentious" ... you're great Brian ... Thanks !!!

[@viennapalace]

Man, I love how the Circle of Fifths is where you start so many of your lessons. It makes me feel like we're talking the same language... Not like these people who immediately go to a TAB! Ugh... Thanks for all you do.

[@geoffgurney88]

Thank you! Brian .as a 48 year old complete novice you have been a tremendous benefit. I can't thank you enough.

[@ggar1959]

Brian, you are my go to teacher on KZbin. I like others but your style of teaching shows how much time you put into it, and your loving of giving the gift of music to others, I salute you sir for your great channel and lessons...

[@denali9643]

Just found your channel and loving it! The circle of fifths has never made more sense to me on guitar than now. Thank you!

[@buurtlegende]

100% Truth. Says a Dutch guy!

[@matinee310]

What a great teacher! I have most of Marty's and Justin's material but keep coming back to Brian.... Thanks once again!

[@Bumblebee71121]

Your style of teaching guitar/music is simply unmatched. I'm so glad that I found your channel, it has made an incredible difference in my approach to playing guitar and learning theory. Thank you.

[@kevinbrownbill167]

Now will kick off my daily practice routine with this, it is structured and such a good idea with so many benefits. I would never have come up with this looking at circle of fifths. You are a genius and thank you for this.

[@leontaylor3572]

I can tell you really want people to learn and that is invaluable my friend. GOD BLESS YOU.

[@philjames1019]

This lesson has been brilliant Brian ..... I know my homework content for the next four weeks at least!! Thanks for your efforts on behalf of us newbies ..... much appreciated.

[@HeavyLiftGang19]

I started watching 4 guitar teachers online and have dwindled it down to one. Thank you Brian! 🤙🏼

[@joshdouglas1911]

Man. I know this is 3 years ago, but your videos are extremely helpful! Thank you for existing and sharing your thought process with us!

[@uphillbill]

Great stuff here. Really making me work. Wish I could have seen your stuff years ago. Thanks.

[@zombieguitar]

Bill Carrigan hey glad you like the vid. Thanks for checkin it out!

[@falcon8553]

Excellent work!! For the time I've been researching here and there for this information. Your videos have made very clear reference what i was and still referring too to learn how to play. I'm 67 years old and it's been decades since I've played. Thank you.

[@josephdalessandro9724]

Great lesson, it gives me a place to start instead of fumbling around. Thanks 😎👍🎸

[@zebedees11]

I’ve only just come across you channel and like WTF! Why have I not found you sooner!! This not only helped me with memorising the fretboard but I’m finally able to understand how to use the circle of 5ths and how it works! You’re a bloody genius and your videos are fantastic! Thank you!!

[@zombieguitar]

Thank you!! I'm glad to hear you like the channel 😀

[@ariv542]

Excellent. You explained it clearly, in depth and practical. For me definitely at an intermediate level. I think I'm ready to take this on. It's really nice to find lessons a bit more advanced when most are beginner level...

[@billcaruso7050]

You are fantastic, Brian! I started playing with the higher position chords several decades ago, but never heard it explained as well as you did in this video. Looking forward to seeing you on Zombie Guitar!

[@phillipwalsh7648]

Another home run! Great stuff, Brian! Always look forward to your next lesson.

[@michaelsmusic3532]

This is a REALLY cool excersize to improve in several areas of playing guitar. Don't how I didn't make note of this before I'm going to start working on this excersize immediately !!!1 I can see a near infinite nu,ber creative things that could be done with this excersize. Brian this shits GENIUS ! Rock on Bro ~ Michael #1 Zombie

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks man! I love this exercise! 😀

[@danielwilson2365]

Great video Brian! Awesome exercise and I will go back and check out the the three other lessons you referred to. Please keep these coming. Your teaching method is amazing!

[@billpugh58]

The best guitar lessons ever!

[@StanislawHalasa684]

Very good Lesson

[@edcoffeebean]

Thanks Brian! This makes so much sense to learn the fretboard this way. I subscribed and joined your Zombie Army! 🧟‍♂️🎸

[@zombieguitar]

Thank you! Much appreciated 😀

[@J.M.Stigner]

Really, really good teacher/teaching and exercise. Cheers man.

[@nicolasfox]

Hi Brian, I just want to let you know how much I've been enjoying your videos. They are really helping me right now. Thanks!

[@terenceseah1659]

this structured approach to getting familiar with the fretboard and linking up root notes, chord shapes across the neck really resonates.

[@albertmartino2828]

You’re AWESOME Brian!

[@vsatya4364]

Thank you Brian! for explaining the Music Theory so well. Greatly Appreciate it! You took such great care going over the keys so well that is usually so difficult to follow. Specially, Chords of each key in the circle of 5th. Keep up the good work. God Bless You!

