Why ALL Guitarists NEED to Sing Solfege!

[@neilchanmusic]

Hello! My 'Fingerstyle for the World' guitar course is FINALLY out! I've poured all my knowledge and experience into this course to take your playing to the next level. Check it out at academy.neilchanmusic.com/p/fingerstyle-for-the-world-level-1!

[@saujanyapoudel8910]

Thank you for guiding me in my early learning phase. I will get started with the Solfege thing once I restring my guitar's missing strings.

[@neilchanmusic]

You can do it! Don't let missing strings stop you.

[@jomari992]

Thank you, Neil chan!! I managed to arrange my very first fingerstyle because of ur lessons! 🤩 It took me like 2 weeks and a half but I'm very satisfied with the result!! I thank you from the bottom of my heart, I'm forever grateful to u 😭 I'm still learning and I wanna learn much more from you! Thank you so much!! I hope you inspire more aspiring musician like myself, you're one of the best teacher I've ever listened to, I cannot express my thanks enough, I love you so much!!

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey Jomari, great job!! I'm excited for you knowing how you are progressing, and 2 weeks is actually very good for a first fingerstyle arrangement. I'm really glad to hear that my lessons have helped you and yes I hope I can inspire many more aspiring musicians like yourself. Please do share my videos with your friends so that they can learn from them too :)

[@tanvirshahriarrishad4904]

Your videos deserve more views.... This honestly has by far been one of the most useful/informative solfege guitar videos out there

[@neilchanmusic]

Thank you Tanvir, I appreciate your kind comment and I'm truly glad I could help you and share my knowledge with you!

[@audreygiamlayhoon]

Thanks, Neil ! I see the little children at church using hand signals for learning solfa Do Re Mi and was always intrigued by the way they absorb music so easily .

[@neilchanmusic]

You're welcome, and yes! It's a great tool for getting beginners eased into western music, but also can be taken to very advanced levels of practice. Have you learnt it yourself?

[@audreygiamlayhoon]

@@neilchanmusic I have not , I understand that they use the Kodaly Method, and they make a game out of it . So the leader uses hand signals and the children are in different teams and compete to name the notes, or name the song. It's good for fidgety children and they learn it very well.

[@mattytoptop470]

Keep this kind of tutorial, it really me develop my technique

[@neilchanmusic]

Great to hear that Matty, lots more to come! Have you used solfege before?

[@mattytoptop470]

@@neilchanmusic first time i heard about solfege when i watch your videos sir. I've been trying to learn and apply it on my fingerstyle arrangement. Tho this new to me, graps of this method will surely develop my musicianship. And sir, can you watch my cover videos and tell me which should i improve in my fingerstyle techinique, it would be awesome to hear your opinion.

[@neilchanmusic]

@@mattytoptop470 Definitely, using and practicing solfege did wonders to my life as a musicianship. It really gave me the confidence to call myself a professional musician, not just a guitarist :)

[@mattytoptop470]

@@neilchanmusic ill practice method sir. I will.

[@neilchanmusic]

@@mattytoptop470 enjoy the process 😊

[@Anthony-op3qq]

Would it possibly be more effective to sing, one two three etc. rather than singing do re mi etc? That way you would know the particular interval you're singing on the fretboard?

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey! My previous reply seems to have disappeared, but my what I mentioned was that it's difficult to sing numbers, especially at fast speeds and when you start getting into sharpened and flattened intervals/scale degrees. Solfege syllables are much more musical and singable.

[@amarkholaboi3215]

You are awesome.could you make a video on advance guitar fingerstyle.pls

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey, definitely. I have quite a few lessons on more advanced fingerstyle technique and theory. You can search my videos for 'tapping' and 'diatonic arpeggios'. :)

[@chongsimon5507]

Hi Neil, found your KZbin channel while searching for finger-style tapping. I am learning scale at the moment and I am intrigued by this video on applying solfege to scale which enables you to play any melody so fluently at your fingertips. My question is when applying solfege to a melody, do I have to know the Key of the melody first before I can apply solfege to the melody. If the melody starts with a DO I would assume it would be easier, but if it starts on other notes then it becomes confusing because I would not know whether is it Re to Mi or La to Ti as both have the same interval apart.

[@neilchanmusic]

Hi Simon, glad you've found this topic intriguing. To answer your question, you don't need to know beforehand what key the melody is in, but you need to train yourself to be able to figure it out very quickly within hearing just a short section of the music. Yes many melodies do not start on DO. The method I use is to find any note on the scale, (you could just use the first note of the melody), and play/sing up or down the scale until you find the DO note. You'll be able to tell which note is the DO when you've practiced the scale on its own sufficiently. Hope this helps!

[@chongsimon5507]

@@neilchanmusic Hi Neil, thank you for your reply, I guess I would have to put in more effort on my scale and listening skill. Cheers

[@neilchanmusic]

@@chongsimon5507 Yes and enjoy the process! It's all about the journey :)

[@Bpositiveeee]

But how to know what syllabul to give to the tune ,,?

[@jameslawrencebongcalesdeca4763]

sir can i ask, what is scale? And can i use it in fingerstyle. Btw nice video sir.

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey James, I have other older videos on scales: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6mkhXh_nt-raKc and also newer ones coming up! In a nutshell, a scale is a series of notes built upon a tonic note, and usually a song is constructed based on these notes within a particular scale. Yes you can definitely use it in fingerstyle guitar.

[@jameslawrencebongcalesdeca4763]

@@neilchanmusic hello sir! i have a quick suggestion, can you teach how you warm up before playing guitar and how to properly hold a guitar. thanks sir

[@music4share]

So hard to learn solfege, now i can remember only a few not😅1 4 & 5

[@neilchanmusic]

it takes time and patience!

[@Bpositiveeee]

Mam big quest- i played happy birthdyay in B MAJOR SCALE,, mentioned SA RE GA MA PA Dha Ni Sa..... (B C# D# E F# G# A# B,,,,, but there in playing A note comes ,, then what to say to this A,,, there is no A in B MAJOR scale

[@aito7512]

Hi tutor Can you please upload a canon rock in an acoustic version. I would really appreciate Great content 💯 Keep rocking bro 🥇 Big fan love ❤️

[@neilchanmusic]

Hey Aito, haha why Canon rock in particular? It's not exactly my style of music ;)

[@aito7512]

@@neilchanmusic alright bro. Not a problem ❤️

[@neilchanmusic]

@@aito7512 😁

[@ម៉មសុខា]

Sing solfege in 1 octave is so difficult and when it cross to other octave is much more difficult 🥺😭😵‍💫 help me😅

[@neilchanmusic]

You'll need lots of practice, we all do! You can practice alongside me in my fingerstlye guitar course here academy.neilchanmusic.com/p/fingerstyle-for-the-world-level-1