# Keith — RSS Amplifier Everything Keith publishes, via the RSS Amplifier directory. Page: Feed: --- ## [Three robust shortcuts that can save you years](https://fretscience.com/2025/08/15/three-robust-shortcuts-that-can-save-you-years) _2025-08-15 · Fret Science_ The conventional wisdom is that there are no shortcuts to becoming a good musician. On guitar, that is patently false. In this video, I share three… ## [Every scale, everywhere, all at once](https://fretscience.com/2025/07/06/every-scale-everywhere-all-at-once) _2025-07-06 · Fret Science_ I've been working on the idea for this video for a few months. It started as a reaction to one of Rick Beato's livestreamed "the ultimate guitar fretboard… ## [How to improvise over chord changes by finding only one note by name](https://fretscience.com/2025/07/06/how-to-improvise-over-chord-changes-by-finding-only-one-note-by-name) _2025-07-06 · Fret Science_ Improvising solos over chord changes can be intimidating—but it doesn't have to be! If you can find one note by name, anywhere on the fretboard, you can… ## [Pentatonic gear shifts](https://fretscience.com/2025/03/20/pentatonic-gear-shifts) _2025-03-20 · Fret Science_ This technique was an epiphany. Once I figured out that you could shift pentatonic scale shapes up or down in response to chord changes, my melodic soloing… ## [Fret Science: Improv 101](https://fretscience.com/2024/10/25/fret-science-improv-101) _2024-10-25 · Fret Science_ A high level overview and detailed syllabus for the Fret Science: Improv 101 course ## [An invitation to join me on Patreon](https://fretscience.com/2024/06/09/an-invitation-to-join-me-on-patreon) _2024-06-09 · Fret Science_ As a way of releasing content much more frequently, and as a way to make motivate myself to make more progress on the future Fret Science book, I'm… ## [Cowboy chord superpowers](https://fretscience.com/2024/06/09/cowboy-chord-superpowers) _2024-06-09 · Fret Science_ Cowboy chords, often criticized by experienced guitarists, can unlock hundreds of chord variations across the fretboard by mastering just five of them. These chords are essential for AC/DC’s rhythm guitar sound, effective capo usage, and quick learning of triads across the fretboard. Check out the video for more details. ## [The Big Picture](https://fretscience.com/2024/06/09/the-big-picture) _2024-06-09 · Fret Science_ The Fret Science method connects music theory concepts like CAGED, 3NPS, pentatonic scales, triads, and major scale modes to master the fretboard. This approach provides a big picture view, enabling improvisation by visualizing the notes as a palette of sounds. Watch the video for a concise explanation. ## [The Dickey Betts hexatonic scale](https://fretscience.com/2024/04/28/dickey-betts-hexatonic-scale) _2024-04-28 · Fret Science_ Jack Ruch is one of my favorite guitar YouTubers because of his beautifully lyrical phrasing and excellent teaching style. He recently released a tribute to… ## [How to memorize the fretboard](https://fretscience.com/2023/12/29/how-to-memorize-the-fretboard) _2023-12-29 · Fret Science_ Why do so many guitar players resist learning the notes on the fretboard? This is my most complex set of animations so far, built in service of the simplest… ## [Open directory of blogs for agents (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/lDTCYXhLxAi0) _2023-12-29 · **Sponsored**_ Submit URLs or OPML; receive feed pages with summaries, plus JSON/OPML/plain text ## [Instant harmony: just add thirds](https://fretscience.com/2023/10/09/instant-harmony-just-add-thirds) _2023-10-09 · Fret Science_ Instantly create harmonized solo guitar lines with parallel 3rds and 6ths ## [Intervals: guitar's "secret decoder ring"](https://fretscience.com/2023/07/16/intervals-guitars-secret-decoder-ring) _2023-07-16 · Fret Science_ New video! Intervals give you the keys to unlocking the fretboard. Learn a simple method for identifying the interval between any two notes on the fretboard, and see how to use that knowledge to better understand (and modify) any chord voicing. ## [3nps: an essential tool for all guitarists](https://fretscience.com/2023/03/27/3nps-an-essential-tool-for-all-guitarists) _2023-03-27 · Fret Science_ The three-notes-per-string system is by far one of the best ways to navigate the fretboard both vertically and horizontally. It's easy to learn, and with this method, there's 85% less memorization. ## [The modes explained clearly](https://fretscience.com/2023/03/09/the-modes-explained-clearly) _2023-03-09 · Fret Science_ What are the major scale modes? How do they relate to the pentatonic scale? What on earth is "brightness ordering"? All this and more are explained herein! ## [The modes are hidden in plain sight -- expanded](https://fretscience.com/2023/03/03/the-modes-are-hidden-in-plain-sight-expanded) _2023-03-03 · Fret Science_ If you already know the pentatonic scale anywhere on the fretboard, you can instantly access the major scale modes by understanding how the modes relate to the pentatonic scale and to each other. This is a significantly expanded and improved version of an approach described in a previous video. ## [The CAGED System (and Triads) Simplified](https://fretscience.com/2023/02/08/the-caged-system-and-triads-simplified) _2023-02-08 · Fret Science_ This ~16 minute video deconstructs the CAGED system using easy-to-understand animated building blocks (over 150 