Beginner Math Rock/Midwest Emo Guitar Lesson (Master the Basics in 10 Minutes)

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Hey there. Steve here. In this video, I’ll teach you two feature packed exercises that will get you started on your journey into the land of learning math rock guitar.

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[Sif-Weenis]

This is amazing. I've played guitar for around 15 years and recently fallen in love with math rock. I'm mostly totally self-taught and know almosy no music theory, but this video is so helpful.
Thank you so much :)

[sybrenroorda]

As someone who is very new to guitar, but has been playing the drums for 15 years (and teaching for about 6) I absolutely love these exercises.
But one thing that really helped me to get a better understanding of time signatures is grouping the notes into counts again. Because 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9 can be very hard to keep track of while playing, I usually see them as three dotted quarter notes consisting 3 eighth notes, so count them as 1-and-ah-2-and-ah-3-and-ah, stressing the 1, 2, and 3. This might be a bit easier to get a grip on.
For 7/8 it can be, two quarter notes and a dotted quarter note, like 1-and-2-and-3-and-ah, or any other subdivision possible of 7/8.

[liveslul]

The biggest problem I have is finding the songs to play. I have a math rock playlist but basically all of the songs either don't have tabs online or are just too hard. Is there maybe any list of songs to play?

[greennotess]

haven't even watched the video yet but thank you! also I'm a complete beginner and ur videos have taught me how to play, thank u!

[itsjefferson]

Thank you for this! I just started playing guitar this week, but I'm for sure coming back to this video when I get better to learn math rock :)!

[TheAsaBay]

something in your room rings around 520hz while you speak :)

[felipegomabrockmann]

Excelent lesson, may I ask what is the string-action of your guitar?

[broncoxy]

super interesting; I was classicaly trained and the way I'd manage these arpeggios was to play the upper two notes with my thumb and the rest with i-m-a... the pinky was a no-go, but honestly, I don't really see a reason to _not_ give it a try this way, more capable fingers = more better ^^
_(have to grow out my pinky nail too now tho lmao)_

[cumfartchuglord]

Did you get a new camera? You're looking extra crispy, in a good way.

[JuneIsFinallyHere]

What's the name of that blue(kinda green too) guitar? Looks like a tele but idk if it's one :P

[recreepy]

Well done! You've left me genuinely impressed.