Man, you’re my favorite teacher on here. I’m self taught, UA-cam University since 13, and the way you slowly break it down with clear simplicity has helped me tremendously. Thanks!
I've been playing guitar for 30 + years (never taking it all that serious) but frustrated that I really never saw much improvement. I've just started learning my scales and the fretboard in general and chord relationships. I have noticed a vast improvement in my playing and it's kinda reinvigorated my interest in guitar. Thanks for the video!
how do you start with theory and segment it and then put it together? ihave been playing for 2 years, i can learn a song, i know 3 shapes of pentatonic and i know how to improvise in any key, thats it. Whenever i try to learn theory, i can underestand 1 topic, then another one, but it never clicks together as a whole, i think i spent like 7 hours reading about CAGED method, and next day i dont know shit. Its just so frustrating and every website and learning material starts from different area or end
It's a lot of info to take in. It took me a long while to absorb. Overlaying caged and pentatonic scales made a big difference. Just keep at it. @@BeowulfGaming
Theory: The Circle Of Fifths Is MUCH BETTER Like This! Music Theory For Guitar and Beyond. ua-cam.com/video/PEcWZUnOUEY/v-deo.html
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I played for 20 before I finally dove into theory. I didn’t have a teacher, so I just went online and flooded my brain with as much info as possible. I was learning advanced level theory concepts, right along with beginner and intermediate level concepts as well, simply because I had no prior knowledge as to where to start. It was tough for me. I went through a lot of frustration and confusion before I could see the entire picture of basic music theory. Now I feel relatively comfortable with it, but I’d never call myself a master at it. I don’t think there really is such thing as a master anything. We all just keep learning until we die.
You gave me this breakthrough moment 11 years into my playing. Totally changed my playing 7 years later. I absolutely never thought I’d be able to do what I can do now. All thanks to your work Stich. 🙏
this was SO good. i’ve been playing for almost 25 years and these hugely solidified a bunch of mental models that i’ve been piecing together over the past few years as i’ve gotten past a plateau i was stuck on. sending this to all of my friends; thank you so much
Stitch is absolutely (in my opinion) one of the most humble guys sharing his knowledge of playing guitar. Credit goes out to him for this. Thanks and KEEP ON STRUMMIN! Dallas
Man you give the best FREE content ever. I'm so glad I found you. You have a very clear way of explaining things and I can tell you really care. Kudos to you brother. You're such an awesome person giving back like this.
Just here to say your Patreon membership is so worth it. I signed up several months ago. Best instructor out there if you want to learn more than just individual songs. Thanks for all you do, Ian.
Man I dont even play guitar and i got this video recommended...... I enjoyed the vid a lot! I play keys and go to uni for music production and theory and i'm glad to say this video is the right path! In harmony classes we study the berkleey method of chord-scale theory from day one. This method is very controversial epecially on the internet with guitar players 😅 however I have found chord-scales to be a great method if you have the right mindset. This video lays out excactly why chord-scale theory rocks! Chords are very similar to scales like you said on the video, and if you learn to identify chords on your instrument (on the fretboard) you will ouluck the underlying harmony and music behind the notes! You mentioned that chords are broken up scales, this is true but in chord-scale theory we take it even further and say that chords ARE scales and scales ARE chords. This opens the door to internalize the "sound" of the music: instead of saying C to G7 we simply identify the Ionian to Mixolydian "sound" and we can generalize even more and think of it like an Ionian cadence "sound". This is usefull when composing for multiple instruments like on the orchestra. Instead of having a 3 note F triad spread amongs the orchestra with lots of duplicates you can simply think of this bar as a "lydian sound". The lydian scale has many more notes than the F triad so you can be more creative by spreading the lydian sound amongst all the instrumental families. The chord-scale-instrument relationship truly does unlock wonders! And i'm happy that more and more people are starting to see it! I'll subscribe and see what my guitarist friends are doing because inspiration comes from everywhere!
