Why You Don't Need the Major Scale

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[@jimdep6542]

I really like your teaching style. You use the right words that speak directly to one's brain do make make everything manageable. One example is the phrase you use " easy shape pentatonic". Someone's brain that is listening , even at a subconscious level is liking this, because who wants things to be difficult ? It's a great teaching method that works and you do it well.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! I find the nicknames for the pentatonic shapes help us to visualize them better than just shape 1 2 3 4 etc.

[@kocherpm]

omg. that dog is too cute for words! great lesson. chord tones AND pentatonic overlay. sweet.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks! The dog steals the show for sure.

[@ALLENHILLMAN]

love your videos, tons of information out there, you break it down to help folks get to a useful / practical means of playing music vice being stuck in forever learning information we may never use or not be ready to use until years down the road. i spent ttime leaning jazz chords before i had worked on my timing -- many years ago -- waste of time in the early stages of my playing, keep up the good work thanks

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you!! We'll said 👍🎸

[@RLB52]

Nothing new to my scale understanding, but it is funny how light bulbs come on sometimes. Targeting the major 3 as a location recognition note in the "house shape" jumped out at me in this lesson. 😀 One of those "of course" I can use that from now on moments.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Good to hear, yeah that third is a killer note to target :)

[@RLB52]

Yeah - a 3:00 - seeing that the major 6th is the major 3rd of the 4th.

[@jamesadams1064]

Good explanation. Thanks Blue.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad it was helpful!

[@FlacoFlaco-n4y]

Love the Westy cameo. I had one as a kid. Awesome dogs.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! He shows up in the videos from time to time.

[@lorenvguitar614]

You are a good teacher, my question would be why do we always focus on what we don't need to know to play guitar? Do we do this in life? In western civilized music we build everything from the major scale. This is not a critique of your teaching; it is an honest question.

[@tomblankinship4750]

Love your lessons. Would have saved me lots of time. I’ve been sticking my toe into jazz a bit and those guys don’t even think about scales due to the complex chord progressions. All of their solo runs are based on chords. The great Larry Carleton supposedly said he didn’t know any scales.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Probably true yeah, though if you're playing jazz, they are definitely using 7-note shapes ... and pentatonic too :)

[@josealbaposse]

Que buen drummer!!!!!! Jaaa!!! Excelente clase Blue,gracias!!!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Gracia José! Mi perro se llama Ringo 😎

[@josealbaposse]

Ringo, un grosso!!!! Felicitaciones!!! Abzz

[@dawin6710]

I get your point. to make as consise as I can: to remember where the third of the chord I is within the scale (thanks to the chord shape ) is much more digestable (memorable) than Juggling letters of alphabet in one's mind. if you know for one key it will be identical for all keys as long as soloing in that shape (i.e. easy shape in our case). It makes perfect sense to me. Thanks

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

You got it 😊 thanks again 🎸

[@hdh5254]

Great explaination! I like your way of teaching stuff, that seems to be more practical, when playing/learning guitar. Can we see triads as a smaller subset of thinking in shapes while playing in relationship to "the bigger barre chord"? And is that why some other teacher are teching them more extensive?

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you! Yes triads are just pieces of larger chords -- not always common larger chord shapes, but they are there.

[@donaldcahill8255]

one of the best teacher on the net

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thank you very much!!!

[@lgp4960]

I’m a visual learner so this helps me.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Thanks glad it helped :)

[@trusarmor4957]

6:24 that Drummer is simply .... a Beast ! 🥁 👏👏👏

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Yeah he's an animal! 😂

[@Gern5838]

When we’re children and learn to speak, we don’t attempt to learn all of the words or learn their exact context. We learn by addition, as we grow. First the basic words to meet our needs and we add words, gradually. We don’t teach two year olds what adverbs and adjectives are, but they learn organically as they mature. This is how I think we should teach music too, if we want kids to enjoy their lessons. Nothing wrong with pentatonics, to get you making music. The rest will come.

