This man probably isn't HALF as old as ME, but he's one of the Best guitar teachers I've ever seen on KZread and I've seen a LOT, believe me! Someone asked, "Yeah, this is Great, but HOW do you take this information and make music with it?." Well, I don't know quite how to SAY this, so I'll try the only way I CAN... Improvisations come from TWO places... Your Musical "Soul", The Sounds you hear in your HEAD that you would LOVE to express , and the SECOND place is your EXPERIENCE, the YEARS of beating up your fingers, of learning and playing scales and chords and licks and riffs, and LISTENING!.. To your Favorites, but ALSO to OTHERS, OUTSIDE your favorite genre, or favorite players... LISTEN AND LEARN FROM ALL GUITARISTS!! If you TRULY have ALL of those scale positions "under your fingers", meaning you've PRACTICED them SO many Times, that you can DO it with your eyes closed, and without even THINKING about it.. if you KNOW all of those notes, and more IMPORTANTLY, your FINGERS know where all those notes are, then after THAT, my friend, it's ALL just improvisation... You have to LISTEN to ENOUGH BB King, and Lightnin' Hopkins, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, (or whatever blues artists you like), you have to have HEARD and Listened to enough Blues to HAVE those intervals, those solos, in your MEMORY and in your Soul..! I guess you have to FEEL the Blues if you REALLY want to be a GOOD Blues improviser! SAME THING, with ROCK or Jazz or ANYTHING!... You can LEARN where EVERY note on the neck IS, and you can practice Hard enough, to build up superhuman SPEED... But, do you WANT to sound like Yngwie Malmsteen playing the Blues?.. I DON'T... I'd LOVE to sound like Stevie Ray Vaughan, on a HOT night... And Eric Johnson, with his big interval jumps... And throw in something from the MASTER, Johann Sebastian Bach, with his Counterpoint melodies, moving in opposing directions!... I guess you have to FEEL something like the blues, to get the type of bends that David Gilmour pulls off!... HE is a PERFECT example... The Man HAS NEVER, probably COULD Never, play a Solo, with the SPEED of Steve Vai... But I wouldn't CARE, if I could play with just HALF the FEEL of a David Gilmour SOLO!... LISTEN... and PLAY.... Repeat and Rinse, till your fingers are sore... then REPEAT some MORE, until your calluses are too TOUGH, to get sore!.... THAT'S ALL MY 50 Years of Guitar Wisdom, wrapped up in ONE paragraph!... My GIFT to the World of my Brothers, guitar players!

Jules this is an exceptional lesson. Just one suggestion. Let everyone know that moving the minor positions back 3 frets gives you the same fingering but a major scale

We’ve all seen these 5 pentatonic shapes before and most of us drag our feet to learn all the shapes in every key. However, this is a refreshingly better way to learn these important concepts and move us out of our practice ruts. Great lesson. Thanks for posting.

You are absolutely correct about the diagram of the fret board being shown incorrectly and confusing. I, and others have pointed this out before, and it is never corrected. I wish Jules would listen to subscribers and show diagrams correctly for the many viewers that see his videos. Jules is one of the best if not the best instructor on KZread. I have learned a great deal from him as I am sure the vast collective of his viewers/subscribers. Please listen to your subscribers, Jules.

@davemccarthy4695

26 күн бұрын

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I have been playing guitar for years and Jules is on the Mount Rushmore of KZread guitar teachers! Probably the BEST comprehensive pentatonic scale lesson I have seen on KZread! Excellent teacher! He will definitely take your playing to the next level!

Fantastic way of teaching pentatonic scale all over the frets . Making it so easy to understand

That was so well done, I have never had it presented quite like this before.

I’m telling ya we are all connected. I was just thinking about all these ways of playing the pentatonic and you pump out this great video on it! Thanks!

Wow! Jules, you are truly the best IMHO. You teach with such clarity. Thank you!

One of the best teachers on KZread.

Thanks, Jules. It is just exceptional how you present your videos and your clear, precise instruction. 🎸👍

Absolutely brilliant lesson Jules! Thank you.

This is an absolutely amazing video! I can not express how thankful I am, honestly. 🎉❤🎉 Thank you so much Sir 🙏🙏🙏

The Telly, is and sounds beautiful. Great video!

Best Pentatonic scale video ever. BOOK MARKED!

Very very concise, with great graphics and illustrations of how to use them to solo. Top marks !

Quality and so enjoyable! Thanks.

Thank You for this. Great Lesson. Putting the note names in your fretboard diagrams makes it much easier to follow the scale pattern. Well done!!!

Fantastic video ! Incredibly helpful and inspiring ! Thank you for sharing !

