The Pentatonic Scale
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Learn a bit about the Pentatonic Scale - how to play it, how it's in two keys at the same time, and how to move it up and down the fingerboard to adjust the key.
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Just wanted to let you know this video is still giving new guitarists huge breakthroughs 4 years later!!! Thanks!!!
Thats so nice to hear! I just want YOU to know that I've been actively making courses and lessons for the past three years on Patreon. I've got nearly 200 lessons so far, a weekly like Q&A, and fun creative challenges for my community every two weeks. It's been a blast.
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I spent 2 days trying to figure this out and u gave me the biggest piece of the puzzle. Thanks
I just made a breakthru here myself. Thanks for Sharing.
Hey me too! Just bought a guitar and this is help a lot, thank you!
Thank you so much!
no one else has broken it down like this. you, my friend, are a great teacher. thank you.
Thank you Aleida!
Yep. Best one I’ve ever seen.
I was gonna comment just this so err +1!
This is the second video of his that I have watched. Straight to the point and simple. Love your stuff. Your making music theory easy to understand especially, if like me, you didn't start learning until in mid life.
Agreed! New sub and learned so much in the last 2 days when I discovered this channel. My playing has improved so much. Thank you Scott.
Guys we've found him, that person who can make us understand how pentatonics work
true
Ohhh yes !!
Yup and i automatically subscribe to him,
simple and short just how i like it
the diagram really helps
so true
Your ability to understand where a person who doesn’t know music theory might struggle is unparalleled. You’re meant for this stuff man! 💯
that is so true, i did not understand any other guitarist explain this.
anyone else notice how he went in and made his fingers transparent so we could see the neck better? great work/
But have also noticed his blush on??😄
@@anodawla8918 im wondering why no one talkes about it lol
@@mnm4282 all youtubers who get good looking footage like this are using lights and wearing makeup, its just how it works. what youre noticing isnt that hes wearing makeup, its that the makeup wasnt applied well so its obvious
Well I know it actually dont be angry, Calm down, Keep calm i dont want to start a war
@@yunikage Well I know it actually dont be angry, Calm down, Keep calm i dont want to start a war 😂😂😂
Dude is so damn chill.... “there we go, that was fun. Let’s do another one”.
Like the young Bob Ross of guitars.
so true.x
Don't compare the greatness of Bob Ross to this mediocre man
@@godtroll749 god damn that’s one hell of a way to put it 🤣
@@godtroll749 I know your name has troll in it but shut up please
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The editing is so unique. Made so perfectly for new guitarists. I wish people would do this style more often
Thanks! It was a lot of work in the begining, but I've been perfecting the camera guitar on my online school. If you want 200+ lessons, tons of helpful homework and jam tracks, AND a weekly live Q&A featuring this camera guitar (yes I figured out how to do it LIVE) come check it out www.scottpauljohnson.com/
I actually have goosebumps. I've "played" self taught guitar for close to 20 years on and off. I was always a rhythm player because I just couldn't comprehend the traditional musical education, but this taught me so much in 7 minutes and I'm excited to try it and continue my actual education in learning how to play this damn thing
I'm more of a rhythm guy too but today that changes
I feel like you've just told my story. This video is about to change everything. Have you guys made any progress?
Never was 7minutes and 32seconds so productive in my life :D
OMG! OMG! I hear ya dude! Best explanation I've ever seen
My thoughts exactly
I said the same thing the night my son was conceived
100% agree! I have wasted HOURS watching guys talk way over my head - this guy properly nailed it in 7 minutes! Amazing!
I agree Ismail. I definitely agree.
This is the most valuable guitar lesson I have ever seen in my life - and I'm 66 years old. You are an answer to my prayers Scott. I'll never be able to thank you enough.
that’s great, just curious, when did you start playing guitar?
Absolutely!!!!! 🌻
Ditto... How has nobody else explained it so clearly??! I can actually play some semi-respectable solo's now...Well, I mean, at least I can have fun and jam along once I know what key the song is in... This is awesome.
@@boro6570 Sorry, Hazy, I just saw your question now. I started playing guitar when I was 13.
This guy is god. Over 2 decades with guitars, lessons, books...etc. This guy explains the pentonic scale better than all combined. My brain just exploded.
As said below - " no one else has broken it down like this. you, my friend, are a great teacher. thank you."
holy shit, I just went from not ever soloing to absolutely shredding on a backing track, thank you my dude
same...
