The Blues Scale (Minor Pentatonic) and the Major Pentatonic Scales on the Guitar
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Be sure to visit www.activemelo... to download the tablature and MP3 Jam track for this lesson.
This lesson gives a brief overview of the major and minor pentatonic scales on the guitar, which are (in my opinion) the only 2 scales you really need to know well. You can play just about anything with these 2 scales (in fact, they're the only scales I know!). I give some examples using each scale and explain how the major pentatonic scale is the happier sounding scale, versus the minor pentatonic scale which is more sad (also referred to as the blues scale). Be sure to download the tablature and MP3 jam track for this lesson to practice these! - Hudba
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This is like the only video I’ve seen so far where the guitarist is taking his time to teach and isn’t throwing crazy pentatonic guitar solos at me at full speed
Absolutely one of the best guitar lesson I've ever had and I had them hundreds with different teachers and videos and lots of them there is all too much show off by teacher how good is he or she.
Appreciated his humble teaching.
Cheers for the Video clip! Apologies for chiming in, I would love your thoughts. Have you tried - Rozardner Inspiring Chord Reality (search on google)? It is a smashing one of a kind product for how to play guitar scales minus the headache. Ive heard some super things about it and my buddy at last got cool results with it.
Kudos for the video content! Apologies for butting in, I am interested in your opinion. Have you tried - Rozardner Inspiring Chord Reality (do a google search)? It is a smashing exclusive guide for how to play guitar scales minus the normal expense. Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my buddy after a lifetime of fighting got great results with it.
Well, you need to look around more then- because these types of videos are a dime a dozen, they're all over CZcams.
I'm 62, and I have to say, that is the best guitar lesson I have ever had. Can't wait to practice! Thank you.
I feel the same. Will be 62 soon as well.
You and I are in near the same age bracket ...and experienced the very same reality... This guy made it 'click' in the ole noggin. I feel the same, just can't wait to get to practice this. It will be a blast to use with what I already know and can do.
I did get to practice...and man, that was the 'silver bullet' I can now hit all the pentatonic and major scales all over the neck and almost no misses.
Hey ,I am 64 you youngsters...yeah let’s practice.
@@Gauchothedog Lol.. I topped you at 65... But the bottom line is this lesson was gold for me. My 'noodling' went through the roof. Seemed to be the magic bullet to what I was missing all these years. Now it's more of a get the tone right as i don't have a tube amp and am mixing the output of my BlackStar CoreID 20 into my mixing board and on to my sound room in jazz club settings For whatever reason, the line/phone out on the amp is not doing things justice. The 74 Strat can carry the Blues tones well but that is about where it ends.
this is a great video for beginners. but once your ready to step up to the next level, learn the pentatonic minor/major scale (this scale) in all five positions, this will get you "out of the box" as some of us call it. what tends to happen is we become comfortable with this box and as time goes by we are limited to this one small area. learn the same scale in all 5 positions and you will soon fly up and down the neck with more variety and flavors to choose from. think of it as a cook with a recipe. you can only eat the same spaghetti sauce for so long before it becomes bland/old. well spice that thing up a bit by adding different ingredients/ different positions. it takes practice and it takes time but after one month, practicing 1 hour a day you will see the benefits and reap the rewards of breaking "out of the box". after you have accomplished this to a comfortable level, move on to 3 notes per string/major scale, diatonic, mixolydian, and so on. strive for greatness no matter what skill level you are.
chuck jones in all keys of course bro. A great way to keep your licks fresh is playing in every different key ad much as possible.
Here's several tips for blues jam tracks:
Use done for you tracks templates.
Practise with a few people and ask for their opinions.
(I read about these and more from Makale jam plan website )
Aditya Shakya - Boy, you must really like the "Makale jam plan" because you're all over these guitar lesson videos "casually" mentioning it in all the comment sections... LoL!
I was going to reply to this yesterday and I thought the same exact thing. This sounds like, what I like to call "Politely spamming".
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Your presentation and honesty ..."those are the only scales I learned" is awesome. In two short videos, I have learned more from you than from years of noodling.
You just gave me an "aha' moment with the 3 frets down thing - awesome!!!
