Guitar Lesson - Fast Pentatonic Technique #1

[MajorPwnage96]

Am I the only one who can't follow any tutorial on Youtube? I am starting to think guitar is not the instrument for me despite my love for it.

[kanis999]

@MajorPwnage96 No reason to be discouraged! Everybody has a different learning style when it comes to learning *anything*, not just guitar. Some people learn best by watching others. Others learn best by reading books. Others learn through hands on experience. Think carefully about how you learn best in school. Do you learn by listening to the teacher lecture, reading a book, or working through problems/questions by yourself? The answer to that question will reveal how you should learn guitar!

[MajorPwnage96]

@kanis999 Sorry if this is a duplicate comment. Hmm.. I haven't seem to have thought about that. I've tried all methods, but never determined which was best. If I had to guess, it's probably self teaching, though it baffles me how my favorite guitarists can be so great teaching themselves. Thank you for the prompt response!

[clayhorsemusic]

Good tip, mon. Thanks.

[Xemro]

I love that guitar. I bought same except there is floyd rose bridge. :D

[BlackDahliaPriest]

buddy im jealous of your eclipse.

[69erthx1138]

:55 No Legato Mr. Roboto, you gotta mix them scale notes up just a tad! Excellent point.

[tmm10811]

damn, you blink dude?

[SDMFbroly]

@tmm10811 i think i saw him blink once lol try have a stare-off with him lol

[Rmaggedon91]

what distortion are you using?

[jasonsteck1333]

i have the same guitar, its awesome! \m/

[darknatedogg]

My pinky broke :(

[MrPsychoCB]

very interesting, and helpful, thanks.

[thomer97]

is that gibson les paul or epiphone

[kanis999]

@thomer97 Its an ESP EC-1000 Deluxe. Looks like a Les Paul, but it's more for metal.

[Barthoof]

@kanis999

love that guitar, i think i should buy one :)

[16zeroskate]

@kanis999 i recognized it coz its glittery

[XB0XFR34K]

add some wah to it, and you'll soound like zakk wylde!

[iRockESPs]

I have an EC1000 FR and its simply an amazing guitar. LTD's get bashed too much because they are the "cheaper" ESP models but I wouldn't trade my LTD for anything and I've owned many guitars including Fender, Schecter, Ibanez, Epiphone, PRS...etc. For hard rock and heavy metal this guitar truly kicks ass

[kyperstorm]

are you picking each string or combining hammer ons and pulloffs? nice lick

[kanis999]

Of the 6 note stream, every note but #2 is being picked but you have options. The more notes you pick the better the exercise is. Most important notes to pick are #1 and #4. #1 always = downstroke, #4 always = upstroke. All odd numbers= down, all even numbers = up. Alternate, alternate, alternate!

[riseoftheblackout]

if i learn this scale shuld it help with the solo for fade to black. =]

[kanis999]

I have been playing for ten years, and have used only the internet and inspiration to help learn. If the video text seems like a foreign language, you may want to search google for a lesson explaining what a scale is, and more specifically what the pentatonic scale is. Good Luck

[Emceetem]

I have no idead what your talking about....

How long did it take you to learn to play? And how much help did you have?

[kanis999]

Its an ESP EC-1000, and I do not recommend any Epiphone guitars

[Maten123]

@kanis999 Whats wrong with em then? =/ I got one working just fine... got a LP black beauty =)

[holytrashcanboyz]

@kanis999 I have an epiphone custom black and its one of the best playable guitars around that price area ( 500 € i dont know how much dollars) and i play metal too i just bought somme EMG"s (81 and 85) for it and now it plays like a maniak .

So if you do not recomend epiphone I think you never played the wright one.

Whit all respect.

[WestGolf164]

oh jeez is that an epiphone les paul prophacy? If so would you recommend it?

[RUBENPEREZmusic]

I have the same amp, crate 120h

[abcDiogo123]

robo-dude

[acastro817]

thanks man thats was a great lesson

well ima go practice now!!

[redgibson1]

ha! nice! when i do it, i pulloff on the accented note. i used to pick every note, but then i got lazy. i think the hardest way to shred pentatonic is just regular without triplets-like zakk wylde. ONE two one two one two ONE two one two one two. descending to the next string after two notes. good vid :)

[kenjibeast]

Howdy boss. Is there a tab or something that I can download for this lesson? You've got some hot licks!

[iixlateralusxii]

how do like the emg 60 bridge pickup?

[infedell]

good lesson, realy helpt out alot, how long did it take you to be able to play this speed? and howlong are you playing guitar :p... just to know homuch i suck after playing 2 years

[kanis999]

It helps to count the notes like this:

ONE-two-three TWO-two-three THREE-two-three FOUR-two-three ONE-two-three and so forth.

[kanis999]

Thanks, and good question. The secret lies in accenting the first of every three notes. These are the notes that you want to land on metronome clicks, with 2 notes evenly spaced between each click. This teaches you to feel the core rhythm so that instead of trying to hit each and every note right on time, you only have to focus on timing the "main" notes. With practice, the other notes should fall right into place without conscious thought!

[DonQuixotec]

Good lesson man. Well it's no problem to do the pattern. But I'm having problem getting the speed you get. What do you do to just build up speed? Just play it over and over until you can do it faster or do you use some other technique like do double notes instead of just each note?¨

anyways nice vid 5/5. And what is that guitar? And is it EMG 81 and 60 on it?

[Kaelan66]

its an esp ltd ec-1000 with emg 81/60