Music Theory Formulas for Guitarists

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  • @IndyRockStar
    @IndyRockStar 2 роки тому +19

    You're like the Bob Ross of music theory. I've tried learning music theory from different people and places. You're the first guy I can actually listen too. You sir, just won yourself a new patron.

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  2 роки тому

      I cannot thank you enough for your trust and support Keto Soldier! I’ll see you in there!

    • @IndyRockStar
      @IndyRockStar 2 роки тому

      @@curiousguitarist i'm Christoph on the platform.

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  2 роки тому

      @@IndyRockStar got it, I'll see you in The Studio!

  • @fendr1962
    @fendr1962 8 місяців тому +1

    I have never figured out where to start when it comes to music theory and the guitar. I have been listening to tons and tons of people trying to explain what it is and how to use it. So I have picked up a little knowledge here and there. I have been driving down the road with no clue of how to get to where I want to go. Then you Chris show up. You actually having a true starting place and you pointed me in the direction I want to go. Thank you for all your knowledge and your communication skills as an instructor. I need structure in order to progress and this is what you are offering. Excellent!!!

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  8 місяців тому +2

      So very glad you enjoyed this one...now the road is paved well and smooth for the rest of the journey! Happy to help!

  • @thisistimwoods
    @thisistimwoods 3 роки тому +2

    I think it's a fantastic lesson telling people you don't need to know everything. To focus on what interests you. I for one know that sometimes I get hung up learning something that is not a priority for what I want to do at all. Also, I bloody love your surf green strat! I've my eye on a surf green one too. Thanks for this lesson

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому +1

      Great stuff Timothy, thanks for the comment.
      Focusing on what you "like, love, want, need", brings far better results than "should" ever will.
      Tally ho!

  • @Jake66564
    @Jake66564 3 роки тому +2

    Realizing after a year or so of following your lessons how much more comes to me intuitively. I go to learn a song and as individual notes are taught I immediately start to guess at triad and scale relationships. You've really changed my understanding and enjoyment of guitar

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому +1

      Wow Jake, that is so cool! Of course you're welcome, and I'm glad you're here.

  • @Dave-gf3kd
    @Dave-gf3kd 3 роки тому +7

    ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC CHRIS! Mastery is taking something complex and being able to break it down into simple building blocks that others can use effectively to follow the path you are explaining to them!

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      Wow, thanks Dave, I really appreciate that. Thanks for being here on the channel.

  • @michaeldematteis3409
    @michaeldematteis3409 3 роки тому +1

    I love this stuff.i learned all this theory the last few years.wrote it all down in notebooks.still practice it daily.never thought it would help so much,but it truly does,this guy is spot on..gold

  • @kevinmorris7722
    @kevinmorris7722 3 роки тому +3

    Sure wish that lesson was my first exposure to theory. I started the hard way. With the hard knocks I've learned to appreciate you and unravel some of the confusion. Thanks Chris.

  • @immutablecantrip
    @immutablecantrip 3 роки тому +1

    Chris, your lessons have been invaluable. I can't believe you don't have more subscribers. As an intermediate player, all of your concepts are ones that I have struggled to wrap my head around for so long, but you break it down in ways I can understand.

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      Wow, thanks, Mal. I'm so glad these are helpful. Thanks for the sub!

  • @veniceFLagent
    @veniceFLagent Рік тому

    Third time I've watched this video. Mind blown 🤯. The fret board opens up a little more everytime I digest one of your lessons. Thank you!

  • @TheMinorFallTheMajorLift
    @TheMinorFallTheMajorLift 3 роки тому +1

    I can’t get enough of this stuff. Thank you, Chris.

  • @robgreen5943
    @robgreen5943 Рік тому

    Chris, just another comment to join the others about your teaching. This channel is truly underated and unlike other channels you explain things in a thorough and focused manner rather than focusing on click baity 'top 5' lists or anything of the sort. Please keep doing what you are doing how you are doing it and I'm sure this channel will blow up. It has helped me massively.

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  Рік тому +1

      I’m so glad the channel holds value for you, that’s more important to me than how many subs the channel has.
      Thanks for being here

    • @robgreen5943
      @robgreen5943 Рік тому

      @@curiousguitarist Nothing but respect for you mate.

  • @EclecticEssentric
    @EclecticEssentric 3 роки тому +1

    Teaching them basics! I'm glad that you're happy making others happy. I'd love to teach this stuff, as you may have noticed. It's hard to not type essays of info on every video that I watch.
    Thank you my good man!

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому +1

      You bet Timmy!
      The secret to teaching well is to control the information flow and tie it directly to the audience's contextual state. Not too much, and not too little. Harder to do in a video I confess, but too much information causes intake paralysis.

