Minor Pentatonic Five Positions (Guitar Lesson SC-024) How to play

[danno615]

@JustinSandercoe thanks you just dont know how much these vids have helped me man.i really appreciate you taking the time to show us what all of this nonsense means LOL

[van1980]

Why bother with your pink if it's your ring finger that's always going to do the bending? It seems like you're generating muscle memory for something that isn't as practical...but I'm a newb, please correct me...

[Em1nenceFr0nt]

@van1980 when you're playing fast arpeggios, or when you're chording 7th, 9th 11th 13th chords especially in Jazz and Funk, you're going to want to be dextrous with your pinking since you will often need to partially bar the top two strings. Also, when barring up the neck, playing licks like from Hendrix, SRV, playing those melodies you'll need to do hammer-ons with your pinkie...

[majlou19]

17 people fail at guitar

[Axoutatiser]

400th ! proud of it

thanks Ô Justin

[cmrcs]

Thanks for the video Justin. The bit about using either the 3rd or 4th finger was quite helpful to a beginner like me.

[blargh2blargh]

fingers are so weird if you look at them for long enough.....

[bergalini]

Can you transcribe the Tasmanian Devil at the end? It would be a cool riff if you could tab it out.

[dragoneti67]

Justin . Is not minor pentatonic movable along the fretboard with the same shape. ?

Or the other 4 shapes are alternatives to the same shape .

Why there are 5 different shapes Also . I just saw some stickers for the fretboard on ebay called fretnotes . Do you think they might be helpful to learn ?

[PrepareToBeDazzled]

at 8:31 you start position 5 Aminor pentatonic on a G, when consistency till then you'd started on the root...

=)

Thought I'd touch up on the other positions, found myself locked in a cage of position 1, 2 and 5...

Hopefully I can start linking up 3 and 4 now... to totally open the Aminor neck for me...

[audiosyncrasy09]

@PrepareToBeDazzled hey men just wanna ask how did you linked those scales in diferrent positions? tnx

[ewd31989]

Its incredibly confusing when guys like justin are teaching Beginners Pentatonic scales and positions fails to explain what root notes are and the purpose of these positions, When i was learning scales and guys would just say . This is a D minor pentatonic scale or Am pentatonic scale i would be lost . Knowing the notes on the fretboard and why your in that position is pivotal. If your watching and all your doing is learning positions your goin to get nowhere with out learning keys and notes

[terriot]

@ewd31989 any links for videos that teach what your talking about??

[ewd31989]

@terriot Actually terriot i have a whole WEBSITE!! Next level guitar.com . They have all the links you need to learn everything i am talking about. By the way this is no disrespect to Justin i think hes a fine teacher and a dam good guitarist, The criticism is simply that when you get to this point in teaching something that can be very confusing and frustrating its the instructors job to guide you from begging to end instead of throwing you head first in the water IMO.

[ewd31989]

Here is the first video i feel that can help to start learning what im talking about

Just put in the search bar (Youtube not letting me put in links?)

Beginner guitar lesson learn the notes on the fretboard EZ!

and heres another great one to

Beginner lead guitar lesson Minor Pentatonic & Blues scale

[WonderersWay]

@ewd31989 Have you checked out his website, it is all on there.

[bergalini]

@ewd31989 If you go to his website he does explain everything pretty comprehensively.

[spontanp]

awesome!!! thank you Justin

[espdemon]

The lick that starts at 4:05 is the biz!!! Good ol' Blues lick.

[albertmanlleu]

With the pick, is it better to always do DOWN-UP, in every string?? or when you go from a thiner string to a thicker string, do you do UP-DOWN??

[danfilmentertainment]

how do you know where the different... eh... like what you need a backing track in E, A, C etc. to play? which note is where on the guitar?

[dichotomy89]

i still wonder why there need to be so many different fingerings... for example you say sometimes it's better to play the notes with the ring finger for bendings. but can't you just get the same results with the little finger?

wherever i look i see different fingerings and i cannot decide which one suits me best.