Great Lesson Jules. Thanks!!

I can't read music, but I'm pleased to say that I figured out the 2, 3 pattern when I was about 18 in the late 60s.I called it "twos and threes". It is simple to move it back and forth on the fretboard, to suit any key, and works with minor and major tunes.

Great video, thanks for sharing! I have been playing the sliding pentatonic my whole life but you taught me some additional theory behind this great scale! I really like your teaching style, very relaxed and easy to follow, great work!!!

Wow, Jules! Absolutely beautiful. Thank youuuuuuuuu!!!!

Really clear and coherent lesson, thank you!

Your Good! You are really helping me understand FINALLY! Thank You Jules!

Great one this is just what is needed to explain it simple and help everyone navigate easily! One Love!

Terrific episode. Thanks!

Hi Jules, Great video mate really nice presentation just the best and covered a lot of info in one video. Love your style Les.

What a quality content, thank you!

This is by far one of the best Pentatonic lessons that we have seen so far. I love the way that you not only showed all the shapes but how you use them in context and application over a chord progression. I would love to see more like this as far as using a pentatonic scales. and also using Triads and double stops over chord progressions and mixing it all together just using the pentatonic scales and the chord shapes that come out of the pentatonic scales

great lesson - thanks for sharing

Awesome job again, thank you so much

Fun tip, when you are changing the note you start on but keeping to the same scale (notes played) then you are playing a different mode of the scale. Which all have their own crazy names, and make it sound more complicated than it is.

Great outlines explanation .. this is exactly where I am at … craving to fully join the dots with caged and pentatonic positions 👍🏻

thank you ... one of the best

Love this channel!

Wow. Great lesson, Jules! Thank you. :)

Thank you, you couldn't have explained it better, all I have to do now is practice

now this is a great lesson!!!

You are an incredible teacher son !

@shawnhorton2000

2 ай бұрын

Thanks Dad!

@terazoom_

2 ай бұрын

I love your technics, go ahead🎉

Thanks Jules, I'm going to give my guitar another go.

A long time ago I learned what you csll "the 3 + 2 diagonal". Person showing it said "here's something Hendrix used a lot". Ofcourse its one og the most generic and usable patterns out tgere, but that that triggered me Hendrix bait hooked me and I've been relying heavily on it ever since. Thanks for putting a good name on it!

Great instructing !

Merci et respect pour tout vos travaux très utile ! ❤🎸😎❤👍

BEST TEACHER 🏆

I prefer the way you show your tabs! Matches your guitar in the video. Much more intuitive😊

@peteywheatstraws4909

2 ай бұрын

Man absolutely, this is a great teaching/learning system.

@badgermost

Ай бұрын

OMG I see it all "the other way around" ahaha but yeah... it is starting to make sense :P amazing value on these videos right?!

Amazing!

Real nice lesson and great tone, btw. That first solo you did in Cm had a short riff inside from the Stairway to Heaven solo.

Wonderful idea! I am a beginner, but I created a custom diagonal pentatonic scale for myself months ago, placing roots on the 5th and 6th strings accordingly. When I saw it here, I was surprised to see it, as I am a beginner and afraid I may not be certain about my idea. However, I was right. People stuck on 5 shapes including myself, loses time, energy, and dynamics due to the lack of smooth movement along octaves, which the diagonal one provides. However, it is tough to get all major and minor scales within my single custom shape. Hence, I made one for major and one for minor since the pattern of roots changes. Yet, I need to construct a couple of shapes to easily reach some keys (not letting them far away along the fret).

This was a lovely video. Subbing Jules. 💯💢

I'm having a lightbulb moment sir. Thx. 🙃🙂

That nice little example at 8 minutes , sounded a lot like black crowes , jealous of him ….. great reminder to all players … the more songs and keys you can identify with … the more tools in your box 👍🏻

Чувак, ты гений.

Nice!

EXCELLENT. LIKE YOOUR FST TALKING

Thanks

@elvismortley5215

4 күн бұрын

You are great at what you do, and also a great teacher. I am glad to have found you. Keep up the good work.

@JulesGuitar

3 күн бұрын

Thank you!

It sure is not easy making up riffs even once you learned the scales all over the neck .And of course the other problem when playing say a blues made up solo ,is to not make it sound like you are NOT playing a scale .lol Great tuition.

awesome video. you only forgot one thing... your beer. lol. you make it easy to play the blues. thanks brother.

would love to see how to mix major and minor pentatonic over a chord progression ! PS .... Sire Guitars you need to try better Than most Fender with better features and finish ..... try the 335 brilliant guitars. 😀

I’ve known this lead pattern for years, from the book Fretboard Logic. My problem is I find it really hard to make it sound musical, since the sliding around always seems to make it sound like a scale all the time for me. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Of course, the typical scale positions sound kind of like that when I use them as well. It’s frustrating.