As a beginner guitarist and seeing someon who’s played for years go through chord shapes and hit single notes at the same time… this video is the key to brining the thought he put out and the science behind it together
Today you confirmed the foggy intuition I was forming in my mind about how to move forward with my frustrating guitar playing, and indeed you saved me a heap of time consuming searches for musical enlightenment. Bless you for shining some light in my obfuscated musical mind and long may live the passion for music, including its foundation of maths (numeric intervals) and physics (sound waves) 🤩
Man, I argue about this with my music teacher all the time. His brain is wired in a way that the letters are easiest for him, and he seemingly can't accept that my brain isn't like his. I'm entirely on your side-tell me where the degrees are relative to the root! If I need to figure out the note names afterwards, I can absolutely do it, but the difference between a tenth of a second and a second is life and death while I'm playing.
I want to thank you because I am an absolute noob and ive been have been studying the fretboard. I see now that studying shapes and chords should be where i need to focus
I am a beginner been at it for about 2 years. Just started taking lessons again. Being self taught mostly, I kinda had this idea when looking at the pentatonic scales. You cleared up what I thought I was seeing bit have no idea how to express it. The note names are arbitrary. Seeing the chord in tab was another one with the fret number. Thanks
I’m trying to teach myself and listening to you talk about this is really opening my eyes and ears, I’m musically inclined and can play trumpet and piano, but find guitar still very difficult. Great video!
My suggestion is to learn the open chords. A, Bm, C, D, E and F. From there work on B and Fm. Once you learn the open chords it will open up your guitar playing. If you get a capo and learn these chords you can play almost any song.
T watched all your caged chord videos and after about 6 months I'm very comfortable and grateful to you for the content, but wow this is like the next steps thank you , it took me 6 months but I did join another band as a bass player.
You are an amazing teacher and truly gift the world with your music and your ability to articulate these concepts you've unlocked and even created a formula for, is absolutely amazing. But the greatest of all is your character as your driving force appears to be the success of those who learn from you. And how your sharing not just some but the very greatest pearls that really make the guitar and music enjoyable to those who obtain and hold this knowledge. God is so happy with you for that! Much love brother
Thank you for sharing. My experience is the exact same! I hit a plateau and keep practicing then break through and fall in love with the craft all over again. I will study this video to avoid this potential hurdle.
If anyone is to watch ONE video on how to “crack” the fretboard, it is this. I had a similar revelation, and once you can see all the CAGED shapes and their associated scale shape, it has a huge impact on your playing and improv.
Yea I learned the CAGED system n then realized all of the chords click together like a puzzle then Nashville numbering system opened my eyes for real then got into JAZZ n learned abt that 2-5-1
It’s funny. I learned this concept from you without you explaining it as such. I think it was your ‘Inside the mind of Bob Weir’ video when I realized that this whole time that I’d been fearing barre chords. I’d been fearing what would end up setting me free. I realized that my pointer finger was the nut. And it blew my mind. I started yelling and running back and forth around the house like “oh my god! It’s so simple!”. Your pointer finger is the nut and the E major shape is the major chord shape for the 1 for whatever key you slide your fingeycapo(trademark rn) to. But that was like the first part of the breakthrough. Then I saw that the strings are all each others 4. And then I saw that the annoying string (from a shape memorizing perspective) wasn’t really annoying. It’s actually genius to have it be a minor 3rd. And really tbh I’ll probably spend the rest of my life figuring out all the implications of that and how it sorta spins everything around like a 4D piano. It’s beautiful. It is math. It’s like a double helix almost. So is music itself. It’s almost a double helix or spiraling thing just as a strand of dna is.
I must thank you for this really great technique by remembering the fret numbers. I’m gonna definitely work on this. I’m struggling with some things and I think this might help me a lot . Thanks Stitch
I’d wondered what ol’ Hopper had been up to since we last saw him on Stranger Things. Come to find he is dropping mind blowing tips on guitar on a channel that deserves to be at a million subs. Outside of the knowledge aspect, it’s the genuine personality that comes off the screen & hugs the player with encouragement. Great channel my friend! 🤘
Oh man, you are so spot on. In my case I see it geometrically. I see lines and shapes, but basically it's all math. Love your videos. Best regards from Portugal
I never learned chords I started with tabs big mistake. I was trying to learn sweet home Alabama and the intro kept killing me so I gave up then some one taught me chords and bam it all made sense and that opening was a d chord so simple. You should be in a high school teaching guitar and recording those classes for all to see your a great teacher.unlike my teacher in high school that gave us a book and set in his office all day all those kids wasted a year.
