For some reason I can't comment in the main section, so I'll just post my comment here.. I am so happy that I discovered your channel!! You are the first and only UA-camr I have seen that laid out his own practice routine, and I am subscribed to so many "instructors." Some of them I love and learn a lot from, but I have been trying to organize my time so that I can break through this intermediate wall!! Anyways, I for one am very grateful to you for posting this video. I will take this lesson to heart and start applying the theory every day so I can become a more professional performer. Thank you so much and have a Happy New Year!!
1. Major Scale Flash Cards 1:48 2. Gallop Picking 6:20 3. Down Picking 7:10 4. All Modes One Position 8:02 5. All Modes One Key 9:25 6. Interval Flash Cards 10:53 Made this for me to navigate the next time i watch this video 😅 good stuff!
Wat is flash cards I’m from Ireland bro I’m thick 😃😃I guess there just diagrams of the modes or scale shapes I’ll have to do some writing or printing it is good to have them in front of you until it sinks into this Irish head .. cheers from Ireland 🇮🇪 🎸🎸
Music theory is incredibly interesting once that first bit of information clicks. It just keeps clicking together like a Lego set and before you know it you know how music works. Don’t sleep on it!
Solid advice & routine. I practice as much as possible standing up. Composing, sitting at first, then standing. Metronome or drum track, & recording myself as well.🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻
Dude, just wanna say I’ve been neglecting both my guitar playing and fitness for years and I’ve made a serious commitment to both again, the way you put this down has motivated me in both. I’ve picked up the guitar again and not known where to really begin past noodling about. This video is exactly what I needed and I’m so ready for this shit now! Thank you buddy you’re a massive help!
8:20 The Keys and Associated modal tonalities Xander is playing here are as follows: A Major(Ionian) G Major(A Dorian) F Major(A Phrygian) E Major(A Lydian) D Major(A Mixolydian) C Major(A Aeolian or minor) Bb Major(A Locrian) For those inclined to follow the first part of his routine, Modes are not Scales. They are a description of the sound and or vibe created by playing a particular Scale over particular harmonic backing. For example. If you play A Major over an A Major chord it will sound like Ionian, but if you play A Major over a B minor chord it will sound Dorian. It is a common misconception that the starting pitch matters in terms of utilizing modes. For example. If you start on B which is the second note of A Major and you are playing over an A Major chord, it will not sound Dorian. It’s deeper than this as far as implying tonality as you would want to emphasize the notes that give any particular modal character its mojo, but the fundamental understanding is critical first. A good practice tool for starting to understand how modes are implied over a harmonic context is to find a drone of a particular note, I suggest a drone of the note A because you’re already here and Xander has shown you some fingerings. Play these fingers over an A drone to begin to hear what the vibe of each Mode is. Do this while referring to this comment to know what Scale you are actually playing over the A drone. Hope this helps! ❤
Just re-starting my guitar journey again at 30. Finally taking music theory and techniques seriously. It's crazy the difference it makes. Love the content dude
After hearing your first exercise, it makes me realise how extremely lucky I am that I played piano and sax growing up, and memorised every major/minor/harmonic scale (plus many many more) before I was 10. It’s always been second nature, I don’t even think about it when applying it, and I’m so grateful for that
I’ve been playing for about 5 years now and have recently decided to become more focused and diligent with my practice. This is a good roadmap and has some things I haven’t learned yet (such as modes). One key thing I don’t recall hearing is fretboard fluency - or note recognition everywhere. This is something that I think too many overlook or don’t pay sufficient attention to.
I’ve played for a year and a half and the best advice I could give anybody is to just play and not put it down. Learn until you can play barrechords comfortably, and then start seeking out any and all difficult chord shapes
I've been playing for 30+ years and this is great advice for beginners. Just play stuff you like, and master barre chords. That was the first 5 or 7 years of my playing actually. Just having fun. If a 13yo kid tries this routine, (s)he will give up in a week.
