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You must had a good math's background . There is a bond between both worlds .

The best visual and theoretical explanation that I ever seen here in youtube .

Thank you! I knew there must be some simple rules behind this 🎉 All it needed was a computer scientist 😊

You deserve a Nobel peace prize

This theory is just so difficult to remember and doesn’t help to to learn their fretboard whatsoever. Terrible video.

wtf

Is this the same guys just slowed down? ruclips.net/video/cnazpCPN1zY/видео.htmlsi=rKhl4_3DYlQ9OuwG

If you rotate the circle of 4ths (or Circle of 5ths) to have C on top. it Spells Caroline Gets Drunk and Eats Butterflies if you go to the right, to the left it goes "Caroline Fondles BEADs". Thank you for this tutorial!

This is the second or third time I've watched this video, and probably the fifth time I've read through the cheatsheet, and I'm finally, finally, finally "getting" it. Starting with the Am pentatonic, I put my index finger on A (6th string, 5th fret) and followed first the rectangle, then the stack all the way to the 1st string - and it works!!! Amazing. Did the same with my ring finger on the same A and followed the first stack (up), then the stack all the way to the 1st string. Thank you for sharing this mental framework with us - it's life-changing.

It's not essential actually. Maybe for you. I can improvise over anything and I don't know any of the stupid names. That's because I experiment and practice... a lot. Once I know the base note (by ear), the rest is easy. Another "you need theory" video. Piss off. You need practice.

I used to play scales scales scales and more scales that’s how I memorised the fret

I am a beginner I work off of TABs and it work for me, but notes is a big learning curve for me.

How do you know whether to put down a rectangle or a stack? And how do you know where the next stack will be? Some are to the right of the rectangle, some are to the left. Do you have to know all the roots first?

@fretscience, thank you so much for all the content. It's the first time I'm trying to learn guitar theory, and you make everything seem less overwhelming🙏 I feel like I'm getting the hang of the circles of 4ths and 5ths and the rectangle and stack method. If I were to add one remark, then I'd say that the videos would hugely benefit seeing you play the guitar whilst instructing on the various topics. I say this because at this moment I'm struggling to position my fingers on the fretboard, whilst playing the rectangle and stack. Otherwise, love your videos! Keep it up 🤘

When I was 5 years into playing, i was considered pretty impressive among my peers. I thought I had my own super special way of thinking that made my music unique. I used to take pride in my advanced skill, despite my relatively little experience. I avoided standardized music theory because I didn’t want my special snowflake mind to be tainted by the mainstream. Eventually, I hit a dead end and lost interest in exploring the guitar. Years later, I’ve gone back and learned the CAGED progression. That structure alone has only empowered me and given me more confidence to play with others again

Why is that 4th one not talked about more???? Its so effective

I feel like most people teach you to drive up and down the road multiple times to commit to memory on what leads where, by landmarks. But this... Oh, THIS... teaches you how to read the road signs, and to play the lights at every intersection.

"If you don't know the notes, you don't know s***." Joe Satriani

thanks, keith. this is actually somewhat helpful.

Damn... That was fucking awesome! 😂

I haven't had a chance to warch yet, but I'm wondering if this is any better than what my son taught me. I started playing piano 10 days ago,and guitar 5 days ago. I am in my 50's. I find both layouts have their advantages and I go to the piano to understand the guitar and the guitar to understand the piano. I am looking forward to watching your video. After I put band-aids on my left 1st and 3rd fingers.

Play some solos and improvs as well while teaching it keep things fun while learning and also helps us set a goal in our mind and set expectations to how we will play once we learn.

These lessons are incredibly powerful! Thank you so much for the amazingly clear explanations. Do you have any exercise videos or an exercise book I can buy?

For a better understanding of modes and scales check out “Mode Secrets for the Guitar” by DB on RUclips…Cheers!!!

PRS birdy frets😍, I have PRS guitar they re beautiful

Fret science is God tier

The bases of a 1 year music theory course in less than 30 minutes. Masterful. My eternal thanks 🙏🏻

I greatly appreciate your videos, Keith, and let me tell you why. After struggling for many decades with “the warp” (that B string, I called “the trip wire”), I decided to play all-4ths tuning, and happy at last, settled into the predictability and simplicity of that system. That was 5 years ago, but I so missed the chords I had loved in standard tuning (plus loving the style of Ted Greene and Tim Lerch), that I changed back! Now you come along and explain the basic patterns in terms of the all-4ths infinite frets/strings grid, and you introduce “the warp” as - let’s call it “a dance step” - a predictable move, and I now have the key to transition between standard and all-4ths tunings. I see how to take all of the all-4ths knowledge and apply it to standard tuning. Today I have two guitars with me, one tuned to all-4ths, the other to standard, and I’m playing around, back and forth, with your pentatonic patterns. Less mental work, more practice-based! Thank you!

