Finally. after years of confusion, a bunch of videos trying to simplify things that only make it harder for me to understand. this feels the right, old fashioned way to learn it. I highly recommend everyone to just put on a C backing track and start learning to first shape. after that move down the neck, I can finally see some improvement just by trying this out, thank you so much Also, sick telecaster man
Great lesson! It’s so important to always be aware of where your root notes are to actually understand your scale patterns, instead of just playing them mindlessly.
Wow! Long time player, mostly strumming and some picking. Finally in the process of learning scales/patterns and some theory. Currently taking face to face lessons and was hesitant about scrolling on YT because I did not want it to interfere with my lessons and send me down another rabbit hole; then I rolled onto this Gem. Jared, thank you for this comprehensive lesson. I may have to dig into your other material. Hoping someday this will all makes sense and I will start to see improvement in my guitar learning journey. This instructional video really helps.
4 months later i'm still working through this, among other things, this is a really great lesson. practicing scales and focusing on root note really helps me not just randomly play the scale pattern.
I watched this video, took notes and am happy to say I know the major scale back and forth. Really awesome plan. I use the pentatonic as a skeleton to speed up and down the neck and fill in as I go, truly a worthwhile video.
It's about time I got into the music theory. After learning the 5 pentatonic scales these are great to learn after by adding a few notes. It's not so much to take in all at once and you can start playing almost straight way once you have each box down. Just got to start mixing up and down the fret board now. Thank you very much
This was great! The “positions” an are built around the next occurrence of the root note and the “form” is the string on which that root note falls. Makes sense to me
I’ve been playing a while but don’t like learning theory. I’m using this to sort my sh*t out and finally stop not being able to know where to play solo’s when music is being played in certain keys. I’m liking this dude so thanks for the help
Excellent! I have pretty much mastered this after almost a year of playing these consistently. It's awesome to have that kind of freedom on the fretboard. However, turning that into melodic statements to match a song is still time consuming. I guess there is no way out of having to pick out and learn the melody for each song. One thing I have noticed though is that while I was learning these, the ear becomes trained. Your ear and the fingers tend to work together almost subconsciously. That's a great help! Thanks Jarod.
Hi Jared, I have been following your scale series for the last couple of days and would to let you know that this morning it finally clicked for me. I can now see how the 5 patterns fit on the fretboard. I’ll definitely be buying you a drink 🍺🍺 or two. Thank you 🙏. It feels like when I took the training wheels off my might many years ago. 👍👍👍 The thing that helped me the most was the root to root idea. Very useful!
Excellent review and lesson guidance. NOW these make sense! After 5 months restarting guitar, I’ve tried different lessons on scale patterns and a bit confounded on how to start/practice and why! This went a long way to locking in the why and making sense of it all. Great practice guidance and throughly appreciated. Professional presentation skills too.
This is the first set of exercises I've found that 'clicked'. It might be obvious why we need to learn scales, but every time I've done so in the past it has felt too abstract. Like learning a chord shape but never knowing how to use the chord. Now that I've begun playing in a style which must be mostly improvised (ambient guitar) I realised it's now or never for learning the fretboard in a way that makes sense. The focus on always returning to the root note in these exercises is the specific thing I've found most useful. Obvious indeed, but it was never really that obvious to me.
I really like this mapping as compared to the "7 positions" you will often find. These make more sense based on chord forms, and map directly to the 5 pentatonic positions. If you know how these connect to each other, you get the overlapping positions from the "7 positions" automatically, in an easier way to visualize and map to chords!
This is excellent, it’s such a pleasure to learn from someone who so clearly wants me to learn ❤ Could I ask a question though…do you have a video on playing scales with alternating fingers (right hand)? I’m not too sure what you mean, is that as a bass player would do?
Great lesson, Jared 👍 Thank You 🙏🦘 just starting to learn the guitar more serious and learning to familiarise myself with the Major scale on the fretboard.
