Learn how to Improvise using these 3 "Neighborhoods" on the neck. Guitar Lesson - EP471

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  • čas přidán 23. 06. 2022
  • In this week's guitar lesson, we're splitting the entire fretboard up into 3 easy to visualize zones or "neighborhoods" that you can connect to your major and minor pentatonic scales.
    To view the extra materials for this lesson (3 MP3 jam tracks and 2 leads in tablature format), visit: www.activemelody.com/lesson/l...
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Komentáře • 330

  • @dfaber56
    @dfaber56 Před 2 lety +77

    They should call you Thomas Edison because you have turned on so many light bulbs! This is why you’re such a popular teacher, your ability to get information across to your students is amazing. Please keep it up and thanks for an incredible lesson.

  • @martynspooner5822
    @martynspooner5822 Před 2 lety +145

    It took me so many years to sus what is being taught here. How lucky are the people that can learn from such a good teacher. An excellent lesson that can save anyone years.

    • @martynspooner5822
      @martynspooner5822 Před 2 lety +4

      @Hämmingus
      Yes of course it is great when you work stuff out yourself, i was meaning this could have saved me so much time if I had been shown this way back when.

    • @drchikosi
      @drchikosi Před 2 lety +2

      What a great lesson! It hasn’t been easy doing a solo that makes sense. Sometimes I’ve felt a little embarrassed playing the same old thing around my people. This lesson is going to make a difference in my solos as I keep working on it. Thanks to one of the BEST online guitar teachers.

    • @petermcgarrymusicandflying
      @petermcgarrymusicandflying Před 2 lety +1

      A great teacher can make the world of difference in any subject. This ties up so much for me. Connected

    • @ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes
      @ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes Před 2 lety +1

      U still sus

    • @martynspooner5822
      @martynspooner5822 Před 2 lety +2

      To ask someone if they are sus is so different than saying have you sussed something out.. To call someone sus is very detrimental but I am sure it is just not knowing English colloquialisms. To answer your question yes have not forgotten even though it took me years before I tumbled.(that means worked it out or twigged)

  • @hmcpimpslap480
    @hmcpimpslap480 Před rokem +13

    I am a 60 year old beginner and this is the first time someone has explain the guitar and it completely makes sense to me!

    • @Stringprodigy
      @Stringprodigy Před rokem

      why does it matter that you’re 60?

    • @J4M13M1LL3R
      @J4M13M1LL3R Před rokem

      ​@Stringprodigy why is often irrelevant

  • @denisechetty4019
    @denisechetty4019 Před 2 lety +28

    I realize how important it is to know the root notes with the help of CAGED patterns. And I love these "bus lines"🚌 to move up the fretboard 🎸. Great lesson👍

  • @cgdoublezerorc
    @cgdoublezerorc Před 2 lety +7

    Oh my goodness. You just help the light turn on over here. It's only burning at about 50 W cuz I only watched, but I'm sure it'll burn brighter once I have my guitar in hand. Thank you!! 00

  • @13thAMG
    @13thAMG Před 2 lety +12

    After 11 years of supporting your channel, you still hold my attention, Brian. Your talent is inspiring.
    Hope we catch up when I get over to the US again some day.
    Btw, I'll email you again at some point because I have a massive update to share with you. 😉
    And it's been a while since we chatted anyway. 🙂
    You're looking well, pal.

  • @dangquesadilla
    @dangquesadilla Před 2 lety +2

    You are the total package Brian. Well educated, talented, creative with a remarkable ability to break down all the scary stuff into manageable ideas AND communicate to us how to use them in the context of a composition. Tip of the cap to you my good sir.

  • @scottjones6624
    @scottjones6624 Před 2 lety +20

    I found this lesson exceptionally clear and focused. You never got off track. You always stuck to the paradigm. The neighborhood model was terrific. The bus line idea was terrific. You showed everything you spoke off without too much extra. I thought this was one of your most well focused and conceived videos yet. The discussion of major and minor and where they can be used was also super clear. Nice job!!

    • @dougsmith8430
      @dougsmith8430 Před rokem

      Wholeheartedly agree… Brian is a tremendous Teacher!

