Have any of you ever wondered how many people Guthrie has helped without even charging a penny? I hope everyone who watches these free you tube offerings realizes the generosity. Guthrie has an extremely busy life, yet it is still important to him to provide these free lessons. We all owe him a ton of gratitude. Thank you, Guthrie and God bless you!

This is not just about playing guitar. Guthrie is showing you how to make music. More valuable than any lick you'll ever learn.

I'm a 54 year old Welshman and just bought my first guitar "mid life crisis" lol... and find your videos very helpful, thank you

Please don’t stop these lessons Guthrie, amazing and so helpful, you have a great way of teaching, when I have watched you play it comes across as being something very complicated to do but the way you simplify it is very inspiring 👍👍

You're not only an astounding guitar player, you're a great teacher! 🙌🏻

Guthrie Trapp - This is the best video I have seen PERIOD for leading solos into the next chord. I watched Robin Ford's explanation and MANY others. This outlines it simply and directly. Thank you so much!!!

Great lesson Guthrie. That is probably one of the best lessons I have seen on this topic. One of the things that is not emphasised enough with guitar playing by instructors is the whole concept of visualisation. As you said, it only comes with doing the hard yards of practice and repetition and eventually the penny will drop and it all falls into place. I am sure your channel will grow very quickly once people see the clarity of your explanations and the quality of your tuition. Your melodic lines are like a breathe of fresh air. Looking forward to the next lesson. Keep em coming !

Brilliant. Mr. Trapp....you and Brett Papa have helped me so much with my playing (about 40 years experience). I can't thank you enough. You both are such selfless musicians....so admirable. Thanks again Sir.

The two lessons you did with Brett papa "Mastering the fretboard" and "soloing over chord changes" along with the above video are the best on You tube. I have learned so much. I just finished learning two of the five solos on mastering the fretboard. 3 more to go. This lesson really compliments the two lessons with Brett. Congrats on the success of those lessons. So when did pants with air vents come out. lol

The bit at 10:50 showing how you can go through the progression in one position is really helpful

Hey Guthrie I did not realize you were playing with Steve Conn. He is used to live across the river from me years ago. He and Sonny play here every year the day after Thanksgiving. He can tear the keys up and the accordion too, real good vocals and writes some great songs. What a small world. Holler back if you get this message.

I been playing for 20 years man and I just started sitting back and watching these youtube vids and I digging your stuff the best man. rock on bro

I saw your video about how you cant always use the pentatonic scale. Today I learned Gmajor 7 chord up and down the neck. After that I learned the Gmajor 7 appregios up and down the neck. I just want to thank you for opening up my eyes 😁

RIGHT HERE, these are the keys to the kingdom. I live near New Orleans and there are so many great guitarists, and one in particular I saw play, his name is John Fohl, check him out... He plays a very musical style, where every note he plays sounds like the right note... I hit him up for a couple lessons and he does a similar thing but this is spelled out maybe a bit better, he plays through the chords and all its inversions when soloing. It doesn't sound like just riffing out licks (which I enjoy sometimes) but this is next-level stuff that seems like the "old timers" used to do more of, but it's just a way more musical way. I'm subscribing! Between you, Brett Papa and Tim Pierce, Corey Congilio, you are bringing great material for us somewhat-experienced weekend warriors to take us to the next level, and I thank you for it.

I have learned more from you and Josh Smith, than I have learned from ANYTHING, or ANYONE!! You guys have a way of tying everything together so damned good!

Brother I'm not even good enough for his lessons but he knows more about music than anybody on the internet and you here all of the best player's mentioning him and he is a great teacher him and bukovac is the best thing to come out of this crazy pandemic God bless everyone

I just realized my pants are ripped right in the money spot!! hahahahaha Oh well..

Wow! That was most excellent! 17 minutes of light bulbs haha. Thanks so much for your lessons Guthrie!

im starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel... I need to understand chord spelling all the way through, then be able to arpeggiate on top of all my chords and know my triad shapes ... then blend all these together with the pentatonic scales I have...Huge lesson here thanks so much I'll be coming back to this video

Hey Guthrie. You always make my brain feel tired after taking in a few of you lessons. You make it think and work. I just wish I wasn't so thick headed. Thanks for the info.

Yes! I watched both lessons you and B Papa did together over and over so many nuggets in those. I hope you and Brett get to do more!

I’m watching your lessons every day, this is the only stuff that makes sense to me. Do you have any videos on basic exercises from beginner to advanced on improvisation. Your a great teacher. I’m tired of being lost on the fretboard.

