Log, you might be the best guitar teacher on earth. I've been playing for 25 years. Have had a handful of teachers. Have watched countless hours of instructional videos. I have had the privilege of going to clinics hosted by the absolute greats like Guthrie Govan, John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Andy Timmons but no one delivers these concepts in the concise way that you do. I ran into your power up 21 videos over the summer and now it's my daily warm up. You have given new life to the way I approach theory on this instrument that I love so much. Thank you.
There aren’t many people who both play and teach at that level. Guthrie Trapp from Artistworks is close, but he’s more general in his explanations and heavier on the inspirational examples. Definitely less breakdown and explanation of theory.
Thanks for dispelling the music theory myth. I fell for it. I’m a good musician, but should be so much further ahead. It’s been 30 years and now learning theory.
Thanks for the comment. Definitely put time into it, it can be confusing in the beginning, but I promise it is actually pretty straightforward, and will absolutely make your music life much easier.
This is what "knowing your sh*t" looks like lol... I don't think you paused for a second to think, it's just drilled into your memory from learning it thoroughly - Super impressive! Really spoke to me when you mentioned people that come back to understand the basics 20 years later. I've always been involved with music, but never started to understand theory until about 2 years ago in my 30s. It's a like, sub, and a ton of respect from me. Thanks for this great lesson!
That little short has provided such a big breakthrough. Never realized how easy it was to harmonize a melody. I've become addicted to shell voicings ever since(:
This channel has the proper foundation needed to step into something like Robbie Barnaby's channel. those channels are not for noobs or intermediates. this is definitely the channel for intermediates to level up to advanced. I love how LoG teaches everything! this channel is a absolute goldmine for all guitarists!
I learned this by memorizing a chart showing all the keys and the 1-7 chords for each key. However, there’s a lot of people that have issues with numbers. I like the CAGED system for chord shapes and learning scales. It makes so much more sense and compartmentalizes with patterns the scale forms with a logical foundation
Thanks for refreshing my memory about the "Chord Shapes" on strings 5-4-2 being exactly the same as the "Chord Shapes" on strings 4-3-1. (Immediately picks up guitar and enjoys playing through various scales with 3 note chord shapes. Having too much fun!) Expanding on your idea - the "Power Chord Shapes" on strings 5-4 & 4-3 are exactly the same - the "Sixth Interval Shapes" on strings 4-2 & 3-1 are exactly the same! Thanks again for your Insightful Guitar Fingerboard Lesson.
Your short vids are amazing. This was a great elaboration on what exactly you're doing. I understand basic theory so I was able to pick up on this, but I have never practiced this technique before so this is extremely helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for saying what needed to be said about diatonic harmony. I can’t believe how many guitarist don’t think it’s necessary or important. Btw, this may be the best/most practical explanation of diatonic harmony I have seen.
Some of the best advice I have ever found...I am that guy 20 years later realising I've made a fundamental mistake thats been holding me back. Not any more!😅
As someone who thought theory was a waste of time and for orchestra nerds or something, i avoided it for decades, I just wanted to play. the difference of learning even basic major scale, intervals & chords is just invaluable, its worth the effort. Its quicker and easier to learn with understanding.
It is a shame that it's such a common mentally in the guitar world. I have met so many players who have been playing for decades that have a lesson with me and immediately regret not learning it in their early years. It's literally the answer to all of the sounds they want, but from the way it's generally taught (especially with the needlessly complex terminology) so many people avoid it early on.
Idk if it’s the way you talk like you’re about to drop some gawdamn wisdom or the fact that the intro to the video IS YOUUUU explaining my EXACT question in words I couldn’t put together to find a damn UA-cam video on, but I’m exited asfuck!! I’ve BEEN DYING looking for a single video that would show me all the chords in a key and here u are about to answer my damn question after weeks of jumping from video to video not having my question answered n being left WITH MORE QUESTIONS.
I must agree with the TERRIBLE MISTAKE of not focussing on this lesson which caused me personally a lifetime (56yrs) of confidence destroying confusion and waste of potential. (I am now 68 yrs old and have been "playing" since age 12 "self taught" ) I never understood or focussed on these foundational principles that I'm learning right now in this lesson despite years watching many videos and learning songs by ear. This is a huge breakthrough for me and I see I must work this material until it is my nature (mind and muscle memory) to think and play accordingly. Thank you so much for your message to me today directing me to this lesson (and the diminished lesson originally). Such a talented player and teacher regardless of any student's years played at any level. God bless you! Your humble student, AS🙏🙌🫶🫶
Bro like no exaggerating, youre the best guitar theory teacher I've come across. The way you explain all of this is so clear and intuitive. I've been learning guitar and theory for 8 years so that's saying something!
I'm 63 now, and have been "trying" to learn guitar since I was about 10. I have made more progress in the last 5 years then the entire 50 years before because of UA-cam and ALL the great teachers on this platform! Thank you to each one of you for taking the time to make these lessons. Imagine how good I would be on the guitar now if we had UA-cam 50 years ago!!!
Thank you so much for showing this. 👍🏻😃 I've been struggeling for decades to find the right notes on the fretboard. I didn't understand all that stuff about scales and notes. My brain said goodbye and the joy of making music too. I always thought, there must be a way to find the notes without being a scientist. Thank you so much. I am happy and learning with joy and fun. 😃👍🏻👍🏻
Amen brother, I have been playing guitar 50 years. The first 45 years all I worried about was learning songs. I take a break and forget everything. Now I have focused on theory the last few years and realize what a huge mistake is was not to learn theory early. I don't tend to forget as much because it is rooted in a foundation I now understand! Great videos!