I can't wait to try this tomorrow
@@bambampewpew32 howd it go
@@SushiMooshy oh I completely forgot about this lmao it was ok I still like playing guitar with my dad the most cause he does chords and I play the scale and that sounds the best to me or maybe I just suck at playing to jam tracks
"So if I put my pinky here" - Boom ! That's all I needed. Thanks dude, awesome explanation.
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All these guitarist on YT struggling with theory that theory this just to explain pentatonic while this guy be making 7 min and 34 seconds vid and helped 1.4 mil people just like that. Such a great man👍🏻
This is truly the only channel where every single second is of complete clarity and value. I have not seen such teaching skills anywhere on TH-cam and you have officially cured my fears in approaching guitar theory. Thank you for being on TH-cam 🙏
You've released 10 years of frustration on me wanting to learn how to start soloing. Best teacher ever. Thank you!9
Wow thanks!
Same
im literally in the same boat haha
@@ScottPaulJohnson Love u buddy !
Same. Been playing 24 years and could never figure out how to tie scales together because frankly I never knew where notes were.
Finally, someone who's able explain the Pentatonic Scale the way every average human being could understand. Thanks a lot Scott. I'm sure you've touched the lives of so many aspiring musicians through this tutorial. More power!
I've been playing for years, learned pro level songs, and you are the only person who has been able to make pentatonic scales make sense to me, thank you
I know I'm 6 years late but this was an eye opener for me. I wish I learned this when I had guitar lessons back in the day. Would've made it so much easier and more fun. Best guitar lesson video I've seen yet!
Have been practicing pentatonic for years without understanding it. Now you showed me its meaning. Suddenly able to solo with the jam track. Tears almost came out from my eyes. Can’t thank you enough.
same for me! that emotion I had was incredible when it clicked for me
That was one of the most useful, understandable lessons I've come across. I couldn't make sense of major and minor keys until you explained it. Fantastic. Thank you.
So happy to hear that, AJ! Thanks for letting me know. Feel free to check back in as you make some more progress. Let me know how it's going
@@ScottPaulJohnson which guitar are you using in this video? i'm just curious about its sound
@@artimmy1 1971 Fender Musicmaster with an aftermarket noiseless pickup. Can't remember the brand but it wasn't a well-known brand
The beauty of "if you understand it enough, can't explain it simple enough" so many dont understand.... Thank you so much
I've been a guitar player since 7 and my first guitar teacher was sick and old British guy teaching me judar priest, led Zeppelin, tommy Emmanuel, and ever since he retired I've just winged it not knowing what I am doing. I have never found any guitar teachers who can teach the stuff so quickly and understandable so it just translates to my guitar brain right away. I will definitely be going through your channel
You nailed it, so much better than other tutorials with a lot of BS.
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Exactly. Holy fuck those TH-camrs. Just came from a tutorial of that one guy called Paul... He makes a tutorial with the assumption everyone knows exactly what the scale is.
Like if I knew why the fuck would i watch his shitty tutorial? Jesus christ
@@aw2584 I mean his video isn't really explaining what the scale is its more how to use it better for people that already know what it is. But I agree most youtubers out there talk lots of bs this guy is goated
hi kevin, love ur videos with jared, surprised to see u here!
Dude, guitar teachers have tried to explain this to me for years, but you just showed it in a way so clearly I actually got it! The way you use technology, overlays, PDFs and charts is brilliant. Why isn’t everyone teaching this way? I will be watching all your videos and sending you money. Where have you been all my life!?
I have to post. I’ve been self teaching guitar for ages. Back in my teens during nu metal. And just picked it up again last year. Always played off tabs. This video, in 7 minutes, made more sense to me about scales than I’ve ever seen. I understand it now. Thank you for this.
Bro you literally just changed my life with the tip at 3:00. I never thought you could use the minor pentatonic over a major progression, even though I knew they shared the same notes. I guess I just never thought about it. Today for the first time ever, I was able to meaningfully improvise over a jam track. Thank you so much!
mind = blown. No idea why i never considered this.
And to do you one better, you can now effortlessly memorize the corresponding minor/major scales.
