Thanks for watching everyone! Get more lessons like this on my Patreon at www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver or check out my guitar instructional books available on Amazon www.bluemorris.com/shop
I have been playing guitar for almost 50 years and then when Covid hit, I decided to actually learn some theory and something I have always wanted to do which is play some lead and solo and understand what I was doing. I picked up quite a bit in 2 years and then found you. Your simple explanations have opened up a lot of doors for me to help take what I have learned and start applying it. Knowing scales is one thing but moving into them, using them to compliment chords and such has helped me advance a lot. Wanted to just let you know that. You simplified the cage system (without calling it that) dramatically so I can actually use it. Thanks.
Thanks Keith! That's really great to hear. You might also enjoy our Patreon lessons group, you can check it out here www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver
I actually picked the guitar up for the first time at the beginning of the pandemic at 57… my Doc told me I’d better find a hobby to get me through this… lol. I’ve been teaching myself all of the chords and pentatonic shapes and found that theory was the only way I could put all of the puzzle pieces together. Now however, I’m stuck in pentatonic purgatory… it sounds good but I want more.
He did that to me too and my years of messing around are 15 ~ 76. Maybe one of theses days I'll get it eh? This lesson is a life-changer. I have his book too and I'll be studying every paragraph. Blue is so laid back and cool. Thanks Blue. I wish you were in Ontario.
I don’t normally comment but just had to in this instance. For years I have been trying to work this out, and this guy just explained it so clearly in a matter of minutes. Great lesson thank you
Been playing guitar for 40 years, keyboards for 35... This is the FIRST video on soloing that makes sense to me! Sod work, I'm going to pull out the guitar....
I just love this guy, Iv been playing since just gone 10pm and finished up 2.5 hrs later and learning more from this guy. And now this video just nailed it. To actually be really looking forward to jamin again tomorrow and knowing what to do instead wingin it, which can also turn out good, at times lol. But this is teaching at its best. If I had a guitar teacher 30 years ago like this guy , I can only imagine what I’d be doing with the guitar today.
Thank you! I've been playing for 36 years. I'm 53. I play in our church praise band and up until recently I've never tried to solo over the chord changes. I always just played along with the chords. I (and my band mates) have enjoyed my new found "noodling". Your lessons make it easy. I've known "easy shape" for most of those 36 years, just never really used it. Not sure if you are a believer, but your lessons are helping me help others praise God!
Cool, glad to hear it, thanks Mark! You might find Major pentatonic especially useful for your praise band -- major pentatonic has a great sound for that. If you haven't already seen this other video of mine, this may help: ua-cam.com/video/giAAVurIcmQ/v-deo.html
Oh my god. Someone who can actually show me things in a way I can make sense of and remember. Thank you so much for making my soloing so much easier. I will 100% check out all your lessons and tips 🙂
Bro, I've been playing guitar for a long, long, time. That being said, I'd be willing to bet that your teaching style has helped countless guitarists on UA-cam. I tune in simply for your phrasing, both musically and verbally. "Funny B string pentatonic!" Lol Good job my friend!
Watched tons of YT vids about scales and other guitar lessons and got stuck at one point, kept playing the same scale tune. Until I watched your video. Made a lot of progress. So easy to understand. Thank you. I learned how to improvise.
You need more people watching this channel as I can honestly say they are the best lessons I have come across especially from a intermediate self taught hack! Cheers
Dammit Blue, you're costing me a fortune in electricity ⚡ because you've given me so many 'light bulb' moments 💡 Sometimes it just takes someone to point out (in a simplistic way) what is, and has been, right in front of your nose all the time. Thank you once again.
Thank you for this fantastic lesson. This is one of the greatest instructional videos for soloing with pentatonics on guitar ever. I have been playing 50 years and when I practice this it will be a breakthrough for me.
Love this lesson, something I probably knew but never connected. I know all the shapes and can move between them. The problem I face is that it still doesn’t sound melodic. Can you do a lesson on how to make it sound more musical instead of just moving from note to note. It’s not just note selection, it’s how quickly and differently you move between the notes that I can’t seem to improve on. Great to see the channel growing!
I struggle with this also. I can run the fretboard in both directions, skip strings, jump patterns, etc. But when I "play" it still sounds like a scale exercise.
It's hard for me to say that these lessons are the abosloute best I've come across, because there are several good teachers out there on UA-cam. BUT I can definitely say that your approach and style is hitting me at the perfect time in my development as a player (advanced intermediate, by my own reckoning). Your videos are great, and I expect to join your patreon lessons soon. Keep up the good work!