[@oldrrocr]

11:23 17:39 Brian, thank you for another great lesson!

[@RhythemNBlues]

Interesting exercise Brian. As a side note, this is also an excellent ear training exercise as well. Thanks for sharing.

[@larryrevell9662]

Awesome Instructor, Thank you Brian

[@steveburke4609]

Just found you last week, man. Great video. I am teaching myself, trying to learn the fretboard and had just watched a diff video on CAGED stuff so this is a perfect segue.

[@zombieguitar]

Phish 🎉

[@ashtonlugay6978]

You're the best guitar teacher i have ever worked with..the best

[@WhoCares_Official]

This is a great method I hope you can go further in depth with interval training and how they correlate to finding chord tones, I've seen many videos of yours on chord tones but if u can incorporate interval training in there it be great just for getting comfortable breaking the box soloing and moving

[@zombieguitar]

Here's one you might like 😁 www.zombieguitar.com/breaking-away-from-box-pattern-thinking-by-using-intervals/

[@WhoCares_Official]

@@zombieguitar legend, I'm comfortable with box patterns but when I'm asked to solo on spot my brain freezes xD so I rely heavy on spaces between sounds. Easily best teacher on guitar on this platform!

[@C.SchitzPopinov]

I just wanted to leave a post thanking you for helping me learn / understand music theory.

[@zombieguitar]

Hey glad to hear it!

[@leontaylor3572]

DUDE YOU R AWESOME! I just subscribed and I'm a big fan already.

[@chadcoady9025]

A while back, I hit that dreaded plateau. I've been learning songs through tabs or tutorials, but I had hit a roadblock that kept me from progressing. I tried learning theory in that past but at that time, it was still above my head. Thanks to you, I'm now learning by ear (what key) and using the circle of fifths to play along.

[@stevevallance6326]

Good evening, just back to play it along with you. It doesn’t matter how many times I look, I learn something more.

[@tommore3263]

Great lessons ..so natural.. very glad I signed up.

[@johnhenderson5485]

Great stuff brian thanks well presented

[@von_Apa]

Verrryyyy useful! Great teaching!👍👨‍🎓🎸🙏🎶🌟

[@joycegrove5602]

I started doing this exercise recently and IT WORKS - seriously, if you are a beginner & unsure, commit to trying this out - you will start to notice improvement & gain muscle memory for the shapes & their relative positioning in just a few days... now go try out some of your favourite songs, playing with these new shapes higher up the fretboard and watch your confidence soar as you realise how much easier it has become and see how it all fits together! Cheers Brian for yet another gem of a lesson!!

[@zombieguitar]

Glad to hear it Joyce!!

[@No1zHerO]

Thank you ! I’ve really been wanting better knowledge of the entire fretboard 🙏🎸 guitar has really taken over my life and thank you for spreading your wisdom with your fellow guitarist 🎸 I hope to one day be as wise . Until than I will continue to practice your routines , we all can be great if we really want it , god bless you brother

[@charlespeterson3798]

Amazing to find myself 66 years old and still finding creativity and insight in the guitar. Thanks for your efforts.

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks bud! Yup, this "puzzle" is something you can spend your whole life trying to figure out, and there's still always more!

[@rajeshrangari3479]

Great teaching .Really brilliantly explained .!!!!!!

[@CloDee]

Thanks a lot for your videos! I like the way you approach learning. It helps me. A little more tuning of your guit would not hurt.

[@Archangel_Michaels]

You make total sense to me ... I'd rather learn it your way than any other way THANkS !!!

[@davecoudert8631]

I've learned so much from you. The diagrams are also a hugh plus.

[@idiaho9601]

Took me 30 years to get to the bottom of this through your lessons. Thanks.

[@cii2]

You Get straight to the point, That's what's up. thanks for the content.

[@stevevallance6326]

Great! I’m still going over it with you for the first key. 4 days in a row, good tips for the higher strings. I’m going to stay on those 4 chords until I get it down. I will let you know what 2 weeks does, and I will be ready for the metronome and then the rest. It’s going to be an interesting couple months. Thanks again. No need to respond back, I’m just giving you data from an old player who finally is learning theory, I dig it.

[@cornholioliolio3668]

Great stuff Brian! Thanks for sharing.

[@NormanWrightJr]

Great stuff brother thanks for the lesson. Very very helpful

[@jalalfaruque9527]

You're awesome Brian

[@TeeDOG6]

Richard Feynman would be proud of you. You are the Sal Khan of music theory. By far the best instruction on music theory on the internet. I never get confused listening to you.