I agree ive bern confuser intk.thinking i have to.memorize all these other scales
Finally, a guitar teacher with humility! "These are the only two scales I know." Wow! I''m signing up!
this is exactly why I am not signing up. To say its the only 2 I use would not worry me but the only 2 I know? I want a teacher who knows a bit more than that.
@@mattwoodrow577 It's clearly a joke, he has lessons on using modes and whatnot
@@mattwoodrow577 It went completely over your head...
@@SixStringSlinger1 no it didn’t. I’m not stupid. You clearly stated it’s the only 2 scales I know. If that’s a joke it’s a stupid joke.
@@mattwoodrow577 uh yes it did. You're a very ignorant person. For instance, I didn't say anything, but yet you just said "You clearly stated"... I think you're referring to Brian, the one who runs the channel. And yes he was DEFINITELY joking because he's the one who taught me the other modes, so quit being an ignorant fool. You sound silly
I am a teacher myself and have watched many different people present this type of material. Brian, you are a great teacher. I love these and am so glad I signed up. Please don't change what you do. It is awesome.
There was an almost audible *click* in my head. The thought that these scales are also moveable opens things up a lot. Thanks for posting this.
I learned more in this video that I have in months
Damn, you must suck at learning.
Jesus te ama e quer te salvar.
You aint lyin!
Me too. It seems like I go thru periods and then have a little break thru that spurs me on.
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Hello, this is Tony from London. Today I was watching my son Jez's new guitar teacher teaching him the blue scale and encouraging him to improvise while his teacher played few chords to go with it. It was great to watch my son enjoying it. I have book marked this video for him. You have explained it so beautifully. Thank you very much for doing this video.
Thanks Tony! I hope it's helpful to Jez :) - cool name btw.
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Tony Sebastian hows he doing
Active Melody your a legend btw
Hands down the best instructional vid I've seen for anything pertaining to playing guitar. You actually show in a straight forward manner how to actually USE one of the pentatonic positions to play the blues. Awesome and thank you.
Wow! It’s like Jim Morrison just screamed Wake Up in my ears. Thank you for sharing this! I’m a 63 year old retired UPS driver that for some crazy reason felt the need to learn guitar. I play blues harp fair by ear. Learned the minor pentatonic scale fairly easily on the harp but have been struggling on guitar!
I've been playing for many years and had never realized the '3 frets lower, major pentatonic' concept. Truly an 'aha' moment for me! Thanks!
Beginners Take note. This is the stuff you want to see. In a far away time before the World Wide Web I would have paid 25.00$ to learn what I just watched. The way this guy is teaching is what people should be exposed to in the beginning. You could go from 0-60 in 2 weeks. I just learned a lot and I have been at it for a long time. Thank you
Perfectly explained in a way any player at any skill level can easily understand and comprehend. Thank you sir!
“The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.” - B. B. King
i will never thank you enough for this great lesson I never stopped my guitarring since i saw this 6 years ago
Very nice. I know all that stuff. I've been playing for 49 years. I especially liked when you said that you can do all you want to do in those two scales (which are actually the same, just applied to a different key). I've been listening to more jazz, to expand my understanding of applying notes to progressions. I'm not that great, but I can fool a lot of people. Your video is great for people who don't yet understand the concept you are presenting. Anyone who's trying to step up a level should benefit from this video. Bravo!
Lol...right with ya. I started playing in 1966 and you just never know where you will learn something new. In all those years I have been a rock and roller and am now looking to mellow, these lessons are great. About a year ago I bought a semi-hollow body and love it....I've gone from Jimi Hendrix to Chet Akins, from Janis Joplin to Karen Carpenter and couldn't be happier.
totally agree, Im someone who just finished learning chords, i was stuck on understanding scales, etc, this tutorial was amazing help, now i feel like im soloing stuff, I feel like a rockstar!!
I've watched so many videos regarding the pentatonic scales. I come back to this one repeatedly. I found it to be so simple and at the same time very informative. It breaks down how to use the minor pentatonic and then major pentatonic e scales so easily. Great job.
I learned to play this pattern a few years ago, but I never knew the major part... Wow, that was cool... Opens a whole bunch of new doors. You rock my friend. Like you, this is pretty much the only scale I know perfectly, and it has been doing all I need for my current ability. It's simple, it flows easily, and can be used on all kind of backing tracks.
Providing the backtrack and actually helping us walk through it has just equated to me playing along to a track for the first time ever. Thanks!