[Optimus376]

@dichotomy89 Iam still learning myself but.. I belive the reason behind using your thrid finger is cuz it is stronger at bending the string, But if u can bend it with your little finger with a little help from your other fingers and get the right note out of it iam guessing it is ok, I think it sounds better and easier with any finger besides your pinkie i dont know now u got me trying to bend with my pinkie thanks:>) (I might just stick with the other fingersLOL)

[MrMetallica4life]

ive been playin for five years and i still dont no this lol

[Constrictor87]

Congrats in inventing a bicycle ! )))) LOL

[tylerheathgammon]

dude 5 stars this video is much clearer and simpler than any one i've found yet. This will totally broaden my horizons as i am very much a blues guy. THANKYOU!!!!!

[alberti99]

brilliant as always.

[fazel911]

hey can anyone help me ? he 3rd position on what fret is it at he doesnt say :s

[johnnymfapplecore]

@fazel911 12th fret.

[3DEC3]

Memorize the finger pattern then shift down a fret with the same pattern to play a different key.

[janosfischer]

thanks but for what do i need them now... ??

and to what kind of chords do they fit ?

[trailblazer225]

@janosfischer It will work over any, ANY minor progression. Also, if you know the minor pentatonic, the major pentatonic is a piece of cake. That works over any major progression. So basically, any minor key will allow you to use the minor pentatonic scale because a minor pentatonic scale is just a minor scale without the second and sixth scale degrees.

[Kadadj]

Ive learnt two patterns. but im starting to see them as one, is that a bad thing?

[trailblazer225]

@Kadadj That's perfect. That's what you should aim for, cuz when you really start playing and jamming, you don't want to be stuck in one box. You should be able to see the notes of the scale anywhere on the neck so you can cover the whole neck.

[Kadadj]

Thanks, i see that now, i always ask the dumbest questions when learning new stuff.

[trailblazer225]

@Kadadj Hahaha No problem we've ALL been there. It's actually a really common question.

[superdaimos]

thanks... great video!!!

you are a great teacher!!!

[crysjocy]

gr8

[skaterboy077]

Justin u rock

thanks alot mate

[KTKPMDJ]

is this only for songs based around Am? like stairway to heaven,

or can u use these scales for every song?

im lookin for a scale for Guns N Roses Knockin on heavens door

please reply!

[lankyelephant]

you can use these in either C or Am (same difference), the patterns are the same for any key though, a pentatonic scale has five notes per octave, hence the term PENTAtonic

[Torfinnmadssen]

Use the E-minor scale. It's made out of the exact same notes as the G-major scale.

[SUPERROCKER1970]

THANX!! FROM BRAZIL!

[Chico1916]

Once again you have made the impossible seem possible, its all so clear now....thanks Justin you are a legend.

[geetarNL]

FINALLY someone going beyond the first scale, great lesson

:) thanks a lot man u rock

[ratodasdocas]

very good lesson ... thanks! best regards from portugal

[prodigy00073]

awesome lesson

[GDguitarplayer]

Thank you Justin!

[ChyronIsChillin]

I learned the 5 positions easily last night because of this video. I appreciate the help Justin.

[skimbrdinchik03]

thanks!!! :]

[13akaalex]

thanx men i apreciate it so much for your videos im gonna learn alot from you thanx again

[EAxisVideos]

When your doing that blues lick at 1:59 are you only using the notes in in the scale you just showed?

[Tubbergen]

I looked over it, and I think he's only using the notes in the scale he showed.

[EAxisVideos]

Sweet. I gota learn scales

[mytube1349]

yeah. that was a little Hendrix lick that he played.

[JustinSandercoe]

@ EAxisVideos - yep that is all minor pentatonic scale dude!

[bighardkore]

At how many beats per minute should we be able to do before we move on to the next scale?

[Julien1345]

I dont think that this has to do with how much you practice that certain scale but you synchronisation between your left and right hand. I think you should move to the next scale if you can use your scales without thinking about it too much and not because of the speed.

[BrixSnBs]

you tell us that we should use the fourth finger on string 1 and 2 on the first figure but not on the second figure... Why?

Are you more likely to bend on the second figure??

[rborges82]

Justin, could you post a video about minor relative scales?

[calochamp]

how can I know which shape to use if I want to play in another key? If I for example wanted to play in the key of D how could I shuffle around these a minor pentatonic shapes so that instead of memorizing a completely new scale I can just shuffle my old a minor pentatonic scale in a different order so that it becomes for instance D minor pentatonic or is this even possible?

