ok theres something iv been struggling with for a long time to do with the major scale. In the key of any major scale like for example im playing in the key of D why are there minor chords? its something like D, Em, F#m G, A, Bb, Cdim. Ive been trying to understand why there are minors in there? i can understand theres flats and sharps because they're in the scale but why are there minor chords and how am i supposed to know what chords i can play after i start in a key as it seems random to me?
@div911X its alright i figured it out thanks to google, it goes Major, Minor, Minor, Major, Major, Minor, Diminished. So if u start with an A chord the chords u have are Amajor, Bminor, C#minor, Dmajor, Emajor, Fminor G#diminished. I've been kinda learning everything in a mixed up order so it gets a bit confusion but i think i've got it now.
@SummerCircus91 i can answer that mate chords in the key go major minor minor major major minor diminished and that formula is for every key and is the case for all keys
Ok so I might sound like an idiot here but I really don't get the whole scales/keys thing. Are the chords in a key all made of notes on the scale of that key?
Also, surely if there are so many scales per key, most notes will bebon there somewhere anyway?
@BandwannaMcGunner No you have the wrong idea. First question, yes, all the chords in a key are made of the scale of that key. Question 2: There's only one major scale per key. The C major scale is the key of c major, etc. You're thinking of the scale PATTERNS, which are just all the ways to play one scale all the way up the neck. All the patterns combined = every single note in the scale you can play on the neck. I know it sounds confusing but you'll get it soon enough
I can't quite figure out what it is, but even if I know what the lesson is about, I always learn one little thing from your videos Justin! Thank you Very much sir.!
=\ i was trying to find the section on your site about Position 1 G Major Scale but I can't find it. Post link? Sucks i can only read tabs but im pretty sure I'll get it.
damn dude awesome. i've actually learned shit from alot of your videos..songs..scales..etc. and now that i found out you have a site that's even better. thanks for all your dedicated free teaching lol :)
@Walkens1 We look at the F# major scale which is = F# - G# -A# -B -C# -D#-E#-F#
E# isn't a normal tone... since it is really just "F". It's used in the F# scale for strict musical rules.. but that's not important
For the m7b5 chord.. the formula is = 1-b3-b5-b7...
First lets see the normal version: 1-3-5-7.. in F# that would be = F#-A#-C#-E#.. since the F# is the "1", we leave that alone... we flat the 3rd-5th-and7th, leaving us with : F#-A-C-E.. play those tones, and it will be a F#m7b5 :)!
Justin...I understand the Major chord scale & its relation to the notes in the major scale..does the same apply to for example...the pentatonic scale ie can we play a chord scale in the pentatonic? Ta Ian
what does he mean by that part is all in the key of C...what are keys?! what are scales?! what are chords?!...i kinda know what chords are...but man what is all this hip lingo. i been playin for roughly 4 years...dont know what any of this means can anyone point me in the right direction!?
lol thanks wikepedia is pretty helpful but they use (what im sure is basic guitar/music words) but words i dont quite understand. lemme know how that works out for ya haha
@ronin2167: probably just a different position - the 5 different shapes/positions each lend themselves to different note combinations - so you oughta see your shape in his 2nd lesson "SC-021 The Major Scale 2 - 5 Positions"
i really dont get the main thing on scales... i spend week to understand it my self and here in youtube... does this major scales and pentatonic scale have similarities ? or can be bridged to each other?
putangia101010 Pentatonic is a 5 note scale all the notes in the pentatonic are in the major scale. Pentatonic is used in almost every music genre..mostly blues, country and rock. They sound good no matter what! It's hard to screw them up. Find a book and learn what notes are in what scales...also a good scale book will show you the finger patterns so you can play each scale up and down the fret board with the same finger patterns...easy to learn that way. Good luck...I'm still learning it too!
ok, so when i play the Gmajor scale Im playing the notes G,A,B,C,D,E,F#.
so why then are the chords that fit this scale Am and Em etc? im i just strummed a tune using chords G, A and D for example would I be able to solo over it using the Gmajor scale?
nickatron- Em and Am chords can be used in the key of G Major because of how they are constructed. The notes E, G and B make up and Em chord and A, C and E make up an A minor chord. These notes all come from the G Major scale, even though the G is the tonic (root). Have a look at the notes that make up chords and notes in the major and minor scales and you can look at the construction of the chords in the chord progression to give you an idea of what scale to use to create your solo :)
the 7 chord has a minor 3rd and a diminsihed 5th. which are the first three notes of a diminished chord so its close:
F# diminished: F# A C AND Eb
Eb isnt in the key of G.
F#m7b5 is the same chord with the E instead. Also known as F# half diminished, but if he said that , he would have had to ellaborate. so this was the safest way of not excluding the seventh chord and also keeping it simple. Did i make any sense?
Sure, but then you really will be diminished in your ability to understand the music and adapt to it. Chords are built from the notes in a scale and if you don't have that knowledge you'll only get so far.