    • @EclecticEssentric
      @EclecticEssentric 3 роки тому

      @@curiousguitarist Yes. That's the hard bit for me; I'm obsessive and love information overload...most don't. Thanks for this wisdom too!

  • @BMMPMI
    @BMMPMI Рік тому

    Just logging the fact that a minor third is a step and a half away from the root is invaluable. Your teachings are the best. Have a good day!

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  Рік тому

      Glad you enjoyed this one. These little knowledge nuggets are powerful magnets that you will attach more and more information to as you move through your musical education.

    • @BMMPMI
      @BMMPMI Рік тому

      @@curiousguitarist Thank you very much. I've been studying theory but the knowledge I've gained is spread out, scattered. Your lessons are giving me the missing pieces and helping connect the dots. As I do all this it fuels the creativity for writing. Take care, rock on and talk to ya later @curiousguitarist

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  Рік тому

      @Scales-n-Arpeggios really? Is this you’re marketing strategy? You just cut and paste into the comments of someone else’s videos?
      Not even a nod the the creator you’re riding on.
      Classy.

  • @dailydoseofmusictheory
    @dailydoseofmusictheory 3 роки тому +1

    This is great. It's exactly what I emphasize. Master the formulas and it makes everything so much easier!

  • @JCFern
    @JCFern 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you once again Chris for a fantastic lesson. By pure rote, I managed to learn a pretty large number of scale patterns, but that’s all they were: PATTERNS. Beyond the scale shapes, I really didn’t know very much about what to do with them.
    But now, learning how to play arpeggios, I am literally seeing and hearing the triads sequence in I ii iii IV V vi vii(dim), and it’s so fascinating to watch the arpeggios that span a 3-string set literally form playable chords! Those patterns were simply a scaffolding for scales and chords!
    Thank you sooo much for helping me to “see-and-hear” inside these patterns. 🙏

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      Dude, you are transforming, right here. I recall that same set of realizations. Welcome to fretboard freedom friend!

  • @timsellsted521
    @timsellsted521 3 роки тому +1

    Another great lesson Chris! I always like how you simplify a complex subject. Thanks for this lesson!

  • @cavejelly
    @cavejelly 2 роки тому

    2nd video and I'm hooked. Looking forward to a long journey with you!

  • @guitarlamar
    @guitarlamar Рік тому

    This episode is the hack! At least for me. When he put up those chord formulas I grabbed a pen a paper so fast lol. Just what I needed. Thanks for another helpful video Chris!

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  Рік тому

      So glad you enjoyed this one! It's all gravy after this :)

  • @Robert-Smith
    @Robert-Smith 2 роки тому

    Wow talking about making things click in your head your lessons make things that I couldn't work out before suddenly make sense great videos you are a great teacher!

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  2 роки тому

      Thank you, Robert! I’m glad these are clicking for you!

  • @johnrisher3007
    @johnrisher3007 2 роки тому

    Wow Chris this is awesome. I like harmony. And I really like Southern Rock

  • @donnielessnau2643
    @donnielessnau2643 3 роки тому

    Great stuff. I love music theory. Can't get enough. Never get tired of music theory. Well done.

  • @AnthonyMartinez-yw2fl
    @AnthonyMartinez-yw2fl 3 роки тому

    Thank you Sir for all the valuable theory information. I am adding all of this to my notebook. Have a great day and please keep these lessons going.

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому +1

      Glad these are helpful Anthony! More coming for sure!!

  • @dylan.n.5167
    @dylan.n.5167 2 роки тому

    Really appreciate your way of teaching

  • @rileymaud8125
    @rileymaud8125 3 роки тому +1

    Hey Chris! Great lesson as always. Question for you. When you are going through the formula, how do you know when to go up or down a string. For example on the A major scale. You start on the 6 string for the first two notes (frets 5 and 7), and then move to the 5th string (4th fret) for the third interval in the scale. What makes that determination and how do you know when and where to go? Thanks!

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому +1

      That's all preference.
      try this: Play an A major scale, starting on the E string 5th fret. Use the constraint of 3 notes per string and see where it takes you. Now repeat with 2 notes per string, totally different result, same notes.

  • @softailspringer9915
    @softailspringer9915 Рік тому

    Brilliant lesson. Thanks Chris

  • @lukaszmikula123
    @lukaszmikula123 3 роки тому

    To be able to simplify things you need to know complexity of it. And it takes time. Another great stuff Chris. BTW I like a lot video about new John Mayer you did together with Marty and Rhett. Peace

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      Thanks Lukasz, we had a blast doing that video in Nashville.

