Hi to everyone commenting "too hard, not well explained, not understandable etc.": Sometimes there are things you don't understand immediately but eventually will. That is called learning. And you'll learn much more, if you think yourself a little, reapeat the lesson a couple of times and find out some things yourself. I found it also difficult and challenging, but in a pleasant way. We are given tools and it's normal we don't know directly how to use them with perfection. P.S. Obviously it's partly over my head aswell, since I'm hardly an intermediate player with zero impro skills.;)
Either this, or you´re at a level that is not suited for this video. If it´s the latter, you should realize there should be videos too for people who are at different points in the learning process. What you could do for example is look up what a pentatonic scale is, and just learn the first shape I was playing!
Yes, you can. Just use other frets of the remaining strings. May be tricky to move your hand however. Also you can play whatever scale you want even on 1 string.
That's exactly right. There is nothing wrong with not yet being ready for some lessons! Myself, I should be at this level already, I've only too often lurked my way around all sorts of theory. :P That despite I know some stuff from my piano years, but have forgotten most of it. But I realized it helps immensly in learning about harmonics and composing. So today I've spent a couple of hours around those positions and try & error. Thanks to you I guess ;) Btw, keep up the excellent playing, video work and your humble attitude and well, in fact everything!
Understood it fine. Brilliant lesson keep them up . My wife can hear a big difference in my playing from when i started following paul. Thnaks from me and wife
Hey paul i am watching your videos and other on youtube and have been playing guitar for like 4 years but i am struck, i don't see any improvement in myself. What can i do? I really want to learn guitar.
@@bigdog2432 you don't have to pay for wifi, go to starbucks or something and boom, it's free. you're paying for the convenience of internet in your home, not for this guitar instruction.
2 years ago I watched this video but I didn’t finish it since I couldn’t understand a single thing he was explaining. But now I’ve watched it and finished it couple of times since I can get the clues he’s giving, take your time lads, this is just like math, complicated but once you started to study and understand it carefully. You’ll be a master pentatonic scale player😂 Thanks heaps Paul, you’re the best teacher, teaching for free and smoothly.🤘🏻❤️
I thinks it’s very helpful when you give examples of why something wouldn’t sound as pleasing to the ear vs. something that does sound good. Love your playing ❤️👍🏻
Never really learned scales just solo by ear and what sounds good. Which leads to more mistakes but after 15 years it’s pretty easy just to slide down a string find where it sounds good and go my fingers do the wrong from there.
I feel insanely stupid listening to this video. I understand the first half, but I get so lost and overwhelmed in the second. Such is the case with all guitar videos like this one. Great video, I'm a subscriber and I'm not discounting your content, but maybe I just need to figure out a way for this stuff to click.
Musicians are the most under recognized geniuses. I listen to this video and it’s a foreign language I still don’t understand...and I’ve been playing for a year. Music theory is like studying physics to me.
How're you doing now? It's been another year. If you haven't seen this video again since last time, I'm using my +1 algorythm comment to reply to this one! 4:24 "So we're just soloing in C#m, but we're using the Pentatonic scale to *carefully* select the notes - when, and where, we want to use them." This utterance is really important. This is what makes the entire lesson. If your eyes were glazed at the moment that he said this, this is a main point. Interested to know if you're still playing and if so, if this clicked for you (or if my comment is helpful at all). Well wishes, rock on!
@@Floydandsome continue playing for fun and you'll realize things yourself. Don't get rushed and wanting to learn to fast. I know it's frustering but you'll get there if you continue. Learn new scales, new chords, try to learn songs in different styles (expencially jazz and blues) and try to comprehend modes.
@@Floydandsome ok first you need to understand that basic major and minor chords consists of 3 notes (arpegios), so the CAGED system is basically ment to help you in finding your arpegios in the scale. If you learn all the notes on the first 2 strings (thick) you basically can improvise over every major or minor chord. All you need to know is 1 major and 1 minor scale shape were the root note is the first note played. Exemple if the chord you need to play over is a c you need to locate it on the thick string and improvise with that same scale. If it then changes to Am find the a and improvise in the minor scale. I once saw a video the art of guitar made about it where he keeps it real simple you should check it out PS ( i am french so sorry if my vocabulary is not the best )
6 months ago I was like what the shit is going Me after 4 months: my god....he is a legendary teacher. No teacher could have given such a beautiful lesson So please learn some theory and done come back. It is the best lesson available
a x Calm the fuck down. What this guy is saying is absolutely correct. Meanwhile you're here commenting some bullshit. You probably just started playing the guitar and gave up after watching this video and went back to playing minecraft. Get on our level scrub.
@illogicalrelish you just need a proper plan on how to execute. Believe there is all the content available it is just that it is scattered. For basic theory, just check Paul's channel, there is a playlist of music theory course. Then you can proceed further.
