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PostHeaderIcon Guitar Lesson 3 – The Musical Alphabet by Scotty West

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  • xbadandy182x says:

    Good job on this …
    Good job on this video Scotty. I’m an intermediate level guitar player.. So far, everything you seem to be teaching registers to me. I’ve always been at a loss of words explaining this kind of thing to people however. I will definately be studying your videos in depth to see how my playing can improve with a little technical inspiration. :)

  • scottyxcom says:

    Hi angieloverboy32, …
    Hi angieloverboy32,

    HOLLOW body electric guitars will produce some sound without amplification … however SOLID body guitars require an amp.

    All the best,
    Scotty

  • angieloverboy32 says:

    =] its me again,ive …
    =] its me again,ive got another question,im planing to pay a new electric guitar,so im just wondering,iv used one of my friends fender without a amp connected to it,so i also am planing to pay a fender,so would all fenders need an amp to make the sound amplified or can i just buy it and then buy the amp seperate??? i know its kind of dumb questions but ive been around guitars that didnt need the amp to play it so im just a little confused

  • lospitta420 says:

    wow..i never got …
    wow..i never got this in elementary but now i get it..

  • scottyxcom says:

    Hi Dimesime369,


    Hi Dimesime369,

    Great question. I’m 55 … started playing Piano at 6 … Guitar at 10 … was pretty serious by 16 … but I still didn’t “GET IT” untill I had the good fortune to hook up with some EXCELLENT teachers while in my 20s … Dan May, Dick Wetmore, Richard Brookes. I tried to encorporate all I learned from them into our home study program. The MUSIC AS LANGUAGE concept and the emphasis on EAR TRAINING evloved out of that.

    Continued success!

    All the best,
    Scotty

  • Dimeslime369 says:

    i have a question …
    i have a question for ya scotty!

    how long have you been playing?
    at what age?
    and how long did you play guitar and music before you really discovered you could unlock these things you “already knew”??

    thanks man youre the shieeet!

  • scottyxcom says:

    Hi revan107,

    The …
    Hi revan107,

    The chart is OK. Yes … they begin to repeat after 12 notes. Think of this chart as somewhere in the middle of a piano keyboard so there are notes both higher and lower than the ones that are labeled. I started with A and went through one full octave. Call or email me if you’re still confused.

    All the best,
    Scotty

  • revan107 says:

    btw i’m confused if …
    btw i’m confused if the musical alphabet repeats after 12 units 7 white and 5 black…wait is this chart a little wrong or somethin? why is b under the seventh white note?

  • scottyxcom says:

    Hi cooper324,


    Hi cooper324,

    Glad we could help. I hope to get a video lesson uploaded this weekend that goes into the relationship between the keyboard and the fretboard in even greater depth. Stay tuned!

    All the best,
    Scotty

  • cooper324 says:

    Very informative …
    Very informative and good job including visuals of the piano. I’m starting to see more of a connection between my piano keys and my fretboard after watching your vids. Thanks for your help!

    Two year (on and off) guitar and piano player,
    Cooper

  • 1jimif says:

    NP Scotty, Your …
    NP Scotty, Your lessons look like they could be helpful to a lot of people. Good luck with what you do, ear training in my opinion is the most important part of learning to be a good musician.
    all the best back at you……Jim

  • scottyxcom says:

    Hi 1jimif,

    Yes . …
    Hi 1jimif,

    Yes … I think I misspoke there. Eb is of course lower than E. Sorry for the confusion. I plan to go in an edit that when I get a chance. Thanks for pointing it out for other viewers.

    All the best,
    Scotty

  • 1jimif says:

    But since it’s a …
    But since it’s a little higher then e we also call it e flat?…………uhm you lost me there?

  • matthew1820cam says:

    great video!!
    great video!!

  • seanman11111 says:

    u help me so much
    u help me so much

  • fartalart says:

    or european but …
    or european but people got there inspiration from elsewhere like middle east but the first people to actually organize it were the greeks and they came up w/ the grand staff. it was actually the first form of math to be taught in the entire european culture

  • peepeeland says:

    12 notes in the …
    12 notes in the most common *Western* musical alphabet.

  • SoliTary001 says:

    awesome stuff
    awesome stuff

  • SoliTary001 says:

    another great …
    another great lesson!!

  • hawny101 says:

    You’re a good …
    You’re a good teacher. I know all this already and cant wait till you get onto the more advanced stuff. Wish I had this when I started out. Keep up the good work.

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