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I am in my 60’s. Been playing since I was thirteen. I consider my self an intermediate guitarist. However my friends, neighbors, strangers, and family tell me that they enjoy hearing my playing and tell me that I am a really good guitar player. I am very humbled when strangers tell me this. Now with that being written, it took me around 20 years to start getting serious about the guitar. At that time I learned the pentatonic scale. Furthermore…I applied it to backing tracks. I ensured I was in the right key. That was the beginning of my ear-training. I could hear the tone of the notes was pleasant to my ears. Bottom line is this! Learn the pentatonic scale and apply it to backing tracks on KZread. It will transform one’s playing and guitar skills. Btw I am still learning the guitar! To truly master the instrument, one must dedicate lifelong learning.

@briandorough498

Ай бұрын

Kids these days are learning the distinct feel of all 7 modal scales at the age of 12 🥴

Your content is amazing. No faff, no unnecessary blah blah blah - just short, clear and useful lessons.

@Samjamguitar

28 күн бұрын

I appreciate that! Many thanks 👋

This is one of the best and most useful guitar videos I’ve come across!! Tysm

This video is incredible, I hope more people find it

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

Thanks👌

Your channel is the reason I got a lightbulb moment thank you so much its all clear

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

That's great to hear!! Pleased to know that my videos are helping people out! Thanks for watching👌👌👌

This guy is the actual goat.

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

Cheers👌

You know I've watched about 70 of these pentatonic videos, I know because I've built the playlists, and for whatever reason, this is the one that got me to the light bulb. I've only been playing for 8 months but practicing every day and spinning gears for the last 2 months trying to memorize some of these patterns. Putting on the backing track I just sort of automatically started playing between positions 1 and 2. I really appreciate this video, sincerely. I actually feel like I'm figuring stuff off now and playing within a context rather than just randomly. Thank you very much.

@Samjamguitar

28 күн бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad this lesson helped you out! Feel free to share it around👌

I don't usually subscribe to Pages, but you're different Great Teaching 👏

@Samjamguitar

18 күн бұрын

Thank-you! It's very much appreciated 👌

Liked 👍 & subscribed! 😁🎸 🎶

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

Awesome thank you!

@alda2086

Ай бұрын

@@Samjamguitar you're welcome 🤗

@alda2086

Ай бұрын

@@Samjamguitar and thank YOU!

bro through your channel i got into music theory. You explain it so well, i could watch ur video series abt the pentatonic scale and learned to improvise. now all in one package. my man deliveres!

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

3:29 For more clarity on this section/clip i think would be good to include explanation what makes up the minor/major pentatonic. Minor Pentatonic = 1, b3, 4, 5, b7(i.e 2 and b6 left out) Major Pentatonic = 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 (i.e 4 and 7 left out)

'..your level of technique and Imagination...' I Knew there was Catch ! !😉 always great vids. 👏👏👏

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

🤣 thanks!

Holy shit man, this is BRILLIANT.. Liked & subscribed long ago but hot damn, this visual & explanation is a total game changer. Thank You!

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

Brilliant!! Really great to hear comments like this!

Love your videos it helps me a lot!

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

Glad to help! Thanks for continuing to come back and watch!

One of the best vids on youtube !!! Loving the explanation of how to flip between minor & major.

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

You get a like and a sub sir. I don't know if it's just starting to click but I've basically been playing position one of the minor pentatonic worth the addition of the blues notes for like 5 years. This will help.

Thank you for this. Everyone else talks about the scales but never shows them. this is excellent. Thanks! I subscribed.

@Samjamguitar

24 күн бұрын

Brilliant! Many thanks!!

you have provided the easiest lesson to understand that i have come across well done.

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

Glad you think so! Feel free to share it around!

Love your simplicity , thanks

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

No problem, Thanks for watching!

Perfect. Excellent lesson (and terrific channel too!).

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

Many thanks!

The best explainer on YT

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

Cheers, it's much appreciated!

You are a one of a kind teacher!

@Samjamguitar

28 күн бұрын

Thanks!

I’ve never understood the logic of relabeling the scales from 1 to 2 etc. but this video is awesome.

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

Fantastic!

This usefull tutorial. The best explanation. Compared to other tutorials about major & minor pentatonic scale.

@Samjamguitar

28 күн бұрын

Thank-you! It's much appreciated 👌

I know you probably don't like the idea of books. But you should write a couple. It'd be like The Guitar Grimoire - only shorter and useful.

@Samjamguitar

28 күн бұрын

It's actually something I'm considering! Watch this space...

I find that the diagonal pentatonic is more useful for lead beginners since it’s super easy to remember.

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

Short term perhaps. In the long term, learning the 5 positions is far more beneficial and ties together perfectly with CAGED and any other positions of modes/arpeggios/scales etc across the fretboard! Plus I have never encountered a student that struggled with simply starting with position 1 of the minor pentatonic scale, it's such an easy pattern to learn and use immediately!

🎉I finally know how to solo😅😂🎉😊

@Samjamguitar

25 күн бұрын

Awesome!

6:45 Actually the root locations have not moved because minor/major is dependant on the 3rd. When you showed them moving it was just cos in the diagram the key changed. If you had kept key of G, the roots would be the same, but the positions would have shifted left one position.

if i want to jamming all over the fretboard, what key do i use in backing track? Since each position is in different note.

Minor pentatonic scale goes hard

@Samjamguitar

Ай бұрын

It certainly does.

@Taira_178

4 күн бұрын

love the beck pfp

I gave the shapes names. 1 =G shape, 2 = E shape, 3=D shape, 4=C shape and 5=A shape. It spells CAGED if you start on 4 so I never get lost. If that make sense.

@Samjamguitar

24 күн бұрын

That's a great way to visualize any 5 position system. However where CAGED is concerned, pattern 1 is always tied to the E shape... the correct order of CAGED is actually EDCAG. watch my CAGED series, which goes into this in more depth. This way every scale chord arpeggio etc all lines up.

@josephgonzalez9522

23 күн бұрын

Thanks, I will watch it. Yeah G Shape is position 5 but I memorise it as position 1 and it all fell into place that way. I don’t look at them as positions but as G shape etc. I never get lost anymore and improvise all over the neck with ease. I’m too old to relearn lol … Position 1 is the start of the minor and Position 2 is the start of the major, if that makes sense. Seems to work for me. Thanks for your reply. Your videos are outstanding and very much appreciated!

How do I use these shakes in different keys? Say D minor all the way in the 10th fret. All that empty space behind it confuses me

@Samjamguitar

25 күн бұрын

You have to think of it as a circle of positions...or better yet a conveyor belt. Position 5 joins back up with position 1. So, in the key of Dminor, you could travel backwards through each position until you reach the nut or upwards until you run out of fretboard.

@Shred_Master

24 күн бұрын

@@Samjamguitar do do you mean do position 1 on D the go down 5,4,3,2? I’m still kinda confused here

@Samjamguitar

24 күн бұрын

That's it yes!

@Shred_Master

24 күн бұрын

@@Samjamguitar I see! Thanks man I appreciate it

@Samjamguitar

24 күн бұрын

@Shred_Master no problem! It's best at this stage to go through the process of learning each position and using them as described in the video! Also check out my LEAD guitar playlist, this will walk you through each position in isolation before moving on to the next! In these videos I also discuss how they fit together/changing keys and also directly address the issue you had... highly recommend going through each one by one👌

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