The BEST and SIMPLEST Exercises to Teach Yourself Music Theory (Use ONLY the FRETBOARD!)

Tabs and other resources available, support me on Patreon:   / mtguitar   In today's guitar lesson, we learn the best and simplest exercises to teach yourself music theory by only using the fretboard. Here, I go over how to let the fretboard and guitar actually teach us all about basic music theory including the major key including the notes, the chords, triads, and the arpeggios. By memorizing the bass notes and how to identify octaves, we can find any note within a memorized scale pattern. Furthermore, we can identify the scale degrees and roman numerals which will give us more insight into music theory. Subscribe to MT Guitar for daily guitar lessons here: https://www.youtube.com/c/mtguitar?su... Download the Tab and Study Guide for this lesson here:   / 146166629   Private Guitar Lessons available on Zoom, Email MT at [email protected] Check out my original music and more at my Linktree: https://linktr.ee/mitchellthomasmusic Connect with me on Instagram   / mtguitarlessons   If you really enjoy my content and would like to support me and my channel with a small donation via PayPal, that is welcome and greatly appreciated. Link to Paypal donation: https://www.paypal.me/mtguitar Check out and subscribe to my other Youtube music channel    / @mitchthomasmusic   Visit my website and check out my music videos and albums at https://www.mitchellthomasmusic.com Video Chapters: 00:00 Lesson Introduction 00:57 Do You Need Traditional Music Theory? 01:41 Ground Rules: What Do You Need to Memorize? 02:24 Memorize the Bass Notes (All 12) 03:22 Memorize the Octave Shapes 04:21 Pick a Key (G Major Scale Exercise) 06:52 Guitar Takes a Big Leap Ahead 08:20 Scale Degrees (Whole Steps and Half Steps) 09:52 Checking Which Note You're Playing 10:52 What About a Different Key? (E Major Scale Exercise) 13:34 5 Positions of the Major Scale (and Key) 14:53 Common Chord Progression (I V vi IV) 16:55 First, Use Good Scale over Everything 17:57 What is a Major Chord? (G Major Arpeggio Exercise) 19:39 Playing Arpeggios Over Different Chords (Arpeggio Exercise) 20:50 The Minor vi Chord Arpeggio 22:54 The IV Chord Arpeggio 23:56 Play in Any Key 24:54 Playthrough of Exercise and Improvisation