JUSTIN Method Training Exercises 3 (Guitar Lesson IM-138) How to play IF Stage 3

Justin's Completely Free, Intermediate Guitar Course Lesson IM-138.
Stage 3, Lesson 8.

In this guitar lesson we do more ear training development - but it's really an audio lesson, this video just explains what you should be doing and gives you some tips - the real work is to be done with the audio files on the web site. It's hard work this stuff but will make you a lot better guitar player!!

Find the related course notes on the following link:
http://justinguitar.com/en/IM-138-JUSTIN-Foundation3.php

This is part of Justin's Intermediate Guitar Method, Foundation. A series of lessons available free online!

http://justinguitar.com/en/IM-000-IntermediateMethod.php

Taught by Justin Sandercoe.

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Have fun :)

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Hi! How are you doing? Justin here.

Welcome to IM-138

which is the "Just Use Sound To
Improve Now" section.

Now what we're doing this time,

we've got a couple of new things.

The first thing in 3A:

we're going to be checking out

just major barre chords.

This is for the chord
progression transcription.

Now, I'll just be using

. . .

E shape major barre chords

. . .

and A shape major barre chords.

And the idea here of course:

you need to find the root note

and then...

the kind of the part of
the challenge this time

is figuring out whether a chord

is being played with a six-string root

or a fifth-string root.

Because now if you start to
listen to, say, a B-chord,

this is a B-chord with an
E shape barre chord

. . .

and this is a B chord with
an A shape barre chord.

. . .

and you can kinda hear

they're different because
the E shape (plays)

uses all of the strings.

All the six strings are ringing,

and you get the high
note at the top as well.

With the A shape

. . .

you don't have as high a note

at the top.

So what I want you to do

is when you're doing the
transcriptions for that,

find the root note and then see

if you can work out
which chord shape it is.

So listen closely to what
I'm playing, on the...-

because of course you have got to
listen to the mp3 and all that,

and this isn't the lesson,

the lesson part is the listening
to the audio track

and then listen to is it this one (plays)

or this one? (plays)

Or if it's an F chord,
is it this one (plays)

or is it this one? (plays)

So, play one and play the other

and I'm sure, it will be kind
of obvious which one it is.

So that's the important thing

we're just dealing with majors,

don't think there's any minors
that I'm going to sneak in

there's just majors,
so really listening to

whether it's a sixth string
root or a fifth string root.

Very important lesson that one.

For 3B we're transcribing
an eighth note solo.

It's using, in fact using

the A-minor pentatonic scale.

We've just got a little bit more

rhythmic interest in it now.

So if you're going to have a listen to it,

it's still just the A minor pentatonic.

So you know,

I'm already telling you
what the notes are,

where you can find the notes easily.

If you can, a really cool thing to do

would be to add the rhythm to the tab,

so tab out the notes first

and then add a rhythm above the notes.

Now we've already done
enough rhythmic dictation

in the last two foundation levels

for you to be able to do that.

So you should have the skills,

so let's see if you can apply

that rhythmic dictation skills
now to a lead guitar

that you're going to transcribe.

Because that's kind of really a part,

a big part of the point, really,

for this rhythmic dictation

is being able to apply to tabs

when you're transcribing your own solos.

Very, very useful skill, indeed.

And for 3C it's almost exactly
the same as 2C was,

but a little bit more tricky.

So we've got a few more syncopated bits

so more rests that are
going to fall on the beat

and therefore more notes
that are NOT on the beat.

So, hopefully you've got a
little bit more of an idea

of how to write these rhythms down

from the last foundation.

So if you're stuck you can check out my

"Understanding Rhythmic Notation"
PDF book thing,

which I co-wrote with my
friend Justin Scott,

who's a drummer,

really good rhythm teacher,

so that might be worth checking out

if you're really getting into
this rhythmic dictation.

Very very valuable skill
rhythmic dictation

being able to understand rhythms.

Teaches you a lot

about your rhythm guitar skills as well.

Very, very useful thing to do.

But, as I, as the title suggests,

just use sound to improve now,

so i'm not going to teach you
now in this video lesson.

I want you to go and download those mp3s,

download the worksheets,

and get stuck into learning

just by using your ears.

Have fun with that.

See you for another lesson
sometime real soon.

Take care, bye-bye.