paul gilbert fast pentatonics lesson

[daljin1991]

Great teacher.

[Shazeen82]

Its hard to learn this alternate picking. I always do a downstroke on the higher strings and upsreotke the lower strings so always moving down A forward and up backward to the E6. But always down,up down, up, down, up......its hard to me..... Or i have some bad habits?...dunno.

[built2shred2010]

To all you with cheap guitArs...not 100 dollar cheap but 300 cheap i bet you pg could come to your house and play your guitar cllose to that fast stop getting all crazy over the gear 2500 dollar guitar will play faster sure to. A pro but trust me if your not fast on the 300 model your not going to be fast on the 2500 guitar..practice

[built2shred2010]

Shows how much you can do with simple scale...granted superhuman speed but could get some cool riffs if I slow down the idea a bit

[siddharthanaoba1]

i love speed 

[illnastic]

Paul gilbert is humble and kind, and most of all, he is a legend. This lesson on legato is good for all genres...A lot of guitarist begin playing without any legato, picking every note. If you're a beginner watching this, practice this everyday and apply it to almost everything you play in order to play smoother runs. Use your pick to accentuate notes you want to stand, strengthen your picking hand for speed using hammer-ons and pull-offs. Thanks for posting METALdisiple.

[unherolike]

"Hi I'm Paul Gilbert this is my lesson on guitar ready for it?.......You will never be as good as me, See wasn't that easy hit the showers Bitch" That's basically how i felt after watching this.

[guitartarman]

golden fringer

[kierg100]

He is not human

[thatPUNKdude]

AHAHAA @ 2:57 it looks like they fast forward the video xD

[akobudebice]

big problem is muting strings, that are not played :(

[stratdax]

So what BPM are ya'll up to - I'm at 96 clean, at 100 I screw up the last few notes. Looooooong way to go.

[Guitar101ForU]

@stratdax  120 but Paul is playing way faster back to the metronome!

[sssteve72]

After watching the last 8 seconds of this video.. I now know why I work 8 to 5.

[THRASHFKINFILLETS]

Ah,that's easy as................NOT!  : \

[JorgeGuitarJaming]

man this is so easy thumbs up if it is easyP

[MadLip78]

He plays it so fast and then says, "Now let me play it up to speed"... Are you fucking kidding me?! You can go faster than that?! This guy has alien DNA in his body.

[dementa2]

i play that on my Squier Telecaster (Custom 2) :D

i noticed theres a lot of lower price guitars that have the fret bars slightly higher than average (like my Tele) which makes such picking stuff a lot easier :)

[TheBassioso]

I love these lessons with Mr Gilbert, just one thing here: Has anyone noticed that when he shows each pattern separately he starts with a downstroke, but when he plays it all together it´s just the first pattern that starts with a downstroke... the rest starts with a upstroke. Hmm, but a fine exercise it is! :)

[1971SuperLead]

It's fast as hell, but I don't know how tasty it is.

[JustBecausePr]

0:28 i said 'Do do do do do, subscribe'

[photoxloan]

holy shit that was fast

[Tris67]

70 retards dislike this video?

[blazehand187]

@Tris67 You seem to be the retard there is only 40 dislikes..

kj just busting your balls...but seriosly man therse only 40...which is still way to much for a PG video

[OddPoPMusic]

Anyone can set up just about any electric guitar to play well.. just practice more. The guitar you play has very little to do with what you get out of it or how well you can play.

Sure a wide and flat Ibanez neck is a blast ..but Richie Kotzen kills on a Standard tele neck.. as do lots of other people, Strats as well.. "C" or "D' profile,,,

Paul would tell you "keep practicing'.. he's an admitted guitaraholic...

and contrary to popular belief he did not emerge from the whom playing 64th notes

[crazysteveEFFme]

@OddPoPMusic

took the words right out of my mouth

[Z4kW0lf]

@OrionLong: xD

[Xiacro]

at 3:16 i thought he was playing it up to speed and was thinking "well that's not too bad" when he suddenly says "now let me play it up to speed" x) brilliant

[patrik8585]

RT @Paul "Cool" :D

[rhcp4565]

"Cool"

[AngryLlamaz]

hmm i learned this lick but i picked everything XD

[Z4kW0lf]