[@dan_kay]

Daaawg, that drummer has got bite!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Haha nice one!

[@FirstLast-nn2bj]

Another good lesson!!!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting 🙂

[@ErikChan]

Stupid question. How do I know which chord is being played in the song to target? For jam tracks it's much more obvious but many real songs it's not obvious at all. Sometimes a chord only last half a bar and makes it even more difficult to hear and target

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Know the chords of the song in advance and the number of measures. Then it takes practice but we can hear chord changes. Especially common sequences like variations on I, IV, and V. Next most common chord is VIm.

[@glenndavid8725]

Always avoid target notes in foreplay.

[@philjones8693]

But I suppose there are some musical genres where you want to do some fast slippery wibbly wobbly legato runs (or shred picking), where the 3NPS major scale shape comes into its own? I guess you're not thinking so much about intervals when you're doing that though, just using the shape to bang out as many notes as possible!

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Probably yes, but you're right other genres for sure will use the full major scale.

[@jamesvanzyl4758]

I found that ,finding a note that works (by ear)is easier than following the scale,or is that not the right way...

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Playing by ear is also good. But sometimes it's nice to be able to visualize the chord tones you want -- to be able to jump to certain sounds. That's harder to jump to a particular sound if you're just playing notes in scale order. This video explains that a bit: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2mwm4iFeMqlqKc

[@brazilgriller6073]

Did I just not get your Saturday lesson 1/27??? Hope all is well with you

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

All is well thanks! No lesson last weekend. New one coming this Saturday 👍

[@brazilgriller6073]

Oh good, I was concerned.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

@@brazilgriller6073 Thank you, that's kind of you :) There will be lessons almost every week. But I will have to skip some weeks, sorry :)

[@jeffrowlette]

Truthfully, there ONLY 12 notes you really need.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

And those quarter-step bends 😎

[@Euthymia2020]

I am the scale!

[@martynspooner5822]

As much as I love your channel I completely disagree with your take on the major scale. Every thing is based on the maj scale in Western music and to leave out two notes makes no sense to me and probably even less to a beginner. For me it would be easier to understand the maj pentatonic is the maj scale less 2 notes. Of course chord shapes and the notes inside them are important but I do not see any advantage to not learning the major scale and later on when learning modes will be essential. Most beginners will not have a clue of the intervals inside a chord that comes later on and do not see how not knowing the maj scale brings any advantage. Of course that is just me and I could be completely wrong.

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

You do have a good point about the extra notes. I like adding the 4th to major pentatonic. But that's not for beginners. I'm just saying we shouldn't *start* learning how to solo by learning the full major scale. But there's also a chance that someone who does, and gets good at it, sounds different than the rest of us and becomes the next cool thing 😎

[@Douglas_I]

You both make good points!

[@23kyd49]

The beauty of this instrument is its ability to meet every person or student at the level of their intellectual curiosity and creativity instincts. Some persons reach campfire level and are absolutely content and confident as a guitarist, while others are forever going down the next rabbit hole. I’m 55 and have more money than time but the time I spend with my instruments, that a lifetime of hard work affords me is priceless. I took it up seriously at 50 and said I’m going to learn haw to play this thing and have no regrets. Some guys buy a corvette others have an affair and I bought a Telecaster 😂

[@imannonymous7707]

Have to agree

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

@@23kyd49 Well said. And you can't go wrong with a telecaster :)

[@imannonymous7707]

You cant build major chords if u dont know the scale....minor for that matter too

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Sure you can. Interval shapes.... 3rds, 5ths, min 7s, octaves. I think it's actually easier. and most people memorize chord rather than building them.

[@brazilgriller6073]

If you don't know major scale, how would you play, ie. Twinkle little star for kids.???? Lol

[@GuitarLessonsVancouver]

Hmmm, except I don't think that qualifies as rock n roll :)