How to Memorize Pentatonic Scales Effortlessly

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  • @rickysguitar
    @rickysguitar  8 місяців тому

    NEW Pentatonic Scale Boxes MUG!
    You can't drink Yorkshire tea out of a PDF! Look at it, gaze upon your milky brew inside and learn your pentatonics on the outside!
    This accompanies lesson 67 in my book
    It's available on my Shopify store right now!
    rickysguitar.myshopify.com/products/pentatonics-3-2-pattern-lesson-11oz-ceramic-mug

  • @studiosys
    @studiosys Рік тому +8

    I think i need to watch this about 50 times !

  • @bobbyk3469
    @bobbyk3469 Місяць тому +1

    Beginner hear. GRAT video! Maybe it's the high lighter, but this is the first time I've actually understood the 5 patterns of the pentatonic!!!

  • @Wendy-11111
    @Wendy-11111 2 місяці тому +1

    I have been a "cowboy" chord strummer for almost 30 years and now trying to learn soloing. This was such a demystifying explanation for me (after countless other videos) and gave me the aha moment I needed! Your video helped me sort the confusion that has made me put it off for some time now. Thank you so much!

  • @jeromekovacik1198
    @jeromekovacik1198 Рік тому +2

    Ricky, I'm from Kentucky but this lesson is Bloody Good!

  • @123macoy
    @123macoy Рік тому +1

    This is the best explanation of these Patterns that I have ever seen ❤

  • @760Piper
    @760Piper Рік тому +11

    The absolute best video on Pentatonic’s. Should be required viewing for anyone wanting to learn the patterns. As usual, Ricky de-mystifies confusing guitar concepts and gives us the tools to make our guitar journey fun. We’ll done!!!

  • @stevenmonte7397
    @stevenmonte7397 Рік тому +15

    Ricky is in my top 5 teachers! I love seeing ideas written out.

    • @HigherPlanes
      @HigherPlanes Рік тому +1

      Same here. I discovered him a few weeks ago. He explains things very eloquently.

  • @DavidKerner-en1ww
    @DavidKerner-en1ww 4 місяці тому

    Ricky, I really appreciate your teaching style. You do such a good job to break it down in an enjoyable way. I just received your book in the mail and it appears to to be very easy on the eyes and brain so I look forward to digesting it all

  • @YonathanMizrachi
    @YonathanMizrachi Рік тому +2

    גאוני. Genius. All of TrueFire does not come close to your lessons when it comes to Theory. Thank you so much dear Ricky!!!!

  • @Chimp_No_1
    @Chimp_No_1 Рік тому +3

    Really appreciate this lesson ! Thanks Ricky !

  • @davedavem
    @davedavem Рік тому +7

    Fantastic! I love that the root note always sits in the same place in the sets and pairs. Also, for some reason box 4 has never stuck for me, but now I can see it. Perfect!

  • @donkiddick3562
    @donkiddick3562 4 місяці тому

    This is the best explanation I've seen for these patterns.

  • @desertfox3860
    @desertfox3860 Рік тому +10

    A lot of light bulbs started turning on with this lesson. Thanks for sharing.

  • @later_daze_4080
    @later_daze_4080 Рік тому +2

    These are really awesome videos! Really finding them helpful!

  • @geoboggs3897
    @geoboggs3897 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for assembling these version and then breaking down. I’ve only been playing a few year so much of this was Greek. However you made it very accessible for me to be able to learn and play.

  • @olivermatasb
    @olivermatasb Рік тому +1

    You are genius. This lesson is amazing.

  • @nelsonsilva9602
    @nelsonsilva9602 24 дні тому

    Absolutely amazing. The best so far. Regards from portugal

  • @900tks
    @900tks Рік тому

    I have been watching your videos one afternoon. Made more progress than in year before that. Absolute genius.

