How to Make 2024 Your Best Guitar Year. Ever.
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2024
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My name is Simen Otnes and I'm a guitarist, music producer and graphic designer from Norway 🇳🇴
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This five minutes taught me more than a gazillion numbers of UA-cam, tutorials, courses and teachers in last two years combined
Love to hear that. It took me many years to realize all of this myself, so happy it was useful!
@@SimenotnesYou put it all the important things for a guitarist right on! I am glad being able to see this channel!
@@H4nik0rei Appreciate your kind words! A lot more videos are on the way😄❤
Man, i went from so many guitar teachers with their checklist, even tomo, samurai, paul davids, and I can say, this is the right checklist. This is what im looking for!
Simple but really a good roadmap.
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This video has been a godsend with a lot of condensed knowledge and experience without unnecessary jargon , i can't experience my gratitude enough , love you !
That made my day - so happy it was useful, thanks for watching!
Main Skills
Chords :
Basic minor and major open chords
Minor and major bar chords
Minor and major bar chords across the neck
7th chords
7th chords across the neck
Fancy chords (9, 11, sus2, etc)
Technique :
How to hold your pick
Right hand mastery
Left hand mastery
Alternate picking
Legato
Bending
Slides
Scales :
1st position of the minor pentatonic
All 5 posisitions of the minow pentatonic
The pentatonic scale in all keys
The major scale
The major scale in all keys
More fancy scales
Arpeggios :
Major and minor triads
Minor 7th arpeggios
Major 7th arpeggios
Dominant 7th arpeggios
7th arpeggios across the whole neck
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Thank you for this lesson!!
My pleasure!
Thank you for the video, nice summary 🙌
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this was very useful! Im always aimlessly playing the same songs over and over again. thank you!
Love that, thanks for watching!
This is helpful, thankyou bro
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Thank you for this information it is very useful! 🔥
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Thanks for this video man, it helps me figure out more on what areas needs improvement. Cheers🥂
Stoked to hear that my friend, thanks for letting me know it was useful!
just to compliment about the learning songs and imrpov parts there are two important things.
1) when learning a song active analyse it, where are the licks (which scale shapes they are using, in which tonality) this will help you expand your vocabulary for improv and composition. Also try to see if you can do this riffs/licks another way. And why these notes are there.
2) play along with tracks, and mainly study/jam tracks for your scale study this is both good to help your improv, your rythmn and your movement on the scales
Good add-ons 🙌
Amazing video
Thanks!
For what it's worth i started learning guitar as a new years resolution, about 2 months in it got extremely cold and my fingers we're dangerously brittle not because of guitar but because of the weather took about 2 months to actually heal, now back on it and it's been nice I'm just follow a free program for now but this stuff is always fun to see mainly because it can give me an idea of where to go after
Happy to hear your hands are back on track! And sounds like you're on a good path. I also think the most important thing in the early stages is to just play a lot and get the reps in 💪
As beginners i felt lost thanks for putting things in order appreciate it mate
Happy it was useful!
Thank you so much this was so so helpful
Love to hear that, thanks for watching ❤️
Nothing much to say but thank you so much
Happy it was useful!
I like the structure here. For someone picking up a guitar that has learnes basic open chords, bar chords and to play some songs but gets totally lost watching someone riff or solo do you suggest mastering scales and tying them to chords? Is there a structured way you lay out how to practice that in your course for beginners (or players that haven't looked into theory or really advanced past beginner)?
Good question. First I would learn the minor pentatonic scale around the neck. This is a great place to start and it's an incredible foundation. Then I would try to really understand the major scale. The major scale is the absolute most essential thing to understand, cause basically everything is built on that. So if you don't understand the major scale, theory will be really hard. But if you understand it, everything else will make more sense.
On playwithaplan.com, I'm currently making a course on the major scale because it's so essential. When that's finished, I'm planning to create a structured path on how I recommend learning guitar 😊
Back to your first question, really nailing the minor pentatonic scale is what I would look at to get comfortable with soloing. Understanding the relationship between scales and chords is also helpful. Hard to answer everything in a comment, but hope that is somewhat useful😊
That was amazing, I have wasted so much time trying to learn everything! Idea for next video, how to design a program? Like if I have 1-2 h daily how is it best to split all the skills
Cheers! And thanks for the idea, might do a video that goes deeper into that 😊
Can you give an example of practice routine? For example, if I have an hour to practice, what topics from each group should I include and how should I rotate them in order to obtain maximum results.
Good question! Also a hard one to answer as all guitarists learn differently and have different goals. What I can say is that I would do some technique every day. This is just a really important foundation for everything on guitar.
@@Simenotnes okay, thanks a lot
Thanks for the video! Now I think you should go deeper in those 3 topics and explain how to do it. Also teach peaple how to create the correct muscle memory while training. This last topic is very common to be explained on classical music channels, with instruments like piano and violin, but I never see anyone in the guitar world talk about it.