So clear and easy to understand! Far better than a book. Thanks.
I’ve played for years , self taught , and have been using this without realisation that by moving it to the 12 fret will give me a minor pentatonic ! Keep jammin people
I was exactly the same.
I was already playing the minor pentatonic scale, but my thing, if I'm understanding you guys correctly Is I'd move back, but into a position that was still minor. I never used the major pentatonic. So I'd play 12 9, 12 9, 12 8 ,12 8 ,12 9,12 9 I suppose In either order high E to low E is what I meant, and it still fits, but it's still minor. His way Is major so I learned something, and he's very clear and humble. Humility is one of my favorite qualities. He only knows 2 scales. If you listen to the great Guitar players like Clapton, Hendrix, etc.. they're mainly playing variations of the pentatonic scale, just different approaches but the same notes in positions (he moved up and out of the box a couple times to illustrate, that was the next place on the neck to find the same notes, just higher in pitch, they just repeat all the way up and down the fretboard. It's the first thing I ever learned, and I've always told people who didn't think they could play lead guitar,, if they just learned that. What he was just doing in the monitor pentatonic, at 12 and 14 etc. that they would be able to play lead, that it's easier than it might look, don't be intimidated. I really liked the method of teaching, and the backing track is a great way to have fun, and not get bored. You can hear yourself playing lead, and then you start bending, and vibrato later. Anyone just beginning is fortunate to have someone willing to share their experience with guitar, I had a musician friend show me that, and it changed my life. I never thought in a million years I'd be playing lead guitar, I remember thinking that was something like magic. I'd watch Jimmy Page from Zeppelin (well it still looks like magic sometimes lol) and think it would take a million years to play that stuff, until my friend showed me this, and I was playing the lead to black dog (sort of lol)a short time later, relatively short. Good stuff, from one of the good guys!☮️🙏
Ive been playing guitar for 11 years and havent learned any scales or anything. You explain it beautifully. thank you!
12 year old video explains the pentatonic scale better than any video since. Thank you very much.
Thank you so much for this video! This is the most straight-forward easy-to-understand motivating blues lesson video I've ever found so far!
Dude after this video I played around until blisters started forming. Thank you so much
Same here 😂😂😂👌🏼
Someone told me years ago to learn my scales and it would increase my abilities tenfold. Thanks for making a video that totally made me want to learn. Wish I would've done this ten years ago.
7:02 ; you just set a light bulb off in my mind... you went from hendrix to grateful dead in the same scale with the difference of a few frets. Hats off man. Thank you SO much for this!!
what the heck...
Ive been looking for this kind of tutorial for over 3 years already...how'd you make it so easy to understand.. what a great video..
Thank you so much Sir..
That's a good lesson, really.
The whole video is absolutely understandable and inspiring. I like it.
bro... i have never (maybe i wasn't looking for it or something) seen this taught together this way back to back. wow.... you can hear the difference in tone and attitude between the two scales. i can't wait to get home and play around with it. i've been a rhythm guitarist for 25 years but only started expanding the past couple years. this is exactly what i needed to get started. you can teach theory all day long but nothing makes sense until you see it working. God bless brother... many blessings to you!
Great video.This is priceless information. I’ve been playing blues for 30 years I had no idea there was a major pentatonic scale.
This was a fucking great tutorial. Suddenly shit makes so much more sense
EmeraldAgnostic Really I learned something.
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Active fookin' Melody!
hahaha you made my day
EmeraldAgnostic it certainly opens up a lot. Great place to start. I'd recommend starting guitar learning this concept.
I'm so glad I've signed up because I've learnt more in 3 months than I have in 3years.Great stuff Brian.
After so many years of "playing" guitar, this video totally opened my eyes! Cheers
Just put a blues backtrack in E minor and started jamming on it, i feel like i am a real guitar player for the first time! Thanks man!
For someone like me who can just about play a few chords, this is very informative and something I’m going to play with, thanks 👍
All I can say is this is awesome video I ever came up with.God bless you and may you help many many more young guitarist
Wow. This has opened up a whole new world of progress for me. Thank you so much.
This was always one of the most useful and versatile scales that I could have learned during my own guitar practicing. It was always helpful while also putting on a backing track and just experimenting with them.
