Understand The Fretboard Right Now: Use Octave Linking

Understanding the fretboard can seem daunting, but it doesn't have to be that way. You can unlock the guitar neck in many ways, but the most effective way is to use the stuff you already know!
00:00 Introduction
02:12 Lesson
08:30 Wrap Up
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[@capbubba]

Octave linking totally makes sense, thanks for enlightening us 👍😎👍

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet, Bubba! Thanks for all your support.

[@chefdave12118]

Jist joined the patreon and have a 3 day weekend to dig through it. I'm 47 years old and just picked the guitar up 2 months ago. I bought a brand new strat and have a couple aucoustic guitars. Really looking foward to this 🎸👨‍🍳

[@curiousguitarist]

Welcome aboard, and thanks from dropping in to check it out! I'll see you in there.

[@MusicFan1967]

You came to the right place!

[@scorpionleader1967]

I consider that you were lucky to open this nugget early. I spent 35 years on and off (mostly off) playing guitar with cowboy chords never venturing into the dark realm of the dusty end of the neck. I would loved to have seen this 34 years ago. I may never set my guitar down again. It's inspiring.🥰

[@curiousguitarist]

@@scorpionleader1967 🙇

[@scorpionleader1967]

I have seen so many videos about finding the root note of the chord all over the neck. Then you get a blazing fast demonstration of all the same note across all the strings in every scale degree.💩That is really good for shaming me right out of the box.🤬 THIS video shows how.🥰 Very powerful information. Thank you.😁

[@curiousguitarist]

Many thanks, and I'm so glad this one landed well for you!

[@JCFern]

And yet another simple lesson that hits like a sledgehammer in terms of importance. This rules Chris! 🙏

[@curiousguitarist]

Of course! And thank YOU JC, for all your support!

[@jamesanderson9191]

I gotta say, I hadn't picked up a guitar in years until a few months ago. I wasn't sure I'd even be able to get back at it. Long story short, i stumbled upon your videos. Not only am i excited to pick up the guitar every day again, but your concise and super easy way of teaching has me interested in the theory side. Something i thought I'd never comprehend. As soon as im comfortable enough, I'll be enrolled in your classes. Thanks for helping bring the true sense of music back into my grasp.

[@curiousguitarist]

Thank you for this comment, James. There’s nothing more satisfying for me than to know I’ve inspired someone to explore the fretboard. Looking forward to working with you.

[@MattH1874]

The best theory lessons in the business 🤯 This big scary fretboard that was overwhelming to me 2 years ago is just a big map to different sounds. Your lessons have been the key to that map. Thank you, sir.

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Matt, that means a lot to me! Got any suggestions on what you'd like to see me cover next?

[@OSUHARDING1ATECHNICEXPERIENCE]

When I realized this a few years ago I totally began to understand how the songs I knew how to play were played in the position they were in... great content and a great little secret. Thanks for sharing!

[@curiousguitarist]

Yeah, it's like there's life BEFORE this, and then the rest of your life :) Thanks for being here!

[@jonjenkins5253]

This tutorial takes me way back to early 2004 when I took my first guitar lesson. My former teacher would always stress the importance of practicing scale and triad studies, so I made sure to set the ground work in place. Fast forward 20 yrs. I think it’s fair to say that my fretboard knowledge is pretty good! I love your teaching style and if I were learning the instrument today I wouldn’t hesitate in joining your community. 👍😎

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks, great comment! You and I were lucky to have high quality instruction early on. It really makes a huge difference.

[@timsellsted521]

So good! Taking something that may be difficult and simplifying it! Another great video Chris!

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks Tim!!!

[@alexhamilton4084]

I started doing this about 10 months ago. I found it really helpful to learn scales. I started with A minor scale.🤘🏼

[@curiousguitarist]

Sweet!

[@chrischildbloom]

Yes!!!!! Such a cool lesson

[@-Dominique]

Conscious intense intentional organized repetition. Know the notes you whant to play, map them with your eyes on the fretboard then play them. Like in a piano thats why Wes has his eyes on the fretboard and his position of the guitar

[@curiousguitarist]

Great comment! I’d say in order I’ve value, ears are best to lead, then brain, then I put eyes last :)

[@tboyz1]

"shark infested waters" haha yup! Great lesson Chris cheers my man 👍💯💯💯

[@joycegrove5602]

Great video Chris, thank you!!!

