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I am a 57 year old guitar player who has played for 30 years by ear. Only a strummer. Well I finally decided it's time to get better and learn some lead. I have watched several videos on Pentatonic scales and their usage. This was by far the easiest to understand!! Thanks Andy
Andy Hiskett Me too mate I'm 67 and like you plonked since I was 15 , now retired and bought first electric, (Fender Strat) it's a whole new ballgame now for me, I hope I stick with it, best of Luck with your playing mate.
Hi Andy and Terry, great to see other mature guitarists here! I'm 52. Just stumbled upon this video. Pretty awesome. I'm a jazz rhythm guitarist like Freddy Green, so yeah, just chords for years and years, but lately I've been getting into the blues and thought it’s about time to learn scales. LOL. Better late than never. Well, nice meeting you guys! Good luck to you both. 👍☺👍🎼🎶🎸
Thanks for that B.J.C. I'm struggling along with it and some days I flow better than others, wish I'd have learned yrs ago , if I could be only half as good as the likes of Robert Johnson and B.B. I'll die happily, Ha! Keep "Motivated" is key I think, good Luck BLIND JACK.
Hi Terry! Half as good as Robert or BB? Heck, I'd die happy if I could become only 1% as good. But yeah, I dig where you're coming from, brother. Stay motivated. Consistency is the key. Play EVERY day, even if it's only 10 minutes!!! Good luck👍☺👍
One thing I did notice about his scale form that is extremely helpful is the positioning of the actual diagrams on the paper. If you notice, the bottom of one scale becomes the top of another so they pretty blend into one another. Guess it's time to bear down and start learning scales. It almost certainly has to help with dexterity going from string to string.
ive been struggling with scales for the 18 months that ive been playing.....in an hour or so of doing this i had all 5 shapes up and down the neck.....great stuff danny, much appreciated
Thanks for these 5 pentatonic forms! I started playing electric guitar 35 years ago and I pretty much ate, drank and breathed guitar for hours a day. Got really good and was onstage with a band in two years. I eventually stopped playing because of work and family obligations and sold all of equipment. Now 20 years later I bought all new equipment and I'm getting my "chops" back quickly but need refreshers like this. Thanks brother!!
Thank you so much. Like the guys below, I've been a chord player for decades of a dubious skill level, over the past few months upgraded my acoustic, then bought my first SG. Now have amps in almost every room and making a determined effort to actually understanding music. Even went to lessons although I detest country and learning by rote. This is a great help in stitching what I've learnt together. Downloaded the pdf's and bookmarked your page.
Click! Paradigm shift! The one I was waiting for so many years! I was locked into the first pattern Am pentatonic type playing for 20 years, with a little bit of break-outs into the BB-King box. The glory moment was when I saw that BB King box in the 2nd pattern, and especially the formation above, those additional semi-tones, and my solo'ing sounds finally in-tune! The rest of the patterns just make so much sense and I got all of them down in one morning, in 3 hours. It's all coming together now, the pieces are finally glued. I can't thank you enough. It's something about the way you explained how to approach and memorize it and that magic PDF! I will share your video as much as possible! Thanks again!
Ah brilliant. Thats a great comment thank you. If it wasn't for my guitar teacher Dave Kilminster showing me a brief version of this I would not have nailed then so fast! Thank you again!
I followed your instructions and went to the website www.guitarjamming.com, and I was blown away at the extent of information and knowledge you have organized so well (and for free). Wow, there are so many people out there with their videos click-baiting to get people in to sign up for their lessons at enormous prices. I commend you for putting all of this out there for young and old. I just wished I'd had videos and literature at my disposal just by the click of a button when I was a teenager. But, I'm 55 and determined to learn. You've done a great service to a lot of people out there. I just hope those that are searching for help will find your site. The least I can do is to share your site with everyone I know. Thank you.
Danny, Thanks for the great charts and lesson.My printout of the pentatonic patterns is dog-eared and abused. I refer to them all the time and include the patterns in each of my practice sessions. I move them around the fretboard as they are translatable to any key. (reference the low E string). Pattern 5 (key of A) is tough on an acoustic, but moving it to the 3rd & 5th frets works well.. and actually underscores the portability of the sequence. One of the best lessons for a new guitar player. Many Thanks!
Those PDFs that you have provided are really well laid out and easy to understand. Must have taken you a while and the fact that you provided them for free is massively generous! Subscribed and thanks very much :-).