@illogicalrelish Honestly, Vaideology by steve vai is a book I bought and is amazing. It is all theory, I understand as of now 5% of it but it has really helped. It has a nice image of the notes on the neck and Vai does an amazing job of explaining intervals and arpeggios. Other than that. I google image searched scales as a visual reference and just youtube. Justin guitar, Andy guitar, Marty Music ( Justin,Andy and Marty I'd say are most beginner friendly.)Paul Davids, Rick Beato, Tomo Fujita. Guitar pilgrim is great if you love both blues and stratocasters, though he does all sorts of videos. Honestly there are so many amazing videos free on RUclips just dig around. If you ever need a visual refefence image search the scale. Tomo is a professor at Berkley and taught JM. He has a youtube channel and a paid monthly service for 10$ ( tons and tons of content, older style website. Still really useful).
@illogicalrelish In addition to Paul’s videos, check out Your Guitar Academy or Brian Kelly (Zombie Guitar) as they are really good with music theory and don’t waste time. Lastly, I just put up a video on my channel specifically to address this question - may be worth a look if your really interested!
What you need for this video in terms of theory is: scales (just general understanding of what they are, maybe some patterns), chord variations, what playing in a key means, and maybe modes(although if you know what scales are, you will be close to that). Guitar learning for me is like cooking. You have different kinds of ingredients, then you have the different tools for those universal ingredients, and if course continuous continuation of gaining more experience.
@@yalokin5560 great , so where should I start so I can "unlock the fret board" ? I know basic guitar, pentatonic, open and bar chords etc, but I've been stuck I'm the same crap going nowhere for years because I never took lessons. Should memorize every scale for every key? I understand the idea of root notes, but have no idea where they all are just like I understand the premise of this video but can't put it to use.
I have the same reaction to each of these videos. At first, I’m like, “Yes! I understand! This is so helpful!” But then about halfway through, I’m like, “dafuq is he talking about?”
You see, i just learned the intro of the song, and in the same day i learned about pentatonic scale and was just improvising, untill i saw this video and your coment! It cant be a coecidence!
I watched this video two months ago or so after 15 years of playing and it completely changed my life, sending me down the path of the CAGED system. I went from feeling completely stuck, feeling like scales were confined to “positions,” instead of visualizing them more as they relate to chords. My playing has jumped ahead by years in just a short period of time thanks to your lessons, and you helping me to find the value of CAGED to organize information. I finally feel free on the fretboard, to move around and play like I never thought possible. Thanks, Paul!
OMG! Parts of this were somewhat within my grasp, mostly, it was way over my head. I'm going to have to re-play this video a bunch of times to get the easier parts into my thick skull. Thanks Paul.
Paul, I have to thank you for putting videos like these out. I've known the basics of guitar for maybe 7 years now but I'm self taught and I never really took the time to learn scales because I never thought I needed them. You've really opened my eyes to what can be done with this instrument when you actually know what you're playing. Thank you for giving me the drive to learn and love the instrument I thought I've known for damn near a decade ❤
If you’ve been playing for >10 years and still don’t have a solid foundation in music theory, these videos are absolutely perfect. They pick up when my lessons left off in the sense that he gets down to the meat and potatoes of what I really want to learn.
KnightSquire It’s really just something you pick up and guitar helps you learn to listen a lot. I recommend playing the rhythm parts first so you know when the chord changes happen if you don’t know by ear :)
Hi Paul (ik ben ook Nederlands, maar ik stel mijn vraag in het Engels (voor andere mensen die misschien dezelfde vraag hebben)). The instructions were very clear, but I don’t understand why you use those shapes for the A and B chords. I’m familiar with those shapes, but I don’t get why you use those specific shapes. Could you please explain it to me?
I didn't understand this video when I first watched it last year. Now, I'm able to pick up everything he said. I just want to add that this lesson is one of the best in youtube.. and it's FREE! If you guys don't understand it then, like what the others said, take a step back and learn more about scales because this video is more like an application to that. It's just like math. You can't multiply if you don't know what numbers are.
Any tips for videos or lessons that can help fill in the gaps? I'm sure you consumed a lot of content and learned a lot over the last year, but if anything stood out to you as being particularly helpful as a precursor to this video, that would be great.
@@mike35424 I guess by start learning the 5 pentatonic scale box positions. There are a lot on youtube, just search. Then after you learnt all those positions, you could go search up videos which give you some principles on like connecting all positions. There is a guy on youtube called steve stine, he goes on most of the basics slowly. It takes time on your own to find how to string notes musically, practice your playing on backing tracks. Thats pretty much what you should start doing.
So… for a major scale, drop the 4th and 7th. For a major scale drop the 2nd and 6th. The dropped notes are the same for the relative major and minor (such as C and Am or E and C#m). The 5 notes you keep are your pentatonic scale. This video has been helpful, thanks.
@AvalynGirl > Just wanted to say thank you and I share this information... and I was happy to see your input. My thought here for those who might be looking for some more fretboard clues might appreciate the idea of knowing something about "Intervals". And where the the intervals exist (Standing Guard) and are like a template that demands compliance if the user is wishing to faithfully know when he's playing in a Major or playing in a minor scale. The 2nd and 6th for minor scales and 4th and 7th for Major scales may help folks keep on the road they wish to follow... ron 1/17/2022
The guitar is my favorite musical instrument and I use to play guitar and I even take a lesson for several years like pentatonic scaling, I dreamed of becoming the lead guitar of a band. I love the guitar but the guitar doesn't love me and It's hard for me to pick the note so that I quit playing hehe. Thank youtube and thank you. Maybe If I watch this video 20 years ago I am it was a game-changer.
