David, it's absolutely shocking that you don't have more followers. I started listening to your videos a while back and absolutely love them. You really spend time breaking things down and explaining it. Thanks for what you do and keep rocking on! By the way, you HAVE to do a video on Queensryche!
Whilst I watch most of the "bigger" guitar teachers on the web, I must say that I consistently get more out of your lessons than any of the other teachers. The only one who gives you a run for your money is the guy from the Signals channel. Thanks David! PS Hirajoshi is coool!
Just what I needed! I’ve been really digging into pentatonic scales and subs. Traditional pentatonic scales are often overlooked or disregarded by guitarists, but I’ve come to find they are pretty useful devices you can get a lot out of. Especially when improvising.
Great Lesson, David!!!! I love these theory focused lessons, too!!! I also picked up the new Guitar Player magazine, this morning, with your latest lesson on Blues Passing Tones! Very cool! Spans several pages!!
I love the theory behind the lydian, using d# minor for reference. A great simple way of remembering when adding flavour to your improvising. Great lesson.
Great lesson... thanks for putting it together! I know the Ditto played a cameo role in this one, but I'd be very interested in lessons on using a looper for time practice...
This is very interesting. When we play the pentatonic scales we are playing outside. Thanks. I learned this from Jimi Hendrix, Coltrane and Scott Henderson. Jimi did it on Third Stone From the Sun and May This Be Love.
The Minor Pentatonic Scale fits into Minor Blues without leaving the Minor Scale. Major Blues (the more common Blues), is where the Minor Pentatonic falls outside of the Major Scale twice (the flat 3rd & flat 7th), but sounds totally cool & Bluesy.
Great lesson, David. On the topic of alternative pentatonic scales, I recently discovered the so-called "John Coltrane" pentatonic, which I've quickly put to great use - both over familiar chords found from the major scale chord-scale family, and more exotic altered chords. Highly recommended to other players - search UA-cam for "John Coltrane pentatonic guitar" to find a great video that presents the scale in the form of some amazing sounding patterns.
Great lesson man as always bro! Great info! You have a phenomenal way with showing these processes. I read the comments by the other followers of your channel and I can see you're changing their lives! I would love you to expand this process to pentatonic substitution soloing over chords. Pretty much how we learned to play through jazz progressions. When I learned that my plain ol' pentatonic box could be in different locations to outline tension tones over a chord, my world change! You're an awesome teacher and keep up the great content!
Yet another excellent lesson,well presented and ,as always informative ,and giving new life to scales most are familiar with,as ever you are so good at giving information,in a useful,understandable way,well done ,have followed you for a while,always finding new bands /guitarists/info ,thanks.
David - Great! This is a topic I come back to every so often but haven't "owned" yet (going to a desired 'sound' with a pentatonic sub without thinking (much)). Keep up the good work.
An arpeggio is a chord as you know, but a chord can be any 3 or more notes, even E, F, and F# can be a chord, perhaps not that pretty, but still. Just saying that's how free you are to explore.
If I do the math to check all combinations starting from E minor pentatonic and adding a 2 and a 6, the last possibility (apart from Aeolian, Dorian and Phrygian) is EFGABC#D, which is the second mode of melodic minor (Phrygian #6). I wonder how it sounds. Gonna check this out!
@@CMM5300 Thanks so much for letting us know about that. I just downloaded the pdf and it already reminds me of the time when my friend brought his dads book of scales from all over the world to the studio, or later finding Ted Greene's books back in the day (another great resource). Heven't seen anything comprable until this, and I am amazed that there seems to be even more information.
David, I've been going through changes. And I don't mean the Black Sabbath song. I've been fumbling through those jazz fundamentals: Rhythm Changes, Bird Changes, Coltrane Changes. Since you're the most lucid instructor out there, if you had any perspective on these things, it would undoubtably move my studies forward.