  • @brettrobinson4894
    @brettrobinson4894 Рік тому +11

    WOW, After all my years of playing Ricky still continues to bring the Aha moments! Something this simple but now I always know where my root notes fall in each pattern. This is Gold, thanks Ricky!

    • @jamesnicholson9392
      @jamesnicholson9392 Рік тому

      JAMES SCOTT NICHOLSON,ONTARIO, CANADA 🇨🇦 THE PATTERNS STAY THE SAME, BUT RICK HAS SHOWN ALL 5 BOXES IN THE KEY OF A. IF IT WAS IN E, THAN YOU NEED TO TARGET THE E ROOT....
      FROM ONE GUITARIST TO ANOTHER 🇨🇦✌️🙏☮️🌎🙏🍀🎸🎤🎵🍀🙏SECOND HAND LION ♌️

    • @travisbond4218
      @travisbond4218 Рік тому

      No no no this is pure platinum thank you

  • @jcwoodshop
    @jcwoodshop Рік тому +2

    Thanks Ricky ....Always enjoy your lessons !! 😃

  • @JB-se2ef
    @JB-se2ef Рік тому +5

    Another great lesson Ricky. Just been on Amazon an bought two of your books, Got one with tab pages in, save me scrubbing my own. Always enjoy your lessons, been a subscriber since you started. Keep up the great work. 🤟🎸

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому

      Thanks for your support and for buying my books too. Much appreciated, JB.

  • @mrbadiuzzaman
    @mrbadiuzzaman Рік тому +1

    Ricky is trully THE Guitar Guru on the Internet. He is so sincere and passionate about his craft that he doesn't leave any stones unturned. You can see he is constantly thinking new ways and approaches to make things simple with no fluff unlike some others.

  • @MicheleBloodphd
    @MicheleBloodphd Рік тому

    Pretty sure Ricky's a wizard. Nothing else adequately explains this magic.

  • @normanwylie1530
    @normanwylie1530 Рік тому

    Thank you very much! So well presented.. Helpful for sure. Did I say Thanks a bunch?

  • @guillermomathewskaungu2050
    @guillermomathewskaungu2050 Рік тому

    Sir you are a life saver, you were born for this.

  • @jl9363
    @jl9363 Рік тому

    This video is a game changer! I'm a new player (few months), just working on the first couple pentatonic shapes, was about to expand to all of them. Saw this video right as I was about to just pound through and jam the info into my head the hard way. After this video, I'm pleasantly cruising up and down the fretboard, I know where all the roots are without having to think or count. It's like the pentatonic patterns were just downloaded straight to my brain. This is hands down the most helpful video I've come across in my journey so far. Thank you!

  • @pataleno
    @pataleno Рік тому +3

    Great video Ricky. I understand the pentatonics now. Just don’t know how to improvise and stuck running up and down the scales. Need some basics on this.

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому +3

      Got some cool exercise’s coming soon on the channel addressing that!

  • @robertb790
    @robertb790 Рік тому +1

    Saved to my favorites playlist. Well done and thanks Ricky!!!

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому

      Stoked to read that Robert! More on this topic coming soon!

  • @travisbond4218
    @travisbond4218 Рік тому

    Truly a wonderful key that unlocked secrets for me much thanks for sharing and not being selfish

  • @markfletcher4579
    @markfletcher4579 Рік тому

    You're brain works in the same weird way as mine! 😄 I came up with this exact way of looking at the pentatonics back when my instructor was teaching me this. I tried to explain it to him but he didn't want to listen. After that I just used it in silence. The only difference from you is I call the two shapes "boxes" (string set) and "beams" (string pair). The major and minor roots are always reliably where you expect them on the two shapes. Sweet!
    Another really cool observation that initially helped me transition from one pattern to the next was seeing the "helix spiral" movement of the beams. First you have the beam starting on the low E string in the C Shape (A rooted pattern) then spiraling to the middle (A Shape or G rooted), then to the high E string edge of the fretboard (G Shape or E rooted), back around to "near" the bass edge (E Shape or D rooted) and finally to near the treble edge (D Shape or B rooted).
    The other cool observation is that the beam only gets distorted by the B string in the D Shape making it much easier to see as you move from one shape to the next. Having a diagram with these beams highlighted clearly reveals this helix and is much clearer than this wordy description. This was really as revolutionary for me to see this helix movement as it was the boxes and beams themselves. Very cool!
    Hope that makes sense.
    Thank you for sharing this and for taking the time to explain it!