Exactly what I wanted to know. I went through ALL of your videos yesterday trying to find some explanation to this and I came across one that covered what was going on there. Thanks for this!
this man is a godsend. please make more of these longer videos. i find your shorts useful but they go by too quickly, and 1 minute isn't really enough to explain a concept like this to amateurs like me. thank you for this sir🙏
I'm taking notes like a mother! I can't play a song yet, but I would rather grasp all this and figure out songs later. I just started in the summer of 2022. I'm dead set on knowing where all the notes are before learning songs. This lesson is perfect for me now. I know all the major and minor triad shapes and major/minor pentatonic scales. I move around the circle of 5ths a scale day so I cover it twice a month. This is the perfect next step for my practicing. You are a great teacher!
Honestly dude, learning songs can be extremely useful if you learn a handful of tunes while learning theory. Generally this stuff comes second, but there’s no right or wrong. Just saying, learning songs brings a plethora of basic skill and knowledge to the table. Timing, feel, groove… the music!
This is honestly the way. The absolute best thing you can do is learn all of the tools to the point where you are relatively comfortable at popping them down on the fretboard, and then immediately start noticing them in songs. This transforms the tools into actual moves and tactics you can use in actual playing. The biggest problem I experience is people doing too much of one and not enough of the other, so too much theory study without enough practical use, or too much practical use (aka learning songs) and not enough study. Basically how it is in every art form, you can learn all the tools you want but they're nothing until you use them in practice. You can learn a particular move in a martial art, but it's nothing until you spar with someone. Or you can learn the exact proportions for ingredients when you're making a cake, but it's nothing until you actually sit down and make the cake.
@@krill684 I get that now. What I am finding is that knowing theory helps me see the fretboard better and makes learning songs much faster. Last August, I didn’t even know the names of the strings. As I balance out learning with practice, it’s getting better.
@@LoGsounds As I learn the guitar, my goal is to uncover the songs (like your PBE lessons on Patreon). I really understand the role learning songs plays in becoming better. There really IS a method to my madness. On my journey, I feel I’m just starting to get it. Mixing theory with songs is making it so much easier to remember songs. I know I have a long way to go. Like I said, I’m just 10-11 months into this. (Now back to your PBE lessons on the E string. I’m on the second lesson now.)
Although, given my advanced age (82), I no longer play the guitar, I still watch and enjoy this type of video. Your shorts are a source of indescribable pleasure but this one which I am watching for at least the sixth time, causing this comment, surpasses everything I have ever come across. Well done and may your superb tuition inspire many.
What a fantastic video and presentation LoG! This is what my brain needed to see and go forward across the frets in key in a real-time comprehensible way. I wish I knew this a looong time ago. I am truly grateful. Thanks man. I will be watching all your stuff.
i know many people who hate math, I tell them they probably had a shitty teacher, after 40 years of playing (by ear and tabs) I finally found a great guitar teacher. Outstanding! see ya in class 🎯
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WOW!!! Gonna take me a minute....,Great stuff here, I like your philosophy. Thank you for sharing this introspect. Have to thank Chris Sherland for turning me on to you!
LoG you are the best! Please keep the vids coming! I'm that foolish guitar player that turned his nose up to theory and I hit the wall. Now I'm doing what I should have done 20years ago. You are a great teacher. Keep it coming bro!
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AH-HA! It's "Low Gee" I didn't think it was LOG, like "Ren & Stimpy's - *ANATOMICALLY CORRECT LOG*... HAHAHA. I didn't remember hearing that in your Shorts Videos. Love your attention to detail and, clear and concise description of your lesson subject matter. That was always something that I paid special attention to with my students. Explaining exactly what needed to be conveyed, without over-explaining or giving off-topic and/or too much information that was not necessary at the time and ultimately overwhelmed, confused and/or frustrated students. You are one of my favorite guitar UA-camrs and I have recommended you to all of my old students. I think my favorite thing is that you take an approach like I do to playing with an emphasis on knowing what, when, where, why, how music theory works for you and once you have a practical innerstanding of how the chords of a key are built off of/within the scale, how the patterns fit together, the way the chords work in relation to each other and how you can make them more interesting by coloring them with neighboring notes(inside or outside of the scale), passing tones, transitioning between chords emphasizing common notes, chord voicings and scale/mode runs... I've watched all of your shorts and I think that you have the best practical application content on YT. I just wanted to thank you and encourage you to keep up the phenomenal work!!! It's rare, but you've reminded me of things that I had learned a long time ago and hadn't thought about exactly in that same way in years. And you've even made me see things in ways that unlocked more creativity within my playing that has inspired me to break out of some of the patterns that I had gotten comfortable in and needed to break out of my comfort zone. I love it & truly appreciate your work!!! Thank you my brother
Haha yep, Low-Gee. It's a play on my last name that my drummer came up with. Glad you enjoy the content, my goal is to present all the information as simply as possible, because it is actually very simple. Somewhere down the line musicians decided to make all of these musical concepts way more convoluted and technical sounding than they should be, therefore many musicians get stuck in the intermediate stage because they don't know how to interpret all of the needless terminology. At the end of the day it's just notes and chords and how they work on top of each other, and how you want to play them rhythmically. Thanks again for watching!
