You Are Playing Your Scales Wrong (The Map Technique)

[@yourguitarsage]

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[@myprettyselena]

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[@veshaw.]

Take a dating book to a date give a baby a dictionary aye 😂😂😂 I love how you make illustration relatable it makes a lot of sense I e learned a lot from you cuz thanks 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@DR-nh6oo]

Sean Woods And were you also?

[@lancethrustworthy]

With this video, I'm having to boost the audio to get your voice loud enough, then turn it down when you play the guitar (because it's too loud). I hope you'll make some adjustments so we don't have to keep twiddling knobs during your videos. Maybe a compressor would help. I think the problem is that we weren't getting your voice strong enough to start with.

[@d3synguy]

Brilliant method sir. I'm 57 and have been at a plateau for about a decade. Now I think I may be able to move forward.

[@yourguitarsage]

Nice my friend. Please let me know how I can help.

[@thunderblade1995]

Moral of the story: you've been playing guitar like a baby with a dictionary going on a road trip like in a cartoon

[@yourguitarsage]

jeremy adu 😂

[@reneporile]

Or going on date with a rehearsed skid - Lol

[@full_3nglish]

That really made me laugh dude, well played

[@tyracooper995]

😂😂❤️

[@jossiefxd]

ok?

[@williamseelen3077]

Thanks for showing this technique,Sage and thanks for the Jam Tracks,I'll be playing them on my lap top A LOT. You truly are a great teacher.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you so much William 🙌

[@MOAB-UT]

This is another GREAT lesson (how less can be soo much more!) I've been incorporating it into my solo's and it makes a big difference. For fun, I did an entire solo with only 6 notes- still focusing on 4. It works better in some songs than others. The bigger point as you pointed out is that it is often better to play all over the place with dozens of notes just because you know them. Music is very much like speaking- the best speakers are listeners- but when they do speak, it counts. THAT GREAT BEND @7:04...Can you please share what you are doing? I watched the video carefully but I'm not sure I have it completely figured out- yet. Are you only bending the thin E string at the 10th fret with your 3rd finger- or are multiple strings involved? Is your index finger also bending something on the 7th fret? I've heard some instructors say that you can bend with more power if you do not grip the neck tight with your thumb- leave more room in the back to generate more bending force- is there any truth to that in your opinion? I noticed your thumb is pretty tight- over the front of the fretboard- common for players like SRV- just not sure about the ideal grip when doing a full bend.

[@johnpowell3767]

Never...never has ANYONE explained the scales this way. I was feeling more confident the longer I watched. After a cigarette and double scotch I was ready. Started plying better immediately. In 10 minutes I was playing better than I had in 10 years. Thanks dude! Love ya forever, man!

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you John 👍

[@deatheater2031]

Keep up the dope work man. Your videos have helped me alot.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks so much friend!

[@hanten10]

I agreed with you, we dont need to practise scale but we need to know scales as our vocabulary to build phrasing, riffing, shredding, chording, melodies and many more thing because as we know scale is build by chord and chord also build by scales,its related to each others and for me there is no wasting time on practising something because it is always lead us to something new and/or building our understanding to new level 😊

[@yourguitarsage]

You will not learn the scales without practice my friend.

[@TrueBlueBoogie]

Hi Erik. Excellent perspective on mapping. You’re an excellent teacher in the way you simplify a portion of a pentatonic scale. Thank you

[@alexmakridis8328]

That is hands down the nicest Les paul I’ve ever seen!

[@yourguitarsage]

It sounds AMAZING! I don’t want to give it away!! 👍

[@1motomanic]

Aaaagh ,I see said the blind man this makes learning and practicing scales less of a task and repetitive and much more useful, thanks ole wise one.

[@IanRedmon]

"you probably never ask yourself that question" me: has asked myself the exact question for the past several months

[@fabien4436]

This was a really nice video, I like the way you approach playing the guitar. Please consider making more of these :)

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you. I add more videos all the time 🙌

[@bloodmoonchaos2461]

It gets the like man nice lesson glad u explained thoroughly cause pots robbed me of a short term memory so I tend to rewind most vids and takes me like 20mins to watch a 5min video i f its something important that I'm drumming into my head.love it man NZ needs teachers like u in every town.drugs are bad kids learn to play guitar before u experiment,heaps more fun to have a toke and shred than try learn once your mind is shredded but...one can recover with a bit of living as a hermit and the right guitar knowledge.. (My lesson for anyone who cares and thinks u gotta live like Hendrix to slay like him...wrongo!)megadeth rules!