I've played guitar since I was 8. I'm now 68. I struggled to physically play for many years probably because I'm left handed and as a child I was given a right handed guitar to learn on. But in any event, I always focused on physically playing and not learning music theory. Well I eventually got better at playing and decided only about 3 years ago to study music theory. It was then I realized I had made a huge mistake! I should have started learning theory 60 years ago! It has helped my playing tremendously even with my physical drawbacks. Xander is so right when he implores us to learn music theory because when it comes to music theory, you can describe it in one word. Essential.
You and I could chat about this. Lol.. I’m left handed and learned to play right as I just didn’t know better. However, I don’t think I’ll ever be a shedder (but im not horrible), I’ve been told I have some of the coolest rhythm styles. One thing that gives me hope is some guitarist in our boat that absolutely rip at the guitar. But, I play more acoustic and really enjoy it and my skills at it
Thanks so much for this video, been really stuck with guitar for the last two years - feel like a practical next step. I take care with my gym and and running programming, the sets and reps approach really resonated. Absolutely no idea why I didn't join the dots here, trying to fit it all in work and family. Thanks for your work here, liked and subscribed.
I've been powerlifting for a couple of years now, so the gym reference totally clicked with me. I've never really looked at guitar practice the same way as I do my gym routine, but it totally makes sense. Great video man, thank you
When I first started playing guitar, I was told by a few guys that played "Don't get lessons man, you'll just end up sounding like the teacher", and "Music theory limits your creativity". Worst pieces of advice I have ever taken lol. 20+ years later I am learning theory, and everything is clicking better than it ever has in my life. Jamming with people over the years, I would get stuck because I didn't know where to go. Now that I am learning how everything works together, I find myself able to get out of boxes I was stuck in for years. I really wish I had done this earlier
New subscriber here. This is very valuable to me. I’m starting over the guitar at 50, with tons of motivation and time on my hands. Made lots of progress since January and the comparison you made with workout really clicked. And since I was practicing scales this morning, your video could not come at a better time!
music theory is so simple, i just learned the basics in like 20 minutes, lol all major scales and minor scales, each major scale shares the same whole step and half step amount, and same for minor. Correct me if i'm wrong, all major scales follow Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half. Minor scales follow Whole Half Whole Whole Half Whole Whole. Then all you need to know is the order of the notes on the piano except B & E dont have sharps. So it goes A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A. So with this info, you can just use the Whole/Half step understanding to count/name each note in any given scale. I'm excited this was so easy to learn lmao.
Yeah they’re are patterns made out of whole and half steps that represents a specific scale. Modes have a specific pattern attached to then as wel. Like if someone said “you can play lydian over that chord” that just means. Oh, a major scale with a raised 4th degree. So for C major, C lydian would be C,D,E,F#,G,A,B,C,… what in think is important is to know which notes are altered compared to a major scale. Like why is minor a minor scale? Compared to a major scale the notes that are altered are the 3th, the 6th and 7th degree… so instead of C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C you now have C,D,Eb,F,G,Ab,Bb,C that’s the minor scale. C is also the sixth mode of Eb major so these notes are exactly the same but starting on a different root note… it helped me a lot to know this stuff by memory.
I don't know all of this crap and I've been playing for years. You don't need to memorize every mode, scale, chord and interval that exists. That's just making music a boring brain exercise
@@TotalMeltdown2how often do you hit a wrong note? how often are you locked to a certain region on the fretboard? can you play arpegios und chords while improvising?
Thanks for tips and awesome content, I’m still learning a lot, and always will, your content and others content helped me a lot to push myself to do what I love to do, is to play, your previous video about making living of music, pushed me to atleast post my first album on YT, while I am aware it’s far from perfect, it unlocked inspiration to push through and improve. I know I’ll absolutely will push myself to learn more theory, cause I do need more keys to unlock my creativity.
I've never thought about doing practice the same way I work out at gym or crossfit. That is a great idea, and the flash cards too. Going to start today. Thanks for the tips
Wow, this is brilliant for all my intermediate guitar playing needs haha thanks for this video. I am already working with an instructor but feel like there are gaps that need to be filled.