exatcly! i wish the pentatonics were taught like a 5 notes arpeggio rather than a scale, because its how it really functions over the chords, its different from how scales function because of the half steps, pentatonics are all about the chord progression, more harmonic, homophonic oriented, while scales are more about the characteristical notes of a mode, is a more melodic/contrapuntal approach
Try b5 in the minor pentatonic instead - Im calling this Locrian Pentatonic. Very nice. I have worked on deriving Pentatonics from the major modes in various ways - theres a total of 21. Then try the same mathematics of removal of 2 notes from Harmonic & Melodic minors - and really any 7 note scale. Draw up a table of all 7 notes, remove 1 & 2, then 12 & 3, then 1 & 4 etc. Then do same with 2 & 3, 2 & 4, etc. Youll get the 21 Pentatonic scales - some are not so cool but take the ones you like and you have many - most are already traditional scales from indigenous cultures - Indian, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese etc. BTW MixoLydian Pentatonic = Indian Pentatonic (hear it in Beatles Indian music, Mahavishnu, Jan Hammer who got it form Mclaughlin and then taught it to Jeff Beck)
David, it's absolutely shocking that you don't have more followers. I started listening to your videos a while back and absolutely love them. You really spend time breaking things down and explaining it. Thanks for what you do and keep rocking on! By the way, you HAVE to do a video on Queensryche!
He does. Chordplay: The Chords of Queensryche. It's from a year or so ago....
YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST TEACHERS ON UA-cam!!!! HANDS DOWN
dude, you are literally changing my entire way of playing and approaching lead, one video at a time. thank you!
Whilst I watch most of the "bigger" guitar teachers on the web, I must say that I consistently get more out of your lessons than any of the other teachers. The only one who gives you a run for your money is the guy from the Signals channel. Thanks David! PS Hirajoshi is coool!
Just what I needed! I’ve been really digging into pentatonic scales and subs.
Traditional pentatonic scales are often overlooked or disregarded by guitarists, but I’ve come to find they are pretty useful devices you can get a lot out of. Especially when improvising.
Great Lesson, David!!!! I love these theory focused lessons, too!!! I also picked up the new Guitar Player magazine, this morning, with your latest lesson on Blues Passing Tones! Very cool! Spans several pages!!
I learned Japanese scale back in 1994. Native American folk and Peruvian Indigenous folk music uses a pentatonic scale in their music too.
I'd love to know them if you happen to read this and type them out for us.
Dude, this stuff has been a real value during quarantine.
I hope you do a second part with this material. Greetings from Chile. Thank you !
I love the theory behind the lydian, using d# minor for reference. A great simple way of remembering when adding flavour to your improvising. Great lesson.
Great lesson... thanks for putting it together! I know the Ditto played a cameo role in this one, but I'd be very interested in lessons on using a looper for time practice...
Another fantastic lesson! Thank you for sharing your great ideas with us! You are an excellent player!
Interesting. The Hirajoshi scale is pretty crazy. I've heard that one in a few movies. Very evocative.
The Japanese pentatonic.
very harmonic minor sounding
There you go laying knowledge on us. Thank you. Loving all your content. Even though i dont normally comment.
This guy should have WAY more subscribers. These are great lessons.
This has been a fantastic episode. Thanks so much for this video. You've inspired me to get the Ditto looper.
Two-thumbs, right up!
Loved this one, great vid. You mentioned chord substitutions and I'd be very eager to see you do something on that (chord inversions as well).
Great lesson. I get tired of running pentatonic scales all the time. When I’m playing with a jam track. I will try these out. Thanks.
13.31 ha, I've been using that scale a lot, lately. I came up with some pretty good doom metal riffs with that.
This is very interesting. When we play the pentatonic scales we are playing outside. Thanks. I learned this from Jimi Hendrix, Coltrane and Scott Henderson. Jimi did it on Third Stone From the Sun and May This Be Love.
The Minor Pentatonic Scale fits into Minor Blues without leaving the Minor Scale. Major Blues (the more common Blues), is where the Minor Pentatonic falls outside of the Major Scale twice (the flat 3rd & flat 7th), but sounds totally cool & Bluesy.
Great lesson, David. On the topic of alternative pentatonic scales, I recently discovered the so-called "John Coltrane" pentatonic, which I've quickly put to great use - both over familiar chords found from the major scale chord-scale family, and more exotic altered chords. Highly recommended to other players - search UA-cam for "John Coltrane pentatonic guitar" to find a great video that presents the scale in the form of some amazing sounding patterns.
1, 2, flat3, 5, and 6?
Great lesson man as always bro! Great info! You have a phenomenal way with showing these processes. I read the comments by the other followers of your channel and I can see you're changing their lives!
I would love you to expand this process to pentatonic substitution soloing over chords. Pretty much how we learned to play through jazz progressions. When I learned that my plain ol' pentatonic box could be in different locations to outline tension tones over a chord, my world change!
You're an awesome teacher and keep up the great content!
Awesome lesson.
I see Steven Wilson The Raven that Refused to Sing pic in the background great album.
Great lesson...perfect for my style and approach to playing. Thank you!