[@yourguitarsage]

😂👊🏻

[@lewisbeeman]

Great video. Also, that Les Paul could be one of the sweetest I have seen.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks Lewis. It is one of the best I’ve seen too. I am lucky boy to own it. Waited a LONG time to get that one.

[@rsmallfield]

True! I could have got a lot more from my methods of playing scales. I think making everything musical makes it relevant and that’s ... good!

[@yourguitarsage]

👍

[@dalecorbitt797]

Just like most videos on youtube this one is great. Lots of great info. My only complaint would be the same as with most videos. The instructor talks at a low volume so I turn up the volume, then he plays and it's loud. So I have to keep changing the volume so I don't piss off my neighbors. I wish youtube would allow the ability to keep all the audio at the same volume. Otherwise this is a great video

[@mianala]

Thank you so much!!! this is exactly what I needed

[@yourguitarsage]

You are so welcome my friend.🙏

[@artilerypheonix]

just play the scale in a random order every day.

[@transformer889]

Killer jam track

[@mangalwaiba1946]

Keep it going like that sir

[@yourguitarsage]

👍

[@clintbickham7147]

Thank you for taking the time to share your awsome

[@kinksbeatlesstones]

In another lesson you stated that though wanted us to break out of the blues pentatonic scale yet here you are providing examples and a tutorial using just that!

[@ethanmarkelmusic]

What type of les Paul is that it looks great

[@PRESTIGEOUSNESS]

You’re a genius.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you my friend! 🙏

[@James-nv1wf]

And here I felt guilty for not doing it the traditional way. Thanks!

[@yourguitarsage]

Atta-boy!👍

[@hashemmostafa6504]

Thank you sir.

[@yourguitarsage]

🙌

[@palakabrad]

Diggin it, my Sage🤙🤙 love your lessons! Aloha

[@bencompton4226]

love your help thanks.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you Ben.

[@lamper2]

Griff from bluesguitarunleashed calls it the house pattern-that minimalistic approach

[@yvetteellis8682]

Thank You!

[@yourguitarsage]

👍

[@johnnytruck2009]

Good stuff! Thanks..

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you my friend 🙌

[@dlewtweentorla1210]

Another Great Vid. Always appreciate your work. Browsed on the net a LONG time listening to different teachers. Yours are to the point, clean yet you somehow keep the "feel of the music". This was a perfect example. Off topic. Could you do a non beginner guitar lesson of Johnny Cash's Highway Patrolman? Would be awsome!!!!

[@yourguitarsage]

DAVID LEWINGTON Thank you David for your very kind words. Enjoy and stay tuned for our webcasts and “giveaways “. e :)

[@estherrooney5264]

Omg Erich!! I had no idea people are so damn rude! I personally think you’re super duper fab!

[@yourguitarsage]

Oh yes, when you are in my world. Anybody who is insecure with a keyboard will “tell you” how bad you are. I just laugh. 😜

[@hashemmostafa6504]

Exactly Sir. That is what i try to explain to so many persons. But nobody give a Damn

[@yourguitarsage]

🙌

[@MichaelMartin-eh6wl]

Good information. As a San Antonio citizen, I really like the Alamo reference.

[@yourguitarsage]

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[@davelloyd2963]

Really great lesson! Thanks!!

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks so much friend!

[@nb-be6wf]

Hey Erich, great Stuff you are teaching! But how do you get that lovley tone? It sounds absolutly beautyful

[@RandyBurnettTalks]

Hey Eric U know I'm a huge fan of your lessons right? The 1 thing I have never seen you talk about is how to count out a phrase or a solo or how to come in on 3. U talk about it a little here but not really making a point of how to fallow the beat or count and make solos work with the metronome ot backing track. I think a lot of people get lost or freeze up when they get out of the pocket. Or God forbid U are jamming with friends and someone says hey Randy take 1. I would love to hear U put all that into words because I am obviously not good at it.. What do we do when someone says take us home?

[@yourguitarsage]

For God’s sakes, take them home Randy! 😂 just kidding! Good questions. However what you’re asking is covered by many different topics. I cover this in the blues section of the Unstoppable Guitar System but do have some videos here on KZbin as well. Just search, “YourGuitarSage blues“. That will get you the information you are looking for.