Thanks for watching and for the suggestions, I'm adding them to my idea bank! Are you thinking of muscle memory in relation to technique building or within some specific topic?
@@SimenotnesNo problemas mate! If we think about it for a second we can agree that playing any instrument is basically refining a motor skill in our brain. So training correctly from the beginning is a must for those who want to be really god at it. Me personally I trained alone and wrong my whole life, now I struggle to re-do my motor skills and correct them because now they are very "based" in my brain. But now that I know this I'm really felling getting better every day.
@@vinebittencourt Totally agree that guitarists don't talk enough about this, even though it's quite an important one. Added to my idea list 🙌
i started guitar just last year on april. Im nearing 1 year and i can say that i can play open and bar chords kinda smoothly and my hands are becoming faster though im still struggling with alternate picking and strumming with pick. My problem is that im entering college in few months. My guitar learning journey will be slowed down or put into a hiatus lol
i also have a small knowledge about popular music generally. I only know few songs and solos so im struggling to know what to learn next. Please suggest a list of riffs and solos that can help me improve.
If you practice the right things you'll be amazed on how much progress you can make if you can just manage to do some practice. Anyway, there are thousands of riffs and songs to learn. I suggest to find a few guitarists or bands you like and learn some of their songs 😊
bar chords take like a week or two max to learn
Thank you for the content! Very useful. I took a big page of notes :) This is what I'm missing: a plan - a roadmap of the journey.
So now my question is: how do you know when you have mastered one step and can move to the next one? How would you approach that? Let's say I'm working on the first position of the pentatonic scale. When can I move to the 4 other positions? Thank you!
So happy to hear that, thanks for the comment! And that's a really damn good question. I actually think I have to reflect upon this to give a better answer, but I can tell what came to mind right now. If you feel like you understand step 1, I wouldn't really wait to long to go on to the next step. What I find is that as long as I feel like I understand it, then it's more about getting the reps in to be able to for example use it in a musical setting. And while you go to the next steps, you should still work on step 1 from time to time. So I guess it's not necessarily a linear step-by-step path. I still practice the pentatonic shapes a lot even though I know them in and out.
If I feel like I don't understand the step yet, then I would probably spend some more time on it before moving on. On your example with the pentatonic shapes, I would move quite quickly as long you understand the shapes.
So that's my answer right now, might change slightly😅 but hope it gave some clarity!
@@Simenotnes Thank you very much. Your answer makes sense :)
Just wanna let u know that i am one of your very first subscribers ,cuz iam sure ..in no time you gonna hit the 1M
We'll get there! Thanks for your support, means a lot ✨
I had always felt lost and aimless. This was really orienting.
Happy to hear it!
Man...I can't even play one note after another without touching other strings, the list can wait.
You'll get there. In the beginner phase it's more about getting the reps in and getting used to playing 💪
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Damn, appreciate the kind words. Thank u!
It should've been "How To Make 2024 Your Best Guitar Year Yet!! 😅❤ I'm a big fan bro I am also norwegian😂
Considered something like that as well! Tusen takk!😎
I thought i'd drop a comment, but for general understanding of the guitar, how useful do you think learning all the notes is? (Im learning each note on the fretboard rn). I personally have done orchestra and played the violin and had a good understanding of note locations and stuff, but i dont know how it differs on guitar.
I'd say learning the notes on the two lowest strings is especially useful. From those two strings, you can really figure out all the other notes by finding the octaves to those strings. It doesn't hurt to memorize all notes on all strings either, but I wouldn't prioritize that (unless you experience it holds you back) 🙌
Can we please have in-depth video for each main skill please 🥺
I'm glad you asked! This is a big project but I think it would be really helpful for many. More info in a video I'm posting tomorrow which will be called 'Exactly hat to learn on guitar in order' 😊
@@Simenotnes let's go ily man really appreciated 🥺🥺
should you alternate practicing all main skills as a beginner/or intermediate? So if I want to practice chords and technique should I practice those main skills for a period of time or should switch between other main skills throughout the week?
*alternate between practicing
Good question! And both approaches you suggest can work just fine! I've personally have months where I've heavily obsessed with one thing only. But for maximum results I highly recommend doing some technique every practice day (even if it's only five minutes). It's just so important for everything on guitar and since it relies so much on muscle memory, you'll get better results if you do it often. But for example ear training isn't as important to practice every day (unless this is your priority), cause it doesn't rely on muscle memory.
I also wanna mention that if you're a beginner, you would have less main skills to focus on at first. Then you would gradually start to introduce more main skills. I'm working on a video similar to this where I talk about what to learn on guitar in order 😊
Please can you go on harmony and melody
Absolutely! Anything in particular within harmony and melody you would be interested in?
As someone who wants to jam and improvise, is it necessary to memorize which chords are in every key? Would it help to understand the Circle of Fifths, or do I just need to sit down and memorize since I’ll need to remember things on the fly?