This definitely unlocked something. I always wondered what use were the dots marking frets on the neck. Now that I understand this video, it makes so much sense! The guitar really is built to help the player & whoever came up with TABs knew why they were doing it! I can't tell you how many guitar books I've given up on because Chapter 2 is learning sheet music *throws up in mouth*. No wonder I lost the motivation! This system you're talking about makes so much more sense. Seems to be the secret sauce that all great guitarists know and guitar book authors apparently don't!!!
You peaked my interest. I’m not sure I totally got it. Got to go back to the guitar a play around with it. After years of dust on my guitars coming back to learn the chords & scales etc. but I think you gave me some light . Thanks Ginge
As a bassist but always a guitar (player) I’m having a blast learning the CAGE system and triads. One difference though from bass to guitar is the pinky finger. Once I can get that little guy in the mix the guitar fretboard will open up a little more 😊
It’s interesting, I discovered the cage system on my own and when I showed a friend he said oh yeah cage system. When I discovered that if you move the E shape, A shape, C shape, G shape (no D shape) move up and down the fret board that’s when my guitar mind and music mind opened up. The idea music is the sound of math is so true. I bet if you showed little kids that they would jump all over math.
I inadvertantly taught myself how to drop tune because it made sense when I was learning a song without tabs when i first started. My guitar teacher was amazed when he asked where I learned to, and I replied 'I just did it because it made sense and sounded right'!
OMG! I realized this about one month ago--note names and theory are what we use to "discuss" what we're doing." But thinking that while playing is cognitively debilitating. It is ALL about INTERVALS. I read music too, and, ugh, "tab." I have played music my entire life, but on guitar I believe tab and music notation (and rote patterns) inhibit growth and expression--they are crutches. Instead of reading tab, find the notes on your guitar then the chords. Yes, it is challenging---at first. You play what you practice and if you rely on tab/music notation to play, then you will become adept at playing what's on the page. If you want to improvise and play in your own "voice," lose the crutches and train and trust your ears. Hear what it sounds like to move from one chord in a progression to the next. Hear the interval between a root and a fifth, etc. Play and develop motifs (musical ideas) using chord tones in a two chord progression, I IV or three chord, ii, V, I, etc. Trust that your fingers will synchronize with your ears. This is HUGE and I don't know why it isn't being stressed enough online. Aim for this "epiphany" and your approach to guitar and playing will change forever. Analysis/intellectualizing is the creativity growth killer. I spent years looking for a logical explanation/method for how to improvise on the guitar. I drilled triads. scales, modes, arpeggios, etc., thinking it would become "music." I missed the point: You play what and how you practice. Huge! Thank you for validating my epiphany, Stich!
This is a different way to look at the fretboard and it sounds simpler than memorizing notes. I’m going to do my best to learn this because I actually understand what you’re saying and it makes sense. Thanks so much for sharing your insights.
I’m really confident in my scale shapes across the neck so now I’m trying to snap the chords onto the scales that I already know so I can follow changes easier.
Having played Standard Notation and Tablaute, I find the Nashville Number System the easiest and most insightful approach to connecting most music to the guitar.
Great video! Learning the fret numbers for chords is such a game-changer. It really does open up the fretboard and make music theory click. Thanks for sharing your breakthrough moment and all the helpful tips. Can't wait to put this into practice!
I like this perspective. I know a lot of the shapes already, but I will definitely start to think more about the numbers, to get an even better understanding of the fretboard. Thanks man!
Stich, first of all great video, but I also loved that part of the video where you were talking about YEM because that’s exactly how I think about music after getting my eyes opened by your videos. I too hear Trey do something and ask “why?” Instead of how I used to think he was just gifted his musical abilities by god and Jesus themselves. Keep up the good work, and also I liked to hear you ramble about music at the end you should post more videos that are less structured and just kind of you blabbing about what guitar thing you are thinking about at the moment. Great stuff!
