i am a new guitarist but teacher in real life and i can recognize a great teacher by this trait: making complicated things look easy and understandable.you have it.Great video!
Bro, i follow on your content to date. But every time i stray into older videos i alwayd learn something awesome. You make me wish getting an electric was easier where i'm from. Had a couple of acoustics that served me well but ultimately had to sell them due to problems with and what is going on ariund me. Looking after discovering your channel more and more makes me want to bash myself for not keeping them a tad bit longer for practices and ideas like these. Good thing i have a swift memory when it comes to music. Thank you. Sincerely. Considered getting your book for the holidays. Just so that i keep.my knowledge clear and my ears training until i get to where i am happy with being able to play again. Life is hard. But i am not giving up on my most loved outlet and form of art.
For people wanting to stay in the key of A, or A flat, I think that a good study in blending major and minor pentatonic is the solo from Bold as Love. It is a great solo for switching between positions and training your ear on bends between major and minor. Also check out some of the riffs from Django Reinhardt's Minor Swing to see just how often you can switch from major and minor without it sounding funny.
Very good video, I enjoy your spoof videos, yet I truly enjoy your theory and explanation videos so much more. Thanks for the great vids brother man. Keep em up especially the applied theory vids.
how old are you? You seem very young to play and have the knowledge as well as you do....im a bit jealous! Been playing over 20 years now and on the constant learning path of mastering the guitar.....i enjoy your videos brother....keep it up!
+Enjoying The Sun 577-Jersey Customs bro the best players like Matt schofields, robben ford, tom qualey, john schofields, john mayer, dereck trucks know what they are doing. is really rare to have the bb king, albert king kind of players
F# is the relative minor to A major. Therefore, if you were to play the positions of F# minor pentatonic over an A major tonality (I.e. In the key of A major), you would technically be playing the A major pentatonic, with your root note obviously being A rather than F#. This is why a lot of people say "just find the root note of the key and move your finger down 3 half steps to find the major pentatonic", at least that works for 1st position major pentatonic anyway. So yeah, that's why he is referencing F# minor pentatonic a lot
Basically what he is doing is playing F#minor pentatonic box 2 which lays over top of A minor pentatonic box 1. You can play ANY of the five F# MINOR pentatonic positions and you'd be playing A Major in this situation. It's pretty simple......When playing in A minor pentatonic, if you want to play A Major pentatonic, you can play F# minor pentatonic
You are right but he,repeatedly saying F# Major pentatonic. Playing F# minor pentatonic means playing the A major pentatonic because F#m is the relative minor of A major. Same goes with C major and A minor
I like your concept of working the first and second boxes shapes together to conserve motion, but I also like to work in the more linear patterns within one or two strings. Also, your brief introduction to the concept of modes only distracted from your core message of blending pentatonic scales. I'm not hating, just a note for future videos. Your playing was sweeeeet!!! I'm a fan.
At around at 3:58 you say that your chord progression in A major is "condusive of the F# major pentatonic scale." It would be F# Minor pentatonic, not major.
lionofzion1 no prob man. i know ive definitely made slight verbal errors like that when teaching private lessons. but stuff like that can be really confusing to someone learning.
The really good thing to do would be to use the D major chord first, and then use either the D minor or D minor 6 chords, that ought to add a bit of flavor!
hey dude. would you ever consider doing complete lessons for beginners about technique, like a series? starting off with basic picking, then vibrato, etc. I think it would be great for a lot of people and would help me tune up a little on my mediocre technique. please consider, and thanks.
Hey dude! I teach a course called The Best Beginner Guitar Course Ever, and it's pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Here's a coupon if you're interested: bit.ly/BBGCE50
Wow, what was that you were doing around 7:11? looked like your hand went off screen to switch something, and then it sounded like some pull offs, but it looked like your hands were doing something else? Maybe my eyes aren't working right, but it was really cool, what was that?