I feel like I just learned something that I've been waiting for since I was 14 years old, and didn't know how/what to ask for! This seems almost too easy for some reason, to just slide down the neck and use the same scale in a different position. Why haven't I heard this at some point over the last 18 years? I feel like this little piece of information is going to take me to an incredibly exciting new place. Thanks man!
Great lesson Brian in which it really has opened up a lot of avenues for me to take my blues playing a little bit further!! Your lessons are always informative, interesting and useful. Thx for your free time but I am a member of your site anyway.
like many of us here, I really leaned what I haven't been able to do in many years. I have an electric guitar, a ukulele, and a bass guitar. most of the time I only play the bass guitar and very little, but the other two just hang on my wall. this video got me excited and I'm bringing my electric guitar out of retirement. Thank you very much for giving me motivation. Great explanation and video!!
I can now see what this lesson gets almost 4 million views!. It is a gold nugget of blues playing...or most any playing for that matter.
just got a new Marshall amp and ready to play !
awesome. great lessons, having lots of fun playing around with those scales
Excellent. I completely heard what you were saying. Your videos are so much more intuitive than others I've seen. Well done.
The best. The Major and Minor combo sounded so much like the Dead...beautiful
major blues is falling in love minor blues is realizing the love is unrequited
This video has been very helpful. I've seen lots of videos on scales. The manner in which you played the scales and presented the information was warm and accessible and you were not intimidating. Let's be honest, a lot of online guitar "teachers' come off as pretentious douche bags. Ignore the negative comments from wannabee musical scholars. You made a good video.
Its amazing how fast you can learn guitar really. A couple of pentatonic positions, a few open chords, figure out the corresponding bar chords, memorize the notes on the low E string then tackle keys. Learn a few classic lead and rhythm skits (12 bar blues etc), learn a few of your favourite songs note by note then get a huge moment of excitement and satisfaction when you start to realise the scale, key and chords being used etc.
Real good explanation of minor and major pentanonic scales and you get right to the point in your demo of these scales and how they can be played up and down the next etc Some guitar teachers take way too long in explaining what there going to demonstrate and they lose me, l wacthed your video from start to finish. Great lesson
Thanks Much
Thank you so much, you made it so easy, you took your time, you have a lot of patience. I'm the kind of person, that has to go very slow, and your video helps. That's half the fun of learning guitar, is to practice. And it feels so good when it all starts coming together. So thanks for doing this video for us!
Hope you're still playing you must be shredding solos now?
I believe it confuses folks when you call one pattern minor, and then call that SAME pattern major when you move it back three frets.
It's much better to teach that each of the 5 pentatonic patterns along the neck can be used as EITHER major or minor depending on which note in that pattern you decide to resolve to as the root while playing.
For example, where he is playing Pattern 1 on the 12th fret, if you play a solo as if the E note is your root note, it will sound like E minor. If you play as if the G note is your root note, it will sound like G Major.
Moving it back three frets and you can play C# minor or E Major. Move the pattern to the 5th fret and you can play A minor or C major. Do a search on "relative minor" to learn more about how this works.
You don't have to learn 5 major and 5 minor pentatonic patterns - there are only 5 pentatonic patterns which can sound either major or minor.
When you play the pattern as a minor pattern - for example, by resolving to the E note at the 12th fret, then E is your 1, F# is your 2, G is your 3, A is your 4, B is your 5, C is your 6, and D is your 7. All of these are notes that are also in the G major scale.
Also, the basic "Blues Scale" is not merely the 5 note pentatonic minor scale, it also adds the flat 5, so your E minor blues scale would be E, G, A, Bb, B, D.
Clarity can be a good thing. ;-)
that, my friend, was clarity. thanks.
yep. he needed to explain it a bit better that this is for one key signature, but that the pattern has a major and minor root in itself. I can see this and his calling the pentatonic scale the blues scale as very confusing to people starting out.
I get that clarity can be a good thing - for players who already understand basic theory. All we have here is a well explained lesson using a couple of scales designed to build confidence and a little understanding in beginners.
To much clarity can be difficult for some new folks.
Perhaps he should've explained what he meant better. The example of E in Minor Pentatonic starts-in this case- at the 12th fret, but going back 3 frets to the 9th, using the very same pattern is the A MAJOR Pentatonic scale. I hope that helped explained what I think this guy meant.