  • @nbenning25
    @nbenning25 Рік тому

    🤯 Great lesson!

  • @Lillywright501
    @Lillywright501 Рік тому +1

    Loved this,the felt tips highlighted it well I know what I’m doing tomorrow

  • @talltodd
    @talltodd Рік тому

    Now we need one of these Trick videos for the full Diatonic scale!

  • @BobMarshallBand
    @BobMarshallBand Рік тому

    Outstanding presentation. Thank you for making it so easy to understand!

  • @mattkernen1880
    @mattkernen1880 Рік тому +3

    I've been playing for about 20 years. Did tons of theory in school and tried to learn to improvise and solo with minimal success.
    Gave it up for years when I stagnated. I've recently been back into it working on my lead guitar.
    This has completely blown my mind and has just unlocked something I was unable to visualize.
    I'm going back to the root notes/CAGED. This is a game changer for me.
    Thank you!

  • @michaelsamazingenglish8580
    @michaelsamazingenglish8580 Рік тому

    Ricky is great at making it simple by breaking it down. I love it!!

  • @samb759
    @samb759 Рік тому

    Thanks Ricky, I love this one, I keep going over your beginner lessons to pick up all these little tricks, despite playing for 15 years.
    I've just realised this works for the blues scale as well, the blues notes are always in the same place on the square! I've been trying to remember where the blues notes are for years!

  • @KBorham
    @KBorham Рік тому

    Ka-Ching baby! I had resolved to memorize the root note positions years ago, but my brain wouldn’t accept it. With Your visualization and naming “stories”, it slipped in like a key to a lock. Amazing how a different visualization can work like a lock key! I’m subbed, forever thank you ComisKEY

  • @otmanguitar626
    @otmanguitar626 Рік тому +2

    Great lesson, Ricky!! The way you explain this really speaks to me. Will buy your book to support what you do. 👍👏👏👏

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому

      I really appreciate your support, thank you.

  • @louielouie5120
    @louielouie5120 6 днів тому

    Good video! Thanks for the insight!

  • @jimmyrogers654
    @jimmyrogers654 2 місяці тому +1

    Brilliant teaching. Bought a mug. I never buy stuff on YT! Nice job!

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Місяць тому

      Eyup Jimmy! Thanks for supporting my work on the channel. Make sure to get some Yorkshire tea to sup in it!

    • @jimmyrogers654
      @jimmyrogers654 Місяць тому

      @ 😂😂😂 man you know what Americans did with British tea?!!? I’ll just drink coffee in it!! 🤪

  • @thunderace4588
    @thunderace4588 Рік тому +1

    Thank you Ricky.

  • @carltaylor4942
    @carltaylor4942 Рік тому +2

    Thanks very much for this Ricky! Really useful way of visualising pentatonics and always knowing where the root is for that musical answer!

  • @Seenitdoneitall
    @Seenitdoneitall Рік тому

    FANTASTIC! Thank You Ricky!

  • @scubatrooper9895
    @scubatrooper9895 Рік тому +1

    WOW! I was working on Pentatonic scales this weekend, and this was another eye opener for me! Great lesson Ricky! 🎉

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому

      Have you checked out my latest video? It’s the next one after this. ua-cam.com/video/rgBFALzqjhY/v-deo.html

  • @Lancer-X
    @Lancer-X Рік тому

    What the heck?!? Why does no one talk about this. Very helpful - thanks!!

