Combining Chords and Scales for Guitar

Mixing rhythm and lead together seemed like a dark art to me before I discovered that chords come from scales. Once I really looked into that I was able to start combining rhythm and lead techniques together like the pros do.

This exercise that I call Chord and Scale Nesting get's the party started, it is the fastest and best way to start seeing all the options you have over any chord...all you need is to bring along your brain!

00:00 Thesis
00:37 Introduction
02:24 Lesson
08:14 Wrap Up

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Thanks for watching!
Chris

[kebinvalentino]

Man this lesson is amazing! It gives me something to fully understand my triads too which I have been working on as of late. Thank you for these videos Chris! ❤

[RJ_Groot]

Thanks again. I've really found these guitar studies to be even more fun than learning songs. Great way to let out that creativity.

[ColdCanadian]

As a self YouTube taught newb, I appreciate these types of videos. The different perspectives of combining scales and triads together in a different light is extremely helpful.

I get frustrated at myself at times because I know the e shape, Bar chord shape, know the pentatonic scale around the bar chord shape (e shape) and have the major scale (pattern only) memorized but can never piece it all together like in this video with out watching a video like this. I guess at some point a teacher is probably the best remedy at times.

Thanks again for the video ❤

[JCFern]

While there have been many good lessons and insights I have learned from you, THIS concept here has been by far the most powerful one. Once I wrapped my head around this, it has enabled me to see the triads woven into the fabric of the scale itself.

[jimmpanik]

WHAT A FANTASTIC TOOL / METHOD! I never thought of this in this way. Thanks for sharing this information!

[alexsouza]

Wow. Thank you so very much. You are a great teacher. Now I can finally trash notebooks etc. and live on the fretboard. Between your triad lessons and this? Well. A corner of the guitar universe opens up so gigantic that I could never explore it fully. And it's enough.

[joshnorko]

Sweet lesson man. Always making theory easy to learn and understand

[brettmorrow]

You have a unique teaching style Chris and it resonates with me. I’m suffering from info overload from watching too many lessons in YT. I now need to just focus on one teacher and I’m thinking that may be you. Can you please comment on how we/I should navigate my way thru the information overload as I’m getting overwhelmed by it all

[joescmoe]

Yes indeed! It's the way in and the way out as well. Once you realize that the notes are all around the fretboard, it's just a matter of where you want OR could play them. It's up to the artist to decide. Great stuff, Chris!!

[kdavis]

ALways love your Friday Lessons!!!! Makes me a way better player and easy to understand!!! Time to start with the Circle of 5ths!

[minutecomicswalahollywood]

Hello Chris,
I am a new subscriber. ❤

[broda]

Thanks for this lesson. So simple and clear to understand.

[capbubba]

great lesson Chris, so many options in a small space on the fretboard. Keep on keeping on;)

[ChadHarland-og]

This goes back to harmonizing the major scale. Still very useful Chris next I need to harminize the modes of each chord.

[snuffbox]

wow, this information is so obvious and has been hiding right in front of me. Thank you for revealing this.

[tonybaloney]

Thanks man, so many ways to verbalise these concepts but you make it simple and easy to understand. 👍🏽

[johnharreld]

For the first 6 minutes, I'm like "yeah, I know all that, yep I understand this completely and can do this on the fretboard already..." then @6:00 you say "and here's what you can do with it..." then the floor drops out. I feel like I could make up that riff intuitively or by trial and error, but not from the chord/scale knowledge. Only after taking significant time to analyze it after the fact would I see how it fits with what you taught. The hard bit is not the understanding, but the employing it. It's like that drawing instruction meme: step 1 draw two circles, step 2 draw the rest of the owl. 🤣 Well, I still love your teaching style! Full disclosure - I don't have a teacher either, so maybe that's my problem. If I did take a teacher, I'd ask you first though.

[mloftus]

I had this chord-scale connection light up for me while practicing I IV V arpeggios a while ago. All 3 of those chords are in the same scale. Well, duh, but when you see it, you see it, and can finally use it.

[konarain]

The flatted 7th is one string above the 4th, same fret as the root 🧡 Alohoho

[jonathanmetze]

The things you know intellectually but never think about till someone points it out