Like many other comments on here already, this is a light bulb moment for me! Thank you for explaining this stumped question of "Life, the Universe, and Everything!" Ok maybe it's not 42 but dang I have NEVER seen this explained by any other UA-camr. Thank you from a fellow (Ontario) Canadian!
My mind has felt like a dam, with all this knowledge I’ve been learning building up - unable to flow, pressure mounting up as it pushes again the dam It feels like you just came along and unlocked a door in the dam and everything just flooded out. Instant subscribe
This is a great explanation to help guitarists unlock the fretboard, without needing to read anything other than the shapes they already know. I just came from a video where the guitar was much clearer and less buzzy, so I suspect your action is a little too low.
This is a great introduction into playing over the changes, but most guitar players still need to know which note or note options they need to land on last....before the change. Especially if they hit the chord first and then finish on a lick before the change.
That’s awesome - what about major chords? Maybe you already made a video on that and i missed it .. but this one was really awesome - one of the best videos i ever watched 🤘
Great channel, you explain things so much better than other teachers.... Ive been struggling with this for ever and you made it simple.. One idea would be to show licks for the 4 and 5 chords. I always get gummed up in the 5 position as I switch positions but the 5 chord is only played for a short time so by the time I switch its time to switch again....
Crazy how obvious it is when it’s well explained. The L shape tells you where to start the change or see the pattern of the funny b string lol. Thanks for another great lesson that gave the exact direction one needs to go. Got your book not long ago and will spend some time with it in the coming months. Thanks again 👏
I’m pausing the video at the 3 minute mark to ask this question. When you switch to Dm pentatonic east shape, you’re playing in the key of Dm, but the song is in Am. Why does this work? Everything I’ve learned so far says to stay in key, and go into a different pentatonic shape, but nope you stayed in easy shape and just changed frets. Mind blown a bit. Ok, at 7:30 you’re switching keys again. 🤯
You can use minor pentatonic of each minor chord. It's not really a key change. Those 5 notes of the pentatonic are still all in key. For example, the notes of the full A Minor are A B C D E F G. The notes of Minor Penta are A C D E G. The notes of D Minor Penta are D F G A C. They are still all notes in the key of A minor. It works if you change everything to major as well. Pentatonics are like magic.
Another great lesson, Blue! Hey, I'm always hearing triplet rhythms embedded in some many licks. And the hammer-ons and puill-offs are also intriguing. Would you consider a lesson unpacking triplet patterns and maybe another doing Hammer-on/pull-off techniques? Keep 'em coming man.
It sure does work in major with the Major Pentatonic scale. Maybe even better. Try this video of mine which is similar but for major pentatonic. ua-cam.com/video/giAAVurIcmQ/v-deo.html
Lightbulb moment! My practicing might need a new pattern.... too much noodling, it doesn't count much for progress lol!! Where I get fuzzy is when to use what shape of the said scale! I may need to read a little more theory ... I know I like knowing why.. things work!
I have video about my pedal board here ua-cam.com/video/u8cCd1yt2zs/v-deo.html that being said, what's on the board changes a bit depending on the band/music I'm playing
Will this concept work in a 1-4-5 blues - or just a minor blues? I thought there were times when you didn't want to go to the minor 4 pentatonic. Thanks!
Good point, this is definitely for a minor blues, or a minor key that has a IVm chord. Generally speaking when you have a minor chord, you can use the minor pentatonic of that chord. Thanks for the great question 😎🎸
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver Great.. will watch!! But while noodling around (gasp!) In A Major Pentatonic, I found the D note outside the scale is in fact the Lazy B string (4th position) of the D Major Pentatonic. Right there inside the Easy Position of A Major Pentatonic. Good stuff!! 🙏
Thanks! I’ve been waiting for you to talk about this! So all Am shapes are pattern 1 and all Dm shapes are pattern 4 ? How does this link to the caged system or does it… I thought in your other video with CAGED system and playing over chords that pattern 2 goes with any chord using the E shape But maybe that’s the major pentatonic.. yikes I get so confused with what patterns go with which chords… ugh I’d appreciate any clarification ,thanks😊
Hi Julie, If I understand your question.... all the pentatonic shapes are movable, just like bar chords. So Shape 1 aka Easy Shape has its root on the low E string. Therefore if we start Easy Shape with the first finger at the 5th fret of the low E string, we would have A minor pentatonic. But if you move that same shape up to the 7th fret, it would be B minor pentatonic.
