So useful, very well put. I only really started feeling free once someone pushed me to play entire scales on 1 string at a time. It really forces you to start trusting your ear.
Yeah, I started to focus on this when I was playing more. You start to realize that (obviously!) all/many notes are available on the fretboard, you just have to choose the most comfortable position and/or the ones with timbre you're after and know where to find them, and then you can essentially play anything. It's just like how a pianist will know what each of the keyboard keys is due to it's position relative to the other keys.
@@appuser Right, and if you then get comfortable enough with the note distribution you can stop thinking and just guess where the scale would go if you move somewhere else in the neck.
It’s something I lately started to do, scales on one string….with one finger. In a way you approach more what a singer does, gliding into a note. It’s also handy if one day you’d start using a slide.
Good stuff! I was a classical guitar major, but still haven't thought about thinking in this way! Some of my favorite albums in the bg btw; especially appreciate seeing Helplessness Blues
Wow, I can't believe I didn't think of something so simple! Over the past few years, I've made great progress with my technique, but I've stopped playing anything interesting because I got stuck in repetitive patterns. This breakthrough unlocked a flood of solos for me. I started connecting the patterns in my head in a pentatonic way, then added some "all notes" shredding in certain sections, before returning to pentatonic and linking it all together. This has had a huge impact on my playing, and in turn, on my life. Thank you so much!
This is awesome. Once you start to get familiar with intervals and how they function over chords, this video actually makes way more sense at least to me.
This is absolutely wonderful! I really appreciate this way of thinking and your teaching of it is fantastic. It sounds so nice/open/free, very Eric Johnson-esque. Thank you for sharing 🤙🏼
This is conveniently the exact video I needed to find to get me out of my boxy stagnancy. Coming back from a break, I noticed my sessions were more like "Linear Pentatonic Noodling." Thanks for the content.
Super insightful. High quality lesson. Subscribed! I am definitely adding this into my practice routine. and I'm interested in seeing what more you go on to create!
I love it my man! I’ve been incorporating 9ths and 13ths in practice similar to your super position playing diagonally up and down. Helped dramatically! Nice work
I really like this. I've been practicing my forms in 3rds, 6ths, and 7ths lately to help break out of sounding the same. But expanding the boxes and your diagonal technique naturally hits these bigger intervals. Super cool. Thanks for sharing!
It was like you understood where I was "stuck". Never thought about making the box bigger to create more choice. And then following it up with how to practice for it, even better. SOO thankful I watched. Keep it up!!!
Subscribed. The way you explain things is so unassuming and humble. I just wish we could get a closer camera view of your fretboard. Peace & Health brotha!
You had me hooked from 1st second. Im somewhat of a beginner, a bit on the lazy side to get to the intermediate player, and your clear way of explanation, your voice, your relaxed posture and you taking your time to explain the lesson had me zoned in completely. Subscriber!
Subbed, u just deconstructed what i have been learning thru practice and expanding concepts. But having you explain what ive been experimenting with gave me even deeper insight, thanks for a clear and effective lesson
I came into this video, not thinking I would learn anything, but damm dude. I don't even play using pentatonic, I usually incorporate full scales to add more variety, but the way you explained how you incorporate the pentatonic scale is def gonna change my sound. 10/10
Thank you for putting this so elegantly. I've always thought this, there is nothing wrong with playing the classic pentatonic but if you love guitar, you want more, simple as that. The pentatonic is just a formula and it produces formula music.
josh thank you so much young man ! you just made the caged system make sense for me for the first time and become way more applicable in this one video. Gratitude!
Great content, maybe an idea for a future video would be to show how this correlates to improvising over chord changes and how it may be useful to see and outline chord intervals
Didn’t know I was waiting for this!! This concept was something you sort of explained in your early live streams from a few years ago - John Cordy was asking you about it!!
I’ve been doing this and had no clue it was a thing others consider important to learn. My thought processes was, I’m stuck in a box so how do I combine all the boxes. Been a lot of trial and error for me but I figured it out. It’s really nice to have someone put this into words though. Now I know how to explain it to others.
Thanks for showing this. I'm finally picking up my guitar more again and starting to relearn the "boxes". I was trying slide and hammer but not stretch over to the next notes. Racking my brain to see the next shape/ relate it to something familiar and also get away from "caged" esp. because I dabble in major keys so much. This is very helpful!
