Metal Pentatonics Solos

[Highflyerone]

Alex Skolnic?

[TheRiffCalendar]

Drop the bullshit, just tell us the god damn scales!

[86akhilgupta]

This sounds very much like Testament guitarist Alex's solo in "Formation of damnation"

[fer40466]

buen link

[TheMiloszdevil]

@gitbad, how do you know which notes fit together in a metal solo? is it just based on scales? and if so, what scales?

[gitbad]

@TheMiloszdevil On the guitar I think of it as scale shapes and patterns. Minor pentatonic scales and natural minor (aeolian mode) scales that are played in the right key to the metal riff work best. Also arpeggio shapes that are in the same keys as the riff or chords work great for metal. So I know what key I'm in and I know the shapes of the scales and arpeggios but I don't necessarily think of what each note is, but I know it works because of the scale shapes if that makes any sense?

[ZiotheZero]

Great video man!

Everyone, read up on SOPA. It's really bad!!!!

[Pitchredbrigade]

Damn I thought it was Alex Skolnick haha !

[bernpaul92]

bro i wanna be like you .i wanna ask if how to exercise your fingers to have a stronger and faster fingers. please dude

[deoxynchro]

@bernpaul92 it's based on you. if you play guitar every day every night you'll build your callouses and make a finger stretching, like this, you must stretch them away from each other as far as you could, do that for 1 min each hand. sorry for my english :D

[mario1136]

0:47 with captions "Thirties and it was so scared" LOL

[22bryant]

this is the best lesson ever,those other guys out there,either the camara is to far from the guitar neck or the play it to fast,it seems that they dont want u to learn,

[thechannelinsane]

chk chk chk chk chk chk chk chk chk precise bro

[matc0]

really helpful!

[kryalmeer]

1:03 "laws are based on data, the hope that this is a fifty-year welfare activities during going twelve." started to sound like a barak obama speech lol

[1madaboutguitar]

@kryalmeer I know man lol

[N3M3S1SZ]

panasonic? lol

[eddietheironmaiden1]

u talk too fast other than that good

[strikingjoe01]

fuck you Kirk Hammet!

[anthony4921]

lol turn on the transcribed audio in the captions and go to 1:25

..it thinks he's saying "i think it is that if you go back to threats to the Iraqi at the monitor here happy to" yeah thats why its in beta

[Hoffnungsfunke]

@petewat98 Yep. However you'll be playing in a different key then.

[BodomTranquilityWorm]

Thank you, You made it easy. For dumb asses like me. Thanks a lot :D

[petewat98]

Can this scale be played anywhere on the neck?

[OpsInChain]

this was the guy that teach me moonlight sonata on classical guitar haha

[Wizzanker]

Please clean your fingerboard.

[VanDalgyonTheDark]

i love your t-shirt

[TheMaidenGuitar]

you suck.

thumbs up if he shows of to much...

[musicvidsgalor]

PENNISSS

[MomentsInGaming]

you're moving too much with your fingers and your pointer finger should lay on the e-string in order to muffle it, this way you save so much -otherwise wasted- energy and time which will lead to inaccurate playing like you do, sir.

[xKtulu]

@MomentsInGaming Actually ,you should move your pointer finger when you play licks like this. If you do not, your pointer finger will become very undeveloped, 'sir'.

[MomentsInGaming]

@xKtulu Undeveloped? Sorry but this is the usual way to play licks by muting the other string with your pointer finger, which should be pushing down the actual string while just touching the other one in order to mute it. talkin about undeveloped, dunno if this was just a misunderstanding or a real question of yours.. i hope its the first, for you are a fool if it wasnt.

[xKtulu]

@MomentsInGaming I mute the string with the palm of my right hand (assuming you're a right-handed guitar player)

[trashmetal12]

you talk very fast ¡¡¡

[killeraffe3d]

ich liebe dich für dieses video ^^ dank dieser pentatonik hab ich ein verdammtes gutes solo geschreiben dass auch mal nach metal klingt danke

[Metalhead1365]

Turn on captions, it's awesome!!!

[Warlost]

@Metalhead1365 "Oh" hahahah

[xXMusicxMadnessXx]

@Metalhead1365 What does captions even do, it does nothing to my videos ;/

[S4TTOfficial]

@xXMusicxMadnessXx turn on the transcribe audio captions.

[zdfhjk]

@Metalhead1365 1:10 HOLY SHIT IT GOT ONE RIGHT

[PutschPatriot]

@Metalhead1365 - Subliminal messages from our govt! They brainwashing us man.... 

[Nickhead87]

@Metalhead1365

What are the point of the captions if they are THAT off? Crazy.

[pumita90]

@Metalhead1365 1:28 pete sampras xD

[ScarredByTearsBand]

now play something difficult...