Thank you, Justin! I just spent about 30 minutes "soloing" to Wonderful Tonight. Some of it sounded uncool, but maybe half the time, it sounded halfway decent. And once in a while, I would hit a good string of notes that sounded almost like I knew what I was doing! I can see that with practice, I can eliminate the uncool stuff. You sir, are the best!
Thanks man for taking the time to make these videos...i used to be in a Hendrix cover band and these are great refreshers for me..I think i drank more than i played. But anyway thanks
I could be wrong since I'm quite new to this, but he IS playing the G Major scale (starts with G on 3rd fret, 6th string). I think you are confused by the CAGED-system notation. Justin refers to the E-shape as First position here.
A chord is been created the 1st-root, the third and the fifth notes of the scale!In G major scale you have a major third (G,B,D) then if you start the scale from A it would be a minor because you've got a minor third (A-the root,C the minor third and E the fifth). The major scale constraction is tone,tone,semitone,tone,tone,tone,semitone, so when you've got a major third-5frets or tone,tone you have a major chord, when you have a minor third-4frets or T,ST, you've got a minor chord!
i know the 5 positions of both the major and minor pentatonic scale and i can do them pretty fast, can improvise, and can mesh em all together. what should i learn next? or my next move be?
It depends on the key. Use the 6th string (E)[the one closest to your head]. The first fret is F, second is F#, third is G, and so on. So if you are playing in G, you start on the third fret. If you are playing in A, you start on the fifth fret. Hope that helps.
I really don't think this question will ever be answered due to the fact justin doesn't really look at youtube anymore, but a couple of things are throwing me off about the scales:
1) Are those the ONLY chords in the key of G?
2) Should/does a song change keys often?
3) WHAT IN GODS NAME IS THAT C/D MAJOR CHORD POSITION ITS KILLING ME TO KNOW
4) When you say B minor, but it's played in an E minor position, how are you supposed to figure that out?
1) Essentially - yes. There are a good amount of other special chords, but for all intents and purposes - those are THE chords.
2) Not really. Most songs stay in one key though changing keys does happen every so often.
3) Not sure what you mean.
4) It looks like an Em, but there are a couple more fingers being placed on the fretboard. Look up Bm finger positioning and you will learn this very unfun chord :)
you will never understand the scales without urself answering the question - WHY? , you are 40% good if you just know how , but 100% good if you know why , and thats why he talks!
at one point i quit playing the guitar, but then as i started browsing through yiutube i saw a justin guitar video i went 2 his site and i got inspired to play the guitar again
it would, because a-minor chord is a-c-e, all those 3 notes are in the g-major key (g-a-h-c-d-e-f#-g), but if you play a-major (a-c#-e) it doesn't fit into the key because the key does not have a c#. But that doesn't mean that it's totally bad, as long as it sounds good, that the freedom of being a musician^^
wow, you're awesome. thanks so much for all the great lessons, i have never paid for any lessons, but I already play better than my friend who does! you're amazing! ♥
justin, your teaching are excellent. i've learned a very important lessons from your video. i've been wondering of how to learn the scales and how to use it. now i practice them everyday and enjoy it. thank you very much for the free lesson. i tried to get you on the web but i couldnt find it.
dude u r da best instructor ever...... i've registered @ ur site...... have to say......givin all such detailed lessons for free.....man , u gotta be one hell of a selfless person..... i am learnin on ma own.....never went to any classes.... know a thin or too.....all thnx to you.....cheers mate......
I got everything down, I understand the whole rootnote (with no real help) besides one thing. Are you supposed to start on the root note? Or is it just used to determine the key in which the scale is in? That's the trouble I had all along. Like Position 1 in F, do I do 2nd, 3rd, fifth fret and so forth, or 3rd, 2nd, fifth? I think the first is right, just want to make sure.
i got this video, until at the end when you did the do mi far whatever thing, & i looked on the website & i looked at the chord box's & couldn't understand it what so ever. help?
yeah but there's like 10 to 15 common scales. Then when you have to learn each one vertically and horizontally and diagonally on the fretboard, then do all that again for a different starting posiion - it's bloody impossible - it's like memorizing the friggin phonebook. How does ANYONE but a savant do it? I can't work it out - it's too damn hard.
schlickaz - you have been told the wrong stuff dude. There are 2 common scales. The minor pentatonic and the major scale. All the modes are the same fingerings as the major scales. 90% of guitarists don't need more than 5 positions of each.
Of course there are more scales... but most people will just not need them! They are for Jazz and fusuion.
OK - thanks man. (My comment was supposed to be a bit tongue-in-cheek as to how it feels overwhelming as a beginner.)
By the way - you're an excellent instructor - best I've seen yet - I've been telling all my other beginner mates to check out your site and vids. Very, very well done.
