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Advanced Guitar Lesson – Visualizing Major Scales Quickly And Easily Pt.1

In Advanced Guitar Lessons | on December, 16, 2009 | by | 20 Comments

This lesson is the first one that we are going to do here at GuitarLessons365, to develop the ability to truly see all major keys across the entire fingerboard.

This obviously is no small feat, and is a goal that most guitarist’s no matter how long they have played, will never accomplish.

I think this is mostly due to the methods that people use to learn their scales on the guitar. Instruments like the piano seem to be much easier for musician’s to visualize keys, that is why a lot of guitarist’s write on the piano.

My goal with this lesson and every other lesson I do with this subject is to help you completely break out of your playing shell and be able to have full command of major/minor keys and modes all over the fretboard.

Having said that, you must understand that any method is just that, a method. It is to teach you how to teach yourself. But, if you don’t actively try and make it part of the way you look at the instrument every time you pick it up, it will never become natural.

However, I have used many methods to try and get my private student’s to be able to visualize their fretboards, and I never had much success until I came up with this way of looking at things. It made my playing more secure and changed completely how my advanced students played and improvised on the guitar.

So this first video is pretty much just a pre-requisite video on the method, and we will really dig in deep in the next one coming tomorrow. Until then….

PLEASE HELP THE SITE IN ANY WAY YOU CAN!!

Visualizing Major Scales Quickly And Easily Pt.1

20 Responses

12.16.09

You are just a damn good guy for doing all of this. I will be sure to give you what I can to help you out.

Your work that you have put in is more than appreciated, and you are one of very FEW teachers that cover things thoroughly while not having an ego.

Thanks again, and keep up the brilliant work.

Pete

12.16.09

Thanks a lot Pete, I am very thankful for the kind words. I will keep doing my best to come up with the best lessons I can. It will be interesting to see all the lesson material that will be up by the end of the year. I just hope to make it a great resource for guitarist’s.

Thanks Again for your support, hope to hear from you again soon!! Carl.. :D

12.16.09

Interesting…hmmm, I’m a ‘root chaser’ and didn’t know it although I can play in other places…That’s why I don’t like really doing leads in the key of C very much…or D in a sense because you dont’ get the low AND high places to CHASE…hmmm…I’m watching…

12.16.09

Carl, I just stumbled across you site via You Tube, and as a player/teacher from the old school, I have to say I am very impressed with your dedication and knowledge , pertaining to your music. You are offering a tremendous amount if info, through this site. I will be enjoying this for a long time to come , I hope, and so will my students, the more info they can get the better. I will certainly consider contibuting finacially, when possible .I think you are offering a great service to the music community….many thanx
Kenny Walton Toronto Ont. Canada.

12.16.09

Thank you so much for the great support. To hear feedback like that from a fellow guitar teacher is incredible. I certainly hope that I can continue to come up with new and interesting ways of approaching guitar study for everyone for a long time to come. I really appreciate you taking the time to check out my site and that fact that you are going to recommend it to your students to supplement their studies with you is priceless.

Thanks once again and I certainly hope to hear from you again a lot in the future. Cheers!! Carl..

12.16.09

Hi Carl,

I certainly will make contribution to you and your dedicated WEB Site..

I am new here..I can’t find the mterial in PDF anywhere…Please hel!

12.16.09

Hey Colin thanks for the support. You can find the TAB of the scale forms used in this lesson if you look on the Advanced Lessons Archive page under the scale studies section. You will see a link to the 3-notes-per-string major scales that I use in this lesson. Click on that and you will find a video and TAB on that page. Plus, you will also need knowledge of keys to do this lesson as well so if you need that go to the theory lesson archive page and click on the “Understanding Keys” lesson and you will find the PDF download for that as well. Thanks a bunch for following along, let me know if you need anymore help. Carl.. :D

12.16.09

Hey Carl,your knowledge about the guitar blows my mind and is helping me in so many ways!! Before I woud just play covers and understand nothing about the guitar but you’ve helped me learn a lot and I will try to help finnacially when possible!! I’m stuck on something though,I have no clue what you mean by the 6th degree and all that good stuff!! I know all my notes on every string sharps and flats but don’t know what all that is coming from!! Can you help me with this or give me something to search that would?! Thanks again!!
-Roger!!

12.16.09

Bless you carl and thank god for you this is the most inspiring tuition site Ive encountered and you have a great insight hence its easy to understand you and long may you prosper amen

12.16.09

Hey thanks a lot Bobby! Hope to hear from you a lot in the future, please let me know if you need any help at all.

Carl… :D

12.16.09

Hey Carl, i just wanted you to know how much i appreciate your hard work and dedication in putting up this site for everyone. I am a self-taught guitarist. That would have been not possible without wonderful people like you. Thank you for everything. I hope to be able to earn enough one day to give back to kind people like you. Thank you.

12.16.09

Thanks a lot Chris, I appreciate you visiting my site!! :D

Carl..

12.16.09

I’m having a go at this while still trying to memorize my keys.
I found it useful to note that “F” is going to be sharp in all the sharp keys and natural in all the flat keys.

To remember what scale tone “F” was going to be in a given key I “count, or spell” backward from “F” to the key I’m using. i.e. F=1, E & Eb = 2, D & Db = 3, C=4, B & Bb =5, A & Ab = 6, and G & Gb = 7. Having done this a few times I can now remember what scale tone “F” is in all the keys and hence what pattern to start with referencing the “F zone” on the 6th string.

12.16.09

thanks for the help currently disabled for passed three years so started playing again after 20yrs usedto play mostly blues and southern rock aways wanted to play and understand jazz. will try to give a little soon as I can. again thanks and God Bless

12.16.09

I know it’s a bit off topic, but what pickups are those on your strat? I’m a strat user myself and i’m planning to get some mini humbuckers as well…

12.16.09

Hey John, at the time I shot this video I had a Dimarzio Fast Track 2, Pro Track and Chopper installed into my EJ strat. I have since put the original single coils back in. :D

Thanks for watching!! Carl..

12.16.09

hey carl :D ive been fiddling with your site since yesterday ….. and ive seen a bit :D you obviously know what your doing :P im self taught …. and ……..ive been playing like 4 months :S so yea …… here it goes ….. ( deep breath ) ………… i cant solo ( or is it improvising ) on my own :S i mean i cant make random solos up :S ………. so ive been looking into your scale videos and stuff and its still not being able to help me with my cause -__- Mind helping me out pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ???

12.16.09

Hey Rafatt, I will be having a full guitar course on that very topic go live on the website sometime this summer. Hopefully you will find what you need there. :D

Thanks!! Carl..

12.16.09

:D thanks to you my friend this really help. Teaching guitar is really your passion :) God Bless u. :)

12.16.09

I am just getting my head around these three notes per string scales and keys. Good stuff but it is a bit scary to think that I need to nail this just to be able to play against major keys. So much of the stuff I listen to does not stay diatonic. So how do I link this stuff to get my head around actual songs or solos?

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