After all these years, you’re still the best ! Your sound has developed so highly above what I thought possible considering that 10 years ago, your abilities and musicality were already something to behold!
Out of all the guitar teachers I have seen, you are the only one that can basically make it so I understand the guitar more than I did before. I really cannot thank you enough.
I really hope he reads this so he knows in the 6 years I’ve done music theory this is the best video/tutorial I have ever seen, like this has actually saved my guts in learning more guitar
Brilliant! Nothing I can say that hundreds haven't already said--except I couldn't quit looking at the fret wear. You are in a class by yourself--and much needed. Stay Well.
Thanks LoG for sharing your thought process. Could not agree more about learning music theory. Even some basics . It’s so powerful for knowing what to play in a key. Being now a senior and restarting again, learning theory & how to build chords & triads was a game changer for me. Learnt the triads from Chris Sherlands channel who you have done a video with. He built triads using 3 string sets next to one another at a time. I like how your video has skipped a string and you use the pick, middle and ring finger to strum. Brilliant! Regards Phil from Australia
Common tone modulation was my favorite part of the lesson, and the chords that you used to demonstrate it. THAT is the jazz harmony sound I've been seeking. Oblique changes, yet all related.
Thank you so much for this video. It's explained very well. I've been trying to understand the fundamentals of guitar for quite some time. And I always got discouraged because it seemed like a memorization of individual notes and a whole bunch of information to cram. But I love how you pointed out using the numbers and shapes to figure it out. I play piano so shapes make sense to me, and this video is beyond helpful
I’m so glad I ran across this channel!! I’m going to sign up for your Patreon right now!! I’ve gotta watch every instructional video you’ve ever made for real!! Wow .. this is what I’ve been looking for for years!!
Yes, I have made this “catastrophic mistake” for many years and while it is easy to fool people with a flashy riff that I memorized, I always shy away from playing in bands or public settings because it won’t take long for people to realize I don’t know what I’m doing. I have heard people say they don’t need music theory but I disagree. Very good point to illustrate.
Thanks for the comment. The problem with people saying they don't need music theory is while they're saying that, they are actively using widely established theory concepts every moment in their playing. This type of person will simply think they are "playing what they feel, or playing with emotion", when what they're really doing is playing a mixture of sounds that they've heard before which are definitively rooted in basic concepts. They're just choosing to not understand why the sounds they are playing sound the way they do, and why they are being used in the way they are. It would be like a chef choosing to not learn why certain ingredients work the way they do because they think it will taint their "creativity". When in reality, actually understanding why everything works the way it does is the best way to expand your creativity.
@@LoGsounds That’s true. I totally agree. I love analogies; I liken it to driving around aimlessly in a car while ignoring the GPS. You might eventually get where you’re going but it’s doubtful. Music “Theory” is the map. Keep doing what you’re doing. It’s helping a lot of people free the songs trapped in their heads.
I worked on playing guitar all my life, got serious during COVID and Tomos lesson on this, playing the scale on one string changed everything lol. At first I was like why is he doing that ! Also playing melodies on one string ? I used to think it was wrong to practice that way oh well largely self taught, thank you !
Wait there’s more ! The most important video I ever seen except for tomos video on singing the major scale out loud. I thought he was kidding. Most important thing you can possibly see is the thing that meets you where you’re at. This is how to transition between scales and chords and hearing things with your ear in my opinion. Just getting to where you can understand there’s a difference is so difficult. Matters is not knowing that c is the one and D or whatever it is is the two, it’s being able to hear it. Thank you so much again and again.
I FEEL ENLIGHTENED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great vid, the way you teach enthusiastically and with a lot of energy is so much more fun to watch and very so hard to get bored of. (unlike a lot of other people on this platform, babbling on with there monotonous voices, well they help out too, but its always nice to learn from someone who puts the energy into it.)
Definitely signing up on Patreon. I don’t even care if there is already a lifetime’s information in your public videos already. I have to say in some way you are my teacher. Just want others to see it
This humbled me to not be so eager to attack more complicated musical concepts that I end up over looking what is right in front of me. What I also got from this was how to start creating pedal point exercises. Thanks!
Thanks I appreciate this comment! It's such a common thing for people to jump right to the "complicated" or "flashy" stuff (me when I was younger), while skipping the core fundamentals. However, skipping the core fundamentals is actually why something can look complicated in the first place. In reality, if you have the core structures of music down solid, nothing is necessarily complicated. Things can be faster or flashier, or maybe using sounds that are less common, but nothing will be necessarily more complicated or harder to comprehend. Cmaj9 shouldn't be harder to comprehend than a plain C Maj chord, it's just more notes. However if you don't understand how music works, it's very easy to look at one of those chords as harder to understand than the other.
@@LoGsounds Yes , its true that its very common for most to do that. Its tough getting a point across in text for me. I know theory but when it comes to the subject of chord melody I have chased the concept by purchasing numerous books that end up making the subject so complicated plus the wording tends to be so bland it felt hopeless. You come along and provided something so to the point it made me equally upset as it made me happy lol. Why didn't I think of this before when I know the theory?? What I meant before is that some how I end up taking a complicated route thinking it's the correct text book way to learn a concept but sometimes the answers can be right in front of you, plus a little imagination goes a long way musically. Either way I'm grateful and humbled.