Seriously? There are only two? I've always assumed there are dozens of scales to learn - so I stayed clear of just memorizing scales. I've just been ear-balling it. lol Well shit, if there are only two I can take the time for that.
Something's messed up, my comment didn't go through, but yeah, I didn't find any of this useful. And I usually do with Justin Sandercoe. I went to the website and there's nothing there explaining it. Why are some of the notes red? And others with R's on it? Appreciate it if someone could help me out.
Yeah im a little lost with his little diagram on the website. It makes no sense to me. It makes it look you have to have 17 fingers on the frets at the same time to me. :/
I didn't find any of this useful--that's a first with Justin Sandercoe. I went to the website, but I don't quite understand how to read the scale, there's nothing there explaining it. Why are some notes red? And there's three different R's on the scale. Can someone else help me out here?
Thanks for the vids bro...I had a question... on the video I have in the subject...you said use position 1 on ur website... for the Major Scales...but "you're wonderful tonight" isn't that in G? Would I just use position 5 then? the G shape? if I want to practice with that song? One last thing how do I know where on the neck to start? if it says one is that the 1st fret?
the shape names don't have anything to do with keys. it's called "G" because it has the G chord shape in amongst the scale. the scale position determines what key your playing in. by moving the whole scale up or down the fretboard you change the scale name from A to G etc.
I have recorded some chords from the key of G and tried playing the G scale over them but they don't sound good at all........but when I play the E scale over the key of G every note sounds good WHY is that? I thought the scale of G was played over the key of G.....can some one explain?
What g scale, minor or major ? If you play a g minor scale over chords in the key of g (G, am, bm, C, D, em, f#dim) it wont sound good. But if you play a g major scale it will sound ok. The g-major and the e-minor scales have the same notes.
Justin,either I ate some bad mushrooms before I watched this video,or you've got an audio problem. There's quite a bit of reverb in the audio. Next time I'll wash the dung off the 'shrooms before I eat them...:0
hey justin, great vids thank you so much, one question: did you actually call Eric Clapton and ask him if people could play over his song?? If so, Wow
How do you know note to start a scale? Where do i start when playing higher up the fretboard?
Also, If I want to focus on playing heavy rock music should i focus on the minor Pentatonic scale? or are the major scale and natural minor scale useful for all types of music?
Oui, Oui, wee, wee, we, we, I agree dudes! Lets just play guitar and chill out, hope everyone is getting as much out of Justin's lessons as I am. Rock on...
i don't know what the problem is. if you want to learn to play the guitar, learn to play the fucking guitar. sorry malacia, i was being ironic. Em/C/Em
Hi Justin, I have a son you is 13, he has played the guitar for a few years now, but I do think he has lost interest, I saw you and thought maybe I should send him a link to you, he very good, just needs a bit of inspiration....Thanks
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Cheers again mate.And to whoever that guy was that was B*tching about not being professional, the majority of us don't want someone who will spell out every single little tiny detail,we want to be able to pick up a guitar and play some songs,we want to learn what chords go together and sound good, and to be honest i don't want some stuck up twat trying to show me how to play.Justin,gets the idea right 100%, being able to have FUN with the guitar and he nails it evertime.
man i wish i had came across you before. I was paying £20 an hour to learn the same thing. You got my subscripson and i am looking forward to your lesson.
Can't believe I found you again. I was learning how to play some AC/DC stuff from ya before.
armortron 1 week ago
you explained that very well my friend
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jose83mitchell 1 month ago
Great tuition, but would you use the pinky or slide up when actually playing solo,s ?
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gndksf 2 months ago
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sumindiandude 7 months ago 3
ok theres something iv been struggling with for a long time to do with the major scale. In the key of any major scale like for example im playing in the key of D why are there minor chords? its something like D, Em, F#m G, A, Bb, Cdim. Ive been trying to understand why there are minors in there? i can understand theres flats and sharps because they're in the scale but why are there minor chords and how am i supposed to know what chords i can play after i start in a key as it seems random to me?
SummerCircus91 7 months ago
@SummerCircus91
i don't think i can fully answer your question but something that can help you is looking at the major and minor chord relations.
div911X 7 months ago
@div911X its alright i figured it out thanks to google, it goes Major, Minor, Minor, Major, Major, Minor, Diminished. So if u start with an A chord the chords u have are Amajor, Bminor, C#minor, Dmajor, Emajor, Fminor G#diminished. I've been kinda learning everything in a mixed up order so it gets a bit confusion but i think i've got it now.
SummerCircus91 7 months ago
@SummerCircus91
no problem. glad to help :)
div911X 7 months ago
@SummerCircus91 i can answer that mate chords in the key go major minor minor major major minor diminished and that formula is for every key and is the case for all keys
Chezza427 2 months ago
thank you for explaining it
steveoh2395 9 months ago
I gave up trying to find it on your site....
mrdtrotter 9 months ago
@Royisinabox D major isn't in the Key of C, it'd have to be D minor.
nickyjohnson102 10 months ago
Great lesson. Justin rocks.
karlad12 10 months ago
thank god for justin!