  • @stringsofpassion2598
    @stringsofpassion2598 Před rokem +4

    A very elaborate lesson for guitarist wanting to solo, with a key note to watch for, excellent stuff.

  • @dukepeterson
    @dukepeterson Před 2 lety +1

    Excellent! “Taking the bus” is key on knowing where to transition!

  • @normbrassard7939
    @normbrassard7939 Před 2 lety +3

    Wow, that is more than a light coming on! It's like a lightning bolt!
    Thank you!

  • @orionthehunter9107
    @orionthehunter9107 Před rokem +2

    When I started playing I made a basic major 3 chord jam track. I was just playing a scale up and down the neck. At times it sounded good and sometimes not so good. That was over 40 years ago.
    This video explained what I was hearing. Thank you so much. At 57 years old without any lessons videos like these expand what I have learned.
    Jamming later. 😀👍

  • @ADAMSIVES
    @ADAMSIVES Před 11 měsíci +1

    I cry happy tears when I’m watching your videos. You’re the best…and I’ve watched a LOT of these types of videos

  • @theguerrillavideocrew8894
    @theguerrillavideocrew8894 Před 2 lety +33

    Brian just keeps coming up with these lessons that may on the face of it be theory heavy but are always giving you stuff that you can start using right away to make real music. Minutes after I apply myself to these lessons I’m playing something I’ve never been able to before.

    • @johnsallee7824
      @johnsallee7824 Před rokem

      🎶Looked a lot like Che Guevara. Drove a diesel van.🎶

  • @johnsallee7824
    @johnsallee7824 Před rokem +9

    This guy is hands down the best instructor on CZcams. Unless you want to be a shredder. Then see Steve Stine

  • @surfrby8876
    @surfrby8876 Před 2 lety +9

    Neighborhoods is a great way to explain it , another great video 👍

  • @davidr8650
    @davidr8650 Před 2 lety +2

    Fantastic. Connecting pentatonics to chords shapes, makes so much sense. So easy to understand now.

  • @VitalBigras
    @VitalBigras Před 2 lety +1

    Premium member for many years and really grateful 🙋🏻‍♂️

  • @zozikfreeman9403
    @zozikfreeman9403 Před rokem +2

    Thank you, Brian. Perhaps the best guitar lesson on pentatonic I've seen on youtube, how connected it with the chord shapes and used both major and minor scales. Brilliant, you are guitar wizard.

  • @mrbadiuzzaman
    @mrbadiuzzaman Před rokem +1

    Never imagine 1/4 hr spent here cd take me through from basic chord shapes to soloing. You're such a brilliant instructor who makes easy what others struggle to explain. I wish I had discovered you a decade ago. Subscribed from Malaysia

  • @webocoli
    @webocoli Před 2 lety +1

    Can't tell you how much I appreciate what you've just shown me in these last 20 min - Splitting the strings up to the top three strings is fantastic ! You've made it sound so easy!

  • @pauldbrown1010
    @pauldbrown1010 Před rokem +2

    Absolute gold material, thanks Brian! A digestible chunk of theory with immediately obvious usages, especially the "catching the bus" idea to move up and down the neck, which I see as a way to turn simple noodling around into a little solo that "goes somewhere" by either climbing to, or descending back to, the concluding chord. Cheers!

  • @richardtracy2944
    @richardtracy2944 Před rokem +1

    I agree. Brian is a very good teacher.

  • @ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes
    @ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes Před 2 lety +3

    CAGED should be the instruction manual that every guitar should come with

  • @Noodles_5
    @Noodles_5 Před rokem

    I saw a lot of you tube Videos from guitar teacher, but this is the best one Ive ever saw. I understand ever Thing because He had the best discription. I stay here. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @patrickestwick5675
    @patrickestwick5675 Před 3 dny

    Cant thank you enough Brian... real talk

  • @mulljacob
    @mulljacob Před rokem +2

    This lesson really hits for me. It’s like my base lesson for where I am in my guitar ventures. 😊 I still have this stubborn need to always be playing a note or triad constantly, though. ☮️ ❤

  • @whaangasydney
    @whaangasydney Před 2 lety +1

    This guy is father xmas bringing all the gifts thanks Brian you took my blindfold off its tru😇e when the student is ready the teacher will appear.