For those of us who haven't mastered the circle of fifths/fourths, chord theory, scales, and modes on guitar. Piano is easy to see the circle of 5ths/4ths compared to guitar. Guitar is tuned in fourths, except from G to B string causes brain cloud. Grab a circle of 5ths, start with major key pattern C and fret sort of bar chord low E string 8th fret. Notes are not in order of scale, but you can see all the notes with this simple movable pattern using circle of 4ths,( circle anti-clockwise) starting at the C key. Notes in this order..CFGBEAD low E to high E string..after you play the F on 5th string, follow with fingering the G note 10th fret on 5th string also, then B&E notes on 9th fret, then 4th finger bar A&D notes at the 10th fret. You just played a pattern that gives you all the note names in C major scale #'s and b's there are none...Now move the pattern down to the 1st fret, so you have all the notes in the key of F major scale...continue around circle of 4ths..up and down the neck.. 1 pattern, guess what you will see Key of F major has 1 b - note Bb, etc. etc. now you can have a visual on guitar to help you study the circle of 5ths/4ths for Major keys anytime you want to see what notes in the the key..All you have to do to learn building chords and scales is identify the scale degree of each note in the scale and some of Jareds chord theory lessons on how to build chords from the scales.. once you get the basics, all the pattern lessons and theory about scales and chords will begin to make sense. The number thing for the patterns is just the scales degree of the notes..draw out the 1 pattern I put here, label each note with the note name and the scale degree number, stick with the numbers between 1 and 7, 8 is just the 1 again. But with this pattern you will only have 1 thru 7 not in order. But this will work for any Major Key Scale. Helps when memory not so good. Haven't seen any pattern lesson that ties fretboard to circle of 5ths 1 pattern this simple.
When I first learned scales, I played them using scale degrees; then I saw this video and was shocked to see them taught in another way. While I did get the hang of them, I do think the speed is too fast for myself and possibly others who are learning scales. I only speak on my behalf and my low playing skills haha 😅
This is the most irformative channel I’ve ever came across on UA-cam. So much valuable information! I wish I’d found this years ago!!! Thank you so much!
Hi Steff. Thanks for asking. I'll have a PDF download of all the parent scales in the future, but for now you can grab the image file that embedded on the blog post for this lesson on my website here: www.soundguitarlessons.com/blog/major-scale-guitar-patterns - just scroll down and you'll see it. - hope that helps! Cheers, Jared
I don't have that handy unfortunately, but that's a great idea and I'll add that to my list of resources to create. In the meantime this video might be helpful for the scale fingerings: ua-cam.com/video/NbbfDUp62KQ/v-deo.html
Unlike the piano, you would notice that the basic guitar scales and chords are all formed based on the CAGED system, even if you play an open chord, it's already built on the basis of barre chords. If you shift the key around without using the capo, every simple triad chords that you play on the guitar is all based on different forms of barre chords
I've been watching your videos in this scale series. They are massively helpful and well explained! In each one, you recommend "improvising targeting the root." To do so, is it okay to just take songs we like and improvise soloing over them using the scale forms/patterns that are appropriate for the song?
So in major/minor pentatonics you can find the scale just by picking the which note you want to start with using the 6th string. The major scale is completely different? That's what I'm trying to figure out.
I feel like this would be more helpful with memorizing the fretboard more than most other methods on UA-cam. Would I be wrong in that assumption or do you guys agree?
Now this is C major . How do I move the patterns when I am playing in a different key? Let's say I want to play in E major? How will I move the patterns to fit this ? Like you started with A pattern for C major ,what should be my first pattern for E major? Any easy way to determine this instantly?
EXACTLY!! I would like to see him explain this. What does the pattern look like for G major? Surely don’t use the same pattern A pattern right…? How do you determine what the pattern looks like for each different key?? Video is a bit misleading making it seem like a one size fits all and not really giving examples of different key patterns. That’s what this video needs. Very easy for someone that knows what they’re looking for already.
Would someone explain to me how the G form for the key of G would work on an acoustic guitar? Because if I start off on the third fret, I don’t have enough frets higher up. But if I start at the 15th fret I don’t have enough space further down the neck. Please help! PS: should every key move sequentially further up the neck with the different forms?
Is there any stipulation on which finger to land on the root notes that economizes or makes fretting more efficient? And thanks, your lessons have single-handedly instilled confidence and belief in myself, and pushed me across the line to take the next step as a serious learner after a gap of over 15 years when I didn't have a guitar or even touched one.
I practice what is most ergonomic for my style and the direction you want to take the exercise. For memorizing the root octaves, try using fingerings that feel better to focus on the different movement and sound of each position
Thanks. That really makes sense. Landing on the roots with the finger that best serves as the anchor to launch the other fingers up or down the scale as needed. I have relatively shortish fingers making this aspect all the more crucial. So every nugget of advice helps.