[Grambleheed]

you use the same 5 shapes but just change the root note to D, there all relative to the root note.

[steveo27545]

Move everything down 3 frets or semi-tones and play some country music.

[riggaz151]

remove youself you twat!

[windoes98se]

guitar center has the same guitar in youre vidieo,and its made to look beat ,(its like 450$) up,did u buy it at guitar center (just curious)

[megamanxu]

i think his telecaster by fender cost like 1000 bucks lol.

[Tommyr]

Teles ROCK! I have a 2006 MIM Tele, LOVE IT!

[LowLanding]

Booooo. Gibson FTW

[evensmaller]

+1!

[googoplexable]

@megamanxu whats so funny about that?

[TheTranceGuru]

just cuz a guitar looks the same as another guitard oesnt mean its the same guitar, especially if its beat up. which is the road worn series....

[jmjunkie]

Thank you, Justin!

[gavinwell]

Are those cans of FOSTERS in the background?! Ughhhh!

[ShredLifeAway92]

you're the man dude :]

[jmjunkie]

Thanks Justin, your teachings are very helpful to newbies like moi.

[gerpir]

thx 4 nice lesson :)

Ok so that was in the key of A how to transform that scale in to for example key of G.

How can I know in what key to play minor scale while jamming with my m8?

[IaNdAcRiPwAlKa]

Youve just got to experiment until you find what sounds right. For exmple, if jamming in G but no one told me the key beforehand, id try each note on the E string till i find what sounds right. Id think the note, G on the E string sounded about right, so id solo in that. if it sounded in key id continue otherwise id continue explorin

[UnderCrimsonSkies]

Well.. I dont quite get it cuz i've been having the same problem.. How do i know which pentatonic position is i which key? /:

[Tommyr]

The first finger (index finger) plays the root note.

[CaleMercer]

well you move position 1 to where a g note is and the g note is on the third fret 6th string that is the root note, that is where position 1 would be if it was in g, then for position 2 it would just be like the same except further up the neck

[bulaclac]

i can now play with the strings a little, because of this lesson!thank you Justin!=)

but there's something i don't quite understand about soloing..in some solos, you play this fret, then the following fret or the fret before it..

e.g. the sweet child o' mine solo..you play the first string, "17^-15-14"..how did the 14 get there?

i'm sorry i can't explain it very well, but someone please help me..please..

[Luke08Sadler]

its from a different scale. There are many different scales but this is proberbly the most common 1

[bulaclac]

oh..ok, what scale might that be?

[darkeagle551]

diatonic and pentatonic

[bulaclac]

wow..that's a new scale(to me at least)..i hope Justin is planning on doing a lesson about that scale soon..it could really be helpful..

[JustinSandercoe]

he uses the aeolian mode - check out the major scale vids - position 5 and look at it over the min pentatonic position 1...you should notice something. J

[bulaclac]

whoa!!i can't believe it!you answered my question!wow..thanks!=)

[MrJackanthony]

@JustinSandercoe the third person eh? :P What do you call that finish of the tele?

[kookybirdy]

dam this is hard.Ive been playing for a year I can do the scale fine its just that I dont understand why you have to know all these positions and how you use them they look all the same.

[gtaace1]

another gr8 lesson thanks it helps me so much. just to say that going through your web site i noticed Zeitgeist the Movie and decided to watch it again! very shocking at the start, i hate to see people in pain especially kids who have lost there loved 1s, it puts things in perspective, and hopefully should wake a few people up as to what is really going on behind closed doors! i hope people will rise up and do something, i dont no what! but something, i doubt it u never no though eh :) thx j

[RockNrolling]

very very good lesson!

[insertbadname]

pardon me but what the hell are scales for?

[GuitarMan3292]

.................. wow.........

[wareaglebabe11]

name any song, its based on a scale ANY

[ultranotadork]

improv, soloing..... all sorts of stuff

[Phoebe9523]

all songs r made of different scales...even jingle bells

[Spongebobinjeans]

AWESOME DUDE!!!!Thank you. Thank you. Thankyou. thank you.