60 year old acoustic bedroom basher ...just bought my first electric (fender mustang)...loving the new sounds and direction opportunities...ty @Danny Page for the free downloads
That's gold. I just learned the 5 positions from your chart. I've tried to learn from someone else's video a long time ago but I gave up. But this time it came easy. Thanks man. Good upload!
Danny, I just found this and it is a great video. Easily one of the best videos on youtube in the guitar lesson category. Thank you for steering clear of all of the awkward self promotion jargon and getting right into something that helps people. I like that you made it simple and basically just said, memorize them. Too many of us guitarists want to get ahead too quickly and skip the fundamentals that turn into something bigger.
No problem. Keeps it easy to digest and actually use without having the theory knowledge to start, that cam come later. The self promo jargon does, unfortunately come into play in my later videos. The time came to make some money to help keep creating. Cheers for the comment and I hope you get to use them well. If you need pointers on how to use them please check out my #lickfriday series if you can,. Predominantly pentatonic licks throughout (that was self promotion in a kind way) Cheers mate.
Thanks mate!!!! Old punk rocker here. Then I broke into folk finger picking, Now I want to learn how to noodle around the neck. I can’t afford guitar lessons, and I don’t have time. Life kids, you understand. This is really awesome, In a way I can understand! The I already have learned the pentatonic shapes! Next I’m gonna have a go with the blues shapes on your website! Cheers! Thanks!
Bro do you have any Idea how much you have helped me? Like man, I was in a solo rut where I couldn't get out of a fucking box for example I would only play in the 5'th and 17'th fret box to solo because I didn't know how to get out of it, and now that you showed me these 5 positions and how they link together just fucking helped me out so much! Like I can express myself so much more and its so beautiful... Other people that I have watched didn't seem to show it the way you showed it. Fuck man I really cant thank you enough :(
+Ross Linden Ah man thank you for such a cool comment. Its definitely the best way to nail those buggers huh!! I guess a way to return the favour (as such) would be to share the videos where you think best, that would be cool. Again though, thanks for using the vids I post. Cheers dude. Danny
Thank you so much!!! I have been struggling so much with this! I have been watching videos that do not help me, THEN BOOM! I run into your video and I am a master at it! Thank you!! :D
After (too) many years of playing guitar, but not understanding how to play up and down the neck, all I needed was a lightbulb moment like this! Thanks man.
Sometimes that's all it needs; someone to explain in a particular way that resonates with the individual. Many (many) years ago when I was trying to grasp IP addressing/subnetting, it just took 30 minutes with a Cisco video, and the lightbulb moment occurred.
Started playing 3 months ago at 59. Just so clear and easy to pick up.Great job Danny, TQVM..hope to see more of your videos after I practise enough as per your advise..Hope you still teaching..highly recommendable.
Dude, I'd like to personally thank you for the pdf's on your site. No one ever, ever seems to write out the 7 forms of 3 note per string M/m scales. But you have pent, blues and M/m with a click. They are going into my folder, my handwritten ones are going bye bye. Subscribed and a like.
I learn best using this visual /virtual method of examining the diagrams of the shapes! Just what I needed. I can play in every mode in every key and improvise that way, but I want to be able to do that with the pentatonic as well. Currently it’s really hit and miss when I try to improvise over blues or pentatonic style progressions, but this is going to help me so much. Thank you!
That’s good to hear. Just really listen to the rhythm section of the band you are playing along with. It’s will give you all the dynamic ideas you need. Have fun. Please remember to check out my #lickfriday series too. Cheers 👍🏼
You're probably right. I haven't tried that yet but it sounds like a good idea. It will force you to memorize them by writing it down instead of looking at a sheet. Plus the diagrams don't look quite right to me how they're laid out. In my head, or the way that i visualize the guitar fretboard each of those boxes should be rotated clockwise one time. So the strings are up and down and not left to right.
Jerm It’s not so much the writing it down that helps me, but as you said it can be confusing looking at the diagram because it seems upside down and I am never sure of the fret number, especially on more complicated patterns, whereas with TAB there is no confusion because the fret numbers are right there on the string.
Steven Fry That doesn’t matter to me, as long as you know where you are starting then TAB is easy to follow. My problem with scale diagrams is that they don’t make it as clear which fret to use, without seeing the numbers. Any way, it’s still upside down on a scale diagram, isn’t it? You could write the TABS and make them right way up if you want, but that would be risking confusion going forward.