I've been watching Guthrie Trap and Tao of twang for my triad voicing I learned a lot from them but it took several vids You sir got me going quick I thank you and look forward to more of these and you gained a new sub
Lou. I have watched this short a gazillion times over the last several months and I am still so way behind you! Thanks SO much for this long! Huge appreciation. I am learning.
You have a great talent at providing insightful concepts that i've never seen elsewhere. Out of the hours of guitar tutorials ive watched, this is by far the best, and although i feel what youre saying is relatively simple, my perspective on the guitar has changed a lot just from this one video, and im only eight minutes in lol
Hi ! the part "Expand on It" is very instructive. I used to consider the melody note as the tonic of the chord. But it can be the 3rd or the 5th or any note from any matching chord. This will be a good food for though for me and another way to harmonizing melody. Thanks !
Thanks for watching! If it helps, always think of vocal melodies as your reference, they are always a mixture of notes and rarely just the root (tonic) of the chord.
Amazing lesson. I learned the Nashville numbering system going to bluegrass jams. It's required knowledge in that sort of thing. However, your application of chord melody and modulating of the chords is something I'm going to work on. Thanks.
It's interesting that it's known as the Nashville number system. Literally all musical scenarios that I've been in (many of them not country or in Nashville) speak like this, as well as in college for classical guitar. The Nashville players of course have their own way of charting using the numbers in a specific way, but using numbers in general is a universal thing that really everyone in the professional world uses. Thanks for watching!
I saw your quick short video on this and was disappointed because I felt that it was something great but just too quick to understand fully and then this came out and wow!! I’m jumping on board your train for sure! Thanks so much. My notifications are on!
I appreciate it! Yeah these shorts are kind of annoying, as they can be tough to get everything into a digestible chunk. Thanks for watching the longer version!
Ok , it Is extremely difficult trying to explain what I felt when I finish watching this video. It blow up my mind. Obviously you have a new subscríber , follower and fan. YOU ARE GREAT !!
Wow, I wish I had your instruction decades ago, it would have been the key learning point for me to advance a lot quicker..great lesson, thanks for sharing….
I KNEW if I just kept looking I would find you. Wow! Even though I have no idea what you are really talking about, it still kind of makes sense to me. I have absolutely ZERO music knowledge but my kids are getting me an acoustic for Christmas and I am DETERMINED to learn to play. As I'm sure you're aware there are hundreds of instructional videos out there and I've already been through countless...I feel as if my search is over. Thank you my friend.
bro you are the man for making this video I've been trying to understand this. legit spent a few hours on it, first thing i saw on your channel thanks so much for breaking it down
Log, you might be the best guitar teacher on earth. I've been playing for 25 years. Have had a handful of teachers. Have watched countless hours of instructional videos. I have had the privilege of going to clinics hosted by the absolute greats like Guthrie Govan, John Petrucci, Paul Gilbert, Andy Timmons but no one delivers these concepts in the concise way that you do. I ran into your power up 21 videos over the summer and now it's my daily warm up. You have given new life to the way I approach theory on this instrument that I love so much. Thank you.
I appreciate that! Glad you're going through that power up, it's one of my favorites although it's a pain in the ass!
I think I would agree with this.
There aren’t many people who both play and teach at that level. Guthrie Trapp from Artistworks is close, but he’s more general in his explanations and heavier on the inspirational examples. Definitely less breakdown and explanation of theory.
Seriously. Calorie-rich videos.
Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make complicated things simple.
Thank you LoG !!!!
Thank you for your words, trying my best!
This guy knows the fretboard so intensly
Thanks for dispelling the music theory myth. I fell for it. I’m a good musician, but should be so much further ahead. It’s been 30 years and now learning theory.
Thanks for the comment. Definitely put time into it, it can be confusing in the beginning, but I promise it is actually pretty straightforward, and will absolutely make your music life much easier.
This is what "knowing your sh*t" looks like lol... I don't think you paused for a second to think, it's just drilled into your memory from learning it thoroughly - Super impressive!
Really spoke to me when you mentioned people that come back to understand the basics 20 years later. I've always been involved with music, but never started to understand theory until about 2 years ago in my 30s.
It's a like, sub, and a ton of respect from me. Thanks for this great lesson!
Glad you got something out of it!
I've been playing over 40yr,this is one of the best lessons on the internet .
The 7th of the key is always going to be the 3rd of that key's 5 chord. Whoa!!! Lightbulb moment at 19:50.
This is correct!
Exactly, mind blown
A lot of information presented concisely in one video. I would recommend this video for someone stuck in intermediate level playing.
That little short has provided such a big breakthrough. Never realized how easy it was to harmonize a melody. I've become addicted to shell voicings ever since(:
They are great that's for sure!
There is so much information in this one video that it’s worth months of practise. Thanks man, this is gold.
Somehow the logic all sticks. Yeah lots of practice to do but damn it is all so logical
I am south Indian. Ur lessons very use full my guitar improvements. Thank u so much lot. ❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
This channel has the proper foundation needed to step into something like Robbie Barnaby's channel. those channels are not for noobs or intermediates. this is definitely the channel for intermediates to level up to advanced. I love how LoG teaches everything! this channel is a absolute goldmine for all guitarists!
