I still remember being EXTREMELY disillusioned about the talent of my favourite guitarists when I finally learned my first 'pentatonic' scales. I thought these guys were coming up with those awesome solos just by from 'scratch' and randomly locating the notes 'by ear'. Then I learned that they were mostly just rearranging the same 5 pentatonic scale notes in different patterns/tempos! I thought Jimmy Page was a GENIUS, then discovered he was just good at figuring how how to make the most out of the same 5 notes. lol
Wow, this is fabulous...thank you Michael! I think some listeners were not educated enough to find this useful, but I certainly did. For those who didn't, just study up kids.
Great idea! I'm trying to do more chord tone soloing stuff. This looks like a great exercise for chord intervals most people would be familiar with (I IV V).
That's why I always thought the CAGE system was silly. The 'pentatonic' scale is just ONE scale that covers the entire neck, with the pattern at the 12th fret being the same as the pattern at the 'neck' if you consider the 'nut' as being the 12th fret... I still have trouble CHANGING KEYS since I made the mistake of depending on the positions of the 'dots' to know what fret I should be looking for, but Playing the Em pentatonic from the nut to the 22nd fret isn't really very much to 'memorize'!
Really nice! I would love some tips on timing. You play the chord and then fill with a solo, then the next chord and some fill etc. Is there a way to practice keeping time so you are hitting each chord after the solo on the right time. Perhaps with a metronome. Am I making sense? I see guitarists pick up a guitar play a chord then do some really cool riffs and it sounds great (similar to what you just showed us) - I wonder if they are counting 1-2-3-4 in their head while playing.
You should stay away from tabs. It will be much better learning the “why” behind the notes you are playing. He is only using 3 strings. Look at the notes of the fret board where he is playing to construct the triad. You will start to see how the pattern repeats up the neck.
I think I was watching this expecting it to be more explanatory, like a tutorial. But now I’ve re-watched it I’ve realised it’s an ad. Which is probably why I’m confused by the 1,4,5 and chord shapes.
This is a year after your post, but.....He is playing only the part of the I, IV, V bar chords that are played on strings 2,3 and 4 ( or B, G, and D). He is playing in the key of E. So I, IV, V are E, A, B chords. Find all the E, A, B chords with the different bar chord shapes, but only play the notes on the B, G, and D strings. After you do that, rewatch the progression he plays and you’ll see that he is playing E, A, B triads up and down the neck. ...hope this helps.
He is playing only the part of the I, IV, V bar chords that are played on strings 2,3 and 4 ( or B, G, and D). He is playing in the key of E. So I, IV, V are E, A, B chords. Find all the E, A, B chords with the different bar chord shapes, but only play the notes on the B, G, and D strings. After you do that, rewatch the progression he plays and you’ll see that he is playing E, A, B triads up and down the neck. ...hope this helps.
I was about to say your need to understand more theory but i just finished the video and you were right. He talked about chord inversions but started playing pentatonic randomly saying “and thats it”😐
@@hotsloots6380 idk if you happen to be Hispanic but theres a guitarist named Emmanuel Salazar who has great videos on improvising but if you dont speak Spanish dont even bother, you wont understand 😂
@@Ryanarrecis did he start playing pentatonic? I think he was just playing chord tones on strings 2,3,4, just the 3 notes in each chord up and down the frets. I agree he went a little mindless, 😂, even he knew it when he finished...but if u haven’t already, check out some of his react stuff, kind of advanced but I think a good thing to soak up even as u learn
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I still remember being EXTREMELY disillusioned about the talent of my favourite guitarists when I finally learned my first 'pentatonic' scales. I thought these guys were coming up with those awesome solos just by from 'scratch' and randomly locating the notes 'by ear'. Then I learned that they were mostly just rearranging the same 5 pentatonic scale notes in different patterns/tempos!
I thought Jimmy Page was a GENIUS, then discovered he was just good at figuring how how to make the most out of the same 5 notes. lol
Jimmy Page is still a genius but a different kind of genius lmao. I thought the exact same thing before pentatonic's
Wow, this is fabulous...thank you Michael! I think some listeners were not educated enough to find this useful, but I certainly did. For those who didn't, just study up kids.