Doing this is easy. Doing this with an unmodified Squier Stratocaster isn't so easy. Doing it as fast as Paul is difficult. Doing this as fast as Paul with an unmodified Squier Stratocaster is VERY difficult. But i'm trying to do it. Cool anyway :D

[OrionLong]

@Z4kW0lf I have a made in mexico fender strat and its not nearly as easy as it would be on something more meant for shred because the actions not that good and the neck isnt as fast....But props to you cause it makes me feel veryyy luckyyy hahaha :P

[Black12Phoenix]

@Z4kW0lf You should really try an Ibanez guitar. Even the ARX series, cheap guitars, sound and are actually better to play than this crap of yours... and mine...

(i'm seriously considering the example of Hendrix and make a hell of a fire out of it!)

[Z4kW0lf]

@Black12Phoenix Yeah,i think that when i'll become more skilled i'll buy a Gibson or an Ibanez....

[Black12Phoenix]

@Z4kW0lf Well, about the skills... i've got an electric acoustic guitar Yamaha APX500 OBB and it REALLY makes the difference. It's not only the guitarist that makes the guitar, but also the other way around.

That guitar made me in the way I play today.

[TornDays1]

@Z4kW0lf A squire actually isn't that bad of a guitar it shouldn't be to hard to play that.

[ben10sk8r]

@Z4kW0lf i have the same guitar and the same problem

[peel432]

@Z4kW0lf

What about doing it as fast as Paul with an unmodified Squier Stratocaster with hands a third the size of his?

[Z4kW0lf]

@peel432 Yeah, i thought the hands' size was obvious,since only Vai, Hendrix and the other guitar gods out there have hands of this sze :D

[Flyon86]

@Z4kW0lf if your squier is really hard to play take it into your closest music shop and have them do a set-up on it. modifying it really won't do much for playability. Most people new to guitar use a guitar that has bad action and this is only adds to the difficulty of learning to play. if you can't spend 30$ on it just find an online tutorial

[shredderwannabe]

@Z4kW0lf doing it with a les paul is hard

[shekiroo]

"Cool"

[shekiroo]

"Cool"

[Gordfozzfoster]

I worked in a music store from 1993-2000. People would ask what instructional video was good. I always told people to buy Paul Gilbert's videos coz he explains things well. I sold a ton of his videos and students would come back and thank me. Paul teaches well. I gave Paul a standing ovation the day the dj on the radio announce Mr Big's "To Be With You" was #1 worldwide. Paul can shred and touch us all...all of us. Not many shredders can write hits.

[hailtube]

this dude's a badass.

[dharmana12]

As kungfu panda, said - there is no charge for awesomeness!

[dharmana12]

Actually he's playing at 340 bpm and 11.5 notes per sec. That's insane and he's not playing the notes on the same string like that flight of the bumblebee crap where u just play on a few strings and slide ur chord shape from fret to fret

[jfo3000]

@dharmana12 His action is REALLY LOW - you can hear this - most guys that play really quick, as far as I can tell, have super low action. I do 11 notes per second on my "Bet You Can't Play This" video. This is possible for me on my guitars that I set up, but not on a guitar right off the wall at guitar center! The down side to the low action is that bending and vibrato are harder to control. Get a good tech or luthier to level your frets for shred action and maybe you can up your BPM too.

[dharmana12]

He's playing at 300 bpm or 10 notes per sec. Problem is only the elite can play that fast, got something to do with genetics apart from practice and hard work. Its like quite a few people can run a mile in 5 sec but only the elite can do a mile run in less than 4 sec who are only a handfull in this world. Anyone with years of practice can do 250 bpm but for 300 bpm you have to be gifted genetically to have those fast fingers and co-ordination at blazing speeds. So its not your fault but ur genes

[peanutbutterisfu]

@dharmana12 i hear ya on that but if you have all the time to pratice 8 hours a day most people can do it

[alkallabeth]

@dharmana12 a mile in 5 seconds! that doesn't have anything to do with genetics but with superpowers...oh well x-men apart that is

[ABCDKES]

i love how he acts like he's never heard it before.. like at the end of the vid he plays it then goes.. 'cool!!" lmfaooooo XD

[Pythonn19]

40 people should try the recorder

[upheris]

i love that people are still talking shit on MattQStudios

[SwissShuffle]

The only reason I can see why 40 people would dislike is because Paul Gilbert is a fucking beast, thus making them feel like shit..