You are awesome bro! This is the first time I actually watched a video that breaks it down perfectly, unlike other people who show something but don't explain the theory and techniques and they treat the knowledge like a secret that they shouldn't share but we are lucky to just get a taste so we should be thankful for getting that much! Thankyou so much brother!
I've been playing some 55 years, mostly acoustic but now that I'm retired I'm attempting to learn lead. I can play along with music and hit it correct most of the time but it's hit and miss. So after watching this video, and I've watched hundreds, you've hit on something I've never considered and that's thinking about the shapes. So I am testing your theory. I've thought about the first two shapes for the past two days and am going to put the theory to test today and I'm confident that this is going to help. Many thanks for sharing
Update....after three days of thinking about the first three shapes I picked up the guitar and played them like I knew what I was doing. Thinking now about the remaining steps. Simple process but this method sure worked for me. Thank you again.
Trash city if you move the root of the first position to the 4th fret it becomes Ab minor. If you move it to the 6th fret it becomes A sharp minor or Bb minor etc.
Thank for this Video. I learned Shape 2 within an hour. One thing I'd add when playing it after staring at the shape is to do it in parts starting from the root note. I used a backing track which helped me know when I hit bad notes. (I didn't learn it by repetitively 'doing scales'). I'd also suggest looking at Paul David's video for 5 tips with pentatonic scales. Putting these two things together made learning the scale fun.
Look up Scott Paul Johnson 'The Pentatonic scale' video. He breaks everything down so easily and shows how to easily change key. His other videos are gems as well. He also had PDF files to download.
Thank you buddy for taking the time to provide this video. I loved it. Can't wait to look at it again and start to apply some of those principles. Thanks again!
Just wanted to say a huuuge thank you! Saw this video a couple of years ago when I was younger, got bored and quit at 2 shapes .... Got the motivation and finished all 5 in one day and I feel great!!! You're a blessing man! Thank you so much! Much love from India😊💕🇮🇳
Great video and thanks for the free pdf. Interesting that the first note of each shape is exactly the last note of the previous shape. Also, the first notes are in the same order as the five notes,ie:ACDEG. So cool.
Danny Jones the way i was shown the shapes makes these backwards and upside down as far as blocks go. maybe for tab these are correct but in block form yes these are backwards!
@@DannyPage I have a question. Im a filipino so some of your explanation is kinda confusing. With this five shapes, your basis is a key of am right? So if I will use this 5 shapes on a key of Gm i will start on the root of 3rd fret to do the shape 1 then move on root of 6th fret to do the shape 2 for Gm and so on? Is my understanding correct? Sorry for the trouble. Please respect. Im willing to learn more things in scaling so Im asking this. Thanks again. Hoping for your reply, sir.
Hi Danny, just wanted to say thank mate, that was so easily explained etc, I'm 7 months into my guitar, I luv it, can be frustrating at times, but I'm getting there, thanks again, and you've got another new subscriber, cheers mate.. 🎸👍🤘🤘🤘
I wish that yesterday evening I had come across this video and watched it first before watching the two other videos that came up when I searched for "Major Pentatonic scales". The first video was not helpful because the guy didn't show how the fingers were placed on each note to get the right sound. Then I came across a site that had diagrams of the 5 pentatonic scale shapes. It was easy to understand, only it took me about 10 minutes to finally figure out that the black dots on the fret board diagrams were meant to indicate where the fingers were placed. Then finally I saw this video that right way you said exactly what took me awhile to figure out about the finger-placement dots on the six strings and the fret boards. Thanks!
Thank you for all you do Danny! You are an outstanding guitarist, an excellent teacher and a very very generous person. The only bummer is, I sit and watch you're videos and play my guitar but nothing else done. My playing has grown since discovering you but unfortunately, so has the "honey-DO" list. I think I can sneak in a few more videos before I have to sleep in the garage. HAHA!! ROCK ON!
Make you you have a comfy sofa in the garage, just in case. Seriously though, thank you for the awesome comment. Cheers man. Now, go kit that garage out and keep watching 😂🤙
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I am a 57 year old guitar player who has played for 30 years by ear. Only a strummer. Well I finally decided it's time to get better and learn some lead. I have watched several videos on Pentatonic scales and their usage. This was by far the easiest to understand!!
Thanks
Andy
Andy Hiskett Brilliant. Glad to be of service to you 👍🏼
Andy Hiskett Me too mate I'm 67 and like you plonked since I was 15 , now retired and bought first electric, (Fender Strat) it's a whole new ballgame now for me, I hope I stick with it, best of Luck with your playing mate.