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver yup I know all of that but what I guess I mean is if someone is playing a G on the third fret (which is an E shape chord) then I can use pentatonic pattern 2 to solo over that then if they play a C on the third fret and 5th (which is an A shape chord) then I can use pattern 5 pentatonic to solo over that .. (and G shape chords are pattern 1 and so on)so that each caged shape has a pentatonic pattern to go with it? now in this video you say any Am shape anywhere you use pattern 1 (easy shape)minor pentatonic over it and a Dm you play pattern 4 (funny shape you call it) so all minor chords are either an Am or Dm shape right.. lol.. I’ve been trying to practice how to play a chord and do a bit of solo all in the same space then switch to another chord and do the same with a 1,4,5 progression. I watched your other video on that and it helped me. ( Can you play chords and solo at the same time)I know all the pentatonic shapes and working on using the CAGED shapes all over the frets. Sorry for sounding so confusing ..maybe I’ll just join your patreon..😊
@@julielocke-balish1707 It's hard to explain in a comment but I think you are getting it. Any E-shape chord you can use Shape 2 for Major pentatonic. Any Em-shape chord you can use easy shape 1 for minor penta. And etc. Each chord looks a bit like a scale shape. That means we are changing scales for each chord. Which is cool when it suits the song. Though we don't have to. We could also just stay in the scale for the root chord even as the chords change. We have options. If you're still stuck get in touch with me through my website or Patreon maybe I can help 😀
I always use the "first finger pinky rule" to find Major Pentatonic. I find it easier than counting frets. Also it helps us to see where the root is. There's a video on that here: ua-cam.com/video/2vXMecfmhdc/v-deo.html
Thanks! I don't know if it has a name. It's very old. It opens up and becomes a desk. It's too old to use as a desk anymore but that part is great for storing things.
@@JohnMarcell It's a writing bureau with showcase. The sloping front piece hinges down onto two runners that slide out, making it into a desktop. They often have a leather surface there too.
It's true it's partly because of the notes that are removed, but still there is dissonance when we play, say, A minor pentatonic over a song in A major. But it's the sound of the blues and rock, and it has been around for over a hundred years now, we're used to hearing it. It's "good" dissonance.
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver so do I just follow the same guidelines as in this video? Play a minor pentatonic over the A chord, play d minor pentatonic over the D chord, and e minor pentatonic over the E chord?
@@nckcunningham I see what you mean... not quite. If you have a major key I - IV - V, let's say the key of A, the blues or rock thing to do would be to play A minor pentatonic over the whole thing. But if you want to change scales in that case, it would be better to use other options, like a different Major pentatonic for each of the I the IV and the V. This video here called the Magic Scale covers that: ua-cam.com/video/giAAVurIcmQ/v-deo.html
That loop was made with the Digitec Trio looper. It has drums and bass. Most of my backing tracks I just record in advance with the looper. But that pedal is very useful.
Not really a key change. Turns out that the notes of the pentatonic for the IV and V chords are still all in key. Remember pentatonics are only five notes of full scale so they all overlap those seven notes. You could even think of it as a clever arpeggio for each chord: root, min3, 4th, 5th, min7.
What confuses me wirh this explanation is that if the song starts out in Am and you play the easy shape/pattern 1 how can you also play the essy shape/pattern 1 up the neck where you play the Dm? Wouldnt that but the solo in a different key? .....then I watched the video further and saw you playing position 1 and 4 in the same section of the guitar. I always thought i had to move up and down the neck to change which patrern I played, orherwise id be playing in a different key. Maybe I don't understand the key???
You might need to review a few things forst. There are five different pentatonic shapes to cover the fretboard. This video may help ua-cam.com/video/HwsZj5TIuy0/v-deo.htmlsi=hXfIVDZUTzV09CtQ Also this video shows 5 licks in 5 shapes ua-cam.com/video/yBaFXm9kek8/v-deo.html
It's a music term to refer to the relationship of the chords to each other. If Am is the 1 chord (the root chord), then Dm is the 4 chord, and Em is the 5 chord. Normally we use roman numerals for this, so I, IV, V. Works for any key. In C major, C is the I chord, F is the IV chord, and G is the V chord.
Not necessarily. The key center stays the same. Pentatonic is only five notes and we're just using it to highlight the notes of the chords underneath. Those five notes don't actually take us to a different key by coincidence. That's one of the great things about pentatonics.
Massive light bulb realizing that the "funny b string shape" is simply the easy shape shifted over one string while keeping in mind the tuning difference between the g and b strings.