Great Job, and this seems very advanced which is awesome, much thanks. However I suggest anyone to watch the basic pentatonic scale for beginners and try using it with a song if your just starting out on youtube etc. As for me today, the song " Live with Me" by Humble Pie was easily workable and it (The Pentatonic Scale) finally had me playing leads finally, on 3 parts of the neck or octaves.
It took me 10 or more times to get back to this over a course of 2 years while studying scales to fully grasp what was being taught in this video. My take: don't expect to understand this on your first watch. It takes time and patience. Embrace the journey and things will fall in their place eventually. :)
This is a really helpful video, thanks! For the people saying you don’t understand, try and learn the pentatonic scale in all the boxes and try to understand how to use them to figure out the minor/major key. Then come back to this video!☺️
It really comes down to memory and just being able to visualize the scale. When it comes to pentatonic, usually you want to stick to a single mode which is usually Aeolian which is just a minor pentatonic and you can just simply play around that.
Somehow I understood everything in this video, except one thing. I practice a lot, my fingers improve, and my understanding of theory improves. How do I know when the chord changes? How do I train my ear to tell? Will it come with time of are there ways to practice?
I dont understand at 2:54 during the example what you do to change chords during scale, do you know perfectly all the positions of all chords on the neck, i dont understand how you know that you are using E or A...?
I think this fellas lessons would be great I just feel for me personally it's just outside of my level at the moment. At least I understand bits of it now a year ago I would have turned off after 20 seconds. We live in A fortunate era with so many people willing to share the wealth of knowledge.
Dude.. I truly wish I had the Internet back in the 80s/90s lol. This WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH EASIER. Thank you for the great instruction. You are top notch.
I can follow most of what this fellow is saying because I've been studying the Minor Pentatonic scale and how to apply the Circle of 4ths/5ths to it to be able to play in any key on any part of the fretboard. Look up Ross Campbell's Bullet Proof Guitar course on Udemy.
freesk8 i suggest you learn the chords of the major scale. Play with some progressions and plug their respected scales in and just think about what you’re playing. It can be hectic at first, but you’ll find stuff like this more digestible.
This is incredible! I just realized this concept a few days ago and knew it was a breakthrough. Knowing you’re discussing it is some serious validation 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻😎
I think in order to be a great lead player you have to learn as much of this stuff as possible when as young as possible when the brain and body are developing.
Honestly my best advice would be to put on a backing track on RUclips and play the pentatonic box shape in that key. It really helps with creativity within a restricted area
You mentioned that the scale in 3:19 is an A major scale but in my very limited knowledge of music theory, it does not look like any of the 5 positions of the A major scale. Unless it's the third position just with missing notes. Hope you can clarify this.
So basically what you have to know is, you can play the same pentatonic scale everywhere on the guitar, since the same notes will return on different strings. Now if you're playing the pentatonic scale along with a chord progression (say A E F#m D), you can choose to play the pentatonic scale of A during the A-chord, pentatonic scale of E during the E chord, F#m while F#m is played and D whilst the ryrthm guitar plays D. The reason he can do this all whilst remaining between fret 9 and 12, is because - like I said before - you can play the pentatonic scale everywhere! so say he starts between frets 9-12 for the first chord, he can 'move' the scale of the second chord so that it also fits between the 9th and 12th fret. He does this for every chord and that's what he calls vertical improvising (vertically staying between fret 9 and 12); still being able to play the different pentatonics PER CHORD that's being played. I hope this explains it a little bit!
Thanks Paul, this video is fantastic! and no that is not the case, you just have not been exposed to the information and presentation, yet. Learning the guitar really is a collaborative effort by a variety of sources/teachers because everyone is at a different level. I hope this comment don't get deleted, but for the thousands and thousands of instructional resources, videos and books, how is this confusion even possible? It is possible, because I know its real, I lived through it myself, and very difficult to find a presentation that is basic enough, it is fully addressed at Ultimate Black Belt Guitar.com. Once you see it, you'll say, this really is not that complicated. Just remember, it's not you, it's the information and the level you are at.
Forget it, just play guitar. I still try and learn what I'm doing, but it's still good to be able to do it without knowing you're doing it. That's life huh?? Lol. You're not dumb btw!
I think most people would have an easier time simply seeing the diatonic and highlighting chord tones as they come up rather than completely revisualizing a different pentatonic shape over each chord change, but who knows, maybe this works better for some people.
my main question is : for the pentatonic in a certain key do you keep the same notes when you change the chord? Is it the same notes just different emphasis?
Been playing guitar for years and never really try to learn about scales or "chord positions" and all that. Boy have i been missing out! I mean, I'm self taught and so i sort of came up with my own way to play "regular" major and minor scales. But this pentatonic stuff really opens up new possibilities. This was a great lesson, thanks!
