Thanks again and I will watch this video. I agree thigns are only hard until they are not. My scales are very easy today. I can play in the dark (learned that in a recent power outage), but they were once challenging. So it seems the notes from the scale are the root, 1st and 5th of the chords. I will have to work on memorizing the fretboard. Do you have any videos on that? Seems a daunting task. I've tried a few times- unsuccesfully.
"So it's seems the notes from the scale are the root, 1st and 5th of the chords."
All major & minor chords are the 1st, 3rd and 5th from their parent scale.
C major chord is the 1st, 3rd, 5th from the C major scale.
C minor chord is the 1st, 3rd, 5th from the C minor scale.
D major chord is the 1st, 3rd, 5th from the D major scale.
D minor chord is the 1st, 3rd, 5th from the D minor scale.
And so on.
But chords can also be regarded as the other degrees of the scale. That's how you harmonize the scale & that's where the concept of key signature comes from.
So while the D minor chord is the 1st, 3rd, 5th from the D minor scale, it is also the 2nd, 4th, 6th from the C major scale. This might seem confusing & overwhleming at first, but it's very simple & straightforward once you understand the basic concept & how to apply. This is why one major scale works for a whole group of chords in a key signature: because all the chords are contained in one scale by combining the notes systematically. That's one of the central concepts in my improvisation tutorials.
I cover this idea of harmonizing the major scale in several tutorials. But I summarize it quickly in these lessons.
https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson/11529
https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson/11530
I cover the musical alphabet pattern & how to learn it in this lesson.
https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson/11526
Essentially this is the octave method.
Learn the notes on the E string to the 12th fret. Now you know the notes on 2 strings (both Es). Work on this a little every day in your practice session for a week.
The same pattern works 2 strings & frets higher on the D string. Apply that pattern to the D strings 2 frets & 2 strings higher the next week.
Apply that pattern to the B string 3 frets and 2 strings higher the next week.
Learn the notes on the A string the next week.
Apply that pattern 2 frets and 2 strings higher on the G string the next week.
In 5 weeks you got the fretboard memorized!
Hope that helps!