[guitargod3133]

interesting vid...thanks alot....learn something new every day....thanaks again

[HansMarine1]

can you go through power chords

[juanimontero]

i'm from Argentina. Sorry for my english. excellents lessons. Very simples and ingenius too. Thanks!

[747O]

you may want to fix the link ;)

[1Batt]

I really appreciate this. Thanks for showing a little application along with each position.

[insaineyesay]

fucking great teaching dude.

[hantav]

awesome! by the way, why did u put a "Demonio de tasmania" later of ur class ? XDDD

[Matheus222]

How to make this to sound like rock? Some says: Distortion, but is that all? No more things to add?

[djbro16]

pentatonic scales can be used in breakdown harmonies, they can be used to scale out chord progressions.. One of my favorite bands Maylene and The Sons of Disaster are all over the Pentatonic.. Jazz utilizes the Pentatonic most I think

[cruxbucket]

mostly diminished chords and scales. weird and difficult.

[TheNoga]

a chord progression? lol

[djbro16]

yeah power chords..

[Matheus222]

and that is?

[Neverdii]

You can use a little distort, but don't do that for awhile because it will cheat you into thinking you play well. Master the pentatonic scales playing cleanly. Know them so well you can hop to any note on the fret board with confidence it's in the scale and be able to play off it. You can't just pick it up and expect to sound like Stevie Ray Vaughan. All I can say about this is that you must practice practice practice and then some. "Knowing" the pentatonic scale is half the battle

[Matheus222]

But practise what? The five positions? Don't i have to practise something more? I can not just improvise because its really hard to know what ´sounds good. I can make a melody in the head, but i don't know how to play it on the guitar.

How to learn that?

Matheus

[Neverdii]

The only way you can ever figure out how to sound good is to experiment with it. You will mess up a countless number of times, but improvisation comes from experience, not from something you learn in a book. You have to teach yourself to sound good. Understand the fretboard and know everything about it. Learn music theory. All of these will aid you, however, you will have to be the one to put them into practice every day.

[Matheus222]

Okey, so you say that i have to practice on what, everyday?

[audieringer]

This is unreal that you didnt get the point by now! There is not just one thing to practice, there is hundreds. Practice different licks included in scales, finger position, take the scale slow (speeds overrated), know the scale all alond the board, EXPERIMENT FOR GODS SAKE!!!!!!!!

[Matheus222]

HOW TO FUCKING LEARN LICKS?! DUDE Are you stupid seriuously? Im asking right here how to improve, to get some good licks so it could sound good. They explain it, then you come and think your so smart. Damn, if i give you a knife and a dead cow and then I say: "EXPERIMENT", what the fuck would you do? Just cut it?

[evilmachine12]

this totally makes sence just be patient and stop bitching and pay better attention

[lizardk5]

he explains himself just fine to anyone who actualy has a guitar

[BOBBOY925]

This guy really gives good lessons

[malangope]

Haven't anyone heard of SCALE FORMS? CAGED sequence? Much easier to learn if you think of the scales as extensions to chords.

[jimmie1481]

Thanks for the info, I taught myself to play in Vietnam, by just playing the E string. Finally my friend taught me C and C7 and F. Now I am playing rhythm in a Gospel band, just easy stuff. You have inspired to to start learning more.

[Punkhuskie6]

The only problem with this guy is that he just says do it like this or u might do... This guy doesnt explain himself enough.

[cruxbucket]

part of guitar is learning shit on your own. he teaches you what he promised anyway. 5 position of minor pentatonic. the rest it up to you practice these play around with em. guitar is supposed to be fun.

[Punkhuskie6]

dude i never said anything bad like that. All i said was he needs to explain himself more.

[cruxbucket]

i dont get it, you mean like teach music theory and why you are playing these certain notes as opposed to these other notes? its a lesson for beginners to intermediate. thats intemadating to these players who just want to get the feel of a guitar and learn some songs maybe.

[CapitalAlchemy]

You get back what you are willing to put in.

If anyone who is leaving comments here is a beginning guitar player, and most of you probably are, you should develop faith in what the mind is capable of processing and what you are capable of achieving.

[Punkhuskie6]

Dude what the hell did that mean?