Some really useful exercises for building stamina and navigating around the fretboard many thanks. I think it's cool to practice these exercises in a key to an arrangement you are working on. That way, you can then apply theory to 'have fun'.
Cool that you're including going over theory as part of a practice routine. I found that knowing basic scales/chords helps when you're jamming and writing with someone so you don't have to say notes by fret number.
I share your opinion about music theory and creativity. For a long time I have been composing music by intuition, but it was a long process that I could not understand or explain to my band members. After studying to be a Primary School Music Teacher ( it's currently my job in Barcelona, Spain), I learned a new musical language that makes me be more creative and compose much more elaborate music with an explicit intention. Great video as always, I love your content and your solo music.
Intensity..gets you far in every theater.. I finished Half Ironman 6 50 44 so I know intensive idelogy. Great routines here. 4 to 7 hour daily swim bike run practice 25 months. Never thought about putting em together. I can do this...
Great advice man. My thing was recording myself then you will hear practically every bad and good thing you do. Taught me a dear lesson in what i don't want to hear 😮
thank you for the information man! as a beginner i just enjoy learning and playing heavy riffs but there is something to be said for sure about learning music theory, the more knowledgeable you are about it should in theory make you a better player. As a beginner modes/scales/intervals are unfamiliar to me but this video is definitely a good foundational reference. Thank you for your service, i was also 6 years active duty infantry.
I heard Mark Twight (physical trainer, alpine climber, writer, photographer) once say something along the lines of "you have to understand the rules first before you can understand how to break them." This was in the context of either fitness or art (photography and writing, in this case), if I remember correctly. I feel that it applies to music as well.
3:45. It’s a shame people don’t learn theory. But I understand why people say it. Some people dont want to learn it because they truly believe once they learn it, they are going to feel like they have theory telling them that they can’t do what they want because the theory says so. The theory is there to help you understand, not to force you in a box. You can easily break rules of theory and sound musical, you just have to learn context and that is all in the hands and putting in hours. I absolutely agree with you on your point
What a great practice routine, I need to learn more to do some of this, but what a great breakdown. I need help on my scales, needed to make it more fun, never understood modes, fully plus a great down picking routine. I love the emphasis on practical use of theory And incorporating it into warm-up routines. I can’t do this whole routine yet but not far off. I can see doing these routines from the low E the high E various other strings to keep it fresh,. I remember your advice on getting good at standard tuning first before dropping. Just in time for Christmas bro gonna use this routine cheers!
Great stuff that I’m gonna work on. I’ve had to step away from guitar for a bit because of life. But getting my dexterity back from this too! Forearms are on fire! 😂
When i was 13-20 i was practicing for grade 8 like 6hrs daily.. As a result it got my neck and some fingers perma fried in matters of flexibility. Then i decided to train like a gym. Scales 20mins 10mins break rhytm parts 20 mins 10 mins off and 30mins a track Next day theory 45mins wont even touch guitar and is one on one off almost daily anymore just for couch use😂.. And I could like that keep remember em all inside out. But ok i only play a 7 strings on drop F anymore so I know the sequence and harmonic perfects diminish intervals of it inside out. But i aint getting fried anymore i actually now at the age of 34 i started understand you must enjoy it and i dare to say i discover even better suited for me positions still till today. Cause what hinders creativity is tenonditis and neck strains:p excellent video will def readjust some of what u said in my sets and start remembering some scales sequences
As a long time tuba player venturing into the string world I’ve been trying to avoid everything that I didn’t like sitting in band. I guess my band director and lesson instructor were right in saying that the scales will never fail me 🤣
8:18 I get the concept of the modes in a key and altering the root? In this excercise your just running through it an we consider our self’s in the next mode when we come back around to the next root? Having a hard time hearing the shift to the metronome.