I am 64 years old and I used to play lead guitar in many bands but I never learned the pentatonic scales! My next door neighbor told me about the pentatonic scales when I was 16 but he did not tell me what it meant!! You are the first person out of all the videos I have watched on how to play the pentatonic scale that allowed me to see what is being played. They would go fast and play it and not show how!! Thank you very much for being the first person in my life to show me in a way I could really see what is played. I became a really good lead player but memorized different Hendrix licks and basically played box style leads!! I always felt handicapped though when I would hear other guitarists play the scales and sound so good. My playing took longer to make it sound really good because of lacking the pentatonic scale. At 64 I can still play fast clean leads but now a whole new spectrum can be implemented!! Thanks again!! If any one wants to see me play my TH-cam video is keebonk’s shower curtain jam. I titled it that because I recorded the video in my bathroom. Only place I could be alone to do it!!
Im 29 and i relate to this
@@italovidigal1990 you record videos in your bathroom too?
It's because he actually wants us to learn. He's not gate keeping it or trying to appear a genius-- and because such, he shows how genius he is! Hell yeah dude.
been playing guitar for 14 years. i never understood this. i finally did.
why did no one ever say this? my god, bless you.
When I imagine what a guitar tutorial is like in my head, THIS is a perfect demonstration of that, explained fully, clearly, with no time wasted at all. I watched the whole thing and no questions were asked. Subscribed at first glance!
Holy moly! I have never understood guitar until now. I have been trying for 6 years and no one has been able to break it down and make it make sense like you just did in 7 minutes. Well done. Thank you
WOW! ..... I've been trying to understand this for soooo many years.
Watching other tutors has not helped, but now I'm finally getting to understand scales and how it works with playing lead.
What an amazing teacher. THANK YOU.
Holy shit, someone who actually knows how to translate music theory into English. Iv been looking for 6 years and this is the first and only video that actually makes sense
I’ve been playing guitar for 20 years but I just couldn’t wrap my head around scales. This video just broke the dam holding me back. You are awesome!
Here we go again! I spent an hour last night watching a ton of videos trying to learn about key and what it all means. I came out of it mostly more confused and definitely more frustrated. In walks Scott and 3 minutes and 30 seconds into a video on the pentatonic scale the lights pop on and I finally get something about keys that never clicked before. Of course, the pentatonic scale also makes way more sense and feels much more practical now, too!
I've now watched two of Scott's videos and in a matter of minutes have learned more than hours and hours of other guitar videos and books. Thanks Scott! Can't wait to watch the next one!
Let me add: the split camera views, text, and graphics are a HUGE help for me, being a visual learner and beginner. It's obvious you know something about learning styles, given that you are crushing verbal, written, and visualized in one simple video. I know that can't be easy or fast to do but I'm so grateful you have been able to do it so far. Thanks!
Totally agree with you. I also find it so structured and ..."digestable"!
100% agree
Those solos of his are just so smooth. They make you want to knuckle down and learn this stuff. Thanks Scott.
These are by far the best tutoring videos on TH-cam, hands down. There are other guys who are fun and informative but no one has done more for my playing than Scott. Thank you man for all your generosity and time, I absolutely cannot thank you enough. You are a true scholar and artist.
This guy has officially done what I want to do in life. Make an impact on people’s lives. This video is the key to making great guitar players and im excited to see how they’ll turn out. Including me!
Beautifully put. Living for oneself is so empty, so is playing guitar, which is kinda the same thing
don't know what else to say, best lesson on TH-cam if you ask me, after seeing tons of high sub number channels, no one beats SPJ......you are the best, man!
THANK YOUUUUUUU
Music theory stuff is tough to wrap your head around, and I struggle with many videos because I feel like they are not clear enough. How you explain things and especially how you visually emphasize them is great and makes it way easier to follow and understand the concepts. Thank you so much for the videos 👍
I know this is an old video, but I can appreciate the amount of editing done to this to deliver the message just perfectly for people like me.
This guy deserves so much more appreciation than he has
Oh My! i knew this pentatonic and were practicing it for 2 month from the first day i bought my PRS. But i did not know how to use it. Yesterday i was watching this video and thinking about a little jam session in G major. And today i tried it... My wife was stunned and shocked that i could play a bluesy melodies after only 2 month of guitar playing! Thank you! now i can feel like a guitarist!
Sorry for my English.
Hugs from Russia!
This is the most theory I’ve learned in a long time, yet it was actually enjoyable for once.
Crazy how he provides this info to us entirely free. Doesn’t make us pay for a course even with the quality of the video and a lot of people will take it for granted.