This guy is great! Explains what he is doing very well, instead of most people on you tube who just set up a chord progression, and then blow all over the fretboard and say, "Now you do it!!" Lol

So today I decided to focus on playing out of the chords, but trying to stay in one area. I remembered you did this progression and figured it would be a good one to use. At 11:00 in you take the triads and do that very thing! When this video was released it was way beyond me, I didn't understand what was happening. Now, again, it's the perfect lesson. Thanks Guthrie. They're all Gold.😁

I have been playing for so many years (like 35 or so) and all along I have been doing just what you are teaching without realizing it. I just thought it sounded cool. I had no idea that it was a proper thing to do. I've got a lot of holes in my playing because I do not know the names of the notes or the theory behind what I am playing. I try to play things in as many different places as possible, and then try to re-learn the same things without moving around so much. You have really boosted my confidence and inspired me to move forward and I sincerely thank you for that. I'm putting the pieces together slowly and it's so much fun. I wish I had access to this years ago but we never had KZfaq back then. Next time you're in Canada, I'll buy you a beer eh!

This stuff is really good. Starting to be my go-to for lessons on KZfaq for sure.

Hey man. This stuff has totally changed my thought process when it comes to soloing. I used to think in terms of patterns and now I can find melodies so much easier using this technique. Thank you soo much

Guthrie, you are an outstanding teacher. I’ve only been following you for about a month and already I’ve improved leaps and bounds. Can’t thank you enough 💯🎸

Your recent uploads are so good! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Wow! If I can someday play like you do at the end, it is worth practicing! Thanks Guthrie!

No bullshit,straight to the point, this is the best way to learn how to navigate the fret board. Not forgetting there’s 9ths 13ths ,flat or sharp 5th, 11ths, min/maj, aug, dim, minors, really need a couple life times to complete this lol

Wow, I just kept plugging at it slow and steady, just the way you explained it. Guthrie, it is getting more melodic thanks to you preaching use chord tones, the “CAGED” system “will set you free” Thanks for sharing this!!!!!!

I’ve watched the lesson with Brett several times because I really like your playing and the melody was beautiful. Thanks for the additional lessons.

This is what I've been missing in my playing for 20 years 🤷🏼thanks so much!! I will support this

Wow. I can grasp about 10% of this at a time, but it all makes sense. It'll just take me another 10 years to actually do it while I'm playing. You're a legend, Guthrie.

Guthrie - I remember seeing you play a number of times in Pensacola, years ago. I believe it was with The Filthy Rich. I was blown away by your picking skills. I knew then that Pensacola was not big enough for your amazing talent. Thanks for the lessons and congrats on all you have accomplished!

You are the best!! I’m becoming a lefty guitarist , after a bad accident with my bike two years ago... but your lessons are so precious Guithrie... for my new vision of the neck with the right hand! You are very kind person and thanks a lot!!!

Super helpful video Guthrie. No one has ever explained the relationship between the chord tones like you. What you can’t teach is the swing and soul you possess 🤣👏👏👏... the secrets in the upbeat

I love the way you address the guitar . When something makes sense , it is much easier to remember . Also every thing on this channel is valuable and very usable . A lot of the things you teach I had to learn by trial and error . You make learning guitar a life lesson . I wish I would have had you for a teacher when I started playing guitar in 1963 at 15 years old !

100% the light bulb goes off mate. Thanks. Great lesson.

Amazing video. Really great teaching. That 335 sounds so sweet too!. This is how players like larry carlton make their playing sound so melodic. Thanks for the video

Its insane the way youve got it down packed. it;ll take mw another 20 yrs before i get a grasp of this.

You are a trully generous man. Thank you, sir!

Bro, these are the best lessons you can get. I can actually hear and feel myself getting better.

DUDE, incredible as always. It blows my mind that someone as talented as yourself is available for private instruction. I don't even feel worthy to receive a personal lesson - but I'd love to get one someday. I understand exactly what you are trying to get us to see - it's just the journey there that's a little cloudy. I'll admit - I've never seen the need for practicing arpeggios - or how they are useful - but I get it now. You need to know where those notes are so you can tag them in passing. I feel like I should check out your online lessons first assuming you cover this same stuff - but this type of thing is EXACTLY what I've been trying figure out how to do for years. I'm so happy to have someone who can explain it. Beautiful playing as always - keep it up.