I just saw the eagles hat in the thumbnail and said “hell yeah guitar teacher and birds fan” didn’t realize I was gonna get a great video and lesson out of this. Thanks and goooo birdsss🦅
Ive always been drawn to theory but so far only can use it to improve some lame solos and help me with chord/ note options when tweaking progressions. Still need a grasp to fluidly change keys mid song. Starting today i laid out this practice routine in Ableton with vocal cues to announce start and rest periods. If you want in 30 days I can send you the audio of day one to compare to day 30 and you can decide how much I owe you...
This has EVERYTHING I neglect in my guitar journey: internalize the keys and intervals and using a metronome. Platinum level stuff here! The dark UA-cam overlord algorithm brought me here. Thank you for the awesome video!
I've watched some of your other videos but this one made me subscribe. Looking forward to adding these ideas into my practice routine. One question. Why do you use flashcards for the major scales but not the minor scales?
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I bet you could make and sell practice flash cards. I always see courses for music theory, learning scales or particular song. I haven’t seen a course for how to practice. I know that may sound dumb but most people left on their own revert to something familiar. I think people want to have a practice routine, but just don’t know how.
Bro I like your style great ideas I need to buckle down I’m starting to understand the fretboard better I actually like theory.. cheers from Ireland 🇮🇪 bro take care .. 🎸Man U can play the modes in a position fast and clean how do I get here do u recommend writing the modes out on a page .. is that wat u mean by flash cards 😀we probably calm them something crazy here in Ireland anyway thanks I can tell u are a focused excellent player by the way u explain things im glad you pooped up on my feed dude 💪liked and subbed and shared
I’d recommend learning every note in order, and then try to remember, write it down on paper, draw a fretboard, and just try to memorise it, test yourself. I set up guitar to drop b and do tests for my brain every day, I say letter A and play all A’s on all strings, then G# etc
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Fellow veteran guitar player here. Love your content brother! Got a new sub👍
I dig it. Following. Thank you for the video. 👍
For some reason I can't comment in the main section, so I'll just post my comment here..
I am so happy that I discovered your channel!! You are the first and only UA-camr I have seen that laid out his own practice routine, and I am subscribed to so many "instructors." Some of them I love and learn a lot from, but I have been trying to organize my time so that I can break through this intermediate wall!! Anyways, I for one am very grateful to you for posting this video. I will take this lesson to heart and start applying the theory every day so I can become a more professional performer. Thank you so much and have a Happy New Year!!
1. Major Scale Flash Cards 1:48
2. Gallop Picking 6:20
3. Down Picking 7:10
4. All Modes One Position 8:02
5. All Modes One Key 9:25
6. Interval Flash Cards 10:53
Made this for me to navigate the next time i watch this video 😅 good stuff!
thank you I will use it too
Wat is flash cards I’m from Ireland bro I’m thick 😃😃I guess there just diagrams of the modes or scale shapes I’ll have to do some writing or printing it is good to have them in front of you until it sinks into this Irish head .. cheers from Ireland 🇮🇪 🎸🎸
@@dieselman7453im not quite sure but i suspect you might be from ireland
We know you got the tone in your blood just like gary moore did@@dieselman7453
Music theory is incredibly interesting once that first bit of information clicks. It just keeps clicking together like a Lego set and before you know it you know how music works. Don’t sleep on it!
Solid advice & routine. I practice as much as possible standing up. Composing, sitting at first, then standing. Metronome or drum track, & recording myself as well.🤘🏻🎸🤘🏻
literally my daily routine
Dude, just wanna say I’ve been neglecting both my guitar playing and fitness for years and I’ve made a serious commitment to both again, the way you put this down has motivated me in both. I’ve picked up the guitar again and not known where to really begin past noodling about. This video is exactly what I needed and I’m so ready for this shit now! Thank you buddy you’re a massive help!
8:20
The Keys and Associated modal tonalities Xander is playing here are as follows:
A Major(Ionian)
G Major(A Dorian)
F Major(A Phrygian)
E Major(A Lydian)
D Major(A Mixolydian)
C Major(A Aeolian or minor)
Bb Major(A Locrian)
For those inclined to follow the first part of his routine, Modes are not Scales. They are a description of the sound and or vibe created by playing a particular Scale over particular harmonic backing.
