Superimposing Pentatonic Scales on Guitar - The Ultimate Guide!

In this crystal clear @QJamTracks guitar tutorial you will learn all about superimposing minor pentatonic scales over major, minor, diminished and altered chords. Everything is explained with top notch graphics and tablature on screen. You will also learn to use this technique to create modal improvisations with a simple pentatonic scale on your guitar. Think of the dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian and Locrian mode. This technique of layering minor pentatonic scales of different keys over different chords is used in modern Jazz, but is also a great asset for rock guitar players and suitable for other styles of guitar soloing. I show you why and when to use a certain scale to get a certain effect. Never a boring solo again. Even the altered chords are covered in this video. So this is the ultimate guide for superimposing pentatonic scales, explained crystal clear with super clear graphics and examples with tablature.
0:00 Introduction
1:58 Major and Minor Pentatonic scale
3:00 The approach to Superimpose
3:54 Superimpose Pentatonic scale over major chords
6:55 Strategy
7:42 Superimpose Pentatonic scale over minor chords
10:23 Dorian mode
12:06 Phrygian mode
14:10 Lydian mode
15:47 Mixolydian mode
17:30 Locrian mode
19:32 Superimpose Pentatonic scale over the Altered chord
23:46 Summary
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Artwork: (c) 2020) Rob van Hal
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I agree

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I agree as well. Your channel is amazing as well as your way of creating melodic lines.

[@760Piper]

Rob..this should be required watching for anyone starting out trying to learn to improvise. This indeed was crystal clear!!!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks man!!

[@williamcompitello2302]

The Lydian one has opened up our 3rd eye!

[@strikingtwice]

Been playing for about 30 years and have learned all these things in and out over that time, and this is one of the best most well articulated and demo’d refreshers of it I’ve ever seen. Awesome, thanks

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Great lesson. Well organised and presented clearly. I learnt a lot.

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Awesomely Powerful!

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No one comes close to you when it comes to your teaching. What an eye opener every lesson is.

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you Ray

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That's the simplest way i think I've ever heard of showing what modes are in practice 👍👍👍

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Amazing video!! Your videos are so clear🤘🔥

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Brilliant! Thank you Rob

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Fantastic tutorial! Thank you!

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Excellent and very clear and powerful lesson! Thanks!

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Terrific lesson. Thank you!!

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Thanks. Cristal clear!👍

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Best examples. Thank you so much!! 😀👍

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Very clear explained with good examples! Great lesson!

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thank you very much for this excellent lesson!

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I was looking for this kind of lesson for about 10 years. Thank you.

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Brilliant, thank you.

[@DangKhoaGuitarist]

simply amazing, thank you

[@afiya77]

This is Excellent !

[@MrMulteX]

Very worthwhile to go through this slowly, stop the video and look at what is happening to see how the different modes are created by adding a pentatonic to an existing chord. GREAT STUFF!

[@roballen49]

Definitely opened some doors here! Thanks!

[@jumboshrimp5193]

Ive been curious about superimposing for a long time. Thank you.

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It's very clear. and easy to use.
Thank you for your shared.

[@WilliamSaadGuitar]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you.

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Thank you very much. I've been struggling for years trying to learn this, and you made it so clear. Awesome work.

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What a gem!

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spectacular lesson thank you so much

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This Lesson is EXCELLENT!!!! Thank you!

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Amazing content and presentation. Your music instruction really does make the topics covered crystal clear.

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Very informative and useful. Thank you

[@coloaten6682]

Rob, that was a fantastic lesson, thanks very much! Along with this and your modes lessons you've given me plenty to practice on piano! I took a screenshot at the end where you give a summary so I remember what to practice :)

[@eternalwordofgod]

You create amazing content! Love your style!

[@cffinch44]

I have learned more to help my improvisation from your videos than any other channel out there. Your approach really resonates with my way of thinking which has always been to know my major and pentatonic scales cold then apply slight changes to those scales to achieve modes, arpeggios and such. Thanks.

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Very comprehensive!

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Rare gem of a lesson

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Very awesome lesson with detail explanation
Thanks for uploading this wonderful lesson🤘

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Very well presented and useful stuff. Your playing and sound are excellent as well. Thanks so much for your help in lifting the fog.

[@gusdogbrownlab435]

Excellent....struggled with modes but can understand this

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Awesome method for playing modes. This is excellent

[@80Days]

Thanks for this. It takes some getting your head around, but it really helps me progress my understanding of music theory.

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Thanks for sharing this knowledge with us. I really like the way you've explained this.

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Very high quality video. Thanks

[@JunkYour925]

Omg this is the best guitar video on the internet. There’s someone on the internet who did this for piano with the pentatonic grip and I was like “where is someone doing this for guitar?”

[@QJamTracks]

Hi Tom. Thanks man!