  • @djbny2la
    @djbny2la Před 2 lety +4

    From a new subscriber to your site. I have been watching you for a couple of years now, going away, coming back, a few times until I decided to join the site for the extended lessons. One issue I have always had is "drinking from the fire hose", as you put it last week. But, now, I only use your videos. The trouble I have been having here is, every week you put out something new and interesting, and I jump to that, when in realty, I could (And should) spend weeks digesting everything in ONE of your lessons, take this lesson for instance. There is ALOT here to unpack and understand. It would be great if next weeks lesson was a short review, and than built on this lesson, say, finding and using the 3rds maybe? or how to throw in an arpeggio, but whatever it would be, the idea is that, from lesson to lesson, the lessons are all connected... So we are forced to go over the same extended material and really understand it and build on it as we go from week to week..
    Or do you have a group of lessons that build on each other that I should be looking for on your site?

    • @jayfreeman3004
      @jayfreeman3004 Před rokem

      it's all there...don't be lazy....figure it out.

  • @hermar3656
    @hermar3656 Před rokem

    Wow man.... You just opened up the whole new world to me

  • @thebenefactor6744
    @thebenefactor6744 Před 11 měsíci

    Holy shit, you just clarified the detritus of about two years of lessons, that wasn't explained to me, regarding how to integrate it, in about the time it takes me to bake a small pizza for supper.

  • @antonymaitlandsmith8758
    @antonymaitlandsmith8758 Před 2 lety +4

    Such a great lesson Brian. So much to take away and play with and enjoy. Thank you.

  • @simonpratley3301
    @simonpratley3301 Před 2 lety +1

    Absolute gold! Thanks so much Brian!!!! 🎸

  • @19ripcord70
    @19ripcord70 Před 2 lety +1

    This has really helped breakdown the rudiments of the 2 pentatonic scales used together.

  • @TheMikeclay27
    @TheMikeclay27 Před rokem +4

    Great tutorial! Been plateaued for the last year or so trying to develop lead guitar skillset. This lesson really is a great framework to learn from if you're stuck in intermediate to advanced playing! Light bulb 💡 has went off. Keep em coming!

  • @miaccount1130
    @miaccount1130 Před 2 měsíci

    Awesome breakdown using the neighborhoods + get on the bus gus concepts…Thanks!

  • @rrpatriot1584
    @rrpatriot1584 Před 2 lety +4

    Great lesson. So many great ideas taught in simple concepts!

  • @magnethomewood
    @magnethomewood Před rokem +2

    Lots of material to work on in this lesson! Thanks for giving us all this awesomeness!

  • @TT-wz6xy
    @TT-wz6xy Před rokem

    Between this and you triads are the answer video is all everyone needs to catch the bus to improtown ,wonderful lessons sir

  • @xxburn77xx
    @xxburn77xx Před rokem

    it should be a rule for every guitar player to watch your videos. Just mindblowing. I cannot believe what I just learned again, thank you so much!

  • @dustdevilz4771
    @dustdevilz4771 Před rokem +1

    Great lesson! I can’t wait to get the full version on premium. I find it hugely helpful, as you did here, when you overlay the scale and chord diagrams over the video.

  • @ambarvenkataraman8890
    @ambarvenkataraman8890 Před 2 lety +4

    I so needed this lesson. Thank you so much brian.

  • @armoniebluesdicarlolaezza2217

    This video is gold for us newbies to improvisation. Great lesson Brian 👏👏👏

  • @humpbackhowler3466
    @humpbackhowler3466 Před rokem +1

    Absolutely the best lesson I have ever viewed. Hugh advance with this lesson. Thank you.

  • @chupacerveza
    @chupacerveza Před rokem +2

    One of the most profoundly useful lessons I’ve seen in a while! Thank you for sharing it!❤

  • @ajwallace381
    @ajwallace381 Před 2 lety +2

    Too much fun, thanks. Playin with a feeling.

  • @MrJamesaxon
    @MrJamesaxon Před 2 lety +1

    What an awesome lesson! Everything simplfied to a point that I couldn't fail to understand. Loved the jam track demos as well, made everything so clear and obvious. Thanks Brian!

