‘Stop thinking of chords purely as shapes’. This was something that my guitar teacher (from way back, 22 yrs. in fact) would stress upon me. Paying attention to what notes make up any given chord will far outweigh studying shapes that are merely printed in guitar chord books!
I think I’m an advanced intermediate beginner, but can’t be sure because my head exploded 2/3rds of the way through the video 😂,, all I can say is, these famous guitarists must be very clever to understand all this stuff , my face implodes if I go up past the 5th fret , 👍👍🤠🎸
Thanks. I really enjoyed this. I got most of the questions right, but I needed to pause the video and think about some of the answers, and even reach for my guitar once or twice. I missed the questions on Tritone substitution and Lydian Dominant.
I like this style of video, cause sometimes I’m not even sure exactly where I’m at. This puts things in perspective for me. I usually don’t like tests, but from a nice guy like you is ok 😆
Like others, I scored advanced but when I improvise I feel like a beginner. These things have to be combined with ear training and a vast vocabulary of licks and frases to be meaningful, but for sure they help
Interesting! Thanks for that. 7/10. Over the years (30 years) ive used my ear to guide my songs and the chords Ive used. Most of the time I dont know the exact chord name but I when I write the music I confirm all the chord names. I kind of purposely reverse engineer the chords due to the fact that I want my ear and heart to guide the progressions rather then numbers and theory. Im always learning new chords but use them sonically rather then numerically.
8 on Chords 5 on Scales and 9 on Comprehension......Cheers...Very enlightening ! Definitely will work on scales and the notes in them because of this video......
And this test is exactly why I will never take music theory seriously. By the time Q4 was asked I had zoned out and was wondering how to start a fire with two sticks..😅
I scored 5 on the chords section but I know I'm a beginner, perhaps an advanced beginner. I recognized the Dsus 4 from learning how to play the intro to Angie by the Rolling Stones. By the way I really enjoy your lessons and teaching style. I scored 3 and 4 respectively in the last 2 sections
Interesting. Thanks. I'm solidly intermediate based on your test. But in a weird way. I've been focusing on theory a lot lately. Triads, scales, intervals. But I answered the questions in different ways, though I didn't stop the video. Sometimes I could see the chords, sometimes not. Sometimes scales went by too fast and I used my ear. Sometimes I knew the definitions. Often it waa a mix. And sometimes I could rule out one answer and guessed right between the last two. I agree that reverse engineering songs work. Because of the way I think, I've been able to do lots of the theory in my head without a guitar. Things like triads across the neck. Working on the same song, I started playing the song up and down the neck using open, barre, and triads (strings one to three only). Now I've begun playing the triads on other string sets. Big improvement. I also warm up using the circle of fourths playing a dominant seventh arpeggio. What's strange is that the knowledge, ear, and fingers know bits and pieces, but gradually blend. My first instrument was a trumpet. I could play what I could read, but knew no theory. In college, I passed a theory class without being able to play or hear my homework. I did it like a math problem. Definitely exciting to see them coming together. Thanks again.
2 on chords. That’s where i know I need help. 4 on scales. The deeper scales threw me. 10 on musical comprehension. My voice and my guitar have always been bass. Now I want to relearn 6-string.
9:8:7 I am investing a lot of time into music and guitar theory which pays off. Better then expected. However it takes more to it imho to be advanced. Once I can apply all knowledge to the fretboard fast and on time, until then I will call myself a beginner.
I'm proud to say I hold the Guinness book ok world records. As the longest beginner. 8 years 3 months 14 days and counting. All jokes aside I did go awhile being mostly self taught using the internet as my teacher. I went a long time in the beginner stage scared to come out of it. I was so afraid I wasn't ready. I watched several Tutorials similar to yours showing the difference in beginner intermediate. And I was quite a wise ahead of the most difficult intermediate videos. So when I started looking at more intermediate tutorials. I made fairly good progress. And was a little disappointed in myself for wasting so much time. But I found out that most of the time with everything in life people want to take the easiest straightest road. But a lot of times that easy straight road may be taking you in the opposite direction.
I got 8 out of 10. I'll be playing for 3 years come this Sept, however, I didn't start playing until 2 months before my 51st birthday. During the last almost 3 years I only have about a years worth of practice time, do to my wife having Stage 4 Cancer, and I have a 12 year old with autism, plus I work 6 days a week, but since I learned music theory, I'm never going to give up playing.