I have been playing guitar by ear and not having any idea of what I am doing, and being extremely limited in improvisation because I have never even started to grasp all of those intimidating and complicated patters. With this method, of course there still a lot for me to work out, but it all makes perfect sense, and that's so rewarding

Thank You !

thank you!

TSM for the video ❤

Can we talk about that GORGEOUS Les Paul in the back? With the yummy P-90's?

I've only just noticed that the circle of fourths is the circle of fifths in the reverse direction. Yes this is obvious now when you think of the symmetric nature but why the hell didn't I notice this sooner...

Always delivering great, clear, and inviting to watch videos!

This series might be the best one I have ever watched about scales / notes on the guitar. Extremely helpful, thank you!!!

Very well structured and explained, thank you very much for sharing your insights!

Very cool! I’ve been playing guitar 55 years professionally in all genres. Started out as a sax player learned all my music theory, chords scales, etc. but wasn’t able to improvise on the sax very well at 14 years old. Then I picked up the guitar and just started playing by ear. I took my knowledge of music from the sax and applied it to the guitar. Obviously, I did not memorize the notes or the scales. I just figured out the pattern of minor scales major scales blues, major and minor Pentatonix scales, harmonic minor scales. And when I improvise I use key centers. I’m not a jazz musician at all, but it’s funny, sometimes I play with jazz musicians and we’re not even playing jazz tunes and I manage to improvise through the changes better than they do for some reason. Kind of mind baffling. But I really do like this video and your approach. I’m dyslexic so sometimes my brain just plays funny tricks on me when I look at all these notes trying to figure out what they are. You figured out some cool tools. I’m gonna have to give it a shot. Thank you!

Only a few minutes in and the question that is bringing me dread is, do I have to re-memorize the fretboard for unconventional tuning patterns? After having learned the board in standard, does new tuning turn one into a novice again?

Solid stuff man!

I must be stupid. Listening to you makes my head want to explode. I have watched a few of your videos and I can’t follow you at all. I guess I need more basic information.

I keep seeing other videos where the circle of 4ths is written in reverse. does it make a difference? To further clarify, B is usually where F is and the whole thing goes in reverse of what is shown in this video.

Great job !!

Just found your channel. This is some of the best guitar educational content this website has to offer! Thank you!

This is really, really good. I was taught scales and notes and modes the ,"old" way - key signatures and where the notes are on the fret board. This confirms my own opinion is the pentatonic scales is the most important scale to learn on guitar as do much spins off from it. In 45 years of playing this is a great instructional video that will help so many. It may help to point out more that if form 1 is used at the 5th fret, the minor modes relate to A. Whereas the major modes in this position relate to C. Ie A Dorian and C Lydian have the same notes. I am now watching the rest of your content😊.

i love that he mentioned what was at 16:50 when i learnt about chord theory, that's what made it click for me i was like "oh, dude, E major, is just like an, E Major chord, but you're barring the nut. But because it's the nut, you don't need to barre it!" oddly thinking about barring the open chords makes a lot of other chord shapes clicked for me, that's higher up the fretboard

Here are 30 seconds of exactly the Information I was searching for over the last three days starting at 2:45 Thank you so much !!!!

I cant understand anything damn it 😭😭😭😭

I use this mnemonic to remember pairings of strings. Read it like a sentence: (G)ei(C)o (A)(D)s (B)(E) (C)ool as (F)udge (D)umb (G)uy. Memorize that and you will always know what the next string over note is when you know at least one of the notes

Coincidentally I used the method you mentioned at 16:00 to learn Bm pentatonic while creating an ending jam to Driver’s Seat. The method really works. I have down cold where B is it’s triads and pentatonic shapes. It’s interesting and fun to surf between stacks by jumping over the rectangle (I call the bridge). You really get to know the pentatonic this way. Also jump between stacks using all different octave patterns. 2x2, 3x3, 5x1 and 7x1. 5x1 is jumping the bridge.