[@RandyBurnettTalks]

I will look that stuff is a week spot for me and I'm sure many others..

[@johnyutuc6009]

This is the best advice ever! Thank you

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you, John! :) e

[@patkawasaki]

Don't eat yellow snow. There's some even better advice.

[@yourguitarsage]

👍

[@bobchurunkle9921]

Bored, go look up Guthrie govan, less talk, less up himself

[@brianglover9317]

Great info...thank u for your time....

[@randomguitarnote8887]

Nice guitar, what kind of les paul is it?

[@yourguitarsage]

R8 with Tim White pickups.

[@donniemorgan2715]

Love your videos. I have a blackstar artist 30 amp and a fendertelecaster, a washburn goldtop and a blues pedal. But no matter what i try, i cant get the sound u have, Help

[@yourguitarsage]

Donnie, recommend a good distortion pedal!

[@donniemorgan2715]

@@yourguitarsage thanks, i will get one this next week, Thanks for getting back to me so fast

[@neithang8656]

i lack speed and my picking hand position doesn't feel comfortable...any tip please help?

[@yourguitarsage]

Yes, do the exercises specifically for that in this free series: www.yourguitarsage.com/30

[@mikedonnarumma5337]

i have a wish, my wish is that the camera point down on the fingers, face on is difficult to see the position of fingers,

[@yourguitarsage]

Nice, thanks friend. I wish I had a camera in my head to do this. Actually been thinking about this angle for awhile now. Still scheming. 👍

[@Mach1Airspace]

So what you're saying is we're not really playing our scales wrong, we're just using them wrong when we want to solo within a key that contains that scale as it's foundation. Right? RIGHT? Oh boy...

[@kavianoa8787]

is that Yui's Les Paul? from K-On xD

[@yourguitarsage]

😜

[@dickderry]

Great video. But..the audio levels between your voice and the guitar need to be balanced better. They need to be at a similar level. I found myself turning the volume all the way up tp hear what you were saying...only to have my speakers blasted out when you start playing.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks Dick. Will do. 👍

[@amendelson1]

Really like the "narrow focus" idea. Its wild how you can make 4 notes sound interesting.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you for the kind words Alex.

[@elledechenestudio]

Alex M I second that! Have been struggling to improv using the entire scale over a 5 minutes backing track, this bite sized approach makes more sense.

[@eztimesaverz]

yes this is an EXCELLENT idea, i will use it with my students

[@geoffreyallen888]

Phrasing.

[@captainkangaroo4301]

I prefer the nap technique.

[@tigg9226]

Been "playing"on and off for 15 yrs,been "really playing" for about 4-5 yrs, just learn your pentatonic major and minor and your blues notes, and all the different positions(boxes) then do a bunch of improvising over a backing tracks then check out the licks and styles of the greats and add in the different modes .Best way to practice cause it makes it fun and interesting.The above advice was the best advice ever given to me.

[@yourguitarsage]

🙌love that my friend.

[@fredbaggett]

right on tap

[@LuisFGarcia89]

That's all I've been doing for the past year

[@musaa.7973]

right on, ive been playing without any theory knowledge for 5 years. it becomes repetitive and almost uninspiring. now im doing what you mentioned and it really opens up the guitar and makes you want to practice

[@DrOmanS-ox7js]

Sorry I’m such a guitar newb what is a “box” or different position you were referring to in your post ?? I’ve been “playing” for about 4 years now and want to breach through my plateau.

[@Supperconductor]

I think you just provided two lessons - 1. Scales and 2. Beginning improvisation. Very good lesson, thanks!

[@yourguitarsage]

Fantastic! Thank you so much my friend.

[@brentlareaux8419]

3 lessons, There is also some dating advice lol

[@frankpentimone1830]

listen to all the critics "teach and get it over with" you know how spoiled we are with youtube ? or the internet in general? you can pause, fast forward, rewind, watch in X2 speed, what a bunch of cry babies, great lessons man. enjoy all your stuff, this was a good lesson i have no time either but guess what if it seems like it's dragging i speed it up. don't change a thing, very Sage like.

