Practical Guitar Theory

I will introduce the most important scale in music! In this lecture you will not only be able to play the scale efficiently, but you will also broaden your awareness of notes.

One of the first practical scales that you should learn. I will show you how to play it effectively with proper technique, dynamic range, explaining the theory behind it, and I will give you a sequence to help increase your accuracy and picking speed.

Similarly to the Minor Pentatonic Scale, I will show you how to play this scale effectively with proper technique, dynamic range, explaining the theory behind it, and I will give you a sequence to help increase your accuracy and picking speed.

In this lecture I will show you how to play the Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales across the entire neck, and in any key that you choose.

The examples in this tab are in the key of C major (or A minor). As I demonstrated in the previous lecture - once you master these shapes you will be able to move them accordingly into any key.

You may have heard the term "Modes" before but what does it actually mean and refer to...?

In this lecture I talk you through the 7 modes of the Major/Minor Scale, unlocking even more notes and flavours across the neck! In this lecture I demonstrate each mode and show you how to remember each shape practically.

Download the tab relating to the previous lecture.

In this lecture I give you ideas on how you can go about remembering all of this information easily. Once you begin to remember each shape, it can be hard changing between them and relating them all together. In this video I give you a couple of ideas on how to combat that challenge.

Try to play all of the modes with me in time with a metronome!

If you play each of the 7 modes in all 12 keys, that gives you 84 different options to choose from! I'll explain this in greater detail throughout this video and explain how and why you can go about doing this yourself.

Ever wondered how a chord is built? Or how to highlight a specific chord tone? Or maybe you've found a set of notes that sound good together and you want a greater understanding of their relation to each other? This lesson will answer all of those questions!

In this video I demonstrate how you can use the modes to portray a certain feeling or emotion.

Learn what scales & modes work over which chord in this video Lecture.

I will show you 9 basic essential chords, that you may or may not already know are all in fact already "triads"!

What it is, how you can use it to begin visualising your way across the neck, and how you can play chords and shapes across the entire neck at ease.

Relative Major & Minor is a very important term and method to become familiar with in music theory. In this video I will demonstrate the theory behind it, plus a really easy visual way of learning it on the Guitar.

By the end of this video you will be able to understand how to find the key of any song.

Here you will learn how to construct a major triad.

Here you will learn how to construct a minor triad.

Here you will learn how to construct a diminished triad.

Here you will learn how to construct an augmented triad.

This is a summary sheet of the previous 4 lectures.

Here I will demonstrate different inversions of the major triad we originally learned in lecture 24. This knowledge will help you expand your options across the neck.

Here I will demonstrate different inversions of the minor triad we originally learned in lecture 25. This knowledge will help you expand your options across the neck.

Here I will demonstrate different inversions of the diminished triad we originally learned in lecture 26. This knowledge will help you expand your options across the neck.

Here I will demonstrate different inversions of the augmented triad we originally learned in lecture 27. This knowledge will help you expand your options across the neck.

As explained in the title I will be showing you how you can use your triads practically in this video Lecture.

This is part 2 of the previous lecture where I explain a little further how you can use your triad knowledge across the Guitar neck.

It's important be be able to blend all of this knowledge together into one piece, so in this lecture I will be demonstrating how you can relate triad shapes to the CAGED positions.

It's important be be able to blend all of this knowledge together into one piece, so in this lecture I will be demonstrating how you can relate the pentatonic shapes to the CAGED positions.

In this lecture I will teach you some of the most useful major triad arpeggio shapes as well as demonstrate how you could go about creating your own.

In this lecture I will teach you some of the most useful minor triad arpeggio shapes as well as demonstrate how you could go about creating your own.

Using our knowledge of triads when building chords, I will now show you how you can also create Diminished arpeggios across the neck. I will also expand on this and show you how to create Diminished 7th arpeggios.

In this lecture I will teach you some of the most useful Augmented triad arpeggio shapes as well as demonstrate how you could go about creating your own.

Here I demonstrate how I incorporate arpeggios into my improvisation and inspire you to use your own ideas.

Enhance your lead lines with Double Stops and Interval awareness across the fretboard.

Every chord has a purpose. Our ears can detect this, and in this video I explain how and why.

7th Chords are an extension onto your Triad knowledge. They can be used to add more flavour to your chord choices, and also open up a whole new approach of chord voicing.

I teach you the best way to help memorise the note names across the Guitar neck. Do not be under the illusion that this is necessary knowledge because it isn't! You do not need to know the note names on your Guitar to understand theory! However, it may be helpful to some depending on your experience and background.