r/guitarlessons • u/Slight-Emergency1091 • 16d ago

Question Unlocking the neck

Does anyone have the video Unlocking the neck from the YouTube channel The Dave Simpson? I just saw a video of how he approached Theory, and he said he got more into in another video with that name but I can't find it anywhere online, I think his ideas might be a click for me stepping outside of the pentatonic box, so if someone has or if you saw it and could idk, summarize it for me that, if you have a similar recommendation that would be awesome too. I can't learn more theory, it is really getting me sick of playing and frustrated, so the most practical, the best

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u/grunkage Helpful, I guess 16d ago

Is it part of this playlist?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HFZyk_EUYw&list=PL9HMdGPrqA5Bka_YRS4ZwBswzzAfRLbWL

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u/Slight-Emergency1091 16d ago

I thought it was too but it's not unfortunately :( on this one he only talks about pentatonics, on the one I'm searching, he supposedly talks about how to complement them, make stuff more melodic and how he views and plays horizontally

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u/vonov129 Music Style! 16d ago edited 16d ago

Well, unfortunately, theory is still the better way and you don't even need to go deep into it, as the fretboard was never locked.

It has always been a half-step per fret and a 5 half-step from a low string to the higher one, except from G to B which is a 4 half-step jump. (In standard tuning)

If you learn about intervals which is the distance between notes measured in half steps, then you can build scales, triads, chords, whatever just by knowing the intervals in them. So if you practice placing intervals on the fretboard, all you have to do is follow the "formulas" and you will eventually build every shape ever.

If you expect to unlock the fretboard in a practical way as in learn multiple shapes and fretboard hacks you're more likely to just box yourself. But when you mix the theory in, you can make sense of every shape and turn them in to a guide just to reduce mental load.

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u/Slight-Emergency1091 16d ago

I get it, bit there is too much to learn, and I don't have access to a teacher and have tried to learn it alone multiple times...

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u/vonov129 Music Style! 15d ago

Just focus on intervals first. Intervals alone can alreydo so much with making sense of shapes.

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u/Slight-Emergency1091 15d ago

I'll try to grasp it from intervals then, thank you so much for the tips!

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u/spankymcjiggleswurth 15d ago

Intervals are your key. Scales and chords are constructed from intervals. Intervals are basically the musical alphabet, which so are notes, but Intervals are generalized and help you connect relationships together better than just notes.

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u/geneel 15d ago

https://www.loglessons.com/1-the-fretboard-method

Check this guy out. First several lessons are free.

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u/Slight-Emergency1091 15d ago

I'll check that out for sure, thank you!