Ok this is way over my head, I can't follow the path towards my own epiphany but that's on me. Thank you for sharing to the many more who do follow and "get it"
Even simpler, scales are inside of chords. If you think of playing across the chord in question it really simplifies playing. Essentially movable chords. This is a technique used in country music for decades.
Just to add to this - a lot of vocal melodies revolve around chords tones and the root chord tone, I’ve seen this a lot studying pop music and songwriting. So it makes sense to think of lead guitar like this too and use notes outside the chord tone as tension. Coldplay does the root power chord over the chords a lot, which is a similar concept (root chord over the chords). Many artists revolve around the root note too (one note melodies).
This is a strange request but could you at least give us a total shot of the guitar for just a few frames so we can appreciate its beauty ? That’s a perfect guitar man. I love the dark fret board .
The easiest way to remember the sharps in a scale is what ever scale your playing you sharp the 7 th example if you're playing an A scale if make the G sharp so the A scale has three sharps which is F C G . Remember sharps and flats add up to 7 So A has 3 sharpes and 4 flats that is 7 A flat scale is A flat B flat C D flat E flat G . Hope this helps someone.
It's like starting over, it makes a lot of sense though. I've always known about the chord shapes being moveable, but never thought of it numerically before.
Practicing arpeggios helps with that understanding too. After decadds of playing, I've only started looking at chord shapes to come up with melodies and improvisation. The scales almost fall into place after that. If only I had time to really practice.
Man, you’re my favorite teacher on here. I’m self taught, UA-cam University since 13, and the way you slowly break it down with clear simplicity has helped me tremendously. Thanks!
I've been playing guitar for 30 + years (never taking it all that serious) but frustrated that I really never saw much improvement. I've just started learning my scales and the fretboard in general and chord relationships. I have noticed a vast improvement in my playing and it's kinda reinvigorated my interest in guitar. Thanks for the video!
how do you start with theory and segment it and then put it together? ihave been playing for 2 years, i can learn a song, i know 3 shapes of pentatonic and i know how to improvise in any key, thats it.
Whenever i try to learn theory, i can underestand 1 topic, then another one, but it never clicks together as a whole, i think i spent like 7 hours reading about CAGED method, and next day i dont know shit.
Its just so frustrating and every website and learning material starts from different area or end
It's a lot of info to take in. It took me a long while to absorb. Overlaying caged and pentatonic scales made a big difference. Just keep at it. @@BeowulfGaming
Theory: The Circle Of Fifths Is MUCH BETTER Like This! Music Theory For Guitar and Beyond.
ua-cam.com/video/PEcWZUnOUEY/v-deo.html
I played for 20 before I finally dove into theory. I didn’t have a teacher, so I just went online and flooded my brain with as much info as possible. I was learning advanced level theory concepts, right along with beginner and intermediate level concepts as well, simply because I had no prior knowledge as to where to start. It was tough for me. I went through a lot of frustration and confusion before I could see the entire picture of basic music theory. Now I feel relatively comfortable with it, but I’d never call myself a master at it. I don’t think there really is such thing as a master anything. We all just keep learning until we die.
Agreed! And that's the beauty of it. We never arrive at the end. We just keep learning more and more and hopefully improving as we go.
You gave me this breakthrough moment 11 years into my playing. Totally changed my playing 7 years later. I absolutely never thought I’d be able to do what I can do now. All thanks to your work Stich. 🙏
Pretty sure you did work as well. Don’t discount your efforts my man.
@@Andrew-cs1td100% correct, I definitely put in a lot of consistent work. Thanks for the reminder.
this was SO good. i’ve been playing for almost 25 years and these hugely solidified a bunch of mental models that i’ve been piecing together over the past few years as i’ve gotten past a plateau i was stuck on. sending this to all of my friends; thank you so much
Stitch is absolutely (in my opinion) one of the most humble guys sharing his knowledge of playing guitar. Credit goes out to him for this. Thanks and KEEP ON STRUMMIN! Dallas
Man you give the best FREE content ever. I'm so glad I found you. You have a very clear way of explaining things and I can tell you really care. Kudos to you brother. You're such an awesome person giving back like this.
Amen
Your formula sums it up perfectly! I’ve been playing on and off for 30 years and I used this exact formula all the time. Thanks for sharing professor!