Rorschachxx1985 11 months ago
Ok so I might sound like an idiot here but I really don't get the whole scales/keys thing. Are the chords in a key all made of notes on the scale of that key?
Also, surely if there are so many scales per key, most notes will bebon there somewhere anyway?
BandwannaMcGunner 1 year ago
@BandwannaMcGunner No you have the wrong idea. First question, yes, all the chords in a key are made of the scale of that key. Question 2: There's only one major scale per key. The C major scale is the key of c major, etc. You're thinking of the scale PATTERNS, which are just all the ways to play one scale all the way up the neck. All the patterns combined = every single note in the scale you can play on the neck. I know it sounds confusing but you'll get it soon enough
Ignore14 10 months ago
Justin Sandercoe and Marty Schwartz are the best Guitar teachers on youtube ! Thank You Guys :)
ramiabuhamra1 1 year ago 28
Your friend who was sitting behind the camera is laughing it 2:22 :p
Blocker1555 1 year ago
I just had a learngasm!
mickeyb1000 1 year ago 5
first sound I ever heard from Jedi, the laugh at the ´don´t download´ joke xD
bassieeee7 1 year ago 2
I can't quite figure out what it is, but even if I know what the lesson is about, I always learn one little thing from your videos Justin! Thank you Very much sir.!
srvgravesdime 1 year ago
=\ i was trying to find the section on your site about Position 1 G Major Scale but I can't find it. Post link? Sucks i can only read tabs but im pretty sure I'll get it.
tootyjenkins 1 year ago
you should really get that cough checked out at 2:16, sounded serious. :D
dubiusmaximus1989 1 year ago
damn dude awesome. i've actually learned shit from alot of your videos..songs..scales..etc. and now that i found out you have a site that's even better. thanks for all your dedicated free teaching lol :)
SweetKooshy 1 year ago
THANK YOU......
TickleTheMonster 1 year ago
Great teacher here!
downhill240 1 year ago
You know Eric Clapton's phone number? and hes a buddy of yours, that is pretty damn cool
imjohnandyouare 1 year ago
How should I play this F#m7b5 chord?
Walkens1 1 year ago
@Walkens1 We look at the F# major scale which is = F# - G# -A# -B -C# -D#-E#-F#
E# isn't a normal tone... since it is really just "F". It's used in the F# scale for strict musical rules.. but that's not important
For the m7b5 chord.. the formula is = 1-b3-b5-b7...
First lets see the normal version: 1-3-5-7.. in F# that would be = F#-A#-C#-E#.. since the F# is the "1", we leave that alone... we flat the 3rd-5th-and7th, leaving us with : F#-A-C-E.. play those tones, and it will be a F#m7b5 :)!
Splurgendii 1 year ago
@Splurgendii Thank You!
Walkens1 1 year ago
Money videos dude. Thanks so much for breaking it down.
powerage112 2 years ago
dude look at my only video i have that cherry red guitar but its a mini
yommt1 2 years ago
Justin is God!
FluidDelusions 2 years ago
he rang up eric clapton?? lol
aiden1911 2 years ago
Justin...I understand the Major chord scale & its relation to the notes in the major scale..does the same apply to for example...the pentatonic scale ie can we play a chord scale in the pentatonic? Ta Ian
ipri158 2 years ago
what does he mean by that part is all in the key of C...what are keys?! what are scales?! what are chords?!...i kinda know what chords are...but man what is all this hip lingo. i been playin for roughly 4 years...dont know what any of this means can anyone point me in the right direction!?
whiteboy311kn 2 years ago
@whiteboy311kn
listen to his intro again- he explains it a little bit, then wikipedia the rest :)
( i'm not sure either- but that's my plan)
whistlerboots123 2 years ago
lol thanks wikepedia is pretty helpful but they use (what im sure is basic guitar/music words) but words i dont quite understand. lemme know how that works out for ya haha
whiteboy311kn 2 years ago
I learned a different scale for G major but it consists of the exact same notes so I guess it doesn't matter.
ronin2167 2 years ago
@ronin2167: probably just a different position - the 5 different shapes/positions each lend themselves to different note combinations - so you oughta see your shape in his 2nd lesson "SC-021 The Major Scale 2 - 5 Positions"
BrownPeopleGetUp 2 years ago
i really dont get the main thing on scales... i spend week to understand it my self and here in youtube... does this major scales and pentatonic scale have similarities ? or can be bridged to each other?
putangina101010 2 years ago
@putangina101010 pentatonic scales are made up of major and minor scales
GuitarMasta0611 2 years ago
@putangina101010 pentatonic scales are made up of notes from major and minor scales
GuitarMasta0611 2 years ago
putangia101010 Pentatonic is a 5 note scale all the notes in the pentatonic are in the major scale. Pentatonic is used in almost every music genre..mostly blues, country and rock. They sound good no matter what! It's hard to screw them up. Find a book and learn what notes are in what scales...also a good scale book will show you the finger patterns so you can play each scale up and down the fret board with the same finger patterns...easy to learn that way. Good luck...I'm still learning it too!