This is interesting as I actually paid for lessons for quite a while to supplement what I had already learned, and I was taught that while using the pentatonic scale to listen to the chords and make sure what I play matches the chord and to practice till I get a feel for it. Never knew it was called horizontal and vertical playing
I recall him saying something about Kemper in one of his videos. He compared the Kemper to the Tone King, and it was imperceptible, at least after RUclips had its way with it.
A way that I like to explain this to students is like this... Use the relative minor pentatonic scale of whatever key the song is in and then simply highlight the ROOT notes of the chord changes, sticking to the SAME minor pentatonic scale the entire time. This is a great starting point for beginning players. As they progresses they can then highlight the 3rd, 5th and even the 7th of each chord in the song for added color. If you know the FIVE pentatonic shapes and you apply this method you are pretty much golden. To take it to a more JAZZY LEVEL, slide in and out of the CHORD TONES using CHROMATICS or the in-between notes.
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Hi to everyone commenting "too hard, not well explained, not understandable etc.":
Sometimes there are things you don't understand immediately but eventually will. That is called learning.
And you'll learn much more, if you think yourself a little, reapeat the lesson a couple of times and find out some things yourself.
I found it also difficult and challenging, but in a pleasant way. We are given tools and it's normal we don't know directly how to use them with perfection.
P.S. Obviously it's partly over my head aswell, since I'm hardly an intermediate player with zero impro skills.;)
Either this, or you´re at a level that is not suited for this video. If it´s the latter, you should realize there should be videos too for people who are at different points in the learning process. What you could do for example is look up what a pentatonic scale is, and just learn the first shape I was playing!
Yes, you can. Just use other frets of the remaining strings. May be tricky to move your hand however. Also you can play whatever scale you want even on 1 string.
That's exactly right. There is nothing wrong with not yet being ready for some lessons!
Myself, I should be at this level already, I've only too often lurked my way around all sorts of theory. :P
That despite I know some stuff from my piano years, but have forgotten most of it.
But I realized it helps immensly in learning about harmonics and composing.
So today I've spent a couple of hours around those positions and try & error.
Thanks to you I guess ;)
Btw, keep up the excellent playing, video work and your humble attitude and well, in fact everything!
Understood it fine. Brilliant lesson keep them up . My wife can hear a big difference in my playing from when i started following paul. Thnaks from me and wife
Hey paul i am watching your videos and other on youtube and have been playing guitar for like 4 years but i am struck, i don't see any improvement in myself. What can i do? I really want to learn guitar.
Amazing that this level of instruction is free.
Vince Vaughn not really because you have to pay for WiFi so I’m actually paying for it
Theres always that one guy ☝️
Kane Glenmark Maligaya what do you think?
@@bigdog2432 you don't have to pay for wifi, go to starbucks or something and boom, it's free. you're paying for the convenience of internet in your home, not for this guitar instruction.
KrikKiller why don’t you fuck off
2 years ago I watched this video but I didn’t finish it since I couldn’t understand a single thing he was explaining. But now I’ve watched it and finished it couple of times since I can get the clues he’s giving, take your time lads, this is just like math, complicated but once you started to study and understand it carefully. You’ll be a master pentatonic scale player😂 Thanks heaps Paul, you’re the best teacher, teaching for free and smoothly.🤘🏻❤️
I thinks it’s very helpful when you give examples of why something wouldn’t sound as pleasing to the ear vs. something that does sound good.
Love your playing ❤️👍🏻
Thanks to you Paul! You make theory easy to understand. I’ve tried to learn before to no avail. You’ve made it very accessible
Beautifully presented and so helpful.
What an amazing guitar in such skilled hands.
Never really learned scales just solo by ear and what sounds good. Which leads to more mistakes but after 15 years it’s pretty easy just to slide down a string find where it sounds good and go my fingers do the wrong from there.
You're the man, thanks.
As Guthrie Govan says "Pentatonic is the best scale in the world".
1:46 why does this sounds so cool!?!
Thank you so much. My younger brother's name is Paul David. Seriously
What a great lesson, I can totally apply it, and I´m not good with music theory.
like you said, you must always pick your favorite guitar teachers ... *#ACHORDingly*.
I feel insanely stupid listening to this video. I understand the first half, but I get so lost and overwhelmed in the second. Such is the case with all guitar videos like this one. Great video, I'm a subscriber and I'm not discounting your content, but maybe I just need to figure out a way for this stuff to click.
Musicians are the most under recognized geniuses. I listen to this video and it’s a foreign language I still don’t understand...and I’ve been playing for a year. Music theory is like studying physics to me.
It was to me too but something clicked and I finally figured it all out. It’s actually pretty simple once you have that break through.
How're you doing now? It's been another year. If you haven't seen this video again since last time, I'm using my +1 algorythm comment to reply to this one!
4:24 "So we're just soloing in C#m, but we're using the Pentatonic scale to *carefully* select the notes - when, and where, we want to use them."
This utterance is really important. This is what makes the entire lesson. If your eyes were glazed at the moment that he said this, this is a main point.
Interested to know if you're still playing and if so, if this clicked for you (or if my comment is helpful at all). Well wishes, rock on!
Music theory is ALMOST exactly like physics. Learning is FUN!