I learned this by memorizing a chart showing all the keys and the 1-7 chords for each key. However, there’s a lot of people that have issues with numbers.
I like the CAGED system for chord shapes and learning scales. It makes so much more sense and compartmentalizes with patterns the scale forms with a logical foundation
Thanks for refreshing my memory about the "Chord Shapes" on strings 5-4-2 being exactly the same as the "Chord Shapes" on strings 4-3-1. (Immediately picks up guitar and enjoys playing through various scales with 3 note chord shapes. Having too much fun!) Expanding on your idea - the "Power Chord Shapes" on strings 5-4 & 4-3 are exactly the same - the "Sixth Interval Shapes" on strings 4-2 & 3-1 are exactly the same! Thanks again for your Insightful Guitar Fingerboard Lesson.
Best explanation by far. Ive had paid so much money online to learn what you taught here. I love you man. God bless you.
Your short vids are amazing. This was a great elaboration on what exactly you're doing. I understand basic theory so I was able to pick up on this, but I have never practiced this technique before so this is extremely helpful. Thank you!
Thank you for saying what needed to be said about diatonic harmony. I can’t believe how many guitarist don’t think it’s necessary or important. Btw, this may be the best/most practical explanation of diatonic harmony I have seen.
Thanks for the comment, I'm glad you enjoyed the approach!
Some of the best advice I have ever found...I am that guy 20 years later realising I've made a fundamental mistake thats been holding me back. Not any more!😅
As someone who thought theory was a waste of time and for orchestra nerds or something, i avoided it for decades, I just wanted to play.
the difference of learning even basic major scale, intervals & chords is just invaluable, its worth the effort. Its quicker and easier to learn with understanding.
It is a shame that it's such a common mentally in the guitar world. I have met so many players who have been playing for decades that have a lesson with me and immediately regret not learning it in their early years.
It's literally the answer to all of the sounds they want, but from the way it's generally taught (especially with the needlessly complex terminology) so many people avoid it early on.
Idk if it’s the way you talk like you’re about to drop some gawdamn wisdom or the fact that the intro to the video IS YOUUUU explaining my EXACT question in words I couldn’t put together to find a damn UA-cam video on, but I’m exited asfuck!! I’ve BEEN DYING looking for a single video that would show me all the chords in a key and here u are about to answer my damn question after weeks of jumping from video to video not having my question answered n being left WITH MORE QUESTIONS.
Took me about 10 years to figure out what you worded in the first 5 min.
I can really see some youngster flicking a light switch there.
Cool exercise!
I must agree with the TERRIBLE MISTAKE of not focussing on this lesson which caused me personally a lifetime (56yrs) of confidence destroying confusion and waste of potential.
(I am now 68 yrs old and have been "playing" since age 12 "self taught" )
I never understood or focussed on these foundational principles that I'm learning right now in this lesson despite years watching many videos and learning songs by ear.
This is a huge breakthrough for me and I see I must work this material until it is my nature (mind and muscle memory) to think and play accordingly.
Thank you so much for your message to me today directing me to this lesson (and the diminished lesson originally).
Such a talented player and teacher regardless of any student's years played at any level.
God bless you!
Your humble student, AS🙏🙌🫶🫶
Bro like no exaggerating, youre the best guitar theory teacher I've come across. The way you explain all of this is so clear and intuitive. I've been learning guitar and theory for 8 years so that's saying something!
I'm 63 now, and have been "trying" to learn guitar since I was about 10. I have made more progress in the last 5 years then the entire 50 years before because of UA-cam and ALL the great teachers on this platform! Thank you to each one of you for taking the time to make these lessons. Imagine how good I would be on the guitar now if we had UA-cam 50 years ago!!!
This has to be one of the best lesson for intermediate players❤️
You have answered questions I have been asking for years. I have had college professors that could not articulate this.
Yep same
Thank you so much for showing this. 👍🏻😃
I've been struggeling for decades to find the right notes on the fretboard. I didn't understand all that stuff about scales and notes. My brain said goodbye and the joy of making music too.
I always thought, there must be a way to find the notes without being a scientist. Thank you so much. I am happy and learning with joy and fun. 😃👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for the comment. It's definitely not as difficult as it seems, it's just unfortunately not really taught correctly all the time!
Amen brother, I have been playing guitar 50 years. The first 45 years all I worried about was learning songs. I take a break and forget everything. Now I have focused on theory the last few years and realize what a huge mistake is was not to learn theory early. I don't tend to forget as much because it is rooted in a foundation I now understand! Great videos!
Exactly what I wanted to know. I went through ALL of your videos yesterday trying to find some explanation to this and I came across one that covered what was going on there. Thanks for this!
I’m learning how to learn and discovering this channel is exponentially enabling!
this man is a godsend. please make more of these longer videos. i find your shorts useful but they go by too quickly, and 1 minute isn't really enough to explain a concept like this to amateurs like me. thank you for this sir🙏
And suggestions?
I'm taking notes like a mother! I can't play a song yet, but I would rather grasp all this and figure out songs later. I just started in the summer of 2022. I'm dead set on knowing where all the notes are before learning songs. This lesson is perfect for me now. I know all the major and minor triad shapes and major/minor pentatonic scales. I move around the circle of 5ths a scale day so I cover it twice a month. This is the perfect next step for my practicing. You are a great teacher!