Hi Andy and Terry, great to see other mature guitarists here! I'm 52. Just stumbled upon this video. Pretty awesome. I'm a jazz rhythm guitarist like Freddy Green, so yeah, just chords for years and years, but lately I've been getting into the blues and thought it’s about time to learn scales. LOL. Better late than never. Well, nice meeting you guys! Good luck to you both.
👍☺👍🎼🎶🎸
Thanks for that B.J.C. I'm struggling along with it and some days I flow better than others, wish I'd have learned yrs ago , if I could be only half as good as the likes of Robert Johnson and B.B. I'll die happily, Ha! Keep "Motivated" is key I think, good Luck BLIND JACK.
Hi Terry! Half as good as Robert or BB? Heck, I'd die happy if I could become only 1% as good. But yeah, I dig where you're coming from, brother. Stay motivated. Consistency is the key. Play EVERY day, even if it's only 10 minutes!!! Good luck👍☺👍
One thing I did notice about his scale form that is extremely helpful is the positioning of the actual diagrams on the paper. If you notice, the bottom of one scale becomes the top of another so they pretty blend into one another. Guess it's time to bear down and start learning scales. It almost certainly has to help with dexterity going from string to string.
Thats bc both the top and bottom strings are E STRINGS SO THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE EXACT SAME NOTES AS EACH OTHER!
ive been struggling with scales for the 18 months that ive been playing.....in an hour or so of doing this i had all 5 shapes up and down the neck.....great stuff danny, much appreciated
don't know how it is done. Confusing.
In a world of selfishness and I don't cares, thanks for your time and effort in posting this. This has been a big help.
FINALLY!! Someone who explains these scales and I can actually get it! Thank you so much!
You’re welcome. Thanks for watching the video.
This was the best!
can you explain what is these 5 shapes? i know what a pentatonic scale is(just 5 certain notes of a scale). but what is these 5 form?why do we need 5?
Thanks for these 5 pentatonic forms! I started playing electric guitar 35 years ago and I pretty much ate, drank and breathed guitar for hours a day. Got really good and was onstage with a band in two years. I eventually stopped playing because of work and family obligations and sold all of equipment. Now 20 years later I bought all new equipment and I'm getting my "chops" back quickly but need refreshers like this. Thanks brother!!
Whole heartedly agree with this method of learning the shapes...The most effective way to learn is visualising.
Yup yep! Works well for me..
...and then practice, practice practice! Visualizing is the first step, but muscle memory helps to eliminate the need to memorize everything.
Danny Page no
No what??
Yes..and the most effective way to learn how to paint is to listening to your canvas.
Thank you so much. Like the guys below, I've been a chord player for decades of a dubious skill level, over the past few months upgraded my acoustic, then bought my first SG. Now have amps in almost every room and making a determined effort to actually understanding music. Even went to lessons although I detest country and learning by rote. This is a great help in stitching what I've learnt together. Downloaded the pdf's and bookmarked your page.
Click! Paradigm shift! The one I was waiting for so many years! I was locked into the first pattern Am pentatonic type playing for 20 years, with a little bit of break-outs into the BB-King box. The glory moment was when I saw that BB King box in the 2nd pattern, and especially the formation above, those additional semi-tones, and my solo'ing sounds finally in-tune! The rest of the patterns just make so much sense and I got all of them down in one morning, in 3 hours. It's all coming together now, the pieces are finally glued. I can't thank you enough. It's something about the way you explained how to approach and memorize it and that magic PDF! I will share your video as much as possible! Thanks again!
Ah brilliant. Thats a great comment thank you. If it wasn't for my guitar teacher Dave Kilminster showing me a brief version of this I would not have nailed then so fast! Thank you again!
I followed your instructions and went to the website www.guitarjamming.com, and I was blown away at the extent of information and knowledge you have organized so well (and for free). Wow, there are so many people out there with their videos click-baiting to get people in to sign up for their lessons at enormous prices. I commend you for putting all of this out there for young and old. I just wished I'd had videos and literature at my disposal just by the click of a button when I was a teenager. But, I'm 55 and determined to learn. You've done a great service to a lot of people out there. I just hope those that are searching for help will find your site. The least I can do is to share your site with everyone I know. Thank you.