Absolutely awesome videos!!! I would love to check out your website shop that I could learn more and purchase your lessons. what's the website link? Thanks
Hey! I really enjoy your videos, the. way you put the information through!! man! you're cool! hey can I know what settings you have for that tone? I am a novice and I have a zoom g1 on pedal. I want that tone so badly :(
i can't thank you enough! i have a big problem, i can't get out from the box of the pentatonic, i only play through the 5 positions i just can't play something else.. help please :)
hey man i need help i got a roland cube 15 XL a greg bennet av1 but my sound is so crappy i play for 8 years now but the sound is still like wtf i used bias FX but that still to much bass in my sound :(
At about 7:20, it looks like you switch into the minor pentatonic while still playing that A-major portion of the progression. It sounds great! But, it deviates from what you were saying about how you'd play that minor tonality on just the D-major, F major, G-major portion. Can you explain that a bit?
A really great video, you explain things so well! But, I'm a little confused. About 20 seconds in you mentioned that F# major pentatonic is traditionally played with an A major tonality, but then it looked as though you demonstrated by playing F# minor pentatonic rather than major. Or maybe I just saw wrong?
Hey man, basically it has to do with the harmony behind the scale, Since both the major and minor pentatonic scales are the exact same shapes (you saw correctly), it just matters what your root note is. Due to the harmony of the chords I'm playing, they are conducive to that major pentatonic sound. Hope that helps!
There sure is man! I'd recommend starting with level 1, then moving on to level 2 if you're not sure, as the first will give you an overview and probably introduce some new concepts as well to set up your success in level 2. Here is Guitar Super System Level 1: bit.ly/GSSLEVEL1 Here is Guitar Super System Level 2: bit.ly/GSSLEVEL2
God that solo was so freaking smooth man! I just did not understand why you said it'll sound good to use F# Major pentatonic over A chord (which does sound amazing). My straight forward guess would've been to play just A Major pentatonic over A Major. Why does it matter that F# Major is derived from F# Aeolian in this case?
My Guitar Super System courses go over Major and Melodic Minor scales, Level 1: bit.ly/GSS50OFF and Level 2: bit.ly/GSSTWO50 and I also have a course called 5 Exotic Scales and How to Use Them Effectively, which you can get here: bit.ly/EXOTIC50
A very useful lesson indeed :) However, you are using the A major pentatonic and not the Gb major pentatonic. A major pentatonic = Gb minor pentatonic. :)
CNSTLLTNS Because from A to F there are 8 semitones. That interval is called minor sixth. In major scale we have major sixth so in A major we need F# (9 semitones from A to F#). On the other hand from A to G there are 10 semitones and this is minor seventh. So if you say Gb (also 9 semitones from A to Gb) when you think about A major you talk about diminished seventh and that is incorrect within the meaning of music theory because the major scale doesn't contain that interval.
Hey guys and girls, I am almost an intermediate guitar player and I'm starting to lose hope. Basically I can't play guitar with my own signaturw sound. I can easily blast beat at about 230 bpm but I seem to be playing the same things over and over again. Pls help
(:Turretshooter500:) I feel you bro, i usually stick to blues in the key of g or e, and jam as much as i can through the pent scale lol, but that gets really borring and, really repetitive shit like that throws you off your game more then it teaches you anything, i started learning new scales i could use for different genres so i can actually learn something in between my solo - sessions haha, it's not Easy, i need to learn a whole new kind of rhythm when i try to learn a new genre so I'm really not used to trying to scale over different music, i still have alot of music theory to learn to atm, but if you already know all that shit then, just go out of your comfort zone man, it'll make you a better player
You're a great teacher but I do think what you said at 4:45 may be a little to harsh in some way. It is pleasing to some people's ear and it almost sounds "jazzy" to a person lacking in the terminology.