[cruxbucket]

huh im confused i thought my reply was pretty straightforward.

[ienjoyjimi]

huge fingers or little fretboard

[tigarx]

What's the matter of bending with your pinkie finger? I do it in my acoustic

[cruxbucket]

i think its advice for beginners.

[KtMovieManiac]

well i think for beginners. Pinkies arnt usually strong ^.^

[tigarx]

Yea, but that's teaching ambiguous guitar playing. Not the better way to go, i think.

[junowalk]

very good!!!

[richardshapiroII]

thanks, this is cool.

I sure wish I had some of these videos when I was first starting out.

one question, tho? why not bend with your pinky? I use it all the time, but I am a bit of a hack, so...

[mrbadcat123]

nah dude, you will still be in the same key, different octave A's. he never goes out of key.

[jameseddolls]

i can do this aswell now this do is cool

[posthumous5]

If a scale or run is spanning the same 4 frets right across the fretboard then my advice is to use the corresponding finger to play the note. Use your 4th/pinkie finger for string bends which might involve backing it up with one/more of your other fingers and practice this until you don't need to think about it.I've been playing for 25yrs and I also teach guitar and I have to say Justins lessons are fantastic,very well explained and far better then 99% of guitar lessons I've seen online!!

[ratknacker]

yeah learn the 5 positions then depending on where you start them you'll be in that key eg.if you start the 1st position at the 12 fret you'd be playing E-minor pentatonic at the 3rd fret G-minor pentatonic and so on.

[GNRrulz40]

when ur playing a solo or riff, can you change scale positions and still sound good?

[rastaisfuture]

anyone know:

you can move these scale's roots to where ever? yea? or no

[hvrock13]

yes but it wont be in the same key..

[richardshapiroII]

short answer, yeah!

[hurstryan15]

Yes, any root note using these positions give you the scale in the new key.

[tomitstube]

Yes of course, don't forget the right hand by practicing your alternate picking. Up down up down etc. The bottom dot on the twelfth fret is real shiney.

[snowypetrel]

The telecaster sounds great, plummy thick and bright, sort of compressed but raw compared to many modern guitars.

[maj10311982]

thanks justin now i really understand the pentatonic scale and how to used it as a scale.

[94saml94]

wat guitar is ths?

[RevilationGuitar]

fender telecaster

[jwvancappellen]

This is great, explained very well, thanks!

[stevie179]

possibilities like what? can u upload a vid?

srvfan2

[stevie179]

possibilities like what? can u upload a vid?

[mikesed]

Nice to see someone advicing you to use your third finger instead of the fourth so that you can bend.

I'd been doing that for years and thought it was just my bad habit :)

Cheers Justin - nice vid.

[ilyaorlov]

Thanks, Justin! That was clarifying!

[pokeureye21]

justin

[Pugragger]

You have inspired me to go and get my electric guitar out after 2 years =)

[jordno]

is it me or his accent getting more and more british haha

[mandowarrior123]

What srings do you use? they seem very thin and bendy.

[djbro16]

saves me a lot of money! haha

[michael7d7]

thanx justin!

[spidrmage]

justin! i found all the blue notes in all of the 5 positions on my own but for beginners you should maybe put a blue dot on each scale position. i mean these are for BLUES after all. thanks for the lessons you rock.

[zand2k]

Justin, the sound on the last couple videos gets louder then softer.  Maybe something with your mic?

Good lesson though

[1boredsonbitch]

thats amazing!

[Drinkalcochol]

I don`t quite get on thing though - why is it so extremely important to start and end on the lowest root note?

[tonkoisafatmess]

just because it sounds like its started and finished properly

[MikeyRGuitar]

resolution, if you don't finish on the root note of a scale it sounds incomplete. Google cadences to find out more.

[yuna1987]

a hah~

now only i know that i start on the wrong note in most of the Positions.

really useful lessen.

thx justin ~!

[theflyingapple]

ooooooooooooooooooh

[NepaTrish]

back to the hats i see. :)

[phytomir]

why do you use 1 and 3 so much, isnt it more logical to use 1 and 2? or is that because 1 and 3 are the same lenght?

your lessons are really usefull ^_&