Just here to say your Patreon membership is so worth it. I signed up several months ago. Best instructor out there if you want to learn more than just individual songs. Thanks for all you do, Ian.
Man I dont even play guitar and i got this video recommended...... I enjoyed the vid a lot!
I play keys and go to uni for music production and theory and i'm glad to say this video is the right path!
In harmony classes we study the berkleey method of chord-scale theory from day one. This method is very controversial epecially on the internet with guitar players 😅 however I have found chord-scales to be a great method if you have the right mindset.
This video lays out excactly why chord-scale theory rocks! Chords are very similar to scales like you said on the video, and if you learn to identify chords on your instrument (on the fretboard) you will ouluck the underlying harmony and music behind the notes!
You mentioned that chords are broken up scales, this is true but in chord-scale theory we take it even further and say that chords ARE scales and scales ARE chords. This opens the door to internalize the "sound" of the music: instead of saying C to G7 we simply identify the Ionian to Mixolydian "sound" and we can generalize even more and think of it like an Ionian cadence "sound".
This is usefull when composing for multiple instruments like on the orchestra. Instead of having a 3 note F triad spread amongs the orchestra with lots of duplicates you can simply think of this bar as a "lydian sound". The lydian scale has many more notes than the F triad so you can be more creative by spreading the lydian sound amongst all the instrumental families.
The chord-scale-instrument relationship truly does unlock wonders! And i'm happy that more and more people are starting to see it!
I'll subscribe and see what my guitarist friends are doing because inspiration comes from everywhere!
That's the kind of stuff you learn in college? If I did end up going I might have to take up music theory
As a beginner guitarist and seeing someon who’s played for years go through chord shapes and hit single notes at the same time… this video is the key to brining the thought he put out and the science behind it together
The original never lost video was still one of the biggest lightbulb moments for me. Stoked that you're still making great content.
Today you confirmed the foggy intuition I was forming in my mind about how to move forward with my frustrating guitar playing, and indeed you saved me a heap of time consuming searches for musical enlightenment.
Bless you for shining some light in my obfuscated musical mind and long may live the passion for music, including its foundation of maths (numeric intervals) and physics (sound waves) 🤩
I love humanity! I’m learning from amazing guy on some random video on UA-cam. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤! Ty for posting this
Man, I argue about this with my music teacher all the time. His brain is wired in a way that the letters are easiest for him, and he seemingly can't accept that my brain isn't like his. I'm entirely on your side-tell me where the degrees are relative to the root! If I need to figure out the note names afterwards, I can absolutely do it, but the difference between a tenth of a second and a second is life and death while I'm playing.
Exactly! Well said
I want to thank you because I am an absolute noob and ive been have been studying the fretboard. I see now that studying shapes and chords should be where i need to focus
You are hands down the best guitar teacher on UA-cam. Thank you for your efforts.
I am a beginner been at it for about 2 years. Just started taking lessons again. Being self taught mostly, I kinda had this idea when looking at the pentatonic scales. You cleared up what I thought I was seeing bit have no idea how to express it. The note names are arbitrary. Seeing the chord in tab was another one with the fret number. Thanks
I’m trying to teach myself and listening to you talk about this is really opening my eyes and ears, I’m musically inclined and can play trumpet and piano, but find guitar still very difficult.
Great video!
My suggestion is to learn the open chords. A, Bm, C, D, E and F. From there work on B and Fm. Once you learn the open chords it will open up your guitar playing. If you get a capo and learn these chords you can play almost any song.
This is priceless...learning the fret numbers. Genius. Thank you.🙏
T watched all your caged chord videos and after about 6 months I'm very comfortable and grateful to you for the content, but wow this is like the next steps thank you , it took me 6 months but I did join another band as a bass player.
You are an amazing teacher and truly gift the world with your music and your ability to articulate these concepts you've unlocked and even created a formula for, is absolutely amazing. But the greatest of all is your character as your driving force appears to be the success of those who learn from you. And how your sharing not just some but the very greatest pearls that really make the guitar and music enjoyable to those who obtain and hold this knowledge. God is so happy with you for that! Much love brother
Thank you for sharing. My experience is the exact same! I hit a plateau and keep practicing then break through and fall in love with the craft all over again. I will study this video to avoid this potential hurdle.
