HOW TO USE The Major And Minor Pentatonic Scales Guitar
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- Опубліковано 28 кві 2024
- In this intermediate guitar lesson, I will teach you how and when to use the major and minor pentatonic scales guitar. Breaking down the scale shapes and the sound of each scale. Then I will show you a cool way to easily mix the major and minor pentatonic scale together. Here is a link for this awesome blues rock backing track • Funky Blues In C | Bac... . We all use the major and minor pentatonic scales as we improvise our lead guitar solos. The blues rock guitar sound comes from mixing the major pentatonic and the minor pentatonic scales together.
0:00 Major and minor pentatonic lead guitar lesson intro.
0:45 Major and minor chords over the major and minor pentatonic scales.
2:38 Dominant 7th and 9th chords over the major and minor pentatonic.
4:40 Mixing the major and minor pentatonic scales to create blue rock lead guitar solo licks.
5:20 Locate the C root note and using it as a guide to play blues rock phrases around the fretboard.
7:26 Start mixing the major and minor pentatonic scales with-in the C minor pentatonic.
10:02 Breaking down blues rock lead guitar solo licks around the fretboard.
![When to Play Major vs Minor Pentatonic [It's easier than you think!]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MfrAepqfv2g/mqdefault.jpg)
Here’s a link for this great backing track to practice these major and minor pentatonic concepts. Happy jamming everyone.👍 ua-cam.com/video/4cs1NwbZp2w/v-deo.htmlsi=nKqs7W0ia3LHUy_t
Appreciate you.❤💪☮️🇺🇸❤️
@@gergemall Thank you Jon! I appreciate it 👍
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Do you own a patreon account?
@@borisrappsilber7019 Hey Boris, I don’t. But if you wanting to support the channel you can donate on Super Thanks. Just to the right of the thumbs up button is a $Thanks button. Thanks so much for watching my lessons! Have a great weekend.👍
Thx Rusty❤.
You’re welcome Jon! Thanks a lot for watching👍
My Lead has improved so much since I started listening to Rusty i am 60 and I have made more progress with Rusty in 6 months than I have in the past 6 years thanks Rusty
I’m so glad to hear that James! That’s exciting! Let’s keep working on this stuff in 2024! Thanks for all your support and have a great rest of your weekend👍
@@rustysguitar1 will do same to you greetings and gratitude from Ireland
@@xyzpharaoh123 👍
Same! Rusty is one of the very few excellent channels. I also like Jules Guitar.
Grest stuff Rusty!!keep em coming bro!👍😎🎸
Thank you Barry! Much more to come in 2024👍
Have a great weekend✌️
@@rustysguitar1 Thanks Rusty will do👍
@@barry5607 👍
Thanks, Rusty. Loved the concepts that you are doing in your lessons.
Cool! I’m happy to hear that! And you’re very welcome my friend. Thanks for watching.👍
Thanks again Rusty. All these years I never figured out where those notes came from. They didn't fit the scale I was in yet they seemed to work. Never even thought of a mode change in the middle.
They were hidden in plain sight for us all! Thanks so much Steve for checking out my videos! Enjoy your weekend buddy👍
Thanks as always for sharing your time and knowledge, a great little takeaway that I should have seen myself but didnt. Cheers
Thank you Martyn! I appreciate you leaving a comment. Later bro 😎
Your leads always sound so clean, Rusty ~ great lesson this evening!
Thank you Karen! Always good to hear from you! Enjoy your weekend ❤️
I’m sure that there is some telepathy happening here! This is the lesson I have been waiting for! 🙏🏻 Thank you Rusty! To you and this growing guitar community, all the best and have a good weekend! 😎☀️👍🏻
Oh yes! I’m reading your mind😲 I’m really glad you like the lesson! You’re welcome and I hope you have a great weekend also👍
Many thanks William👍
The way you teach is very easy to understand. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you so much Dave! And you’re welcome. Enjoy the rest of your weekend.👍
Thank you very much sir! Very eye opening and educational.
You’re welcome Diana! I’m glad you got something from the lesson! I hope you have a great weekend👍
I never thought about 1st finger major 3rd finger minor !