[@zombieguitar]

That's awesome. Thanks for the words bud!

[@TeeDOG6]

@@zombieguitar I forgot. Thanks for posting these videos. My playing has definitely improved, because of your videos.

[@zombieguitar]

Teddy Egan that's great to hear!

[@amitpatidar3101]

Thats really awsome ,thankyou so much brian sharing your idea ,its gonna help a lot,specially that shortcut thing of playing chords is really a very creative way,,,,,thanx again...

[@JamesJohnson-hb1me]

Thank you! Been watching your videos and I really appreciate how well you explain everything, thanks!

[@smoody7645]

An excellent series of exercises. Thank-you. Just what I needed to help me tie together various chord progressions, chord shapes, intervals and arpeggios. Finally hammering in the notes on the fretboard as well is a great bonus. I'm also using it for various 7/6/9 chords. Very versatile practice system that's practical and melodic. (Also quite satisfying to round up your subscriber numbers to 6,666! I like the symmetry.) Thanks again for giving my practice some structure.

[@zombieguitar]

Hey glad to help! Thanks for checking it out!

[@vincentp.razzino7194]

S Moody I

[@stevevallance6326]

I think this is night 11, and it’s the last time I will follow along. I’ve been writing out each key, and going around clockwise. Thanks man, I will check out your patreon, but I’ve got more than enough to cement into my brain.

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks for following along with my vids man 😀

[@MetaphysicalMusician]

Respect..GREAT EXERCISE....WELL Done..Thank you

[@musodan72]

Another great lesson!

[@dipankarsasmal4001]

You are great. Love you sir

[@adelinrapcore]

For major chords we have 7 notes back , 7 notes forward and for minor chords we have 2 and 4 notes forward and 3 notes back. For example, what chords works for Bmaj? ...well, 7 notes back is E which will be a maj chord, and 7 notes forward is F# which will be the second maj chord. 2 notes forward will be C# which will be a minor chord, 4 notes forward will be D# also a minor chord. And last, 3 notes back, will be G#, minor chord as well.

[@jimshowtovideos]

best teacher on youtube

[@stevevallance6326]

Another refresher, some areas are still tricky.

[@waynepoore4260]

Thanks a ton for. the lesson. Brian! This is the good Stuff!!

[@openup007]

well played sir, well played.

[@christophertinklerart2020]

You are awesome, thanks

[@dustinryan3022]

thank you so much for all of your effort!

[@coelhocointech9841]

Loved this

[@giglehart]

you fricken rock dude....love it...you are a genius...what ever this is the sheet cake...

[@zombieguitar]

Genny Trickett haha glad you like it bud. Thanks for watching!

[@giglehart]

Dude that would be chick....lol just saying...

[@zombieguitar]

Haha oops. Thanks for watching KZbin chick!

[@steeb17]

Mate, one of your strings might be slightly out (G?), your hat might be mad, you might repeat yourself... Stuff it! You're a freakin genius! Seriously, the way you explain this stuff is extraordinary. Keep doin what you're doin!

[@zombieguitar]

steeb17 showers are for the weak!

[@cc-ic7rj]

Thanks again Brian

[@zzzzz8898]

Thanks for the lesson. Usefull.

[@wagonet]

Genius. Thanks

[@trumpsahead]

Really good lesson, I'll be doing this lesson every day this week and longer. I would like to hear you pick out an existing standard tune like "Autumn Leaves" or "Desafinado" or any standard and hear how you figure out and drop chords into the song as you play. Most teachers are teaching chords but I don't see anyone teaching how to read music. If you can read a written song on a music staff and play the song and others like it over and over, isn't that the most fun way of learning where the notes on the fret board are? Then, when you are confident of all the notes and where they are on the music staff and fretboard, adding chords would be a snap starting with simple theory: 135 is major triad and 1b35 is minor triad and building on that and knowing where all the chords are immediately. So, I'm trying to read music other than those simple guitar book songs and playing melodies by ear using the entire fretboard anywhere my fingers take me. It is a great way to learn the fretboard for me, where the notes I play are on the music staff, and playing songs helps learning which finger positions are comfortable or sound better and which direction the sound or position takes you, either from string to string or down the fretboard then down the strings again. If I get good at playing standard melodies plus reading then adding chords would be a cinch. Anyway, I think more teachers including you should teach reading as another Way to learn fretboard plus you learn a million great songs of American standards, and each has their own unique chord structure. Too many students think they have to learn progressions and then they are musicians or composers, well I say playing songs of American culture and other countries is important as it gives you more ideas too to create your own. Anyway it's late, but tomorrow I begin using your 4156 chords over total fretboard idea, love it. Thanks a mil. ciao.