@@callahanburke8486 music theory is physics! Everything is sine waves at the end of the day
It's physics in practice 😉
Not only a great guitarist and teacher, but he seems like such a great guy!
What would you expect from a Dutchie lol
...is your name really Lucabrito ??? ...maybe Lubricato would suit better...(#nohomo lol !)
Ofc.....hes Dutch!! 😉
Hi solos are nothing to get excited about.
He's just so dreamy.. Lol
If you don't understand this video, you're not on the level to learn this concept. He did a great job explaining.
Brandon Lopez yes, his level of clarity blew my mind
Where should I start?
@@Floydandsome continue playing for fun and you'll realize things yourself. Don't get rushed and wanting to learn to fast. I know it's frustering but you'll get there if you continue. Learn new scales, new chords, try to learn songs in different styles (expencially jazz and blues) and try to comprehend modes.
@@synisternil8s767 Currently I am practising caged system, one thing that bugs me is how can I utilize it when improvising a solo?
@@Floydandsome ok first you need to understand that basic major and minor chords consists of 3 notes (arpegios), so the CAGED system is basically ment to help you in finding your arpegios in the scale. If you learn all the notes on the first 2 strings (thick) you basically can improvise over every major or minor chord. All you need to know is 1 major and 1 minor scale shape were the root note is the first note played. Exemple if the chord you need to play over is a c you need to locate it on the thick string and improvise with that same scale. If it then changes to Am find the a and improvise in the minor scale. I once saw a video the art of guitar made about it where he keeps it real simple you should check it out
PS ( i am french so sorry if my vocabulary is not the best )
Okay now I need to Google what's a scale.
Ha it’s one of those things that covers fish 🐠
*ba dum thss*
I use it to weigh vegetables at the market
We used to scale shapes in school!
Haha it is the most basic music theory thing bro
Thanks for the lesson Master Obi-Wan Kenobi.
When he's not holding a saber hes holding a guitar.
Great explanation! Gotta start working on vertical...
6 months ago I was like what the shit is going
Me after 4 months: my god....he is a legendary teacher. No teacher could have given such a beautiful lesson
So please learn some theory and done come back. It is the best lesson available
a x Calm the fuck down. What this guy is saying is absolutely correct. Meanwhile you're here commenting some bullshit. You probably just started playing the guitar and gave up after watching this video and went back to playing minecraft. Get on our level scrub.
Roj Atanque hahaha he deleted his comment
@illogicalrelish you just need a proper plan on how to execute. Believe there is all the content available it is just that it is scattered. For basic theory, just check Paul's channel, there is a playlist of music theory course. Then you can proceed further.
@illogicalrelish Honestly, Vaideology by steve vai is a book I bought and is amazing. It is all theory, I understand as of now 5% of it but it has really helped. It has a nice image of the notes on the neck and Vai does an amazing job of explaining intervals and arpeggios. Other than that. I google image searched scales as a visual reference and just youtube. Justin guitar, Andy guitar, Marty Music ( Justin,Andy and Marty I'd say are most beginner friendly.)Paul Davids, Rick Beato, Tomo Fujita.
Guitar pilgrim is great if you love both blues and stratocasters, though he does all sorts of videos.
Honestly there are so many amazing videos free on RUclips just dig around. If you ever need a visual refefence image search the scale.
Tomo is a professor at Berkley and taught JM. He has a youtube channel and a paid monthly service for 10$ ( tons and tons of content, older style website. Still really useful).
@illogicalrelish In addition to Paul’s videos, check out Your Guitar Academy or Brian Kelly (Zombie Guitar) as they are really good with music theory and don’t waste time. Lastly, I just put up a video on my channel specifically to address this question - may be worth a look if your really interested!
You have a camp fire story telling voice🔥
I am gay too
@@unlshtb4524 🤣🤣🤣
This feels like the third video in a series but I missed the first two.
chris4072511 There is some foundational music theory to be known here. You should learn about modes and related keys first.
I get depress
What you need for this video in terms of theory is: scales (just general understanding of what they are, maybe some patterns), chord variations, what playing in a key means, and maybe modes(although if you know what scales are, you will be close to that). Guitar learning for me is like cooking. You have different kinds of ingredients, then you have the different tools for those universal ingredients, and if course continuous continuation of gaining more experience.
Same
It's like I get it. But I missed something fundamental and don't know where to start. Do I need to learnt every single note on the fret board?
@@yalokin5560 great , so where should I start so I can "unlock the fret board" ? I know basic guitar, pentatonic, open and bar chords etc, but I've been stuck I'm the same crap going nowhere for years because I never took lessons. Should memorize every scale for every key? I understand the idea of root notes, but have no idea where they all are just like I understand the premise of this video but can't put it to use.
I have the same reaction to each of these videos. At first, I’m like, “Yes! I understand! This is so helpful!” But then about halfway through, I’m like, “dafuq is he talking about?”
do you understand the Music theory of a Guitar? A,B,C,D,E,F,G
Abel Joshua Albaño are you taking tone and semitone
@@NoJeansBob shut the fuck up let the guy speak however he wants
Just keep repeating the lesson and Google something if you get stuck
That's the problem with most guitar lessons. They're not simply explained. You get bored after a while.