[@curiousguitarist]

Of course, but you are the one to thank! I could not do this without you!!

[@digitalninjatools5670]

What a great way of looking at it- so clever!❤

[@curiousguitarist]

Glad you enjoyed this one!

[@harrisonbergeron5393]

Well holy shit, I can't believe I never saw this before. From one Chris to another....Thank you Chris!

[@curiousguitarist]

Hey Chris. Yeah, and you cannot in-know this now. The fretboard just became smaller and more manageable.

[@harrisonbergeron5393]

@@curiousguitarist You're amazing. Thank you. I've been grooving on this since yesterday up and down. Working it in. Thank you.

[@curiousguitarist]

@@harrisonbergeron5393 nice!

[@joshnorko5586]

Great lesson man! Thanks

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet!

[@SophisticatedBob]

The Bonamassa comment was funny. True. But funny. Great video. Thanks.

[@curiousguitarist]

Ha! Thanks, Bob. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@anthonyjohnson4734]

God bless this channel. Here is my hack. Remember the perfect 5th is above the root always and the 6th note of any major scale is where the tasty pentatonics begin.

[@curiousguitarist]

Love that!!

[@mrbigg7255]

Excellent

[@lightfoot413]

thanks Chris very helpful lesson info here...

[@curiousguitarist]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tube77tdf]

This is one of the Golden Keys to Fretboard Freedom, and you have clearly and thoroughly demonstrated it with flair!

[@curiousguitarist]

Panache even?

[@tube77tdf]

@@curiousguitarist and finese.

[@chrispeleshenko9226]

Another great lesson!

[@curiousguitarist]

Thanks, Chris!

[@masterbuilder3166]

Excellent lesson Mr Chris. Thank you for making this so simple 💯👍 . I don’t know if you would, but if you could do a lesson on setting the amp, it would be greatly appreciated

[@scottkidwell3601]

Great lesson, Chris! Thank you 🙏🏻🤍

[@curiousguitarist]

Of course Scott. Thank you for all your support.

[@splashesin8]

Thanks Chris, 😊

[@curiousguitarist]

Of course, Audrey!

[@kdavis63]

Mahalo Chris!!!! New practice lesson for the weekend!!! Awesome!

[@curiousguitarist]

Enjoy, friend! Mahalo!

[@michaelparsons3951]

I like the way you take a concept I already know about and understand, and just help me understand it better and give me new ideas for practicing with that concept.

[@curiousguitarist]

That is the highest compliment I could get here, Michael. Thanks.

[@AdrianDavis360]

Thanks! 👍

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet!

[@millerjeff]

Thanks Chris this really opens up all the notes across the fretboard. Thanks for sharing this.

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet, Jeff!

[@mygrandmaisatoaster40]

Dude i love your videos! Ive fallen in love with guitar over the past year and a half of my life and ive done nothing but play guitar in that time and most of my “oh wow that makes sense now” moments have come from watching your videos definitely going to join the patreon today see you there!

[@curiousguitarist]

Ahhh! So glad that these are landing well for you. I'm happy to help, and I'll see you over there!

[@tone-glide2402]

Awesome "Tricks of the trade" !!!!

[@curiousguitarist]

This one sticks...for the rest of the ride!

[@craigmccolm285]

Thank you

[@curiousguitarist]

You are welcome!

[@metalassmike]

as always Chris, mind = blown, great video

[@curiousguitarist]

You bet Mike!!!

[@chrisdavies9197]

Yes 👍

[@23kyd49]

Great lesson, sooner or later the algorithm finally gets me what I need.

[@curiousguitarist]

For me, that's usually after a ton of questionably valuable stuff :) Glad this one landed well!

[@davidwood351]

Wow, this is like a handful of magic beans!

[@curiousguitarist]

Ha, I love that analogy!

[@johnnyfreedom4117]

2nd time around I paid attention. Excellent. Stil don't have the Bonamassa lick down though lol. Close! Give that man a cigar......

[@curiousguitarist]

Ha! Thanks, I’m glad you got some gold out of this one.

[@danielrenaud3985]

Man you make me want to lean more about this beautiful instrument

[@curiousguitarist]

It's literally insane how the opportunities keep unfolding. I learn something new about this thing every week!

[@philday5543]

Another lightbulb moment video 🎉

[@curiousguitarist]

Happy to be turnin' 'em on!

[@QBRX]

Love that Hungarian Gypsy minor.