[@privcraft_]

He just spends so much time saying redundant things and he doesn't even get to the actual lesson until 10:20. That's more than half of the video that's basically pointless

[@sunavila]

Sophia Borderon I disagree. The point he was trying to make was that you have to really learn the scale and play it with more feel. Expand upon it. He was trying to get this point across the whole video, so I don’t understand what was redundant about it.

[@geoffreyallen888]

Just can't agree with that. I switched out to the comments after seconds. I say - Take all the advice you can and then take no notice whatever of any of it. I learned listening to records, all of my school chums played too and I was surprised to find that they couldn't do that - I'd borrow someone's album and rip all the guitar in about three days and my pals couldn't do it. That's how I learned, you do what you like but scales, maps, systems, nmemonics, sticky coloured paper, split-screen videos and slow-it-all-down recording devices - f*ck right off with that junk- the fingerboard and all its notes is in your head even if you're nowhere near a guitar. I learned to read, write, arrange later but that was the same, it's already there. If not, tough shit - sit through this or sell your guitar.

[@anthonymarovelli3583]

I've been playing guitar for almost 20 years. This is a priceless perspective/philosophy on how to approach the infinite variability of learning an instrument. Thanks man!

[@yourguitarsage]

So kind! Thank you Anthony.

[@amateurism1]

This is one of the best guitar lessons I've heard, thank you. I'm guilty of wasting years practicing whole scales with no great results. Maybe because I'm a self taught guitar player, this lesson rings true.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you my friend 🙌

[@cdh79]

i've been playing for around 10 years or so, and i know the pentatonic scales, the major, the different minors, the modes and so on, but when trying to improvise i always get stuck with either something that sounds like the scale (your first example), or the same few licks that i repeat over and over again and that gets boring and annoying.. i know the theory is all there, but i have the feeling that i'm missing the bigger picture in how to apply it.. just that small piece of the puzzle to connect it all together.. while it's now a bit too late to grab my guitar (and i'm watching this video in my bed and have to get up in the morning), i'm sure that exactly THIS advice is what i needed.. over the next days/weeks/months i will limit myself to a maximum of 4 or maybe 5 notes and stick to only those.. then move to the same notes in the next pattern, and if that works out as well, i'll start connecting them, so i'm still playing those few notes, but in both patterns. I have a feeling that will open up the whole fretboard quite quickly! thanks a lot!

[@cdh79]

@@Tj22REMIXES thanks, i fully agree with that!

[@killslay]

Oh snap. I just played something semi-listenable along with that jam track. Feels good man

[@yourguitarsage]

👌

[@fordhammie]

No better feeling because it's about feeling...:)

[@fishingwithmichaeltv7597]

So we're not playing our scales wrong we're practicing our scales wrong.

[@yourguitarsage]

Crap, now I have to do this video all over again. 😂

[@fishingwithmichaeltv7597]

😜🎼😘

[@CloroxBleach-wu4zg]

Potato Potahto

[@jimmyccfc]

Practising*

[@danielcollins7960]

Nobody wants to “practice” but everybody wants to “play” better. That’s a smart title to get clicks ✌️

[@rockers2rockers616]

Didn't hear a word he said because I couldn't take my eyes off of his guitar!

[@remyQuillmeister]

6:00 Lesson begins

[@yourguitarsage]

🙏

[@BeardedGeekCrafts]

Thanks hahaha

[@nathanaeljalac7885]

Thanks

[@kameelhuseffi5390]

10:20 you get owned ☺

[@brendan2359]

6:26 he's gone again

[@yourguitarsage]

Hey there my friends! Thanks for stopping by and watching this video. What did you think about it? Let me hear your feedback below. More videos coming this week! Keep up the practice. e :)

[@leonc1234]

I think the basic idea that you're suggesting here -- improving your playing by focusing on just sections of scales rather than playing the entire scale like a robot -- has some merit. But it's not enough. Moreover, it misses some of the value that one gets from working through scales. What value comes from straight up scale practice? 1) Practicing scales (pentatonic, diatonic, diminished, whole-note, etc.) should and can be done in such a way that you get to know the fretboard better, so that you can play in any key in any position. 2) Practicing scales correctly improves your physical coordination. Granted -- you won't learn good phrasing from practicing complete scales...but you also won't really learn good phrasing by simply doing what you're doing here either. IMO, you learn good phrasing by a) listening too good examples and analyzing what makes them good, b) thinking in terms of melodies rather than scales, c) attempting to employ the ideas you just picked up from (a) and (b) by playing over various chord patterns, over and over and over. My $1.00 worth...