For example. If you play A Major over an A Major chord it will sound like Ionian, but if you play A Major over a B minor chord it will sound Dorian.
It is a common misconception that the starting pitch matters in terms of utilizing modes. For example. If you start on B which is the second note of A Major and you are playing over an A Major chord, it will not sound Dorian.
It’s deeper than this as far as implying tonality as you would want to emphasize the notes that give any particular modal character its mojo, but the fundamental understanding is critical first.
A good practice tool for starting to understand how modes are implied over a harmonic context is to find a drone of a particular note, I suggest a drone of the note A because you’re already here and Xander has shown you some fingerings. Play these fingers over an A drone to begin to hear what the vibe of each Mode is. Do this while referring to this comment to know what Scale you are actually playing over the A drone.
Hope this helps! ❤
A Locrian is Bb Major :)
@@colinttierney This man is correct! I should really re-read before commenting sometimes! Anyways, edited!
This really helped me a lot, thanks!
This is the kind of structure I've been looking for since I started playing guitar again. Keep up the great work.
Just re-starting my guitar journey again at 30. Finally taking music theory and techniques seriously. It's crazy the difference it makes. Love the content dude
After hearing your first exercise, it makes me realise how extremely lucky I am that I played piano and sax growing up, and memorised every major/minor/harmonic scale (plus many many more) before I was 10. It’s always been second nature, I don’t even think about it when applying it, and I’m so grateful for that
I’ve been playing for about 5 years now and have recently decided to become more focused and diligent with my practice. This is a good roadmap and has some things I haven’t learned yet (such as modes). One key thing I don’t recall hearing is fretboard fluency - or note recognition everywhere. This is something that I think too many overlook or don’t pay sufficient attention to.
I’ve played for a year and a half and the best advice I could give anybody is to just play and not put it down. Learn until you can play barrechords comfortably, and then start seeking out any and all difficult chord shapes
I've been playing for 30+ years and this is great advice for beginners. Just play stuff you like, and master barre chords. That was the first 5 or 7 years of my playing actually. Just having fun. If a 13yo kid tries this routine, (s)he will give up in a week.
I've played guitar since I was 8. I'm now 68. I struggled to physically play for many years probably because I'm left handed and as a child I was given a right handed guitar to learn on. But in any event, I always focused on physically playing and not learning music theory. Well I eventually got better at playing and decided only about 3 years ago to study music theory. It was then I realized I had made a huge mistake! I should have started learning theory 60 years ago! It has helped my playing tremendously even with my physical drawbacks. Xander is so right when he implores us to learn music theory because when it comes to music theory, you can describe it in one word. Essential.
You and I could chat about this. Lol.. I’m left handed and learned to play right as I just didn’t know better. However, I don’t think I’ll ever be a shedder (but im not horrible), I’ve been told I have some of the coolest rhythm styles. One thing that gives me hope is some guitarist in our boat that absolutely rip at the guitar. But, I play more acoustic and really enjoy it and my skills at it
I’ve been playing guitar for a lot of years and still found a lot of useful things from this video 🤘🤘
Thanks so much for this video, been really stuck with guitar for the last two years - feel like a practical next step. I take care with my gym and and running programming, the sets and reps approach really resonated. Absolutely no idea why I didn't join the dots here, trying to fit it all in work and family. Thanks for your work here, liked and subscribed.
im glad you enjoyed it!
I've been powerlifting for a couple of years now, so the gym reference totally clicked with me. I've never really looked at guitar practice the same way as I do my gym routine, but it totally makes sense. Great video man, thank you
When I first started playing guitar, I was told by a few guys that played "Don't get lessons man, you'll just end up sounding like the teacher", and "Music theory limits your creativity". Worst pieces of advice I have ever taken lol. 20+ years later I am learning theory, and everything is clicking better than it ever has in my life. Jamming with people over the years, I would get stuck because I didn't know where to go. Now that I am learning how everything works together, I find myself able to get out of boxes I was stuck in for years. I really wish I had done this earlier
New subscriber here. This is very valuable to me. I’m starting over the guitar at 50, with tons of motivation and time on my hands. Made lots of progress since January and the comparison you made with workout really clicked. And since I was practicing scales this morning, your video could not come at a better time!