Great video and explanation. I subconsciously used this super position but without purposely using it in this manner. This is one of them ‘aha’ moments I needed. Thanks new sub here 🤙
Fantastic idea and video, thank you! This is such a coherent, creative, and direct way of tying the fretboard together and creating options. I learned a valuable new lesson. Thank you!
I have seen 3 note per string pentatonics explained before but you add some really great ideas of your own of how to look at it and it opened up a lot for me. Thanks!
I was also stuck for a long time, but playing solos on a single string and then only with playing two notes at a time and just building off of this really helped. My buggest regret is learning scales and not just trying to play something I could hum.
Top tip. I rely purely on ear and hence struggle with hitting correct notes all the time. But it does free up my playing. This should help give me structure but also without restricting me
I started doing this a year ago actually but didn't practise it very much so still have to think about it. I only learned my first scale (c major) in my 28th year of playing (now 30 years) so this is like a rebirth to me.
Great vid and great idea and lesson. Wish I had this when I was learning. Starting out I first learned the Maj pent the minor pent then major scale. Depending on what mode I’m playing I incorporate all three. Your vid is excellent and a great starting point for beginners.
So useful, very well put. I only really started feeling free once someone pushed me to play entire scales on 1 string at a time. It really forces you to start trusting your ear.
Yeah that’s another great way to practice fretboard knowledge! As long as you can use it to play in a melodic way
Yeah, I started to focus on this when I was playing more. You start to realize that (obviously!) all/many notes are available on the fretboard, you just have to choose the most comfortable position and/or the ones with timbre you're after and know where to find them, and then you can essentially play anything. It's just like how a pianist will know what each of the keyboard keys is due to it's position relative to the other keys.
@@appuser Right, and if you then get comfortable enough with the note distribution you can stop thinking and just guess where the scale would go if you move somewhere else in the neck.
This was the best UA-cam lesson ever but what is crazy, Hendrix played in one area of the neck and got a million sounds. LOL
It’s something I lately started to do, scales on one string….with one finger. In a way you approach more what a singer does, gliding into a note. It’s also handy if one day you’d start using a slide.
Never been so excited to practice scales
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I've never seen this concept explained so easily. Awesome video my dude!
Thanks bro, glad you liked it
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This is the kind of thing where you wonder how nobody else has articulated it this simply. Good stuff! [sub]
This is sick, dude. I feel like my improv solos are super repetitive, so this is gonna help to mix things up
Currently in the middle of 5 day weekend due to Hurricane Helene (it passed, we’re good), and this has been perfect to learn!! THANK YOU.
Congrats on making it through it. I’m next door in Birmingham. The air is full of salt today. It’s crazy. Happy noodling!
Glad to hear you're safe! Thanks for watching!
My entire community lost something. WNC is traumatized. Stop exaggerating things for internet points
@@PRR-ny6eq where's the exaggeration though?
Nice lesson man, appreciate it. It’s good when someone comes up with a little different way of viewing things. Great playing too.
Good stuff! I was a classical guitar major, but still haven't thought about thinking in this way! Some of my favorite albums in the bg btw; especially appreciate seeing Helplessness Blues
Wow, I can't believe I didn't think of something so simple!
Over the past few years, I've made great progress with my technique, but I've stopped playing anything interesting because I got stuck in repetitive patterns. This breakthrough unlocked a flood of solos for me.
I started connecting the patterns in my head in a pentatonic way, then added some "all notes" shredding in certain sections, before returning to pentatonic and linking it all together.
This has had a huge impact on my playing, and in turn, on my life.
Thank you so much!
This is awesome. Once you start to get familiar with intervals and how they function over chords, this video actually makes way more sense at least to me.
This is absolutely wonderful! I really appreciate this way of thinking and your teaching of it is fantastic. It sounds so nice/open/free, very Eric Johnson-esque. Thank you for sharing 🤙🏼
you actually put the way i learned into words; didnt realize that was what i was doing when i got a bit more advanced
Bro you deserve a lot more subscriptions, love to hear the story of you collaborating with Nural DSP ❤
This is conveniently the exact video I needed to find to get me out of my boxy stagnancy. Coming back from a break, I noticed my sessions were more like "Linear Pentatonic Noodling." Thanks for the content.