I have an ArtistWorks account only for Guthrie's videos and he has a few videos in the intermediate level that's incredibly similar to this one (same chord progression and all). I've watched the AW video at least a dozen times- no exaggeration and just spent about an hour pausing, rewinding, and continuing through this video and lemme tell ya, I'm still learning new stuff from basically the same lesson. I'm not getting paid by AW in anyway but man... if y'all never spent money on lessons or you're hesitant about online lessons, Guthrie's lessons are worth signing up for. Also, one piece of advice for students who struggle visualizing the fretboard (Guthrie mentions this in every lesson that I can think of) PRACTICE IN FRONT OF A MIRROR. It's a game changer. Looking at charts/tabs and the view you get of the fretboard based on how your looking down at your guitar gets stale. By watching yourself in the mirror practice scales, CAGED chord shapes, and arpeggios, you get a totally different perspective that will help you develop as a guitarist.

Guthrie I absolutely love you videos. I've been trying to do the caged thing for so long and you are really helping me understand it so so much. I wish I was in your town to take lessons from you. I would say that it would be great if you were in northern california but I would never have you or anyone else be in this hippie infected place. You're a great teacher and an amazing player. I love how you incorporate what you are doing and emphasizing being musical above all else. I absolutely love it. Keep it up. You've got a real big fan here and you are making my life better!

Thanks Guthrie. Good to see some lesson for non-beginners on KZfaq. Keep them coming!

My formal training is in teaching and instruction. The lessons you provide fall in line with scaffolded learning. I am having fun and feel like each step in the process provides a balance between applying what I just learned and the new challenge you offer. Thank you much-Dave

Great lesson Guthrie, you're such a great player and you explain the note changes very well and easy to understand.

Fantastic Guitar Player and a Great guy too! Thankyou Guthrie, 'Lightbulbs' are going off like fireworks in my head! You're showing a more conceptualised approach to Soloing, and the examples at the end were AMAZING! :)

Man, for now I just want to say THANK YOU. I’ve been watching your videos for the last days and I definitely had what I can only define as some kind of musical enlightenment, haha. I’ll definitely get back to you, probably by email, just to thank you and explain how amazingly insightful e helpful your explanations have been.I already knew (at least I thought so...) what CAGED, arpeggios and scales were, but something clicked during the first time I watched one of your videos. Hard to explain how or even why exactly it happened just now, after years playing the guitar. But man, I feel I finally have answers, and A PATH to follow. Just crazy. It feels somewhat simple (simpler?) now to understand the why’s and how’s music works on the guitar neck. Haha. The last days have been super fun and studying now seems to have a very clear purpose and focus. I wish I had understood (or maybe found your videos) earlier. You’ll hear from me again! Thanks, Guthrie!

Dang it man! That outro is fresh in my mind so that's the first thing I can comment on. Just like my aunt Millie knitting. Be sitting there talking to you and her fingers going like crazy. One of your best ways of showing how to build from the ground up to outline the chords. Really helpful.

Love Guthrie's videos, jam packed full of complex stuff and cant keep up but there's always some good stuff in there! Anyone actually manage to follow everything he covered in this lesson?!

Incredible. This lesson is just mind blowing! I've never seen anyone teach this concept as good as this. You have a wonderful gift. Thanks for sharing.

No more resting on my Pentatonic laurels. Time to grow... Thanks Sir!

This is the best video you've done. Loved going back over the Brett Papa and seeing how you fleshed this out. Blew my mind.

Beautiful playing and expert teaching. Thank you so much for these wonderful lessons.

Man Guthrie you are helping me put in all together. I've been working on arpeggios all over the neck and it's all starting to make sense and make music. Thank you so much.

Love your videos, Guthrie. On some level (Maybe?) it's nice to know that we're playing a Phrygian #4 with a flat 13 scale, but for sure, knowing what notes sound good over THIS chord, in THIS context, in THIS song is so refreshing. My progress as a player has taken a great leap forward since I discovered your channel a few months ago. Thank you for rekindling my spirit.

All...if you don't have a looper, but do have an tablet, get the iReal Pro app to help with this lesson. It took me less than two minutes to put this chord progression together as a slow ballad in the app. Take GTs tips and run it up against this app...hours of solid practice. As always Guthrie, thanks for this...I always learn something!

*FANTASTIC!!* As always. I get the theory behind what you're teaching, and I understand the arpeggios, and chord shapes, but it's that whole phrasing, creativity, talent and natural ability that I seem to struggle with. *lol* Thanks Guthrie.

Man Guthrie - I want to thank you for this lesson. I've been playing for decades and this really connected a lot of dots for me. Thanks

All of your lessons are incredible! Really enjoy your teaching style. Will see you play live some day! Bucket list!

