Thank you for breaking this down this way. I’ve been playing guitar for 20 years and I still don’t “ know the fretboard”. I know enough to get to where I need to go relatively quickly, but I love how you’re recommending understanding all of the Notes relatively to each other and both horizontally across the string, and in scale shapes/positions. The aspect of focusing at the open string, fifth fret, and 12th fret is also a really great way to break it down into baby steps. I am very excited to practice this way for a month and see if I can feel more oriented for improvisation
@@RotemSivanGuitar thought about this for a week (only got a few minutes to practice, but it really got me experimenting with just playing the major scale in multiple ways across the string and up and down the neck saying the notes- pulled the trigger on your course! Looking forward to it!
Great lesson. I appreciate you being firm with the non-negotiables regarding learning the fretboard and tagging the sounds. It’s frustrating but I’m connecting more & more to scales & triads. My ear is getting slowly better as well. I enjoyed the fretboard coarse very much.
awesome lesson - i think a of times it is hard for a teacher to remember how it felt knowing nothing and what kind of basic traps are hindering a student (because of the interplay of "pain avoidance" in learning and the feeling of necessity - its not always laziness or stupidity, its trying to use limited capacity efficiently but missing the importance of the more painful and boring parts)
Thanks for the lesson. Singing the notes has been a breakthrough to me because most of the times it's my fingers playing instead of me, you know what I mean
The singing of the notes is great. I notice that on some of Rick Beatos videos, he’ll play a single note on a keyboard that just sustains while he plays a scale or something. The way Rotem hums the note makes it stick even more :)
I recently got your 'advanced guitar practice' and I've been doing that every morning. I can most definitely see more of the fretboard now - something I've wanted to see for years but never really knew how to achieve it. Highly recommend it!!
You are a beautiful person and an awesome teacher Rotem, can talk about your mastery of Solfeggio? I've noticed that many non US musicians relate music via Solfeggio. Thank you RS
i played piano from age 6 up to when i was 15. purely classical, interpreting sheet music only. i knew scales because my teacher told me to learn them but i didnt know what they meant or why they were useful. i gave up when i was 15 because i didnt really see the interest (and wanted more time to play videogames). now im picking up the guitar at age 21 and i think that i quite enjoy how not straightforward it is visually and spatially, because it really forces me to use my ear a lot (which i liked to do instead of reading sheet music as a child anyways, which annoyed my teachers, but yknow this time im *supposed* to) and therefore to tag the sounds emotionally. it really actually feels like learning a new language this time, instead of just learning to move my fingers around.
@@RotemSivanGuitar i guess when I was a kid i just did what I was told and I was told music is about reading sheet music and that's what I mostly thought it was. Though sometimes i found that certain songs sounded bad and changed them by ear and that would annoy my teacher, so I guess I always enjoyed listening more than reading.
I'm learning the notes on the fretboard seriosly for a year now. But I feel like I haven't made half the way yet, though I'm a lot more advanced today. I think your lesson helps...
Excellent lesson… very accessible and understandable. this information will save beginners sooooo much time and is just good review for intermediate players 😊
@@RotemSivanGuitar I really like the teaching method. I’m tempted to say that some simple scale or chord progression graphics would help, but honestly that always makes me remember the graphic instead of internalizing the music. Yours is one of the very few guitar channels that really focuses on getting people to really what they’re playing. Thanks again for the great content!
@@RotemSivanGuitar ''slow it down to a point you can process it'' Thanks man, all the answers were in this sentence! Simple and understandable got it. The singing/naming the note while improvising is a game changer for me. did 10 min of this and I can already ear and find the intervals way easier. Again a huge Thanks for your videos. It always brings more awareness to my playing and the music in my ears =) 🎸❤
Yes… I had a lot of fun just to watch my new hero. Yes… it was very interesting to see my new hero using his guitar so smoothly. Nice job… Because you showed me where I have to go now😶 May I ask you for the gear you use and the setup? I like your sound…
@@RotemSivanGuitar Well I seem to be at least when checking out some of your lessons. The spiritual side of guitar playing seems to be lacking in most instructional vids. I like how you make us aware how even playing a scale can be an experience. I am not even a jazz player at all but have learned a lot from you. Thanks and keep up the great work.
I started learning Jazz piano and guitar at the same time and at least for me visualizing on the piano is way easier because it's one straight line of notes repeated over 7 octaves, 'big' extended chords are harder on piano because on guitar once you've learned the shapes it's easy to just move them up and down the fretboard. But when it comes to improvisation, for me piano is much easier for the same reason I mentioned, guitar is hard because the notes are staggered from string to string (vertical vs horizontal). I've enrolled to your course 'Unlocking The Fretboard' and it's really awesome. That being said, My Christmas wish is that you'd do an amazing section or a separate deep dive lesson on Improvisation, that would really tie in with all your courses. It would make a lot of people happy 😁 🎅
Do you teach this to very beginners students, and does it works for them (do they stay motivate while doing this ?) Because I feel that, if it seems basics exercices, most of us guitarists come to this stuff at a more advanced state because we feel the need of it only later. (Hope it makes sense) Great tips btw thank you !