Always appreciate the humour in these. XD #shred
Great lesson! The "choose your scale 'ACHORDINGLY' " made me laugh lol! Thanks for posting stuff to help us learn to be better musicians!
When he started talking about horizontal and vertical, Joey Tribbiani was the first thing that came to my mind lol
lol, Paul. this way over my head. Can you make a video on how to use the pentatonic for beginners?
C#, E and A are the same chords that John Mayer uses for Slow Dancing... We can easily use what you're saying to solo over the song
sweetiecat C#minor I think....
Dylan Mattocks that’s just a MINOR complication
Jesse Metcalfe shoot I thought you were making fun of me but it took me a whole day to get it
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You see, i just learned the intro of the song, and in the same day i learned about pentatonic scale and was just improvising, untill i saw this video and your coment! It cant be a coecidence!
I watched this video two months ago or so after 15 years of playing and it completely changed my life, sending me down the path of the CAGED system. I went from feeling completely stuck, feeling like scales were confined to “positions,” instead of visualizing them more as they relate to chords. My playing has jumped ahead by years in just a short period of time thanks to your lessons, and you helping me to find the value of CAGED to organize information. I finally feel free on the fretboard, to move around and play like I never thought possible. Thanks, Paul!
I feel like I'm starting the same journey/ progress as you. Discovering the CAGED system and how to apply it to different keys is opening my mind
0:45 Oh No :o
Döner hehe.. it was proper.. 1st high E string on the top and low E is the last
"We all know that im sure" :D
xD
ExaRom
r we talking about the same 1st position of Penta in the E ?!!
ahahahah oh god that got me
OMG! Parts of this were somewhat within my grasp, mostly, it was way over my head. I'm going to have to re-play this video a bunch of times to get the easier parts into my thick skull. Thanks Paul.
ruclips.net/video/LRjiF8c1L9g/видео.html check it
Paul, I have to thank you for putting videos like these out. I've known the basics of guitar for maybe 7 years now but I'm self taught and I never really took the time to learn scales because I never thought I needed them. You've really opened my eyes to what can be done with this instrument when you actually know what you're playing. Thank you for giving me the drive to learn and love the instrument I thought I've known for damn near a decade ❤
"Hi my name is Beard and this my Paul Davids"
Gold ,very much made me laugh out loud
Excellent. Especially liked the 9-12, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11, 9-12, 9-12 of quickly describing the familiar pattern rather than using note names.
Even more so coming from bass where EVERY string is tuned in fourths. 😎
Never trust an edited comment.
grandma_moses ok
You the Bob Ross of guitar. I'm so glad I found your channel
Why does it have to be so friggin complicated
I clearly got this one. Thank you! *grabs my acoustic guitar*
Great vid. But did you end up making the "next video" where you talk about pentatonic over non-diatonic chords?
If you’ve been playing for >10 years and still don’t have a solid foundation in music theory, these videos are absolutely perfect. They pick up when my lessons left off in the sense that he gets down to the meat and potatoes of what I really want to learn.
This has opened up....a whooooole new world, pentatonically speaking.
How do I teach myself to recognise the chord changes? Will my ear simply learn in time?
KnightSquire It’s really just something you pick up and guitar helps you learn to listen a lot. I recommend playing the rhythm parts first so you know when the chord changes happen if you don’t know by ear :)
I gave this a go the other day, and after about 20mins I realised I had the guitar upside down. Work in progress.
Hi Paul (ik ben ook Nederlands, maar ik stel mijn vraag in het Engels (voor andere mensen die misschien dezelfde vraag hebben)). The instructions were very clear, but I don’t understand why you use those shapes for the A and B chords. I’m familiar with those shapes, but I don’t get why you use those specific shapes. Could you please explain it to me?
I didn't understand this video when I first watched it last year. Now, I'm able to pick up everything he said.
I just want to add that this lesson is one of the best in youtube.. and it's FREE! If you guys don't understand it then, like what the others said, take a step back and learn more about scales because this video is more like an application to that. It's just like math. You can't multiply if you don't know what numbers are.
Any tips for videos or lessons that can help fill in the gaps? I'm sure you consumed a lot of content and learned a lot over the last year, but if anything stood out to you as being particularly helpful as a precursor to this video, that would be great.
@@mike35424 I guess by start learning the 5 pentatonic scale box positions. There are a lot on youtube, just search. Then after you learnt all those positions, you could go search up videos which give you some principles on like connecting all positions. There is a guy on youtube called steve stine, he goes on most of the basics slowly. It takes time on your own to find how to string notes musically, practice your playing on backing tracks. Thats pretty much what you should start doing.
I’ve never been more confused in my life
My self esteem is running low after this vid.... pffffff
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You're not alone. He has a way of absolutely crushing my spirits
This makes me wanna sell my guitar and buy a sturdy mop. :(
USE.. A.. METRONOME
So… for a major scale, drop the 4th and 7th. For a major scale drop the 2nd and 6th. The dropped notes are the same for the relative major and minor (such as C and Am or E and C#m). The 5 notes you keep are your pentatonic scale.