Super insightful. High quality lesson. Subscribed!
I am definitely adding this into my practice routine.
and I'm interested in seeing what more you go on to create!
I love it my man! I’ve been incorporating 9ths and 13ths in practice similar to your super position playing diagonally up and down. Helped dramatically! Nice work
I really like this. I've been practicing my forms in 3rds, 6ths, and 7ths lately to help break out of sounding the same. But expanding the boxes and your diagonal technique naturally hits these bigger intervals. Super cool. Thanks for sharing!
It was like you understood where I was "stuck". Never thought about making the box bigger to create more choice. And then following it up with how to practice for it, even better. SOO thankful I watched. Keep it up!!!
The best video I have watched to get out of same playing, thank you so much!!
Subscribed. The way you explain things is so unassuming and humble. I just wish we could get a closer camera view of your fretboard. Peace & Health brotha!
amazing lesson, thank you for sharing this! def gonna practice. Your tone is splendid, that intro was so tasteful! cheers from Brazil.
Thank you! Appreciate it
You had me hooked from 1st second. Im somewhat of a beginner, a bit on the lazy side to get to the intermediate player, and your clear way of explanation, your voice, your relaxed posture and you taking your time to explain the lesson had me zoned in completely. Subscriber!
Subbed, u just deconstructed what i have been learning thru practice and expanding concepts. But having you explain what ive been experimenting with gave me even deeper insight, thanks for a clear and effective lesson
Mind blowing… It’s quite diference, beteween know the box shape, how to use them, and after, how to mix, thank you!
Great fuckin job man👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
You killed it. One of the best communicative tutorials that actually had substance.
Keep rockin🤟🏾😎🎉
@@TheMorefield All women have adopted Tomi Lahren's mantra, you can counter it by taking a woman on a date and getting 2 bills when you order. 🤣
I came into this video, not thinking I would learn anything, but damm dude. I don't even play using pentatonic, I usually incorporate full scales to add more variety, but the way you explained how you incorporate the pentatonic scale is def gonna change my sound. 10/10
Thank you for putting this so elegantly. I've always thought this, there is nothing wrong with playing the classic pentatonic but if you love guitar, you want more, simple as that. The pentatonic is just a formula and it produces formula music.
Thank You! I’m self taught and have been feeling stuck with improvising, this has open the road map!!
Yea this raw
Ugghhh Bro i got to the good part
After 4 years of owning the tab, I’m finally getting around to learning “Kepler”. Thank you for being an amazing inspiration! 🎉🤘
The improv you did at around 8 minutes was very cool. Can't wait to pick up my geetar and give this concept a shot!
Thank you so much for a great way to look into scale's "neighbour" boxes!
This is so refreshing.
josh thank you so much young man ! you just made the caged system make sense for me for the first time and become way more applicable in this one video. Gratitude!
Playing scales on specific string sets is a good one too.
Great content, maybe an idea for a future video would be to show how this correlates to improvising over chord changes and how it may be useful to see and outline chord intervals
Truly handy tip ... after a while practicing it, it felt very natural - and yes - it is expanding the fretboard for me. Thank you.
Talked about this with Cordy in a lesson awhile back, really opened up new pathways for me!
great explanation, production quality and tone, keep it up!
Didn’t know I was waiting for this!! This concept was something you sort of explained in your early live streams from a few years ago - John Cordy was asking you about it!!
Yeah! It’s something I’ve been talking with students about a lot recently. I felt making a video could be really useful
This is exactly what I’ve been looking for! And you explained it perfectly! Just got a new sub!
Good stuff man! Very new concept for me that will keep me busy. God bless you for sharing this.
I’ve been doing this and had no clue it was a thing others consider important to learn. My thought processes was, I’m stuck in a box so how do I combine all the boxes. Been a lot of trial and error for me but I figured it out. It’s really nice to have someone put this into words though. Now I know how to explain it to others.
Super cool video. Love the content, guitar, your plants and how you set up the shot in general. Great work!
Thanks for showing this. I'm finally picking up my guitar more again and starting to relearn the "boxes". I was trying slide and hammer but not stretch over to the next notes. Racking my brain to see the next shape/ relate it to something familiar and also get away from "caged" esp. because I dabble in major keys so much. This is very helpful!
Man this makes me want to get back in to guitar and get good. Thanks for really clear and understandable coaching here, Josh!