[SoulPowerctu8]

GREAT MAN !!

[iRaCZzOo]

Pretty sick dude! :)

[707HAMMERHEAD707]

Finally, a video I might learn from....

[ANGELT1994]

Kirk Hammett solos

[omeganukestrike]

Youve got an amazing accent hahaha XD

[OMGITSRANDY]

mega guut ^^

[jamezroper]

Thank you so much!!! :D

[Dejavu808s]

The frets look pretty....strange:S

[jfleminator]

the wanking scale

[samodl2]

so manufactured... go home

[miturbinizdurdy]

I dont understand why people dislike these lessons...They are very helpful.

You dont have shred all the time to sound good.

[VMOUTLAW]

nice riff. you're a very good teacher - appreciate your time

[Zachary1234567890Mon]

Nice Hair!

[AttitudeXX08]

NS!

[CreativeMast3rmind]

I can tell you have a lot of technical ability, but your musical compositions are lacking. I recommend delving deeply into jazz and the blues

[gdisleet]

@CreativeMast3rmind i can tell you think you know everything about being creative and guitar. I recommend delving deeply into the title of the video and realizing hes showing us a quick little solo in a pentatonic scale.

[KlapiFTW]

@gdisleet best. fucking. response. evereverevereverEVER.

[guitarzombie73]

@CreativeMast3rmind its a lesson not a composition i recommend you delve deeply in your asshole

[e11i0tt5m1thfan]

How do you get those effects?

[privatemerro]

That settles it. Mate you are now my new guitar teacher. Thankyou

[ReapersShredder]

@Rhazar95

lass ma der typ ist entweder high oder hat nen sockenschuß,es macht kein sinn mit ihn zu reden

[astrocampos19]

the pentatonic in d minor sounds likes a solo of megadeth lol, great lesson:)

[PickOfDestiny89]

@Rhazar95 Wüd ich auch gern mal wissen!

[cgambarrotti]

Too much vibrato on the notes.

[thedemon51015]

Das ist eine süße Gitarre du spielst!

[FpsFIMM]

awsome



[Junmaden]

spricht du deutsch???

[leaveblank]

nicey, thumb up

[MultiRaiha]

very good & clean thumbs up!!

[nickthehaloguy]

cant play it that fast 4 shit any tips on playing that fast????

[loopyrider]

@nickthehaloguy  try picking 1st note hammering 2nd and picking up the 3rd note pull off 4th pick 5th pull off to 6th note might help

good video

[prettysexyguys23]

Haha don't worry man I was just being sarcastic. : )

[sofaking916]

your videos have been really helpful. an ur just teaching me the shit im tryng to learn

[xplee94]

thanks a lot <3

[FallingFromTheLight]

Great.....I learned it.....my new warm up

[strikeout1991]

thats a guitar

[cocklesgalore6656]

@strikeout1991 Are you sure?

[strikeout1991]

@cocklesgalore6656

yes man, its obvious!!

[godkingRoss]

@strikeout1991 it's a didgeridoo!

[strikeout1991]

@godkingRoss

Neither.

Now I think I know what it is.

Well it's obvious actually

It's a banana. I'm sure..

[artifact26]

hey thank you for the video .. it really help with some riff .!!!!. what help me the most is the last note ( 6th) of the pattern when you come back on the string with an upstroke to pick it.. once i had that "upstroke back to the string" after 10 minute .. i realize i could play some pretty fast riff accuratly everywhere on the fretboard with less effort . before my pentatonic sound messy and inacurate ... now it sound good .

dunno if it make sense but it does for me thank you

[Xuhairkhan619ify]

All we have to do is a lot of practise....;D

[cingle2004jp]

Very convincing performance you know what

[ryankuisti]

i love just playing this fast as hell it sounds awesome =) thanks!!!

[decimatormember258]

is that the epiphone explorer i see

[Devilfishi]

you are all just jealous

[dirtydonki]

Das ist verschissen.

[TheSoloGuy1]

his hair is blowed up!

[Telesque]

Good deal, glad to see so many helpful videos up.

I am always interested, though, in the 'talking with numbers' that happens in videos like this. I'm self taught, and I learned a lot of songs through tabs, but I never really got to learn a lot about music itself with 'fret numbers'.

Learning shapes that way is always good, of course! I just imagined hearing more about which notes are what and why somewhere in all these videos- That is perhaps a lesson for another day, though! Cheers. :)

[MegaPandemic]

do you need to go back to the root in a pentatonic u started at c# at the 14 fret but the key is F# I'm confused can you explain and isn't a pentatonic 5 notes instead of 4?

