LESSON 1, C MAJOR SCALE BOURASSA GUITAR METHOD

[ColdSkater75]

great video I'd recommend turning the bass down a bit on the video =P =D

[robbourassaguitarist]

@ColdSkater75 Is there a way to adjust the e.q. at this point? The room I was recording in was like a cavern.

[hiteshswami]

thanx rob :)



[loveguitars]

Excellent

[sobman]

This is the best basic yet extremely informitive video out there covering music theory (starting in the easiest of scales, C).

[corinneinthebin]

Thankyou so much you've saved me I've been so frustrated trying to remember how to do this, you've explained perfectly!

[robbourassaguitarist]

@corinneinthebin Glad to hear it.

[TwinVee2]

Wow,I was never told scales would help. maybe now I can start undrestanding it better.Thanks Rob and God Bless

[flash1976min]

Hello Rob. Thank you so much for the lesson!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is what exactly what I was looking for...I'm 34 years old guy who never learn how to play guitar. I really want to thanks for bring a huge excitement to my life!!! :-)

[robbourassaguitarist]

@flash1976min Glad to hear it. E-mail me at; bourassastudio@gmail.com

I'll give you PDF files with ordered links to all of these lessons.

[nikos651]

From Athens many thnx Rob for your lessons :)

[robbourassaguitarist]

@nikos651 Ευχαριστώ.

[robbourassaguitarist]

@robbourassaguitarist For any who might read a little Greek, this is where we get our word Eucharist in liturgical language.

I thank you Niko for your consideration.

[dslatt10]

great great great...I'm a very beginner and the books and Cds alone, were no enough b/c I'm a visual learner. You break it down so nice and the rate you teach at is perfect. SO keep 'em coming.

[yuriwow]

nice tnx you :)

[1laceypie]

This is amazing! I've always wanted to learn, now I feel like I can!

[mvcfitz33]

awesome lesson, it helped me out a lot...i dont know a lot of the technical vocab that goes with music and specifically guitar and it seems like every other video teaching the c major scale used a lot of terms i didnt know, so thanks for making it easy and simple

[ttoorrmmeenntteedd]

i taught myself how to play most chords however i know nothing about scales. ive looked at many different videos and you have explained it in a really understandable way. ill be seeing the rest of your videos. thanks for sharing your knowledge

[ottoguttfreund]

Thanks, Rob -- really helpful and very well presented. Extremely generous of you!

[ppedal01]

Thank You very nice lesson to learn the C Scale

[robbourassaguitarist]

You're welcome.

[ooberpwnage]

This guy looks dead on to a younger Paul McCartney. my god. o_o

[scripteaze]

@ooberpwnage as well as a younger billy joel

[rockresonance]

Hello Rob, I've always wanted to learn guitar and finally found an institute and joined last week. I just stumbled upon your videos today. I have to admit, I am blown away by what I've seen. I really appreciate what you have done. Only ppl with a big heart would have the patience and commitment to do something like this. Keep up the good work.. I am surely a student of yours from this moment...Thanks again!

[deschanel]

Thank you so much for these videos. Guitar lessons are simply not in the budget right now and I've forgotten pretty much everything I knew. I thought it was going to be tough luck for me until I stumbled upon your collection of stellar videos. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

[robbourassaguitarist]

I am glad to hear it. I was just getting slammed because I suggested that people could learn without a guitar teacher.

I had roughly 16 guitar lessons, and was not much better at the end of them, than I was on the first.

I was fortunate enough to have musical parents, who told me when something wasn't right, and deep down, I knew that already.

I developed this method, because it is how I learned. I took it upon myself to transpose simple songs, because I couldn't sing them in the key written

[PkedYou]

I was wondering would your lessons on acoustic be good for someone who eventually wants to play rock?

[robbourassaguitarist]

Very much so. All players need to know the chords in the right groupings if they want to play by ear.

[jamesdebs21170]

Hello again Rob, you've answered a big question further down the page, this being should i learn where abouts on the neck are all the various notes and memorise them or just listen to where they are..

[robbourassaguitarist]

I don't know of any good musicians that think of the names of the notes as they play.

[motherchucker08]

thnk u this helped alot

[robbourassaguitarist]

I'm glad it helped.

[hardrok69]

ok i just realized rob is the author of these video series lol. Great lessons Rob!!

[hardrok69]

wow i get it! thanks a bunch Frank (and Rob!)

[hardrok69]

ok that comment about the guitar being a c instrument. i don't understand how that's so since their is no open C string.....?

[FranknToThePoint]

The B string is tuned half a step lower than the other strings, which happens to be the 7th of a C scale. It is tuned to accommodate a C major chord.

We aren't in open C tuning, but the guitar is a C instrument, just like piano. There are Bb instruments, such as trumpet, sax, and other horns. You read music made for concert C pitch, while horns often read for Bb.

[robbourassaguitarist]

Frank is right. Not to mention, if the 2nd string was tuned a 4th higher than the 3rd, making it open C, a C chord would be very hard to play.

The fact that the B string is tuned a 3rd higher than the G, while all the others are tuned to 4th intervals, also speaks of the fact that the guitar is set up to be played in C.

Rob

[earthquake1011]

Rob and Frank's point just went over my head which tells me I need more basics training...can you recommend a book or something?

btw I had learned the C major scale but wasn't sure so came back and just saw the video again clarifying my confusing...THANKS so much for doing this

[robbourassaguitarist]

There is nothing to understand until you memorize the notes. If you notice, the names of the notes are not important in theses lessons. Memorizing them musically is the important part.

Forget about understanding. Practice them and internalize the fingering and sound. No one thinks of the names of the notes as they play.

People think if they can just figure it out, it will come together, but the opposite is true. You have to turn off your brain and just practice, practice, practice.

[earthquake1011]

thank you sir I will certainly take that advice and once again, THANKS much for the time

I hope you realize how much beginners like me appreciate these lesson!!!!

[crunkykong]

@robbourassaguitarist I know this comment is over a year old, but I just want to say thanks for posting it. I'm nearing the end of the 7 week primer and starting to formulate a lot of questions about things. One thing at a time, crunky...

[b1uet0rch]

thank you for making these videos. Fourth year guitar, and yet to learn a scale. (private lessons are too expensive) Thank you thank you thank you

[dox025]

Thanks rob i learned the C scale now thanks great teaching :)

[dox025]

Thanks Rob your a great guitar instructor i learned the c scale now :-)

[pjf626]

sorry I made a comment that you need to teach the scale first. I did not realize you were breaking it down in chunks. I went to far ahead.

[Laurie359]

I can now play a C major scale!! Thanks so much for posting these videos.

[franguidry]

Off to a great start, Rob. Thanks!!