The FASTEST Way to Learn the Fretboard!!

[@zombieguitar]

If you like this video, definitely stop by and check out my website at www.ZombieGuitar.com 🎸

[@John17thru26]

I have been playing guitar for almost 70 years. recently I decided it was time to learn what I was doing. Your lessons are the best , the only ones that make real sense. some of the other teachers make it seem too hard. you make it simple and learnable for a dummy like me. Thanks. swg

[@philjames1019]

Yet another encapsulating lesson, as accurate and concise as as all your tutorials. Brian, you are guitar theory personified!! Cheers mister!!

[@jasonwojcik]

I found that playing backing tracks and just simply chord tone targeting was the most intersting way of learning the fretboard. It forced me to really learn the notes of the chord and the note degrees. Add in the drums and I had an outstanding learning session. I followed up with hitting the notes that made the characteristic of the modes and conciously made mental notes where those notes where. That is what worked with me for learning the fretboard.

[@steveparkins6854]

ditto being a bit dyslexic ( tabs ugh) by targeting chord tones and intervals etc, chromatic run etc --plus my two big ears!--:)--i feel i have improved immensely

[@ksharpe10]

In 1970 backing tracks pretty much did not exist unless you made one on a reel to reel or Cassette tape deck. Me being more or less Poor College/High school kid, learned to play by ear to records, Did learn as he said the patterns and unconciously the intervals by Sound. Winged it for most of the 70's, building speed. The more or less 1st rock instructional book by the way was Improvising Rock guitar by Pat Thrall, of pat Travers band Fame, before he was in Travers band, it did come with 2 backing Tracks, Snaker, and Homage to hendrix. You will find the Back tracks here on KZbin, they tracks were on a flimsy vinyl 45 size disk, the book you might find reprint online somewhere, it Called it the BOX SYSTEM, Which way preceeded anyone calling anything CAGED. In 1970 most song books were geared for Piano. We were EAR players to say the least. NO ELECTRIC tuners, pitch pipes and Tuning forks. Heck even finding a Guitar stand in them days was tough, watch the Beatles Get Back not a Stand in sight, me I always put my guitar in it's case, and or Layed it down, never had a broken Gibson ever. Oh this is a great instructional Video. Kids today got it made, Hence why we see these 10 year old Phenoms. Tim henson was probably a 10 year old Phenom.

[@pierrefitch]

You mean playing scales to backtracks

[@TheBombiboy]

Where are you finding the best backing tracks? KZbin or Spotify?

[@Flyright07]

​@@TheBombiboy youtube yt jam tracks or elevated jams

[@siennagarcia1459]

I bought Brian Kelly's online course and it has taken my guitar playing to the next level!!!

[@zombieguitar]

Thank you Sienna! I really appreciate it. I'm glad to hear that the site has been helpful for ya 😀🎸

[@InsolentMusicalPeasant]

Well that answers a lot of questions. Intervals it is.

[@johnw4659]

Thank you, Brian for explaining all of this so clearly. I've been stuck on this for a long time and now, finally it makes some sense to me.

[@daves6588]

Mr. Kelly. I have been racking my brain trying to learn this instrument for almost 3 years now. Finally I came across your vids. You have a way of explaining that finally clicked. Thank you for your knowledge and method of explaining things. Ill reccommend you to any and everyone.

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks Dave! Glad to hear that the vids are helping for ya. Thanks for following along 😃

[@dustdevilz4771]

As always great video. Learning guitar is like learning a second language, it takes years of study and repetition. Then when you travel to the country of your new language you quickly realize how little you actually know. 😅

[@budsodalsky]

Brian, your videos are a blessing to me. Please keep them out here!

[@mountrussmore]

Great talk. Thanks

[@drdoom1949]

Watched a lot of instructional videos SS, MS, CB, (Shutupandplay) and especially BK (Brian Kelly) and a few others but this one took the cake. I first saw the fret board all layed out with all those numbers and notes and thought WOW!!! How will ever learn all this. Well to my surprise, many years I have been playing all this and didnt have any idea what to call it. After watching the video I think its the most informative video I have ever watched. Am I still trying to absorb this information? YES! You covered many topics which I am presently working on. Thank you.... Thank You..... Thank you... I am 73 years young and live on a very fixed income incapable of donating but, if I could This information would be priceless. Once again Thank you!!!