Great idea! I'm trying to do more chord tone soloing stuff. This looks like a great exercise for chord intervals most people would be familiar with (I IV V).
That's why I always thought the CAGE system was silly. The 'pentatonic' scale is just ONE scale that covers the entire neck, with the pattern at the 12th fret being the same as the pattern at the 'neck' if you consider the 'nut' as being the 12th fret...
I still have trouble CHANGING KEYS since I made the mistake of depending on the positions of the 'dots' to know what fret I should be looking for, but Playing the Em pentatonic from the nut to the 22nd fret isn't really very much to 'memorize'!
No idea why but I can only solo backwards, or descending. Obviously can do the easy three forward
What a great class. Thank you for this!
This truly helped out so so much
Wonderful!
Really nice! I would love some tips on timing. You play the chord and then fill with a solo, then the next chord and some fill etc. Is there a way to practice keeping time so you are hitting each chord after the solo on the right time. Perhaps with a metronome. Am I making sense? I see guitarists pick up a guitar play a chord then do some really cool riffs and it sounds great (similar to what you just showed us) - I wonder if they are counting 1-2-3-4 in their head while playing.
Cam Haines you just know brother. You can feel the music and move accordingly
I watched 2:40 to 3:12 about five times. Thanks for this quick lesson.
you solved my problem
Thank you!!!!
My pleasure!
Im looking for how to move up and down quickly when the tabs im following go from like 3 to 12
Thanks man!
Cool! Thank you
You play awesome, verbal explanation great, if you know theory but I'm not sure of the target audience your shooting for.
I thought the 1 chord was a C? This always happens right when I’m on the verge of a breakthrough haha
He is playing the I IV V of E so the one chord is E. If he was playing the I IV V of C…the one chord would be C.
Ya. He's in the key of e so the 1 cord is the e
Be better is you showed the fingering or tabs.
You should stay away from tabs. It will be much better learning the “why” behind the notes you are playing. He is only using 3 strings. Look at the notes of the fret board where he is playing to construct the triad. You will start to see how the pattern repeats up the neck.
This makes no sense to me.
Too bad
I think I was watching this expecting it to be more explanatory, like a tutorial. But now I’ve re-watched it I’ve realised it’s an ad. Which is probably why I’m confused by the 1,4,5 and chord shapes.
This is a year after your post, but.....He is playing only the part of the I, IV, V bar chords that are played on strings 2,3 and 4 ( or B, G, and D). He is playing in the key of E. So I, IV, V are E, A, B chords. Find all the E, A, B chords with the different bar chord shapes, but only play the notes on the B, G, and D strings. After you do that, rewatch the progression he plays and you’ll see that he is playing E, A, B triads up and down the neck. ...hope this helps.
Unless you break it down SLOWLY I will never learn this. At your level it's all jibber ish to me.
He is playing only the part of the I, IV, V bar chords that are played on strings 2,3 and 4 ( or B, G, and D). He is playing in the key of E. So I, IV, V are E, A, B chords. Find all the E, A, B chords with the different bar chord shapes, but only play the notes on the B, G, and D strings. After you do that, rewatch the progression he plays and you’ll see that he is playing E, A, B triads up and down the neck. ...hope this helps.
Terrible instruction narcissistic.
Yeah....explained nothing. Why not just make a video showing your skills cause that's what its all about right? terrible
I was about to say your need to understand more theory but i just finished the video and you were right. He talked about chord inversions but started playing pentatonic randomly saying “and thats it”😐
@@Ryanarrecis Disappointing huh? I see this way too frequent.
@@hotsloots6380 search up stitchmethod. I hope his videos help you. God bless
@@hotsloots6380 idk if you happen to be Hispanic but theres a guitarist named Emmanuel Salazar who has great videos on improvising but if you dont speak Spanish dont even bother, you wont understand 😂
@@Ryanarrecis did he start playing pentatonic? I think he was just playing chord tones on strings 2,3,4, just the 3 notes in each chord up and down the frets. I agree he went a little mindless, 😂, even he knew it when he finished...but if u haven’t already, check out some of his react stuff, kind of advanced but I think a good thing to soak up even as u learn