Using Major & Minor Pentatonic Together // Beginner to Intermediate Guitar Improvisation Lesson
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- This lesson continues with the “3 Component Method” of composition and improvisation, which combines Progression (chords), Melody (scales, note sequences), and Time Elements (tempo, note length, groove) to help you create solos in your own style and musical language. The chords are D/// C/// G/// D/// and there are diagramS of the two scale patterns used along with a jam track at the end. Have fun and thank you for making Tao of Twang a part of your guitar life ☯️
D Major Pentatonic:
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D Minor Pentatonic:
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D Major Pentatonic Run:
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I am losing track of all the many You tube guitar teachers that inspire me every day and help me improve a little more each time. But I know which one is the absolute best: You, Dave.
Tao of Twang is tremendous.
Too kind 🙏🙏
One of my favorite parts of checking out old lessons I might have missed is the variety of Dave’s hairstyles/lengths. Oh and also the amazing, approachable lessons! 🎸
“Style” is a bit of a stretch lol 🤘Good to hear from you Dave ✌️🎸😎
Dave, I have to say you are the guitar teacher I wished I had decades earlier. Your style and approach have completely motivated me to re-engage. You actually do have a zen aura and wonderful melodic sound in your impros. Thanks so much for the themed lessons that dive deeper into the topics.
Thanks Zak. Sounds like the seeds were planted long ago and now you are seeing new growth. Blessings and welcome to the process ☯️
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The catatonic soloing comment had me rollin' on the floor laughing! Cause we've all been there and done that!
Oh yesss 🤟
Thank you that is the clearest I’ve ever heard it Todd thank you my friend for letting out the secrets in a way we can really understand
You got it ✌️🎸😎
Another great lesson Dave! Who doesn't like to jam to "Can't you See" for 20 minutes straight! Love your laid back vibe!
Never gets old does it? Thanks Jay 🎸
😭 You are so great. I wish you get exposed to a lot of people to share your talents with. God bless you abundantly 🙏
Thanks Ray. We’re getting there. Your feedback and support will help. Blessings
You are as easily listened to during you speaking as you are while playing.
So unique. Gifted.
PEACE from Philadelphia
Thanks man 🙏✌️😎
Dave. Great lesson! I finally see how the major and minor pentatonic scales fit together in the same solo! And thanks for including all the bonus stuff about working triplets, double stops and bends into this video. As you say ... its a lot of material packed into one lesson. But, its VERY valuable material! Thanks! I'm off to work on integrating all these elements on my journey to be able to improvise over chords. And now ... I have a clearer sense of of some final destination, where I am on my journey and the things that I need to work on to get to my destination. Also ... thanks for the helpful chord / scale charts and the backing tracks! They really complete your lessons!
Thanks for checking in Ken. I love hearing what’s going on with everyone’s playing and how the channel is supporting your music 🙏
These lessons are great! It’s answering a lot of questions that I’ve had about mixing major with minor. I really like how you play and explain, without going too deep into theory. My problem has been always being tied up with theory and not just going with the flow and feel. You’re my top go to now on TH-cam. Thank you, sir.
Great to hear from you Trevor and glad it’s working for you 🙏
Wow Dave, square head haircut. This vid is additive to the first ones i first saw a year later form here.
I don't have to pretend I don't know what I'm doing
You CANNOT be more clear than this, Dave! Thanks for your sincere and honest teaching approach.
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For you somewhat beginners out there, pay attention to this - SERIOUSLY.
He just gave you the keys to the Kingdom.
The 3 fret rule between major and minor is the key.
Later, you will learn you don't even have to move 3 frets - all the notes are in EVERY position. But for now, the 3 fret rule will get you 70% of the way 👍
Side note - those 3 frets just so happen the be an interval of a "minor 3rd"....starting to have an "ah-haw!" moment yet???!!!!
Good stuff Dave! Where we're you 40 years ago when I started?! I had to learn this the HARD way!!!
I know its an old video but thank you so much for this! As an older beginner I appreciate this to no ends. I took up guitar just for Southern rock but i know i can expand into other genres. Have you considered making a beginners/intermediate level series videos on vibrato, bends, hammer ons pulloffs and other important aspects of laying a foundation? I stink at those but I need to know if I'm doing things right.
Great video again!
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Great video ,like the easy way you have explained the scales ,thanks ,keep safe
Glad it’s making sense Barrie. Hope you are well 🙏
Enjoying these video’s greatly. Great info,great delivery and well explained. Your teaching skills is more like hanging out with a friend then a stiff instructor. Also I’d like to say I noticed after watching your video’s that not only I am learning the lesson but I am seeing different things that would go along with it and where to use all this together.
