Added by on 2013-07-17

Study guitar online with Berklee: www.berkleemusic.com Check out this video from Berkleemusic.com and watch as Larry Bayone, Chair of Berklee’s Guitar Department, explains how to find the notes of the guitar scale from memory by practicing the major scale in a variety of different positions and registers on the fret board. Free Iphone tuner here! www.guitarjamz.com

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  • csensesfail92 11 years ago

    just make your own scales using 2-2-1-2-2-2-1. start with a tone (the tonic) move 2 halfsteps up(1 fret) for the second degree 2 halfsteps for the third 1 half step for the fourth ect. 3 notes per string a scale will end 2 strings 2 frets down. and repeat the notes for the remaining strings.

  • petedogg369 11 years ago

    Well actually it does have a soundhole, actually it has two of them! Ever hear of F-holes?

  • Keenen Jones 11 years ago

    I WAS JUST THINKING THAT lol great video all the less

  • XxjosephabrenicaxX 11 years ago

    IS THERE ANY TABS OF A SCALE

  • Devonhubertmusician 11 years ago

    To all who were wondering, a frigian dominant mode is the frigian mode with a major third as opposed to a minor third like in a regular frigian mode. In E frigian dominant, the notes would be “E, E sharp, G sharp, A, B, C, D, E”. It is relative to A harmonic minor so you can interchange them.

  • Cnaeusolo 11 years ago

    that’s what i call flying figners

  • JrCrown 11 years ago

    this is the scale that band member’s been
    forcing me to learn before. i just didnt remember that it was named the major scale. now, i realize how important it is. LOL

  • Don Burton 11 years ago

    nice

  • merc0049 11 years ago

    I took lessons with Larry at Berklee from 1980-1984.
    There is no better teacher.
    It is no accident that Larry replaced the legend,
    William Leavit as the Guitar Chairman at Berklee.
    On my 2nd day at Berklee, I wandered
    into the little theater on Boylston St. Larry was playing
    a duet with a violinist. Django and Grappelli tunes. Larry
    comp was so hard hittihg there was no need for a bass
    player or drums
    Larry covered it all.
    Larry’s solos were unbelievable
    …….. MERC

  • kiloch 11 years ago

    Is this from the Leavit book DVD? I bought it but havent watched the DVD

  • xinjinbei 11 years ago

    What about microtonal songs?

  • R0ckers2R0ckers 11 years ago

    Hi, I looked through some of my notes and can’t find any reference to the term ‘Dominent’ used with modes, unless my notes are incomplete, but I don’t thik so. i know with modes that by displacing the starting point of a scale without changing the interval formula has the effect of turning out a new arrangement of whole n half steps.> “Most musicians talk about the 7Modes of the Major scale, but modes can be generated from any scale at all” Peter Pickow, scale Theory< Good Luck

  • Jordan Vargas 11 years ago

    i have a question for anyone:
    what does the “dominant” mean when you say phrygian dominant, or lydian dominant, etc.
    i get modes and how they work, i’m just not clear on what the “dominant” means or if it has meaning and changes something about the mode.
    thanks a lot in advance. :]

  • twst1 11 years ago

    learn as much as you can, practice a little at a time….before you know it……

  • tyineurope 11 years ago

    hmm, I saw this years ago, and now having gone through intensive scale exercises and analysis, I’m thinking their isn’t much benefit to the stretch method. and besides, it’s rather too obvious, not something to be amazed because it’s taught by someone from berklee.

    imho, i think the bottom line is, whatever the shape, pick one that you are comfortable with, that you can very quickly remember while on stage, and don’t worry about the left hand moving around, cos it will move around anyway.

  • tuxguys 11 years ago

    Larry Baione:  My boss, and next to Mr. Leavitt himself, the best boss I have ever had.

  • tuxguys 11 years ago

    Actually Mr. Baione, chairman of the department, great teacher, and fabulous guitarist, has spoken in error here: Chords have roots; Scales have tonics.