![The Best Pentatonic Exercise? [Master All 5 Positions]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/n2H6EMHbU7Q/mqdefault.jpg)
Thanks for watching everyone! Get more lessons like this on my Patreon at www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver or check out my guitar instructional books available on Amazon www.bluemorris.com/shop
I have been playing guitar for almost 50 years and then when Covid hit, I decided to actually learn some theory and something I have always wanted to do which is play some lead and solo and understand what I was doing. I picked up quite a bit in 2 years and then found you. Your simple explanations have opened up a lot of doors for me to help take what I have learned and start applying it. Knowing scales is one thing but moving into them, using them to compliment chords and such has helped me advance a lot. Wanted to just let you know that. You simplified the cage system (without calling it that) dramatically so I can actually use it. Thanks.
Thanks Keith! That's really great to hear. You might also enjoy our Patreon lessons group, you can check it out here www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver
I actually picked the guitar up for the first time at the beginning of the pandemic at 57… my Doc told me I’d better find a hobby to get me through this… lol. I’ve been teaching myself all of the chords and pentatonic shapes and found that theory was the only way I could put all of the puzzle pieces together. Now however, I’m stuck in pentatonic purgatory… it sounds good but I want more.
After 42 years of proaudio engineering in 2020 I decided to learn to play guitar
Best move ever
Playing in a band is a blast
@@clhsound nice! I don't think anyone ever regrets learning guitar 😀
I’ve been playing since I was 12. I’m 69 now and you gave me a lightbulb moment. 👍🏼
Great to hear! Thank you for saying!
He did that to me too and my years of messing around are 15 ~ 76. Maybe one of theses days I'll get it eh? This lesson is a life-changer. I have his book too and I'll be studying every paragraph. Blue is so laid back and cool. Thanks Blue. I wish you were in Ontario.
I don’t normally comment but just had to in this instance. For years I have been trying to work this out, and this guy just explained it so clearly in a matter of minutes. Great lesson thank you
Fantastic! Thanks for commenting. Lots more content coming to the channel!
I completely agreed. I'm just a covid guitarist... I play for me... Fantastic lesson!
All i can say is WOW
you bring concepts together so easily and practically...its like you open the door and say Come on in..get comfortable
Thanks! Lots more comingbto this channel and my Patreon group!
Been playing guitar for 40 years, keyboards for 35... This is the FIRST video on soloing that makes sense to me! Sod work, I'm going to pull out the guitar....
Now it's just hearing the chord changes and timing the right scale at the right time.
True, that's also the challenge 😄
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver no kidding!! LOL
I just love this guy, Iv been playing since just gone 10pm and finished up 2.5 hrs later and learning more from this guy.
And now this video just nailed it. To actually be really looking forward to jamin again tomorrow and knowing what to do instead wingin it, which can also turn out good, at times lol.
But this is teaching at its best. If I had a guitar teacher 30 years ago like this guy , I can only imagine what I’d be doing with the guitar today.
Thank you i really appreciate that!!! New lesson tomorrow 🎸
Thanks! I have learnt more from your videos than anything else I have seen. Sending my thanks and gratitude all the way from Sydney, Australia.
Thank you very much! Glad to hear you are learning lots!
Thank you! I've been playing for 36 years. I'm 53. I play in our church praise band and up until recently I've never tried to solo over the chord changes. I always just played along with the chords. I (and my band mates) have enjoyed my new found "noodling". Your lessons make it easy. I've known "easy shape" for most of those 36 years, just never really used it. Not sure if you are a believer, but your lessons are helping me help others praise God!
Cool, glad to hear it, thanks Mark! You might find Major pentatonic especially useful for your praise band -- major pentatonic has a great sound for that. If you haven't already seen this other video of mine, this may help: ua-cam.com/video/giAAVurIcmQ/v-deo.html
Oh my god. Someone who can actually show me things in a way I can make sense of and remember. Thank you so much for making my soloing so much easier. I will 100% check out all your lessons and tips 🙂
Thank you very much! Lots more lessons on the channel and our Patreon group www.patreon.com/guitarlessonsvancouver
Buddy do you ever run out of the most useful tips on the planet for playing guitar? dont seem like it
another AMAZING video
Thank you so much
Thank You Thank You, I am an old guy just trying to have some fun and you have successfully made it possible. I am encouraged to play more.
Fantastic! That's great to hear!
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver I purchased Guitar Soloing Like a Pro & downloaded thre jam tracks, just great !!! Thank You
@dtee06 Awesome thanks! Let me know if you have any questions about the book 🎸😎👍
Bro, I've been playing guitar for a long, long, time. That being said, I'd be willing to bet that your teaching style has helped countless guitarists on UA-cam. I tune in simply for your phrasing, both musically and verbally. "Funny B string pentatonic!" Lol Good job my friend!