Danny, Thanks for the great charts and lesson.My printout of the pentatonic patterns is dog-eared and abused. I refer to them all the time and include the patterns in each of my practice sessions. I move them around the fretboard as they are translatable to any key. (reference the low E string). Pattern 5 (key of A) is tough on an acoustic, but moving it to the 3rd & 5th frets works well.. and actually underscores the portability of the sequence. One of the best lessons for a new guitar player. Many Thanks!
Thank you, I had to come back to this video after practing and watching videos for a few months and this makes so much more sense now!
Those PDFs that you have provided are really well laid out and easy to understand. Must have taken you a while and the fact that you provided them for free is massively generous! Subscribed and thanks very much :-).
Ah thank you for saying so. It’s not a problem and I’m pleased people are using them and understanding them well. Have fun. 👍🏼
Where are the Pdfs, please? I didn't find anything on the website.
Sachendra M. In the lessons and download page. ‘Click through’ button.
60 year old acoustic bedroom basher ...just bought my first electric (fender mustang)...loving the new sounds and direction opportunities...ty @Danny Page for the free downloads
To save being bored play them with one of the million backing tracks available on you tube.
Great idea
Good idea
THANK YOU ! Visualization really works !
I now know all 5 shapes in no time .
Thank you .
NJ , USA
Damn man, the website is a virtual fountain of knowledge, and its free. Thanks so much for sharing it. 👍👍👍
This is by far the best video lesson on scales I have ever seen, it's so understandable. Thank you for your insights.
Awesome lesson! Thank you for the free PDF's, this has helped out so much! We all here agree on that. Great job!
Cool cool Thank you
@@DannyPage teach me plz
Danny, I also am a 58 year old ear player. thank for for the best method to burn this stuff into what is left of my memory. Truly, great job.
No worries PM. Pleased it works for you.
I agree with Toby. Best explanation Ive seen. And showing the progression how they all link makes it easy to remember. Thanks man!!!
JonMarc22 awesome thank you
Thank you! I'm completely new to guitar and this is the only video of the many I have watched where it's now become clear and understandable to me.
Thats cool...thank you.
That's gold. I just learned the 5 positions from your chart. I've tried to learn from someone else's video a long time ago but I gave up. But this time it came easy. Thanks man. Good upload!
biblical giants Brilliant. Nice work. Please share the video on you social media platforms. Really cool comment. Thanks.
Thank you Danny. You are the best teacher. Other teachers dont take the time to explain things slowly. Be well Dan.AdChoices
Thank you.
You sure make it so easy!!! I can't wait to learn the rest of what you have to offer! This is my wife's post site. You'er the MAN!!!!!
Hey thanks, More lessons will be coming in good time... Keep checking back or like facebook fro recent updates of things going on. Thanks again!
Finally someone who teachers slowly thanks lots for your help. Michael from Australia
Great lesson! learned more in the last two days practicing than the last six months trying too learn all these scales. Thanks.
Fanstastic Cool Thanks
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Good man. Gives us free downloads without registration. Thank you Danny.
Danny, I just found this and it is a great video. Easily one of the best videos on youtube in the guitar lesson category. Thank you for steering clear of all of the awkward self promotion jargon and getting right into something that helps people. I like that you made it simple and basically just said, memorize them. Too many of us guitarists want to get ahead too quickly and skip the fundamentals that turn into something bigger.
No problem. Keeps it easy to digest and actually use without having the theory knowledge to start, that cam come later. The self promo jargon does, unfortunately come into play in my later videos. The time came to make some money to help keep creating. Cheers for the comment and I hope you get to use them well. If you need pointers on how to use them please check out my #lickfriday series if you can,. Predominantly pentatonic licks throughout (that was self promotion in a kind way) Cheers mate.
I LOVE your diagram! It's brilliant! In a flash the whole 5 position concept became clear!
DucksDeLucks That's it! Keep practicing them and it will be near on impossible to forget.
same here 🎸😎
Thanks mate!!!! Old punk rocker here. Then I broke into folk finger picking, Now I want to learn how to noodle around the neck. I can’t afford guitar lessons, and I don’t have time. Life kids, you understand. This is really awesome, In a way I can understand! The I already have learned the pentatonic shapes! Next I’m gonna have a go with the blues shapes on your website! Cheers! Thanks!