[theoffbrandband]

0:45  its not "groups of 6" there called triplets you jackass

[TheTrooper424]

this sounds like a like ive heard in a between the buried and me song lol

[circleofpit]

am i wrong or don't you say g flat instead of f sharp when you're talking of minor penta, or doesn't it matter?

[Novalogicss]

im having so much fucking trouble picking up and down. besides that its easy, if i try to alternate pick these notes hes showing, it comes off off sloppy and u not good.

[StraightUppJeff]

your bad.

[SalandFindles]

Hard shit. I can't alternate pick, then change strings and do the same thing. It's hard to keep synchronized. I've been playing for like 5 years. It's sad, I know. I just haven't really put any serious effort into it until somewhat recently.

[Novalogicss]

same dude, well ive been playing for about 9 months but i cant alternate pick slow to save my life. instead i try ti pick fast which i can and get try to move my hand fast on the strings/frets and its a fail cause im hitting the notes more than i should be since my right hand which is picking back and forth is faster than my left hand which is moving my fingers on the frets that need to be played

[SalandFindles]

It's tough to synch up. I always try pentatonic scales. It's harder to ascend than it is to descend.

[ryankuisti]

its always harder to go up than down. cuz you kinda can do a little pull off type thing

[gutzs]

@Novalogicss if alternate picking is giving you trouble, start really simple. try playing mary had a little lamb while alternate picking. start real slow and speed it up, keeping good rhythm with your right hand. Alternate picking is something you really want to master if you want to be good.

[TheColorOfDesire]

@SalandFindles

same here sir, same here...5 yrs and not enough effort.

[metalbohne]

er sieht so SCHEIßE AUS

[kkarajos]

I fucking hate the way you talk!!!

But i kinda like your´e videos, so keep em coming

[madtrashmax77]

the second and the last tone are the same !!!!!!!! so we have five tones in here

[madtrashmax77]

why does everyone say he speaks fast ? im not a native speaker but im able to understand every word he says

[GeminoSmothers]

he does talk kinda fast lol

[punkrockpax]

thats not a pentatonic!!! XD

[fiiiikon]

@punkrockpax Yes it is idiot. Just because he doesen't play the same shape your used to doesn't mean it's not a pentatonic scale.

[punkrockpax]

@fiiiikon you still an asshole PENTATONIC MEANS FIVE TONES FIVE 5 CINCO PENDEJOOO =D

[fiiiikon]

@punkrockpax Hahaha thats one of the funniest things I've heard. He still uses the pentatonic scale even if he doesn't use all tones.

[CloudiHoe]

@punkrockpax

Hence the "Penta"

as in as in the latin word for five?

im not sure if it is i'm just guessing :3

[nameerwahsh]

good vid man,,,keep it goin...

[ITheCorruptI]

es ist nicht schrecklich, es ist echt gut

[gitbad]

Ya, sehr schrecklich!!

[MParseface38]

@gitbad

LOL!

[cocklesgalore6656]

@ITheCorruptI So schatze ich, weil jemand in Metall haben sie keinen Plan fur das Leben. Wie ware es mit mir? Ich habe einen Plan fur das Leben. Es hat nichts mit Metal zu tun. Wenn du wirklich hassen Metall, beim nachsten Mal nicht erwischt wird gerade ein Video uber Metall.

[Xattheend]

He talks how he plays, fast loud and annoying.

[madman1441]

jesus christ i finally found a guy some one who gives you the coolest sounding solos and there penatonics

[grymace14]

nice tuxito t shirt, it says you want to be formal but your here to party

[gitbad]

I thinked you summed it up perfect right there!!!

[str8organic38mm]

@grymace14 rofl STFU

[CAV1245cats]

@grymace14 taledega nights :P

[neballen12]

@grymace14 Captain Obvious strikes again!!

[whatthebollocks]

@grymace14 nice ricky bobby connection :)

[coleeo23]

@grymace14 ive heard that from somewhere... what did you quote that from?

[H4l0Fr34k117]

nice!!!

[guitarprodigy14]

Tone seems a bit scratchy don't ya think?

[Fraeg]

@guitarprodigy14 might just be the webcams mic and then youtubes compression?

[guitarprodigy14]

good point, didn't think about that one.

[sergio9ll]

u talk really fast hahha

[FreakForBlackSabbath]

where did you get the bad ass ozzy sticker on your guitar

[gitbad]

came with my ozzy slippers made by dvs i think

[bobbieholbrook]

man. I love you.