Tipcontrol 2 years ago
Brilliant!! Really sound guy, SOOO down to earth, and most of all speaks in a language we can understand. Hats off to you sir.
juzzlookin 2 years ago 2
i have a question, i played the Major scale in the key of A, and it didnt sound well,it had no fit .
futebalmakedonia 2 years ago
impossible for me to firmly press down on the E string on the 5th fret with my pinky
levlobotomy 2 years ago
Thank you, Justin!
amilakulatunga 2 years ago
ok, so when i play the Gmajor scale Im playing the notes G,A,B,C,D,E,F#.
so why then are the chords that fit this scale Am and Em etc? im i just strummed a tune using chords G, A and D for example would I be able to solo over it using the Gmajor scale?
nickatron 2 years ago 3
nickatron- Em and Am chords can be used in the key of G Major because of how they are constructed. The notes E, G and B make up and Em chord and A, C and E make up an A minor chord. These notes all come from the G Major scale, even though the G is the tonic (root). Have a look at the notes that make up chords and notes in the major and minor scales and you can look at the construction of the chords in the chord progression to give you an idea of what scale to use to create your solo :)
wakleytom 2 years ago 3
dude my damn pinky is to short to use!!! can i just play scales with my other 3 or what?
pwrlifter69 2 years ago
f sharp minor 7 flat 5? if i was taught that the chord that comes before the 1 chord is the 7 diminished, is that wrong? (meaning f sharp diminished)
Tazmainiac9 2 years ago
the 7 chord has a minor 3rd and a diminsihed 5th. which are the first three notes of a diminished chord so its close:
F# diminished: F# A C AND Eb
Eb isnt in the key of G.
F#m7b5 is the same chord with the E instead. Also known as F# half diminished, but if he said that , he would have had to ellaborate. so this was the safest way of not excluding the seventh chord and also keeping it simple. Did i make any sense?
ryanguit 2 years ago
oooh. yea i see now. thanks =)
Tazmainiac9 2 years ago
just great :)
vanvlietjens 2 years ago
why do you need to learn scales for each scale? can't I just memorize the pattern?
djbro16 2 years ago
yeah. just memorize the pattern, then you'll be able to play all the modes too.
it takes a long ass time though
oglockwood 2 years ago
Sure, but then you really will be diminished in your ability to understand the music and adapt to it. Chords are built from the notes in a scale and if you don't have that knowledge you'll only get so far.
brainlesswonder 2 years ago
Thank you, Justin! I just spent about 30 minutes "soloing" to Wonderful Tonight. Some of it sounded uncool, but maybe half the time, it sounded halfway decent. And once in a while, I would hit a good string of notes that sounded almost like I knew what I was doing! I can see that with practice, I can eliminate the uncool stuff. You sir, are the best!
mattster74 2 years ago 5
Thanks mate, people like you are gifted to this world who would not just show up their talents on youtube but actually shares them with others.
srsnj 3 years ago 56
@srsnj
some ppl are just too jealous of someone else because there better than they are lol
nathanexplosion94 6 months ago
So...if you move the 1st position of G major scale 2 frets higher.....you will end up with a A major scale?
Obsession225 3 years ago
thats right mate
THEDWARVESMUSTDIE 2 years ago
exactly.
Fartan117 2 years ago
I meant to reply to etguitar18...
Tatamis81 3 years ago
Thanks man for taking the time to make these videos...i used to be in a Hendrix cover band and these are great refreshers for me..I think i drank more than i played. But anyway thanks
grottostudio 3 years ago
is it me or do you say G Major and play the E Major scale??
etguitar18 3 years ago
I could be wrong since I'm quite new to this, but he IS playing the G Major scale (starts with G on 3rd fret, 6th string). I think you are confused by the CAGED-system notation. Justin refers to the E-shape as First position here.
Tatamis81 3 years ago
You know Eric Clapton?
davec3487 3 years ago 2
LOL i thought the same thing
xledzepplinx 3 years ago
I was thinking the same thing. That's crazy though. So lucky, I want to meet him so badly.
rayjdragonballz 3 years ago
is F# 7 flat 5 the same thing as saying diminished?
nuevaun 3 years ago
it's a half diminished chord
which means it's a diminished chord with an added b7th note (1 b3 b5 b7)
a diminished chord just has those three notes (1 b3 b5)
ps you also have diminished chords with a fourth note, which is a double flatted 7th = bb7 = 6 (how I like to remember it)
so that makes (1 b3 b5 6)
cheers
joeleke64 3 years ago
yes its a diminished chord
xledzepplinx 3 years ago
Im sorta new to music theory and scales
I understand a bit
But I dont understand How you know what chords are in what scales,
Like for exmample why in The key of G is the chord A minor and not A major
Could Someone please explain this to me
strangemongo88 3 years ago 2
A chord is been created the 1st-root, the third and the fifth notes of the scale!In G major scale you have a major third (G,B,D) then if you start the scale from A it would be a minor because you've got a minor third (A-the root,C the minor third and E the fifth). The major scale constraction is tone,tone,semitone,tone,tone,tone,semitone, so when you've got a major third-5frets or tone,tone you have a major chord, when you have a minor third-4frets or T,ST, you've got a minor chord!
vodkapower1986 3 years ago
he rocks! and he can sing :D awesome!