@@PemaWangchuk12 I am on the same page as you😂 when I was first discovering the major scale and practicing them, I had trouble with finding advice about the technical fingering. It really doesn't matter how you finger any of the playing, just be careful getting stuck in one scale position. Practicing different fingerings when moving between patterns will be a great exercise for your finger independence and versatility as well. The important thing is to visualize and understand the relationships you learn along the way! Best of luck on your journey man
I could definiltey do a lesson on that. Anything about CAGED in particular that you'd find especially helpful to hear about, or would just a general overview/introduction of it be the best? Thanks!!
@@soundguitar i mean you can do an entire lesson playlist on it. Start with an overview. Then how to find chords on the neck (maj min, 7ths, 9ths and 11's
@@l.a.covers8400 Awesome, thanks for the detailed suggestions - I really appreciate it and I'll take these all into consideration for planning out future lessons :)
@@soundguitar dont mention it. I really love the free content you got here. You dont try to bait us into buying your course or whatever. You just wanna teach and i appreciate that
Just curious then, so if a song is in say G Minor, I should use the G minor shape, and if the song is in major, I should use the major shape position. However I can play either shape as long as its in the correct position. Thanks Great videos.
Jared it has taken me about 2-3 weeks to get all these patterns down smoothly as a daily practice. Should I continue now with your “how to master guitar scales” video? I see that both have different intensions but does the order in which we learn the content matter. Anyone with an opinion on this: feel free to answer. Thx.
Great question and awesome work getting through those, and congrats on your consistent practicing! The order for what to work on next doesn't matter so long as it's aligned with your goals. If it's something you want to be improving at then it's a great next option :) There's no one linear path that everyone should follow. Thanks for asking!
This looks easy for someone who knows what they’re doing and what to look for… yes you use the A pattern for the C major scale but what’s the pattern if I want to start in E major, G major, or A major?? What’s it look like or how does it move to suit the key? How are you determining what the patterns looks like? Can you post an example in a PDF or video?
The patterns are the same, you just shift them left or right on the fretboard so that the root notes (marked with red on Jared's diagram) are the desired note.
This is a great video but you missed one important thing. You briefly mentioned it but didn't show how to play these in different keys. You should explain how the numbers on these patterns will change depending on the key. I can see how some are confused because they might think the "A Form" you show here at the first 6 frets can be applied to any key, lets say G major. They might think ok in that A Form pattern the G just becomes my 1, A 2 and so on. Unfortunately that's not true and they will find out when their 7 ends up being F instead of F#. Why? Because you only showed them these patterns in C major. It would be helpful I think if you just showed the same patterns/forms applied to different keys. In the case of G major they would want to use "E Form" on the first 5 frets with 3rd fret low E string G note being the 1 but that isn't very clear in this video. Going from left to right on the fretboard, the CAGED order for C major is AGEDC but for G major it's EDCAG. Just trying to help. You make great content that has helped me a lot!
They are the note order of the scale. C major consists of C, D, E, F, G, A, B. Each note corresponds to the number. 1 is C (the ROOT note), 2 is D, 3 is E, 4 is F, 5 is G, 6 is A, 7 is B. Let's say you want to play in G major. If you pause the video at 2:56 and look at the "E Form" that's what you would apply if you wanted to start on the 3rd fret of the low E string which is the note G. So when you look at "E Form" and the numbers just put that number 1 as starting on the 3rd fret of the low E string and play the pattern from there. Now G = 1, A = 2, B = 3, C = 4, D = 5, E = 6, 7 = F#. He briefly touches on playing in different keys around 7:05 to 7:23
For A form, what is the 3rd note you are playing on b string? If I start the same pattern for C scal, this note is giving A#, which is not a C scale note... is my understanding Correct?
Its not dumb! A major chord is made up of the 1st 3rd and 5th of the major scale. If you would fret those positions in the A form then you would get the same shape as you would fret an open A major chord. If you fret the 1, 3 and 5 of the G form then it would look like an open G major chord et.c.
Not a bad lesson but it could be improved by a lot if the graphics were dynamic, showing what it is your playing on the fret board on the graphics as you're playing it.
Thanks for watching. That takes hours and hours of extra editing time, but I do do that on many of my other scale videos. Check out my other scale videos to see that in action. Ideally I'd always highlight what I'm playing, but sometimes I just don't have the time to edit it that way, so I do my best with the time I have.
Those numbers are the notes don't mind them if you don't know music theory. Just follow the shape the low E string is the one at the bottom and the high E string is the one at the top. It's reversed.
This doesn't help with the integration of the different patterns. When you can do that I feel that's when you'll REALLY feel completely confident on the fretboard.