[@JakeGreen1212]

Loved it, really gave me something to focus on! and loved the map analogy.

[@musicaleltd]

A REVELATION! i'm guilty of doing too much; going to spend time working in smaller bits; i know all 5 shapes but not well enought to make it into a solo, which sucks. good vid!

[@joeb3590]

i count in 3's or 2's, with the notes, not counting time mind you, but frets, its a fun way to slide up and down on a string, and just follow your ear

[@steveworley2997]

Perfect! This gave me the next step I needed to learn improvisation from scales. Breaking it down to smaller parts is very useful.

[@2013bmwf800gs]

Really enjoying your videos. Watching most of them while I don't have a guitar in my hand, so the explanation before execution is nice.

[@NinoSidari]

anyone interested in joining a class action law suit against YourGuitarSage for trying to help us?

[@Titan.Uranus]

I feel so violated. For the fact that you have literally zoomed in on one of my personal weaknesses as a muzo & exploited it for your personal gain. U da devil, u evil man u!!!

[@yourguitarsage]

😂🙌

[@allensmith.aaffect.1626]

You just verified my entire way I learned guitar. I wanted to learn not like a robot but with feel. I just jam thru it and practice technique on the way.

[@yourguitarsage]

👍

[@uberfu]

For a sound-guy this dude needs to learn about volume contrrol consistency across his videos. Speaking portion was low enough to have to crank up the volume then volume of the the guitar samples became excessive. Nobody wants to ahve to constantly adjust their volume while listening to a 20 minute video.

[@zaprowsdower]

You are a spoiled butt hurt person looking for things to complain about .

[@shawn4189]

Appreciate the video. Thought I'd mention that your guitar volume is way too loud compared to your voice. At least on my speakers.

[@max_larum]

Feedback: when i watch this vid on my TV the guitar volume is at a 100%, while you talking is at like 10%. If raise your mic volume

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks friend. Noted.

[@devynbrinsfield]

It's like learning a language. You can be taught how to say words and say them all the time and convince someone you know how to speak the language. But you cant form sentences and have conversations if you dont know what your saying.

[@TLMSif]

Thats really what it is

[@michaeldilorenzo6862]

I was watching somewhere around 7:00 and I heard "I call this the map technique because...." Then I jumped ahead to 18:10 and I heard "I call this the map technique because...."

[@bitbrain3468]

Apparently someone is trying to get you to learn the map technique. :D

[@HigherPlanes]

I learned this lesson from Paul Gilbert. He basically said what you said...no one plays a song with all notes of a scale..so practice licks with a few notes all over the fretboard.

[@Staminist-MMF-80]

"Noodle with it" - I'll remember that fraze next time I'll have a student over :D

[@yourguitarsage]

:)

[@GG-dr2qd]

Eric, I like your lessons but man you can ramble on forever about nothing and you talk waaaaaay too slow. Thank goodness we can speed these videos up. I watch them at 1.75 speed.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks for the feedback

[@dawtesla]

Frank Zappa - Shut Up 'n Play Yer Guitar

[@yourguitarsage]

That would be playing, not teaching. I have vids with that too.

[@lvkrosenkreuz3638]

Right, this video could have been about 12 minutes shorter at least and covered more technique.

[@nicholasgonis]

I had to keep rewinding. I kept getting distracted by that Les Paul.

[@jimthebutcher99]

your mike is to soft or your guitar is too loud on a lot of your videos. I have to turn up the volume to hear you speak then the guitar comes on and blows my ears off. But the videos are great.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you for the comment my friend. Noted!

[@jarrydee2799]

And you can really hear the dark, muffled Les Paul sound with to much reverb LOUDLY.

[@ezassegai4793]

jim mitchell 'your mike is to soft' Please man, at least read your comment once before you post it.

[@SuchaDoofus]

Softy Mike can probably be dealt neatly with a compressor/limiter

[@carlosangel9404]

Dude, thank you so much for showing me this technique. I'm sort of in the beginner stage of my playing and I have horrendous technique. But I took your advice and tried it out on the jam track at the end, and I couldn't believe what I was doing! I was making licks I didn't even know I could do! Thanks a lot, man.

[@yourguitarsage]

Love it! Thanks Carlos.