  • @vltjd
    @vltjd 3 роки тому

    So I can stop reviewing the line segment length of every triangle? What a relief. Nice lesson. Thanks.

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      Hahaha! Yes, indeed, we don't need all that info.
      This comment made me laugh vltjd, thanks 😝

  • @Dave-gf3kd
    @Dave-gf3kd 3 роки тому

    Stopping at 29 seconds in to say: “Sound Geometry”!!! This helps me SO much! OK…I’ll watch the rest…

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      You’re welcome Dave! It’s amazing to me that music theory isn’t taught like geometry by everyone. Just seems sort of obvious once you look at it like that.

  • @joycegrove5602
    @joycegrove5602 3 роки тому

    A great primer to introduce folks to what this is all about! Cheers Chris! :)

  • @johnrisher3007
    @johnrisher3007 2 роки тому

    Thank you for your lessons Chris 🙏. God bless you always 🙏

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  2 роки тому

      Thanks much, John. I’m glad you enjoyed this one.

  • @jayp6990
    @jayp6990 3 роки тому

    As Uncle Ben would say, "Another slab of fried gold". For whatever reason (for me at least) the explanations and examples become very clear, I do not understand down votes for these works, thank you sir!
    Oh, also the m11 Sean Daniel reference PRICELESS.

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      I was hoping someone would catch that :)
      Thanks for the comment Jay, good to have you here!

  • @dennisflock3958
    @dennisflock3958 3 роки тому +1

    Morning from Kankakee Illinois.

  • @darreneden
    @darreneden 3 роки тому +2

    He’s back!! Fridays are just not same without a new video from Chris. I’m curious Chris. Was everything in Nashville numbered in uppercase and lowercase Roman numerals?

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому +1

      Ha! I would have loved that!
      It's good to be back Darren.

  • @tone-glide2402
    @tone-glide2402 3 роки тому

    Great! lesson! Chris! Thanks for your continued un-selfish! insight! that you share with us!

  • @scottstevens9323
    @scottstevens9323 3 роки тому

    Thank you, Chris!

  • @christophervincent8420
    @christophervincent8420 3 роки тому

    Thank you for the 🐟lesson Chris.

  • @douglasbroccone3144
    @douglasbroccone3144 2 роки тому

    This guy is a great teacher

  • @francocerasuolo1200
    @francocerasuolo1200 3 роки тому

    You are greatly appreciated, Chris.

  • @crushedit1497
    @crushedit1497 2 роки тому

    Great lesson

  • @timharding7381
    @timharding7381 3 роки тому

    Perfectly explained Chris. Thanks. 🙏🏼

  • @clbf6006
    @clbf6006 2 роки тому

    thank you

  • @abnerlouischarles
    @abnerlouischarles Рік тому

    so is there only one major chord in a major scale since the starting note is always at the root ? and every note on the guitar has a major chord and a major scale attached to it. Meaning A major, F, D , D# major ext. And if so to not get too complex as far as major and minor chords are concern would that mean there's only 12 distinctive major and minor chords that can be played in different positions on the neck of the guitar. I'm asking this to figure out if I can train my ear to learn how major and minor chords sounds and just quickly find it using the major and minor scales.

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  Рік тому

      Every key is built from a scale, let's use C as an example:
      C major scale = C D E F G A B
      Chords in the key of C = Cmajor, DMinor, Eminor, Fmajor, Gmajor, AMinor, Bdiminished
      Every key has these types of chords in this order EVERY time. The only thing that changes is the root notes. This is a good starting point.

  • @stevegunn9971
    @stevegunn9971 5 місяців тому

    Very helpful, thanks!

  • @lawrencedeans1433
    @lawrencedeans1433 3 роки тому +2

    Good day from Bonnie Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  • @ElIncreibleCptSpiff
    @ElIncreibleCptSpiff 3 роки тому

    Thanks! All clear!

  • @thomascrosson8541
    @thomascrosson8541 3 роки тому

    Nice one Chris! Thanks man!

  • @robertfarris8565
    @robertfarris8565 3 роки тому

    Great lesson as usual... could you do a lesson on redundant chord grips?

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      I totally would...if I knew what that was!! :D
      Can you explain that a touch more Robert?

    • @robertfarris8565
      @robertfarris8565 3 роки тому +1

      @@curiousguitarist Hi Chris, they're three note grips that are movable and become different chords at different locations on the same string set as in A6 becomes A9 on the DGB string set as used by T-bone so often. Great for jump blues and for us arthritically challenged old guys. Thanks.