Great vid but you went too fast when demonstrating. If you could go note by note slowly that’d help a lot because I’m not even sure where you started. Was it on the one ? Or ...
Well, it's because this way you got the notes on different positions with different sounds, it may sound unnecessary, but it gives more options when you try to find chords for your progressions, and also chords sound different in distinct parts of the fretboard.
Something that helps me is seeing it like a cooking knife collection, you can make everything with the same knife, but using more suitable ones for certain labors is more practical and gives better results overall.
@@dashelljohnson6714 or to put it in a less hostile way, just practice the basics more. If this is still difficult for you, keep on your learning journey, you'll get there eventually
Thanks for the video, but it's not helping me learn scales. Please explain why the shapes are labelled A form, G form etc. This matters. Don't make assumptions that the learner will know this. It causes a stumbling block.
Yeah that part was very quick and not explained in depth. If you look at A form diagram and imagine every 1st, 3rd, and 5th are being fretted, it turns out that’s the shape of the open A chord (open 6th string plays the E, open 5th plays the A, 4th string second fret plays the E, etc…) Think about how you would play each of the chords and take another look at the diagrams, see if you can spot the similarity. Cheers!
I'm really not trying to bust balls, video says easy way to learn. You literally switched from numbers to letters and still named them, but... noW* you have no clue which comes next because the letters aren't even in any order, you could have just taught whatever in firm 1,2,3 et. So we knew which form was next in line to go up the neck
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C'mon guys this channel deserves a million subscribers :) This lesson has further helped me to connect the 5 shapes over the fretboard.
Glad it helped! You're very kind :)
Though RIP to those who tried this on a acoustic guitar,
Without a doubt !
Finally. after years of confusion, a bunch of videos trying to simplify things that only make it harder for me to understand. this feels the right, old fashioned way to learn it. I highly recommend everyone to just put on a C backing track and start learning to first shape. after that move down the neck, I can finally see some improvement just by trying this out, thank you so much
Also, sick telecaster man
Great lesson! It’s so important to always be aware of where your root notes are to actually understand your scale patterns, instead of just playing them mindlessly.
Exactly! Thanks :)
Wow! Long time player, mostly strumming and some picking. Finally in the process of learning scales/patterns and some theory. Currently taking face to face lessons and was hesitant about scrolling on YT because I did not want it to interfere with my lessons and send me down another rabbit hole; then I rolled onto this Gem. Jared, thank you for this comprehensive lesson. I may have to dig into your other material. Hoping someday this will all makes sense and I will start to see improvement in my guitar learning journey. This instructional video really helps.
I'm so glad this helped! Thanks for your feedback and enthusiasm :)
4 months later i'm still working through this, among other things, this is a really great lesson. practicing scales and focusing on root note really helps me not just randomly play the scale pattern.
Your guitar lessons really helped me play better and understand music theory easily. Thank you.
Keep it up
Yay, glad you found them helpful! Thanks :)
the calm vibe is so conducive to learning. 🖖
Cheers, thanks! :) ~~ J
I watched this video, took notes and am happy to say I know the major scale back and forth. Really awesome plan. I use the pentatonic as a skeleton to speed up and down the neck and fill in as I go, truly a worthwhile video.
It's about time I got into the music theory. After learning the 5 pentatonic scales these are great to learn after by adding a few notes. It's not so much to take in all at once and you can start playing almost straight way once you have each box down. Just got to start mixing up and down the fret board now. Thank you very much
Thanks!
Thank you so much!! 🙏
simple. straightforward easy to understand definitely deserve a thumb up.
This was great! The “positions” an are built around the next occurrence of the root note and the “form” is the string on which that root note falls. Makes sense to me
I’ve been playing a while but don’t like learning theory. I’m using this to sort my sh*t out and finally stop not being able to know where to play solo’s when music is being played in certain keys. I’m liking this dude so thanks for the help
Man! I've been searching for "this" video for the last 3 months. So glad I found you! Thank you sir, liked and subbed!
Best on YT. All the others are just not giving you the basics. Don’t learn the 5 note scales, learn this and subtract notes if you want.
I was a bit lost in learning the major scales and your video made everything seem clearer for me. thanks a lot
Your lessons are really well detailed and powerful! Honestly thank you Jared, doing wonders on my mind and knowledge level :) ! 🙏
Glad you like them! It's my pleasure. Thanks, Stuart!
So good. Everyone learns differently. Your teachings are incredible. Really helpful for me and the way i like things taught.
