www.metalmethod.com – 96% of all guitarists can’t instantly identify note names on the fretboard. This free program changes all of that. This is a complete lesson to memorize the fretboard and instantly identify every note. You can download and print the study materials for this video here www.metalmethod.com This video features Metal Method instructor Doug Marks who has taught more than a million people to play guitar including some of today’s top rock stars: www.metalmethod.com If you’re an absolute beginner the following will teach you the basics of guitar note names www.youtube.com
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yes, learning notes n position are so fundamental in piano/ keyboard’s realm. It’s much easier to understand the way to play n improvise , i think this approach works n saves alot of time!
the distortion on everything is super Gay..
it’s quite important actually, cause when you want to play with other people, and someone asks you to strum an E7 chord for example, in order for you to know where that chord is and be able to find it immediately you have to know where the notes are on the guitar…
this is genius! best take ive seen so far on tackling this invaluable skill. thanks!
yes, all music is based around scale tones, even altered scale. But the key is knowing how to apply scales to make licks and music and how they work over chords. No use knowing a D flat Lydian Augmented scale for instance if you don’t know how to apply it though!
i said too much scales i know thier important
practice make the master…start working in your scales if you wanna be a real musician and a great guitarrist
You are complete wrong, scales is the key to succeed in any musical instrument, and specialy the guitar…you just need to know how to apply the scales, and chords together, that’s it…
…more beneficial is to learn this video lesson…aslong you gain knowledge in what you really like is gonna be good for you…so try to learn the notes on the fretboard with this video lesson…
if you wanna be a better musician you’ve gotta learn and memorizing the fretboard, don’t beat the bushes around, go to the point and learn this video lesson, at the end is gonna be good for you…is good to learn another ways to play, and thisone is awesome…just give it a try and you’ll see the benefit
Then you are in the wrong spot, to understand this lesson you’ve gotta know the basics in a preview video, then try thisone later on, because once you know the basics this video will be very helpful in your guitar playing…
Say for instance slide into the 6th fret 4th string, then play 9th fret 4th string, 8th fret third string and then 7th fret 2nd string. As a composer I know that those notes G#, B, D # and F # will fit like a glove over a E major 9 chord the G sharp being the major thord and the F # the 9th. Without knowing these notes you don’t have the facility to construct chords and solos yourself which make perfect sense without fluking it! Start learning jazz, it will be a big eye opener in common tones!
Definitely the best thing I ever did on guitar. Once I learned the notes I understood harmonic minor, phrygian and diminished arpeggios and the intervals in an key and suddenly found that I was sounding like Yngwie Malmsteen! Got boring shredding those licks all the time and I wanted to learn to play like Joe Pass or Pat Martino/Metheny. KNowing the notes is extremely important in jazz, you’ll think its genius once you have it figured out. I’m sure Doug has a lot of respect for those players.
The reaosn why it is important zebra is because music isn’t about tab. It is about improvization and beauty. Understanding why you can use a D sharp diminshed scale over a B 7 flat 9 chord and a B flat melodic minor over E minor 7 flat 5 to A 7 aug 5th etc and why minor third of G melodic minor (B flat) works over C 7 (common tones) is extremely important to becoming a better player and to be able to compose your own music. I’m striving to get as good as possible, currently learning Joe Pass.
” zebratangozebra 6 days ago
I don’t understand how memorizing the fretboard makes you a better musician.
What does it have to do with making good music ?”
I gather you’re a beginner. The best thing I ever did on guitar was stop one day and say to myself “I want to know every note on the guitar and stop playing the same old boring pentatonics. I’ve ventured into jazz guitar playing and knowing more theory has made me a better musician and why certain tones work over certain chords.
Doug: very helpful…thanks
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I appreciate that the uploader of this video is very accurate and did NOT title the video “Learn to play guitar”.
Pay attention to the titles, guys, and then you wont be disappointed!
Check out creativeguitarstudios on here. He is AMAZING and doesn’t sell anything!
(No, it’s not me!)
There’s a video on here where Joe Satriani talks about new players wondering what they should learn next… Joe Satriani says that new players can answer these question for themselves, for example, the first question Joe asks is, “Do you know all the note names on the fretboard? If not, then you already know your first lesson. Come back when you’ve learned that.”
So I don’t think you wasted your time, but it may have been slight overkill! It WILL pay off I think!
In addition to knowing the E shape and A shape notes & chords with their roots on the 6th and 5th strings (respectively), if you’ve already done the work to learn all the notes on the 3rd (G string) that is also useful to you because, in an A shape chord, the note on the G string is the root of chord, just as the note on the 5th string is the root note of that same chord.
Notice that if you go up two strings and two frets you have gone one octave.
Up one string and two frets= a 5th. Aha!
What I find useful is knowing that if you go up one string on the same fret you have gone up a fourth (like starting on the low E and moving up to the A string) that is a fourth. If you were to play the E chord and then the A chord you have just played a I – IV progression. The chord that makes music move forward is the dominant chord, the V chord, so you want to know when that one is too. It is two frets up from that A note and chord I mentioned. E-A-B = I-IV-V
A-D-E = I IV V & you have A SONG!
Speaking as someone who learned to play guitar by ear with no lessons and is a really good lead player- and then learned theory years later I will tell you what part of this I think is useful. I realized that, without trying, I had learned all the note names on the 6th and 5th strings up to the 7th fret due to playing E shape (root on 6th) and A shape (root on 5th) chords along with songs I learned. This is very useful. Learn progessions like I-IV-V I-V-vi-IV etc and learn the patterns.
When you sit down to jam with someone on the fly knowing where everything is all over the board is going to help. The band says play it in F sharp and play the chord with the 3rd on top, 5th on bottom. Different chord voicings can sound so cool, try all over the neck and when you want to throw a riff in somewhere you know where to grab the root where ever you want anywhere you want. You can experiment with all kinds of stuff. REgardless, one thing for sure. It sure wont hurt your playing.
It’s actually not a waste of time if you want to learn how to play guitar correctly. Still, only a small fraction of your time playing guitar should be spent on theory and the technical aspects of guitar. Your number one goal should be to have fun playing. Eventually you reach a point that learning to play scales and understand theory will be enjoyable.
I certainly don’t disagree. That’s why in my Complete Basic Course I teach theory last even though a beginner is able to understand the concepts. Learning theory is boring for a beginner. I understand that. I do think that even beginners should spend some time learning note names because it’s helpful and not that difficult..