[@kyuraki]

Truly one of the best Channels for guitar stuff, alltho i didnt learn anything new, it took me weeks as a Beginner to Put all the scattered information into such a usefull frame! Definetly recommend!

[@martynspooner5822]

The guy we all would have loved to have met at the start of playing guitar. If that is you now, then you are really lucky.

[@SenateCOD]

I’m a year and 4 months into learning guitar. Would say I’m above average and a huge testament to that is me discovering Brian’s channel as well as some other amazing ones about a month into playing

[@johnhart2861]

Brian. You are on an unbelievable roll of video production. These past, i don't know how many videos, are in straight forward and simple term understandability. I can't get over how many lights are flashing at the same time. I can't thank you enough. My brain thanks you!

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks John 😃

[@seanwalsh999]

I really learned a lot, till you started the Intervals, I am not quite ready for that level. Thank you for a great explanation, really helped play pentatonic scales over chords.

[@rbigcasino]

Love how u teach,soloing is great give me motivation, glad I joined your course, life time member best money I spent that's going to last a lifetime thank u sir

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks for joining the site! Much appreciated. I'm glad to hear that these vids have been helpful for you. If you have any questions, feel free to ask 😀

[@davidstuart3684]

Thanks again, Brian!! Lots of lightbulbs and aha moments for me!! You are a great teacher. So happy to be a member on Zombie Guitar as well🎸🎶👍

[@karlbrown4635]

awesome eye opening seing the moveable positions in relation to circle of 5ths.

[@kevinmusso2397]

You will know the how much people have benefited from all of your efforts. Rest assured we have. You are making a difference. I appreciate you. You are a natural teacher.

[@eastcoastwilly1373]

Following the BEADGCF patterns make quickly finding the Major notes on the keyboard. Us 2 adjacent strings and start on 6th string 9th fret and follow the pattern down the fretboard towards the nut alternating strings each time you move. Using the same pattern to move from string 6 to 1. Again start on string 6 9th fret...shift the pattern right 1 step at the B string and it's the same pattern....follow to the 5th string on 10th fret. This makes finding your major notes easier...remember your guitar is tuned to 4ths save B string. Remember "BEADGCF"

[@jeffchenko2286]

You explain in few minutes what I found by myself in few.. Years. Congrats!

[@christophergriffith3420]

Top notch good Sir!! Never looked at it that way.

[@MrRobertoHCastro]

Again, brilliant explanation!

[@maheshramchandaani336]

Another enlightening video.....always clear and always insightful....many thanks from India....

[@oldrrocr]

Thanks Brian, I always learn something new from your vids!

[@MustafaBaabad]

Thanks for comprehensive lesson on guitar scale that is easy to memorize. Cheers from Indonesia.

[@andrewbales4660]

Great video Brian.

[@jasonmcentire3541]

Thanks again appreciate your honesty. I will be heading to your website.

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks Jason! 😀

[@danhusband6154]

Always great stuff Brian… thanks buddy

[@keovongvilaykeo4799]

Thanks you great lessons 😊

[@AlexEllwein]

A bonus if you've learn the A minor pentatonic: you've learned a C major pentatonic! Same notes (but the numbers/intervals will be different)

[@destroso]

Thanks for these awesome videos

[@trackerbuckmann1627]

Intervalic note relationships and their subsequent patterns is the key.

[@jimmypavia8444]

thank you master this great technic for me.❤

[@taylor818e6]

Hello Brian, thanks for the reply. I can really use some more advice. I’ve been messing around with guitar since my teens and just turned sixty five. No lesson, no nothing, just goofing around. So I have some dexterity, can play some cords, and sometimes surprise myself just trying to find cords that sound good. Started to get back into it in 2020 and have since watch untold number of KZbin videos on everything I need to learn to progress. I learned The Needle and the Damage Done way back when and now learning to play it right, then the same with Blackbird. So I’m not starting from zero, but now that I realize what I need to learn, it’s overwhelming trying to figure out where to start. My main focus is acoustic, but also want to go electric as well. Acoustic fingerstyle like Tommy and Chet is where I want to get to at some point before I die. Your learn the fretboard got my attention because I now realize the importance of that knowledge, and thought once I learned that it would make learning everything else easier. I’m not afraid of learning anything or any method, just looking for the best use of my time to progress the as fast as possible. I hope you can make sense of my dilemma and let me know what you recommend to get me on the right track. Thanks again, Anthony

