www.FuzzyMonkeyTabs.com Check out my website. I’ve been working on a guitar lesson about the major scale and it’s 7 relative modes. It’s getting to be very long so I have decided to break it down into smaller videos. This video covers what a half step and a whole step is, and how to figure out the notes in any major scale. If you practice the C major scale that I show in this video try to use alternate picking (alternating from down strokes to up strokes with your pick). Also you should try to use your pointer finger for the first note on every string and use your pinky finger for the 3rd note of each string. This way your hand can stay in pretty much one location while you play every note. You could also practice this scale forwards (ascending) and backwards (descending). Video Rating: 4 / 5 www.FuzzyMonkeyTabs.com I created a web page for this guitar lesson at my site. This lesson is about the 7 modes of the major scale. The major scale has 7 notes and if you were to play all the notes in a major scale starting from a note other than the root [...]
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i think a good resource for you would be all-guitar-chordsdot com. i’ve been playing a little over five years and personally i think this site is the most useful one i’ve found. check it out because it might help you out. or it might not. won’t know unless you try right?
quick and very informative video thanks!
Thanks for posting these videos, they are really good. I especially like the “dynamic tab” idea and wonder how you achieved this effect? Can you share the process or programs you use to get the tab display syncing and highlighting the notes??
Thanks in advance for this!
Consider being a teacher, unless you are one! Cuz I think u are! I’m a beginner to the lowest but ur videos helped me read tabs.
should do a solo related to the cord right ? but how the hell i’m suppoed to do so ? i cant just play what you showed me again and again ? hope i’m clear . btw exellent job with your video learned all of them the super mario one was the first thing i ever learned on guitar !
cheers
so i have this really stupid question : as i’m playing with my buddies (been playing for about 8months) intermediate dude here i want to try to do some solos but i just really suck at like we’re making our own song based on for exemple ” G /A etcc ” so while they play on the G
LOL! From 00:08 to 00:15, you sound alot like Ben Stiller when he played Zoolander! XD
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Mate these are the best lessons on YouTube
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I’m glad everyone seems to understand this video. I just watched it for the first time in months and it seemed kind of fast paced. Thanks for watching and commenting, I’ll upload another video before long.
Thanks friend. 
your a great instructor. keep up the good work
wow this is GREAT GREAT GREAT!! thank u so much for these videos
… the major modes are Ionian, Lydian, and Mixolydian. These modes all start with 2 whole steps and the Lydian mode has 3 whole steps. Lydian is a lot of musicians favorite mode (myself included). So I am starting to think more highly of modal theory but you can see why it’s a tricky subject. How could you use this knowledge? So far I’ve only noted the major modes are more pleasant to my ear so I use them more often when soloing. I have a lot to learn yet.
I really don’t understand it well enough to explain it to anyone. At first when I heard about modal theory it seemed unimportant to me. I mean what chord you play the modes over and how you play those modes seems like it can take a sad mode and make it happy. Also it seemed like a trivial topic since all seven of the diatonic modes have the same 7 notes and who ever plays a scale/mode from root to tonic without messing around in between. But I have noticed I like the major modes…
Thank you. I hope it’s easy to follow.
I have a new video coming out soon about the 7 modes of the major scale hopefully that video will help you some. Modal theory is a difficult concept for me to grasp as well. It doesn’t seem obvious to me what feeling each mode produces. I’ve only recently been reading up on it. The strange thing about the 7 modes of the major scale is they all have the same 7 notes. But if you think about the modes as melodies each mode does sound a little different.
awesome lessons bro keep it up…
i like yout guitar
Well I don’t really know when to use the chromatic scale but for me .. I don’t use it BTW you mean the F major scale or key are the same ? which means all 7 notes with octave higher for the root ? F G A A# C D E F ? is that true If I said F major scale or F major key the same thing ?
Yes, the F major scale has every note that is in the Key of F so they are practically synonyms (scale/key). The chromatic scale can come in handy. Have you ever heard that classical piano piece called Fleight of the BumbleBee? That song uses the chromatic scale. The chromatic scale is just musicians way of saying they aren’t in a major scale or a pentatonic or blues scale but that they are using all possible notes. It’s a lot to wrap your head around but you’ll understand.
That’s great to hear. I’m glad this video is useful.
your welcome anytime keep up the good work.
What is the key of F ? the scale you mean ?
well i like to use mixolydian mode when i rock out with my homies
just so i can understand. When you’re playing in other modes are you still in the key of C MAJ you’re just putting more emphasis on the mode starting note?
How do you create your videos?
Rockin out with my homies lol, you’re awesome dude. Great vid (b’-')b
Can I respectfully disagree? I’ve spent years playing on blues scales to the exclusion of all else, and now it’s really hard to get my fingers and brain to accept this, I’m having to practice a lot more than I should have to, and this is basic stuff. Just another perspective.
Thank you so much for the first clear explanation of ‘what a mode is’ that I have ever seen. Very much appreciated. Now I feel like I have learning difficulties because it took so long for the penny to drop, but thanks anyway
u should get a job as a guitar teacher
You’re a God.
what going on man i just wanted to say like everyone else keep the videos comeing they are pretty fast to pick up im a beginner so thanks for the major scale and the seven modes guitar lession and the others i think ive learnd to play all you have on here though would you mind makeing some different beginner videos some new ones im still trying to do the seven modes lmao that sh*T is hard lol thanks again and cant wait till you put more videos on here
I never knew what a mode was. So you are just playing a major scale for every note in the key of Cmajor. That is a good way of learning the “in” notes for that key, all over the neck. I never thought of that. For as much as I like music, and for as long as i’ve been playing, i should have studied this stuff.
keep making these!! theres not a lot out there for us intermediate players…
Thanks a lot – the best instructional video on scales and modes, and I’ve searched quite a bit. Clear, simple and comprehensive!
hey, when playing major scales…
is it necessary to finish with the same note as the root note
for e.g. C D E F G A B C D
instead of C D E F G A B C
Thanks for the video. I haven’t learned much theory. This helps a lot. Thanks again.
no dis likes tis a great video btw
I really appreciate your great lessons. I am a little below the intermediate but I’m learning and having fun doing it!
Thank you for the kind words. It seems like most guitar players are into learning other peoples songs. I think that’s why this video gets fewer views than my tab videos. This video is more for intermediate players you might say.
I like this way of playing 3 notes per string. You could play the same scale with the exact same notes many different ways.
dude, idk why you don’t have a shit tone of views. your videos are amazing and extremly helpful for all skill levels. i just finished learning your tabed fur elise (advanced one) and it impressed me how quick i picked it up. im giving all of my music buddies a shout to check out your videos! have a band you’re in that i can check out ?
why do your scale patterns croos 6 to 7 frets when everyone else seems to use 4 or 5 ?
Sweet, I’m glad to hear it.
This stuff is more for people who are ready to write their own stuff or who are looking for some more understanding. You may want to come back to this at a later date.
Cool, thanks for checking it out.
you are awesome man! really helpful but one question. how important would it be for me to know this if i am learning finger style without a teacher?
Thanks for this video. It’s a very interesting video. I do an exercise like this every day but with this lessons I am sure I will improve my speedy on the guitar.