    • @RBZ3
      @RBZ3 3 роки тому +2

      That would be a cool lesson. It’s amazing that one triad shape can give you a G6 (1 3 6), an A9 (5 7 9) and an Em (1 b3 5) and probably some others as well. I love how they sound as you slide them around. Great lesson as always Chris!

    • @robertfarris8565
      @robertfarris8565 3 роки тому +1

      @@RBZ3 You said it better than I could...

  • @SyntagmaStation
    @SyntagmaStation 3 роки тому +2

    If only I had the memory to retain all these relatively simple ideas (along with all the solos I have learned and totally forgotten).

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому +3

      That's not about memory, it's about repetition and consistency. You're suffering from a shallow knowledge transfer. Just pick a single idea and drill the bejeebus out of it for a week :) THEN you'll retain it.

    • @michaeldematteis3409
      @michaeldematteis3409 3 роки тому +1

      Write it all out,and keep going back to it.youll get it.im a slow learner also,never thought I could do it either.i started out learning scales and chords as shapes and patterns,boxes.had no idea what I was actually playing.what this guy is saying is the best way to go about it

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому +1

      @@michaeldematteis3409 thanks Michael!

    • @SyntagmaStation
      @SyntagmaStation 3 роки тому

      @@RedErin I hear you. I have been playing for a long time now. I understand many of the principles.But it’s sort of like reciting poetry or the Gettysburg Address. You remember parts but then it just fades . . . The muscle memory hangs in there once I recall, but the recall is the hard part.

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      @@RedErin truth.

  • @kdavis63
    @kdavis63 3 роки тому

    Another awesome lesson.

  • @danielrenaud3985
    @danielrenaud3985 3 роки тому

    Love this

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      Thanks! If you really think about it, these concepts can get you a long way down the road to understanding this magnificent instrument. Glad you found this helpful.

  • @lawrencedeans1433
    @lawrencedeans1433 3 роки тому

    When you harmonize the major scale in thirds you are playing the 7 chords that go with the major scale. Does the same apply for the harmonic minor scale if you play every third note do you end up with the chords that fit the harmonic minor scale?

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому +1

      That is correct! In fact there’s a video here on the channel that focuses on Harmonic minor specifically and I harmonize that scale in the video.

    • @lawrencedeans1433
      @lawrencedeans1433 3 роки тому

      @@curiousguitarist thank you Chris I must go and work them out now 👍

    • @oneeyemonster3262
      @oneeyemonster3262 3 роки тому

      it's the SAME no matter the scale...EVERY OTHER NOTE.
      Different scales has different intervals .They ARE what they ARE.
      You get what you get. If you want something different. Use combinations
      of different scales....Hence BORROW Chords.
      A, C , E, G , B , D, F , A, C, E...ect
      A, C, E, G#, B, D, F,.........Harmonic min
      A, C, E, G#, B, D, F#.......Melodic min
      or
      C, E, G, B, D, F, Ab.....Harmonic MAJOR ( ion b6)
      or like this..... b3, b6, b7 = SECOND ARPEGGIO of 1, 4, 5 chords.
      b6 = Harmonic MAJOR.....C Maj F min G7 into C Maj
      b3 = Melodic min
      b3, b6 = Harmonic min
      b3, b6, b7 = NATURAL min
      reverse the process...( PUSH UP from A min towards A MAJOR)
      b3, b6, b7
      b3, b6.......Harmonic
      b3...........melodic
      melodic min is just DORIAN , maj7
      You can continue PUSHING UP
      Harmonic min #4 ( double harmonic min)
      or
      Melodic min #4 ( aka Lyd b3 or Lydian diminished)
      You can also play Harmonic min b2...or Harmonic min b5
      It's EASIER if I list then like this...
      becuase Aeolydian has b6......dorian has Maj6
      Harmonic min..........Melodic min
      Harmonic min b2.....melodic min b2
      Harmonic min #4....Melodic min #4
      Harmonic min b5....Melodic min b5
      Those so call N6 chords.
      b2....b3......b5......b6.......b7 ( NOTE/CHORD degree)
      I DONT CARE..if Keyboard players Can or CAN NOT mimic what I play...
      but I have KNOWLEGE to back me up.
      Lets say....I play
      A min F Maj G Maj C Maj....
      I wish to make sound DIFFERENT..for Cadence or just for KICKS.
      A min F min G Maj C Maj.........F min could be lydian #2 or Lydian b3
      or I'm going play the F min slightly different
      Im simply going make Db maj7 ( barr shape)...with the open high E
      so...it's Db maj7 add #9 it's SIMPLE COUNTING...
      or i can say I used the Db Lyd #2, #6 MODE as a GUIDE....
      Some people call that a TRITONE sub....variation of SORTS.
      Other...call it the N6 chord after the MAJOR's tonic.
      A min...( barr at the 5th fret)
      Db maj7 #9....( barr shape at 4 th fret)
      F# min ( or Gb minor...if you want)
      G7 into C MAJOR...
      F min Bb maj7...against open high E...( I guess that's LYDIAN ish from Bb )
      The other N6 chord....A phrygain, maj7 = Bb lyd #6
      A harmonic min b2
      then...a simple E7 into A min