Thank you! Much appreciated 👍
Like a southerly wind (in NZ), the fog gets blown away some more!! Great lesson here Blue...Thank You :)
Nice one, thanks realjumper!
Nothing better than a lightbulb moment when playing a guitar.
Thank you ✌️💜🎸🎶
Great to hear thanks!
Watched tons of YT vids about scales and other guitar lessons and got stuck at one point, kept playing the same scale tune. Until I watched your video. Made a lot of progress. So easy to understand. Thank you. I learned how to improvise.
Great to hear, thanks for commenting!
You need more people watching this channel as I can honestly say they are the best lessons I have come across especially from a intermediate self taught hack! Cheers
Thanks Brett, it's growing every day, and my Patreon group too
Dammit Blue, you're costing me a fortune in electricity ⚡ because you've given me so many 'light bulb' moments 💡 Sometimes it just takes someone to point out (in a simplistic way) what is, and has been, right in front of your nose all the time. Thank you once again.
Haha good one! Glad it's helping. Lots more coming soon!
Thank you for this fantastic lesson. This is one of the greatest instructional videos for soloing with pentatonics on guitar ever. I have been playing 50 years and when I practice this it will be a breakthrough for me.
Love this lesson, something I probably knew but never connected. I know all the shapes and can move between them.
The problem I face is that it still doesn’t sound melodic. Can you do a lesson on how to make it sound more musical instead of just moving from note to note. It’s not just note selection, it’s how quickly and differently you move between the notes that I can’t seem to improve on.
Great to see the channel growing!
I struggle with this also. I can run the fretboard in both directions, skip strings, jump patterns, etc. But when I "play" it still sounds like a scale exercise.
wow this has made things so much more fluid mentally !!! thanks !
Good to hear thanks!!
I do not speak English very well, but I can understand your lesson. Thank you so much. You are a great teacher!
Thanks Ricardo! Glad you're enjoying these videos. Lots more coming.
This is brilliant. Finally I understand! Well done Blue! I think your channel is about to explode 🎉
Thank you Lucy!! I hope so.
It's hard for me to say that these lessons are the abosloute best I've come across, because there are several good teachers out there on UA-cam. BUT I can definitely say that your approach and style is hitting me at the perfect time in my development as a player (advanced intermediate, by my own reckoning). Your videos are great, and I expect to join your patreon lessons soon. Keep up the good work!
Thanks Tom, great to hear!
Like many other comments on here already, this is a light bulb moment for me! Thank you for explaining this stumped question of "Life, the Universe, and Everything!" Ok maybe it's not 42 but dang I have NEVER seen this explained by any other UA-camr. Thank you from a fellow (Ontario) Canadian!
Thanks David!!
Awesome, huge light bulb went on for me today!! Thanks Blue!!
Great to hear!!
Awesome!! Blue, your lessons are very helpful.. Thankss!!
Thanks again José!!! 😎
Thanks!
Thanks for the extra support 👍
You really make things so clear. Great lesson, thanks!
Thanks Brian!
Top video as always, perfect for Sunday practice
Great! Sundays are the best guitar days :)
My mind has felt like a dam, with all this knowledge I’ve been learning building up - unable to flow, pressure mounting up as it pushes again the dam
It feels like you just came along and unlocked a door in the dam and everything just flooded out.
Instant subscribe
Wonderful thank you!! Welcome to the channel.
This was incredibly insightful I really enjoyed it and will buy your book on amazon.
Thank you!
Amazing explanation. I'm starting to get it. Great lesson!
Great to hear, well done!
I didn't know what to expect , but I get what your doing here, cool.
From one Canadian to another, pretty cool man, thanks eh!!
Glad to hear it thanks! Lots more like this on my channel 👍
What a simple and logical explanation. I never aspired to solo, but this makes so much sense that I'm inspired to try. Thanks
Awesome! You can do it. Lots more on this channel like this one that will help you learn to solo.
Great tutorial. Great presentation. Thanks
Thanks Chris!
This is a great explanation to help guitarists unlock the fretboard, without needing to read anything other than the shapes they already know. I just came from a video where the guitar was much clearer and less buzzy, so I suspect your action is a little too low.
Thank you! The buzz is just the vocal mic picking up the guitar.
This is a great introduction into playing over the changes, but most guitar players still need to know which note or note options they need to land on last....before the change. Especially if they hit the chord first and then finish on a lick before the change.