[mettall1981]

That explorer is not a Gibson. It is an imposter. The truss rod cover plate has 3 screws. Gibson use only 2 screws. Hope he did not pay alot of money for that guitar

[mettall1981]

I have talked with a Gibson tech and he assured me that the do not put custom truss rod plates on their guitars. He also said that if there is any other screw configuration on a Gibson that it is most deffinately a counterfiet. Why would someone put a custom plate on their Gibson that they had just paid $2000+ for It would devalue the guitar

[mettall1981]

Its a cheap Copy Look at the wood and listen to the tone it is not a Gibson. Gibson' s have a much more smoother and richer tone than what his guitar has. I have played many Gibsons and trust me that is not a Gibson

[disciplefreak100]

i hate gibsons, but i agree, thats definetly not a gibson

[mettall1981]

I just looked on his website and it is an Epiphone A gibson Subsidiary that makes cheaper versions mad in Korea Gibsons are made in USA of Korina wood. Epiphones are made of cheaper alder woods.

[disciplefreak100]

no they are not made of Kornia wood, Kornia is very light wood, and gibsons are frickenheavy

[mettall1981]

Some of their guitars are made with korina most are made with mahogany. Korina, even though it is light , is a very hard wood which gives some of the best tone. The flying V is made with korina. I woould like to get another Gibson. His explorer is a Epiphone. He thinks everyone shoud have one. Epiphones are just cheap versions of Gibson

[disciplefreak100]

his guitar is nice, but mmy prs is better,and they seriously make guitars out of korina

[mettall1981]

I have an ESP which is Alder and a Raven which is made like Gibson SG. I use to have a Carvin V220. I wish that I still had it. Gbson has an Explorer that is made of Korina also and a Flying V that is made of Korina. But most of their stuff is made of Mahogany.

[mettall1981]

My ESP doesn't have very good sustain so I might switch it with a body from Warlock made of Korina

[mettall1981]

Gibson has several guitars made of Korina. they an Explorer and a Flying V models made of Korina

[GoozerMcDoogan]

do you really have nothing to do other than find cheap guitars to prove a stupid point? Guess what? The Epiphone still sounds damn good....why do you have to join the crowd on youtube that just tries to put negative comments on EVERYTHING? Let it go dude...whoop di doo!!! You win....good job....

[GoozerMcDoogan]

Oh my God. You're like a nagging little flea that hovers over Epiphones made of Korina wood. And learn to type...maybe then I'd have a little READING COMPREHENSION..."It is an imposter." "Hope he did not pay alot of money for that guitar"....thoe are NEGATIVE statements about his GUITAR. Good job for proving yourself an idiot. You get an atta boy. And you can reply to this all you want....I'm just gonna leave it at that and hope you find some way to get a life and stop arguing on youtube lol

[icpfan007]

there are some epi's that are made from mahogany tho so in that case some of them are just like gibsons

[RNRDOLL]

They are all made of mahogany, including epis. The only difference is the quality of it and the fact that Gibsons have a real maple top on them, instead of a veneer.

[mettall1981]

I just researchd the story about Epiphones.They mainly use basswood and agathis wood. and cheap veneers. Gibson uses real maple caps and mahogany.

[GoozerMcDoogan]

LMAO awesome. Little prick. very intelligent.

[GoozerMcDoogan]

Wow, you really are sensitive aren't you? You want a cookie? You're the one who replied three times after I stopped arguing LOL ahhhh this is fun let's keep going lol

[GoozerMcDoogan]

oh yeah, and if you have a Ba in Psychology, wouldn't you know how not to get pissed off at someone on Youtube? Because I don't think you do. I originally quit this argument....but you're so hilarious....keep 'em coming hahahaha

[adwelin666]

i know alot of ppls hate shredding but i think this lick would be fucking more kickass if this guy tried doing it that way... he's not playing it fast enough to give it a real metal style ;) nice one, tough, might try it :P

[AYONPA]

hey man what distortion do you use, it is a pedal, amp, of what it is, your pick up are emg but what kind it is 81's or what, this is great metal sound, and your lesson are really goods, thanks

[llamasrage]

probably 81s or 83

[artimasi]

this is how i learned sweeping start slow untill you master it and speed up slowly

[gitbad]

Never!

[JoelLara]

appearance has nothing to do with how someone plays an instrument so who gives a rat's ass if he wears that shirt in every video?

[Xx6dennis6menace6xX]

doesnt sound that cool

[Mynamesketan]

HOW do you start playing faster?!?

[Dark515Rogue]

Get a metronome. Start slowly and get faster reaching more bpm as you can :)

[Mynamesketan]

Thanks man.. I''ve already got to a respectable speed in a day.. hope I can just keep getting faster!

[SuperRetardedNinjas]

practice.

[bluesman567]

sorry to break it to you but you just have to keep playing. something you can do to keep it fun is learn bits of fun songs from bands you like while you practice getting all the boring scales faster

[pushler]

no maaa!!!, toca bien el pinche cABEZA DE PANDROSO