Sounds like it’s really coming together for you 😎 Keep working it out.
Thank you for being gentle and encouraging in your teaching approach. I feel so comfortable and my mind easily open up to learn. God Bless you, Dave.
Sir Dave again I can’t say thank you enough you’re so good you teach from your heart and you’re intension of sharing your knowledge to everyone is amazing. God bless. 🙏 I started with no idea at all but know I cant stop from playing my guitar. Thank you again bless your heart. - Edwin
So glad you are feeling inspired 🎸
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Great video. It’s strange: there was nothing I saw here that I didn’t already know, but somehow it all just clicked today and I started jamming like I knew what I was doing. No, actually, I finally did know what I was doing. I just saw it, clear as anything. Maybe it’s the style of music, or the easy going presentation. Whatever. This was a little turning point in my playing. Thank you for that. (One question please, if you ever want to address it in a later video: I know from my previous musical experience that this was actually in the “key” of G. But of course playing out of G sounds awful. Playing out of D mixolydian sounds fantastic. Can you shed some light?)
What a cool message! I love hearing about epiphanies and breakthroughs like you’re describing, especially when it sort of transcends “thinking” and you just feel yourself start playing. You are right about the key being G and I should have been more careful how I addressed that in the lesson. Look down a few comments to a discussion with Heidi and see if that helps. The way D Mixolydian works so well here confirms that G is the correct key but natural 7 (D Ionian) also works in certain places. D Major pentatonic works out because you don’t have to analyze the 7th at all which is an easy way around that issue. Then D minor Pentatonic gives you the C natural which falls right in with D Mixolydian (Key of G). The tonal center gravitates toward D throughout and using those pentatonics seems to almost magically land you on good tones for each chord. For example the note A is the 5th for D, 6th for C and 9th for G and works like a perfect pedal tone through the whole thing. That’s just one example. The note B has good harmony throughout as well. Let me know what else comes up for you and welcome to The Twang ☯️
Hi sir,thanks so much for your time and especially sharing your talents with us,you are a great blessing to many,God bless you and your family always👌🙏
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Great addition to the tutorials Dave ..... loving this new channel, it certainly deserves many more subscibers!!
By the way, great corvid hair cut mister .... stay safe!!
Thanks man. Yeah that wig was getting to be a bit too much lol 😎
Love your style of teaching, I'm hoping you're going to take me where I want to be on guitar. Keep up the great work.
Thanks Nigel and welcome to The Twang 😎
Super tasteful playing on these videos, and so much useful information. Thanks. Subscribed.
Thank you. Great to hear from you and glad it’s helping 🙏
Ime back on this for a while dave🎉
Hi Dave! This is a perfect example of where I struggle with music theory. If I were to analyze the progression, I would think it's a V-IV-I in the key of "G". I would then start playing G major and wonder why it doesn't sound right. The 2 pentatonic scales (major and minor) in "D" sound great, but I'm not sure I would have even tried those 2 scales out the of the gate. Any insights into why these work so well when I think the progression is technically in "G"? Any help would be appreciated as I'm trying to put all the puzzle pieces together. Thanks!
Great question Heidi. You’re right on with the “G” analysis since those three major chords are right there. You said the G scale wasn’t making you happy and I wonder if that’s related to an issue with “tonal center”. As an experiment maybe play the G major scale sequence but starting and ending on D (D Mixolydian). This seems to work well in many parts of a progression like this because the C# (the 7th tone in D Ionian) is lowered to C. “Parts of a progression” is an interesting phrase because everything really depends on where you’ve been before a chord and where you’re going after that chord. Sometimes one or more chords can be understood as “borrowed” or “interchanged” in the context of separate but related other keys and modes. The analysis on that branches into even more possible answers. My bass player friend years ago, who was more academically trained than myself, often referred to these types of changes as containing “bVII” chords. In our current case, that’s the C chord in measure two. This makes the note B the 6th for D, the 3rd for G, and the maj 7th for C (good passing note). Sometimes the C# note works when returning to the D in measure 4 (Ionian). I think that’s because it really pulls you back into that D tonal center of gravity. All good questions create more questions than answers lol. Thank you for your thoughtful post and let me know what else you discover working through this jam. Peace 😎
@@TaoOfTwangGuitarLessons Thanks a ton for your detailed response Dave! I really appreciate you taking the time to better explain what's going on with this progression. I guess there are a myriad of possibilities in a lot of chord progressions. It sometimes gets overwhelming trying to find the right blend (scales, modes, triads and arpeggios) for a good solo. That's also what makes it fun to explore. Thanks again!