That’s awesome - what about major chords? Maybe you already made a video on that and i missed it .. but this one was really awesome - one of the best videos i ever watched 🤘
Thanks! This one is similar but for Major key... ua-cam.com/video/giAAVurIcmQ/v-deo.html
Great stuff, as usual! 🙏
Thanks again!!!
This is just great, I got your book a while ago, and your videos really help too! Thank you!
Cool thanks! Let me know if you have any questions about the book.
Thanks this is helpful it seemed so easy. I’m playing for 3 years now never thought this way let me try and see where I reach.
Glad it helped! Thanks! Lots more on the channel and our Patreon group
Great lesson-Thank you!
Thank you! New lessons here almost every Saturday!
Another great lesson!
Thanks Brian!
Great channel, you explain things so much better than other teachers.... Ive been struggling with this for ever and you made it simple.. One idea would be to show licks for the 4 and 5 chords. I always get gummed up in the 5 position as I switch positions but the 5 chord is only played for a short time so by the time I switch its time to switch again....
Thanks! And yeah, I think you have a good idea there. I might expand on that in a future video. 🤔
This was awesome!! Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Nice lesson Blue Morris! Thanks!
Thanks Rafa! Good to see you here in the comments again 😀
Just subscribed because of this lesson!
Awesome welcome to the channel 😀
This man is picking and grinning and changing lives doing it …”crash , boom, BAM ..
That’s rock and roll,Kids .
Thank you 😎
Crazy how obvious it is when it’s well explained. The L shape tells you where to start the change or see the pattern of the funny b string lol. Thanks for another great lesson that gave the exact direction one needs to go. Got your book not long ago and will spend some time with it in the coming months. Thanks again 👏
Cool thanks Peter!
Simple=Brilliant!
Thank You 👍
Glad you liked it!
Thanks Blue!
Thanks again RB! 🎸
Awesome. Thank you
Thanks for watching 😎🎸
Great content brother!
Thank you!!
I’m pausing the video at the 3 minute mark to ask this question. When you switch to Dm pentatonic east shape, you’re playing in the key of Dm, but the song is in Am. Why does this work? Everything I’ve learned so far says to stay in key, and go into a different pentatonic shape, but nope you stayed in easy shape and just changed frets. Mind blown a bit.
Ok, at 7:30 you’re switching keys again. 🤯
You can use minor pentatonic of each minor chord. It's not really a key change. Those 5 notes of the pentatonic are still all in key. For example, the notes of the full A Minor are A B C D E F G. The notes of Minor Penta are A C D E G. The notes of D Minor Penta are D F G A C. They are still all notes in the key of A minor. It works if you change everything to major as well. Pentatonics are like magic.
Awesome I really liked it .. 🌹🌹🌹
Thanks Rajesh!
Another great lesson, Blue! Hey, I'm always hearing triplet rhythms embedded in some many licks. And the hammer-ons and puill-offs are also intriguing. Would you consider a lesson unpacking triplet patterns and maybe another doing Hammer-on/pull-off techniques? Keep 'em coming man.
Great idea thank you! I will add it to the schedule 👍
Brilliant method of teaching
Thank you Steve! Lots more coming.
another brilliant tutorial
Thank you very much!
Great playing
Thanks!
new to your channel, good stuff!
Thanks! Lots more lessons coming on the channel.
Blue, this awesome....will your book on Amazon guide me through this method? This is really resonates with me. Thank you!
Thank you! Yes Guitar Soloing Like a Pro Book 1 and 2 teach these things and more 😀
That was extremely helpful! Now I'm wondering how to apply this to a major scale.
Thanks Terry, there are a few ofbthe for Major Pentatonic on my channel try the video "The Magic Scale ua-cam.com/video/giAAVurIcmQ/v-deo.html
Another brilliant lesson.
So im guessing we can play the same minor pentatonic scale shapes over A,D and E major ?
Wish I would have found your site years ago
Thanks Scott! I've been teaching in-person lessons for 13 years, just branching out online this past year 😀
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver wish I lived in Vancouver,,would be cool to have a hangout weekend 🎸
Hi great information does this also work for Major Chord progressions ? It would be great if you could do a video on it Thank you .
It sure does work in major with the Major Pentatonic scale. Maybe even better. Try this video of mine which is similar but for major pentatonic. ua-cam.com/video/giAAVurIcmQ/v-deo.html
You are really outstanding
Thank you very much! More lessons coming Saturday!
Great instructor! Do the books include tabs for every concept that is explained?
Yes, absolutely the books are full of tabs alibi with the explanations.
Great lesson. Would like to see this in major.