  • tuxguys 11 years ago

    Don’t dismiss this as “just” practicing: Practicing, with discipline, is what allows you to fly, once the restraints are off.

  • G27dude 11 years ago

    as the other guy said, Pentatonic is good for blues and country style solos. But if you know the G major scale, you should know pretty much every major scale in at least that one position that you already know. You’ll find that if you slide that G major scale up or down that you change the key. Slide up the first “G” of the scale 2 frets and you have an A major scale, for example.

  • G27dude 11 years ago

    lol. If I can stretch.. *thinks whether or not he should say “you sure as hell can too”* … You can probably do that too

  • FloydManFloyd 11 years ago

    i think some musicians consider the F natural in F sharp major as an E sharp, I assume that’s the confusion.

  • FloydManFloyd 11 years ago

    overdose311090 says u need to learn scales in other keys, and he is right, but on the guitar a C major scale, for example, is just the G major scale played 5 frets to the right. Maybe u figured that out already. Also the minor scale is just the same as the major scale except you start on the 6th note of the major scale.

  • Milos Rattlehead 11 years ago

    u must learn scale in other keys not just in g

  • Dalmenco 11 years ago

    my classical fretboard is wider and his guitar neck narrow- its hard for us classical/flamenco players .

  • Georgie244259 11 years ago

    I like the painting of Dhanjgo Reindhart in the background.

  • komani86 11 years ago

    When I make the extra time I probably will, for now i’ll just stick to my practice routine :) For now im happy with my progress!

  • Antiks72 11 years ago

    Take lessons from a good guitar teacher. They’re worth every penny.

  • spreadbettingx 11 years ago

    viewer 3xx

  • Superlazerninja12 11 years ago

    good

  • phen375u 11 years ago

    I’ll be back!

  • richdadx 11 years ago

    Great video

  • Blake Hamilton 11 years ago

    much appreciated such a fun lick

  • nick hahn 11 years ago

    Sounds very Jerry Garcia style

  • nick hahn 11 years ago

    Beautiful guitar

  • tseanshannon 11 years ago

    Well done sir.
    Thanks for the lesson.

  • Christoph Lossen 11 years ago

    Thank you very much, very useful lesson. It also shows how genius this band was, never forget when these four guys have performed their songs.
    Anyway I will practice this for the next couple of days:-)

  • Stringbendah 11 years ago

    Hey Marty! Cool lesson but i just wanted to point out the fact that the fingering you have just shown for A Ionian could also be considered f# Aeolian if you were to start on the second fret. Thanks for all the vids keep on droppin’ knowledge bombs!

  • MakuthePOtHead 11 years ago

    i love the sound of this guitar. Its just as bluesy as its possible

  • A2Z11tree 11 years ago

    hooooly crap, I strive to be as amazing as you!

  • Danaction87 11 years ago

    11 years in and so much more to learn. haha

  • Tony Vincent 11 years ago

    a.w.e.s.o.m.e.t.h.a.n.x.!.

  • tomcat2 11 years ago

    Marty is like the Key Master, he just keeps unlocking all these doors for me…..

  • Joseph Cramer 11 years ago

    Nice lesson it looks like you smoked Sativa this morning in this vid lol

  • komani86 11 years ago

    2 years in and still SO much to learn <3

  • wout konings 11 years ago

    In My Life

  • Skip Dawg 11 years ago

    Reminds Me of Happy Gilmore in some parts

  • thewhitetie 11 years ago

    is this from a song by the beatles….or just a general style

  • John Lennon 11 years ago

    i had anxiety 

  • xplosion00 11 years ago

    Yes it is 

  • rotwilla96 11 years ago

    Whenever Marty does a scale or solo technique.. I usually listen to it 2-3 times to get the rhythm down in my head.. and i usually write it down in tab form what he’s doing… this way i can always look back on notes when I’m going somewhere… or i cant get a hold of a computer..