This is genius. This is revolutionary. The guitar’s cartography is explained in clarity, brevity, and simplicity in an entirely new and unique way. Every word matters and every word is well chosen. The graphical work is on par with the best available anywhere on UA-cam. Those who immerse themselves in this geography of Planet Guitar will never find themselves lost on the fretboard again. Thanks ever so much for this wonderful lesson.
What an amazing video. Thank you for the presentation & instructions Professor. 👨🏻🏫 This is one of the best guitar presentations I’ve ever come across on UA-cam. I feel blessed right now for choosing to watch it. And you have a new subscriber.
Good evening Mark, good to meet another resident of Planet Guitar! I've had the ability to see in patterns, especially symmetrical Patterns! attempting to explain this to others has always gotten me strange reactions. Looking forward to sharing this, as you have so brilliantly presented the idea!!!!
Thanks for the great video. I am dreaming of a video like this focused on the chord-tones of the various scale degrees so that I can draw from them intuitively as I try to learn to take my improvisation from simply jamming in key to following and harmonizing with the current chord in the progression. You wouldn't happen to have some generalizable geometric secret to chord tones would ya? :)
You seem to have managed to neatly assemble all fecal matter into a single receptacle, or should I say Planet? I will be watching this video many times to memorize each point. Your approach reminds me somewhat of Pat Martino’s approach in his Nature of Guitar course. He did not go to music school and he explained “it doesn’t matter if you come in through the back door or the front, all the same stuff is in the house! Thanks for posting this excellent video.
0:59 tell that to Jimmy Bruno. I took a lesson from him and was intense like the last level on Mike Tyson’s punch out. Cool dude but I didn’t have the time to go about it the way he instructed. I did gain something from his lessons but his teaching approach was not for me, at that time.
True story: A few years ago, I reasoned that maybe I should call the box patterns after the major scale degree to leverage music theory. So for example, the Am/Cmaj pentatonic boxes starting at the 5th fret would be named 6,1,2,3,5. I did not fully understand the significance of doing this and did not pursue it UNTIL I ran across a video by Dana Robert Rasch who called them "Guide Tones". I do not represent Mr. Rasch in any way and have no relationship with him. I did buy one of his courses, that's all. So basically, when you do this, you have BOTH E strings to let you know where you always are! You can change keys instantly without having to move way up or down on the fretboard. Just move when you want to. Now, you do have to know your degrees of each scale. For example, let's say I want to play over the Eb major chord and I'm at the 6th fret. I know that Bb is the 5th of Eb, so I just play within pattern 5 right there. Another: I want to play over the F# major chord and I'm also at the 6th fret. I know that A# is the 3rd of F#, so I play within pattern 3 right where I'm at. What about minor? Well, everyone should know the relative minor of each major key, so if someone told me to play over a Gm chord, I know that's Bb major, and so I just look for the nearest 1,2,3,5, or 6 of the Bb major scale on either E string to know which pentatonic box pattern to use. Simple! This stuff is not rocket science, but it does take work, but it is well worth it.
@PE1978C, I wasn't actually familiar with Dana. Thanks for the tip. His method appears to build on the same basic logic, which is so fundamental that it's always amazed me that it's not the way everyone does it. That's partly the motivation for me doing these videos and why I developed my Fretography method starting about 30 years ago when I self published the first version of my book. www.lulu.com/shop/mark-newstetter/fretography-revised/paperback/product-20069661.html That was before there was any real internet as we now know it. I fully expected to find other guitarists approaching things that way. But it turned out not to be the case. Now after 30 years as a guitar teacher, after giving literally tens of thousands of one-on-one lessons, I've been able to develop a method that I know works to help people reach their potential on the instrument.
As a Boomer who played Sax in the 70’s this guitar nomenclature is still confusing , As a student who learned scales on sheet music that begin and end on the root note . Wish i could find an instructor that approached the guitar scales like traditional music ?? 😅
Sure. The thing about guitar is that even with conventional notation you have the problem (or opportunity, depending how you look at it) to play the same riff multiple ways based on its placement on the grid. I think If you found a good classical teacher that'd probably be the closest to what you're looking for. I actually do start people out with learning the C major scale in all its positions ... single octaves ... then basic triads ... I don't present ideas like those in this vid to anyone until they've got those things down. This video isn't intended as a beginner course, but a remedial lesson for those who've already developed a grasp of chords and scales on the instrument, but still don't fully understand how they all relate to the structure of each diatonic key. Most people starting out on guitar have little or no theory knowledge, can't read music and don't want to. So guitar players (outside classical - generally) learn to use shapes to find their way around. I learned basic music theory in grade school, when public schools in NYC did that sort of thing ... and I played viola in the Junior High orchestra ... my mom played piano and she taught me a few things ... I later took a couple of years of classical piano lessons. But when it came to guitar ... starting from my 9th birthday when I got my first guitar ... I decided to forego lessons and use what I'd learned to figure it all out. That led to me getting gigs by the time I was 17 and from then on I learned from everyone I met in the music scene ... that and some college extension courses in theory at UCLA. etc ... Short story long ... I think the ideal solution for guitar pedagogy is a hybrid of conventional theory and notation ... along with a coherent approach to mapping the fretboard. It's not an either/or thing AFAIC. Anyway ... I hope you get something out of this. Let me know what specific things are confusing and I'll be glad to clarify. Thanks!