Brilliant thanks Rusty that really is a lightbulb moment
Keep up the great work
Andy in a cold Manchester UK 👍
Hey Andy, greetings from Chicago! I’m really glad you got something from the lesson! Have a rockin weekend buddy✌️
@rustysguitar1 thanks Rusty you too fella 👍
@@andrewcochrane8895 👍
Rusty, your videos are excellent! I appreciate you don’t push patreon or sell lessons (even though your quality of content is top shelf)
Thanks a lot! I just love what I do. I appreciate you watching my lessons and have a great weekend.👍
.....good lesson right here Mr. Rusty!
I appreciate the feedback right here! Thanks a lot! Have a great weekend my friend! Thanks 👍
Thanks Rusty! Fantastic little tip that you said, first finger root plays major, third finger root plays minor, never thought of it like that but it really works!
You’re welcome! It’s a great way to look at setting yourself up for playing lead lines. Thanks for watching and have a great weekend👍
@@rustysguitar1is that for all strings ? Interesting. Thanks.
@@vanpoel3923 You can locate the major minor boxes by the root note. Thanks 👍
@@rustysguitar1 oh of course, thanks
Great video. Kingfish mixes major and minor like this really well and it sounds so good
Thanks a lot Josh I love me some Kingfish Guitar! I appreciate the comment👍
That’s exactly what I’m doing Rusty, hammer that root note baby
It’s magic .. love the way you teach it 👍🏻
Cool Jonny! Thank you for the comment and enjoy the rest of your weekend👍
Another great lesson Rusty , keep them coming 👍
I’m glad you liked the lesson Alan! Many more to come in 2024! Catch you later. Thanks.👍
The deep thinking master musician! Awesome work bro! This is what the guitar world needs, the direction all guitarists need! You know, Rusty, on a side note, I've played the mixolydian scale for years & didn't really know what to call it! Thank you so much buddy!
I believe Stevie Ray Vaughan thought the same way. Sometimes he played mixolydian, but he claimed he didn’t know what that meant. If it sounds good, play it! Thank you so much for the support to my channel! Really means a lot to me. Have an awesome weekend buddy.👍
The natural minor scale is a good example of what can be implemented into a major minor solo. Great lesson once again... clearing up simple things that I'd gotten wrong years ago and I then just played by ear mostly by trial and error, the hard way literally! Although it is still part of the journey.
People if you're not sure if this is good content to follow, especially beginners, I assure you Rusty is one of the most honest, accurate and informative teachers of the Blues I've watched and learned from, and I have a lot of mixed information on what's meant to be the right way this and that from many so called experts, but with Rusty you will get a solid start, I've made the mistakes the hard way learn from my mistakes and listen to what he's saying, if I could go back and start on this I would. And what i love about Rusty's teaching is he will give you the core principles straight up thats good because you can then memorise and theorise for yourself from there for example. Instead of some expert player showing off blowing your mind leaving you more confused- Rusty doesn't do that. He explains the way it is that many successful musicians have learned from and made a lot of money from making the most of nailing the basics first, the simple to more complex stuff too.
Homage to Rusty!! 🤙🎸
I don't mean simple in the negative way.. it takes time, effort and wisdom to make the presentation simple to understand.
I really appreciate this. Great comment, Mike! I’m humbled! But I love teaching and playing the guitar. And I just wanna have fun and it sounds like you do also Mike. Thanks a lot my brother and I hope you have a happy Sunday.🙏
I totally get it, Mike! I appreciate the feedback! Keep rockin bro 😎
@rustysguitar1 when i sent that comment i was thinking it's more for the people who've started on their journey in learning how to play guitar and, most importantly, have fun at that!
Ironically it took me a lot of painstakingly pointless hours on guitar with the wrong information to understand its better to learn from others mistakes, to cut so much time off of wasting time! namely my own faults in thinking its got to be complicated if its to be a good solo, but break it down.., it's just shapes! Where you start and where you end up using major and minor scales is all relative and I'm seeing and grasping the beautifully simple concept and process, that, say Gilmour uses in say- Time solo at the start, F# natural minor in some places he adds parts of other scales, the bulk is mostly from there tho, in order to use what works and match it to what melody he's whistling or whatever when he was scoring a solo.
