Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge as always Remi. The way you learnt the guitar is really interesting and inspiring. I think your approach to visualize the neck, shifting shapes is definitely one of the good methods. Can’t wait for the next album by the way. Julki.
Music theory is a beautiful thing, for me, once I cracked a little bit of the code, it felt like bigger and bigger pieces were revealed, I have what I think of as a practical working knowledge of theory , but it’s crazy how it is endless, cool lesson
Loved to listen to the process of mind. Everyone has such different stories for this endlessly deep instrument. Love the breakthrough moments we all get!! It’s a conveyor belt!!
This is cool, Remi. Wish I was as resourceful and dedicated as a kid as you were. I'm catching up though. Another thing that's useful, and it goes along with you said already, is when learning a new melody, take time and learn how it relates to the key and also how it relates to chord tones of the chord it's played over. Which would then come in handy when improvising.
CAGED is kind of the opposite of what you said-it's a lot more closely related to what you're explaining here! It's just using the open "cowboy" chord shapes to explain the scale and chord patterns all the way up the neck. (The way you see the "E" chord shape connecting to the "D" shape is just the last two letters of CAGED.) Say you start with a basic open C chord-the root C of that chord (on the 5th string) is also the root of C major using the "open A" chord shape in the next position. The bit of that shape that's highest on the fretboard also links to the "open G" shape C major chord, with its root on the 8th fret of the E string. The two roots of the "G" shape are also the roots of the "E" chord shape, which, as you point out, connects to the "D" shape, which completes the circle by forming the top of the "C" shape again. So using those primary open chords we all learn when we first get a guitar, you can play the same chord all the way up the neck by going from the C shape to the A shape to the G shape and so on.
Exactly! The method that Remi says he used to learn the shapes IS the CAGED system. I feel like most good players learned using some form of CAGED, whether they knew it formally by that name or just kind of figured it out on their own.
Dude I remember one of your older videos of a similar topic and you said one of the goals YOU wanted to achieve was to get better at your on camera appearance/interaction. Youve gotten so much better and it's clear. Just wanted to pat you on the back for that and thanks for another invaluable lesson man
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When i was a teen, I bought the videos: StarLicks: Steve Lukather & StarLicks: Alex Lifeson, both of which are hard to find these days. The first 2 scales I learned across the fingerboard were: Pentatonic Minor & Minor 6th.
LOL there's a weird kid in every classroom. Then when ya grow up you hopefully meet the other weird kids and make music. It's a fabulous journey. Thanks from Devon, where they ain't much gypsy jazz going down but I recently found a monthly Django jam in an Exeter pub. Hoping ya hit Devon at some stage of ya touring.
When I first started playing guitar, I took two lessons from two different teachers. The first guy taught me the Pentatonix scale and the second guy taught me to see diatonic scale. I did what you did and map them out on the neck in the diagram. Funny that we both learned the first two scales the same except you added the flat five to your Pentatonix scale I think.
Caged can be helpful using different caged shapes in 1 place or using the same shape for each chord moving left or right. Thinking of your index finger as a capo. Lots of ways to visualize the neck. I like Mark Newstetters UA-cam videos on fretboard symmetry and landmarks. Thanks for posting
Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge as always Remi. The way you learnt the guitar is really interesting and inspiring. I think your approach to visualize the neck, shifting shapes is definitely one of the good methods. Can’t wait for the next album by the way. Julki.
That was awesome and so helpful thanks man! Not too long a video at all 👏🤟
Music theory is a beautiful thing, for me, once I cracked a little bit of the code, it felt like bigger and bigger pieces were revealed, I have what I think of as a practical working knowledge of theory , but it’s crazy how it is endless, cool lesson
Loved to listen to the process of mind. Everyone has such different stories for this endlessly deep instrument. Love the breakthrough moments we all get!! It’s a conveyor belt!!
This is cool, Remi.
Wish I was as resourceful and dedicated as a kid as you were.
I'm catching up though.
Another thing that's useful, and it goes along with you said already, is when learning a new melody, take time and learn how it relates to the key and also how it relates to chord tones of the chord it's played over.
Which would then come in handy when improvising.
CAGED is kind of the opposite of what you said-it's a lot more closely related to what you're explaining here! It's just using the open "cowboy" chord shapes to explain the scale and chord patterns all the way up the neck. (The way you see the "E" chord shape connecting to the "D" shape is just the last two letters of CAGED.) Say you start with a basic open C chord-the root C of that chord (on the 5th string) is also the root of C major using the "open A" chord shape in the next position. The bit of that shape that's highest on the fretboard also links to the "open G" shape C major chord, with its root on the 8th fret of the E string. The two roots of the "G" shape are also the roots of the "E" chord shape, which, as you point out, connects to the "D" shape, which completes the circle by forming the top of the "C" shape again. So using those primary open chords we all learn when we first get a guitar, you can play the same chord all the way up the neck by going from the C shape to the A shape to the G shape and so on.
Exactly! The method that Remi says he used to learn the shapes IS the CAGED system. I feel like most good players learned using some form of CAGED, whether they knew it formally by that name or just kind of figured it out on their own.
Exposing gaps in my knowledge,thanks. What’s amazing to me is you remembered what you learned
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Dude I remember one of your older videos of a similar topic and you said one of the goals YOU wanted to achieve was to get better at your on camera appearance/interaction. Youve gotten so much better and it's clear. Just wanted to pat you on the back for that and thanks for another invaluable lesson man
Thank you! 🙂🙏
Damn you really are into Greeny. Matamp is the precursor to the Orange amp!!! Killer. Any clips of it cracked?
Hey! Yeah, it's a great amp! It belongs to mate of mine. Here are a couple of clips with it...
ua-cam.com/users/shortsCoUlwgTI4Ng
ua-cam.com/users/shortsIj2yPhdlBnM
ua-cam.com/users/shortsXFAO9jM-yi4
ua-cam.com/video/5Nm4b1rTJdc/v-deo.htmlsi=1U5S3PUcv30PSa7_
Thank yo very very much dude!! Very useful!!
When i was a teen, I bought the videos: StarLicks: Steve Lukather & StarLicks: Alex Lifeson, both of which are hard to find these days. The first 2 scales I learned across the fingerboard were: Pentatonic Minor & Minor 6th.
LOL there's a weird kid in every classroom. Then when ya grow up you hopefully meet the other weird kids and make music. It's a fabulous journey. Thanks from Devon, where they ain't much gypsy jazz going down but I recently found a monthly Django jam in an Exeter pub. Hoping ya hit Devon at some stage of ya touring.
When I first started playing guitar, I took two lessons from two different teachers. The first guy taught me the Pentatonix scale and the second guy taught me to see diatonic scale. I did what you did and map them out on the neck in the diagram. Funny that we both learned the first two scales the same except you added the flat five to your Pentatonix scale I think.
Any tips on playing in different keys? For example eb major, BB major. Was playing in all keys something you practiced?
Hey, will include this in my next Q+A 👍
Caged can be helpful using different caged shapes in 1 place or using the same shape for each chord moving left or right. Thinking of your index finger as a capo. Lots of ways to visualize the neck. I like Mark Newstetters UA-cam videos on fretboard symmetry and landmarks. Thanks for posting
Music is a lot like math, so many wrinkles, so beautiful
I've kept my copy of that Total Guitar issue handy to this day.
Very good and entertaining. Thanks Remi
Inspirational stuff.
THANK YOU REMIIIIIIIIIII ❤🥹✊✊🙏
Thank you Remi!!!!!!!