Thank you brother for opening your keys to becoming a better player.
This is savage! I like the sets & reps format. Now I've gotta go find those 3-note-per-string patterns so I can put in some work. Big thanks XRC!
music theory is so simple, i just learned the basics in like 20 minutes, lol all major scales and minor scales, each major scale shares the same whole step and half step amount, and same for minor.
Correct me if i'm wrong, all major scales follow Whole, Whole, Half, Whole, Whole, Whole, Half. Minor scales follow Whole Half Whole Whole Half Whole Whole. Then all you need to know is the order of the notes on the piano except B & E dont have sharps. So it goes A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A. So with this info, you can just use the Whole/Half step understanding to count/name each note in any given scale. I'm excited this was so easy to learn lmao.
Yeah they’re are patterns made out of whole and half steps that represents a specific scale. Modes have a specific pattern attached to then as wel. Like if someone said “you can play lydian over that chord” that just means. Oh, a major scale with a raised 4th degree. So for C major, C lydian would be C,D,E,F#,G,A,B,C,… what in think is important is to know which notes are altered compared to a major scale. Like why is minor a minor scale? Compared to a major scale the notes that are altered are the 3th, the 6th and 7th degree… so instead of C,D,E,F,G,A,B,C you now have C,D,Eb,F,G,Ab,Bb,C that’s the minor scale. C is also the sixth mode of Eb major so these notes are exactly the same but starting on a different root note… it helped me a lot to know this stuff by memory.
@ yeah there’s a shit ton I have to learn about modes and certain scale degrees etc! Pretty lit
I don't know all of this crap and I've been playing for years. You don't need to memorize every mode, scale, chord and interval that exists. That's just making music a boring brain exercise
@@TotalMeltdown2 sure
@@TotalMeltdown2how often do you hit a wrong note? how often are you locked to a certain region on the fretboard? can you play arpegios und chords while improvising?
Thanks for tips and awesome content, I’m still learning a lot, and always will, your content and others content helped me a lot to push myself to do what I love to do, is to play, your previous video about making living of music, pushed me to atleast post my first album on YT, while I am aware it’s far from perfect, it unlocked inspiration to push through and improve. I know I’ll absolutely will push myself to learn more theory, cause I do need more keys to unlock my creativity.
Great lesson thanks for putting this together!
Thank you Xander. Great suggestions.
thank you so much for watching!
Thanks for the tips and advice! You should put all of these guitar lesson videos in a playlist
So much to learn in this one video, support from Taiwan!
I've never thought about doing practice the same way I work out at gym or crossfit. That is a great idea, and the flash cards too. Going to start today. Thanks for the tips
Wow, this is brilliant for all my intermediate guitar playing needs haha thanks for this video. I am already working with an instructor but feel like there are gaps that need to be filled.
Some really useful exercises for building stamina and navigating around the fretboard many thanks. I think it's cool to practice these exercises in a key to an arrangement you are working on. That way, you can then apply theory to 'have fun'.
Cool that you're including going over theory as part of a practice routine. I found that knowing basic scales/chords helps when you're jamming and writing with someone so you don't have to say notes by fret number.
This is cool! I especially liked the interval practice part because it's good for ear training and learning the various interval sounds.
I started playing gtr in 1984 and you made alot more sense than alot of the gtr teacher's i had when i was younger. Great job. 😊
This is really cool.. some things I don't know so I'm gonna have to look it up..
So so helpful!! Thank you for this!
I'm going to actually do this! Thanks dude
I share your opinion about music theory and creativity. For a long time I have been composing music by intuition, but it was a long process that I could not understand or explain to my band members. After studying to be a Primary School Music Teacher ( it's currently my job in Barcelona, Spain), I learned a new musical language that makes me be more creative and compose much more elaborate music with an explicit intention.