Every beginner will ask about the tonal center. Fis-G-A bridge to A-cis-D progression ? Using Fis pentatonik over A ? (A= major, a= minor) Dear beginner, please try to find yourself a professional, studied teacher, and only use the internet with reservation. I think "music is a win is a gentil person. He is young and will get better and better. On the other hand there a some really good pro- guys around the you tube place... Perhaps i misunderstood s.th.- greets & rock on, agy.040
What are you blathering about? Maybe you need something more basic, to suit that personality of yours. Go troll elsewhere Tyler is an excellent teacher. smh...
Andrea Anesa Tyler is a guitar teacher and Jared dines is a comedic RUclipsr, 2 totally different channels and Jared makes Videos that he enjoys making, Tyler makes videos for educational purposes, dont get me wrong I love both channels but you can not compare an educational youtuber to a comedic youtuber.
multiple times you refer to F# Major to be played for A Major.... shouldn't it be F# minor pentatonic.... you mentioned the F# Aeolian, this is a minor scale....
![When to Play Major vs Minor Pentatonic [It's easier than you think!]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/MfrAepqfv2g/mqdefault.jpg)
Shiiiit, that solo's tasty as hell!
Thanks brother!
Music is Win k
i am a new guitarist but teacher in real life and i can recognize a great teacher by this trait: making complicated things look easy and understandable.you have it.Great video!
I'm as confused as a baby raccoon.
Same.
I really love those short bends towards the beginning. They always sound so good and make me feel like I'm a blues master.
Bro, i follow on your content to date. But every time i stray into older videos i alwayd learn something awesome. You make me wish getting an electric was easier where i'm from. Had a couple of acoustics that served me well but ultimately had to sell them due to problems with and what is going on ariund me. Looking after discovering your channel more and more makes me want to bash myself for not keeping them a tad bit longer for practices and ideas like these. Good thing i have a swift memory when it comes to music. Thank you. Sincerely. Considered getting your book for the holidays. Just so that i keep.my knowledge clear and my ears training until i get to where i am happy with being able to play again. Life is hard. But i am not giving up on my most loved outlet and form of art.
Words cannot express how helpful this video was for me. THANK YOU and play on, brother!
0:20 wouldn’t that be the F# Minor pentatonic scale?
4:34 Here as well.
same scale shape but the root note is the second note of the minor pentatonic
Been Microphone so it’s Dorian ?
@@ajmusic4500 wth
@@beenmicrophone5817 no if you know relative major/minor then you'll get it
For people wanting to stay in the key of A, or A flat, I think that a good study in blending major and minor pentatonic is the solo from Bold as Love. It is a great solo for switching between positions and training your ear on bends between major and minor. Also check out some of the riffs from Django Reinhardt's Minor Swing to see just how often you can switch from major and minor without it sounding funny.
"kablam!" Love it!
Your playing is hypnotizing.
I appreciate the lesson! Gonna practice this.
This is really helpful for improvisation. Great video!!
Very good video, I enjoy your spoof videos, yet I truly enjoy your theory and explanation videos so much more. Thanks for the great vids brother man. Keep em up especially the applied theory vids.
Great class - I have been at it for years and it is great to always get a good progression and understand why/how you switch.
This guy is absolutely amazing!
Please make an instrumental Guitar album ! seriously asap ...
i am offensive and this is colorblined
Color blind*
that joke flew right over your head didn't it
You'll have that
Thanks for this lesson my friend, it is pitched at the perfect level to help me get out of this playing plateau!
how old are you? You seem very young to play and have the knowledge as well as you do....im a bit jealous! Been playing over 20 years now and on the constant learning path of mastering the guitar.....i enjoy your videos brother....keep it up!
Don't be fooled, he's actually 60 years old.
Quality Jam Tracks Age is just a number.
+Enjoying The Sun 577-Jersey Customs bro the best players like Matt schofields, robben ford, tom qualey, john schofields, john mayer, dereck trucks know what they are doing. is really rare to have the bb king, albert king kind of players
If you go to his main site, he is 27
Quality Jam Tracks he also went to college for music, i believe Berklee, but i could be wrong
The correct term for this is tonicization.
