Does Rick Beato's Fretboard Hack REALLY Work?! Uncle Ben Eller Investigates!
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Downloadable TABS, bonus lessons, backing tracks, and MORE available on my Patreon page! / benellerguitars ! This week, you all are also getting a very special bonus lesson to go along with this one, showing you how to use Rick Beato's fretboard hack with another scale pattern, to double your fretboard domination!
TABs can be found on my instagram @benellerguitars #weekendwankshop271
Check out @RickBeato 's original Fretboard Hack that will Change Your Playing video here: • This fretboard hack wi...
Hey guys, its Uncle Ben Eller here with Weekend Wankshop 271! Last week, my good friend and musical guru Rick Beato uploaded a video showing a Fretboard Hack that he promised would improve your playing... but was he right?
YES! Of course he was! And i've been using the same note-rearranging concepts for years to expand my scale pattern concepts across the board. See, the kinds of phrases we play on the guitar are DIRECTLY tied to the scale patterns we use. The more ways you know to play a scale, the more options you have!
In this lesson, i'm going to show you all how to reimagine an A minor scale pattern in a variety of different ways to cover the whole board in no time, plus show you the how and why we would use one versus another. Sometimes its a tone thing, sometimes its a phrasing thing! Either way, you'll end up learning the neck better than ever!
Playing my darling Suhr Modern Satin through my darling Axe Fx 3!
Every time I watch one of Rick's videos, I feel like a much better musician. Then I pick up my guitar, and I play at red-headed stepchild speed.
Oh, the pain of reality..... ;)
Ha same for me!
I am a redhead. I am a stepchild. I am sad now.
Hah! Jokes about genetics!
LMAO
Bro you're teaching methods are incredible and the amount of free lessons and content are even more amazing. It is greatly appreciated.
..."the more boxes that you know, the more potential for cool licks"... (having a Beavis & Butthead moment here) ;P
[Imitating Snoop] "Heh. Yay-uhh."
Uh heh-heh-heh...he said box
We're gonna score!
Boi yoi yoi yoi yoi yoi yoi yoiiiiiiinggggg!
A Freudian slip of the tongue
I'm a stepdad but I bought the Beato Book. Now I play at Eller speed.
I'm a supposedly real dad playing at step dad speeds. Where might a "real" dad purchase one of those and also a DNA testing kit?
Wayne Owen at rickbeato.com but I would wait for one Ricks new videos that usually includes a 30% percent off code.
And with that money saved.....DNA test kit time.
So you went from stepdad speed to uncle speed?
@@Eskimogunslinger lol.
@@Eskimogunslinger The code from Rick's latest video was still active as of 12 hours ago when I bought mine.
One of the best explanations I've seen about how to visualize the fretboard and see where the tonal differences are. Great job Ben.
Doooode! You're a true inspiration! And yeah, I have followed Rick for a year and a half or so. Thanx dude!
I love how at 4:55, Ben shows off just a little with that super fast run. That look of concentration! Great teacher and great player!
"It's about dinner time, so I recommend you guys pickup your guitar...."
That's going to be a weird meal.
Not when you're playing a 7-string in C-A-B-B-A-G-E tuning.
Guitar doubles as cheese cutter.
Can't spell Metal without Meal
@@denisfilming Metal is a meal with tea.
Well, wood is good fibre and you can use strings for flossing
Thanks Uncle Ben! Improving A LOT in these quarantine days with both yours and Rick's lessons! Keep up with the amazing work! :)
Switching positions, strings and fingerings is a great way to get different sounds, phrasings and moods out of the same notes. Excellent video... as usual.
THANKS UNCLE BEN!
Yur the BEaST!
This lesson was better than a meal that includes your esteemed rice, Uncle Ben.
You should have spelled it esteamed
You are aware Rick Beato looks like Anthony Borden the chef
He’s should Jazz it up... with some Zataran’s.