I think a big problem with the guitar is the 3rd interval between the open G and B strings. On a piano, when you learn a fingering for a chord or scale it is the same in every octave. Not true on a guitar. Tuning in all 4ths fixes this issue, but then it is hard to play many standard guitar licks. Same note in several places, different fingerings for different octaves - guitar is a handful (pun intended).
I believe the fretboard can be easier to “see” when we have more of an idea of what to look for. We can “see” a tree. Some people simply see the entirety of its parts and know it to be a tree. There are others, however, who can see the tree not as a sum total but rather as its various features: it’s individual parts, its attributes, its constituent features, its colour, how it grew, its function, etc. The same can be said about the fretboard.
The only way to unlock the mysterious fretboard is a lot of dedication and commitment. Knowing your limitations and continually challenging your comfort zone. As soon you get too comfortable with a technique or idea, whatever... it's time to push on to the next challenge. Play play play
Ever flip your guitar over and play it left handed? You'll know exactly where everything is and have all your theory at the ready but your playing won't be quite the same. Guitar is an interesting animal! Cheers Rotem!!
i’m an ear player. So what unlocked it for me was say, learning a one octave scale shape, for example and not focusing on the shape at all but the sound. Once i internalized the sound i used my ear to create my own pathways for that scale all over the neck.
Do you feel the guitar is not easy to "see"? drop a comment please
Step 6 is eye opening 😮, not enough of this by anyone on UA-cam. Thanks for this video and all the steps lol not just step 6.
Thank you for breaking this down this way. I’ve been playing guitar for 20 years and I still don’t “ know the fretboard”. I know enough to get to where I need to go relatively quickly, but I love how you’re recommending understanding all of the Notes relatively to each other and both horizontally across the string, and in scale shapes/positions. The aspect of focusing at the open string, fifth fret, and 12th fret is also a really great way to break it down into baby steps. I am very excited to practice this way for a month and see if I can feel more oriented for improvisation
Happy to help!!
@@RotemSivanGuitar thought about this for a week (only got a few minutes to practice, but it really got me experimenting with just playing the major scale in multiple ways across the string and up and down the neck saying the notes- pulled the trigger on your course! Looking forward to it!
It was very educational and informative ways of navigating the fretboard.
Great lesson. I appreciate you being firm with the non-negotiables regarding learning the fretboard and tagging the sounds. It’s frustrating but I’m connecting more & more to scales & triads. My ear is getting slowly better as well. I enjoyed the fretboard coarse very much.
it takes a little longer but then it gets WAY faster too!
interesting approach...will try!
awesome lesson - i think a of times it is hard for a teacher to remember how it felt knowing nothing and what kind of basic traps are hindering a student (because of the interplay of "pain avoidance" in learning and the feeling of necessity - its not always laziness or stupidity, its trying to use limited capacity efficiently but missing the importance of the more painful and boring parts)
Thanks for the lesson. Singing the notes has been a breakthrough to me because most of the times it's my fingers playing instead of me, you know what I mean
The singing of the notes is great. I notice that on some of Rick Beatos videos, he’ll play a single note on a keyboard that just sustains while he plays a scale or something. The way Rotem hums the note makes it stick even more :)
I recently got your 'advanced guitar practice' and I've been doing that every morning. I can most definitely see more of the fretboard now - something I've wanted to see for years but never really knew how to achieve it. Highly recommend it!!
You are a beautiful person and an awesome teacher Rotem, can talk about your mastery of Solfeggio? I've noticed that many non US musicians relate music via Solfeggio.
Thank you RS
One of your best lessons but it could depend on who is listenning I can imagine. This one get me. Thanks
Thank you I appreciate your ideas!
love those more beginner /intermediate videos!
thanks rotem
How will that help to play in other keys and modes?
You're a great player man
i played piano from age 6 up to when i was 15. purely classical, interpreting sheet music only. i knew scales because my teacher told me to learn them but i didnt know what they meant or why they were useful. i gave up when i was 15 because i didnt really see the interest (and wanted more time to play videogames). now im picking up the guitar at age 21 and i think that i quite enjoy how not straightforward it is visually and spatially, because it really forces me to use my ear a lot (which i liked to do instead of reading sheet music as a child anyways, which annoyed my teachers, but yknow this time im *supposed* to) and therefore to tag the sounds emotionally. it really actually feels like learning a new language this time, instead of just learning to move my fingers around.
The ear is a huge part of it, and it's indeed a language. What made you not do it from the get go? Just curious
@@RotemSivanGuitar i guess when I was a kid i just did what I was told and I was told music is about reading sheet music and that's what I mostly thought it was. Though sometimes i found that certain songs sounded bad and changed them by ear and that would annoy my teacher, so I guess I always enjoyed listening more than reading.