Thanks Sal! This one is similar concept, in major: ua-cam.com/video/giAAVurIcmQ/v-deo.html
You make it look easy
You can do it! Time and practice.
Thank you! This will be great for playing against a backing track, or playing with someone else.
Glad you like it!
another good one!
Thanks again First Last
Really enjoying your lessons up here! Where did you get that leather strap?
Thank you! It's a custom guitar strap that my girlfriend bought for me. I think she got it on Etsy.
Lightbulb moment! My practicing might need a new pattern.... too much noodling, it doesn't count much for progress lol!! Where I get fuzzy is when to use what shape of the said scale! I may need to read a little more theory ... I know I like knowing why.. things work!
I like knowing the 'why' too. It's always what made me remember things.
Can we get a closer look at your pedal board that’s in the background?
I have video about my pedal board here ua-cam.com/video/u8cCd1yt2zs/v-deo.html that being said, what's on the board changes a bit depending on the band/music I'm playing
Will this concept work in a 1-4-5 blues - or just a minor blues? I thought there were times when you didn't want to go to the minor 4 pentatonic. Thanks!
Good point, this is definitely for a minor blues, or a minor key that has a IVm chord. Generally speaking when you have a minor chord, you can use the minor pentatonic of that chord. Thanks for the great question 😎🎸
Great video for the minor pentatonic and minor chords. But what about the Major pentatonic? It doesn't have a 4 in its interval. Help!
Good point! You can use the Major Pentatonic of the IV chord. This video shows you how to do that: ua-cam.com/video/giAAVurIcmQ/v-deo.html
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver Great.. will watch!! But while noodling around (gasp!) In A Major Pentatonic, I found the D note outside the scale is in fact the Lazy B string (4th position) of the D Major Pentatonic. Right there inside the Easy Position of A Major Pentatonic. Good stuff!! 🙏
great video
Glad you enjoyed it thanks!
Thanks! I’ve been waiting for you to talk about this! So all Am shapes are pattern 1 and all Dm shapes are pattern 4 ? How does this link to the caged system or does it…
I thought in your other video with CAGED system and playing over chords that pattern 2 goes with any chord using the E shape But maybe that’s the major pentatonic.. yikes I get so confused with what patterns go with which chords… ugh I’d appreciate any clarification ,thanks😊
Hi Julie, If I understand your question.... all the pentatonic shapes are movable, just like bar chords. So Shape 1 aka Easy Shape has its root on the low E string. Therefore if we start Easy Shape with the first finger at the 5th fret of the low E string, we would have A minor pentatonic. But if you move that same shape up to the 7th fret, it would be B minor pentatonic.
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver yup I know all of that but what I guess I mean is if someone is playing a G on the third fret (which is an E shape chord) then I can use pentatonic pattern 2 to solo over that then if they play a C on the third fret and 5th (which is an A shape chord) then I can use pattern 5 pentatonic to solo over that .. (and G shape chords are pattern 1 and so on)so that each caged shape has a pentatonic pattern to go with it?
now in this video you say any Am shape anywhere you use pattern 1 (easy shape)minor pentatonic over it and a Dm you play pattern 4 (funny shape you call it) so all minor chords are either an Am or Dm shape right.. lol.. I’ve been trying to practice how to play a chord and do a bit of solo all in the same space then switch to another chord and do the same with a 1,4,5 progression. I watched your other video on that and it helped me. ( Can you play chords and solo at the same time)I know all the pentatonic shapes and working on using the CAGED shapes all over the frets. Sorry for sounding so confusing ..maybe I’ll just join your patreon..😊
@@julielocke-balish1707 It's hard to explain in a comment but I think you are getting it. Any E-shape chord you can use Shape 2 for Major pentatonic. Any Em-shape chord you can use easy shape 1 for minor penta. And etc. Each chord looks a bit like a scale shape. That means we are changing scales for each chord. Which is cool when it suits the song. Though we don't have to. We could also just stay in the scale for the root chord even as the chords change. We have options. If you're still stuck get in touch with me through my website or Patreon maybe I can help 😀
How to play the same in major? Switch the pentatonic box 3 frets higher to change the roots into parallel major scale, right?
I always use the "first finger pinky rule" to find Major Pentatonic. I find it easier than counting frets. Also it helps us to see where the root is. There's a video on that here: ua-cam.com/video/2vXMecfmhdc/v-deo.html
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver , Oh, thanks!
Thanks...further emphasizing what I'm slowly learning as a veteran (52 years playing ) guitar novice. 🙂
Cool thanks for watching and commenting 🙂
What’s the name of that piece of furniture in the background with the books?