Very very very interesting concept, I’m actually practicing stuff similar to this and stumbled across your video. Will put this in my pocket 😉
That was very enlightening. Thank you for explaining it so well. 🤘
Very helpful - I am definitely experiencing the playing by ear rather than visualization of the fretboard 😣 thank you!
Great video and explanation. I subconsciously used this super position but without purposely using it in this manner. This is one of them ‘aha’ moments I needed. Thanks new sub here 🤙
Definitely going to try this for my future tracks. ❤
What a beautiful and great sounding Guitar!
Instant subscribe. You explain things perfectly my friend 🙏
Awesome video Joshua! Thanks for sharing your wisdom.
There are gonna be repeating notes, that’s okay
this deserves more hype fr
Very nice, I like the production and your playing, awesome!
This was an instant subscribe, his vibe is so clean and he is a great teacher. Really nailing everything , the production is fantastic
You just blew my mind!
So much in love with this lesson❤
so many youtube guitar players so many concepts so much legatto , you sound great original in your approach
thanks! this is helping a lot with something I've been stuck on for years. great video !
UA-cam needs more folks like you.
Thanks man. I really needed this!! 🙏 Felt like you gave me the keys to get out of that pentatonic box shaped prison that drived me nuts.
Coming from a drummer/piantist/mallet player who picked up guitar later on, this is very much groundbreaking for me, thank you dude!
awesome dude! thank you so much!
Fantastic idea and video, thank you! This is such a coherent, creative, and direct way of tying the fretboard together and creating options. I learned a valuable new lesson. Thank you!
Love the tone!
You are a great teacher, man!
Cheers 🍻[subbed]
I really liked this video. I’ve always joked that I was a very visually oriented musician. Very nice ideas. Great video.
I love the way you explained this concept ! I’m excited to work on this and start applying more scales and shapes with it .
Yes! Applying this stuff to different scales is so helpful
This is exactly what I was looking for and had been on my mind since weeks!!!! Thank you so much Joshua!
Superpositions is a cool name! Thanks for sharing Joshua! 👌
I have seen 3 note per string pentatonics explained before but you add some really great ideas of your own of how to look at it and it opened up a lot for me. Thanks!
Thanks! I’m glad you found it useful
What a fantastic video addressing such a common problem! One of the best videos I have seen about this!
What a killer video. Thank you!
Awesome lesson on the topic!! Never got this explanation before. Thank you, really helped :)
Sweet, this is what I'll be working on for the next few weeks.
Thank you for this video and knowledge. I appreciate this so much
Excellent explanation. Love it!
I was also stuck for a long time, but playing solos on a single string and then only with playing two notes at a time and just building off of this really helped. My buggest regret is learning scales and not just trying to play something I could hum.
I started doing the 3 "layer" pentatonic positions naturally while practicing, but never really understood why I liked it so much. Cool!
This is really helpful for my playing right now. Thank you
Awesome! 🤘
That clicked with me! Thank you for the breakdown
Top tip. I rely purely on ear and hence struggle with hitting correct notes all the time. But it does free up my playing. This should help give me structure but also without restricting me
Sounds absolutely awesome ✅
very inspiring! just subscribed💜
Really useful and fun melodic way to practise. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻
Wild, i've really enjoyed this. This has taught me to practise my scales again in a different view, nice man. Dropped you a sub bud.
The old memory is not what it used to be but will give this a try. Thanks!
Thank you so much, it will probably really change my lead playing behavior
Need more videos like this
Great concept! Very well explained
First solo says everything. ❤
Fantastic!!
🙏🙏🙏
Man I really needed this. I can finally extend my visual knowledge on the fretboard. Thanks
I started doing this a year ago actually but didn't practise it very much so still have to think about it. I only learned my first scale (c major) in my 28th year of playing (now 30 years) so this is like a rebirth to me.
Great job, Joshua!🙌🏻🙌🏻🍎
Great lesson! Thank you.
You’re good at teaching.
I heard you like boxes so I put a box in your box
Yo dawg 😂
😂😂
So you can box while you box.
Great vid and great idea and lesson. Wish I had this when I was learning. Starting out I first learned the Maj pent the minor pent then major scale. Depending on what mode I’m playing I incorporate all three. Your vid is excellent and a great starting point for beginners.