Bro do you have any Idea how much you have helped me? Like man, I was in a solo rut where I couldn't get out of a fucking box for example I would only play in the 5'th and 17'th fret box to solo because I didn't know how to get out of it, and now that you showed me these 5 positions and how they link together just fucking helped me out so much! Like I can express myself so much more and its so beautiful... Other people that I have watched didn't seem to show it the way you showed it. Fuck man I really cant thank you enough :(
+Ross Linden Ah man thank you for such a cool comment. Its definitely the best way to nail those buggers huh!! I guess a way to return the favour (as such) would be to share the videos where you think best, that would be cool. Again though, thanks for using the vids I post. Cheers dude. Danny
Danny Page Gave your channel to a couple of my guitarist friends. Hopefully they subscribe :D
You're spot on in your unorthodox teaching/ learning method. Thanks
Thank you so much!!!
I have been struggling so much with this! I have been watching videos that do not help me, THEN BOOM! I run into your video and I am a master at it! Thank you!! :D
Really clear - brilliant pdf's on your site. Thank you greatly to you and your hat!
People seem to like the silly hat.... Thanks for the comment and for learning with me..
Thanks Danny. I could never remember everything but with the interlink it is much more clear. I think I can handle it now. Great job.
This helped me out a lot. Thanks for giving your time to help.
No worries.. Thanks for learning..
I love you
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After (too) many years of playing guitar, but not understanding how to play up and down the neck, all I needed was a lightbulb moment like this! Thanks man.
Niq Scott Great news. Thanks for watching the video.
Sometimes that's all it needs; someone to explain in a particular way that resonates with the individual. Many (many) years ago when I was trying to grasp IP addressing/subnetting, it just took 30 minutes with a Cisco video, and the lightbulb moment occurred.
Brilliant. Very good. Thanks for doing this. Well done.
Started playing 3 months ago at 59. Just so clear and easy to pick up.Great job Danny, TQVM..hope to see more of your videos after I practise enough as per your advise..Hope you still teaching..highly recommendable.
Hey. Yeah still playing and teaching bits. Pleased to hear you have benefited from the video
Excellent...your PDF diagrams are first class. Thank you...
I can't find the links of pdf
Is it free lol?
I started to learn the pentatonic after years of strumming. I wish I had seen this video years ago. By far the best explanation.
Wow been working on this for months and found your page and got it down in 20 minutes thank you where have you been!!!!
Brilliant. Thats what its for... Great work my friend
Dude, I'd like to personally thank you for the pdf's on your site.
No one ever, ever seems to write out the 7 forms of 3 note per string M/m scales.
But you have pent, blues and M/m with a click.
They are going into my folder, my handwritten ones are going bye bye.
Subscribed and a like.
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Man i have been learning guitar this way for years i just though it was wierd visulizing first but it does work nice to know im not only one
Yep the concept is a little strange at first, but it really does make sense very quickly, for the majority! 👍🏼
Thank you Danny. I'm 58 years old. Started playing at 12 but lost interest. Starting all over. Your channel inspired me to give it another try!
best explanation I have seen! thank you!
Cool Thank you
true!
Thanks so much for your detailed description of what's on the page before us, & to take
time to learn
Hope you learn them well
Agreed! concise, enjoyable and easy to follow.
I learn best using this visual /virtual method of examining the diagrams of the shapes! Just what I needed. I can play in every mode in every key and improvise that way, but I want to be able to do that with the pentatonic as well. Currently it’s really hit and miss when I try to improvise over blues or pentatonic style progressions, but this is going to help me so much. Thank you!
That’s good to hear. Just really listen to the rhythm section of the band you are playing along with. It’s will give you all the dynamic ideas you need. Have fun. Please remember to check out my #lickfriday series too. Cheers 👍🏼
Its awesome. I really love it the way you teaching,
Thanks for that
Beautifully explained Danny and youve clearly put a lot of work into this. I just wish that TH-cam and this video had been around when I was learning.
I Love your teaching method and approach, great lesson.
meulas Baldrro Cool thank you.
Excellent way of visualizing the shapes and connect them up and down the neck!
Maybe it’s just me, but I found that writing them
out in TAB form and practicing from that was
far easier than looking at the scale diagrams.
i agree, writing is time consuming but always a better way to understand and memorize
You're probably right. I haven't tried that yet but it sounds like a good idea. It will force you to memorize them by writing it down instead of looking at a sheet. Plus the diagrams don't look quite right to me how they're laid out. In my head, or the way that i visualize the guitar fretboard each of those boxes should be rotated clockwise one time. So the strings are up and down and not left to right.
Jerm
It’s not so much the writing it down that helps me, but
as you said it can be confusing looking at the diagram
because it seems upside down and I am never sure of
the fret number, especially on more complicated
patterns, whereas with TAB there is no confusion
because the fret numbers are right there on the
string.