  • @fabricedufour5325
    @fabricedufour5325 3 роки тому

    Well explained. Thank you \m/

  • @jcdemp7513
    @jcdemp7513 2 роки тому

    I want it all!!!

  • @chrispeleshenko9226
    @chrispeleshenko9226 3 роки тому

    Sonic geometry is my new favorite phrase!

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому +1

      Yeah I've been tossing that one around for a while :) Fits doesn't it?
      Thanks for your support Chris!

  • @stephenlodise2762
    @stephenlodise2762 2 роки тому

    Cris where is the link for the pdf ?

  • @philippebedroom4665
    @philippebedroom4665 3 роки тому

    Great content

  • @TheBasicGuitarist
    @TheBasicGuitarist 3 роки тому

    Your vids are really helpfull!

  • @ishgumi44
    @ishgumi44 2 роки тому

    I have found my favorite guitar teacher. Look out Rick Beato!

  • @splashesin8
    @splashesin8 3 роки тому

    Morning Chris! :)

  • @petergreene5794
    @petergreene5794 3 роки тому

    Why didn't my first piano teacher show me chords this way? Thanks! Back to the keyboard!!! See you in a week!!

  • @johnrisher3007
    @johnrisher3007 2 роки тому

    Chris I'm not understanding the numbers and what they relate to

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  2 роки тому +1

      I'm guessing I did not explain it clearly enough. I'm sorry if it is confusing. Try watching it a few times and try playing along to see if it clicks. Here is another explanation though:
      The numbers are simply the notes of a major scale in the order the occur.
      R = "Root" the first note of the scale, also the "name" of the scale (as in "A Major")
      2 = The second note in the scale
      3 = The third note in the scale
      4 = The fourth note in the scale
      5 = The fifth note in the scale
      6 = The sixth note in the scale
      7 = The seventh note in the scale
      R = The "Root" again, up an octave, as we complete the scale
      I hope this helps!!

    • @johnrisher3007
      @johnrisher3007 2 роки тому

      @@curiousguitarist ohhhh ok hahaha the light bulb went off

    • @johnrisher3007
      @johnrisher3007 2 роки тому

      @@curiousguitarist thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  2 роки тому

      @@johnrisher3007 yes!!!!!!

  • @_drizzle2237
    @_drizzle2237 3 роки тому

    7:32

  • @sbpsychology1109
    @sbpsychology1109 3 роки тому

    More excellent stuff! The tools you need to go 'theory-bucket diving'! Once again, you cut to the chase. Thanks. {:>

  • @douglasbroccone3144
    @douglasbroccone3144 2 роки тому

    Why couldn’t public school teach music like this?

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  2 роки тому +1

      I know right? Glad you found the channel!

    • @douglasbroccone3144
      @douglasbroccone3144 2 роки тому

      @@curiousguitarist
      Unfortunately I think a lot of people like myself who don’t learn at a young age is simply because of a lack of patience
      Now that I’m old I have patience but not the time I had when I was a kid.
      Cruel irony

  • @jeffharper2661
    @jeffharper2661 3 роки тому

    more confused now and can not get DL tabs because I can not afford you Pateron.

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      What is the most confusing part?

    • @jeffharper2661
      @jeffharper2661 3 роки тому

      @@curiousguitarist I need it from the begining and in smaller bites.

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      @@jeffharper2661 do you know how to play a major scale?

    • @jeffharper2661
      @jeffharper2661 3 роки тому

      @@curiousguitarist no

    • @curiousguitarist
      @curiousguitarist  3 роки тому

      @@jeffharper2661 Ah ha! Ok, well that's the first step.
      Start on any note and play the following notes using only "distance"
      R (the first note)
      2 (up a whole step or two frets from the first note)
      3 (same, up a whole step from the 2)
      4 (only a half step away from the 3, one fret)
      5 (whole step from the 4)
      6 (whole step from the 5)
      7 (whole step from the 6)
      R (half step up from the 7, which is the same note you started on, an octave up)
      Hope that helps Jeff!

  • @Mtay2002
    @Mtay2002 Рік тому

    Thank you for your lessons Chris 🙏. God bless you always