This video has been helpful, thanks.
@AvalynGirl > Just wanted to say thank you and I share this information... and I was happy to see your input. My thought here for those who might be looking for some more fretboard clues might appreciate the idea of knowing something about "Intervals". And where the the intervals exist (Standing Guard) and are like a template that demands compliance if the user is wishing to faithfully know when he's playing in a Major or playing in a minor scale. The 2nd and 6th for minor scales and 4th and 7th for Major scales may help folks keep on the road they wish to follow...
ron 1/17/2022
Just discovered your channel Paul! Fantastic work. Especially loving your eye for creative and beautiful video production.
Tom Quayle what? He just sat in front of a camera.
Eindelijk heeft Nederland iets om trots op te zijn.... Paul Davids🙏 motivatie staat aan
The guitar is my favorite musical instrument and I use to play guitar and I even take a lesson for several years like pentatonic scaling, I dreamed of becoming the lead guitar of a band. I love the guitar but the guitar doesn't love me and It's hard for me to pick the note so that I quit playing hehe.
Thank youtube and thank you.
Maybe If I watch this video 20 years ago I am it was a game-changer.
Don't worry, John Lennon didn't know how to play guitar when they started the beatles
Maybe jam with someone who doesn’t have high expectations and you’ll help each other and play what you both like.
Great Job, and this seems very advanced which is awesome, much thanks. However I suggest anyone to watch the basic pentatonic scale for beginners and try using it with a song if your just starting out on youtube etc. As for me today, the song " Live with Me" by Humble Pie was easily workable and it (The Pentatonic Scale) finally had me playing leads finally, on 3 parts of the neck or octaves.
You just took my soloing skills to a new level. Thanks a bunch Paul!
Wow thanks! Vertical playing was what was missing from my understanding for such a long time...
It took me 10 or more times to get back to this over a course of 2 years while studying scales to fully grasp what was being taught in this video. My take: don't expect to understand this on your first watch. It takes time and patience. Embrace the journey and things will fall in their place eventually. :)
1:40 was lit 🤣🤣
Very informative tho. Thanks ❤
What a great lesson!
Hey mate wheres the video about the non diatonic chords and soloing over it? couldnt find it
This is a really helpful video, thanks! For the people saying you don’t understand, try and learn the pentatonic scale in all the boxes and try to understand how to use them to figure out the minor/major key. Then come back to this video!☺️
They found a pan flute in Germany. It was 40,000 years old the oldest musical instrument ever. It was based on the pentatonic scale
I'm gonna practice this #ACHORDINGLY. Thanks, dude!
aCHORDing to you, we have to choose notes aCHORDingly.
I will never forget this one🤣😂
how do you find the corresponding pentatonic scale for each scale degree?
It really comes down to memory and just being able to visualize the scale. When it comes to pentatonic, usually you want to stick to a single mode which is usually Aeolian which is just a minor pentatonic and you can just simply play around that.
When he began to play that #shred the end was so beautiful
Yesss! I thought the same!! I think I'm gonna use it as a cool lick! 😂😉
Somehow I understood everything in this video, except one thing.
I practice a lot, my fingers improve, and my understanding of theory improves.
How do I know when the chord changes? How do I train my ear to tell? Will it come with time of are there ways to practice?
Me as a brown guy practising this scale at the airport lounge:
9 - 12
9 - 11
9 - 11
9 - 11
hello guantanamo
I dont understand at 2:54 during the example what you do to change chords during scale, do you know perfectly all the positions of all chords on the neck, i dont understand how you know that you are using E or A...?
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I think this fellas lessons would be great I just feel for me personally it's just outside of my level at the moment.
At least I understand bits of it now a year ago I would have turned off after 20 seconds. We live in A fortunate era with so many people willing to share the wealth of knowledge.
Dude.. I truly wish I had the Internet back in the 80s/90s lol. This WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH EASIER. Thank you for the great instruction. You are top notch.
You are a great player, but this lesson went way too fast for me. Way too complex. But beautiful!
There are even books where you have to read certain parts more than once to fully understand. I think this is great example of that-of-a-kind video :)
I can follow most of what this fellow is saying because I've been studying the Minor Pentatonic scale and how to apply the Circle of 4ths/5ths to it to be able to play in any key on any part of the fretboard. Look up Ross Campbell's Bullet Proof Guitar course on Udemy.
freesk8 i suggest you learn the chords of the major scale. Play with some progressions and plug their respected scales in and just think about what you’re playing.
It can be hectic at first, but you’ll find stuff like this more digestible.
Settings > Speed > 0.5
pause button?
This is incredible! I just realized this concept a few days ago and knew it was a breakthrough. Knowing you’re discussing it is some serious validation 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻😎
Pretty complicated lesson. Had to watch it a few times to fully understand it.
Adrian Bruton so what are your conclusions dude ?
LOL......
Gotta love him for his noun use of the word "fundament." Love your vids, Paul. Keep it up.
This video is awesome. I’ve need doing this technique for years but never really thought about it
I always struggle with lead even after 20 years of playing, I need to start taking theory lessons in person to explain what I am doing wrong
I think in order to be a great lead player you have to learn as much of this stuff as possible when as young as possible when the brain and body are developing.