Arnevet 3 years ago 2
i know the 5 positions of both the major and minor pentatonic scale and i can do them pretty fast, can improvise, and can mesh em all together. what should i learn next? or my next move be?
lXJoseOleXl 3 years ago
sweep picking
BoburtoJr123 3 years ago
already? i thought that might be a little later, but maybe...
lXJoseOleXl 3 years ago
well idk not sure u could try
BoburtoJr123 3 years ago
you're great man, i really start to appreciate guitar with you
iappo 3 years ago 2
Pink Floyd
charybdiscylla 3 years ago 3
how do u know what fret you start at??
anyday82 3 years ago
It depends on the key. Use the 6th string (E)[the one closest to your head]. The first fret is F, second is F#, third is G, and so on. So if you are playing in G, you start on the third fret. If you are playing in A, you start on the fifth fret. Hope that helps.
ender1818 3 years ago 2
dude you talked to clapton!!!!!!
crisisskateteam 3 years ago
I really don't think this question will ever be answered due to the fact justin doesn't really look at youtube anymore, but a couple of things are throwing me off about the scales:
1) Are those the ONLY chords in the key of G?
2) Should/does a song change keys often?
3) WHAT IN GODS NAME IS THAT C/D MAJOR CHORD POSITION ITS KILLING ME TO KNOW
4) When you say B minor, but it's played in an E minor position, how are you supposed to figure that out?
Thanks to anyone who answers
abominable37 3 years ago
1) Essentially - yes. There are a good amount of other special chords, but for all intents and purposes - those are THE chords.
2) Not really. Most songs stay in one key though changing keys does happen every so often.
3) Not sure what you mean.
4) It looks like an Em, but there are a couple more fingers being placed on the fretboard. Look up Bm finger positioning and you will learn this very unfun chord :)
Hope that helps.
ender1818 3 years ago
ah.. chilli pepper songs
purecussion 3 years ago 3
can i have eric claptons number please?
:P
Ricardojr118 3 years ago 3
good techniques man. The finger gym kicks ass.
justincaselynch 3 years ago 3
thanks for the lesson .. im trying to listen every word u say in the videos
:)
odnan922 4 years ago 2
F#m7b5 XD lol that made me laugh...
theant1234 4 years ago
this video and a bunch of other ones don't work on the webiste now. youtube must have changed the links a bit or something.
loveablemoggy 4 years ago
you are cute, really good on the guitar and a great teacher!! thanks sensai! :) x
TheBathroomGirl 4 years ago 2
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All this talking...Give us the scale...Shit man!!
petrus250 4 years ago
you will never understand the scales without urself answering the question - WHY? , you are 40% good if you just know how , but 100% good if you know why , and thats why he talks!
chatrasalsingh1989 4 years ago 33
Nice one Justin - usual standard :)
Veeoh 4 years ago 3
haha..
"I rang up Eric earlier..."
that's just sick...
can I have his phone number? :P
flamengo4ever 4 years ago
cool! I know about 4 scales, they help a lot to move your fingers faster
DjosueD 4 years ago
Great compliments on your video! Very good explaining and great charisma!
Powerslider 4 years ago 2
OMG you know eric clapton! Hah, good stuff buddy!
Spacemonkeymojo 4 years ago
thanks!
malissa456 4 years ago
men thanks a lot my guitar skill back
addhel55 4 years ago
at one point i quit playing the guitar, but then as i started browsing through yiutube i saw a justin guitar video i went 2 his site and i got inspired to play the guitar again
theblackmonkey1700 4 years ago 7
HAHAH
no downloading AHEM
thanks for the lesson, man
pjacob68 4 years ago
the thing i dont get all those cords if i played A insted of Amin would that make change the key:S
loutopdrummer 4 years ago
it would, because a-minor chord is a-c-e, all those 3 notes are in the g-major key (g-a-h-c-d-e-f#-g), but if you play a-major (a-c#-e) it doesn't fit into the key because the key does not have a c#. But that doesn't mean that it's totally bad, as long as it sounds good, that the freedom of being a musician^^
WuschelofDespair 4 years ago
Gr8 lesson! BTW how much was that acoustic? And what type?
