Minor Pentatonic/Blues Scale Phrasing Lesson #1

[MarksSpace]

You get an apple for this lesson, Teacher. Loved the "question-answer" illustration, you can hear and feel the unanswered question, which creates an unfulfilled vibe that lingers in the air, until the 'answer' is played, which creates a sense of completeness-and now I can exhale. You put words to what I have felt many times, clearly and pleasantly. Thank you, teach', enjoy the Golden delicious on your desk.

[darkroomxvii]

this really helped

[GGuitar45]

wow thanks man you actualy can teach me some thing, but i have question, you can just take any notes from the scale right? as long as they end on the root?

[321harold]

You are a very good teacher. When I teach guitar, I tell my students to listen to all of their favorites guitarists and "collect" a phrase vocabulary. As you build this phrase vocabulary, you'll really start to learn to create your own solos. My song "Play'n Rock'n Roll" has a 2 minute solo and is a bunch of phrases connected. I have much more to upload when I get more free time.

[justmejammin]

Thanks man, direct and to the point. No show off playing. Like the Q&A concept, so true as the blues should tell a story in music form.

[premiermusic]

@justmejammin I'm glad it's workin' for you! Thanks!

[elhijodeloscalzones]

Great lesson! Thanks man.

[premiermusic]

@elhijodeloscalzones Thank you!

[Mophisto666]

very nice guitar lesson



[premiermusic]

@Mophisto666 Thanks!

[premiermusic]

@JJBochette Thanks!

[Kajaena]

Thanks man! its quite inspiring for me.

hmm... 03:12 how you do that? i never got that jazzy bluesy feel. (i still can't understand how to put the chromatics when soloing)

[mrkuyukot]

Thank you! You've opened up my eyes; question and answer... phrasing. I've never thought of music in that way before.

[premiermusic]

@mrkuyukot Cool! I think that if you listen to some of your favorite players soloing you'll start hearing their phrases like this....

[JakeeArnold]

It's sort of like call and response. :)

[MrLekiz]

Thank you u million

[premiermusic]

@MrLekiz No problem! I'm glad you're digging the lessons!

[geoffe02]

Thank you so much! I've just been learning to go up and down through the scales thus far. But this lesson really gives an idea of what to actually do with all those notes. Putting things in terms of "phrases" really makes sense.

[MrDucehands]

Very helpful, I play bass but I'm going to apply this philosophy towards my soloing

[MrDucehands]

Very helpful, I play bass but I'm going to apply this philosophy towards my soloing

[MrDucehands]

Very helpful, I play bass but I'm going to apply this philosophy towards my soloing

[karrolllopez]

Your guitar question analogy makes perfect sense, SHEER GENIUS!!!

[guitarmessiah95]

Thank you this should make soloing over chords easier for me. (:

[premiermusic]

@guitarmessiah95 No problem! I'm glad you found the video helpful!

[drowe77]

These videos are so helpful! I don't know how I didn't find your stuff after surfing youtube for the past few years since this video is from 2007? Well I'm a subcriber now. None of my teachers ever explained it so clearly to understand how to use this scale pattern effectively for blues. Thanks.

[ed0985587]

good explanation. i liked the question / answer comparison. made sense.

[Carva123]

great lesson, it really helped me break out of the same old boring licks, question and answer is a brilliant way to think about putting licks together, thanks man

[fullfrontalguy]

Good stuff! Thanks!

[ninjasandeep]

thanks man.that was a wonderful lesson.but i need to know how to integrate different scales thru a progression.can ne1 help...

[pedraw]

you know, every now and then I hit on something that clicks for me and that helped tremendously......THANK YOU!

[kurtvinz]

thanks for the vid, im am looking for answers like this for a long time. pls keep posting this kind of video for it helps aspiring guitarist like me. thanks.

[gorehound1313]

Great Lessons, so many players get stuck in that Pentatonic box. I love the Question and Answer idea, I never thought about it. I always used the eg. of a call and return. This is much better! Thanks Mark.

[thedjbittle]

bless ya

[BunkerJB]

what guitar is that?

[premiermusic]

Its a Suhr Telecaster

[dizziesmackit]

i love those creamy fretboards

[Isaac0516]

thanks mark, very helpful.

[maurofelipe76]

Cool!

[ThePaterFamilias]

Mark, what's the cool, little jazzy melody you play near the end? Beautiful. Thanks.

[premiermusic]

Just a little improvised solo...nothing special!

[LovesToSpooge77]

Thank you very much for the video. ^^ Very helpful. 5/5

[10u15bass]

what do you mean by phrasing?

[premiermusic]

Phrasing is how you string the notes together to builda melody.

[Jdudeo]

really good video!

[M3gaMang]

Its all simple stuff... but you just blew my !@#$%in mind. Thank you.

[soohoojrj]

I've been practicing scales up and down, wondering what the heck you get out of it. Phrasing is the key, and now i understand. Thankyou for explaining it to me,....and stay away from the phrases that don't seem to go anywhere,....Thnx dude, for helping me see the light.

[trelcious]

Of course - it's so simple.Why did'nt I think of that before

[dizzinicol]

ace video a real help

[IndieAaer]

This is brilliant. Amazing stuff.

[Kaabii]

that question-answering thingie makes so much sence. thanks!

[somerandomkidmike]

this really makes sense

thank you

[vetter200]

Great stuff, thanks. It's really tough to explain something as personal as soloing but you did it well!

[GrimReaper1305]

which guitar ur using?

[Shisho2k]

Never really thought of it as questioning and answering.

It clicked for me, and then I couldn't stop laughing at it, because that's exactly what it sounds like. (If the guitar was talking.)

Great lesson, plan on looking at more of your stuff soon. Thanks for spreading the insight.

[RaeneyDae]

Thank you very much i have always wanted to go into a bluesy style and i think this will be a good start =D

[fbama73]

Very nice. I found this video about 48 hours after my instructor gave me my first penatonic scale with the directive to experimant and have fun. Between the two, they've dramatically increased my fun factor with the guitar, and it was pretty high before!

[premiermusic]

Cool!

[liquidgd]

wow i dont comment much on lesson style video but this helps a lot. this is a nice bridge for refreshing that boring, old Am scale.

[Blackshayde]

Superb!

[Stalkerlein]

thanx...you really TAUGHT me something. Some of the others who post videos just want to show off and don't teach much at all...i really understood your lesson...

[premiermusic]

Thank you so much! I really try to make the time you guys spend watching the videos worth it!

[intheflesh316]

this actually helps alot, ive always had that problem. thank you

[salantino]

I really want to pay you for these lessons on Youtube. I cannot begin to tell how much I have spent trying to learn soloing over chord progression. After seven years of playing, it's reassuring to know that somebody can actually deliver. I thought it was all my fault.

[lostgurl4ever]

Thanks this helped.

[bitzmil]

nice

[GoombaDood]

Great demonstration. Helped alot!

[dealer205]

Thanks man, takes monotony out of practice

[chunk2609]

Great lesson!..Thanks!

[YuTubeWeTube]

and ever....

[akosininio]

WOW! That was great! Really awesome. This lesson is going to help me forever.

[cerko88]

fucking great lesson!!!!!

[dazedANDtruckin]

yea really good analogy. i like the way you teach.. i was expecting to just learn a scale but i got alot more. well thanks!

[zreau]

Very, very good analogy using the question and answer technique. Really good use of words and made me understand really well. 5 stars! Thanks for the great explanation!

[grozengyz]

Great!

[pichula5860]

Thanks for the video, a good base to start playing the blues. Thanks