Matt Gilbert I hope that is sarcasm.
Matt Gilbert lol he’s way beyond 20 years of age but i do agree
Honestly my best advice would be to put on a backing track on RUclips and play the pentatonic box shape in that key. It really helps with creativity within a restricted area
If this video is going over your head. You need to learn a lot more before you come to this my friend.
0:45 never forget
What the hell does any of this mean? I am so confused.
can you do a tutorial on how to dress nicely too please. Thank you
I might be wrong buuuut.. I think if you go look at the caged system on chords and then scales then come to this it makes sense.
You are correct. I did almost the same
You have such a great tone, and after years of playing guitar I'm finally trying to learn theory, you're a great help, keep up the great work man!
Check it ruclips.net/video/LRjiF8c1L9g/видео.html
You mentioned that the scale in 3:19 is an A major scale but in my very limited knowledge of music theory, it does not look like any of the 5 positions of the A major scale. Unless it's the third position just with missing notes. Hope you can clarify this.
Major penta
@@PaulDavids Thanks for the quick response!
I am just too dumb for this :(
So basically what you have to know is, you can play the same pentatonic scale everywhere on the guitar, since the same notes will return on different strings. Now if you're playing the pentatonic scale along with a chord progression (say A E F#m D), you can choose to play the pentatonic scale of A during the A-chord, pentatonic scale of E during the E chord, F#m while F#m is played and D whilst the ryrthm guitar plays D.
The reason he can do this all whilst remaining between fret 9 and 12, is because - like I said before - you can play the pentatonic scale everywhere! so say he starts between frets 9-12 for the first chord, he can 'move' the scale of the second chord so that it also fits between the 9th and 12th fret. He does this for every chord and that's what he calls vertical improvising (vertically staying between fret 9 and 12); still being able to play the different pentatonics PER CHORD that's being played.
I hope this explains it a little bit!
Thanks Paul, this video is fantastic! and no that is not the case, you just have not been exposed to the information and presentation, yet. Learning the guitar really is a collaborative effort by a variety of sources/teachers because everyone is at a different level. I hope this comment don't get deleted, but for the thousands and thousands of instructional resources, videos and books, how is this confusion even possible? It is possible, because I know its real, I lived through it myself, and very difficult to find a presentation that is basic enough, it is fully addressed at Ultimate Black Belt Guitar.com. Once you see it, you'll say, this really is not that complicated. Just remember, it's not you, it's the information and the level you are at.
Forget it, just play guitar. I still try and learn what I'm doing, but it's still good to be able to do it without knowing you're doing it. That's life huh?? Lol. You're not dumb btw!
KungFu Dildo - Don't be so hard on yourself. You aren't too dumb. You're just the right amount. 😁
I think most people would have an easier time simply seeing the diatonic and highlighting chord tones as they come up rather than completely revisualizing a different pentatonic shape over each chord change, but who knows, maybe this works better for some people.
Every time I watch this , I learn something new.
my main question is : for the pentatonic in a certain key do you keep the same notes when you change the chord? Is it the same notes just different emphasis?
Paul is like the Bob Ross/Mr. Rogers of guitar
I'm sorry, but that title is reserved for Marty Schwartz!
You are so creative in the way you make and trick your video.. and best musician...
Been playing guitar for years and never really try to learn about scales or "chord positions" and all that. Boy have i been missing out! I mean, I'm self taught and so i sort of came up with my own way to play "regular" major and minor scales. But this pentatonic stuff really opens up new possibilities.
This was a great lesson, thanks!
This is interesting as I actually paid for lessons for quite a while to supplement what I had already learned, and I was taught that while using the pentatonic scale to listen to the chords and make sure what I play matches the chord and to practice till I get a feel for it. Never knew it was called horizontal and vertical playing
What sound card and software use you?? You have always great sounds of guitars
skippy james i wonder the same!
He uses Abelton as his DAW
I recall him saying something about Kemper in one of his videos. He compared the Kemper to the Tone King, and it was imperceptible, at least after RUclips had its way with it.
Ray I just saw his one hour song making challenge vid and that was revealing some of the stuff (like, a Kemper)
I feel like if you don’t understand this video then you need to take a step back and learn some music theory first
Brush did 0:45
Hahahaha
you are the Bob Ross but of guitar 🎸 !!!
Didn’t know Conor mcgregor played guitar 😂
A way that I like to explain this to students is like this...
Use the relative minor pentatonic scale of whatever key the song is in and then simply highlight the ROOT notes of the chord changes, sticking to the SAME minor pentatonic scale the entire time. This is a great starting point for beginning players. As they progresses they can then highlight the 3rd, 5th and even the 7th of each chord in the song for added color. If you know the FIVE pentatonic shapes and you apply this method you are pretty much golden. To take it to a more JAZZY LEVEL, slide in and out of the CHORD TONES using CHROMATICS or the in-between notes.
Thank You, that helps alot
You're really good dude 🍌
Holy cow 🐄... Thats sudden shreds was astounding