[@zombieguitar]

Hey Anthony, just as I said...learn a song, then analyze the theory behind it (assuming your goal is to understand theory). Repeat again for another song, and another... 2 specific non-song related concepts to work on that I would also suggest would be to: 1.) Learn the diatonic scale across the neck (which will have the same patterns for every key) - kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpzTmoN9aqafp68 2.) Learn how to play any chord anywhere on the neck using 4 basic shapes - kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJqZnGCrr7N7aJI

[@ranskal]

Great video...I enjoyed seeing/hearing the demos starting on different notes. Thanks

[@sifudanferrera1173]

You do a great job of making your lessons practical and easy to apply!

[@anthonythornhill8715]

Great lesson

[@jamessbca]

The dude is a walking common sense approach to the instrument in the form of a human, with the theory background and playing chops to back it up.

[@brianstokes2633]

Very informative. I think if you learn the major scale everywhere , you can always find the blue notes. i

[@SuperBigbill2]

Loved this video Brian. I have seen so many of your tutorials, but not this one. Although I know most of what your talking about, I still learnt quite a lot from listening to you here. In fact I would go as far as to say, this video nails when it comes to shapes, intervals, patterns and scale’s, I have never heard it in all my 8 years of playing explained better. So Brian congratulations on another great tutorial and helping me and many others to further our guitar journey, your the best teacher ever, don’t let anyone else tell you differently Regards Bill

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks Bill! I appreciate the words 😃

[@SuperBigbill2]

You deserve it

[@SuperBigbill2]

Shame you don’t live in Thurrock Brian as I would die to have a couple of private guitar lessons with you. Your videos are great, but one to one tutorial I can only imagine would be twice as good. Speak to you again soon Bill

[@dannyc6166]

Great stuff Brian!!!!!👍👏👏👏👏

[@toddshepard3592]

I always learn something from your vids. Thank you !

[@NM-bp6dy]

Fantastic info! Thank you so much Brian.

[@joshuagodinez5867]

Sweet! I want to learn the notes on the fretboard because once you have the intervals down then you can learn the relative position of all the other notes (changing based on what scale you want to play [major, minor, blues]). It feels like this is easier than memorizing a bunch of patterns (the patterns create themselves if you know the root and relative positions). I'd be interested to know why this isn't easier than memorizing patterns first.

[@olavande]

Great video! What’s the name of the demo song?

[@davidreally2639]

Thx boss !

[@chrisminer5884]

I have never learned in terms of boxes. I mapped out the entire fretboard expressed as intervals only. You soon learn below root is 4th two frets back is the flat 7th one above is the 5th and so on. Applies anywhere on the fretboard but you do need to be aware of a one fret difference if you're crossing the B string. So long as you know where the root notes are you can play any key anywhere

[@zombieguitar]

Exactly 😁

[@Silvertip1958]

Hot dang!! Light bulb on, hurting my eyes. I did not know those pentatonic scales can just be moved to the next note. Been doing that on the a minor using all 5 shapes and now the neck is wide open!

[@DaKevMAN100]

Man you need to record a track with those riffs you play showing us how to jam in key. Especially 14:27, so good. Then put that shit on spotify

[@Lotusblue777]

I’m start with this 😊I don’t know any song but know all these stuff arpeggios scales from any note all chords etc It’s good concept for making beats😂😂😂

[@randybailin4902]

This is how I taught my 10-year old son to memorize the fretboard (he already knew the open strings, that strings 1 and 6 are the same notes, the notes down to the 3rd fret and how to tune a guitar.): (1) You only need to learn down to fret 11 because fret 12 begins the repeat of the same notes an octave up (2) Since you know the tuning notes, the 5th fret is always the next string up open, i.e. string 2/5th fret is the same as string 1 open, string 6/5th fret is string 5 open (with the exception of the g string, which is the 4th fret) (3) Since you know that the 5th fret begins a repeat of the prior string from the open position, just apply your knowledge of the top 5 frets of the prior string to walk down to fret 10 I put a capo on the 5th fret (4th fret when we got to the g string) and told him to pretend that the 2nd string was the 1st string, the 3rd string was the 2nd string, the 4th string was the 3rd string, 5th was 4, 6 was 5. He practiced for a few hours and knew the fretboard. He started making observations like fret 10 always being a natural note and fret 11 never being a natural note, fret 9 of the 3rd string is the same as the open 1st string, fret 14 of the 4th string is the same as the open 1st string. Fast forward about a year and he's saying things like: "Dad, did you know that the 6 strings of a guitar are a G major pentatonic?"

[@leoolivero963]

Awesome no-nonsense lesson! Clearly explained. Excellent pace. Thanks Brian.

[@kagenotatsumaki]

GREAT video! This was exactly what I did a year ago when I learned what intervals were after finding Tom Quayle here on KZbin. Now my question is, WHERE WAS THIS VIDEO 3 YEARS AGO??? XD Would have made those first 2 years SO MUCH EASIER! Lmao

[@maxflinter6896]

8:32 magic begins

[@taylor818e6]

Hey Brian, hope all’s well with you. So, I’m just starting out, don’t know any shapes or patterns or any songs, just a handful of cords. Where should I start? Can I dive right into this approach or learn the shapes first? I appreciate your straightforward approach! Thanks, Anthony

[@zombieguitar]

That is a tricky question to answer because everyone has different goals when they first start out. You usually can't go wrong just learning how to play a few songs. From there, spend some time analyzing the theory behind the song. This may be boring, but it will pay off majorly in the long run. Once you've got a few songs and a few attempts at analyzing some songs...then maybe choose a specific theory topic that you want to deep dive into. The 5 Pentantonic Positions and/or how to play basic major and minor chords using various different "shapes" are usually some good places to start!

[@cancelbubble6535]

Great video. I still think the thing missing from your youtube channel is a learning playlist. You have all these amazing videos but what's missing is the *order* in which you think people should watch them to learn things from basic to intermediate to advanced. For example, this video is all about guitar players learning shapes and that those shapes are movable. That's great, but what should people learn before this? And after this? That's where the playlist comes in, it would act as an entire learning journey that can be road mapped out in a logical order. When you release new videos, you just shoehorn those into the proper place in the playlist.

[@zombieguitar]

That's what www.zombieguitar.com is for 😃

[@trinity95624]

@@zombieguitar Your redux definitely helped the zombie site. In a perfect world, the videos would be arranged, numerically or perhaps by difficulty to aid in working through them. I’m actually just acknowledging how much information is on this on the zombie guitar website. I ended up writing down every single video and making myself a checklist to watch, and do them all.

[@zombieguitar]

@@trinity95624 for all of the lessons that are specifically about intervals, you also could go into: In-Depth Lesson Portal > Intervals All of them are right in there!

[@trinity95624]

@@zombieguitar Understood and appreciated! I am currently spending most of my time in the melodic phrases section, learning your lead assemblies and trying to copy your style. It is absolutely paying off in my playing.

[@jjlbridge7877]

Hi beginner here. Is this the same as WHWWHWW? Then for the major scale it’s WWHWWWH? Not sure, just checking. Thanks. Great vids Brian.

[@mabblers]

How do you development that jazzy flair on doing the penetonic shapes?

[@shaianna.1222]

Do you have advice for starting to learn intervals?

[@zombieguitar]

Yes, don't wait any longer and start today! I have a bunch of other videos about intervals. Here's is one you might like: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2KuhYqvgsxnfpY

[@grimreaper-qh2zn]

Great lesson again Brian. My problem occurs in knowing the scale patterns when the root is not on the 6th string. I know the patterns say going from the 5th string up to the first but can't visualise the position of that scale on the 6th string. likewise if I use the root on the 4th string I am fine playing the scale over the 4th 3rd 2nd and 1st string but can't visualise the notes of that scale on the 6th and 5th strings etc. What should I practice?