animations!), starting with triads, adding on pentatonic scales, and finishing with the major scale modes. This is everything you need to unlock the fretboard and get started improvising. ## [The rectangle and the stack: the video](https://fretscience.com/2023/01/16/the-rectangle-and-the-stack-the-video) _2023-01-16 · Fret Science_ The thumbnail is a teeny bit hyperbolic, but it's not clickbait! The rectangle and the stack are the easiest way to make the most of the pentatonic scale. ## [Master the modes tonight](https://fretscience.com/2023/01/02/master-the-modes-tonight) _2023-01-02 · Fret Science_ Learn the simple five-string pattern that completely unlocks the modes across the entire fretboard. ## [Learn the best way to visualize chords and scales and move them across the fretboard](https://fretscience.com/2022/12/16/learn-the-best-way-to-visualize-chords-and-scales-and-move-them-across-the-fretboard) _2022-12-16 · Fret Science_ How does the quirky tuning of the G and B strings affect scales and chords? Learn to traverse "the warp" and use the circle of fifths to navigate the fretboard with 80% less memorization. See how it applies to triads, the pentatonic scale, and soloing in the blues. ## [Learn the modes in minutes!](https://fretscience.com/2022/11/28/learn-the-modes-in-minutes) _2022-11-28 · Fret Science_ Our first YouTube video! If you already know the pentatonic scale anywhere on the fretboard, you can instantly access the modes by understanding how the modes relate to the pentatonic scale and to each other. ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/EnxTWy2W2M4J) _2022-11-28 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [Cognitive science for guitar nerds, part 1: the magical number 7 +/- 2](https://fretscience.com/2022/11/21/cognitive-science-for-guitar-nerds-part-1-the-magical-number-7-2) _2022-11-21 · Fret Science_ Guitarists can learn some valuable lessons from the field of cognitive science. Understanding of the limitations of working memory in the human brain is one of them. ## [More yummy harmonies: spread thirds](https://fretscience.com/2022/11/13/more-yummy-harmonies-spread-thirds) _2022-11-13 · Fret Science_ Make beautiful fingerpicked harmonies just like The Beatles did. ## [MmmMMmm: easy delicious harmonies with 3rds and 6ths in all seven diatonic modes](https://fretscience.com/2022/11/06/mmmmmmm-easy-delicious-harmonies-with-3rds-and-6ths-in-all-seven-diatonic-modes) _2022-11-06 · Fret Science_ This mental model will have you playing beautiful harmonized licks instantly. ## [Learn the blues scale across the fretboard in under a minute](https://fretscience.com/2022/11/03/learn-the-blues-scale-across-the-fretboard-in-under-a-minute) _2022-11-03 · Fret Science_ If you know the right way of thinking about the penatonic scale, learning the blues scale couldn't be easier. ## [The rectangle and the stack: reimagining the pentatonic scale](https://fretscience.com/2022/10/30/the-rectangle-and-the-stack) _2022-10-30 · Fret Science_ A new way to visualize and navigate pentatonic scales across the entire fretboard, with 85% less memorization than the CAGED system. ## [A hierarchy of notes](https://fretscience.com/2022/10/26/a-hierarchy-of-notes) _2022-10-26 · Fret Science_ Many guitarists learn and memorize diatonic scales, pentatonic scales, and triad arpeggios as three separate concepts, but they are intimately related, and it’s beneficial to learn each as an overlay on the next. ## [Break into the box](https://fretscience.com/2022/10/23/break-into-the-box) _2022-10-23 · Fret Science_ "The Rectangle" is a handy place to access all seven diatonic modes in a four-fret span on just two strings. ## [Hiding in plain sight](https://fretscience.com/2022/10/16/hiding-in-plain-sight) _2022-10-16 · Fret Science_ The link between pentatonic scales and the diatonic modes has been staring you in the face all along. And it’s both the key to quickly pivoting from one scale to another and an easy way to add color to your pentatonic soloing. ## [Learn to go from 3nps to “in-position” scales in 1 minute](https://fretscience.com/2022/10/12/learn-to-go-from-3nps-to-in-position-scales-in-1-minute) _2022-10-12 · Fret Science_ If you know 3nps, now you also know your "in-position" scales. ## [3nps: One pattern to rule them all](https://fretscience.com/2022/10/09/3nps-one-pattern-to-rule-them-all) _2022-10-09 · Fret Science_ "The modes" are all explained by a simple repeating fretboard pattern that you can learn in minutes. ## [Your 24/7 AI Media Buyer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GEKKOeyJPlAc) _2022-10-09 · **Sponsored**_ Finds placement, geo, and funnel leaks and proposes fixes you approve ## [Triad geometry](https://fretscience.com/2022/10/05/triad-geometry) _2022-10-05 · Fret Science_ Triad geometry is surprisingly simple. Here's a way to learn all your triads by learning 3 basic shapes and some simple transformation rules. ## [If you only understand something one way…](https://fretscience.com/2022/10/02/if-you-only-understand-something-one-way) _2022-10-02 · Fret Science_ How being able to reconstruct scales from a few basic patterns can become your superpower. ## [The geometry of standard tuning](https://fretscience.com/2022/09/26/standard-tuning-geometry) _2022-09-26 · Fret Science_ Understand and visualize the ways that geometric patterns move around the guitar fretboard in standard tuning.