Man your chops are fantastic and the videos are great, but the super treble-y tone is killin' me lol
F# is the relative minor to A major. Therefore, if you were to play the positions of F# minor pentatonic over an A major tonality (I.e. In the key of A major), you would technically be playing the A major pentatonic, with your root note obviously being A rather than F#. This is why a lot of people say "just find the root note of the key and move your finger down 3 half steps to find the major pentatonic", at least that works for 1st position major pentatonic anyway. So yeah, that's why he is referencing F# minor pentatonic a lot
nice video and excellent playing. thanks.
Basically what he is doing is playing F#minor pentatonic box 2 which lays over top of A minor pentatonic box 1. You can play ANY of the five F# MINOR pentatonic positions and you'd be playing A Major in this situation. It's pretty simple......When playing in A minor pentatonic, if you want to play A Major pentatonic, you can play F# minor pentatonic
You are right but he,repeatedly saying F# Major pentatonic. Playing F# minor pentatonic means playing the A major pentatonic because F#m is the relative minor of A major. Same goes with C major and A minor
Yep because thz major is kind of a mode of. minor pentatonic the same other way
Nice and simple video, thanks dude!
changing colour to mention Major/Minor is a great idea!
I like your concept of working the first and second boxes shapes together to conserve motion, but I also like to work in the more linear patterns within one or two strings. Also, your brief introduction to the concept of modes only distracted from your core message of blending pentatonic scales. I'm not hating, just a note for future videos. Your playing was sweeeeet!!! I'm a fan.
loved it. more color videos, please.
Great video man, cleared the clutter up nice on my solo ideas
This sorta blew my mind, as I have no real knowledge of music theory, I'm super psyched to go try this out when I get home.
At around at 3:58 you say that your chord progression in A major is "condusive of the F# major pentatonic scale." It would be F# Minor pentatonic, not major.
yeah I was thinking the same, thanks for confirming
lionofzion1 no prob man. i know ive definitely made slight verbal errors like that when teaching private lessons. but stuff like that can be really confusing to someone learning.
watch again...
Yeah, I think i made some mistake.
The F# minor has the same note of A maj...
4:43 he tells major F# while it's major A
Ive been watching your tutorial,s and intend on purchasing your system soon. Very informative and insightful.
make a video for this solo specially
Very good video dude... Thanks for that!
this was actually a really helpful vid
I really like your Guitar, that green is very distinctive. Also, good job with the lessons, they're incredibly useful to me :D
At about 4:00, you say that you can use the F# MAJOR scale because it's derived from the Aeolian mode. The Aeolian mode is the natural minor scale.
40 dislikes from people that haven't idea about music and music teachers.thank you my friend.keep up the awesome job!
Excellent videos. Thanks!
OMG!! This is a f... revelation!! THANKS A LOT!!
Wooow that solo... amazing. \m/,
The really good thing to do would be to use the D major chord first, and then use either the D minor or D minor 6 chords, that ought to add a bit of flavor!
very informative and helpful as always!
Nicely done video man
Great video I assume you picked that chord progression from Captain Lee?
I did! I saw his video on Facebook and decided to put my own spin on it.
Music is Win Haha, nice man it is a great progression. Keep rockin man
This guys awesome!
awesome video!! xan you make a video with that backing track?!
Wow man, you are amazing
hey dude.
would you ever consider doing complete lessons for beginners about technique, like a series? starting off with basic picking, then vibrato, etc. I think it would be great for a lot of people and would help me tune up a little on my mediocre technique.
please consider, and thanks.
Hey dude! I teach a course called The Best Beginner Guitar Course Ever, and it's pretty much exactly what it sounds like. Here's a coupon if you're interested: bit.ly/BBGCE50
Wow, what was that you were doing around 7:11? looked like your hand went off screen to switch something, and then it sounded like some pull offs, but it looked like your hands were doing something else? Maybe my eyes aren't working right, but it was really cool, what was that?