One of my favorite teachers on youtube thank you log
Honestly dude, learning songs can be extremely useful if you learn a handful of tunes while learning theory. Generally this stuff comes second, but there’s no right or wrong. Just saying, learning songs brings a plethora of basic skill and knowledge to the table. Timing, feel, groove… the music!
This is honestly the way. The absolute best thing you can do is learn all of the tools to the point where you are relatively comfortable at popping them down on the fretboard, and then immediately start noticing them in songs. This transforms the tools into actual moves and tactics you can use in actual playing. The biggest problem I experience is people doing too much of one and not enough of the other, so too much theory study without enough practical use, or too much practical use (aka learning songs) and not enough study. Basically how it is in every art form, you can learn all the tools you want but they're nothing until you use them in practice. You can learn a particular move in a martial art, but it's nothing until you spar with someone. Or you can learn the exact proportions for ingredients when you're making a cake, but it's nothing until you actually sit down and make the cake.
@@krill684 I get that now. What I am finding is that knowing theory helps me see the fretboard better and makes learning songs much faster. Last August, I didn’t even know the names of the strings. As I balance out learning with practice, it’s getting better.
@@LoGsounds As I learn the guitar, my goal is to uncover the songs (like your PBE lessons on Patreon). I really understand the role learning songs plays in becoming better. There really IS a method to my madness. On my journey, I feel I’m just starting to get it. Mixing theory with songs is making it so much easier to remember songs. I know I have a long way to go. Like I said, I’m just 10-11 months into this. (Now back to your PBE lessons on the E string. I’m on the second lesson now.)
Man… this video unlocked a door for me that I couldn’t seem to open. Thank you man. New subscriber.
Although, given my advanced age (82), I no longer play the guitar, I still watch and enjoy this type of video. Your shorts are a source of indescribable pleasure but this one which I am watching for at least the sixth time, causing this comment, surpasses everything I have ever come across. Well done and may your superb tuition inspire many.
I appreciate that, thanks for the comment and thanks for watching!
What a fantastic video and presentation LoG! This is what my brain needed to see and go forward across the frets in key in a real-time comprehensible way.
I wish I knew this a looong time ago. I am truly grateful. Thanks man. I will be watching all your stuff.
11:33 summarized my music experience in 15s XD
Mate, your videos are pure gold.
i know many people who hate math, I tell them they probably had a shitty teacher, after 40 years of playing (by ear and tabs) I finally found a great guitar teacher. Outstanding! see ya in class 🎯
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WOW!!! Gonna take me a minute....,Great stuff here, I like your philosophy. Thank you for sharing this introspect. Have to thank Chris Sherland for turning me on to you!
I'm glad that someone from Bernth's comment section recommended your channel. This is a great video to help me understand the fretboard
Thanks for checking out the channel!
LoG you are the best! Please keep the vids coming! I'm that foolish guitar player that turned his nose up to theory and I hit the wall. Now I'm doing what I should have done 20years ago. You are a great teacher. Keep it coming bro!
Glad to hear it, I'll try to keep them coming!
@@LoGsounds hello Log, You are the best instructor I've ever see, and your contents are pure gold and I can call you the GOAT...I'm a guitarist who just learned things so roughly and I really see my self having a lot of gapes. Can you please give a proper content to cover from a begginer to a pro and if you have some arranged lectures where I can begin to learn in well structured form.
So please lead me on this I wanna be the best
@@symonfrancis8631 thanks for the comment. My patreon has my full guitar method from start to finish if you're interested.
@@LoGsounds thanks alot Log ... I am going to be the best guitar since you've assure me of that I promise to tag when I become the best..... By the way much love from Tanzania 🇹🇿
AH-HA! It's "Low Gee" I didn't think it was LOG, like "Ren & Stimpy's - *ANATOMICALLY CORRECT LOG*... HAHAHA. I didn't remember hearing that in your Shorts Videos.
Love your attention to detail and, clear and concise description of your lesson subject matter. That was always something that I paid special attention to with my students. Explaining exactly what needed to be conveyed, without over-explaining or giving off-topic and/or too much information that was not necessary at the time and ultimately overwhelmed, confused and/or frustrated students.
You are one of my favorite guitar UA-camrs and I have recommended you to all of my old students. I think my favorite thing is that you take an approach like I do to playing with an emphasis on knowing what, when, where, why, how music theory works for you and once you have a practical innerstanding of how the chords of a key are built off of/within the scale, how the patterns fit together, the way the chords work in relation to each other and how you can make them more interesting by coloring them with neighboring notes(inside or outside of the scale), passing tones, transitioning between chords emphasizing common notes, chord voicings and scale/mode runs... I've watched all of your shorts and I think that you have the best practical application content on YT.
I just wanted to thank you and encourage you to keep up the phenomenal work!!!
It's rare, but you've reminded me of things that I had learned a long time ago and hadn't thought about exactly in that same way in years. And you've even made me see things in ways that unlocked more creativity within my playing that has inspired me to break out of some of the patterns that I had gotten comfortable in and needed to break out of my comfort zone.
I love it & truly appreciate your work!!!
Thank you my brother
Haha yep, Low-Gee. It's a play on my last name that my drummer came up with.
Glad you enjoy the content, my goal is to present all the information as simply as possible, because it is actually very simple. Somewhere down the line musicians decided to make all of these musical concepts way more convoluted and technical sounding than they should be, therefore many musicians get stuck in the intermediate stage because they don't know how to interpret all of the needless terminology. At the end of the day it's just notes and chords and how they work on top of each other, and how you want to play them rhythmically. Thanks again for watching!