@@xaj1543 im the same. Tab looks upside down. Low e on top of guitar and at the bottom of tab notation. I rewrite so my fingers can follow my eyes
Steven Fry
That doesn’t matter to me, as long as you know
where you are starting then TAB is easy to follow.
My problem with scale diagrams is that they don’t
make it as clear which fret to use, without seeing
the numbers. Any way, it’s still upside down on a
scale diagram, isn’t it? You could write the TABS
and make them right way up if you want, but that
would be risking confusion going forward.
You are awesome bro! This is the first time I actually watched a video that breaks it down perfectly, unlike other people who show something but don't explain the theory and techniques and they treat the knowledge like a secret that they shouldn't share but we are lucky to just get a taste so we should be thankful for getting that much!
Thankyou so much brother!
Good god this is some great info. Thanks for spreading!
Matt Priestess 🤘
I've been playing some 55 years, mostly acoustic but now that I'm retired I'm attempting to learn lead. I can play along with music and hit it correct most of the time but it's hit and miss. So after watching this video, and I've watched hundreds, you've hit on something I've never considered and that's thinking about the shapes. So I am testing your theory. I've thought about the first two shapes for the past two days and am going to put the theory to test today and I'm confident that this is going to help. Many thanks for sharing
Update....after three days of thinking about the first three shapes I picked up the guitar and played them like I knew what I was doing. Thinking now about the remaining steps. Simple process but this method sure worked for me. Thank you again.
How do you apply the Am scales to any key...?
Trash city if you move the root of the first position to the 4th fret it becomes Ab minor. If you move it to the 6th fret it becomes A sharp minor or Bb minor etc.
DUDE!!!! Thank you! I finally got it after watching so many videos. Nice job! God Speed
That’s cool. Hope you start to use them with your solo guitar playing.
in the key of A,so is it called A minor pentatonic scale ?
ya also the c major penatonic scale
Thank for this Video. I learned Shape 2 within an hour. One thing I'd add when playing it after staring at the shape is to do it in parts starting from the root note. I used a backing track which helped me know when I hit bad notes. (I didn't learn it by repetitively 'doing scales'). I'd also suggest looking at Paul David's video for 5 tips with pentatonic scales. Putting these two things together made learning the scale fun.
Thank you.
DUUUUDE i´ve been looking for something like this for a while now. Thank you a lot!!!! i am a much better musican because of you
Great lesson Danny thanks for the help good stuff to know.
Hope you managed to nail them all and keep them in the mind. Cheers.
@@DannyPage
Thanks for the the reply mate.
I posted 5 years ago. I m still learning them lol. Stay safe.
A unique approach to learning these scales. Can't wait to try it!
How did it go? Did you learn them well?
I’m already nailed the A min pentatonic, but struggling to transfer into different keys
Look up Scott Paul Johnson 'The Pentatonic scale' video. He breaks everything down so easily and shows how to easily change key. His other videos are gems as well. He also had PDF files to download.
You just moved me forward by an immeasurable amount...... Thank you so much my friend! I'm headed to your web site right now....
Mike Magnum Excellent. Pleased to be of service to you. Enjoy the fun from here on in.
thanks for doing this video it has helped me alot, scales dont seem that difficult to learn anymore!😎
robrager10 Great stuff. All becomes clear huh! Nice
Thank you buddy for taking the time to provide this video. I loved it. Can't wait to look at it again and start to apply some of those principles. Thanks again!
Finally....that made sense!! Thank you very much
You're welcome..
I have watched many You Tube videos on how to do this, yours comes out tops. Thank you!!!
Thanks Danny!
No worries! Thank for learning...
Danny, I'm a beginner and I cannot tell you how helpful this is for me. Thank you
Raymond Tarleton hh
nice, thanks it helped! 💜
Major Tom
Just wanted to say a huuuge thank you! Saw this video a couple of years ago when I was younger, got bored and quit at 2 shapes .... Got the motivation and finished all 5 in one day and I feel great!!!
You're a blessing man! Thank you so much! Much love from India😊💕🇮🇳
Ah mate. That’s cool. Thanks for sharing the comment. Hope you continue to use them well. Check out the lick Friday series if you get stuck. ✌️
This is how my teacher taught me the scales years ago.
Good stuff. Makes so much sense.
Youve made more sense than any vid iv watched as a beginner in the last year excellent thankyou 😊👍🏻
Thanks man...
staggering the box's was a brilliant idea, so much easier to learn that way genius on your part.thank you very much.off to visit your website now.