Thanks, enjoyed your discussion. Guitar is maddening, also infinitely absorbing.
If anyone is to watch ONE video on how to “crack” the fretboard, it is this. I had a similar revelation, and once you can see all the CAGED shapes and their associated scale shape, it has a huge impact on your playing and improv.
Yea I learned the CAGED system n then realized all of the chords click together like a puzzle then Nashville numbering system opened my eyes for real then got into JAZZ n learned abt that 2-5-1
"music is the sound of math" I like that. Never heard it put that way
I get your Patron when I have time to practice it. I jump on and off as time permits. Please keep the content coming.
It’s funny. I learned this concept from you without you explaining it as such.
I think it was your ‘Inside the mind of Bob Weir’ video when I realized that this whole time that I’d been fearing barre chords. I’d been fearing what would end up setting me free. I realized that my pointer finger was the nut. And it blew my mind. I started yelling and running back and forth around the house like “oh my god! It’s so simple!”. Your pointer finger is the nut and the E major shape is the major chord shape for the 1 for whatever key you slide your fingeycapo(trademark rn) to.
But that was like the first part of the breakthrough. Then I saw that the strings are all each others 4.
And then I saw that the annoying string (from a shape memorizing perspective) wasn’t really annoying. It’s actually genius to have it be a minor 3rd.
And really tbh I’ll probably spend the rest of my life figuring out all the implications of that and how it sorta spins everything around like a 4D piano. It’s beautiful. It is math. It’s like a double helix almost. So is music itself. It’s almost a double helix or spiraling thing just as a strand of dna is.
this shit so deep i don't even need hallucinogens
I must thank you for this really great technique by remembering the fret numbers. I’m gonna definitely work on this. I’m struggling with some things and I think this might help me a lot . Thanks Stitch
“music is math”. I like that mindset, in terms of learning the architecture and structures. Makes sense to me!
I’d wondered what ol’ Hopper had been up to since we last saw him on Stranger Things. Come to find he is dropping mind blowing tips on guitar on a channel that deserves to be at a million subs. Outside of the knowledge aspect, it’s the genuine personality that comes off the screen & hugs the player with encouragement. Great channel my friend! 🤘
Triads, the extended scale, and the song Hey Joe were what took the scales off my eyes. Then I added basic theory in keys, and off I'm running
Oh man, you are so spot on. In my case I see it geometrically. I see lines and shapes, but basically it's all math. Love your videos. Best regards from Portugal
Man, this guy is amazing especially as a kind human being. Just subscribed.
Wow thanks man
I never learned chords I started with tabs big mistake. I was trying to learn sweet home Alabama and the intro kept killing me so I gave up then some one taught me chords and bam it all made sense and that opening was a d chord so simple.
You should be in a high school teaching guitar and recording those classes for all to see your a great teacher.unlike my teacher in high school that gave us a book and set in his office all day all those kids wasted a year.
This definitely unlocked something. I always wondered what use were the dots marking frets on the neck. Now that I understand this video, it makes so much sense! The guitar really is built to help the player & whoever came up with TABs knew why they were doing it! I can't tell you how many guitar books I've given up on because Chapter 2 is learning sheet music *throws up in mouth*. No wonder I lost the motivation! This system you're talking about makes so much more sense. Seems to be the secret sauce that all great guitarists know and guitar book authors apparently don't!!!
Stich I consumed so much of your content that I consider you one of my guitar teachers
Thanks for keeping it alive i had never thought of that
I had to stop and comment because the idea of intervals vs letter names drives it home! D standard it is for me! 🤘🏻
You peaked my interest. I’m not sure I totally got it. Got to go back to the guitar a play around with it. After years of dust on my guitars coming back to learn the chords & scales etc. but I think you gave me some light . Thanks Ginge
I am tired on constantly trying so many things your teachings will be my only focus from now on.
Make sure you watch my Caged Primer Playlist and you will be good I promise….
@@StichMethodGuitar will do. Thanks for helping us.
I totally enjoyed your ramble. I always wondered how music was mathematical. Very interesting stuff. Thanks.