Cheers
Excellent! I have pretty much mastered this after almost a year of playing these consistently. It's awesome to have that kind of freedom on the fretboard. However, turning that into melodic statements to match a song is still time consuming. I guess there is no way out of having to pick out and learn the melody for each song. One thing I have noticed though is that while I was learning these, the ear becomes trained. Your ear and the fingers tend to work together almost subconsciously. That's a great help! Thanks Jarod.
Hi Jared, I have been following your scale series for the last couple of days and would to let you know that this morning it finally clicked for me. I can now see how the 5 patterns fit on the fretboard. I’ll definitely be buying you a drink 🍺🍺 or two. Thank you 🙏. It feels like when I took the training wheels off my might many years ago. 👍👍👍
The thing that helped me the most was the root to root idea. Very useful!
Yay! Congrats on breaking through to a new level of understanding. That's great to hear!! :) Thanks for sharing your progress :) ~~ Jared
such a nice content...
What I really appreciate : the calm tone ...
No overplayed YT content excitment.
Thanks.
This tutorial literally opened my mapping mind!
Thank you!
Excellent review and lesson guidance. NOW these make sense! After 5 months restarting guitar, I’ve tried different lessons on scale patterns and a bit confounded on how to start/practice and why! This went a long way to locking in the why and making sense of it all. Great practice guidance and throughly appreciated. Professional presentation skills too.
Yay! I'm happy it helped :)
These lessons always tie-up the loose ends with missing skills to practice. Thanks
This is the first set of exercises I've found that 'clicked'. It might be obvious why we need to learn scales, but every time I've done so in the past it has felt too abstract. Like learning a chord shape but never knowing how to use the chord. Now that I've begun playing in a style which must be mostly improvised (ambient guitar) I realised it's now or never for learning the fretboard in a way that makes sense. The focus on always returning to the root note in these exercises is the specific thing I've found most useful. Obvious indeed, but it was never really that obvious to me.
Best lesson ever!!! So clear and helpful - Thank you so much. :)
Another great video Jared. Thank you!
Thanks, Sean!
Great lesson and lovely clean playing, thanks! Now do it on your unicycle 😅
I really like this mapping as compared to the "7 positions" you will often find. These make more sense based on chord forms, and map directly to the 5 pentatonic positions. If you know how these connect to each other, you get the overlapping positions from the "7 positions" automatically, in an easier way to visualize and map to chords!
Brilliant clean explanation much appreciated
This is excellent, it’s such a pleasure to learn from someone who so clearly wants me to learn ❤ Could I ask a question though…do you have a video on playing scales with alternating fingers (right hand)? I’m not too sure what you mean, is that as a bass player would do?
you really help me play better thank you
Glad to hear it! You're welcome, thank YOU
Excellent ! I have a definitely 👍 different outlook on scales patterns,I've been playing for 45 years. Thank you 😊.
45 years ! Wtf lol U should be the GOAT by now
Great lesson, Jared 👍 Thank You 🙏🦘 just starting to learn the guitar more serious and learning to familiarise myself with the Major scale on the fretboard.
Right on, Otman! Keep it up! :)
For those of us who haven't mastered the circle of fifths/fourths, chord theory, scales, and modes on guitar. Piano is easy to see the circle of 5ths/4ths compared to guitar. Guitar is tuned in fourths, except from G to B string causes brain cloud. Grab a circle of 5ths, start with major key pattern C and fret sort of bar chord low E string 8th fret. Notes are not in order of scale, but you can see all the notes with this simple movable pattern using circle of 4ths,( circle anti-clockwise) starting at the C key. Notes in this order..CFGBEAD low E to high E string..after you play the F on 5th string, follow with fingering the G note 10th fret on 5th string also, then B&E notes on 9th fret, then 4th finger bar A&D notes at the 10th fret. You just played a pattern that gives you all the note names in C major scale #'s and b's there are none...Now move the pattern down to the 1st fret, so you have all the notes in the key of F major scale...continue around circle of 4ths..up and down the neck.. 1 pattern, guess what you will see Key of F major has 1 b - note Bb, etc. etc. now you can have a visual on guitar to help you study the circle of 5ths/4ths for Major keys anytime you want to see what notes in the the key..All you have to do to learn building chords and scales is identify the scale degree of each note in the scale and some of Jareds chord theory lessons on how to build chords from the scales.. once you get the basics, all the pattern lessons and theory about scales and chords will begin to make sense. The number thing for the patterns is just the scales degree of the notes..draw out the 1 pattern I put here, label each note with the note name and the scale degree number, stick with the numbers between 1 and 7, 8 is just the 1 again. But with this pattern you will only have 1 thru 7 not in order. But this will work for any Major Key Scale. Helps when memory not so good. Haven't seen any pattern lesson that ties fretboard to circle of 5ths 1 pattern this simple.