I just learned that solo a few days ago, im workingon it and mixing a videoto put up in UA-cam, last year it would've taken me weeks it took me a day to get the whole thing committed to memory the positions, sections, and then the timing that's something I work on next, and the nuances. Most of his songs you can overlay a solo with the lyrics as the chord progression, timing and phrasing mostly repeats on the singing parts, so it works but when he solos he makes the guitar do what no one can sing, I can't sing I stuck in to the guitar that was my thing, maybe some people can sing close to but that's what I love about guitar it's a versatile instrument. It's already pretty much perfected. I mean, today, most look towards the telecaster or the strat or less Paul of the period back then for the template today, industry cheapen things over time.
Anyway..
Still credit where credit is due, so you're welcome and happy Sunday to you and bless you Rusty.
LOVE IT Rusty! This turns all the traditional training out there on its head. This is the pro way to see the fretboard. You just surf between the 3x3 boxes. Now you don’t have to know what pentatonic shape or position you are in before you play it. You figure it out AS you play it. I bet this works well for changing keys and following the chords. Just locate the new rut note. lol.
I’m happy to hear that time! Most guitar players couldn’t tell you what position they’re playing in. Including SRV, Hendrix and Angus Young to name a few. But they know where to play on the fretboard by knowing the homebase notes! You don’t always have to play the rut note but it will give you confidence to know where it’s at. I think you really got the heart of what I was trying to teach here. Thanks for the feedback and have a great weekend buddy👍
@@rustysguitar1 oh absolutely. In today's weekly Blues Jam in NYC we played "Hey Joe" and I was able to use this "rut note" technique to easily match the pentatonic to the chord prog (C G D A E). I saw the CG as a P5 pair and the DA as another P5 pair just two frets up. Then another two frets up to the E. Using the "rut note" in the box approach I just visualized the root note of the C moving out one string and up two frets and played that major box for the G from that new root note, moved up two frets and repeated the sequence again for D to A. Great fun for someone who never played the song before. Your method made it possible for me to figure it out ad hoc or else I'd be so lost.
I think I get this now. So, if I'm going for a major sound, I'm finding the rut with my index finger and I'm picturing myself at the top right of the 3x3. For minor, I'm finding the rut with my ring finger and picturing myself in the bottom middle of the 3x3. Sound about right for the takeaway from the lesson?? Thanks
@@josepheberhardt2976 correction: for major it is index on top LEFT corner, for minor it is ring on middle RIGHT side. This is for a parallel minor/major shift which Rusty is describing. Also this is viewing the box from the player's perspective. Another cool thing I noticed is inscribed in the 3x3 box for minor is a 5-1-b3 triad, for major there is a 3-5-1 triad nested in there. Jules Guitar channel is also really good.
@@JunkYour925 Right, I was orienting vertically. Thank you!
Thanks, very good video to undertand mixing Major and minor scales.
You’re welcome Jose I’m glad the lesson was helpful! Have a great weekend👍
Sir it's a very good lesson
So many tricks I hv learnt from this lession
I’m glad to hear that! Thanks for watching👍
Brilliant stuff,you always do it! I learn something every time!
I’m glad you’re getting something from the lessons, Mike! Thanks man✌️
I’ve been playing for years but I really enjoy your videos. There’s always something new and you have a rare gift for really clear teaching. Great stuff.
Thanks for that kind comment Dave! I really do appreciate it! Talk to you soon👍
Thank you Rusty. Always inspiring. I'm working on something with a D9 in it; love 9 chords.