As a bassist but always a guitar (player) I’m having a blast learning the CAGE system and triads. One difference though from bass to guitar is the pinky finger.
Once I can get that little guy in the mix the guitar fretboard will open up a little more 😊
ua-cam.com/video/KsdvbGsDGNY/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
You know, I used to think I was deficient for not automatically knowing the note names as I play. Thank you for the affirmation!
It’s interesting, I discovered the cage system on my own and when I showed a friend he said oh yeah cage system. When I discovered that if you move the E shape, A shape, C shape, G shape (no D shape) move up and down the fret board that’s when my guitar mind and music mind opened up. The idea music is the sound of math is so true. I bet if you showed little kids that they would jump all over math.
I inadvertantly taught myself how to drop tune because it made sense when I was learning a song without tabs when i first started. My guitar teacher was amazed when he asked where I learned to, and I replied 'I just did it because it made sense and sounded right'!
Complete game changer man. Gonna have your stuff on repeat for a month until it's religious.
OMG! I realized this about one month ago--note names and theory are what we use to "discuss" what we're doing." But thinking that while playing is cognitively debilitating. It is ALL about INTERVALS. I read music too, and, ugh, "tab." I have played music my entire life, but on guitar I believe tab and music notation (and rote patterns) inhibit growth and expression--they are crutches. Instead of reading tab, find the notes on your guitar then the chords. Yes, it is challenging---at first. You play what you practice and if you rely on tab/music notation to play, then you will become adept at playing what's on the page. If you want to improvise and play in your own "voice," lose the crutches and train and trust your ears. Hear what it sounds like to move from one chord in a progression to the next. Hear the interval between a root and a fifth, etc. Play and develop motifs (musical ideas) using chord tones in a two chord progression, I IV or three chord, ii, V, I, etc. Trust that your fingers will synchronize with your ears. This is HUGE and I don't know why it isn't being stressed enough online. Aim for this "epiphany" and your approach to guitar and playing will change forever. Analysis/intellectualizing is the creativity growth killer. I spent years looking for a logical explanation/method for how to improvise on the guitar. I drilled triads. scales, modes, arpeggios, etc., thinking it would become "music." I missed the point: You play what and how you practice. Huge! Thank you for validating my epiphany, Stich!
This is a different way to look at the fretboard and it sounds simpler than memorizing notes. I’m going to do my best to learn this because I actually understand what you’re saying and it makes sense. Thanks so much for sharing your insights.
YES. At last - it's so simple I don't know why I didn't see it before!
Yep. Stitches method is like a rocket taking off for guitar learning. It works!
That was such a satisfying analogy: take a chord and *SNAP* a scale shape on top of it!! 😁
I’m really confident in my scale shapes across the neck so now I’m trying to snap the chords onto the scales that I already know so I can follow changes easier.
Wonderful clarity , insight and expression. Your enthusiasm radiates. Thank you sir.
Having played Standard Notation and Tablaute, I find the Nashville Number System the easiest and most insightful approach to connecting most music to the guitar.
Great lesson and as always, you make it easier to understand than most other teachers. Thanks!
Thank you very much. It will definitely help!!
Great video! Learning the fret numbers for chords is such a game-changer. It really does open up the fretboard and make music theory click. Thanks for sharing your breakthrough moment and all the helpful tips. Can't wait to put this into practice!
Awesome, I've always been better with numbers than words/letters, and it's been right there all along. Cheers man!
OK, so I see the whole CAGED system benefit for understanding riffs and solos. Will definitely look into this. Thanks!
I like this perspective. I know a lot of the shapes already, but I will definitely start to think more about the numbers, to get an even better understanding of the fretboard. Thanks man!
Stich, first of all great video, but I also loved that part of the video where you were talking about YEM because that’s exactly how I think about music after getting my eyes opened by your videos. I too hear Trey do something and ask “why?” Instead of how I used to think he was just gifted his musical abilities by god and Jesus themselves. Keep up the good work, and also I liked to hear you ramble about music at the end you should post more videos that are less structured and just kind of you blabbing about what guitar thing you are thinking about at the moment. Great stuff!