Great lesson. I didn't know that about the Root. Thanks
Glad it was helpful!
When I first learned scales, I played them using scale degrees; then I saw this video and was shocked to see them taught in another way. While I did get the hang of them, I do think the speed is too fast for myself and possibly others who are learning scales. I only speak on my behalf and my low playing skills haha 😅
Awesome tutorial great visuals!
Thanks!
Great lesson! Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
This makes so much sense, thank-you 👏
Really helpful thanks ❤💥
This is the most irformative channel I’ve ever came across on UA-cam. So much valuable information! I wish I’d found this years ago!!! Thank you so much!
Wow, thank you!
Hi Jared your videos are the best.
would it be possible to create a PDF for this major scale topic that would be great
Hi Steff. Thanks for asking. I'll have a PDF download of all the parent scales in the future, but for now you can grab the image file that embedded on the blog post for this lesson on my website here: www.soundguitarlessons.com/blog/major-scale-guitar-patterns - just scroll down and you'll see it. - hope that helps! Cheers, Jared
incredible channel! Thanks!
Hello Jared, is the major scale (5) pattern sheet you showed available for printing? Thanks! 🎸
Yes, it is! go to soundguitarlessons.com/scales to get it along with many other scales.
Excellent thanks 😊
Thank YOU
Can we play D form pattern on first 4 frets or anywhere on fretboard?
Do you by chance have the same scale diagrams with the finger numbering instead of the scale degree? I would find that very helpful. Thanks.
I don't have that handy unfortunately, but that's a great idea and I'll add that to my list of resources to create. In the meantime this video might be helpful for the scale fingerings: ua-cam.com/video/NbbfDUp62KQ/v-deo.html
@@soundguitar That is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks!
Awesome! :)
Unlike the piano, you would notice that the basic guitar scales and chords are all formed based on the CAGED system, even if you play an open chord, it's already built on the basis of barre chords. If you shift the key around without using the capo, every simple triad chords that you play on the guitar is all based on different forms of barre chords
I've been watching your videos in this scale series. They are massively helpful and well explained! In each one, you recommend "improvising targeting the root." To do so, is it okay to just take songs we like and improvise soloing over them using the scale forms/patterns that are appropriate for the song?
*Very interesting sharing!👍🛎 wish you success!*
So in major/minor pentatonics you can find the scale just by picking the which note you want to start with using the 6th string.
The major scale is completely different? That's what I'm trying to figure out.
I first learnt the pentatonic shapes, then added the other 2 notes later on.
I feel like this would be more helpful with memorizing the fretboard more than most other methods on UA-cam. Would I be wrong in that assumption or do you guys agree?
It's working better for me (after just a few days) than any other lesson I've seen on here.
@@Normandy_Mike ok, thanks mate! Cheers
Is this ultra tele your playing?
Great lesson
Now this is C major . How do I move the patterns when I am playing in a different key? Let's say I want to play in E major? How will I move the patterns to fit this ? Like you started with A pattern for C major ,what should be my first pattern for E major? Any easy way to determine this instantly?
EXACTLY!! I would like to see him explain this. What does the pattern look like for G major? Surely don’t use the same pattern A pattern right…? How do you determine what the pattern looks like for each different key?? Video is a bit misleading making it seem like a one size fits all and not really giving examples of different key patterns. That’s what this video needs. Very easy for someone that knows what they’re looking for already.
@@bustis84kinda late response but, the patterns are the exact same you just move the pattern and boom its a different scale
Would someone explain to me how the G form for the key of G would work on an acoustic guitar? Because if I start off on the third fret, I don’t have enough frets higher up. But if I start at the 15th fret I don’t have enough space further down the neck. Please help!
PS: should every key move sequentially further up the neck with the different forms?
Is there any stipulation on which finger to land on the root notes that economizes or makes fretting more efficient? And thanks, your lessons have single-handedly instilled confidence and belief in myself, and pushed me across the line to take the next step as a serious learner after a gap of over 15 years when I didn't have a guitar or even touched one.