PS I love guitars that show off their natural grain. 😊
- Rod
Hey Rod, I always love me some 9 chords! And I also love that guitar 🎸 Thanks for checking out the lesson and have a great weekend.👍
Thanks for the great lessons! The way you put them together and explain things helps a lot. Especially with diagrams and naming where you are on the fretboard. Looking forward to more videos. 😊
You’re welcome, Chris! Thanks a lot for all your support! I’m glad you’re looking forward to more in 2024! Later, Chris👍
This is great Rusty 👍🏻 my playing has leaped forward since finding your channel 👍🏻 every week it just gets better and better. Thanks buddy 🙏🏻 have a great Sunday my friend 👍🏻🏴🎸
Good to hear from you, Dave! It sounds like you’re having fun on that guitar! Thanks my friend and enjoy your Sunday also🙏
Basically you can’t make a mistake combining the minor and major scale , it all depends on what you want to express and how the solo is developing in order to tell your story on the fretboard …. Good lesson 😊
Well said John! “It depends on what you want to express” Good one. Thanks for checking out the video and have a great rest of your weekend John.✌️
This is a great practice Piece for me. Soaking in my aging but capable head. I’m sixty eight and played for decades mostly self taught and just now learning pentatonic scales and the proper way to use a pick to play lead guitar. ❤ thx Rusty.
What an awesome lesson Rusty!!! By the way I think you mix a lot the perfect 4th on Major and sound great, am I right?
Of course, major 3th on minor is very used/typical.
Approaching root from b7 in minor sound great.
I loved passing tone b6 to 6 in major.
Bending full tone from 2th to 3th on major... great.
Uff! I think I must go deeper to catch all the nuances you use my friend.
Thank you very much for helping us to get better my friend!
Hey Rafa, you’re right I do use a lot of those intervals. But honestly, I don’t think of those intervals at all when I’m improvising. I just locate the major and the minor boxes with that root note. Then create the sound I’m looking for over each chord. But it is so good to know those intervals for confidence on the fretboard. Thanks for all the feedback and have a rockin weekend buddy.✌️
Pinky or forefinger on root: heavy truths
Oh yes, Ross! We need to set ourselves up to play these scales confidently! Thanks for watching👍
Hey Rusty good vibes, thanks again
Right on buddy I appreciate you watching and leaving a comment! Thanks so much👍
A real maestro! Best teacher for me! Simple, direct, and uncomplicated!
I’m glad to hear that Michael! I appreciate the comment and thanks a lot for taking the time to watch my videos👍
Excellent presentation Rusty. Brilliant 👍👍🎸🎸
Thanks for watching Tony! Later✌️
Awesome stuff, Rusty! Great lesson and you are a great teacher.❤🎼🎸 Happy weekend!😊👍
Thanks a lot Colourful Girl! I hope you have a happy weekend also❤️
i think i will have to watch this great lesson more than once
I’m glad to hear that Richard! Thanks so much for your support buddy✌️
Fantastic, Rusty! Always learning with you. By the way, very beautiful Strat!
Nice! I’m glad you are getting some from the lessons! And thanks, I really do love that Guitar! Thanks for watching👍
Great! The more simple the idea, the better as it reduces the cognitive load and makes it accessible to the average or less talented among us! Superb ❤
Well said! Thanks for the comment SB! Have a great weekend buddy👍
Great info. Love mixing the major and minor.
Right on! Thanks for watching👍
Very very nice Performance 👍🎸🎸🎸🙌🙌🙌🤗
I hope you liked the lesson✌️
I hope you liked the lesson✌️
You thanks again’
You’re welcome Clifton! Thanks for watching👍
Thanks
Thank you, Alan! I really do appreciate your support to my channel this way! Means a lot! Later, bro 😎
Very nicely explained. No memorizing scale shapes but going to the root and playing on either side for major minor tonality.
Right on! I like to keep it simple and just play the guitar! I appreciate you taking the time to watch my lessons and also I appreciate your comments. Thanks and enjoy your week.👍
Thank you so much! You rock!❤
You’re welcome and! Thanks for rockin with me! Enjoy your Sunday🙏
I love that fender every time I see it 😍 ash or alder? And why a humbucker instead of a single coil ?
I bought the Guitar used but I’m pretty sure that it’s an ash body. The Hucker just makes it a little more versatile for some thicker tones, but I still like my other Strat with the single coil also. Always good to hear from each Jeff! Have a great rest of your weekend.👍
Great lesson and thanks Rusty, just what I'm trying to get my sweed round.