Great video as always, I love your content and your solo music.
Thanks for the routine and tips bro.
✌️🤓✌️
Music theory enhances creativity 💯
this does helps a lot. im gonna try this to make my pratice sessions more structured.
Intensity..gets you far in every theater.. I finished Half Ironman 6 50 44 so I know intensive idelogy. Great routines here. 4 to 7 hour daily swim bike run practice 25 months. Never thought about putting em together. I can do this...
Great advice man. My thing was recording myself then you will hear practically every bad and good thing you do. Taught me a dear lesson in what i don't want to hear 😮
I started out with a scale book and wrote out flashcards and that helped immensely!
Solid advise there dude, nice one!
I think your practice routine is wonderful. I may even implement a few of your idea into my own practice routine.
Awesome brother! I play slayers reign in blood entire album for practice. Lol I already know all of scales and modes. Great video bro.
GREAT advices… im now one of the biggest metal guitar players on fiverr… and what you said is basically my basis to make music feel easy hehe
thank you for the information man! as a beginner i just enjoy learning and playing heavy riffs but there is something to be said for sure about learning music theory, the more knowledgeable you are about it should in theory make you a better player. As a beginner modes/scales/intervals are unfamiliar to me but this video is definitely a good foundational reference. Thank you for your service, i was also 6 years active duty infantry.
new subscriber here because of this vid. thanks for this 🤘
This is brilliant. Thanks for sharing
I heard Mark Twight (physical trainer, alpine climber, writer, photographer) once say something along the lines of "you have to understand the rules first before you can understand how to break them." This was in the context of either fitness or art (photography and writing, in this case), if I remember correctly. I feel that it applies to music as well.
This is really good practice advice. Stuff I know I need to start doing. Thanks Xander! Im in the Philly area too.
Tha k you for the good guitar player vs. Theory and great player...
3:45. It’s a shame people don’t learn theory. But I understand why people say it. Some people dont want to learn it because they truly believe once they learn it, they are going to feel like they have theory telling them that they can’t do what they want because the theory says so. The theory is there to help you understand, not to force you in a box. You can easily break rules of theory and sound musical, you just have to learn context and that is all in the hands and putting in hours. I absolutely agree with you on your point
Thanks, going tonstart this rn. Cant wait for this new album drop because...
A mind is a terrible thing to taste!
What a great practice routine, I need to learn more to do some of this, but what a great breakdown. I need help on my scales, needed to make it more fun, never understood modes, fully plus a great down picking routine. I love the emphasis on practical use of theory And incorporating it into warm-up routines. I can’t do this whole routine yet but not far off. I can see doing these routines from the low E the high E various other strings to keep it fresh,. I remember your advice on getting good at standard tuning first before dropping. Just in time for Christmas bro gonna use this routine cheers!
Thank you!
Subbed this dude. This stuff is priceless. Ty my man
Super useful. Thanks Xander. 😊
Great stuff that I’m gonna work on. I’ve had to step away from guitar for a bit because of life. But getting my dexterity back from this too! Forearms are on fire! 😂
Subscribed, my dude. Been catching your shorts didnt think to check for a full video
Hey I appreciate you so much
I like this a lot thank you!
Good stuff. Thanks!
When i was 13-20 i was practicing for grade 8 like 6hrs daily.. As a result it got my neck and some fingers perma fried in matters of flexibility. Then i decided to train like a gym. Scales 20mins 10mins break rhytm parts 20 mins 10 mins off and 30mins a track
Next day theory 45mins wont even touch guitar and is one on one off almost daily anymore just for couch use😂.. And I could like that keep remember em all inside out. But ok i only play a 7 strings on drop F anymore so I know the sequence and harmonic perfects diminish intervals of it inside out. But i aint getting fried anymore i actually now at the age of 34 i started understand you must enjoy it and i dare to say i discover even better suited for me positions still till today. Cause what hinders creativity is tenonditis and neck strains:p excellent video will def readjust some of what u said in my sets and start remembering some scales sequences
Great Lesson 🤘🤘🤘
Thanks man 🤘
This is the perfect explanation. I agree.