After all these years, you’re still the best ! Your sound has developed so highly above what I thought possible considering that 10 years ago, your abilities and musicality were already something to behold!
That's right.. I dont know theory with names but with numbers and it made whole thing clear to me...
Out of all the guitar teachers I have seen, you are the only one that can basically make it so I understand the guitar more than I did before. I really cannot thank you enough.
This is the most important lesson ever!
Get out here, man! Where have you BEEN all these years?? ⇉ REALLY, you just nailed it!!! ⇉ WOW-Effect!!
I really hope he reads this so he knows in the 6 years I’ve done music theory this is the best video/tutorial I have ever seen, like this has actually saved my guts in learning more guitar
Happy to hear that it made sense to you!
Brilliant! Nothing I can say that hundreds haven't already said--except I couldn't quit looking at the fret wear. You are in a class by yourself--and much needed. Stay Well.
You are an amazing teacher! Best lesson I have watched in the last few years! 😅
Thanks LoG for sharing your thought process.
Could not agree more about learning music theory. Even some basics . It’s so powerful for knowing what to play in a key.
Being now a senior and restarting again, learning theory & how to build chords & triads was a game changer for me.
Learnt the triads from Chris Sherlands channel who you have done a video with. He built triads using 3 string sets next to one another at a time. I like how your video has skipped a string and you use the pick, middle and ring finger to strum. Brilliant!
Regards
Phil from Australia
one of the most simplest explanation in youtube. cheers!
Common tone modulation was my favorite part of the lesson, and the chords that you used to demonstrate it. THAT is the jazz harmony sound I've been seeking. Oblique changes, yet all related.
Yeah it's great stuff. Super easy to do as well, you can literally just play random chords that have the same pivot note and pick the ones you like.
This man deserves a Billion subscribers.
Thanks for the long on the short. Appreciated. Great exercise.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for this video. It's explained very well. I've been trying to understand the fundamentals of guitar for quite some time. And I always got discouraged because it seemed like a memorization of individual notes and a whole bunch of information to cram. But I love how you pointed out using the numbers and shapes to figure it out. I play piano so shapes make sense to me, and this video is beyond helpful
I’m so glad I ran across this channel!! I’m going to sign up for your Patreon right now!! I’ve gotta watch every instructional video you’ve ever made for real!! Wow .. this is what I’ve been looking for for years!!
The way you explain it to us, those who start learning to play the guitar, I say salute to you. Thank you very much.
You, sir, are great 🔥
Yes, I have made this “catastrophic mistake” for many years and while it is easy to fool people with a flashy riff that I memorized, I always shy away from playing in bands or public settings because it won’t take long for people to realize I don’t know what I’m doing. I have heard people say they don’t need music
theory but I disagree. Very good point to illustrate.
Thanks for the comment.
The problem with people saying they don't need music theory is while they're saying that, they are actively using widely established theory concepts every moment in their playing. This type of person will simply think they are "playing what they feel, or playing with emotion", when what they're really doing is playing a mixture of sounds that they've heard before which are definitively rooted in basic concepts. They're just choosing to not understand why the sounds they are playing sound the way they do, and why they are being used in the way they are.
It would be like a chef choosing to not learn why certain ingredients work the way they do because they think it will taint their "creativity". When in reality, actually understanding why everything works the way it does is the best way to expand your creativity.
@@LoGsounds That’s true. I totally agree. I love analogies; I liken it to driving around aimlessly in a car while ignoring the GPS. You might eventually get where you’re going but it’s doubtful. Music “Theory” is the map. Keep doing what you’re doing. It’s helping a lot of people free the songs trapped in their heads.
Love this video just start 6 months in, and one eye just opened.. great lesson
He really is an amazing teacher
Thanks Jack!
You are a true teacher sir🙏🏾
I worked on playing guitar all my life, got serious during COVID and Tomos lesson on this, playing the scale on one string changed everything lol. At first I was like why is he doing that ! Also playing melodies on one string ? I used to think it was wrong to practice that way oh well largely self taught, thank you !
Wait there’s more ! The most important video I ever seen except for tomos video on singing the major scale out loud. I thought he was kidding. Most important thing you can possibly see is the thing that meets you where you’re at. This is how to transition between scales and chords and hearing things with your ear in my opinion. Just getting to where you can understand there’s a difference is so difficult. Matters is not knowing that c is the one and D or whatever it is is the two, it’s being able to hear it.
Thank you so much again and again.
I've been watching YT videos on guitar for 5 years, and I've never seen this kind of great info.
Thanks for watching, glad you find it valuable!
Thanks I saw that short quite a few times and felt something was left out in my understanding.
Also just blew my mind with these chords. 😮
I FEEL ENLIGHTENED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great vid, the way you teach enthusiastically and with a lot of energy is so much more fun to watch and very so hard to get bored of. (unlike a lot of other people on this platform, babbling on with there monotonous voices, well they help out too, but its always nice to learn from someone who puts the energy into it.)
I appreciate that, glad you enjoyed it!
Definitely signing up on Patreon. I don’t even care if there is already a lifetime’s information in your public videos already. I have to say in some way you are my teacher. Just want others to see it
I’ve came back to this video a few times for direction ! Thank you for sharing !
