I just want everyone to know that I have been playing (sucking) at guitar for 20 years, I decided to actually learn last year and about 6 months ago I started listening to these lessons, I have been grinding away, listening to them over and over until I understand, last night I was able to jam with a friend along with songs I'd never heard before. I never thought that would ever be a reachable goal for me and if so I figured it would take at least another decade. Scotty is the real deal and I have so much thanks to give to him. You are one of the biggest influences on my life Mr. West, thank you. Ymmv I listen to two to three a day for the past 3 months at least and I'm only up to this lesson, practice every day.
I know these lessons are more or less inclined to the American pop culture or Jazz and Rock. But at least in Mexican "Sierreño" and "Campirano" music they use a lot of open strings for on their scales/solos and 'arreglos' and they sound good.
It works if the note is in the key. But for the most part you want your lowest note to be your root note. So if you're in the key of C you may not want to play an open E.
Yes use all the opinions available to you. When first learning classical guitar, the student starts with their fingers on the first 4 frets (1st position), just as Scotty showed early on when explaining why the guitar is tuned in 4ths. This allows us to play all notes from the low E on the 6th string to the G# on the 1st string without shifting the index finger. Many scales played in 1st position will include open strings. It is more apparent on classical and acoustic guitars than electric, but still noticeable, that the open strings have a slightly different quality (timbre) and trying to get an even tonality across a scale is one of the tasks given to beginners learning this way. Later on, it can be interesting to accentuate this difference after learning to control it.
I just want everyone to know that I have been playing (sucking) at guitar for 20 years, I decided to actually learn last year and about 6 months ago I started listening to these lessons, I have been grinding away, listening to them over and over until I understand, last night I was able to jam with a friend along with songs I'd never heard before. I never thought that would ever be a reachable goal for me and if so I figured it would take at least another decade. Scotty is the real deal and I have so much thanks to give to him.
You are one of the biggest influences on my life Mr. West, thank you.
Ymmv I listen to two to three a day for the past 3 months at least and I'm only up to this lesson, practice every day.
Best lesson so far, it's just incredible how well and clearly you explain all this stuff! Thank you very much!
Scotty I love you. Thanks for being the foundation.
This is so great. Such a clear explanation of how harmony is found.
I love the RHŖ̵̜̰͇͚͖͔̫͚͖̲͕͚̂̎̕̕I̵̧̢̤̻͔̙̖̰̙̱̬̩̐͌̽̇̍̀͋̋̓͑̕ͅS̶̱̍̒I̴̡̨̭̼̬̗͚͓͖̹͈̬̝͑̊̏̽͗̎̈́̿̒̆̋̚͝GIAN mode. My favorite actually.
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I understand this reference 😂
Does it make sense to play open strings when playing a scale? I tend to like the sound but it seems to be unconventional.
I know these lessons are more or less inclined to the American pop culture or Jazz and Rock. But at least in Mexican "Sierreño" and "Campirano" music they use a lot of open strings for on their scales/solos and 'arreglos' and they sound good.
It works if the note is in the key. But for the most part you want your lowest note to be your root note. So if you're in the key of C you may not want to play an open E.
Yes use all the opinions available to you. When first learning classical guitar, the student starts with their fingers on the first 4 frets (1st position), just as Scotty showed early on when explaining why the guitar is tuned in 4ths.
This allows us to play all notes from the low E on the 6th string to the G# on the 1st string without shifting the index finger.
Many scales played in 1st position will include open strings.
It is more apparent on classical and acoustic guitars than electric, but still noticeable, that the open strings have a slightly different quality (timbre) and trying to get an even tonality across a scale is one of the tasks given to beginners learning this way.
Later on, it can be interesting to accentuate this difference after learning to control it.