Just discovered this channel and am so glad I did. I've read or watched so many lessons over the years on all the basic music theory for guitar concepts, but always struggled with some and struggled to put it together. Somehow the way this guy explains it just makes sense. I got more from the handful of lessons here than I got from dozens of others. Really excellent. Natural teacher, well thought out and well produced.
Also , the layout of video layout it s just awesoooome ! Rly that visualization on fingerboard helps a ton 👌best guitar music theory way of teaching in general
Andrew Gilholm remind me of Victor，he said those who can't explain the music theories by ez ways just not knew them well. Im sure this guy know a lot.
I've been picking these chords for years but it never sounded right when I would strum in a chord. Bingo Scott, you just showed me what I had misunderstood. I didn't realize the 1st finger was a Minor Chord indicator, and the 4th a Major. Sweet, and I was able to play along with you in all the different keys at the end. You have made my day. Thank you so much.
Four years after discovering this video and being completely overwhelmed by it, I finally understand it after becoming more familiar with the fret board of the guitar and music theory in general. It's so funny how in hindsight the pentatonic is a pretty simple scale. Good luck to everyone learning guitar!
Man, Can't teach the 'funda' behind the scales shorter and effective than this ! You are a life savior. Thank you.
Thanks! If you want to learn more, I've got over 200 lessons and counting over on Patreon www.scottpauljohnson.com/
@@ScottPaulJohnson Will check it out.
2 years late but in 7 minutes this man has taught me what 15 years of having a backround in music could not
"I hope you found this useful"
I sure as hell did. Thanks.
I am a musician who typically hates "How to videos".. this dude is super chill and all about the music. Refreshing. Subscribed!
Omg this guy in two videos has turned more lights on for me than dozens of others. Thank man . Subscribed
Obviously this guy didn't get the memo from those who've made understanding the Pentatonic scale seem like something reserved for the Special Few. Thank you for this simple lesson! And, if The Special Few catch up to you, and you need a place to hide out, let me know!
OMG. I just subbed based on this video. I'm 56 years old and have owned guitars just because I like to buy nice instruments and pretend that I can play them better than 3 chords. With this Covid-19 $#it going on, I'm re-dedicating myself to practicing guitar. I've been trying to learn all 5 Pentatonic shapes in every key but this just made so much sense to me. Thanks a ton!
I played on and off for 15 years and have tried to learn how to solo for the longest time but got nowhere. This video literally was a game changer for me, you just made it SOO SIMPLE i can't believe i never understood it until now. I can't thank you enough. You're amazing.
This is the best I've seen explaining the pentatonic scale....and how to use it
when he did that first change of key I literally screamed, it all makes sense now, great lesson!
I’m very impressed with your teaching skills. I’m 57 years old, have had quite a few teachers and watched a ton of TH-cam videos on the pentatonic scale. This is the very first tine the pentatonic has ever made since to me especially when you explained it sharing the same notes. You have won me over!!!
Scot I have struggled to learn guitar on and off for thirty years. I've never jammed with anyone ever because I didn't know a thing about how the guitar worked. I stumbled on your lesson and started to cry. Thank you so much. It's truly a start. I'm 63 and I will value this gift for the rest of my days.
Wanna play a riff for us?
This video was uploaded 6 years ago and it still helps a lot of folks. Thanks for this. You are a blessing.
This guy descended like an angel of 'make things easy'... It was so struggling with understanding the pentatonic scale and solo playing secrets... Thank you so very much...
useful? this was the best lesson i've ever watched. it has changed my perspective. thank you!
Best lessons ever seen - you combine and explain all in the way I've been looking for so long! Plus the fretboard and notes display is awesome. Thanks fo that.
This is a really good tip, thanks a lot! Learning the names of the intervals will be the next challenge ha! Cheers!
Maaan, you are THE KING of explaining things in plain English without any BS and making perfect visuals that go with the explanation.
Since SPJ never asks for it I'll do it instead - please don't forget to like the video AND subscribe as your appreciation for the effort!
Cheers! Keep up the good stuff
you have no idea how thankful i am for this video MY EYES HAVE BEEN OPENED
WOW, this was the BEST explanation of scales I’ve come across.
I am a mostly a self taught musician and felt like I was hitting a wall with guitar playing and expanding. Thank you for opening the other possibilities and getting me excited to play again!