These are great lessons you'll have alot more subs soon . Just keep the content simple and attainable cuz the lessons I've seen here are all all that .....peace bro
Thanks man! It going well and seems like a lot of folks are really working through the material ✌️
Dude, you are without a doubt the best instructor I have ever seen. I understand the mechanics of the major and minor scale. But you really drove home for me how to use that knowledge to make music. I am simply just stunned at the information you get across in such an easy to understand way.. Do you or any of your followers have a list of the order of videos you would suggest we follow? Or should I just start with the oldest video and work my way up? Again thank you. Do you have a tip jar or anything like that. I truly appreciate the time you take to do this.
Great to hear from you Joe and glad the material suits you. There isn’t really a track or path that goes in any specific order of skills but there are playlists that might help sort them to some degree. When I started this I didn’t really think about having hundreds of vids lol. I probably need to create a better system of playlists and sort them accordingly. Thanks for the feedback and keep on Twangn 😎
Another beautiful lesson very clear and inspiring i agree with the other comment you should have many more subscribers.
Thanks John 🙏
Awesome sauce! Can you do a sequel (add on) where you get into the chord tones and targeting notes with this same progression ? How about numbering your lessons? Lots of good stuff here!
Good idea on the numbering. I started doin that this week with the “Just the Licks” feature. Open to ideas about how to organize thins better now that the content is accumulating. I will put something together about the target notes, triads, etc. Good to hear from you Bruce 😎
Thanks! The triplets is something i need to try out.
Cool. There’s more about that in the “Counting/ Timing” vids too 🎸
I am subscribed 👌
Alright! Welcome to the process 😎
great lesson thank you
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Thanks for your insight into the Major and Minor Pentatonics. How does that approach apply to the other four Pentatonic patterns, I have seen anyone explain how they are converted from Major to Minor. Thanks again, great job.
Hey Marvin, good to hear from you. I suppose that map intersects with most of the other shapes to some extent. Would be good research to try taking off from different places in the shapes and coming up with other paths 😎🎸
Great tone. I know you don't like being too prescriptive but would be nice to know the basics of amp set up, guitar settings and any pedals used.
Hi. All of this vid was done in Garage band actually. There are plenty of amp models in there that sound great once you get used to messing around with them and input levels of your interface, etc. I use a Focusrite Scarlett box. It’s easy to use and not real expensive. So the only thing mic’d is my voice. I like the middle or up position on the pick up switch on the 335 and usually back the volume down just a hair from all the way open. That just seems to give you a little more control over the saturation of the digital distortion. On the lead track I usually have a delay set on low mix and timed anywhere from slap-back to short delay. That’s it. Various guitars respond quite differently to the amp models. Live I mostly use a VOX AC-15, Keeley Compressor, and Boss delay. The only distortion pedal I use is Ibanez Tube Screamer (TS808, TS9). Ended up with 4 of them somehow lol. Good to hear from you 😎
Hi Dave! "Can't You See" I'm trying to stay with you here! LOL! Pun intended! I've been playing now for 2.5, 3 years and I love the pentatonics. I'm learning about the relative keys. If this is in the key of D major would the relative B minor work as well? Thanks for all the great videos! I am a subscriber. ✌
Hey Dennis. Yes, Bm Pentatonic contains the same note sequence as D Maj just starting and ending on different notes. It’s good that you are looking at keys as a continuum of notes that spans the entire instrument. Great to hear from you. Happy Holidays 🌲
@@TaoOfTwangGuitarLessons Thank you Dave and Happy Holidays to you!
Love your lessons but you’re missing out Dave...you have the perfect voice for ASMR!
Great video Dave but where is the backing track at the end?
Can it be downloaded anywhere?
The last few minutes of this vid contain the backing track. Thanks for the question and good to hear from you 🙏
th-cam.com/video/EUlU54dRnsQ/w-d-xo.html
I think that if you just listen to what you are playing you will be better!
I couldn’t agree more 😎🎸
What is the first lesson you have taught would really like to check them out in order thank you
I quit playing for years but you have me wanting to pick it up again still know a few chords but that's it
Hey Dale, great to hear from you and glad you’re getting back into it! If You go to ‘Tao of Twang Guitar Lessons’ and hit the “Videos” button at the top you can put them in order. Welcome to The Twang 😎