I only discovered this channel couple of weeks ago trying to find someone talking sense about evh's playing and why guitarists love him.... Now I'm hooked.... AND hopefully becoming a better guitarist after 50 years.... Also learning to smile when I play!!!! Ben you're great!
I appreciate your time and effort. You are a great teacher for shredders. Most people cant do what you do and is somewhat discouraging !! Maybe slow it down for the mere mortals. You are very blessed as a guitarist.
Wow! You are a great teacher man! Stumbled across this and I am glad I did. I have struggled to grasp a lot of this in the past and the way you explain it really helped. Thanks and subbed!
7:27
"Breaking the law, breaking the law!" 🤘
At step-dad speed and tripping tempo. What's a metronome, son?
Judas priest
Really good lesson! Thanks. I like how you tie everything your doing to being able to play something "cool" that ultimately connects with an audience. That Satriani-ish riff was really demonstrative. (I'm a Beato subscriber too...)
Thank you, Ben. I play bass but enjoy and learn so much musically from you that helps me be a better bass player and musician. And Rick Beato too!
Congrats Uncle, you know this stuff for sure! Always great and fresh information even for old guitar veterans like myself. I remember Greg Howe saying to an old Guitar magazine back in late 80s something like "I only know a huge mixolydian pattern that covers the entire neck"
Your sure are correct about Rick Beato. Your lessons and explanations are great too. Simple and to the point. Thank you!
Im fairly new to guitar and I've been trying every video I can find and was having ALOT of trouble learning where all of the notes were on the fretboard, Im currently doing the CAGED system and I'm so confused until I saw this video and my head almost exploded off my shoulders...This is the best video not only for memorizing what notes are where but also for dexterity and really drilling in those notes in a practical way that can also sound like your shredding, it forced me to know where they are. MIND FUCKING BLOWN, thanks a lot man!
I'm just picking up guitar and have only been at it for 2 weeks now (previously tried learning like 10 years ago for a few months). So I'm still a fresh beginner. But I love watching videos like this, Rick's videos, etc......this makes me so excited and eager to learn more because of how deep and varied the guitar is. I can't make sense of any of the music theory, but I still watch just to see what is possible lol
What really helped me was using one octave scales based around three string triads and their inversions. I could play lots of six string scales, but they would often reduce to dot patterns in my head which, while in the right key, led to me playing a lot of meaningless runs and brain freeze. Smaller patterns helped me play more fluidly and meaningfully, improving my ear in the process. Once mastered they are also easy to link up into many different larger groupings.
Thanks Uncle Ben! great follow up video. I literally just watched Ricks fret board hack video, and yours was next.
Awesome lesson sir. Much appreciated
That was an excellent lesson. Many thanks.
Nice one as usual. Thanks for yet again
Great lesson. I've used this same method when trying to figure out other peoples riffs either through tab or by ear. If it seems to hard to play, you're probably not playing it in the right position/pattern.
very well articulated vid!! thx ben
Very cool. Thanks for the licks
I use a numbering system to understand where I'm at when playing across the fret. I think the cool thing about guitar is that as long as you understand basic interval theory you will eventually reach an understanding of your own. I remember watching a fender next video with Melanie Faye where she commented a bit on her numbering system, and for me it clicked just like that.
You amuse yourself. I love it.
Great video; very easy to follow.
That was awesome! I have learned great wisdom with this video, thank you!
Simply awesome lesson Uncle Ben! Thanks!
Wow! Good stuff. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks, Ben. I'm a bass player, but the changing finger to start is really a great idea for learning the fretboard.
Ben, loving the hybrid picking approach!
Let's see an interview lesson with Eller and Beato. So much to be learned from masters of the art
Great video Ben
So cool that you and Rick are friends! You are two of my favorite UA-camrs!
And really great lesson! I'm going to be working on practicing scale fragments in different positions! Thank you Uncle Ben:)
Everytime i watch a video of yours,i just cant help but to look at the subscription button if i subscribed or not.Thank you Uncle Ben.
