Theory online learning

hotpickups · March 2020

Ok I’m going to be constructive in this lockdown period and learn some long awaited theory lessons.

This website looks really good. Has anyone subscribed / paid it and can recommend:-

https://www.guitarplayback.com/p/open_enrollment

ArchtopDave · March 2020

You could consider doing Justin Sandercoe's Music Theory course (which is on his website) - 9.99$ for 6 months, or 99$ for life time access.

hotpickups · March 2020

ArchtopDave said:

You could consider doing Justin Sandercoe's Music Theory course (which is on his website) - 9.99$ for 6 months, or 99$ for life time access.

I’ll check it out @ArchtopDave . Does he tutor with videos also? I’m a visual learner

ArchtopDave · March 2020

@hotpickups Justin's Course is a whole series of videos, and, if you subscribe, there are pdf's with some of the lessons that you can download. You can take a look at the very beginning of the Course for free.

hotpickups · March 2020

ArchtopDave said:

@hotpickups Justin's Course is a whole series of videos, and, if you subscribe, there are pdf's with some of the lessons that you can download. You can take a look at the very beginning of the Course for free.

Just visited that website. Didn’t see a sample video but I’ll check again

ArchtopDave · March 2020

hotpickups said:

ArchtopDave said:

@hotpickups Justin's Course is a whole series of videos, and, if you subscribe, there are pdf's with some of the lessons that you can download. You can take a look at the very beginning of the Course for free.

Just visited that website. Didn’t see a sample video but I’ll check again

On Justin's site, click first on "Musicianship" on the menu bar across the top, and then click on "Theory"

viz · March 2020

hotpickups said:

ArchtopDave said:

You could consider doing Justin Sandercoe's Music Theory course (which is on his website) - 9.99$ for 6 months, or 99$ for life time access.

I’ll check it out @ArchtopDave . Does he tutor with videos also? I’m a visual learner

You’ll be able to teach him a few things!

hotpickups · March 2020

viz said:

hotpickups said:

ArchtopDave said:

You could consider doing Justin Sandercoe's Music Theory course (which is on his website) - 9.99$ for 6 months, or 99$ for life time access.

I’ll check it out @ArchtopDave . Does he tutor with videos also? I’m a visual learner

You’ll be able to teach him a few things!

I probably will now @viz

Ddigger · March 2020

A free site is:

http://www.fretjam.com/

The latest lesson is at the top, recent ones at the bottom.

Lessons are

They are available on youtube as well.

hotpickups · March 2020

Ddigger said:

A free site is:

http://www.fretjam.com/

The latest lesson is at the top, recent ones at the bottom.

Lessons are

They are available on youtube as well.

Thanks for that. However, I’m quite taken with the style of teaching that David does and so was hoping if anyone here had some user experience for themselves going to him I.e. paid for one of his courses etc?

greejn · March 2020

You could try my lessons at hubpages.com, free, and can answer any questions on the forum. Best place to start is with harmonised scales, you might know that!

hotpickups · March 2020

greejn said:

You could try my lessons at hubpages.com, free, and can answer any questions on the forum. Best place to start is with harmonised scales, you might know that!

I’ll certainly take a look but sorry I’m quite set on this guys teaching style and want to explore this Avenue first. I’ve been to so many teaching sites and don’t seem to be getting anywhere where I want to be

Thanks though.

jemstar555 · March 2020

greejn said:

You could try my lessons at hubpages.com, free, and can answer any questions on the forum. Best place to start is with harmonised scales, you might know that!

Could you post a link please? Can't seem to find the page

hotpickups · March 2020

jemstar555 said:

greejn said:

You could try my lessons at hubpages.com, free, and can answer any questions on the forum. Best place to start is with harmonised scales, you might know that!

Could you post a link please? Can't seem to find the page

Yeah I tried and gave up too lol

antonyiv · March 2020

I can recommend this course: https://truefire.com/guitar-lessons/street-theory-for-guitarists/C1163

There are some really good courses on Truefire for CAGED system and more advanced theory as well.

hotpickups · March 2020

antonyiv said:

I can recommend this course: https://truefire.com/guitar-lessons/street-theory-for-guitarists/C1163

There are some really good courses on Truefire for CAGED system and more advanced theory as well.

Thanks for the pointers guys. However, my thread was started to ask if anyone has had experience with that particular online resource etc?

Thanks again

antonyiv · March 2020

I checked the the lessons and in the course you mentioned and I can tell you right away what I didn't like - modes are in the beginning. From my experience this only confuses people. The correct way to learn theory IMHO is:

- Triads
- Triads with major and minot 7th
- Pentatonics and CAGED
- Concept of the Nashville number system
- Major and Minor scales

Only after you master the above you should start thinking about modes. My view of modes is simply an extension of the major and scales.

viz · March 2020

Yep. Apart from CAGED I agree, modes are later on.

hotpickups · March 2020

I wanna do modes though

viz · March 2020

Yep but you’re 100% ready for them!

hotpickups · March 2020

viz said:

Yep but you’re 100% ready for them!

Yeah near enough to grasp em. Just need to some practical solutions in a real life scenario/ jam

viz · March 2020

hotpickups said:

viz said:

Yep but you’re 100% ready for them!

Yeah near enough to grasp em. Just need to some practical solutions in a real life scenario/ jam

PM’d

hotpickups · April 2020

Just an update. The David Wallimann course is brilliant. So good to go over and over stuff and move on when one is ready to. Perfect for this lockdown period

Fifty9 · April 2020

Good stuff Dave

hotpickups · April 2020

Cracking through the course but I’m starting to feel I’m going back to that period of playing up and down scales again

Really really boring.

Does anyone have some good examples of modal type playing etc ?

viz · April 2020

hotpickups said:

Cracking through the course but I’m starting to feel I’m going back to that period of playing up and down scales again Really really boring.

Does anyone have some good examples of modal type playing etc ?

Noodle over the characteristic songs. So look up “songs in lydian” (for example) and noodle away to your heart’s content to Flying in a Blue Dream, Giant Balls of Gold, etc.

hotpickups · April 2020

viz said:

hotpickups said:

Cracking through the course but I’m starting to feel I’m going back to that period of playing up and down scales again Really really boring.

Does anyone have some good examples of modal type playing etc ?

Noodle over the characteristic songs. So look up “songs in lydian” (for example) and noodle away to your heart’s content to Flying in a Blue Dream, Giant Balls of Gold, etc.

Thanks Viz. Trouble with those types of songs is that I don’t really like them. Satriani and his style bores the hell out of me. I’m more into funk/blues/rock etc. I’m very pentatonic but want to embellish my solos but in that style if that makes sense

viz · April 2020

It does. Have a look around, there are others. But lydian for example have a very specific flavour, and folks like Satch and Vai have explored them where others haven’t, so those modes always do put one in mind of those types of players.

hotpickups · April 2020

viz said:

It does. Have a look around, there are others. But lydian for example have a very specific flavour, and folks like Satch and Vai have explored them where others haven’t, so those modes always do put one in mind of those types of players.

Still feels like I’m running up and down scales rather than playing with flavoured licks I can use in a real context. Just going to have to persist and hopefully not get bored with it and leave it behind again

viz · April 2020

Here’s an idea: take a normal song that you like, reimagine it converted into, say, Lydian, and play the normal solos, but lydianised. Then start to improvise.

hotpickups · April 2020

viz said:

Here’s an idea: take a normal song that you like, reimagine it converted into, say, Lydian, and play the normal solos, but lydianised. Then start to improvise.

Doesn’t it all depend on the underlying chords though Viz? Also major or minor?

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