[@marahopey]

Today is the 1st of November. I will do this exercise every day this month. I'll comment again to say how it went.

[@chadcoady9025]

so, how'd it go?

[@marahopey]

@@chadcoady9025 I've a few hours to go! But I did do it at least 10 minutes every day. I know the fretboard so much better now. To be honest I need more time to crack it totally. Other people could probably learn quicker....I'm about half way through the circle of fifths. Now I could find a C,G,D,Em, A, Am, F or E anywhere on the fretboard instantly like he says. So in short it definitely works.

[@chadcoady9025]

@@marahopey Awesome! Thank you for taking time out of your day to reply. I just started, for about my 4th time, learning this. I feel like I need this in order to train my ear. My goal is to be able to play by ear instead of watching KZbin tutorials or tabs. I'm in my 40's and everything takes a lot more time to learn unfortunately. Again, thanks for the response.

[@stevevallance6326]

Night ten, I’ve got it, but I’m just refreshing with you. Great job

[@stephenbrennan4178]

Very cool exercise man!

[@mirostanimirov8952]

Everyone looking for good you tube teacher: This is THE man! I know, because I tried dozens of them!

[@jeremyacton4569]

I'm watching and JUST getting it, in the Cmajor box on the circle of 5ths, and then homework is do it in all 12 keys, and my brain fuse goes pop. :-D LOTS to think about here. Thank you for these awesome lessons. They take my dumbass A minor and E major shape Barre chords (and associated M7, m7, 6th shapes) and thinking in the key of C to the next level. :-D

[@wormcultist6637]

Very good video

[@cookiemonster5281]

I went from a kazoo player to a guitar virtuoso 🙃 Thank you!

[@zombieguitar]

Never underestimate kazoo players. They are very in demand these days!

[@cookiemonster5281]

Brian Kelly I imagine #1 hits were were hummed on kazoos! 😀👍🏻

[@zombieguitar]

@@cookiemonster5281 🤣🤣🤣

[@mikew1352]

When playing do you think of what notes your'e on or are you thinking the progression like 1,4,5? I seem to play just knowing what key, root and where the 1-6 progressions are. I don't necessarily know what note I'm on without thinking about it. I do know where the progression is going and the relationships. Love the videos man, I've learned alot.

[@Nako6009]

Ah this is what I was looking for

[@FaradayFisch]

Just subscribed! I got a link to you from a website on the Circle of 5ths. Are you kin to Adam Sandler? Thanks for taking your time to share you knowledge. It takes theory and practice to become better.

[@zombieguitar]

🤣🤣🤣

[@vaner9283]

Great stuff again. Wierd how you hate the same stuff I do like the C and D bars. I really like your idea of using the partial m7 shape instead. I had been playing 3 note D shapes and making all C shapes C7. This is so much better

[@legasyth]

beers on me Brian.. top vids .. no faffin about ..

[@tracylaven7020]

Can you use the chord triads to find each shape along fb

[@stevevallance6326]

Day 9, I think I get it!

[@timhipskind4297]

It would be nice if you could show HOW you found those F,G,C, Am cords up the neck, not just showing where they are. Thanks! I like your style.

[@zombieguitar]

It comes from having an understanding of the CAGED system. Here ya go: www.zombieguitar.com/blog/9-steps-to-fully-understanding-the-caged-system

[@wanik4]

Though I find this interesting and do my best to understand it, I heard Misha Mansoor say in a video with the Capn' that he doesn't know a lick of theory. While I believe that he may not think he does but just naturally understands it in some way, it did make me happy to know that someone of his caliber doesn't sit around all day using theory to create cool music. I will continue to learn it, though, because even videos like this help me understand the fret board in its entirety...something I never thought I would consider doing. I mean, what kind of musician doesn't understand their instrument inside and out? Sad to think how many of us there truly are. Thanks for sharing your nerdy yet impressive knowledge with us in a simple, down-to-earth way.

[@zombieguitar]

wanik4 ya I don't think Hendrix knew much theory either. My bassist doesn't know a lick of theory, yet he is the best bassist I ever met in person. It's definitely not absolutely essential. I was just always interested in it, and I like to teach it. So I just put it out there for whoever wants to use it! Thanks for watching!

[@SRMscott]

Yeah um hey KZbin!!! Are you listening KZbin, start recommending THIS video please. Would have been worlds ahead years ago if you did. Thanks Brian!

[@SRMscott]

This is teaching theory and fretboard memory at the same time. Just a brilliant lesson and being that the guitar is specifically tuned to the circle of fifths, the shapes all work out.

[@zombieguitar]

I appreciate the words! Thanks for checking out the vid 😁