I’ve known the pentatonic scale for years now. I’ve never had anyone be able to explain how to use it correctly to me. You are an absolute god for this.
Dude I've been playing guitar for 20 years always the rhythm guy,.,.....I am literally smiling with tears right now that I've finally learned how to play some lead.......thanks man....thanks
Finally! After going through the whole of TH-cam and watching almost all these guitar scale explanations/tutorials. I finally find the video that helps me immediately!
This really helped so much. Really appreciate it!
This is the most useful guitar tutorial I've ever seen wow
i've been playing guitar for a good few years but was always so scared of pentatonics scales. i literally gasped watching this video because you made it so clear. thank u very much.
For Major Pentatonic: Pinky finger and for Minor - Index Finger on ROOT note. Now I am one step closer to play solo on entire Fretboard .Thanks for making my learning process easy.
After years of playing. I wish I watched this before; this makes so much sense. Your a star
I’ve watched several videos but yours gave me the “aha!” Moment. Thank you much!
Finally! A logical and actually easy way to understand this. I just can't believe i finally found a teacher who can make sense to someone trying to learn.
Scott, this is the best pentatonic explanation I’ve ever listened to and I’ve been playing rythm chords for years. Thanks man!
Man that was the greatest and coolest way I've seen someone break down the pentatonic scale it really helped a lot
Actual insane how your explanation made me understand something that hundreds couldn't. I love you.
i am about to join the worship team at my church and this video helped a TON. I plan on playing lead guitar and this made last weeks practice so much easier.
Scott, I must admit that this little lesson really helped me! I have been stuck for a decade or longer hacking on the same old stuff, and this really made some sense of something that I have always found difficult. I am not a music minded person. It does NOT come naturally to me. This was really simple and will provide a lot of forward movement in my learning. I am 54 years old and its hard to teach an old dog new tricks, but THANKS!
You are total guitar teaching genius!!! So many thanks and so much gratitude!!! The light bulb finally went on for me! I’ve been practicing for 14 months and so much of the guitar theory I’ve been learning is all coming together with your videos!! So thank you 🙏🏻 🎉😊
SO happy to hear that! If you'd like 200+ more lessons from me, I've been building my online school for the past 3 years. www.scottpauljohnson.com/
ive been playing for a year self taught and you just explained this so simple now i can shred some random pentatonics and feel so good thanks bro
I told myself I never wanted to learn any guitar theory because I’ve seen it explained hundreds of times and was always confused. I watched you video and a light bulb went off in my head. Jumped straight on a jam track and was able to piece something together that sounded good.
Thank you so much man. Truly.
You have an art for teaching
Months of confusion on matching key to scales solved in a 7 minute video thanks man.
Scott just......just thank you so much man. As a visual learner this is exactly what I needed.
This is the greatest break down of the pentatonic scale ever. Best video on TH-cam on the pentatonic scale. Thank you.🙏🏾 you rock!!!
Where were you when I started learning? I've watched 2 of your videos and understood more of why I was doing scales and how to combine them. What a great teacher.
I have watched so many videos about pentatonic scale and this is the very first one that was simple enough to tell me what I need to know. Thank you!
Thank you for taking the time to clearly communicate and display the scale with tablature and closeup of the fret while playing and posting it for us. You are a true gentleman.
You’re awsome, I’ve mastered finger style through tab but never understood how keys, or pentatonic scales worked until you, your a life saver man, honestly. ROCK ON! 🎸
By far .. it’s not even close… the best teacher of guitar on TH-cam
This content is great. I find the way you explain things extremely straight forward and very easy to digest. The topics you are covering right now are exactly what I am looking for to push my playing to the next level, great videos and editing and entertaining as well!
This. This is what I needed to hear. I'm now one step closer to understanding. Thank you.
People, this is what mastery looks like. To fully understand something and convey it so simply so the person learning can understand exactly what you're talking about. I'm having so many breakthroughs in my knowledge gaps just by watching your videos. You've given me so much context in such a short period of time it's amazing. Thank you man for these videos and your hardwork. It's greatly appreciated.
Lets all agree here, After so many years of searching we finally found our perfect mentor for teaching us how to use pentatonic . Everyone teaches the shapes but noone actually teaches how to use and connect it. But this man has finally done it. Thank you so much sensei❤❤❤❤
this just brought me up from the level of only being able to play chords. you are a gentlemen and a scholar, and I thank you.