[@curiousguitarist]

Not a fan...but I can hear the appeal :)

[@QBRX]

@@curiousguitarist I discovered this octave to octave pattern a while ago, but great lesson, thanks for renewing it in my awareness.

[@-Dominique]

Greetings for Tenerife

[@curiousguitarist]

Greetings! Canary Islands? Bienvenido!

[@-Dominique]

@@curiousguitarist Oh Yes, Canary Islands, and Thank you

[@psoidonym2389]

...silly guitar doesn´t have enough strings for my big brain.....that was hilarious 🤣 made my day

[@curiousguitarist]

That one just fell out :) Glad you liked it!

[@johnCjr4671]

Yay , diagonal scales theory , Starting on the root note of the scale like i learned the Sax decades ago , This is much more logical , can I ditch the 5 pattern crap now ? 😅

[@curiousguitarist]

Sure, but, the 5 positions do offer a unique and different lens. I say "do it all!" :)

[@pauldsheppard126]

I see octaves as the most primal and neutral form of scale in a way- just a straight line from one root to the next with no stops on the way. I think more teachers should encourage us to first think in octaves as they really are the most fundamental points of orientation for navigating in any musical key. Subdivisions of octaves are much less significant to the overall key of the music in my opinion and a good knowledge of your octaves is foundational and so much more key (pun intended) to one's fretboard orientation. Once you know where your roots and octaves lie, it is SO much easier to visualise and understand the various different paths between them. Which is all scales really are.

[@curiousguitarist]

Love it!

[@pauldsheppard126]

@@curiousguitarist thanks. And thankyou for your channel & inspiration too. Much appreciated ❤️

[@curiousguitarist]

@@pauldsheppard126 so glad you're enjoying it, Paul.

[@dabiededoo]

i cant follow 7:30 i slower the video but i cant see what is really happening.. can you say what you do there? i cant see it to fast

[@curiousguitarist]

Full TABs are here: Patreon.com/chrissherland Did you do the octave linking with the pentatonic scale already? That phrase is just an example, the method is far more important than the example here.

[@flouisbailey]

I’m a visual learner I need tube to review, please.

[@curiousguitarist]

Patreon.com/chrissherland all the TABs are there. Join free for 7 days, grab the TAB you want!

hungarian scale❤

[@eastcoastwilly1373]

Natural Minor hits all of the notes in A Major.....if you want to learn where A-G find the positions location using your Index finger with A as your base. Learn the fret numbers for each string....they are: E 5 A 0 D 7 G 2 B 10 It is another repeatable pattern you can use to get comfortable with positioning. Each position is the exact same excluding the B string.....Good luck!

[@curiousguitarist]

Yes, octave linking works with any scale at all, chord voicings too. And for A major I believe you’re trying to point out F# natural minor correct?

[@eastcoastwilly1373]

Love your channel Chris...been here many times...great stuff!

[@curiousguitarist]

@@eastcoastwilly1373 thanks so much. Good to have you here! Thanks for the previous post, great context.

[@johngbradt]

B to C and E to F being semitones is so frustrating! 😳

[@curiousguitarist]

It can be, totally! I eventually just reversed that and said, "all the natural notes are a whole tone apart EXCEPT for B/C and E/F." That made it seem easier to map and understand for me.

[@johngbradt]

⁠@@curiousguitarist I at least learned to remember the scale formula of WWHWWWH 2131 😎

[@curiousguitarist]

@@johngbradt yeah baby! That's golden right there. I also short cut that as well and boiled it down to "all note in the major scale are a whole tone apart, except for 3/4 and 7/1" That helped me a ton when I was underwater in music school!!! YIKES!!

[@josephraines4850]

Shark infested waters😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@curiousguitarist]

🦈🦈🦈

[@dabiededoo]

its almost the same pattern.. i did the same but its one difference in 6:00

[@curiousguitarist]

They are all the same. Are you talking about how you have to adjust for the B string?

[@-Dominique]

Oh! yes you hear what you play but previously you have to target the key or the fret with the intention@curiousguitarist Wiith practice the things you hear in mind you will know we're to find

[@curiousguitarist]

I always advise my students to play without looking as much as possible. Nothing else develops your ear hand coordination better!! Thank you for the comments and discussion

[@-Dominique]

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[@thiccolo2971]

Stupid guitar doesn’t have enough strings for my big brain

[@curiousguitarist]

That just popped out of my brain...I kept it in :)