[@troyfrost1980]

Yourguitarsage. I really like your teacherin of this scale . Thanks TroyFrost.👍🎵🎵🎵

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you Troy!

[@kingsera6856]

yea but erich, you can’t get better at solos if you don’t know the scale patterns so you don’t get lost on the fretboard...

[@pentleyholmes]

I really like how you took time to play the whole scale for a while and show how predictable it sounds. After you were playing it I was like damn that's how I sound

[@yourguitarsage]

👌

[@rogerwilliams4742]

Hey guy! We caught your show in Amarillo TX. Well done!

[@pentleyholmes]

well thank you roger!

[@pentleyholmes]

ill be back in october

[@fredbaggett]

play outside the box

[@Efferri]

Eh... it really depends on WHAT you are going to play. For me, running scales up and down the neck really helps with the faster playing that I'm striving for. Not the slower, bluesy-bendy riffs you are demonstrating.

[@yourguitarsage]

👍

[@dougreed9843]

Sage I'm am older player whom had gone back and took lessons while I lived in NJ in the late 90's fortunately a very young student at Jiliard became my teacher who encouraged me to do the very same things your suggesting he focused me on what he called them triplets you called it something else but he did break it up smaller sections instead of doing the full scale and had me improvising half my practice time then worked technic the other half of the time concentrating on form timing increasing my strength and stretch etc I'm glad I decided to wachj this Video I had forgotten about this technic I made huge progress this guy encouraged me not to play the songs I love by my favorite musicians he said that In have already developed my own style that I should improvise more to develop inside with the new things In was learning that by playing what felt good to me using the new things I was learning creating my own riffs my style would expand more quickly ams a fuller eivher sound started to happem and it was back in the late 90's got a divorce I had my own business during that period I put mubguitar down for yen years and focused on business I wish I hadnt put the guitar down with my chops just developing and I'm now 58 and don't remember half the scales I had down pat already its good I visited today to remind me and get back into it I have started playing again I really enjoy doing my own things and try a lot of diferent things then I would have had I not gotten away from repeating by the same struggles learning song playing by ear by like the Eagles or Clapton Tom Petty Allman Bros etc Thanks Great Job Doug that kid from Jiliard really understood encouraging me to find my style and technic really helped a bunch he said I had a back stroke that Clapton wish he had blew me away so I earnestly tried to do as he was instructing and creating my own music let's say was more solid and love the obvious improvement I've made since my teen years now that Im a senior and trying to get my chops back for like the 5th time in my life I am more mature and relaxed then in my younger years fear doesnt grip me the way it had exploring my boundaries even if a little slower hand is at work its got more class and style now I play the blues and working on slide for the first time fear prevented it before Im now asking myself why It has come to me pretty easy to make it sound great my neighbors come outside to listen to me they don't complain at least peace bro

[@yourguitarsage]

Love that! Great story Doug! 🙌

[@Garrysullivanjones]

I’m 39 , a novice . Can I learn guitar at this age when I’ve never tried?

[@bobbobertson9063]

JimiJop Woodstock of course you can, make sure to have fun while doing it though!

[@Garrysullivanjones]

Bob Bobertson cheers Bob

[@toneseeker4968]

Dude, you have a mouse and the ability to fast forward. Some of us WANT the who, what, when, where and why. He was always on topic and not ramblin' about his girlfriend or the weather. Thank you yourguitarsage!

[@yourguitarsage]

🙌

[@catmarshall9257]

you posted this at the perfect time. I just started learning scales and found it boring just going back and forth. this is what I needed to know. thanks erich!

[@yourguitarsage]

You are so welcome my friend!

[@PrestigeX-1]

Cat Pollock Im learning scales too atm.

[@anonymousguitarist9096]

Same here

[@anonymousguitarist9096]

Same here

[@SinCityDeliveries]

Been playing for almost 18 years, and you just blew my mind by playing a 7 tone scale and then "soloing" in a 5 tone. just WOW

[@Col_MULLY]

Love that guitar.

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you my friend! That is a Gibson Les Paul.

[@GerardWaysHun20]

That's no ordinary Les Paul. Gorgeous color and figure! and it's aged? It's an R9 and what year? Tone is beautiful. Original PU's? Amp?

[@Kevscort]

One of the most beautiful LPs I've seen. Striking!

[@roknfnrol]

Def looks like an amazing R9 or R0.

[@diemman70]

Improv from scales = motivation to learn

[@yourguitarsage]

Chris Bramblett 🙌

[@benjamins8460]

Thank you so much for taking your time and money and effort to teach, film and produce these instructional videos. I love the info, thank you for the free help! Rock on

[@yourguitarsage]

So grateful!🙏thank you Ben.

[@pryjazz]

Excellent video. Good consistency in content. Thank you.

[@wrsawy]

Too much talking, not enough playing.

[@williamtower5702]

To much talk- not enough rock- I get it- you want people to pay for lessons- so- you really didnt answer the question all that much and just diverted us to go " check out" blah blah-

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

i feel like giving up. im trying sooo hard and i sound like crap. i know all the scales, i know all the chords and bar chords but i just cant do it. im giving it all i got, i haven't went 1 single day with out practicing guitar for at least an hour. i feel like i should be better than i am by this point, its insanely frustrating.

[@darknebula4310]

Bilb Ono feel

[@yourguitarsage]

Learning guitar in the right order or sequence is crucial. If you are not doing that, you most likely will feel a lot of frustration. I would suggest starting in my online course. Here is a link for free access to the first 30 vids: www.yourguitarsage.com/30

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

@@yourguitarsage thanks I will sign up. I refuse to give up, but man sometimes I do feel like it. I'm signing up now.

[@chukfunk]

Hey kids! Do you have any idea how hard it was to learn guitar before KZbin!!!

[@AntinutellasFC]

They have no idea! And here they are complaining about how long the guy took to get to the point of teaching what he calls "right".

[@popolbruh8263]

i thought myself. guys like this just confused me.

[@coffeecomics3583]

OH my GOD...... we had to.....READ BOOKS!!!!! Aaaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!!!!!!!!

[@JS-gh5gm]

Erich, ignore the trolls brother. If they can do it better they should go do it. I have learned a TON from your videos. Keep up the good work man.

[@robbo12332]

Ten minutes in and still no talk of a 'map' Sorry sir, I'm sure you're an awesome player but perhaps you could be slightly more economic with your words. Peace and love

[@shockjockey1493]

Luke Smart 5 mins in he starts talking about the map method. 7 mins in and he demonstrates it. Maybe if you weren’t so fucking stupid you’d understand his words, lol.

[@squatch570]

@@shockjockey1493 Wow, what an asshole you are!! The original post was making a reasonable, respectful comment and ends with "peace and love" and along you come calling him fucking stupid. I played this video at 1.5x speed and he STILL took a while to get to the map explanation! So even at a faster speed he talks too much and takes too long. He needs to practice how to be concise with his words and explanations.

[@BtotheCtotheH]

@@squatch570 It wasn't reasonable or respectful. It was wrong, though.

[@juuljitsu]

Hey Erich, I think you're missing a screw on your pick guard

[@lccrvt]

BORING! 13 minutes to say 'play small bits of the scale with feeling on instrumental tracks.

[@wizardglick9609]

I just suck.

[@yourguitarsage]

Mr Ex B no, you don’t my friend. EVERYONE starts at the beginning. Just need to practice the tips and tricks. You can do it my friend!

[@wizardglick9609]

YourGuitarSage I am struggling with a song, The Needle and the Spoon, by Lynyrd Skynyrd. I can't get the wah wah solo down, and have tried for weeks now. Just doesn't seem like I'll ever get it. I can play the first half or so of it, but when I play along with it, I get lost in time in like the second or third measure. No idea what I'm doing. I try playing without the wah wah, listen over and over, etc... just feels like I can't get it.

[@merrivale.1229]

Mr Ex B Feel the music when you play🌊

[@wizardglick9609]

shelska I'm starting to get it. I used a metronome to get my timing down better, worked on a couple of techniques over and over. Thank you for the encouragement

[@jameshihihin1320]

Sometimes your motivation will slip but don’t give up

[@Johnny1of9]

Whoa ! Whoa, whoa, whoa - such an idea never occurred to me. Don't play the entire scale... Of course, in my case I'm still struggling to play scales smoothly, strengthening the pinkie and all that; BUT using Eric's technique here, and the jam track, I just had the most fun I can remember having in a long time, AND IT DID NOT SOUND TOTALLY AWFUL! I will definitely be adding this gem to my routine - CUZ IT'S FUN!

[@Dano-uf8ys]

Looks and sounds like a waste of time.