24:50 speaking of standard terminology, “music theory” doesn’t work for me. i suggest guitar (or other instrument) mechanics. there is theoretical mathematics behind what we call music theory, but, what people call music theory isn’t that math. it is the results of all the math; the mechanics of a given instrument. so, “music theory” is really guitar, or trumpet or piano mechanics. it’s essentially an engineering reference table for a musical instrument. fretting a note is a mechanical act after all, not a theoretical exercise. ☮️ ❤🌏🌍🌎
I just have to say, you should have a million subscribers. Folks seeing this are getting something you don't see very often on UA-cam.
Thanks so much for your encouraging comments! Truly appreciated!
Definitely the MOST AH HAH MOMENTS EVER!!!
This is genius. This is revolutionary. The guitar’s cartography is explained in clarity, brevity, and simplicity in an entirely new and unique way. Every word matters and every word is well chosen. The graphical work is on par with the best available anywhere on UA-cam. Those who immerse themselves in this geography of Planet Guitar will never find themselves lost on the fretboard again. Thanks ever so much for this wonderful lesson.
@34rn357 ,
This is going to go to my head.
Thanks so much!
It's really a thrill to know this stuff is meaningful and useful to people!
Thanks!
Great tour ! This takes one to a musical world!
This video changed the way I see everything on the guitar. Thanks Mark
Wow! That's great ... I hope it's a change for the better 😎
What an amazing video. Thank you for the presentation & instructions Professor. 👨🏻🏫 This is one of the best guitar presentations I’ve ever come across on UA-cam. I feel blessed right now for choosing to watch it. And you have a new subscriber.
Thanks and welcome aboard!😎
Mark, this is a brilliant lesson! Surely within the top 10 of ALL of the thousands of lessons I've seen on UA-cam!
I couldn't ask for a better compliment!
15:29 I see how this relates (the D in the vortex) being the center as the Dorian in your latest video. Very helpful. Thank u
Great! A new video! My day is made!
love these videos sir, thank you very much !
Thank you very much. I know the modes in 3 notes per string patterns, but this helps me look at them in new ways and combinations.
Very interesting, different and insightful perspective on mapping out the fretboard.
Thank you!
Good evening Mark, good to meet another resident of Planet Guitar! I've had the ability to see in patterns, especially symmetrical Patterns! attempting to explain this to others has always gotten me strange reactions. Looking forward to sharing this, as you have so brilliantly presented the idea!!!!
Thanks @GlobalOrbital ... couldn't ask for a greater honor. Welcome.
Finally a video teaching guitar logic to someone who only recognizes patterns and logic
This along with the Modes should give me all that I really feel like I need
Genius is amazing way to teach
Thank you so much!
This is fascinating, i'm going to start learning it
A fascinating tour!
Amazing explanation.
Thank you!
A lot to digest. Great. Thank you.
Awesome thank you!
Thank you for sharing.
Love and appreciate your videos. Very informative and extremely well done in every way. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you! That means a lot to me!
Masterpiece! Thanks.
Wow! Thank you!
One of the best planet on the planet!))
Yes. Subscribed. Thank you…!
Welcome aboard!
Thanks for the great video. I am dreaming of a video like this focused on the chord-tones of the various scale degrees so that I can draw from them intuitively as I try to learn to take my improvisation from simply jamming in key to following and harmonizing with the current chord in the progression. You wouldn't happen to have some generalizable geometric secret to chord tones would ya? :)
Good suggestion. I'll put that in the queue.
⚓️ Thanks Mark 🌈
You're welcome, as always!
You seem to have managed to neatly assemble all fecal matter into a single receptacle, or should I say Planet? I will be watching this video many times to memorize each point. Your approach reminds me somewhat of Pat Martino’s approach in his Nature of Guitar course. He did not go to music school and he explained “it doesn’t matter if you come in through the back door or the front, all the same stuff is in the house! Thanks for posting this excellent video.
Thanks! ... "fecal matter" tho?
@@Newstetter a more refined way of saying you’ve got your “stuff” together when it comes to the fretboard. It’s a compliment!