This is the best tutorial i fond on this topic. Sir Please upload the next part or a complete tutorial on this topic
This humbled me to not be so eager to attack more complicated musical concepts that I end up over looking what is right in front of me. What I also got from this was how to start creating pedal point exercises. Thanks!
Thanks I appreciate this comment! It's such a common thing for people to jump right to the "complicated" or "flashy" stuff (me when I was younger), while skipping the core fundamentals. However, skipping the core fundamentals is actually why something can look complicated in the first place.
In reality, if you have the core structures of music down solid, nothing is necessarily complicated. Things can be faster or flashier, or maybe using sounds that are less common, but nothing will be necessarily more complicated or harder to comprehend.
Cmaj9 shouldn't be harder to comprehend than a plain C Maj chord, it's just more notes. However if you don't understand how music works, it's very easy to look at one of those chords as harder to understand than the other.
@@LoGsounds Yes , its true that its very common for most to do that. Its tough getting a point across in text for me. I know theory but when it comes to the subject of chord melody I have chased the concept by purchasing numerous books that end up making the subject so complicated plus the wording tends to be so bland it felt hopeless. You come along and provided something so to the point it made me equally upset as it made me happy lol. Why didn't I think of this before when I know the theory??
What I meant before is that some how I end up taking a complicated route thinking it's the correct text book way to learn a concept but sometimes the answers can be right in front of you, plus a little imagination goes a long way musically.
Either way I'm grateful and humbled.
So much value in this teaching style! You are blessed in being able to teach players to break out of their limited playing!
Thanks for the words!
I've been watching Guthrie Trap and Tao of twang for my triad voicing I learned a lot from them but it took several vids You sir got me going quick I thank you and look forward to more of these and you gained a new sub
I think buckethead does this playing very peaceful. Fundamental way of improvising. Thank you, this is very necessary.
I am adding a comment to feed the UA-cam algorithm gods. LoG is king. 👑
Thanks as usual Dustin!
YOJRE THE BEST GUITAR TEACHER AROUND HERE MAN HELPED A LOT THANK YIU SOO MUCH
This is great
Good lesson. The “common tone modulations” are interesting sounds.
Dude, thank you
Wish i could like this twice
Lo G is golden!
Holy sh*t, I’ve been trying to find someone to explain this for forever
Best guitar lesson i ever heard.
Lou. I have watched this short a gazillion times over the last several months and I am still so way behind you! Thanks SO much for this long! Huge appreciation. I am learning.
You have a great talent at providing insightful concepts that i've never seen elsewhere. Out of the hours of guitar tutorials ive watched, this is by far the best, and although i feel what youre saying is relatively simple, my perspective on the guitar has changed a lot just from this one video, and im only eight minutes in lol
Nice pedagogically explained. Hard to find teachers like you. Thx.
14:35 movable shapes discussion.
Great lesson, it really thrilled me to grab my guitar again , you have shown countless combinations and infinite possibilities too explore...thank you
Hi ! the part "Expand on It" is very instructive. I used to consider the melody note as the tonic of the chord. But it can be the 3rd or the 5th or any note from any matching chord. This will be a good food for though for me and another way to harmonizing melody.
Thanks !
Thanks for watching! If it helps, always think of vocal melodies as your reference, they are always a mixture of notes and rarely just the root (tonic) of the chord.
Amazing lesson. I learned the Nashville numbering system going to bluegrass jams. It's required knowledge in that sort of thing. However, your application of chord melody and modulating of the chords is something I'm going to work on. Thanks.
It's interesting that it's known as the Nashville number system. Literally all musical scenarios that I've been in (many of them not country or in Nashville) speak like this, as well as in college for classical guitar.
The Nashville players of course have their own way of charting using the numbers in a specific way, but using numbers in general is a universal thing that really everyone in the professional world uses. Thanks for watching!
I saw your quick short video on this and was disappointed because I felt that it was something great but just too quick to understand fully and then this came out and wow!! I’m jumping on board your train for sure! Thanks so much. My notifications are on!
I appreciate it! Yeah these shorts are kind of annoying, as they can be tough to get everything into a digestible chunk. Thanks for watching the longer version!
Ok , it Is extremely difficult trying to explain what I felt when I finish watching this video. It blow up my mind. Obviously you have a new subscríber , follower and fan. YOU ARE GREAT !!
Thank you, sincerely. This did it for me.
Wow, I wish I had your instruction decades ago, it would have been the key learning point for me to advance a lot quicker..great lesson, thanks for sharing….
mind is blown....thank you LoG!!!
You do a great job explaining guitar theory
Man that is some great info. I’m not gonna lie you can be a little advanced and fast for me but this lesson was just right. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
I KNEW if I just kept looking I would find you. Wow! Even though I have no idea what you are really talking about, it still kind of makes sense to me.
I have absolutely ZERO music knowledge but my kids are getting me an acoustic for Christmas and I am DETERMINED to learn to play.
As I'm sure you're aware there are hundreds of instructional videos out there and I've already been through countless...I feel as if my search is over. Thank you my friend.
Sounds great, let me know if you have any questions!
bro you are the man for making this video I've been trying to understand this. legit spent a few hours on it, first thing i saw on your channel thanks so much for breaking it down
After having watched most of your videos i can tell you have the style of a very well schooled session man... really good man!