You're fuckin great to explain maaan!!!
love the feels
this is awesome
If Im correct when you say F# major pentatonic you mean F# minor which is A major
Yeah it looks like at 4:34 he's playing F# minor but calling it F# major and i was like wtf...
Absolutely awesome videos!!! I would love to check out your website shop that I could learn more and purchase your lessons. what's the website link? Thanks
really like blending major into minor pentatonic
That prs is awesome
Hey! I really enjoy your videos, the. way you put the information through!! man! you're cool!
hey can I know what settings you have for that tone? I am a novice and I have a zoom g1 on pedal. I want that tone so badly :(
can you just lay this down so I can download it? that solo was SICK.
i can't thank you enough! i have a big problem, i can't get out from the box of the pentatonic, i only play through the 5 positions i just can't play something else.. help please :)
hey man i need help
i got a roland cube 15 XL
a greg bennet av1 but my sound is so crappy i play for 8 years now but the sound is still like wtf
i used bias FX but that still to much bass in my sound :(
At about 7:20, it looks like you switch into the minor pentatonic while still playing that A-major portion of the progression. It sounds great! But, it deviates from what you were saying about how you'd play that minor tonality on just the D-major, F major, G-major portion. Can you explain that a bit?
7:10 was so mf’ing tasty
do u have any videos on eight string guitar playing
Why you use echoes when you're speaking and teaching?
I would color code it opposite
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Страх пусть будет удалён!
И не надо громко злиться!
Жадность слейте из души!
Будьте честными, как птицы!!!
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Черный цвет в удаче лишний,
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То день слаще, то дождливей…
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Михаил-FRESH Кальченко
a guitar teacher I had over twenty years ago said to me, if you want your licks (rock/blues) to sound country, just drop down three frets.
A really great video, you explain things so well! But, I'm a little confused. About 20 seconds in you mentioned that F# major pentatonic is traditionally played with an A major tonality, but then it looked as though you demonstrated by playing F# minor pentatonic rather than major. Or maybe I just saw wrong?
Hey man, basically it has to do with the harmony behind the scale, Since both the major and minor pentatonic scales are the exact same shapes (you saw correctly), it just matters what your root note is. Due to the harmony of the chords I'm playing, they are conducive to that major pentatonic sound. Hope that helps!
So many comments saying this... Thanks for responding to clear up confused people.
can you do something about switching to a relative key? instead of just major and minor? like a just any other resting or active tone that's relative?
I have some really horrifying tendencies....some when i play my guitar...but mostly when I'm walking around
How do u play this muted notes so extremely groovy?
Are there two versions of your course? I am an intermediate player but maybe the first course would help consolidate knowledge?
There sure is man! I'd recommend starting with level 1, then moving on to level 2 if you're not sure, as the first will give you an overview and probably introduce some new concepts as well to set up your success in level 2.
Here is Guitar Super System Level 1: bit.ly/GSSLEVEL1
Here is Guitar Super System Level 2: bit.ly/GSSLEVEL2
Sweet, totally get this, teorically and practically, but I have a doubt, let's say that thing you played it's a song, in which tonality is it?
Awesome lesson. Thanks Steven Crowder
God that solo was so freaking smooth man!
I just did not understand why you said it'll sound good to use F# Major pentatonic over A chord (which does sound amazing). My straight forward guess would've been to play just A Major pentatonic over A Major. Why does it matter that F# Major is derived from F# Aeolian in this case?
He's playing an F# minor pentatonic (the relative minor of A Major), but focusing on the major sounding notes.
Yeah, I'm just not sure why he keeps reffering to it as a F# Major Pentatonic Tonality, for A Major?!
Yeah, think it was just a blunder. It's the A Major tonality, using the F# minor shape.
Hey man! Sweet videos.
Do you have a good resource for all the different kinds of scales?