WEIRDALROXMYSOX 4 years ago
wow, you're awesome. thanks so much for all the great lessons, i have never paid for any lessons, but I already play better than my friend who does! you're amazing! ♥
chaos000001 4 years ago
justin, your teaching are excellent. i've learned a very important lessons from your video. i've been wondering of how to learn the scales and how to use it. now i practice them everyday and enjoy it. thank you very much for the free lesson. i tried to get you on the web but i couldnt find it.
cruzors 4 years ago 6
dude u r da best instructor ever...... i've registered @ ur site...... have to say......givin all such detailed lessons for free.....man , u gotta be one hell of a selfless person..... i am learnin on ma own.....never went to any classes.... know a thin or too.....all thnx to you.....cheers mate......
crazzzySID 4 years ago 3
I got everything down, I understand the whole rootnote (with no real help) besides one thing. Are you supposed to start on the root note? Or is it just used to determine the key in which the scale is in? That's the trouble I had all along. Like Position 1 in F, do I do 2nd, 3rd, fifth fret and so forth, or 3rd, 2nd, fifth? I think the first is right, just want to make sure.
NotoriousElderly0 4 years ago
I'm sorry, Position 1 in G*
NotoriousElderly0 4 years ago
i got this video, until at the end when you did the do mi far whatever thing, & i looked on the website & i looked at the chord box's & couldn't understand it what so ever. help?
iambridie 4 years ago
wtf so many chords..cool man.
teokiatuan2 4 years ago
this was really very helpful! does anyone think they could be able to send me the tab for the chords he was playiing in this video?
nirib001 4 years ago
yeah but there's like 10 to 15 common scales. Then when you have to learn each one vertically and horizontally and diagonally on the fretboard, then do all that again for a different starting posiion - it's bloody impossible - it's like memorizing the friggin phonebook. How does ANYONE but a savant do it? I can't work it out - it's too damn hard.
schlickaz 4 years ago
schlickaz - you have been told the wrong stuff dude. There are 2 common scales. The minor pentatonic and the major scale. All the modes are the same fingerings as the major scales. 90% of guitarists don't need more than 5 positions of each.
Of course there are more scales... but most people will just not need them! They are for Jazz and fusuion.
J
JustinSandercoe 4 years ago 11
OK - thanks man. (My comment was supposed to be a bit tongue-in-cheek as to how it feels overwhelming as a beginner.)
By the way - you're an excellent instructor - best I've seen yet - I've been telling all my other beginner mates to check out your site and vids. Very, very well done.
mallamoozoo 4 years ago
@JustinSandercoe
Seriously? There are only two? I've always assumed there are dozens of scales to learn - so I stayed clear of just memorizing scales. I've just been ear-balling it. lol Well shit, if there are only two I can take the time for that.
Palakto 1 year ago
100% - if you want to play cool sounding improvised solo's then this is a good lesson to learn ... great work as usual :-)
ipe1345 4 years ago
Something's messed up, my comment didn't go through, but yeah, I didn't find any of this useful. And I usually do with Justin Sandercoe. I went to the website and there's nothing there explaining it. Why are some of the notes red? And others with R's on it? Appreciate it if someone could help me out.
NotoriousElderly0 4 years ago
Yeah im a little lost with his little diagram on the website. It makes no sense to me. It makes it look you have to have 17 fingers on the frets at the same time to me. :/
jakealot 4 years ago
Same here dude. Why are those red's and some with R's?
Kjeldjuuh 4 years ago
As far as I know R stands for root note, the note that's the key note in a chord.
JedoDre 4 years ago
I didn't find any of this useful--that's a first with Justin Sandercoe. I went to the website, but I don't quite understand how to read the scale, there's nothing there explaining it. Why are some notes red? And there's three different R's on the scale. Can someone else help me out here?
NotoriousElderly0 4 years ago
?? whatever
walalang789123 4 years ago
serously there are some great threads in his forum aout this if you need to ask some questions to find out more.
kommanderlum 4 years ago
lol dont download anything!!!!!!!!
good video man this really helped, saw you on graham norton the other day !! legendary!!
jackginger06 4 years ago
Hey Justin-
Thanks for the vids bro...I had a question... on the video I have in the subject...you said use position 1 on ur website... for the Major Scales...but "you're wonderful tonight" isn't that in G? Would I just use position 5 then? the G shape? if I want to practice with that song? One last thing how do I know where on the neck to start? if it says one is that the 1st fret?
gretz06 4 years ago
the shape names don't have anything to do with keys. it's called "G" because it has the G chord shape in amongst the scale. the scale position determines what key your playing in. by moving the whole scale up or down the fretboard you change the scale name from A to G etc.
kommanderlum 4 years ago
That is one sexy acoustic dude such a sweet crisp sound
Tom019 4 years ago
then don't watch his videos, ass.
azm1987 4 years ago 2
you must play it very, very slow .. dont get faster in the beginning .. and watch ur fingers all the time .. dont do too big moves ..
and stay slow, u get automatically faster when u are better ..