I practice what is most ergonomic for my style and the direction you want to take the exercise. For memorizing the root octaves, try using fingerings that feel better to focus on the different movement and sound of each position
Thanks. That really makes sense. Landing on the roots with the finger that best serves as the anchor to launch the other fingers up or down the scale as needed. I have relatively shortish fingers making this aspect all the more crucial. So every nugget of advice helps.
@@PemaWangchuk12 I am on the same page as you😂 when I was first discovering the major scale and practicing them, I had trouble with finding advice about the technical fingering. It really doesn't matter how you finger any of the playing, just be careful getting stuck in one scale position. Practicing different fingerings when moving between patterns will be a great exercise for your finger independence and versatility as well. The important thing is to visualize and understand the relationships you learn along the way! Best of luck on your journey man
Hey Jared. Are you planning to Cover the CAGED system anytime soon?
I could definiltey do a lesson on that. Anything about CAGED in particular that you'd find especially helpful to hear about, or would just a general overview/introduction of it be the best? Thanks!!
@@soundguitar i mean you can do an entire lesson playlist on it. Start with an overview. Then how to find chords on the neck (maj min, 7ths, 9ths and 11's
@@l.a.covers8400 Awesome, thanks for the detailed suggestions - I really appreciate it and I'll take these all into consideration for planning out future lessons :)
@@soundguitar dont mention it. I really love the free content you got here. You dont try to bait us into buying your course or whatever. You just wanna teach and i appreciate that
@@l.a.covers8400 Thanks so much, glad you're liking the lessons!
Just curious then, so if a song is in say G Minor, I should use the G minor shape, and if the song is in major, I should use the major shape position. However I can play either shape as long as its in the correct position. Thanks Great videos.
Adore your lessons, simply amazing!
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Jared it has taken me about 2-3 weeks to get all these patterns down smoothly as a daily practice. Should I continue now with your “how to master guitar scales” video? I see that both have different intensions but does the order in which we learn the content matter. Anyone with an opinion on this: feel free to answer. Thx.
Great question and awesome work getting through those, and congrats on your consistent practicing! The order for what to work on next doesn't matter so long as it's aligned with your goals. If it's something you want to be improving at then it's a great next option :) There's no one linear path that everyone should follow. Thanks for asking!
This looks easy for someone who knows what they’re doing and what to look for… yes you use the A pattern for the C major scale but what’s the pattern if I want to start in E major, G major, or A major?? What’s it look like or how does it move to suit the key? How are you determining what the patterns looks like? Can you post an example in a PDF or video?
The patterns are the same, you just shift them left or right on the fretboard so that the root notes (marked with red on Jared's diagram) are the desired note.
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This is a great video but you missed one important thing. You briefly mentioned it but didn't show how to play these in different keys. You should explain how the numbers on these patterns will change depending on the key.
I can see how some are confused because they might think the "A Form" you show here at the first 6 frets can be applied to any key, lets say G major. They might think ok in that A Form pattern the G just becomes my 1, A 2 and so on. Unfortunately that's not true and they will find out when their 7 ends up being F instead of F#. Why? Because you only showed them these patterns in C major. It would be helpful I think if you just showed the same patterns/forms applied to different keys. In the case of G major they would want to use "E Form" on the first 5 frets with 3rd fret low E string G note being the 1 but that isn't very clear in this video. Going from left to right on the fretboard, the CAGED order for C major is AGEDC but for G major it's EDCAG.
Just trying to help. You make great content that has helped me a lot!
this has made me so confused
Thank you, I got a question , what do the numbers mean on the scale chart?
They are the note order of the scale. C major consists of C, D, E, F, G, A, B. Each note corresponds to the number.
1 is C (the ROOT note), 2 is D, 3 is E, 4 is F, 5 is G, 6 is A, 7 is B.
Let's say you want to play in G major. If you pause the video at 2:56 and look at the "E Form" that's what you would apply if you wanted to start on the 3rd fret of the low E string which is the note G. So when you look at "E Form" and the numbers just put that number 1 as starting on the 3rd fret of the low E string and play the pattern from there. Now G = 1, A = 2, B = 3, C = 4, D = 5, E = 6, 7 = F#. He briefly touches on playing in different keys around 7:05 to 7:23
Ive seen somewhere that there are 7 patterns for major scales- am I wrong or there are only 5 presented here?
Is the scale form you are teaching above the Major or as I have learned it the Mixolydian?
For A form, what is the 3rd note you are playing on b string? If I start the same pattern for C scal, this note is giving A#, which is not a C scale note... is my understanding Correct?