My Guitar Super System courses go over Major and Melodic Minor scales, Level 1: bit.ly/GSS50OFF and Level 2: bit.ly/GSSTWO50 and I also have a course called 5 Exotic Scales and How to Use Them Effectively, which you can get here: bit.ly/EXOTIC50
A very useful lesson indeed :) However, you are using the A major pentatonic and not the Gb major pentatonic. A major pentatonic = Gb minor pentatonic. :)
CNSTLLTNS F# Minor not Gb Minor, same thing but notation is incorrect if you say Gb Minor
Starman Tumbleweed What is the difference? I am sorry ... I don't know.
CNSTLLTNS Because from A to F there are 8 semitones. That interval is called minor sixth. In major scale we have major sixth so in A major we need F# (9 semitones from A to F#). On the other hand from A to G there are 10 semitones and this is minor seventh. So if you say Gb (also 9 semitones from A to Gb) when you think about A major you talk about diminished seventh and that is incorrect within the meaning of music theory because the major scale doesn't contain that interval.
Franciszek Walczak Thanks a bunch, brother!
When a guy on RUclips improvises a better solo on a tutorial better than stairway to heaven
A conduces to F#m pentatonic scale, no F#
pretty easy minor with minor major with major
Hey guys and girls, I am almost an intermediate guitar player and I'm starting to lose hope. Basically I can't play guitar with my own signaturw sound. I can easily blast beat at about 230 bpm but I seem to be playing the same things over and over again. Pls help
(:Turretshooter500:) I feel you bro, i usually stick to blues in the key of g or e, and jam as much as i can through the pent scale lol, but that gets really borring and, really repetitive shit like that throws you off your game more then it teaches you anything, i started learning new scales i could use for different genres so i can actually learn something in between my solo - sessions haha, it's not Easy, i need to learn a whole new kind of rhythm when i try to learn a new genre so I'm really not used to trying to scale over different music, i still have alot of music theory to learn to atm, but if you already know all that shit then, just go out of your comfort zone man, it'll make you a better player
You're a great teacher but I do think what you said at 4:45 may be a little to harsh in some way. It is pleasing to some people's ear and it almost sounds "jazzy" to a person lacking in the terminology.
I think John Mayer does this a lot.
I love your videos please reply
Hi :)
hi :))))))))))))))
Every beginner will ask about the tonal center. Fis-G-A bridge to A-cis-D progression ? Using Fis pentatonik over A ? (A= major, a= minor)
Dear beginner, please try to find yourself a professional, studied teacher, and only use the internet with reservation.
I think "music is a win is a gentil person. He is young and will get better and better. On the other hand there a some really good pro- guys around the you tube place...
Perhaps i misunderstood s.th.-
greets & rock on, agy.040
What are you blathering about? Maybe you need something more basic, to suit that personality of yours. Go troll elsewhere Tyler is an excellent teacher. smh...
So for a time it went from a major to minor progression, so you changed from playing in a major key, to a minor key?
Not necessarily, you can still play a minor chord progression and play the major pentatonic scale over it. Just gives a different vibe
Well, to quote frank zappa, there's a right way and a wrong way to put a g over an a flat lol
Relatives
Nice lesson(s), but that delay use.
hey what is your guitar called
It is a PRS singlecut
Fred...
Jared Dines has 1milion sub. and you have 149K, this tells that being a jerk is better that being a great master. You're amazing man
Andrea Anesa Tyler is a guitar teacher and Jared dines is a comedic RUclipsr, 2 totally different channels and Jared makes Videos that he enjoys making, Tyler makes videos for educational purposes, dont get me wrong I love both channels but you can not compare an educational youtuber to a comedic youtuber.
Jared is showing offf how good he his most of the time while Tyler is making cool stuff to help people that's the difference
Sounded like mayer
I'm color blind.
Huh.
dunno i use when i want to collab with a friend, like a guitar battle, but never like this :/
F# major pentatonic?!?!?
What you meant to say is F# minor.. F# min pentatonic would be An Amaj pentatonic sound
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multiple times you refer to F# Major to be played for A Major.... shouldn't it be F# minor pentatonic.... you mentioned the F# Aeolian, this is a minor scale....
Needs more delay....