Love the new lessons on YT. This was one of my favorites to reference with Papa. Glad you're expanding on it

I had to follow you after seeing the Fret Papa show amazing man. A real player and teacher. Few can teach the way you do. 🙃

Very good lesson and gorgeous playing at the end.

The simplest way to look at this, the G#7 is a secondary dominant chord in E, it’s the V of VI, so simply using the C-sharp harmonic minor scale, the G#7 chord is resolving to C#-. The scale is called G# Phrygian Dominant, the scale is G# A C C# D# E F# G#, it perfectly outlines the sound of the dominant moving to Minor

Very, very good 👍! Thanks Guthry ✌️

I know this video is 3 years old for you, but it's a first for me and it blew my mind!!! I've been playing for years and mostly learning and memorizing licks, but this was like you unlocked my mind!!! Thank you..Thank you. your videos and teaching are amazing.

That is the best breakdown of fingerboard harmony studies I've ever seen and heard for guitar student. Best ever!!!!.

many concepts that take hours to grasp squeezed in 18 minutes video lesson, and it's musical. Love it man. All his lessons are like this.

What an outstanding lesson! I started looking for your KZfaq videos after your session with Tim Pierce and I'm glad I found this! Love your melodic approach to soloing as I struggle with this.

Thanks, Guthrie...you make it very simple...even for advanced players...you the man...

Another cracking lesson! - thanks so much Guthrie 👍

More of this concept please. I appreciate your efforts, thanks so much

Hey Guthrie..Ive been on Artists Works with your program twice ... a few months at a time and found it to be great…These new videos your doing here and with BP are solidifying it all…This was a good one Man!! Lots to chew on.. Thanks !

Thank you Guthrie! I have been enjoying your videos. Alot of those concepts are making more sense now and is showing in my playing. Thanks for helping my journey!

I know I'm stumbling upon this a year late, but wow: what a fantastic lesson! All of your lesson videos are inspiring me to look at and apply concepts I'm sort of familiar with in new and more musical ways - thank you.

So simple but so powerfull. Thank you Guthrie You really contribute to make music easier for all

Yeah I m looking real close because something happens when you emphasize a half step connection to the new chord, for instance G#7 C note the 3rd,,,TO C#min when you played G#7 on the 8th fret slide up a half to C# on the 9th with the little 6th shape BAM!* BONUS POINTS* ecspl in the upper register very cool,,your brains gotta be workin right to play this thing, Your Genius Thanks Man!

you are an amazing player bro and your teaching is just as good

These videos are like gold dust. Thank you from the UK.

Thanks GT! I know what I’ll be doing later tonight ... slowly taking it layer by layer. Also, I’m sure selectively weaving minor pentatonic licks into a solo that follows chord tones like this one sweetens it all up.

I have found that connecting major and minor 3rds in octaves helps you move up and down the frett board melodicly. Helps me come up with different ideas.

Please take some lessons so I can buy some new pants!!

This is pure gold, thank you!

Thanks Guthrie. This lesson and the Fundamentals #1 are bang on, the recipe. The alphabet. This is like schooling for the Sorcerer’s Apprenticeship.

Wow. Just discovering Guthrie. Awesome. I've been playing a Ian Moore's "Satisfied" for years and never really understood it the way I do after watching this. A great example of a variation of this chord progression. Thanks Guthrie. I'm a fan!!

Thanks, I understand an in a year or so I can master this and move on to the next lesson

I love this progression. Been playing it since I saw you and Brett do it.Nice use of secondary doms

Thank you Guthrie!! I’m beginning to implement this concept of seeing the chords!

Wow, I really like how you use a half step connection to the new chord , Man you have a great handle on melodic effective phraseing its compelling, thoughtful{not random} woven together with soul and expression beautiful flow man, your ear and instinct are fine tuned, Im inspired to keep pushin, I loved the way you went kinda basic and then showed what it could become, Thank You

That improv was insane. #ManlikeGuthrie

Man your improv/soloing has always just been so awesome to me. I’ve always felt pretty boxed in by major and minor pentatonic but really would like to get outside of that by highlighting notes like this. Thanks for the tips man!

Awesome! It takes work but it pays off, as you have so very well demonstrated. Thank you!

Such a valuable concept and lesson. Helps with chord shapes, arpeggio/scale patterns, ear training, and fretboard mapping, but does it in a way that connects these ideas to create music. Many thanks for sharing your expertise! I'd say you've earned yourself a fresh set of trousers 8)

Thanks so much, Brother. If happiness really is measured by how much you help others, you should be very, very happy.

So good. Thanks for taking the time to talk thoroughly about your thought process. This is a HUGE help.

Very much appreciate how you put a nice full example at the end :+1: