Pentatonic Scales: The Easy Way!!
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- Опубліковано 15 тра 2024
- This is the easy way to learn the pentatonic scale. Really? But another video on the minor pentatonic scale? Yes, actually, this is the way we all should have learned it the first time.
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02:22 Introduction
03:32 Lesson
11:11 Wrap Up
12:21 Bloopers
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Omg! Somebody finally showed me how to work the fret board in a language that is understandable. Nobel Peace Prize coming you way. Thanks so much, now I can go learn how to use this with practice and confidence. Sooooo appreciated.
Hey Steve! This is a great comment, so glad this one landed well. Once you start to look at the fretboard like this it unlocks rapidly. Chords, scales, arpeggios all follow this mechanism.
Welcome to the open door!!
"It's always better for you to find the limits of the instrument than the instrument to be limited by your capability." That is gold sir.
Thanks, Mikey! See you at the end of the month!
@@curiousguitarist Stoked!
Wasn’t that LAO TSZU ?
@@lukeyduke9732 Who? Tzu?
Absolutely 24 karats!!!
Been playing 25 years and this was a light bulb moment for me. Thank you!
You are so welcome, Ryan, glad you’re here!
me too!!!
Same here
I’ve been playing for 20 years, and I’ve been in a rut these past few months. You just reignited my passion, and gave me something exciting to learn again
Best thing I could have read today, Bobby! Thanks for this!
Such a simple concept and an approach I’d never considered. This lesson is gold!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it ednaplate! I'm glad you're here.
And that's not even an exaggeration! 👍
Watching your extraordinary explanation I come to the conclusion that the Master is not the person from which you will learn "everything" you need to know, but the person from which you will learn "the only" thing you need to know. Thank you so much
That is so kind, Tudor. Thank you and I’m so glad you’re here
"Taking the cognitive load out of mapping the pentatonic scale across the entire fretboard" is an incredible hook and deserves a subscribe on that alone.
Thanks Chris, I appreciate that. Glad you're here.
It is addicting isn't it
Man, Ive been playing for ages and hit the famous intermediate plateau. Im trying to break this with learning the basics of the pentatonic scales. Your vid helped me find the logic in the guitar again! Much appreciated!!!
So glad to hear that! Happy that this one has landed well for you.
Thank you Chris, much appreciated. I've played for over 25 years, mostly as a vocalist and rhythm guitarist so I have the dexterity... these little nuggets are super valuable to guys like me who are wanting to get into more lead guitar.
So glad you enjoyed it!
That's actually a very good exercise and one that, unusually, provides more benefit the longer you've been playing. It's very easy to play scales the same way over and over again, which means that when we land on a note and our brain finds an appropriate scale pattern we will end up playing the same way over and over. Being able to switch to a different shape than we're used to opens up all sorts of ideas that normally would never see the light of day. Great lesson!
Thanks John, I’m glad you enjoyed this one!
This looks really helpful to me. Anything that requires memorization causes me to struggle and learning scales in various positions has been slow and challenging and worse, demotivating. I like how this strips away things that, while they may be useful to know eventually, aren't really a prerequisite. Kudos for providing such clarity.
That is EXACTLY it, John! Glad you’re here!
Thank You for this lesson Chris ! I combined your technique with Stich’s “never-lost” system and now I am INVINCIBLE ! (both systems compliment one another) 👍🏻🎸🤘
That is the greatest news I could get here! Glad you're here, and tell Stitch I said "hello!"
@pathological Flyer I instantly thought of the stitch "never lost" as well. I agree, these complement each other .. Next up the Major Pentatonic "Sherland" method
@@djbny2la I need to collab with Stitch someday!!
Doing the Exact Same thing Myself. Can’t Wait til it All clicks together ….. I’m gettin there, and enjoying the SHIT out of it the Whole Way Through !!!
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You always turn the most boring theory and fretboard lessons into fun and exciting rides !
love your lessons and I thank you for them !
Of course, Rachel! Thanks for watching
While practicing pentatonic scale shapes, I happened upon this method myself, where I started with the 1st and 3rd fingers and found all instances across the fretboard. I found it helped orient me to finding the scale at any point vs thinking 5 scale shapes first and backing into it. Good for quickly knowing the notes on the fretboard too as you anchor off the roots and finding them. I'm doing this same kind of method for major scale and its modes to with same success. Totally agree that guitarists should learn it this way first vs. going first to playing the full 5 scale shapes and thinking "shape" more than "scale from root".
The simplicity here is mind blowing. I'm digging this approach and finally moving the scale around the fretboard. Yes!
It’s so great to hear this is helpful! You can take this approach with any scale, as well as any chord too. This idea can really crack things open. Thanks for posting
@@curiousguitarist After watching your video and applying the knowledge you shared I suddenly find similar posts in my News feed. One instructs to halve the pattern and move the second half to the 5th fret or the A note on the lower E string. It sounds exactly like the first half. I use your method of switching from index to ring finger here too.
Ty so much! I'm an intermediate player and this breaks down the wall for me in transcending to the next step with improvising solos! Splitting each position into two halves alone is huge for me! I can't believe I've never thought of it like this (using only 2 fingers for root placement too), but now with some more practice and quizing my memory I won't have to pause before knowing exactly where I need/want to be in a scale to improvise solos with new phrases/runs!
That’s it, exactly!
Excellent video Chris. As a 50 plus year veteran of the guitar, I am constantly amazed of the multitude of approaches, that can be applied to learning the fretboard!
You only need one approach. Take the time to learn basic music theory, chord and scale construction, and note and interval names. You only have to learn this once and you can discard all of the nonsense you learned up to now.
@@danqodusk8140 Brother, I have been playing guitar for 55 years now. I just now am a fan, of all of the innovations that are constantly occuring with the instrument! Peace!
Absolutely brilliant thank you 🙏
You’re so welcome!
Thank you. I simply jam. I am very green. On the harmonica I jam by ear. Now jamming on the guitar. I am boring. I have a visual of the 5 pentatonic patterns. All blues keys are now possible to have fun with because of the patterns. A well placed half tone sets it up good for some melodic latin stuff. I want to learn more and when I end up jamming with backing tracks I fall into my meditative mood and just jam. I can certainly say that I learned something I will remember from your video. Baby steps for an old guy lol. Your teaching sets it up for me to search the root from a different approach. Normally using the G string to find my favorite pattern to start with. It will change as of today. Index and ring finger. My name is not Django he was great.
Thank you Chris. I’m impressed with how much “simplicity” is the key to solving “complex”. Thank you!
So true, reducing to the core elements allows for such great focus.
👌 great stuff Chris. I've been waiting for one of my you tubers to release this very thing. When I figured this out couple years ago I think it was my biggest AH HA moment ever. Only thing to accompany this is learning where all the root notes are.
Exactly! Great context, thanks!
@@curiousguitarist I also see the relation to CAGED (where the root notes are) and am currently trying to apply same to modes, just a bit trickier.
Great video once again. The minor pent is perfect for minor 7 chords, seriously so perfect.
I like to call the major pent, the major pentatonic, plus. Haha, because because if you wanna cover a chord, you’re hitting the chord tones, plus whatever you wanna add or what you think is important
Nice way to look at it, Mark!
Very helpful. Thanks Chris.
I mapped B and D notes after the A. Learned a lot.
Very helpful and I look forward to working on this for the foreseeable future. Thanks for the great stuff you do 👍
Of course!
Well, consider this old guitarist's curiosity piqued and mind kinda blown... amazing what happens when one can simplify things.
Thank you, Chris 🙏
Thanks Scott, so much. I really appreciate you being here, engaged, and all your support.
Knowing that there are guitarists that utilize some tools better than The Guitarcheologist and that there is more to learn is the both awesomely inspiring and depressing.
Go for the inspiring impulse...it's SO much better than the second one.
Thanks! Great lesson. Much appreciated. Learned something new!!
Nice! Great pointers much appreciated. Thanks
You bet, David!
Hi Chris, you only have to watch Stevie Ray Vaghgn live at El Mocanbo once to have your pentatonic world change forever. The greatest blues palyer ever and a complete master of the scale.
So true! He also used Mixolydian, Natural Minor, and the Blues scale a ton.
Thanks for the comment!
Wow! Speechless. Pentatonic scales while learning where the root notes are. So important. So helpful. Thank you Chris.
Glad you enjoyed it, Stephen. Thanks for the views and comments!
Super cool lesson and perspective of looking at that scale. EXTREMELY HELPFUL !!! Thank you for your time ! Also, you articulate your thoughts clearly. Good teacher
Thanks Morgan, I appreciate that, and I'm so glad this was helpful.
Playing over 30 years. Learned something new. Many thanks
You bet!!
Thanks for the concise and clear explanation. What a beautiful LP!
Thanks, Timothy. I'm glad you enjoyed this one. I'm also pretty smitten by this LP myself :)
Wow. This is great information. Thank you for sharing
You’re so welcome
Well Done! Thanks
Outstanding!
Outstanding as always, thank you Chris.
Glad you enjoyed it, D!
Awesome / Brilliant ! Thank you !
You’re welcome, thanks for watching!
Awesome lesson as always, Chris. Thanks for making things seem simple.
My pleasure, Franco. I appreciate it!
Terrific video. Absolutely one of the clearest and most straightforward I’ve ever seen for guitar!
So glad you enjoyed this one!
That was a brilliant lesson. You made it so easy.
Glad you enjoyed it Ken.
Thank you for sharing this sir ..this is really helpful for us
It's my pleasure, glad this one was helpful!
That 'just' made my day! Now am on my way to playing with confidence; thank you soooo much sir!
You are so welcome!
This is pure gold!
Great idea. I will try to think that way.
Brilliant. Thank you for this insightful lesson.
My pleasure!
This is one of my favorite techniques. I’ve heard it called the 2 point scale system because you fill in the gaps between two roots an octave apart.
I'm in love with this lesson. Thank you sir.
You are so welcome, Victor!
Very helpful. Thank you!
You bet, glad it landed well for you.
Got my guitar last week or so, this has helped me ao much, thank you
Ahhh, happy to hear this landed well for you.
Love your teaching, you are the Pep Guardiola of Guitar - Pep Guitarola!
Great lesson for digging deeper for all cords used in a song.
Another enriching tutorial. Thank Chris!
Glad you enjoyed it, Claudio!
I like you saying about finding the limits of the instrument. Thanks for an interesting way to approach a minor pentatonic that I can put in my tool kit and always use.
You bet!
Doing this helps to find the notes themselves. In other words, looking for all the A's and then doing it in each key, makes you familiar with where all the notes are in addition to being a great way to look at the scale. I've used the shapes for so long I don't think I can ever not be somewhat aware of them, at least in the background as I play. Great style of teaching. I became familiar with you through Marty Schwartz, another great teacher.
Great comment! Yeah, Marty is the man! I taught him to play when he was in college!
I'm glad you're here, and enjoying the videos.
First time watching one of your videos and I appreciate this approach.
In my experience, the better I am at knowing each note on the fretboard, the better I become at pentatonic because it makes the patterns more apparent.
Of course, that makes huge sense. Glad you’re here WhoWho84.
Really like this approach. Thank you
You're welcome, Wes!
This was a very helpful lesson. Fantastic review and new way to look at things.
Glad it was helpful!
Got it, thanks!
Awesome lesson. Thank you for sharing your tips 💙💙
You got it, Julio!
Thanks! I've watched tons of this stuff and you've the best presentation of all! Well, time to practice...
Wow, thanks Michael!
THIS might be the key for me. Thank you for this video!
Once you see scales (and eventually chords) like this, you won’t be able to see the fretboard in any other way.
This is such a great way to break down the lower half and upper halves of the scale! :-)
AHA! I have seen the light! Definitely an AHA moment so thanks a million! After days of agonizing over every which way to use the PS, you have simplified this so easily & have given me new energy! Its funny that when you have understanding of something, how much better you can make it work. Cant wait to go through your website. Thanks again Chris!
So glad it was helpful, Greg!
Chris,
Don’t feel bad about it. A lot of musicians are better than me and you and a whole bunch of other musicians out there. However, when you go out and get a bar gig hopefully you learned a lot of tunes and how to play them flawlessly and hopefully you don’t spend a bunch of time blabbing in between tunes and for the love of GOD Do Not play Loud! The best way to wreck a gig is to play to Loud !
I went to hear the Johnny Winter Band at Pinckney Park Rowayton CT And the opening band was Manny and the Mojomatics . The opening band was no where near as loud and everyone could HEAR them!
The Johnny Winter Band was so loud I had to walk a few blocks away to lower the volume to be able to hear them and yes they were rather good!
That's fantastic. Wow...opened my eyes. Thank you,
Hey Phil. It’s so important to look at the information you already have from another angle every once in a while. Thanks for being here!
It's been about 3 weeks. Got Am mapped and playing all over the fret board... up and down.Got an Am backing track. I impressed myself. Throwing in some slides, vibratos and bends...yeah baby!
Man that's GREAT news! Thanks for the update.
This is exactly the the lesson I needed. And I love that guitar.
Thanks, Randy! So glad to hear this one clicked. Once I started to see scales this way my dependence on patterns vanished, and I could return to them when they posed value, rather than feeling stuck in them
very useful video Chris ! Thanks a lot
Of course, Ekin!
Pentatonic is my sidewalk and you just introduced the escalator. Had to watch a couple of times but makes sense once you apply to the fretboard. Your approach is refreshing. Thanks from an old guy with a guitar.