Franzel86 4 years ago 2
I have recorded some chords from the key of G and tried playing the G scale over them but they don't sound good at all........but when I play the E scale over the key of G every note sounds good WHY is that? I thought the scale of G was played over the key of G.....can some one explain?
bandpost 4 years ago
What g scale, minor or major ? If you play a g minor scale over chords in the key of g (G, am, bm, C, D, em, f#dim) it wont sound good. But if you play a g major scale it will sound ok. The g-major and the e-minor scales have the same notes.
Lynx0r 4 years ago
I am playing the G major scale over the G major key....and this doesnt sound good...so what could be wrong?
bandpost 4 years ago
I replayed it and it sounds fine,so "Never Mind"
Rainman270 4 years ago
Justin,either I ate some bad mushrooms before I watched this video,or you've got an audio problem. There's quite a bit of reverb in the audio. Next time I'll wash the dung off the 'shrooms before I eat them...:0
Rainman270 4 years ago
what kind of guitar is that?
troykeenanguitar 4 years ago
whats wrong with u dude???how can u be so good man???thanx a bunch man,,..one just cant thank u enough..u rock!!
an1rban 4 years ago
hey justin, great vids thank you so much, one question: did you actually call Eric Clapton and ask him if people could play over his song?? If so, Wow
Pickleweasel182 4 years ago
thank god you wiped that trash. i could have done with
this 30 years ago. i appreciate what you're trying to do.
that looks suspiciously like a fender de-luxe in the background.
cheesebrow 4 years ago
"Em, F#m7flat5, which you don't have to worry about too much cause it doesn't get used very often" XD
Joverdorff 4 years ago
How do you know note to start a scale? Where do i start when playing higher up the fretboard?
Also, If I want to focus on playing heavy rock music should i focus on the minor Pentatonic scale? or are the major scale and natural minor scale useful for all types of music?
jmatthewb 4 years ago
here's a fretting pattern on the a string.
A-A#-B-C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G-G#-A-etc...
on different strings, you start with a different note. you also need to know which notes to hit. Good luck :)
JohnDemolition 4 years ago
Oui, Oui, wee, wee, we, we, I agree dudes! Lets just play guitar and chill out, hope everyone is getting as much out of Justin's lessons as I am. Rock on...
Acidwave88brah 4 years ago
We We
jobywon11370 4 years ago
Aww, cant we we all just play a song?
jobywon11370 4 years ago
NOTE - i deleted all the hate comments on here for some people got upset with each other.
Please play nicely.
J
JustinSandercoe 4 years ago
I agree...I'm here to learn and thank you so much...
bozomahoney 4 years ago
i don't know what the problem is. if you want to learn to play the guitar, learn to play the fucking guitar. sorry malacia, i was being ironic. Em/C/Em
cheesebrow 4 years ago
G/D/C is also "knockin' on heaven's door". much better song. dead easy. play random shite over it. i think clapton's watching this and he's SCARED!
cheesebrow 4 years ago
dunno what you're all moaning about, go here-
Brian Setzer - goofing off
he must have bought a burt weedon "play guitar in 3 days" book.
cheesebrow 4 years ago
Hi Justin, I have a son you is 13, he has played the guitar for a few years now, but I do think he has lost interest, I saw you and thought maybe I should send him a link to you, he very good, just needs a bit of inspiration....Thanks
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glenny101 4 years ago
is Gb H#?
cheesebrow 4 years ago
h# would be G ###
hehe...
m0rh 4 years ago
No, Gb is F#
Malacia 4 years ago
f sharp minor 7th flat 5 is a tasty chord
chchcheese 4 years ago
wow thanks, this is the sort of thing i have been looking for!
loispritchard 4 years ago
Can you wankers stop giving this MAN an f***in' hard time and crawl back into your assholes wHere you belong.
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JOKSTRUMMER 4 years ago
thank you very much. i learned so much!!! ur so cute too... do u sing?
HOOHOO15 4 years ago
Cheers again mate.And to whoever that guy was that was B*tching about not being professional, the majority of us don't want someone who will spell out every single little tiny detail,we want to be able to pick up a guitar and play some songs,we want to learn what chords go together and sound good, and to be honest i don't want some stuck up twat trying to show me how to play.Justin,gets the idea right 100%, being able to have FUN with the guitar and he nails it evertime.
SilentDawnz 4 years ago
i like your hat. =]
luluxxlu 4 years ago
what was that? F#M7b5 ?? heheh
rodney102 4 years ago
man i wish i had came across you before. I was paying £20 an hour to learn the same thing. You got my subscripson and i am looking forward to your lesson.
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s1m2m 4 years ago
You are a great teacher man! I need to learn scales - I'm kinda stuck at the barre chords stage!
UltimateMrBoogie 4 years ago