[28mistert]

The man isn't human, love Paul Gilbert and he's always very thorough with his explainations..

[esphorizon]

AWESOME!!

[astikel]

fuck me some more, then let me play:))

[anastu]

40 people who disliked this ragequit playing guitar.

[Solarnawg]

Man, the best way to go fast is to practice accurately with a metronome. Try to increase your speed while maintaining the same accuracy. As Bruce Lee once said, "If you want to go fast, go slow".

[SELFISHPETE]

The people who dislike this are probably drummers!

[GreenwoodAirsoft]

hours and hours of practice to play this in 6 seconds...

[teiscoxx]

"Now up to speed"!!!!!!!!

[gimmetheremote16]

/he's retarded. I could play that when I was five

[Deathz0r94]

@gimmetheremote16 someone grew up on metallica.

[TuckerJones1994]

What he said was him playing slow was actually slow motion. Paul Gilbert isn't capable of playing guitar at normal person speeds.

[Steevlan1]

Aw, this is sooo easy...slow.

[littlewing62]

must be awesome to have this guy as your guitar teacher..

[elgrau1]

lets see, 4 months ago i posted that comment up there saying it was hard has fuck..... and today i sit infront of this computer not even 1/3 the speed of super jesus Paul Gilbert....

[ShredGuitarAcademy]

Paul is a great teacher. But if you are looking for lessons a little on the heavier side check out mine \m/

[brando18guitarplyr]

I believe that´s my guitar only he adjusted the trem, and put on a maple neck

[ingvarfa]

this is kind of..hm..intimidating

[chrg69]

@MattyQStudios

40 rapheads!

[mizzouse]

LOL. "So uh - let me play that a couple times up to speed with the treble pickup"...

"Cool..."

[10Dante4]

his pinkie is as long as my middle finger......i mean wtf?

[smkonwater23]

@10Dante4 So, do you know any plastic surgeons that do finger implants? I sure as heck need them too! LOL!

[HeyThereIsRodrigo]

@10Dante4 ahahahahahah

[1withguitar]

@10Dante4 thats exactly why hes so good

[e4mt]

@1withguitar Or maybe the fact, that he is playing for like 40 years?

[pliskinn0089]

@e4mt Check the crazy solo with the pink guitar yeah his 17 in there. search "paul gilbert crazy solo"

[69erthx1138]

@10Dante4 Paul's Mom is a grey.

[CantingHalo]

@10Dante4 Hahaha, so unfair. :D

[AGoodUserName1]

I was doing okay until he played it fast, then my guitar just blew up.

[skoczy]

Who else noticed that this is hardtailed PGM300 (look at 1:21) although it looks like PGM301?

[thehornypuppy]

Time has been gentle with Paul...he actualy looks better than before.

[deathoctober]

guys, doesnt mean you cant get it now means its hard, its easy , just go slowly at it, its a matter of your hands getting used to the pattern, like for example, technical difficulties, around the 17th count theres this decending pattern, its bloody easy, but you cant do it all in one try cos your hands wont be used to the pattern, now since you guys learnt the pattern all thats left is to practice that pattern, speed is already in-built in the hands all you need is some getting used to.

[CRocker314]

@deathoctober Agreed, speed is a result of accuracy and practice.

[lejejzerman]

that's when he sped up, that i crashed my guitar

[valfull1]

e ai paul gilbert te acho um bom mestre na arte de ensinar , mesmo sendo brasileiro , e não sabendo o que voce fala , parece que só de ver que voce tocando sinto que e´possivel fazer ... parabéns. vlw.acho que kiko loureiro tambem acha isso

[Lemmy008]

@casket56

it isn´t that hard...

[mastershake513]

Awesome. He just broke down the part of his solo from japan leading to the string skips.

[Dethtothenations]

the very end: "cool..."

paul gilbert, i fuckin agree!

[BTvisuals]

lol lefty guitar..... on backwards

[10Dante4]

so.....am i supposed to learn something here or quit playing because i'll never be as good as him.....