Learn to use this these shapes with my #lickfriday series right here th-cam.com/video/YJhCsVj2KBQ/w-d-xo.html
Nice thorough lesson. Great idea to visualize before playing. Well done!
Cheers. ✌️
Is each block a different key.
Harold Sauer Nope. Each block is a different shape in the same key. If you have downloaded the PDF from my site there should be a brief description.
Been playing for like 12 years, 7 or so years live shows, he explains this beautifully
Thank you very much. 👍🏼
I memorized them as if they were chord shapes.
Brilliant idea....Nice one.
Thanks so much, Danny. Putting it do good use! Never have seen the diagrams of overlapping patterns. Awesome!
Make much more sense this way, that’s for sure.
Tab available here www.dansguitar.com/scales-and-modes
great job
Great video and thanks for the free pdf. Interesting that the first note of each shape is exactly the last note of the previous shape. Also, the first notes are in the same order as the five notes,ie:ACDEG. So cool.
is it me or all those diagramms upside down and back to front?
Danny Jones Nope they are correct. Lowest note first from the bottom of the TAB.
Wow its so long since ive used anything like that my brain is seeing it all the wrong way round.
Danny Jones the way i was shown the shapes makes these backwards and upside down as far as blocks go. maybe for tab these are correct but in block form yes these are backwards!
I see thats cool. I need to relearn all this stuff. Ill put some work into it in the coming months. Cheers
@@DannyPage I have a question. Im a filipino so some of your explanation is kinda confusing. With this five shapes, your basis is a key of am right? So if I will use this 5 shapes on a key of Gm i will start on the root of 3rd fret to do the shape 1 then move on root of 6th fret to do the shape 2 for Gm and so on? Is my understanding correct? Sorry for the trouble. Please respect. Im willing to learn more things in scaling so Im asking this. Thanks again. Hoping for your reply, sir.
this was seriously the best video i have seen on pentatonic scales. u made it very very easy. thanku so much.
Danny Page Okay this is do-able . . . Totally love your tip on visualizing the scale after looking at it fort a minute or so! THANKS!!!!
Leona Sackaney No worries. Get looking and learning. Cool 👍🏼
Thanks so much for the useful advice and the scale diagrams, downloaded all 3 from your site. Appreciate you helping me learn!
Great. Thank you for taking the time to learn from this video.
Referring to the scale diagram, what does the R notes stand for?
Awesome video. Easy to grasp the shapes as you explain them. Really well done. Thanks so much..
Once you learn this it's deff a life changer! Next modal scales would be easier to learn
Hi Danny, just wanted to say thank mate, that was so easily explained etc, I'm 7 months into my guitar, I luv it, can be frustrating at times, but I'm getting there, thanks again, and you've got another new subscriber, cheers mate.. 🎸👍🤘🤘🤘
I wish that yesterday evening I had come across this video and watched it first before watching the two other videos that came up when I searched for "Major Pentatonic scales". The first video was not helpful because the guy didn't show how the fingers were placed on each note to get the right sound. Then I came across a site that had diagrams of the 5 pentatonic scale shapes. It was easy to understand, only it took me about 10 minutes to finally figure out that the black dots on the fret board diagrams were meant to indicate where the fingers were placed. Then finally I saw this video that right way you said exactly what took me awhile to figure out about the finger-placement dots on the six strings and the fret boards. Thanks!
freeloaner30 Cool man. Sorry you didn’t come across it earlier. Glad you agree and that it helped visualise them all. Thanks 🙏
I don't have the money to go out and get lessons from a guitar teacher. Thank you for this video, it's helping a lot
This is brilliant!!!!! scales no longer freak me out, thanks for the lesson!
They are not that bad really when it’s laid out like this. Make the rest easier to tackle too.
Thank you for all you do Danny! You are an outstanding guitarist, an excellent teacher and a very very generous person. The only bummer is, I sit and watch you're videos and play my guitar but nothing else done. My playing has grown since discovering you but unfortunately, so has the "honey-DO" list. I think I can sneak in a few more videos before I have to sleep in the garage. HAHA!! ROCK ON!
Make you you have a comfy sofa in the garage, just in case. Seriously though, thank you for the awesome comment. Cheers man. Now, go kit that garage out and keep watching 😂🤙
Thank you very much Danny, my first entry into the world of pentatonic scales, and you made it look easy!