Sunshine of Your Love Tab Easy Guitar Riffs Minor Pentatonic Blues Scale

[Mikej1592]

Great video, my pinky isn't nearly strong or coordinated as I would like so I often play the note you would play with the pinky over one string and above but I like the way you show it with the scale in mind. Being self taught scales are something I don't know a whole lot about. I am in a more of a tab and go stage to get a feel for the frets and trying to get my fingers coordinated and both hands working together :-)

[evolutionist2010]

cheers for wasting 2:38 of my time

[SheliaVanessae]

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[Zenon003]

how high above next are those strings!?

[db012086]

If you cant improvise from this, then you have no business playing the guitar or commenting on this piece for that matter.

[TokenFire1]

Not sure if this is right but it will do lol.

[ChromatopelmaDude]

Wrong...

[UTxguy]

I believe if you are using a penatonic scale that simply means you are using five notes from that scale, -- you would still be in the key of d minor or actually F major.

[GuitarMusicTheoryTab]

Yes, technically G minor is still in the same parent major scale. But the purpose of this lesson is to demonstrate the use of pentatonic patterns and how guitar players orientate themselves to different positions.

[Jaxle1357]

You're amazing, man. I can't get enough of your vids!! I got this first try, you're a great teacher! Thanks again!

[gaijinbaka]

Hey Desi....Thank you for these vids and your great podcasts in the iTunes store...been playing confused for about 15 and your podcasts on progressions and major/minor/blues scales really switched on the light! Now I can mix maj/min pentas pretty well...I could never work out how SRV, Hendrix, BB and the blues greats were able to do this...definitely going to get your DVD...total clarity that I've never seen before from any other instructor...cheers, mate.

[rk6314]

You can play the G modulation at the tenth fret by playing G minor pentatonic in position IV, which for this song doesn't change the fingering at all, just start on the third string instead of the fourth. The fingering for position IV *is* different for strings 1,2, and 6 though (the root is under your first finger on the fifth string, not the sixth), so it's not a universal rule, it just works out here. :-)

So just move down to the third string going to G, and it's cool.

[Rawego]

i've seen enough of these to make a suggestion. why not turn the camera upside down to give us the view we will be seeing when we have our guitar in hand? so that we don't have to "transpose" your upside down image, boss? :))

[kidfromdownunda]

can any1 find a tab of the start of this (exacly the same as it) if so send a reply to this thanx

[sk8erriot]

i learned this song with a power chords on the (e12 a 14 ) (e 13 a 15) (e12 a 14 ) (e 13 a 15) a15 a16 a17 G16 g17

thats how i learned it but is sounds better your way

[hippieking24]

i know you probably realize this already because you seem to have extensive musical expertise but did you know for the higher part of the song you can just move up to the g string at the beginning of the note progression to make this song much more ergonomic to play? not criticism, just suggestion .

[GuitarMusicTheoryTab]

This example is to demonstrate how to use pentatonic blues scale pattern one. It's not supposed to be an accurate transcription of the original recording.

[JimBo44y]

pentatonic is 5 notes

[dodidodafna]

you are plaing the vibrato worng

[OnTheRanch]

you wrote "wrong" worng :)

[dodidodafna]

still' it's bad

[Rawego]

that's just wong on so many levers! :))

[JimBo44y]

the scale isnt pentatonic or minor

[GuitarMusicTheoryTab]

Thanks for the clarification JimBo44y. I appreciate you sharing your expertise with us.

[JimBo44y]

its minor i didnt mean to put that but its not pentatonic

[ChristianGuitarTab]

Take out the flat fifth interval and it's pentatonic. I use this example to teach students how to add chromatic passing tones to pentatonic patterns.

[GustavoMdeOliveira]

LOL..... whatever...

[oneweelr27]

i actually like the sound that happens when i use single strings instead of switching to a power chord. it sounds way more bluesy.

[bigboimlp]

ur a big help man thnx !

[deadpunker93]

WRONG

[robertmaxwellproduce]

why dont you get to the part we CANT figure out.

[UberEpiSG]

If you had have bothered to read the title of the post or the rest of the comments before posting your own, you would realise it's a lesson in applying the pentatonic blues scale, NOT a "play it like Clapton" lesson. The notes and scales are exactly the same in the "proper" version, doing it this way just clarifies the change between the D and G scale. Personally, I commend somebody putting a bit of thought in rather than just saying which frets to put which finger on.

[washburnme1988]

yeah ppl expect you to play tab site ways but in reality the real ways aren't shortcut tabs they actually know the scales chords and notes thats what guitar is scales chords and notes not made up tabs on the internet hahahahahha

[JimBo44y]

ill make a video showing u guys the easier way to play this and the righht. when u go to g you just make a string switch

[OzTwanger]

where is the vid?

[rafaelpossa]

thanks dude, some people cant get the fact that your using a blues scale... thats sad, hehe. but good job.

[jazzguitar1221]

i like how frets are used to teach this instead of actual notes of the scale wrong way to teach it this leads to students not understanding chord scale relationships and harmony and how it works on the guitar

[kieranfrulz456]

learn how to play it properlly then give a lesson!

[GuitarMusicTheoryTab]

This lesson is simply to demonstrate how to use pentatonic scale patterns and change keys. Instead of making up generic examples, I like to base things on familiar sounds. You'll have to look up the official tab if you want to learn the song as it was originally played.

[LCDaftpunk]

REALLY read the title

[dickydom9]

your a tool

[jimithebest91]

False lesson...

[23spartan117]

thanks man that was a very clear lesson 5/5

[PDXguitarlegend]

Great lesson! One of the best riffs ever... and it was so HEAVY for it's time. Speaking of heavy, a cool variation of the riffs can be done by playing them on the lower frets. You can play the D and C power chords with the roots on the 5th string and add the 6th string into the chord (for example, the D chord would be built with 6 string/5th fret, 5th string/5th fret, 4th string/7th fret) - it sounds really heavy that way. Anyway, I just posted a vid of me wanking to the song. Rock on man :)

[djstyles92]

weeee i just learned this today!

[chrisisademon]

you play it wrong.

[mcr12203]

Wrong? Please elaborate. I don't have much experience but enough to know there are different ways to play the same song. You may like it played another way better but what makes this way wrong? Thanks.

[chrisisademon]

cause during the verse your supposed to play chords. the part your playing is the fisrts riff and is only played once in the song and that before the guy starts singing. see what im saying? if your gonna show someone a song at least play the right part at the right time.

[mcr12203]

Thanks for clarifying your point however the title & context of the vid is not "how to play" the song. It is "Sunshine of Your Love Guitar Theory Pentatonic Blues Scale". He's using the intro riff (because its such a famous & well recognized guitar riff) to demonstrate a minor pentatonic scale can be applied to song.

[GuitarMusicTheoryTab]

Bingo!

[chrisisademon]

meh. whatever man. its still wrong on way or another.

[GuitarMusicTheoryTab]

Sorry for the confusion Chris. The other user got it right. This is just an example of using the minor pentatonic blues scale, not a note-for-note transcription. I intentionally simplified the guitar/bass riff to illustrate my point.

[camtheman3x6]

STOP BEIN SO GOOD!!!