[Vaeiis]

Paul is a very creative guitarist

[CantGetEnuffff]

it is easy lol

[zurriagazo71]

One thing I quite can´t really comprehend is the fact that most teaching books as well as teacher videos continuously tell us to do the up-down-up-down picking when rock stars like in this video do up-down-up-up!! aaargh!! Who do we believe? Is there a right way to do it?

[TheBanyanEmperor]

@zurriagazo71 Yes, there is a right way to do it; or perhaps not necessarily "right", but always a most efficient way. Be aware that this will not usually be strict alternate picking, as you have noticed. It all depends on what you are doing. In general, you'll want to find the stroke pattern that requires the least energy / movement unless you are performing certain strokes for musical reasons, such as accents or a specific tone.

[drtyfknmouth]

Paul is beginning to look like a barista from Boarders or some shit, but dammit, he hasn't lost a fucking thing when it comes to playing the guitar. What a bad ass, man!

[Logstudent1988]

RELAX....dude... it's just a video lesson.

[taylorguitar13]

im gonna point out a little somethin'. his pinky is as long as all of his other fingers.

[destinyrider22]

this would kick ass with about the same amount of delay Van Halen used on Aint Talkin Bout Love

[dieMuch]

Shit dude

[TheParkourdude123]

fuck,he makes i look so easy ...i wish i play like him

[sergiorockr1]

O_O!?!?!

great hahaha

[b3nZ4sh0]

wow this is like gold.. it's so useful & awsome. thanks man. i've been looking for some tricks for the minor pentatonic & now i found them. he's definately one of my online teachers now. does anyone know his original profile on youtube ?

[129jasaxos]

so is there 1 pentatonics scale in different keys or what? cause i get messed up and cromatics are always have steps right?

[rickyjshiznit]

@129jasaxos yea theres 1 pentatonic scale, but you can play the scale anywhere on the neck while staying in 1 key. theres different positions of the scale all across the neck for each key.

[TheNextHendrix1994]

How the fuck do you play that fast?????? Lol. Btw, I ordered the varigrip exerciser to help improve my finger strength, hopefully improving my speed. Will that work well, or is that thing a piece of $hit?

[rickyjshiznit]

@TheNextHendrix1994 itd be better to just practice your speed instead of wasting time excersing your fingers in an attempt to improve it

[hooligan1900]

at the end paul says "wow i'm fucking good". but those fuckers cut it

[Dicktopus]

Paul, clean that guitar!

[ragingstorm33]

you know who was good at playing the blues. that mr bb king. man that guy sure could play some blues

[blessthefate01]

what's best about paul gilbert is being a guitar god who gives much time on teaching us mortals

[jonsson666]

WOAAA ... at the end makes it :D

[fishguru73]

Well if you don't no what Ionian means then you sure as hell don't know what Mixolydian means. That paints you as an ignorant prick when spouting off about Paul Gilbert not being qualified to speak of blues. You know nothing about music. Any BLUES song you like to listen to can be played on demand and at the request of Mr. Gilbert and he can do anything you like while eating a cheese burger. I don't even think you could figure out the strings if I told you Eat All Dead Gophers Before Easter.

[ragingstorm33]

@fishguru73 you are all fools for i am the music master of the aolean scale mu hahahahaha (but i cant spell...)

[fishguru73]

@ragingstorm33.... How the hell are you going to learn to master the "Aeolian" mode if you didn't learn how to spell it first Magoo? That BB King did play the blues.... and he turned over in his grave when Joe Satriani did it better then him.

[CarFreakGTR2]

turn on the captions, i LOLed so hard :D

[MetalOfAllOwns]

@CarFreakGTR2 WTF ! some of it is spot on but then its like super hero shoot down.. :S

[SourRevenge]

Pentatonic scale played like a scale-boring. Pentatonic scale mixed with an interesting pattern and Paul Gilbert's speed and precision-kickass. \m/

[Songsremainthesame]

wats around his bridge? did he fill in his cavity to put a fixed bridge on it!?!

[slayisinsanified]

if i had a pussy, i'd be wet

[TheMohaw]

gutar doctor!

[3DChris82]

He looks like Beck.