7/10 chords - 5/10 scales - 9/10 musical comprehension that's a very average 70% which by my figuring figures me intermediate. go figure. that was cool tho, i never wanted to be a musician... just a rockstar lol
I like this video but there is a difference in whether someone is a beginner, intermediate, or advanced in music theory and knowing what things are called compared to how well they play. I've always said I'm the dumbest guitar player ever. I know most of what you did in this video but I don't know what a lot of it is called. I have been watching lots of videos so I can educate myself better on what I am doing.
8 out of 10 on scales. I needed to see Q#7 again, but it wasn’t repeated, and I was just plain wrong on #10. Now I need to go look up the difference between Secondary Dominants and Tritone Substitutions. Seems like semantics to me, but we'll see. Thank you!!😅😊
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‘Stop thinking of chords purely as shapes’. This was something that my guitar teacher (from way back, 22 yrs. in fact) would stress upon me. Paying attention to what notes make up any given chord will far outweigh studying shapes that are merely printed in guitar chord books!
Thank you for this video. 8 - 8 - 6, proud of myself, just need to learn how to play.
I think I’m an advanced intermediate beginner, but can’t be sure because my head exploded 2/3rds of the way through the video 😂,, all I can say is, these famous guitarists must be very clever to understand all this stuff , my face implodes if I go up past the 5th fret , 👍👍🤠🎸
know how you feel
I am right behind you. I am an advanced beginner for the last 2 years
@@rogercharlie this stuff is harder than it looks , and yet it’s as simple as putting your fingers in the right place at the right time 😂👍👍🤠🎸
I thought I had a pretty good grasp of music theory until I watched this. I have never even heard of the circle of fourths!!!!
Thanks. I really enjoyed this. I got most of the questions right, but I needed to pause the video and think about some of the answers, and even reach for my guitar once or twice. I missed the questions on Tritone substitution and Lydian Dominant.
Whoo Hoo!! 10 on comprehensive! I'm a friggin rock star!!!Lol! Thank you for sharing!
I like this style of video, cause sometimes I’m not even sure exactly where I’m at. This puts things in perspective for me. I usually don’t like tests, but from a nice guy like you is ok 😆
Awesome video!
Like others, I scored advanced but when I improvise I feel like a beginner. These things have to be combined with ear training and a vast vocabulary of licks and frases to be meaningful, but for sure they help
Interesting! Thanks for that. 7/10.
Over the years (30 years) ive used my ear to guide my songs and the chords Ive used. Most of the time I dont know the exact chord name but I when I write the music I confirm all the chord names. I kind of purposely reverse engineer the chords due to the fact that I want my ear and heart to guide the progressions rather then numbers and theory. Im always learning new chords but use them sonically rather then numerically.
8 on Chords 5 on Scales and 9 on Comprehension......Cheers...Very enlightening ! Definitely will work on scales and the notes in them because of this video......
I got 20/30 and enjoyed this. Food for thought. Thanks
And this test is exactly why I will never take music theory seriously. By the time Q4 was asked I had zoned out and was wondering how to start a fire with two sticks..😅
I scored 5 on the chords section but I know I'm a beginner, perhaps an advanced beginner. I recognized the Dsus 4 from learning how to play the intro to Angie by the Rolling Stones.
By the way I really enjoy your lessons and teaching style. I scored 3 and 4 respectively in the last 2 sections
Interesting. Thanks. I'm solidly intermediate based on your test. But in a weird way. I've been focusing on theory a lot lately. Triads, scales, intervals. But I answered the questions in different ways, though I didn't stop the video. Sometimes I could see the chords, sometimes not. Sometimes scales went by too fast and I used my ear. Sometimes I knew the definitions. Often it waa a mix. And sometimes I could rule out one answer and guessed right between the last two.
I agree that reverse engineering songs work. Because of the way I think, I've been able to do lots of the theory in my head without a guitar. Things like triads across the neck. Working on the same song, I started playing the song up and down the neck using open, barre, and triads (strings one to three only). Now I've begun playing the triads on other string sets. Big improvement. I also warm up using the circle of fourths playing a dominant seventh arpeggio. What's strange is that the knowledge, ear, and fingers know bits and pieces, but gradually blend. My first instrument was a trumpet. I could play what I could read, but knew no theory. In college, I passed a theory class without being able to play or hear my homework. I did it like a math problem. Definitely exciting to see them coming together. Thanks again.
I resemble that!
I’m definitely not advanced but at the higher end of intermediate. Loved the challenge!
2 on chords. That’s where i know I need help.
4 on scales. The deeper scales threw me.
10 on musical comprehension. My voice and my guitar have always been bass.
Now I want to relearn 6-string.
Really fun quiz :-)
9:8:7 I am investing a lot of time into music and guitar theory which pays off. Better then expected. However it takes more to it imho to be advanced. Once I can apply all knowledge to the fretboard fast and on time, until then I will call myself a beginner.