I'm a little slow sometimes. Thanks!
0:59 tell that to Jimmy Bruno. I took a lesson from him and was intense like the last level on Mike Tyson’s punch out. Cool dude but I didn’t have the time to go about it the way he instructed. I did gain something from his lessons but his teaching approach was not for me, at that time.
Bruno is a hard core guy. It's that South Philly attitude.
True story: A few years ago, I reasoned that maybe I should call the box patterns after the major scale degree to leverage music theory. So for example, the Am/Cmaj pentatonic boxes starting at the 5th fret would be named 6,1,2,3,5.
I did not fully understand the significance of doing this and did not pursue it UNTIL I ran across a video by Dana Robert Rasch who called them "Guide Tones". I do not represent Mr. Rasch in any way and have no relationship with him. I did buy one of his courses, that's all.
So basically, when you do this, you have BOTH E strings to let you know where you always are! You can change keys instantly without having to move way up or down on the fretboard. Just move when you want to.
Now, you do have to know your degrees of each scale. For example, let's say I want to play over the Eb major chord and I'm at the 6th fret. I know that Bb is the 5th of Eb, so I just play within pattern 5 right there.
Another: I want to play over the F# major chord and I'm also at the 6th fret. I know that A# is the 3rd of F#, so I play within pattern 3 right where I'm at.
What about minor? Well, everyone should know the relative minor of each major key, so if someone told me to play over a Gm chord, I know that's Bb major, and so I just look for the nearest 1,2,3,5, or 6 of the Bb major scale on either E string to know which pentatonic box pattern to use. Simple!
This stuff is not rocket science, but it does take work, but it is well worth it.
@PE1978C, I wasn't actually familiar with Dana. Thanks for the tip.
His method appears to build on the same basic logic, which is so fundamental that it's always amazed me that it's not the way everyone does it. That's partly the motivation for me doing these videos and why I developed my Fretography method starting about 30 years ago when I self published the first version of my book.
www.lulu.com/shop/mark-newstetter/fretography-revised/paperback/product-20069661.html
That was before there was any real internet as we now know it. I fully expected to find other guitarists approaching things that way. But it turned out not to be the case.
Now after 30 years as a guitar teacher, after giving literally tens of thousands of one-on-one lessons, I've been able to develop a method that I know works to help people reach their potential on the instrument.
'mazing!
As a Boomer who played Sax in the 70’s this guitar nomenclature is still confusing , As a student who learned scales on sheet music that begin and end on the root note . Wish i could find an instructor that approached the guitar scales like traditional music ?? 😅
Sure. The thing about guitar is that even with conventional notation you have the problem (or opportunity, depending how you look at it) to play the same riff multiple ways based on its placement on the grid.
I think If you found a good classical teacher that'd probably be the closest to what you're looking for.
I actually do start people out with learning the C major scale in all its positions ... single octaves ... then basic triads ... I don't present ideas like those in this vid to anyone until they've got those things down.
This video isn't intended as a beginner course, but a remedial lesson for those who've already developed a grasp of chords and scales on the instrument, but still don't fully understand how they all relate to the structure of each diatonic key.
Most people starting out on guitar have little or no theory knowledge, can't read music and don't want to. So guitar players (outside classical - generally) learn to use shapes to find their way around.
I learned basic music theory in grade school, when public schools in NYC did that sort of thing ... and I played viola in the Junior High orchestra ... my mom played piano and she taught me a few things ... I later took a couple of years of classical piano lessons. But when it came to guitar ... starting from my 9th birthday when I got my first guitar ... I decided to forego lessons and use what I'd learned to figure it all out.
That led to me getting gigs by the time I was 17 and from then on I learned from everyone I met in the music scene ... that and some college extension courses in theory at UCLA. etc ...
Short story long ... I think the ideal solution for guitar pedagogy is a hybrid of conventional theory and notation ... along with a coherent approach to mapping the fretboard. It's not an either/or thing AFAIC.
Anyway ... I hope you get something out of this. Let me know what specific things are confusing and I'll be glad to clarify.
Thanks!
if you want a break from fast talking folks desperate for your attention, and premium content… you’ll enjoy this deep dive into the fretboard. ☮️ ❤🌏🌍🌎
24:50 speaking of standard terminology, “music theory” doesn’t work for me. i suggest guitar (or other instrument) mechanics. there is theoretical mathematics behind what we call music theory, but, what people call music theory isn’t that math. it is the results of all the math; the mechanics of a given instrument. so, “music theory” is really guitar, or trumpet or piano mechanics. it’s essentially an engineering reference table for a musical instrument. fretting a note is a mechanical act after all, not a theoretical exercise. ☮️ ❤🌏🌍🌎
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