Glad it was helpful, welcome to the channel!
Great tip, I find the extended pattern helps me move into any pattern without having to think about it.
Yeah,that’s the gold John! Glad you enjoyed this one!
Awesome, just what I need to know!
Excellent! Glad this was helpful.
Super helpful 👌
Interesting and useful way to look at it. Thanks!
You bet, Jim
Thank you so much for this lesson , learn something new everyday is what i love about Guitar thanks again .
You bet!
Good job Chris. Nice work.👏👏
Glad you liked it, Peter!
Really opened my eyes. Simple but very effective. Many thanks.
You bet! A simple point of view shift is always refreshing and usually insightful as well. Glad you enjoyed this one
Great lesson! I have struggled with scales, and I believe this is really going to help me. Also, great philosophical advice in the first minute and a half.
Glad you enjoyed this one EE!
Brother, Wildwood was like Heaven to me as a kid in the 90s. I cried when I saw on the news Dracula's Castle was burned down. Great vid! 🎸
This is incredible and definitely a light bulb moment! especially as i learnt to play that Am Penta shape all over to solo in different keys! It's the anchor shape now can use it more musically in each key anywhere! thanks Chris!
Of course!!
Light bulb moment for me, wow. Thanks for this lesson. This is beautiful.
I'm so glad it was helpful, DeerFeeder.
Excellent lesson. Thank you!
You bet, Roy! Thanks for being here.
This has just helped me like never before
I can't tell you how good that is to hear, Isaac! Once you see ANYTHING on the fretboard in this way...you've walked through a huge door. Welcome!
This is so awesome - Thanks Chris
You are welcome.
Very nice & fresh look at the pentatonic scale! Great video Chris!!👍🏻
Thanks, David.
Didn't know it could be so easy. I play for 15 years but never realized this. Thank you 👍
You are so welcome, Tom!
Great video, I remember when I learned this way, it really helped to unlock the fretboard. I love the pentatonic scale, no half steps to worry about.
Exactly!
True..👍🏼 but tastefully using some of the half steps can really add something.. not always good…🤣🤣
I am just starting to learn to play Blues guitar. I have played bass for years and sat in the pocket .. Thank you for demystifying this concept for me.
You are welcome 🙏
Thank you Sir for taking/showing us a slightly different approach on a widely used scale. 👍
Very welcome
Well done! Okay, channel subscribed already! Thanks a lot for sharing! Love it! Cheers DimiZ
Thanks for the sub! Glad you’re enjoying the channel.
Thank you sir. I was in a rut with the pentatonic scale. This helped me play something new!
So glad! Playing from the root to the root again and focusing on that really allows the scale to be heard and thus, controlled as you play it
Thanks Chris, yes, you do learn something new everyday. Been playing some years 45 years and never thought to look at it that way. 😎👍
So glad you checked it out, Mark
👍
Awesome tutorial. Made my day.
Glad you liked it, C.S.T. Good to have you here.
Simple. Sweet. Straight to the point. A lovely lesson indeed. Going to grab an axe and learn my minor pentatonic from my ring finger now. Time for this old dog to learn new tricks and give that ring finger the starting role( and at least understand that I don’t always have to lead off with the index finger) 🙏
That’s it exactly Joe! Thanks for all your support, it’s great to have you here.
I really enjoy video's most are over my head, but I always learn something. Thank you
You bet, Craig. I would suggest that they aren't TOO far above...right?
Subscribed and liked, love the video!! I do know the pentatonic scale but have never seen this before, love it! Thanks so much for sharing.
You bet! Some of the widest in-roads to fretboard knowledge are through stuff we already know, but just seen from a different angle.
Thank you for the sub, I appreciate it.
Refreshing kind of a way looking at the Am pentatonic.
It’s really fun to understand and goo deeper
Exactly!
Thanks for an awesome lesson! I just liked and subscribed. Looking forward to more awesome content!
Thanks so much, I appreciate it and I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel!
I learned both the Major Scale and the Natural Minor this way many years ago from a gifted teacher. He called it a Zig and Zag pattern, so valuable, so freeing.
Truth! Sing it, brother!!
@@curiousguitarist l learned Root to Root (Zig) playing towards the bridge and a (Zag) playing towards the nut. I was never made to play all the way across in one position unless I chose too. I also wonder why it's not taught this way. I never got stuck in the box because no one put me in there.
@@robshaffer2274 love that!
Thank you for the thought and care that goes into your uploads. Also, thank you for being the only channel on my feed not to mention the new popular beat combo ‘Metallica’.
Ha, you bet, Mike