4 on each. Thus beginner scratching the intermediate door
I'm proud to say I hold the Guinness book ok world records. As the longest beginner. 8 years 3 months
14 days and counting. All jokes aside I did go awhile being mostly self taught using the internet as my teacher. I went a long time in the beginner stage scared to come out of it. I was so afraid I wasn't ready. I watched several
Tutorials similar to yours showing the difference in beginner intermediate. And I was quite a wise ahead of the most difficult intermediate videos. So when I started looking at more intermediate tutorials. I made fairly good progress. And was a little disappointed in myself for wasting so much time. But I found out that most of the time with everything in life people want to take the easiest straightest road. But a lot of times that easy straight road may be taking you in the opposite direction.
I may be able to play "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed" but I couldn't answer many questions. And how do you decide to call C# a Db?
What's before beginner? That's me! lol 🤣
I did well on section 3, medium on chords and not so well on scales.
Lots of knowledge here, just sound crap when I put it into practice 😂
I did better than i thought but what i didn't know felt like i was suddenly in Calculus from basic Arithmetic. Modes especially!
Hey i scored 21 out of 30
1st part got 6/10
2nd part 8/10 since m good at scales 🙈🙈
3rd i got 7/10... 😍😍😍
I got 8 out of 10. I'll be playing for 3 years come this Sept, however, I didn't start playing until 2 months before my 51st birthday. During the last almost 3 years I only have about a years worth of practice time, do to my wife having Stage 4 Cancer, and I have a 12 year old with autism, plus I work 6 days a week, but since I learned music theory, I'm never going to give up playing.
I am clearly a beginner. I got 3 or 4 right in each category. But I am happy it was at least not zero.
Suprized myself. 8 of 10
❤❤
My final score. 17. 😊
8 outta 10 scales
🙏🙏🙏
u are better than most guitar channel. please more video
21/30
7 outta 10 on chords..
I got 12 correct. So I guess I'm advance. I have been playing for 25 years but only recently got into the theory side of music several years ago
10, 9 and 6 eeek, tritone sub?! Oh my gawd.
i got the answers right. And i still suck at playing XD
Intermediate on every part. That's where I should be.
5 5 8
I got 5 correct on each test. That was interesting
I’m an advanced beginner 😉
7/10 chords - 5/10 scales - 9/10 musical comprehension that's a very average 70% which by my figuring figures me intermediate. go figure.
that was cool tho, i never wanted to be a musician... just a rockstar lol
Now I know what things are called, that I’ve been playing for 45 years. 😉
What is a lydian chord?
Well the Lydian mode is a major scale with a sharp 4th, so I’d say a Lydian chord is one with a sharp 4th in it.
My scores were 6 :7 : 6 Better than I expected.
I got 4 right
I scored 4
7 - 7 - 4 no guesses
9, 6 and 5 🤔
Though I scored rather well, I can barely utilize the knowledge
I like this video but there is a difference in whether someone is a beginner, intermediate, or advanced in music theory and knowing what things are called compared to how well they play. I've always said I'm the dumbest guitar player ever. I know most of what you did in this video but I don't know what a lot of it is called. I have been watching lots of videos so I can educate myself better on what I am doing.
4 out of 10 on the chords. Had me swearing by the 10th chord although I got it right. lol
9 out of 10 on the scales. Luck.
5 out of 10 on the musical section.
I got 9 of 10 but I don’t consider myself an advanced player by any stretch. But thanks
Is it cheating to pause the video to figure it out?
8 put of 10 cuz I misunderstood the first one😂 and got the root wrong on another 😢
9 out of 10 on scales, but I guessed right on 3 of them. Needs more work!!😂😂
You made a small mistake on question9 comprehension it should be titled ii V i
8 out of 10 on scales. I needed to see Q#7 again, but it wasn’t repeated, and I was just plain wrong on #10. Now I need to go look up the difference between Secondary Dominants and Tritone Substitutions. Seems like semantics to me, but we'll see. Thank you!!😅😊
I don't know if you'll see me again soon, I'm on my way to buy some rope and a stool. PS. I thought I was intermediate, but I guess I was wrong ! 😔
hey, don’t feel bad, as I said it’s just for those who find this sort of thing fun. many great players won’t know all this theory stuff.
80.80.90 😊
10, 10, 08. (with a couple of guesses on scales 🤭
"Promo sm" 🎉
I got 9 10 9 but I'm not a good guitarist, more of music theory nerd
5 out of 10 chords, 2 out of 10 scales,