  • @jackbenimble999
    @jackbenimble999 Рік тому

    This is pure genius.

  • @kazuki535-j5j
    @kazuki535-j5j 24 дні тому

    Thanks for your philosophy🎉

  • @dawin6710
    @dawin6710 Рік тому

    You are a good teacher. Thanks

  • @SlimErnie
    @SlimErnie Рік тому

    Wow...very cool...very cool. As usual it starts with mathematics and geometric patterns and relationshops which, although very cool on their own, makes mè wonder how the heck that helps me on guitar...but then at the end it all comes together. WELL DONE. Thanks SO MUCH!!!!. PS: the only improvement I'd suggest to the video would be to show the respective box pattern graphic when you switch the video over to the fretboard as it'd be nice to see the graphic sumultaneously as you play the shape on the neck. Thanks sgain.

  • @carolgebert7833
    @carolgebert7833 Рік тому

    Awesome. A revelation! Now do the Major scale, please.

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому

      Already did it..kind of ua-cam.com/video/os_MDBDdYSY/v-deo.html

  • @dmbar1953
    @dmbar1953 Рік тому

    Ricky. Thanks so much for all these cool and super informative lessons!!!! I bought and HIGHLY RECOMMEND your book. You make learning and playing guitar incredibly fun.

  • @oldrrocr
    @oldrrocr Рік тому

    GOLDEN! Thanks Ricky!

  • @TheeChuch
    @TheeChuch Рік тому

    That was an awesome explanation. Bravo!!! Subscribed and liked.

  • @JMal883
    @JMal883 Рік тому +1

    This suddenly makes sense, thanks for the video, and all the other great content. Edited to say have now purchased your ebook.

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому

      Thank you for watching my videos and buying my eBook :)

  • @josephchun7461
    @josephchun7461 Рік тому +1

    Thanks!

  • @TheTrumanZoo
    @TheTrumanZoo 7 місяців тому

    ricky is the best! i almost got this :D

  • @ambroseharper8316
    @ambroseharper8316 Рік тому

    Amazing lesson, thankyou 🙏

  • @ChaosophysOldYT
    @ChaosophysOldYT Рік тому

    Thank you.

  • @ricomajestic
    @ricomajestic Рік тому

    This is great stuff Ricky! This video on using the string set patterns 3 and 2 combined with the caged octaves is what opened up the fretboard for me. I am now able to navigate the entire fretboard and play anywhere. Also, it has helped me from playing these notes in a sequential order and avoid sounding like I'm playing a scale. The smaller scale chunks(string set patterns) have helped my improvisation and helped me create melodic motifs and phrases while playing. You can also use these string set patterns to create other scales by adding notes to them. So you can move from pentatonic to blues to major and minor scales simply by adding extra notes to the pattern.

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому

      If you like this video you might dig this as well This Trick Helped Me Nail Major And minor Pentatonics
      ua-cam.com/video/os_MDBDdYSY/v-deo.html

  • @umdiaaposooutro2393
    @umdiaaposooutro2393 7 місяців тому

    I found those patterns by ear, and can play them really fast, but now I have no idea where are the root notes, and what note pattern I'm playing. This is very helpful.

  • @kierongreen9789
    @kierongreen9789 Рік тому

    JUST/BRILL its time to practise,cheers K.

  • @federicof6916
    @federicof6916 9 місяців тому

    One nice thing is also expanding this with different major and minor scales as u can see in other videos, but one thing that u should deepen more in my opinion is: how to connect elevator triangles with square and rectangles? I mean if I'm improvising and i found myself on a note, i can see square and rectangle but in wich triangle am i? I mean for example i understood that when i search with my index on the B string the 5th of the root, i found the 90 degrees rectangle and so on, right?

