Guitar Theory - Perfect 4th - 5 half steps on two strings, using all four fingers

In this exercise, we listen to the sound of the root note and the perfect 4th, or 5 half steps,Show more

on the E and A strings at the 12th fret on a guitar that is tuned E standard,

Using each of the 4 fingers.

This exercise is meant to reinforce the idea that you can use any finger to make any sound,

And to reinforce the idea that you can pick-up your anchor finger, or root, and move it to a new location, which is a Perfect 4th up, and usually a safe bet when ascending or descending scales.

Do this exercise across all pairs of adjacent strings, and on all frets,

Making sure to sharpen the note on the B string by one half step when doing GB pair of strings

These exercises are not meant to teach anyone how to play any song,

But rather, these exercises are meant to prepare anyone who is new to guitar,

These exercises are meant to systematically work our way thru every finger, every maneuver, on every string, on every fret...

So that there is literally no note that you haven’t played, with every finger, at every tempo, ...

These lessons are meant to teach people how to play the guitar itself, as a stand-alone instrument,

So that when they are ready to learn ‘songs’, they will not be fumbling around trying to learn ‘guitar’

It is my opinion that if you can teach someone how to play just one guitar,

they should then be able to play any song they want to...

But you can teach someone 10 songs, and they still won’t know how to play guitar.