[@zombieguitar]

I always like to practice a single "patterns" in 2 ways. First, just run up and down the pattern across all 6 strings, regardless of where the root note is located. Second, improvise using the patterns along with a backing track, always maintaining an awareness of where the root (aka. tonic note) is located within the pattern. That has been a very effective way of learning different "patterns" for me personally 😃

[@elizabethanderson2968]

I pick playing up way easier from you than any other tutor on YT

[@rarebear6889]

When you improvise, do you think of the shape or just the intervals? I know my intervals, but when I try to improvise I can't think of them in the moment and I just randomly run through the notes in the pattern and so what I play doesn't sound good

[@zombieguitar]

It's hard to say exactly since I've spent so many years thinking of "layer 1 patterns", followed by many years of thinking in terms of "layer 2 patterns"...I'd say that i primarily think in terms of layer 1 patterns, but intervals as they pertain to layer 2. If that makes sense 😁

[@rarebear6889]

@@zombieguitar thanks for your reply 😇 do u also have any tips or videos for how to build ear training for the scale patterns? I'm working on 3nps 7 patterns. Right now I'm just noodling around w/ pattern 1 and 2. Should I only add more patterns if I'm able to create the melodies I want to hear in that pattern?

[@a.grujic8905]

A bit confusing. How do intervals fit into scales, arpeggios, modes? To describe scale better, or chords? Or both? Why is Aminor defined via mode formula in this video (not via Cmaj)?

[@zombieguitar]

Everything can be broken down into intervals! I've done a bunch of lessons about intervals before. Here's one you might want to check out 😁: kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2KuhYqvgsxnfpY

[@a.grujic8905]

@@zombieguitar Are you joking with me, hehe? This link is about 5 pentatonic positions and modes, not intervals.

[@a.grujic8905]

OK, I've watched it, intervals start later in the video. I get the concept, but it's too much for me right now. I'll stick with maj/min, and try to figure out chord tone targeting.

[@jamessbca]

Just sign me up for your mailing list when you run for president of the United States. That's all I ask. People are so lucky to have this information available. I had a false start at guitar 25 years ago. Had this been available, I'd have an additional 20 years under my belt :)

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks James! Glad to hear the vids have been helping. I appreciate you watching 😀

[@mikestroud9969]

Just like the song remains the same, the shapes remain the same lol. Another great lesson Big B. Thanks Bro 😎👍👌💯🎸🎸

[@cyborgcobra9997]

Is this ibanez guitar?

[@zombieguitar]

It's a Shecter 😁

[@Kmaczzz]

Thanks Brian. Always enjoy your material. I've been doing this and I've used this number sequence to help me as well. Fourths. 7362514 b7 b3 b6 b2 b5 (7 3...)

[@zorr6271]

I just had my ah-ha moment in Guitar.

[@timroy1535]

Yeah...can you teach the other teachers your methods please.i don't play guitar I play bass and love his pinpoint no BS

[@ronniesearcy6602]

Hi Brian, hey I haven't been on in a while and I d like to know where I need to go to get on board again. I'm not sure about my username or password. Thank you. If you can just send me a message in my Gmail. I do appreciate all you do. I'm retired so it's been difficult to donate or anything. Especially during the last couple of years. Thanks again

[@zombieguitar]

Hey Ronnie if you are already a member of the site, just shoot me an email at [e-mail] 😁

[@DaddySaysNo]

Why did you bounce around from Major chord shapes to minor pentatonic shapes? I didn’t see why those two different voicings were being used. This could potentially save young guitarist a headache by just staying with a Major chord shape and then showing the Major pentatonic shape and how two are related.

[@zombieguitar]

That's because the first chords that a beginner typically learns are mostly open major chords, and the first scale that they typically learn is the minor pentatonic scale. The objective here is to learn to pay attention to intervals, as they are the key to "moving" any chord shape or scale pattern up or down the fretboard. A beginning guitarist needs to learn how to identify the overall KEY of a chord progression, and then to play the one single 7-note scale known as the "diatonic scale" (or the reduced 5-note scale known as the pentantonic scale) over the entire progression. That is a concept that I repeat over and over and over in almost every video 😁

[@DaddySaysNo]

Thank you… I can agree with that since that’s pretty much how I began…some 40+ years ago…Major open chords and minor pentatonic at the 5th fret. Still confuses me when I sit with someone and they jump straight to the minor pentatonic when the chord is Major. Seems to be the standard go to since the Major pentatonic pattern (1st position) differs greatly in the beginners mind but they just want the root to be first note of the pattern sequence and the minor provides that for them and ends up being something they have to relearn again. I just found your channel a few weeks ago and enjoy your teachings.