  • @teeesen
    @teeesen Рік тому +4

    This is great. I learned the idea from another video, but this one really shows the application. Another useful way to think about it is that the whole pattern rotates by 2 strings down and goes right (or left, if you are play left handed) 2 frets as you go from one box to the next. I relate it to CAGED a bit differently though. CAGED uses major chords and this is minor pentatonic. So I relate the 5 box patterns to 5 minor or minor 7th chords so 1 is Em or Em7, 2 is Dm or Dm7, 3 is Bm7 (you could play Bm if you mute the G string), 4 is Am or Am7, and 5 is Gm or Gm7. Acronym: EDBAG. If you think about major pentatonic, then you can get GEDCA, which is CAGED, but rotated in a different way than it is in the video.

  • @carlodonnell146
    @carlodonnell146 Рік тому

    I find that it seems to be resolving on the C-NOTE too?

  • @romanwestenholtz4396
    @romanwestenholtz4396 Рік тому +2

    Haha us Americans pronounce it as 'Tamber' you pronounce it 'Tambra' Love your lessons Ricky Thanks so much!!!

  • @Kennethswoodcarvings
    @Kennethswoodcarvings Рік тому

    Are String sets 3 and 2 being on the first fret of the guitar?

  • @KenMkickashmods
    @KenMkickashmods 8 місяців тому

    Love your lessons Ricky, the PDF link was NOT the one for this lesson it ended up being Major Pentatonic rectangle. Would really like this PDF if possible.

  • @DaveRogerson-ln3zc
    @DaveRogerson-ln3zc Рік тому

    Ricky, G shape shows Major Root would be at the top right of the smaller box shapes (or top right third short rectangle). Yes?

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому

      It would indeed. You might dig this lesson as I talk about Major ua-cam.com/video/rgBFALzqjhY/v-deo.html

  • @DrAdams-fx6gy
    @DrAdams-fx6gy 10 днів тому

    ANOTHER GREAT LESSON!! How do I get this paper with the frets and strings? I also want to to put the box patterns with the note names and triads. I know the octaves , that's one thing dad explained to me earlier. Monte ( Son of Doc)

  • @DaveRogerson-ln3zc
    @DaveRogerson-ln3zc Рік тому +1

    Ricky, great video. Would I be right in thinking that if I shift the root to the other end of the string in the root rectangle and box, I’d have the major pentatonic shapes too?

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому

      On the thin bottom right note of the string pair yes. In the group of 3 the root note switches as well. I’m not going to spoon feed you the answer where it is. Work it out and comment back. The only clue I’ll give you is “g shaped octave”… 🎓 homework 🤘

  • @MrAmpchamp1
    @MrAmpchamp1 Рік тому

    Thank you, light bulb moment for me.

  • @JunkYour925
    @JunkYour925 Рік тому

    Did you also notice that there is a 5-1-b3 triad perfectly inscribed in the minor pentatonic 3 string box and a 3-5-1 inscribed in the major pentatonic 3 string box? I just saw that.

  • @jessejensen4204
    @jessejensen4204 Рік тому

    I think of Box 5 as the Top Hat.

  • @brettrobinson4894
    @brettrobinson4894 Рік тому +1

    Ricky, so if I look at this from a Major perspective the root tadpole moves in the string set of 3 to the third row top and in the string pair the root tadpole moves to the bottom of the second row, correct?

  • @frankyule4592
    @frankyule4592 Рік тому +1

    😅talk about a light bulb moment I can even find the light switches ,this just a A minor right .,how do I find the E minor stupid question I know but if you don’t know ,you don’t know r🎸🎶

  • @studiosys
    @studiosys Рік тому

    Oh thats why after " playing guitar " for 55 years i never really could map out the fretboard in my " spacial mind " ,,,, 😊😊😊😊

  • @kevinknight8889
    @kevinknight8889 Рік тому

    Did this few years ago..

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому

      And the audio was awful. So I redid it!

  • @SensitivityIsland
    @SensitivityIsland Рік тому +1

    Are you gonna do another book Ricky?