Nice job UB!!! I’m going to start on this today!
Brilliant tip!
Wow!!!!!! Amazing lesson🤘🏻
Thanks for the lesson, Ben.
You and Rick are both awesome dudes, can't thank you enough for the fantastic advice and tips I've discovered on your channels.
All I can say is, I wish I had access to you two when I was starting out in the late 90's. Would've been a game-changer.
This, yes. I love the interconnection of UA-cam guitar folks!
I'mma apply these tips to my bass 🌟 thank ya both
What up Ben! Love your channel and your playing. 🤘🏻
Great video, very well expained🤘
I love the way you explain everything so easy to understand. Especially for an old ass like myself. Thanks 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Great stuff!
Bruh you should have at least 1 million subs, best content dude, keep it up.
Great teacher. Thank you
I never want these videos to end.
The book I learned guitar from has the A natural minor scale (or aeolian mode) pattern starting on the 5th fret of the low E string, so I first learned it by starting with my pinky finger.
I never really explored or understood the 3 note per string concept. Thanks to you, I do now. Shredding isn't my thing, but one is never smarter from not knowing something.
This is what I did with the pentatonic scale we all know and after learning all the positions and the in betweens it let me fly that all over the place. After I learned more scales I just applied the same idea and 20 years later here we are haha
Spot on! Thanks
a trick i use is use the proper power chord shape to find the octaves and create scales around that pretty much. but should probably focus abit more on the scales then i do :). tho also reading sheet music helped me try different position and where to find the note or converting piano stuffs into guitar helped me alot. the last one also helped me with finding weird chord shapes on guitar and some interesting triad stuffs.
Hey Uncle Ben! Hope you're doing well. I love your videos. Keep up the great work!
More harder, indeed! Thanks for the lesson Uncle Ben AND @rickbeato
been away from your channel for a moment, forgot how hilarious you are. so good.
great lesson
Killer tip!
Oh boy! This was eye-opening and something i apparently couldn’t figure out myself
Complemento perfecto al video de Rick
Ok I’m gonna have to probably rewatch this like 100 times to get it cuz I’m kinda slow haha but ima get it!! Thanks brother you’re a great teacher man! I really appreciate all your help!
Starting with your pinky on the root and playing a natural minor makes it a bit easier for those with smaller hands to shred it up a bit. Putting the stretch first makes it flow easier.
Probably, im at work and have to watch later but yeah, probably.
I always find these things interesting because I learned to play off three note per string boxes so I've always done this by using my ear to determine tonal centers instead of worrying about specific scales or modes. It doesn't work for everything because you can obviously combine completely different scales by using modal theory and that I've never understood fully, but for the simple stuff I see people explain this and I'm just surprised that anyone didn't already learn it because it seems so fundamental to me.
It's kind of cool to realize how many different ways there are to approach the guitar and how that will change at what points you plateau temporarily or possibly even permanently due to your fundamental understanding of the instrument.
great video Ben :)
Just here to say that I've finally learned the tornado of souls guitar solo from your lesson... Thanks... Subscribed...
That was some mighty fine fiddlin' Uncle B. 🍺 Cheers 🍺
Good lesson, I have noticed one thing that surprises me though is that when learning solos from many well known rock guitarists is that 80-90% are played by the artist around box 1... so embrace this lesson and you’ll be better than them!
that was a great lesson uncle been
Great video.
I like that idea,will try it.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻👌🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
OK what I notice your picking changes from down/up'ing to hybrid Gilbert/middle finger Zakk picking.
Yipes, mindblown
I'm used to UA-cam guitar video intro music all sounding the same. Some kind of distorted guitar with aggressive drums etc. You know what I'm talking about.
The intro music here was an incredibly refreshing change, especially the bass line
This is great advice for nerds like me trying to learn as many inversions of chords as possible. If you know the scale, you know the chords. 👍 (And you can arpeggiate sweet licks.)
Rick is a great teacher! Crispy High Fives!