Mega top 👌🤪🙏

So using the 2-3 or 3-2. Do you just move to the root to move this around?

Nice great lesson, just one thing 8:28 the titles are inverted

1:32

So is this information helpful if I want to learn to play Jazz standards using the chord melody approach?

@meadish

2 ай бұрын

Using the pentatonic scale ties into most genres of music, but it doesn't *directly* help you with chord melody.

Can you start the 2-3 pattern or the 3-2 pattern on the 5th string

@JulesGuitar

2 ай бұрын

Yes, if you look at the 2+3, but ignore the bottom string, then you see it’s the same as the 3+2. Also the other way round, the 3+2 becomes 2+3 if you ignore the bottom string.

Weird approach on the diagrams they're flipped. Usually this diagrams are read left to right. In this video are right to left which is a bit confusing for the intended audience 😅

@karayuschij

Ай бұрын

Yes, it is unusual, but they show the strings and the notes exactly like you see the guitar when you are in front of it. Maybe the most used not flipped diagrams are wrong… :D It is just a question of point of view (literally)

@Brad-zb4nl

27 күн бұрын

From the person viewing the lesson, it’s backwards. The diagram is correct from the teacher looking down at the fretboard, but from most students view it’s backwards. Just a suggestion on future videos ,showing the diagram from student would be Prefered/ Thanks for doing these videos 👍🏻

@Machia52612

14 күн бұрын

I like it🎸

@berry5959

5 күн бұрын

At first glance! But It works well with the video above! You can see where he puts the fingers.

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It all makes perfect sense. But there seems to be no way to teach how to take this knowledge and play musically.

@lukepyron7468

2 ай бұрын

Well said. I’ve watched tons of these types of videos and can okay the scales/positions up and down the neck, but when I try to solo, it just sounds like I’m playing scales up and down the neck. Oh well, maybe someday it will click.

@paulkelly6853

2 ай бұрын

Use hammer ons pull offs .........string bends......slide into notes........ But most importantly to make it sound like music after a few seconds STOP.......PAUSE......then continue....... Do this after every phrase ........using the techniques I told you it will sound musical

@lukepyron7468

2 ай бұрын

@@paulkelly6853 thanks. Will definitely give it a try.

@paulkelly6853

2 ай бұрын

@lukepyron7468 that's why it'd called phrasing.......its a musical conversation........when a conversation happens there's a pause at the end of every sentence or paragraph.........music is exactly the same

@lukepyron7468

2 ай бұрын

@@paulkelly6853 that makes sense. I’ve heard the term phrasing but hadn’t heard it explained that way. Thanks again

The diagram of the fretboard is confusing. It's making me actually want to move on and find other videos. I hope you fix this in the future.

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Why are the fretboards reversed? Sixth string goes on the bottom.

I thought it was very interesting. The only thing that throws me off is, I know you showed us all the shapes in the context of Am Pent. But how do we switch the patterns into other Keys? This is what I am not understanding.

@user-tj9ew1hz4b

18 күн бұрын

You just shift the whole pattern up or down the fretboard, depending on what key you want to play in (I.e. shift pattern down one fret from A = G#min; shift up two frets from A = Bmin). The root note you start the pattern on gives you the key. If you know all the notes on the low E string, you can run through all the positions on every key.

I've never played the pentatonic in the "regular" way. The reason is: my fingers are short and the tendens of the ring and little finger are shortened...

why are all these fret diagrams backwards

think your diagram on Am pent at 9.33 is wrong !

✋👍👍👍!!!

Why do you show the fretboard upside down?

@TJBillion

11 күн бұрын

no its not

Thanks!

Can’t look at those upside down backwards diagrams. Feel like I had a stroke.

So, do you read from right to left? Nor do I. Wake up

you are the best!!! thank you from Argentina!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't mind the bashing about the charts being upside down. That's OK: this is more intuitive for beginners as it corresponds to what they see on screen when you play, and therefore this is also readable for more advanced players

I always get chocolate stains on my pants

Someone’s left handed… 😂

The reason I gave a thumbs down is the misleading graphic at the beginning. Unless you're playing everything at the 12th fret your pattern is wrong

That fretboard being backwards is confusing.

Strongly suggest you rethink the diagrams. Very counter intuitive, and not what you typically see. Good lesson though.

I hate all guitar pattern videos. KZread Algo has been showing them to me and they all suck.

Great!!! Easy lesson!!!well done. Grazieeee