Very interesting! And I've been trying for 60 years.
Ok this is way over my head, I can't follow the path towards my own epiphany but that's on me. Thank you for sharing to the many more who do follow and "get it"
Honestly, watch my caged primer playlist. It starts off gently and will take you to where you want to go. I promise
Good information. The is restating what is in the original Fretboard Logic books from nearly 30 years ago.
Even simpler, scales are inside of chords. If you think of playing across the chord in question it really simplifies playing. Essentially movable chords. This is a technique used in country music for decades.
The lesson on navigating with your ring finger was helpful! Tyvm.
Just to add to this - a lot of vocal melodies revolve around chords tones and the root chord tone, I’ve seen this a lot studying pop music and songwriting.
So it makes sense to think of lead guitar like this too and use notes outside the chord tone as tension.
Coldplay does the root power chord over the chords a lot, which is a similar concept (root chord over the chords).
Many artists revolve around the root note too (one note melodies).
This is a strange request but could you at least give us a total shot of the guitar for just a few frames so we can appreciate its beauty ? That’s a perfect guitar man. I love the dark fret board .
Love to see this getting attention! Great videos
I’m going to give your method a go. I just subscribed so here goes my delve into becoming a more complete guitarist 👍🏻
# You Da Man # That is so Transparent, clearing any Holy Grail in the gift of musical world, as anything in our journey of life. God bless you always.
The easiest way to remember the sharps in a scale is what ever scale your playing you sharp the 7 th example if you're playing an A scale if make the G sharp so the A scale has three sharps which is F C G .
Remember sharps and flats add up to 7
So A has 3 sharpes and 4 flats that is 7
A flat scale is A flat B flat C D flat E flat G .
Hope this helps someone.
Very insightful instructions this is like tablature PhD but you need to know your theory it all comes together when you understand Theory
Killer perspective bro!
It helped absolutely brother
Thank you so much 🙏🏻⚡️🎸
You are Good Master 🤝
Nice Firefly, I love mine! Thanks for the fresh perspective.
most of us would play a lot better if guitar backing tracks including vocals, can you imagine the difference it would make
Long live Patreon.
One of my fav lessons of yours. Signed up on Patreon to get it down. Thanks Ian.
It's like starting over, it makes a lot of sense though. I've always known about the chord shapes being moveable, but never thought of it numerically before.
It took you SIXTEEN YEARS???? :) great show, thank you.
saw a video once where the guy broke down the fretboard using 8th grade algebra. It was eye opening. It's all math and patterns.
Helped immensely. I definitely will get the patreon lessons.
Thanks for hawking!
Your nuggets of wisdom are wonderful! This is a great way to thing for guitar.
Guitarist realizes after 16 years that music theory will make him better. Probably after 15 years of his bassist telling him that.
Thankyou, im going to give this a go. Hopefully it'll help me understand
You are the best, man.
I may have to come back to this later😢
5:24 "navigating by note name" ...... yep, paralysis from CPU overload, guaranteed.
Thanks for sharing your journey and knowledge I will try to put this into perspective and practice it
Where is your patron link? It’s not in the description. I’ll look again
This is really great man. Thank you!
Tom Quayle is a master of intervals. He uses 4th tuning. No major 3rd. You may find it interesting if you don’t already know him.
THANKYOU THANKLYOU THANKYOU!!!!!!!
So glad it helped
@@StichMethodGuitar Subscribed stumbled on you by accident watching Bruce Lee videos of all things lol
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Thank you so very much my friend!
note names don't mean anywhere near what intervals do.
Exactly
was legit going to learn you enjoy myself today great minds think alike
Look for all the arpeggios… the beginning is 100% arpeggios
Thanks!
Thanks for sharing how to recognise what Caged chord shape you are playing or improvising over the frets by looking at the tablature numbering system.
I had this concept early on. I totally get it BUT!!! You have to be fluid with the bar. Maybe, some day I will get there.
20 years of not understanding just had my eureka bulb go off
That is awesome to hear!
Practicing arpeggios helps with that understanding too. After decadds of playing, I've only started looking at chord shapes to come up with melodies and improvisation. The scales almost fall into place after that. If only I had time to really practice.