I think there's different levels to how advanced you want to make it. The simplest way to do it is to play the scale that belongs to the key. For example, if the songs is in A minor, you could improvise in A minor over the whole song and be fine. One step further would be to target some of the chords you're playing over (I'm actually posting a video about this tomorrow that explains it better than I'm able to do with just words 😊). Not sure if I understood your question correctly or not, but hope that gave some clarity.
Instead of memorizing every chord in every key, I think it's much more helpful to understand the numbers system in the major scale (I talk about that in this video: ua-cam.com/video/C1WqeTEr32E/v-deo.html&ab_channel=SimenOtnes ). Personally, I have only used to circle of fifths to understand sheet music (useful for finding out which notes have a # or b in different keys), but I've never really used it for any guitar related😊
@@Simenotnes What if you're the one coming up with the chords in a jam?
Thanks for answering my questions, by the way, I really appreciate your knowledge and willingness to help!
@@averyfindsen3948 One simple way to do it is to first decide on a key. If you decide on for example C major, then you can play all the chords that belong to C major and it will work together. That's exactly what I talk about in the video I linked above. Another good way is to play a 12-bar blues! This is in my opinion one of the easiest way to get get started with jamming and it's very often that musicians play a 12-bar blues if they are having a jam.
Happy to help!
The best thing you can do to level up your guitar skills is to play bass in a jamming band for a few years. Then you buy yourself a fender, smoke up and discover you are already at Jimi Hendrix level. His secret weapon was his bass.
Love that!
If i would play 2 hours a day, would i exercise everything a little bit a day or a few main skills a bit longer and do something else every day?
Good question! With two hours daily, I would probably lean towards doing at least a few different main skills. Personally, I've never been a fan of doing everyone every day cause I feel like I don't get enough time to get really focused. BUT I really recommend doing at least some technique everyday, cause this is really the foundation for being able to play at all.
The second thing is that it depends on what your focus areas are at the time. If you're for example trying to learn some new arpeggio shapes, then it would be nice for the muscle memory to practice it as often as possible. But something like aural skills/ear training wouldn't be 'as important' (unless this is your top priority) to do everyday cause it doesn't rely on muscle memory.
That's also why I recommend doing technique daily, cause this is so much muscle memory. Kind of hard to answer in one comment, cause it depends on multiple factors, but hope this made at least some sense 😊
@@Simenotnes Thank you so much:) this does actually make alot of sense!
can you do this for the piano please, or can i apply this to piano already?
Wish I could 😅 You can definitely use some of these for piano, but this is very much tailored for guitar. However, you can use the concept of dividing piano into main skills and sub-skills 😊
You said you shouldn’t learn everything by yourself; so would be signing up for a guitar lesson or having a guitar teacher make a difference rather than being self taught?
They can all work perfectly fine. The point I tried to make is that you need to get the information from somewhere, cause you don't know what you don't know. Where you get the information can be many different places, but it's important to find good resources. If you have a bad guitar teacher for example, it won't really be very effective.
I've been playing for 7 years but I don't know much about arpeggios. Why are they important to learn for my playing?
Good question. Some reasons they're useful (on the top of my head):
- Better understanding of the guitar, especially chords and scales (arpeggios are basically chords played one note a time)
- If you're improvising, you'll want to know the notes of the chord you're playing over (so you can target those notes)
- Personally, I think mainly in arpeggios rather than scales when I'm improvising. I think it's easier to play fluently across the neck and play more musical phrases, when thinking in arpeggios.
How important arpeggios are depends on what kind of guitar playing you're into. If you're for example playing jazz, then arpeggios is gonna be a really important part of your playing. But for someone who's just learning songs for fun (and are not really interested in improvising or understanding the guitar), it's not gonna be as important as it is in jazz.
Hope this made some sense!
@@Simenotnes Okay, good to know! I’m definitely trying to get better at improvising, so I’ll start working on those. Thank you!
How to approach and score songs
Are you thinking about how to learn songs by ear or how to tab out songs?
I am a fingerstyle player so should I do all these
I think the main skills are useful for most guitarists, but you would probably have some other sub-skills you want to focus on (even though many of the sub-skills I mention in the video are important for most guitarists too!)
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How would you do this if you're a bass player😭
You can use the same concept with main skills and divide those into sub-skills. Many of the main skills are the same, but it would obviously need to be more tailored towards bass players 😊
Thank you for the reply! I will try it out :))@@Simenotnes
Merci. Have a cup of coffee to wake up your foot.
That's actually a great tip, will need to test that out
You dont say "how" you said what
The what is a part of the how. I conclude the video with the how.
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Well, that’s definitely why I’m watching this video. Only Jesus can improve my practice routine this year.
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Can't you see I'm clearly a butterfly
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I'm sorry I'm not entertaining enough for you
@@Simenotnes don't listen to this comment, the video is amazing!
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@@Simenotnesyeah this video is so useful thank you
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The professional plan is an expensive option and is not for the majority. What I recommend for most people is the all access plan 😊