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому +4

      Absolutely! I’ve already started on my “ultimate pentatonic workbook”. It’s got some secret stuff in there I’ll be sharing here on UA-cam!

  • @MrDschubba
    @MrDschubba Рік тому

    Haha I think I’m on the verge of something clicking in my brain. Thanks

  • @ardennenwijzer2583
    @ardennenwijzer2583 Рік тому

    Fantastic lesson. That is all minor, correct? If I start with box 1 on the 2nd fret i got major. Is that correct?

    • @lysdexiar31
      @lysdexiar31 Рік тому +1

      correct, you will need to memorise the root note position for the 2 different shapes as a different spot, but the concept is the same

  • @terrycoye3373
    @terrycoye3373 Рік тому

    Another great lesson, Ricky! Since the root appears in both the 3-string and 2-string shapes, is memorizing the pentatonic boxes really necessary? If the guitarist can find the root notes, can’t he/ she just use the 3- and 2- shapes and forget about the pentatonic boxes?

    • @lysdexiar31
      @lysdexiar31 Рік тому

      if you can find the root notes and use the 2 and 3 shapes, you're in a better position than memorising the shapes as a whole. it would also mean you could play the boxes using the 2 and 3 shapes anyways.

    • @terrycoye3373
      @terrycoye3373 Рік тому

      @@lysdexiar31 That’s what it seems like to me, too. I’m struggling to find a way to quickly see the roots up and down the neck, though.

  • @brette
    @brette Рік тому

    Wow

  • @timtaylorguitarnut
    @timtaylorguitarnut Рік тому +1

    So just add missing notes and you can play major scales all over too? Am I right? Just thinking out loud. ❤

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому +1

      That’s a follow up video! But yes 👍

    • @timtaylorguitarnut
      @timtaylorguitarnut Рік тому

      @@rickysguitar great thanks and I guess if I'm thinking like you that's a good thing

  • @richardhouse7997
    @richardhouse7997 Рік тому +1

    Ricky the pdf link is not working.

  • @DidNotReadInstructions
    @DidNotReadInstructions Рік тому

    These are MINOR PENTA. RIGHT?

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому +1

      Why are you shouting?

    • @DidNotReadInstructions
      @DidNotReadInstructions Рік тому

      @@rickysguitar I wasn't. Just hit the key and it came out that way. Sorry. Didn't think it was important. But can you just change the root Note in these boxes to make it for major? Does it still work?

  • @rickrutledge7361
    @rickrutledge7361 Рік тому +1

    Aha!!!!

  • @daverinospenceroni
    @daverinospenceroni Рік тому

    What is this sorcery!!!!

  • @williamgombert7710
    @williamgombert7710 3 місяці тому

    Very clear music lesson, but i think the PDF joined isn't the right one ...

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  3 місяці тому +1

      You're correct! Thanks for letting me know. Try the link again rickysguitar.com/freepdfs?contact.pdf=pdf146

  • @mk8530
    @mk8530 Рік тому

    I sense there is something going on here, but my brain has failed me once again.

  • @KIMBERLEENA-6467
    @KIMBERLEENA-6467 4 місяці тому

    Why is a root note important I still don't understand

  • @noodlesiis
    @noodlesiis Рік тому

    You lot are a lot smarter than thee then… lost in about two sentences sadly…

    • @rickysguitar
      @rickysguitar  Рік тому +1

      Do you know your box 1 minor pentatonic? ua-cam.com/video/NPifjIzDGdU/v-deo.html
      This explains how its composed: ua-cam.com/users/livev7D2_pOwceg

    • @noodlesiis
      @noodlesiis Рік тому

      @@rickysguitar I shall give it a try, thanks ….

  • @mohamedmusa4393
    @mohamedmusa4393 Рік тому

    Another great lesson from a true teacher. I create art and I would like to share it with you?. I need your email?. thank you for your amazing lessons and may God bless you and your family. greatings from Toronto.