Great video by the way
Thanks! I don't know if it has a name. It's very old. It opens up and becomes a desk. It's too old to use as a desk anymore but that part is great for storing things.
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver its very nice take care of it
@@JohnMarcell It's a writing bureau with showcase. The sloping front piece hinges down onto two runners that slide out, making it into a desktop. They often have a leather surface there too.
@@1man1guitarletsgo thank you
From algeria thanks its great in wish lesson you told abiut funny b shape
Thanks! That shape is mentioned in a few videos. Though try this one... around 7 minutes 20 ua-cam.com/video/HwsZj5TIuy0/v-deo.html
How does this work with a minor pentatonic over major chords like in rock n roll?
The minor pentatonic is just the minor scale with two notes removed. Play the major chords and look for the relative minor
It's true it's partly because of the notes that are removed, but still there is dissonance when we play, say, A minor pentatonic over a song in A major. But it's the sound of the blues and rock, and it has been around for over a hundred years now, we're used to hearing it. It's "good" dissonance.
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver so do I just follow the same guidelines as in this video? Play a minor pentatonic over the A chord, play d minor pentatonic over the D chord, and e minor pentatonic over the E chord?
@@nckcunningham I see what you mean... not quite. If you have a major key I - IV - V, let's say the key of A, the blues or rock thing to do would be to play A minor pentatonic over the whole thing. But if you want to change scales in that case, it would be better to use other options, like a different Major pentatonic for each of the I the IV and the V. This video here called the Magic Scale covers that: ua-cam.com/video/giAAVurIcmQ/v-deo.html
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver do you have a blues rock type lesson or series of lessons? I'll check out the video you suggested as well
What backing track setup or device are you using?
That loop was made with the Digitec Trio looper. It has drums and bass. Most of my backing tracks I just record in advance with the looper. But that pedal is very useful.
The blue note, does it matter? Classic. Sometimes the ear is the best theory
I like this approach and see that it works but aren't you changing keys with each chord change?
Not really a key change. Turns out that the notes of the pentatonic for the IV and V chords are still all in key. Remember pentatonics are only five notes of full scale so they all overlap those seven notes. You could even think of it as a clever arpeggio for each chord: root, min3, 4th, 5th, min7.
👍 Thanks
Thanks for watching
What about minor to major chords within a key?
To summarize, the pentatonic shapes contain the following chord shapes inside them:
Position 1-5 = GEDCA major
Position 1-5 = EDCAG minor
May I have please the backing track?
So I can only play A blues scale over diatonic chords changes,but I must land on the chord tones of each chords,right?
Generally speaking, you don't have to land on chord tones, but it sure sounds good to do it.
What confuses me wirh this explanation is that if the song starts out in Am and you play the easy shape/pattern 1 how can you also play the essy shape/pattern 1 up the neck where you play the Dm?
Wouldnt that but the solo in a different key?
.....then I watched the video further and saw you playing position 1 and 4 in the same section of the guitar.
I always thought i had to move up and down the neck to change which patrern I played, orherwise id be playing in a different key.
Maybe I don't understand the key???
You might need to review a few things forst. There are five different pentatonic shapes to cover the fretboard. This video may help ua-cam.com/video/HwsZj5TIuy0/v-deo.htmlsi=hXfIVDZUTzV09CtQ Also this video shows 5 licks in 5 shapes
ua-cam.com/video/yBaFXm9kek8/v-deo.html
This is so helpful, first time watching. BUT, the end lost me. What the heck is 5 chord?😂
It's a music term to refer to the relationship of the chords to each other. If Am is the 1 chord (the root chord), then Dm is the 4 chord, and Em is the 5 chord. Normally we use roman numerals for this, so I, IV, V. Works for any key. In C major, C is the I chord, F is the IV chord, and G is the V chord.
@@GuitarLessonsVancouver ok, so you are freakin awesome. I have subscribed. Thank you so much!!
@@-Tiques- thanks Andrew!
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Got it..
Well done!
好棒！👍
Thank you! New lessons here almost every Saturday
Is this not changing keys?
Not necessarily. The key center stays the same. Pentatonic is only five notes and we're just using it to highlight the notes of the chords underneath. Those five notes don't actually take us to a different key by coincidence. That's one of the great things about pentatonics.
Massive light bulb realizing that the "funny b string shape" is simply the easy shape shifted over one string while keeping in mind the tuning difference between the g and b strings.
You got it! That's why I call it Funny B instead of Shape 4. I find it's more descriptive and easier to remember which one it is.
Aka C shaped from caged