You’re welcome bud! I’m glad you got something from the video! Thanks for leaving a comment. I appreciate all your support.👍
love your lessons. Thanks
I appreciate that! And you’re very welcome! Thanks for watching👍
Thanks Rusty…love this idea
You’re welcome! I’m happy that you liked the video! Enjoy the rest of your Sunday 🙏
Great lesson
I’m happy to hear that! Thanks for watching👍
Brilliant lesson Rusty..........thanks Paul from Ireland
Thank you, Paul! I always appreciate you watching👍
Great!!!
Thanks a lot Mary! I really do appreciate all your support❤️
TY
You’re welcome Harold! Have a good week👍
Kindly make a funk grove with lead ...tricks 🙏🙏
Beginner here with a question. At the start of the video when you were showing the C major and minor pentatonic scales you played the C F G chords. How do you know to play those, and would they be different if you were to play the E pentatonic scale. Thanks for your great vids, I'm learning a lot.
There’s a little deeper theory involved, but there are scales that go with certain chords. The E pentatonic scale works over different chords yes. I have a great video coming out this morning on this very topic. I hope to see you there. Thanks a lot for checking out my videos and have a great weekend.👍
So if I understand correctly, the same position on the C pentatonic scale is the exact same for any chord anywhere on the neck?
You can find the major, or minor Pentatonic scale by locating the root note on the low E string. In the video, I just demonstrated how to find it with the C chord. Thanks for checking out the video Michael happy Sunday.🙏
I hate to ask it this way, but it's not clear to me in the video. So, third finger on root sets me up to play minor....which minor pattern am I in. First finger on root sets me up to play major.....which major pattern am I in. I hope the question makes sense. Thanks, Rusty.
Hey Joseph! Actually any pattern. I rarely play up and down the whole pattern anywhere. I like using the small box shapes. By locating the root note you can play major, or minor pentatonic phrases. Thanks a lot for checking out the video. Have a great weekend.👍
I have a doubt . Does shape remains same or varies when we start from different string instead of E , for eg from A or D . Please help I’m looking for this answer. Could not find anywhere . I don’t have access to teacher too .thank you ❤
Yes. No matter what string you start on it still the same pentatonic scale. I almost never start on the low E string. I start in the middle of the scale most of the time if I’m improvising. Thanks for checking out the video.👍
Great lesson for blues rock. Heck, just the rhythm concepts were useful with the C7 F9 & G7. ( now I get why it’s a F9. & not a major 7 add9). I realize that isn’t the lesson but that’s where my brain went. I’m going to apply the finger positioning you mentioned. That seems really helpful. Thanks again for sharing your knowledge and experience.
That’s awesome! Making these little connections on the fretboard is exciting! It makes Guitar playing fun for us! I have fun making these lessons. Thanks a lot for watching! Have a great weekend.👍
Hi mein lieber Freund, super gemacht, vielen lieben Dank dafür 👍 Siggi und Anne 🔔🎹
Thank you, Siggi! Have a great weekend👍
its more interesting to mix a pentatonic against mixolydian ,
Thanks, Jeff
Just so I understand, when you switch from major to minor chords, you've also changed the key right? Because none of those chords are in the key of C...
This is all in the key of C. You can use the major or minor pentatonic scale over the C-F-G chords. Blues and rock players have been doing it for decades. There were no minor chords in this progression just the minor pentatonic scale. When you play a 7 or 9 chord you can improvise with the major or the minor scale. Thanks for watching Tom.👍
But not cmaj right? Because none of those minor chords is in the key of cmaj.. cmin, fmin and g min would be the key of Eb no?
@@tomschelfaut I just re-watched the video. A general rule is to use the major pentatonic over major chords. The minor pentatonic over minor chords. But when you add the 7 or 9 chords you can use either scale or mix them
@@tomschelfaut but yes, the minor chord progression is in C minor. Which are the same notes as Eb major.
What's a "rhut note?" 😁😆
We need the RUT note 😂
You using c major c minor pentatonic over ALL those changes, or switching to the roots of the IV V???
Yes! But I was targeting other notes in the 4 and 5 chords within those major minor pentatonic boxes. Thanks a lot for checking out the video! I appreciate the question👍
@@rustysguitar1 sounded like you were pimpin’ each one’s chord tones cuz C pentatonics over the V is pretty clashy