Thanks Uncle Ben now I'm gonna go show this to my homeschooled step kids.
Nice, glad to see a fellow LaCroix boi who appreciates peach-pear like myself. Also appreciate the video!
Thanks Uncle Ben
Good stuff here
Thanks uncle Ben!
I think you explained and demonstrated this concept better than Rick did....actually much better. Thank you !
Useful advice, for sure. I'm guilty of playing in shapes that I'm extremely familiar with and not challenging myself with other positions as much. That's probably something most people are doing as well, so this is good stuff for kicking my ass into gear and learn the other positions as well.
ALSO. It was cool to have you on the Doug Doppler stream last night. It was a lot of fun and I didn't even realize three hours had passed until everyone had signed off and I looked at the clock, heh.
canman87 thanks man! It was a lot of fun. We are doing another on Wednesday next week, be sure to tune in! Myself, Andy Wood, Ryan Bruce, and more.
@@BenEller Sounds like a riot. I'll definitely check it out.
Honestly, that broadcast motivated me even more to make it to JPGU3 next year (went to JPGU2 and it was a blast). Will you be there to support Andy, by chance?
canman87 not sure, but I would love to be there and soak up all the shred secrets!
I'm sure you could persuade Andy to get you to tag along for backup during the live performance(s). Lol, a man can dream anyway.
My freatboard hack is learning the position of one note all over the fretboard for 20 Minutes a day. Rinse and repeat for every note. Takes about 2 weeks to learn all of them if you're dilligent, less if you spend more time.
I think this fretboard hack is essentially just learning modes, but explained without the scary word, yes?
@@tylersherkin9487 pretty much. He starts in Natural Minor and then incorporates Mixolydian and Major positions.
@@jameslane9537 Swiggity. It's a good way to broach the subject with people. Ben's got a really approachable demeanor in how he explains stuff. Makes it sound simple so people don't go "OHHHH NOOOOOEZZ!" and run to the hills.
@@tylersherkin9487 it is a good way to incorporate those Major shapes that I otherwise struggle to utilize. In other words... I hate playing in Major keys, lol...
@@tylersherkin9487 it is a good way to incorporate those Major shapes that I otherwise struggle to utilize. In other words... I hate playing in Major keys, lol...
Brilliant.
My girlfriend liked the new fingering techniques you showed me... she loves when I play guitar. Thanks uncle Ben!!!
Btw.. what is on your shirt? 😂 P.s. also UA-cam unsubscribed me. MOST HEINOUS!
Hey Uncle Ben.
A couple of years ago I came up with a similar way to expand my ideas and scale patterns, based on using mode patterns instead of standard scale shapes. For example, C Lydian is the same notes as E minor, so sometimes I’ll change my thought process and play the fingerings or patterns that I associate with C Lydian and it gives me different starting points and phrasings within E minor. Although it’s the same notes, it makes me feel like I’m playing something fresh and gets me out of ruts
Modes are just scales.
Uncle Ben ur killing me. Ur skills are extraordinary.. my grips are terrible 😣 I'll keep grinding at it though!👍🏽
Hey, Ben! Love the channel. Really dig the tones you get. Any chance you would do a video on getting great rock/metal tones and feature the Suhr Modern Satin, LP, and such
The Satch-type lick reminds me a little of Bells of Lal (pt. 1), which reminds me of Uncle Stepdad's version of The Forgotten (pt. 1) from many years back. Not too shabby, my friend. And this comes from someone who can't play his way out of a wet paper bag, so take it for what it's worth.
Rick is super smart in super appreciated by by so many great artists if y'all haven't checked his show out I definitely recommend its top tier!!!!!!
cheers Unc
I'd love it if you'd show us the fast legato licks you're playing using those positions. They sound cool!
Uncle Ben is absolutely damn right
I love this chanel! 👍👌 Will be joining patreon as soon as my computer gets fixed. Who knew covid could also attack machines! 🤬. Shouldn't have sneezed on the keyboard.