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Great lesson! Many thanks!

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Excellent!!!

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Very informative thank you!

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Great !!!!!!! Thank you so much my friend.

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You are an amazing teacher, visualizations are spot on, explanation is top notch, It's really amazing man!!

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This is Gold.

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Definitely some stuff I need to learn, and I have been playing for over 20 years but self taught. Grateful you made this.

[@kondorram9073]

Great lesson. I am aware of superimposition but you introduced me to a couple I had not tried yet 😃. Thank you

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best teacher on youtube, thanks for this!

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Superinteresting video!! Thank you!

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You are a gifted teacher, and this was an amazing masterclass..thanks so much for sharing this!

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EXCELLENT!

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Very understandable you're one of the most educational on the net...thanks from Australia

[@AdriSkynet]

This is great! I love using pentatonics for improvising and I just finished a method that involves pairs of pentatonics.

[@BillyGMcCoy]

Rob,
I've learned so much from this one lesson.
I have been wanting to improvise more in jazz and swing and this really took me to another level in my playing.

[@megashredderofkate]

i have to say, honestly, since i discovered your channel i am absolutely loving your content, i like this 'no fluff' approach. i think i've learned more in a couple of months than i have in the last 17 years combined! your examples are amazingly precise, and your voice is also strangely soothing :D

[@iorch82]

Your content is pure gold man. Thanks a hundred times.

[@shaneotis720]

Excellent video. This has been incredibly helpful. The error in the Mixolydian section got a bit confusing but made sense once I got around that.

[@21Million]

Number ONE video on guitar I have ever seen. You just blew my mind. Wish I was taught this as a teenager.

[@wantanmee8716]

I am really grateful for this video that not only explain but with application examples of minor pentatonic. I really surprises me that one can even get the modal sounds by applying different degree of the minor pentatonic. Truly a gem. I will keep coming back to this same video to fully digest the content. I have been looking for something like this that shows a way on how to bring up the mode in one's solo. Thank you so much for making this video!

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Thank you. You just open My play to a great extents of posibilities. Amazing class. Súper chingon.

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Very good lesson, thanks.

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Always a pleasure Rob 🎸

[@QJamTracks]

Hi Trevor. Thanks man!

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Best lesson ever about superimposition and best channel as well. I cannot thank you enough for sharing your gold nuggets! Greetings from Italy. Sincerely, Fabio!

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Bingo! Learnt a lot from this video. It feels like I have a third eye now. Thank you so much Rob for sharing this valuable information.. :)

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Excellent Rob.. god bless you!

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Hi Sergio. Thanks man!

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Thank you so much!

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One of the best guitar lessons I have ever watched. Suddenly everything clicked. You are an excellent teacher! (And yes, I just got my e-book to study at my own pace. This is quality material.)

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pure Gold lessons!

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Thank you very much! Excelent!

[@andyl3933]

Absolutely fantastic lesson. I have been drawing charts , writing down scale degrees and staring at the neck for literally years trying to understand this exact concept. Thank you!!!

[@danmarcucci3207]

Awesome lesson. Thanks Rob!!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Dan!

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studying Bergonzi's book on the topic for a few months, detailing my reading skills, this video's value cannot be overstated-thank you, getting through your catalog

[@pattemacchiato4528]

This is just what I needed. Understanding the system with all its relations. Not just showing one random "super cool idea". Thank you for teaching with concept. Now I am not just able to work towards creating what I want, also I understand the music I am listening to a bit more.

[@chaz72987]

Another great video, I was just working on this last night lol I find it helpful to think of playing mixolydian in pentatonic as b7 major relative to the root chord as it is enharmonic to the 5th minor and easier to remember as b7 is the main flavor of mixolydian and this way you can keep major with major in terms of memorizing. Thanks again!

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Fantastic lesson sir, you explained a complex part of musical theory in a very simple way. Thank you for your work!

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Keep them coming, please! This tied so many things together for me.

[@QJamTracks]

Thank you Michael!

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Thank you Rob. Truly, really great.

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks!

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great lesson thanks

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i'm stunned by the amazing knowledge bombs you drop in your vids! keep it up and thank you!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks Abram

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Rob, an excellent study in chord tones within the pentatonic structure for modal improvisations. I just joined your Patreon QjamTracks. I have learned so much from your UA-cam videos. You have made me a much better guitar player. I just started jamming with a group on Sundays, they have no idea what I am playing but they like it! Thanks so much!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks for your nice comment Don. So good to hear the video actually work for people. And thanks a great deal for becomming a patreon!!!

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Awesome!

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Finally found you, love the content and your instructional videos. You cut through the chase and deliver the goods. Off course your jam tracks are awesome too. Thanks Rob!

[@QJamTracks]

Thanks man for your nice comment!

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[@QJamTracks]

Thank you!