[CrazyBerserker7]

Now I see how paul gilbert taught buckethead

[iSYCOTiiC]

Paul Gilbert's pinkey is longer than my dick. :)

[tctebsrules]

@iSYCOTiiC You must have a pretty big dick then

[iSYCOTiiC]

@tctebsrules Haha thanks!

[robbinoo12]

why does his picking hand look lik its in fast forward??????

[IPlay4G0d]

@robbinoo12 Because he's Paul Gilbert :)

[marcoam12345678910]

THE MAN

[elgrau1]

awww sweet! let me pick up my guitar and do this it looks so easy! *picks up guitar*... FUUUUCKK!!

[lilronaldihno14]

@elgrau1 hahahahaha. my sentiments EXACTLY. he is so good it almost makes me feel like i should quit

[MattyQStudios]

The 36 people who disliked this listens to rap

[Fjord76]

@MattyQStudios the 857 people who liked this listen to Crap :)

[nochi143]

@Fjord76 YOU SUCK!

[Fjord76]

@nochi143 Thanks

[wildnest1]

@Fjord76Yo dawg, I heard you like Justin Bieber

[Fjord76]

@wildnest1 Wow that's a good one! almost as good as Paul Gilbert speaking of blues ha ha :D

[Tamashi111]

@wildnest1 Dont write down that name again...

[fishguru73]

@Fjord76 Awe sweetheart... I know that it's hard to hear the melody when the notes are going fast if you are retarded and tone deaf. You should just begin with the Ionian and listen to Barney. I'll tell you what Ionian means if you make an intelligent comment. By the way idiot, the 857 people statistic is an obvious lie for a vid that has 346,628 views. However genius.... by all means, play this live and show us how it is done and why it is so simple. The audience is waiting sweetheart.

[Fjord76]

@fishguru73 Why would I want to know what Ionian means or why would I want to hear your explanation of Ionian? (that could be funny though)

Why 346 628 views would be an evidence of any kind of talent ?

Who ,in the real world (you know,before & after YouTube), knows Paul Gilbert anyway ?

[dals09]

@MattyQStudios hahaha right

[rbcrazyriderrb]

@MattyQStudios what a stupid accusation

[MattyQStudios]

@rbcrazyriderrb so was yours

[rbcrazyriderrb]

@rbcrazyriderrb what was my accusation?

[upheris]

@MattyQStudios kill yourself I love Paul Gilbert and hip hop homo

[necroticearth]

@MattyQStudios Agreed.

[MarcusFenixtheMan]

@MattyQStudios

or lady gay-gay

[soupie]

@MattyQStudios

I love this, and i listen to rap :D

lol

[Elluen]

@soupie Rap is for niggers

[McFro95]

@soupie same

[metaldedicated4life]

@MattyQStudios 40 now :(

[Jasperiswinning]

@MattyQStudios

You're an idiot. I listen to Rap, and Speed Metal.

God, what is wrong with you people segregating each other?!

[tschmidit]

@MattyQStudios nice basic grammar buddy

[AngryLlamaz]

@MattyQStudios

i listen to rap but i still worship paul gilbert

[Dragslo]

Paul Gilbert can make everything into a firework! makes it looks so easy, those strings looks quite thin...!

[coughkidcough1]

pay attention to the right hand

once you get the right hand down this riff is a breeze!!

[coughkidcough1]

@Guitarrosaurusrex  i just bought one, best guitar i have

[master777999]

is it just me or does this guy remind you of Keanu Reeves?

[xarthurz]

@master777999 same here all time

[Distortedbackdrop]

To be honest the only part that I learned from in this video was how he was picking it, (his particular pattern, which is awesome) the rest was just pure inspiration :D Good luck everyone.

-Peace.

[Ajowerty]

0:39 Paul is thinking "Basically I will only do a super fast version of this, you humans will die trying" xD xD

[Gelberification]

Hahahaha He was amazed by himself at the end ^^

(Undersandable) :-)

[bripolar]

if i could play that fast i would have a forever long boner....

[TheMetaldude32]

Nice guitar

[TheMetaldude32]

really good teacher!!!

[09cuteange]

hard

[LazyHammond91]

I love the tone he has in these lessons

[MrPurpleguitar]

best guitarist in the world? i think so :D

[FlawlessLabour]

"Cool" ;)

[EyesOnlyFreedomVid]

keanu reeves... best guitar teacher ever