Lesson 1 C major scale, Chromatics (when I say chromatic scale I mean chromatic exercise cause its not the real chromatic scale), Picking, etc. Enjoy!

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So guys, me here. This is a little different today. This is something that I have been actually meeting to do and it is the reason I got on YouTube, but I am kind of like queuing. Guys, but anyway, this is a guitar instructional video. This is going to be the first of many. Today we are going to be covering the C major scale. Sounds like it. So if you do not already have a technique and stuff that you practice, I would actually recommend practicing the Chromatic Scale. [Demonstration] Okay guys. Sorry for the phone call. Hope that I would not get more. I probably will because that is how busy it is here. That was actually my brother’s friend. He was looking for him. Anyway, not that matters. First off, I am going to talk about some techniques. Right here, you got your palm. I am using to hold my pick like this. I keep my finger partly here straight, put the pick over it and then my thumb over so I got this like circle thing going on, and that is how I hold my pick. I use—it is a lot of my wrist. I do not, like use whole arm or something like that. That really slows you down if you are going to do speed picking like [Demonstration]. You want to do it like [Demonstration]. You want it with your wrist. You want to do it as if you were—someone is locking your wrist and you are trying to escape or something. You are just using that part of your wrist. If you want to practice that, grab that muscle, it is going to like that would hurt right up here and so on. Just practice that muscle. And what I usually do is I lay it against my tremolo and I just [Demonstration]. And what I am doing right there is I am palm muting. So, you got the strings here and then you use your palm here to mute the strings, palm mute initially and you lift it when you want a more better sound. And then, that is pretty much it for that. Since this also a beginners lesson, I am going to tell you what each dot means. They have these markers here. These little dots and they do have a purpose. They are not just there for looks. They are to help you memorize and get around the guitar a lot easier. The first dot is three. Second dot is five and seven and nine; intervals of odd numbers, you know. But then it jumps up to 12, that is what the two dot means, the 12th. But the dots will start the again this is 15, 17, 19, 21, and you got 24. So, that is what is; 3,5,7,9, 12, 15 17, 19, 21, 24. Alright! I went to that too quick, but I am sure you can go back on the video and just replay that because I am trying to make this quick. As for the strings, this top string is the sixth string. It is not the first string. And actually the strings go from bottom up. And numbers, this is first string, second string, third string, fourth string, fifth string, sixth string. But I like to go from top to bottom so this sixth string is E. The next string, the fifth string is A. The next string is D, which is the fourth string. Third string is G. Second string—that was the third string. Second string is B. And then the last, the first string I should say is high E, which is an octave higher. So, it is octave higher. That is pretty much what I need you guys to learn in this first lesson. It is pretty much those two basic things; is the names of the strings from one, two, three, four, five, six going down and up or from up down, whatever you want to learn and the whole dot system as I like to call it; three, five, seven, nine, twelve and so on. And that will help you big time on where I am going to teach you like the way I am going to teach you my lessons to where to find your fingers and your finger placements and stuff like that. Once you got that down, I am going to teach you the C major Scale which sounds like this. Okay. Or you can do the full scale. [Demonstration] Sorry, I am a little bit rusty. I have not picked up a guitar in a while. But I am—yes! So, I am going to teach you that today and here we go. Okay. C major and the Chromatic scales. So the first part of the scale will be on the fifth string, third fret; C. And the next one would be the fifth fret, I mean, yes, the fifth fret on the fifth string; D. And then second fret, fourth string for the E. F, this is third fret on the fourth string. Fifth fret on the fourth string which is G. Second fret, third string is A. Fourth fret on the third string which is B. And then fifth fret on the third string which is also C again. [Demonstration] Okay. So, that is pretty much the C major scale. Just go ahead and learn that for now; pretty not great. This is a beginner’s tutorial so this is for beginners. So if you know it, I will bring cookies next time. Okay. So what I want you to practice is scale it to go all the way forward. All the way back down. I always want to share this, too. Make it a habit to alternate pick. Always up and down. Do not do the whole [Demonstration]. There is techniques that uses that. But for now, if you really want to learn how to speed picking and whenever, you know, lead over your songs and simply way better technique of picking this [Demonstration] just alternate picking. That is the C major scale, for now. Chromatic scale; really easy, just one, two, three, four. [Demonstration] Okay. So, chromatic scale is really easy. The chromatic scale is pretty much like just going from the sixth string to the first. And then I usually like to descent, meaning four, three, two, one. But instead of descending on the same thing, so I can create a little exercise that I did is a [Demonstration]. See, you jump up and then descend again and then you ascend again which means, you know, one, two, three, four, but you have to jump another fret again. [Demonstration] And then descend. [Demonstration] Sorry, I screwed that. But pretty much go all up to the 12th fret and then you can just reverse it. [Demonstration] Just go all the way down. What that does? It will built finger strength, hand like coordination or hand to hand coordination meaning you are picking it right when you lay your fingers down. And it will just help you develop strength in your fingers and stuff like that before we move on to chords. That is pretty much it for the first lesson guys; C major scale and the Chromatic scale. I recommend practicing Chromatic scale. I got the C major now. And then later on, you can just add on to it. That is it. It is Lesson 1. Next lesson will be the chords; A through G. [Demonstration] Back to A at the end. And it is about it. So, have it going guys. I hope that this video is not too long that I can edit it to make it look legit and have a go and keep practicing. Do not get discouraged. This is going to take about to learning, get good or whatever. I am still learning. I am nowhere near good. And that is about it. Have it going.