Great video lessons Rotem
I'm learning the notes on the fretboard seriosly for a year now. But I feel like I haven't made half the way yet, though I'm a lot more advanced today. I think your lesson helps...
Excellent lesson… very accessible and understandable. this information will save beginners sooooo much time and is just good review for intermediate players 😊
Thanks! I feel it's really important for all of us. What would you do to make it more clear?
@@RotemSivanGuitar I really like the teaching method. I’m tempted to say that some simple scale or chord progression graphics would help, but honestly that always makes me remember the graphic instead of internalizing the music. Yours is one of the very few guitar channels that really focuses on getting people to really what they’re playing. Thanks again for the great content!
Thank you it's very helpful. Any tips to master the G to B strings note finding and chord shapes shifting ?
with chords it's the same idea - you wanna understand and take a simple shape first
@@RotemSivanGuitar ''slow it down to a point you can process it''
Thanks man, all the answers were in this sentence!
Simple and understandable got it.
The singing/naming the note while improvising is a game changer for me. did 10 min of this and I can already ear and find the intervals way easier.
Again a huge Thanks for your videos. It always brings more awareness to my playing and the music in my ears =)
🎸❤
Yes… I had a lot of fun just to watch my new hero.
Yes… it was very interesting to see my new hero using his guitar so smoothly.
Nice job…
Because you showed me where I have to go now😶
May I ask you for the gear you use and the setup? I like your sound…
Another great and meditative lesson.....you combine meditation w teaching quite well.
Thanks Peter! Do you practice meditation?
@@RotemSivanGuitar Well I seem to be at least when checking out some of your lessons. The spiritual side of guitar playing seems to be lacking in most instructional vids. I like how you make us aware how even playing a scale can be an experience. I am not even a jazz player at all but have learned a lot from you. Thanks and keep up the great work.
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I started learning Jazz piano and guitar at the same time and at least for me visualizing on the piano is way easier because it's one straight line of notes repeated over 7 octaves, 'big' extended chords are harder on piano because on guitar once you've learned the shapes it's easy to just move them up and down the fretboard. But when it comes to improvisation, for me piano is much easier for the same reason I mentioned, guitar is hard because the notes are staggered from string to string (vertical vs horizontal). I've enrolled to your course 'Unlocking The Fretboard' and it's really awesome. That being said, My Christmas wish is that you'd do an amazing section or a separate deep dive lesson on Improvisation, that would really tie in with all your courses. It would make a lot of people happy 😁 🎅
Do you teach this to very beginners students, and does it works for them (do they stay motivate while doing this ?) Because I feel that, if it seems basics exercices, most of us guitarists come to this stuff at a more advanced state because we feel the need of it only later. (Hope it makes sense) Great tips btw thank you !
This was interesting and fun and in some ways helpful !!
Thanks man!! Appreciate it🙏
I think a big problem with the guitar is the 3rd interval between the open G and B strings. On a piano, when you learn a fingering for a chord or scale it is the same in every octave. Not true on a guitar. Tuning in all 4ths fixes this issue, but then it is hard to play many standard guitar licks. Same note in several places, different fingerings for different octaves - guitar is a handful (pun intended).
Mind sharing what pedals you’re using in this video? Your guitar sound so smooth
Sure, I'll make a list & post it 🙏🙏
I believe the fretboard can be easier to “see” when we have more of an idea of what to look for. We can “see” a tree. Some people simply see the entirety of its parts and know it to be a tree. There are others, however, who can see the tree not as a sum total but rather as its various features: it’s individual parts, its attributes, its constituent features, its colour, how it grew, its function, etc. The same can be said about the fretboard.
LOVE IT. how do you see it ? and what helps you see it better?
The only way to unlock the mysterious fretboard is a lot of dedication and commitment.
Knowing your limitations and continually challenging your comfort zone.
As soon you get too comfortable with a technique or idea, whatever... it's time to push on to the next challenge. Play play play
I thought this was for unlocking my guitar that got locked in its case and i lost the key and forgot the lock combo
I finally found a coloured guitar belt like Rotem’s 🎉
Ever flip your guitar over and play it left handed? You'll know exactly where everything is and have all your theory at the ready but your playing won't be quite the same. Guitar is an interesting animal! Cheers Rotem!!
Oh wow, I haven't tried flipped guitar.. are you doing that?
@@RotemSivanGuitar I did it some when I was working with beginners to experience some of the challenges they were dealing with.
Vote for a part 2 here. ;)
10:47 "la do"? You mean "re do" probably. 😀Great lesson about the Mother of Scales!
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i’m an ear player. So what unlocked it for me was say, learning a one octave scale shape, for example and not focusing on the shape at all but the sound. Once i internalized the sound i used my ear to create my own pathways for that scale all over the neck.
yea, that's really great. nice man
I don't recognize the name on that headstock. custom made, i guess. where did it come from?