If you look at the A form (pause at 2:28) the 3 notes played on B string are the notes D, E, F or the 2rd, 3rd, and 4th degree of the C major scale.
Do you have a video that actually shows us how to start or play the major scales?
This vídeo is so helpful, but I can't play other key than C with these partten, it doesn't match 😭 Can anyone help me??
I feel dumb asking this but why is the A Shape root a C?
Its not dumb! A major chord is made up of the 1st 3rd and 5th of the major scale. If you would fret those positions in the A form then you would get the same shape as you would fret an open A major chord. If you fret the 1, 3 and 5 of the G form then it would look like an open G major chord et.c.
Not a bad lesson but it could be improved by a lot if the graphics were dynamic, showing what it is your playing on the fret board on the graphics as you're playing it.
Thanks for watching. That takes hours and hours of extra editing time, but I do do that on many of my other scale videos. Check out my other scale videos to see that in action. Ideally I'd always highlight what I'm playing, but sometimes I just don't have the time to edit it that way, so I do my best with the time I have.
How do I read the chart for the scales im so confused
fr its just random numbers i dont get it
Those numbers are the notes don't mind them if you don't know music theory. Just follow the shape the low E string is the one at the bottom and the high E string is the one at the top. It's reversed.
This doesn't help with the integration of the different patterns. When you can do that I feel that's when you'll REALLY feel completely confident on the fretboard.
I have lessons on that too. Here's one of them: ua-cam.com/video/P4m4vVAcmTw/v-deo.html
i can play and I am not following the written layout with what he plays. He is on the 6 th fret a lot and 1st pattern is only there 1 time.
Great vid but you went too fast when demonstrating. If you could go note by note slowly that’d help a lot because I’m not even sure where you started. Was it on the one ? Or ...
Sorry that it was too fast! Yes, always starting on the 1 of the scale for this exercise
Why not just use the a form for all the notes? Why 5 patterns?
Well, it's because this way you got the notes on different positions with different sounds, it may sound unnecessary, but it gives more options when you try to find chords for your progressions, and also chords sound different in distinct parts of the fretboard.
Something that helps me is seeing it like a cooking knife collection, you can make everything with the same knife, but using more suitable ones for certain labors is more practical and gives better results overall.
And also complements the caged system.
I got lost at melodic patterns. Despite the instructions I don't know how to do it.
I’ve been playing for lil over 60 years lol. I still don’t understand and yea. Goes kinda fast.
You should play slower when you explain:) would be nice.
U can slow it down from the settings
I always wish people would play at speed.
Haha if u can't keep up dont watch just get better
@@dashelljohnson6714 or to put it in a less hostile way, just practice the basics more. If this is still difficult for you, keep on your learning journey, you'll get there eventually
@@dashelljohnson6714 dropping a "sounds like a skill issue" in a guitar basics video is certainly a choice
what you play in guitar is different from what you show in the major scale pattern that's why it's confusing
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So you’re stuck on how to work the cage system into your practicing. I’ll show you how.. using your musical theory background etc… 😮
I thought positions and patterns are different things
Its all about the mode patterns 😂
Thanks for the video, but it's not helping me learn scales. Please explain why the shapes are labelled A form, G form etc. This matters. Don't make assumptions that the learner will know this. It causes a stumbling block.
Yeah that part was very quick and not explained in depth.
If you look at A form diagram and imagine every 1st, 3rd, and 5th are being fretted, it turns out that’s the shape of the open A chord (open 6th string plays the E, open 5th plays the A, 4th string second fret plays the E, etc…)
Think about how you would play each of the chords and take another look at the diagrams, see if you can spot the similarity. Cheers!
That chart is confusing and no explanation
Far too fast I'm seeing nothing here as usual a lot of waffling that's all sorry
This does not explain how to interpret the diagram
They are just patterns that are strung together to cover the neck. It’s the same for all the scales.
I haven’t solidified.
Difficult to follow. I can not play. Should show your finger slowly. I am a beginner.
Slow down. Way to fast for an intermediate guitar player.
you play fast. I can’t follow.yu shula show ur finger n the string or da not that s aside to follow
this is the most boring lesson video EVER! too much talking
You are a good teacher but you talk too much instead of shpwing practicaly ,you finshed their time by talking
I'm really not trying to bust balls, video says easy way to learn. You literally switched from numbers to letters and still named them, but... noW* you have no clue which comes next because the letters aren't even in any order, you could have just taught whatever in firm 1,2,3 et. So we knew which form was next in line to go up the neck