I love how clearly you explain your lessons! Thank you so much for all your effort with your content!
Yet another excellent lesson,well presented and ,as always informative ,and giving new life to scales most are familiar with,as ever you are so good at giving information,in a useful,understandable way,well done ,have followed you for a while,always finding new bands /guitarists/info ,thanks.
David - Great! This is a topic I come back to every so often but haven't "owned" yet (going to a desired 'sound' with a pentatonic sub without thinking (much)). Keep up the good work.
Great lesson!
So glad I found this channel. Its a gold mine of great info
Fantastic lesson Brew!
dope lesson...thanks
never thought about it as a 5 note arpeggio
An arpeggio is a chord as you know, but a chord can be any 3 or more notes, even E, F, and F# can be a chord, perhaps not that pretty, but still. Just saying that's how free you are to explore.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 right like rootless voicing ...etc
Great vid! How about arpeggio substitutions next time? Cheers
Thank you!
Man! Do you teach guitar lessons online?
Fantastic lesson, David. Thank you.
My knowledge of theory is quite limited, but this was definitely a “light bulb” moment! Thank you.
Great lesson. Thank you., David. ❤️
If I do the math to check all combinations starting from E minor pentatonic and adding a 2 and a 6, the last possibility (apart from Aeolian, Dorian and Phrygian) is EFGABC#D, which is the second mode of melodic minor (Phrygian #6). I wonder how it sounds. Gonna check this out!
@@CMM5300 Thanks so much for letting us know about that. I just downloaded the pdf and it already reminds me of the time when my friend brought his dads book of scales from all over the world to the studio, or later finding Ted Greene's books back in the day (another great resource). Heven't seen anything comprable until this, and I am amazed that there seems to be even more information.
@@aylbdrmadison1051 I'm checking out Ted Greene's books... thanks!
David, I've been going through changes. And I don't mean the Black Sabbath song. I've been fumbling through those jazz fundamentals: Rhythm Changes, Bird Changes, Coltrane Changes. Since you're the most lucid instructor out there, if you had any perspective on these things, it would undoubtably move my studies forward.
Brilliant lesson…love your approach 👍🏻
What an eye opener. Great lesson!
Thank you. Really dig the scale analysis.
I like to go into or out of a typical Major or minor pentatonic idea by going into Hirojoshi.
Man, you do great lessons. Thank you.
More deep dive theory. I love the stuff, thanks.
Thank you much bro!! 🎸🎸👍
SAVAGE!!! You helped me AGAIN!!! I may need to join a Zappa cover band now....lol
Excellent. Wow
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This is a goldmine.
Awesome!
Thanks Dave! Hirajoshi scale...sure...why not?!?
David could you cover how you end a number of phrases ending in different chords/key
exatcly! i wish the pentatonics were taught like a 5 notes arpeggio rather than a scale, because its how it really functions over the chords, its different from how scales function because of the half steps, pentatonics are all about the chord progression, more harmonic, homophonic oriented, while scales are more about the characteristical notes of a mode, is a more melodic/contrapuntal approach
Isn't the Em11 the Starship Trooper chord?
Nope, one note off.
Listen to "sakura" if you want to hear a song using the Hirajoshi scale. There is a gorgeous classical guitar version
I should really quit being a cheap skate and get a looper lol
Try b5 in the minor pentatonic instead - Im calling this Locrian Pentatonic. Very nice. I have worked on deriving Pentatonics from the major modes in various ways - theres a total of 21. Then try the same mathematics of removal of 2 notes from Harmonic & Melodic minors - and really any 7 note scale. Draw up a table of all 7 notes, remove 1 & 2, then 12 & 3, then 1 & 4 etc. Then do same with 2 & 3, 2 & 4, etc. Youll get the 21 Pentatonic scales - some are not so cool but take the ones you like and you have many - most are already traditional scales from indigenous cultures - Indian, Chinese, Indonesian, Japanese etc. BTW MixoLydian Pentatonic = Indian Pentatonic (hear it in Beatles Indian music, Mahavishnu, Jan Hammer who got it form Mclaughlin and then taught it to Jeff Beck)
⬅️ new tricks!
lols
I wonder just how often that can be timed so perfectly for. Only an old dog would know I suppose.
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I'm tuned to E sharp ....wait :)
Up a half-step? That's probably a 1st!
:)
Cool lesson but the font in the pentatonic scale comparison chart is not easy to read at all really!
OH! Far out man -
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if I had a working guitar I would definitely try these!
I'm not worthy...