Fret Science
Fret Science is dedicated to explaining how music theory works on the guitar with clear explanations and compelling animations. You'll learn how to get more from studying the solos of the greats and how to apply that knowledge to improvisation in any style of music. Explanations are aimed at intermediate guitarists, but accessible to all.
Improvising on guitar is a lot easier than you think, but the way we're usually taught scales and fretboard navigation requires too much memorization. That's because standard methods don't take advantage of the guitar's unique geometry. By understanding a few simple principles, we can dramatically reduce memorization and better understand scales, chords, and arpeggios (and how they connect).
With Fret Science, you'll learn all your scales (pentatonic, major scale modes, harmonic and melodic minor, and more) quickly, and you'll free up your brain's resources so you can focus on making *music* with them.
Understand more, memorize less.
Fret Science
To celebrate reaching the 100k subscriber milestone here on YouTube, I'm giving away lifetime-access copies of the Fret Science: Improv 101 course to five lucky Patreon members on September 1st, 2025. Full details here: www.patreon.com/posts/136785984
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Fret Science: Improv 101 is a step-by-step improvisation course for guitarists of all ability levels (there are no prerequisites other than being able to physically play single-note lines on your guitar). The complete course is now available for subscription or as a standalone purchase, offering lifetime access.
This course will unlock your ability to improvise melodic solos over chord changes, no matter how long you've been playing guitar. Along the way, you'll master the major and minor pentatonic scale, blues scale, and major scale modes across the entire fretboard, and you'll learn two powerful and easy ways to target chord tones at will.
There's no other course like this anywhere else. For a limited time, get 20% off with the code EARLYTUBE.
To find out more, visit fretscience.com/
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“In spite of their great theoretical knowledge, these music theorists did not realize the guitar needed to be plugged in.” Post your alternative captions in the comments!
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Which song would you most like to be able to improvise over? Which classic solo are you most interested in understanding and learning from? Add suggestions for other songs in the comments, and I'll make another poll with the most-requested options.
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This week I sat down with Michael Gumley on the TopMusicGuitar Podcast for an in-depth discussion of the genesis of Fret Science and how my engineering background puts a different spin on my guitar instruction...check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ_MB...
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I have several new videos in various stages of production...what are you most interested in learning? (Tell me why and suggest other topics in the comments) 🎸🧪🤘
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