  • @richardriley8906
    @richardriley8906 Před rokem

    Man you are really good instructor . Its not just the lesson format . But you take time on the bendable strings and your quoted " bus line explanation " are big help to students who want to write and improvise . we all can't be performers.

  • @jfrorn
    @jfrorn Před 2 lety +3

    You’re such a great teacher, thank you!

  • @lsteved
    @lsteved Před rokem +5

    Would love to see a second version of this, thinking of the neighbourhood shapes as intervals around the root (i.e. 1,2,3,5,6 for major pentatonic) which I know how to find vs. the different scale shapes which I do not have memorized :)

  • @looking4crossroads135
    @looking4crossroads135 Před 2 lety +2

    Really brings things together for me. Great explanation.

  • @dawin6710
    @dawin6710 Před měsícem

    I love the idea of taking a bus back and forth to a new easy melodic neighbourhood. Thanks

  • @georgearuldoss
    @georgearuldoss Před 2 lety

    Awesome lesson Brian. Thanks. Very illuminating.

  • @michaeljohn4598
    @michaeljohn4598 Před 2 lety +1

    This is brilliant Brian. Thank you so much 🙏

  • @marcangae
    @marcangae Před 2 měsíci

    Extremely valuable insights here. Very helpful, especially with the new CAGED series.

  • @Jim-dn6pp
    @Jim-dn6pp Před 2 lety

    Excellent, excellent lesson Brian. I always love your systematic approach to your teaching. Thank you!

  • @nealahern4271
    @nealahern4271 Před 2 lety +1

    Best lesson I’ve ever taken on active melody , Thank Brian !

  • @richarddelavega6014
    @richarddelavega6014 Před rokem

    I like how focused and clear you teach..I have always had a hard time learning, but this is something of a magnifying glass for me...thank you

  • @stirlingkotze6244
    @stirlingkotze6244 Před rokem

    Wow what a lesson...got to spend a morning putting this together! Thank you 🙏

  • @eric74sm
    @eric74sm Před 2 lety

    Thanks a million Brian for your clear and simple explanations. You take it step by step, are detailed helping me out among many others, never rushing it and are always humble. It's exactly what the doctor ordered. Keep up the excellent work. Regards, Eric.

  • @Marceloseiao
    @Marceloseiao Před rokem

    That guitar class was simply awesome!!! Thanks!!

  • @radunicolae482
    @radunicolae482 Před rokem

    Best teaching for using major/minor pentatonics and connecting them! Thanks!

  • @LeeKobe1
    @LeeKobe1 Před rokem

    You're lessons are always clearly articulated.. .outstanding! Thanks!

  • @lawrencehamilton3786
    @lawrencehamilton3786 Před rokem

    Just luv all your dedication to helping others w/ such mastery !!!

  • @djack_1977
    @djack_1977 Před 2 lety +1

    This lesson is pure gold ✨️ 👌🏻

  • @coycarlson4979
    @coycarlson4979 Před rokem

    Fantastic instruction 👍 MANY THANKS 😊😊😊✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️

  • @dianagisler
    @dianagisler Před rokem

    Amazing lessons, thank you so much!!💜

  • @danknapp7865
    @danknapp7865 Před rokem

    Awesome analogy of using “neighborhoods”. Much easier to grasp. Thanks!

  • @ziggystardust821
    @ziggystardust821 Před 2 lety

    Excellent lesson, Brian! A real eye-opener for me!

  • @jayskateandsuchstuff8446

    Pure gold.

  • @hermanodejesus7264
    @hermanodejesus7264 Před rokem +1

    PURE GOLD!!!!!

  • @The_Cat666
    @The_Cat666 Před rokem

    what a superb lesson. thank you so much

  • @alvinuselton912
    @alvinuselton912 Před 2 lety +1

    Man I really appreciate you !! Thank you friend 🙏❤️🎸

  • @purplecowideal
    @purplecowideal Před rokem

    Clear clear clear. Nice job. Mr Brian's neighborhood.

  • @Cogito2323
    @Cogito2323 Před rokem

    Thank you so much for this well-thought-out lesson!

  • @cherifbenyahia5425
    @cherifbenyahia5425 Před rokem

    BRAVO. AMAZING. Thank you alot.

  • @joegonzalez1778
    @joegonzalez1778 Před 2 lety

    Wow, great lesson. Thank you so much!

  • @boilermaker222
    @boilermaker222 Před rokem

    Thank you so very much for such a great tutorial. Your way of teaching is so informative. I've been playing for over 50 years and never knew how to go up and down the neck but I finally understand it. I'll be 74 next month and I consider this one of the best presents I've ever gotten. Going to practice right now. Thank's again. Bill E.

  • @johnmunster4028
    @johnmunster4028 Před rokem

    Another great lesson. Thanks Brian

  • @unameableone
    @unameableone Před rokem

    This is the single most important video out of hundreds of videos I've watched in making sense of improv. Well done Brian

  • @elchoropi
    @elchoropi Před rokem

    This is one of the best teaching videos on how to cope with changing zones within a scale when soloing...now I think I've got i...thanks!

  • @petert1207
    @petert1207 Před 2 lety +1

    SO Good One of the Best teachers on the tube!

  • @martinmcgimpsey9750
    @martinmcgimpsey9750 Před rokem

    Awesome lesson Brian, I always learn so much when I watch your tutorials and instruction video! Thank you!

  • @TS-Music-57
    @TS-Music-57 Před 6 měsíci

    Hi Brian, I just wanted to make a comment to compare how I (among many) started learning to what's available now for people. It was either listening to a record play, seeing and hearing someone in person and lastly, a guitar book by Mel Bay or other publishers. The internet has brought many good lessons like yours accessible and easy to understand. Thank you for doing what you have ultimately chose to do! As it's working! 🎸 Tim

  • @kindlylight
    @kindlylight Před 2 lety +1

    Thank you Brian I’ll be impressing my friends next week AWESOME lesson

  • @shonamalstom5782
    @shonamalstom5782 Před 8 měsíci

    So Sweet love the simplicity and ease of the teaching thank you

  • @edmoss2020
    @edmoss2020 Před 10 měsíci

    This was a great way to explain this...thanks so much

  • @desertfox3860
    @desertfox3860 Před 2 lety +1

    Nicely done! Thanks!

  • @victorhugoperezhernandez2589

    Thanks you sir for this great lesson using the major and minor pentatonic scales

  • @stvstreett
    @stvstreett Před rokem +1

    you are a great teacher !

  • @oharrismaytin
    @oharrismaytin Před 2 lety

    This class was a "WOW" moment!

  • @youngzproduction7498
    @youngzproduction7498 Před rokem

    You make it easy to remember. Thanks.

  • @shaunallan5968
    @shaunallan5968 Před rokem

    You're an amazing teacher and guitarist Brian, thank you!

  • @EyalShahar
    @EyalShahar Před 2 lety

    Concise and enlightening. Thanks!

  • @gregsterc5294
    @gregsterc5294 Před rokem

    Thanks so much for an awesome lesson! This is gonna be so helpful!

  • @RokhartMusic
    @RokhartMusic Před rokem +1

    This is very enlightening! Thank you Sir 💡

  • @paulcooper5748
    @paulcooper5748 Před 2 lety +1

    Your a great teacher brian.👌🎸

  • @BurnleyNuts
    @BurnleyNuts Před 2 lety +3

    Brilliant Brian, great to do a theory lesson like this from time to time. It reminds me of a recent lesson by Tomo Fujita where he does a theory concept on the song Gravity by John Mayer where similarly the song switches between G and C chords and he explains how many people ask about scales within the song but goes on to say; it's not about scales but more about the CAGED system around those chords and understanding the root, third and fifth too. Like you he simplifies the song by just focusing on the chords played in different positions and understanding where key notes are. Once you get this principle then the song itself becomes really easy to understand but more importantly for me - not just copy what John Mayer does but be able to improvise around his song. By the way I loved you added some double stops near the end too, and the chromatic links just great as extra value.

  • @douggauzy6258
    @douggauzy6258 Před 2 lety +6

    Like Mister Rogers ,Won’t you be my neighbor ? Hello Neighbor !

    • @cgdoublezerorc
      @cgdoublezerorc Před 2 lety +1

      I thought more of Sesame Street - These are the people in your neighborhood. 00

  • @A.J.54
    @A.J.54 Před rokem

    This video proves you are a magician (of music).