Great stuff!
Thank you for trying to explain music theory for us, maybe one day it will all make sense.
Im in Philly too! See you at the Falser.
This is amazing for all levels of guitar players 🤘🔥🔥🤘
Im gonna make some theory flash cards, haha, great advice, thanks
As a long time tuba player venturing into the string world I’ve been trying to avoid everything that I didn’t like sitting in band. I guess my band director and lesson instructor were right in saying that the scales will never fail me 🤣
Whoah, that's really helping man! Thanks a lot!
On the other hand, a couple of PDF tabs would be awesome 😅🤗
thanks so much for wacthing!
Thanks.
great practice routine !!!!
You look like a gym coach this is so accurate wth
8:18 I get the concept of the modes in a key and altering the root? In this excercise your just running through it an we consider our self’s in the next mode when we come back around to the next root?
Having a hard time hearing the shift to the metronome.
I’m your latest subscriber brother. 👨
thank you so much!
I just saw the eagles hat in the thumbnail and said “hell yeah guitar teacher and birds fan” didn’t realize I was gonna get a great video and lesson out of this. Thanks and goooo birdsss🦅
Reminds me of Mark Tremontis downpicking challenge. Triplet chugs for as long as you can go
Ive always been drawn to theory but so far only can use it to improve some lame solos and help me with chord/ note options when tweaking progressions. Still need a grasp to fluidly change keys mid song. Starting today i laid out this practice routine in Ableton with vocal cues to announce start and rest periods. If you want in 30 days I can send you the audio of day one to compare to day 30 and you can decide how much I owe you...
Great stuff.
Many thx bro!
Just found this channel today and this is new to me. I hope this info will eventually click. Never made a flash card on any music theory
This has EVERYTHING I neglect in my guitar journey: internalize the keys and intervals and using a metronome.
Platinum level stuff here! The dark UA-cam overlord algorithm brought me here.
Thank you for the awesome video!
thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave such a nice comment!
I've watched some of your other videos but this one made me subscribe. Looking forward to adding these ideas into my practice routine.
One question. Why do you use flashcards for the major scales but not the minor scales?
Thank you so much
Great video 😊😊😊😊😊
Me being in Queensland Australia, warming my fingers is never an issue 😂
Usually don’t like to run my hands through water or play right after the shower cuz I feel like my hands get really soft and my calluses break easier
Same here! Try apply some alcohol or dont use the callused hand
Hit da books
"This video is completely free". Thanks dude, we got the gist of how UA-cam works...
Need some circle of 5ths...playing in 12 keys around the cycle.
Gotta say. Go Birds!!!!
Bless you, Thank’s for sharing, my friend 😊
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While I don’t go to the gym, my job affords the same kind of workout: I’m a mechanic 🧑🔧 🤣
I bet you could make and sell practice flash cards. I always see courses for music theory, learning scales or particular song. I haven’t seen a course for how to practice. I know that may sound dumb but most people left on their own revert to something familiar. I think people want to have a practice routine, but just don’t know how.
Would have loved to see rhythm notes for the gallopp picking. I dont get it
Bro I like your style great ideas I need to buckle down I’m starting to understand the fretboard better I actually like theory.. cheers from Ireland 🇮🇪 bro take care .. 🎸Man U can play the modes in a position fast and clean how do I get here do u recommend writing the modes out on a page .. is that wat u mean by flash cards 😀we probably calm them something crazy here in Ireland anyway thanks I can tell u are a focused excellent player by the way u explain things im glad you pooped up on my feed dude 💪liked and subbed and shared
My mind went pop. Can I get there......
can you teach us how to re calculate the fretboard when down/drop tuning ?
I’d recommend learning every note in order, and then try to remember, write it down on paper, draw a fretboard, and just try to memorise it, test yourself. I set up guitar to drop b and do tests for my brain every day, I say letter A and play all A’s on all strings, then G# etc
Awesome vid man real helpful thank you!! what BPM do you run your metronome?