@@Guide1089 what!!
this is the most simplified tutorial on youtube, so easy to follow and understand. thanks
I've been playing for a long time, but I've lost hope of being very good due to lack of practice and availability, and lack of understanding these things that you make seem so simple. You've given me hope that I can do more tan just play the same chords over and over. I've only watched a few of your videos at a friends suggestion and you've helped me understand better on such a simple way. No technical jargon.
Thank you
Here’s a trick for you all, the Em Pentatonic scale’s relative major is G. How do you know this, cos the pattern of the Em Pentatonic scale forms a G chord. So using this, working your way down the fretboard, you’ll notice the following with regards to Minor & it’s relative Major relationships. The minor root note going up 3 frets will give you the relative major....Or use the ‘Am’ chord formation and it’s relative the ‘C’ chord formation to determine this when working your way up the fretboard.
Minors relative Majors:
Em -> G
Fm -> G#
Gm -> Bb
Am -> C
Bm -> D
Cm -> D#
Dm -> F
For Majors relative minor move down 3 frets....Or use the ‘D’ chord formation and it’s similar ‘Bm’ chord formation to determine this, working your way up the fretboard.
Majors relative Minor
E -> C#m
F -> Dm
G -> Em
A -> F#m
B -> G#m
C -> Am
D -> Bm
There I taught you all. You are all professional now.
That's a great help..thnx..I was confused, now i m getting it
(For all) this is a lot to take in but if you understand the meanings he’s using and take your time reading this you can take in a lot👍👍
hehe 👍
Very very helpful just what I was looking for!
Man I wish my guitar teacher as a kid had taught me this way. Thanks for teaching me the why behind the music, not just the what 🙏🏼
You're an amazing guitar tutor. I've been learning and improving a lot thanks to your so simple and straightforward tips. TKS so much from Brazil.
thank you , this helped me so much this is so simple to understand and it is having a huge impact on how i play blues phrases thank for the priceless information
Thanks for this tutorial Brian !
I got the speed for both these scales and played it in an assorted manner but it will sound good only if bends,pull offs hammer on"s and vibrato's are applied.
I will definitely practice it daily to improve my playing.
Thanks once again !
You are the best teacher ever for me, i ve been watching so many lessons but they never share there's a major scale three frets down the minor.. the most useful lessons i ever get! THANK YOU SO MUCH Brother 💕
Hands down...the best guitar lesson I’ve ever learned!
this is just absolutely incredible, with just knowing this simple box really you can play any sort of melody or tune you have in your head! I just cant believe how amazing this is.
2:12 just leaving this here so I can practice
2 weeks later....you got it whooped yet?
Anybody have the backing track
Brian, you are a real treasure. You give us all this information and free tuition which comes from the goodness of your heart. I am grateful and God bless you my friend 🙏
I literally just went to a pawn shop and picked up a squier stratocaster, and an amp and I just learned my first scale. Great teacher!!
Although I already know the scale, it is always mystifying to me on HOW to apply it. I learned more from this video in the 10 minutes it runs than I have in the past month. Love it!
This was a productive lesson, thank you for that. :)
I've played on and off for 15 years and never practiced outside of learning songs. This lesson helped majorly!
Gold,This is just gold. I remember when I figured this out many moons ago and could play along with records,yes,many,many moons ago.Great lesson!
Man, that's a really good lesson. It make it clear and simple. Mastering it is up to practice up you make it clear what practice.
jablondyn - the Blues Lead Course on activemelody (dot) com teaches exactly that.
Dude this is the first tutorial on blues scales that actually helped me
I love this lesson. I'm going to sign up for Active Melody because how well you explained the scales. I'm so excited to practice this. Thanks for posting.
This was unbelievably helpful. I wish I would have found this video before the 500 other ones I've watched in the last couple weeks.
you are such a humble guy! i wish i had guitar teacher like you, unfortunately i live too far away :D
Active Melody offers online classes - so you are virtually right there! visit www.ActiveMelody.com
This is the best of the best minor and major pentatonic scale lesson for me understand and knowing how to use key of E minor and E major or D minor and D major and etc.. I appreciate you and thank you very much for teaching us this helpful lesson!
I half to be Honest as I can . I have learned more from you in 15 Min then I have on you tube in the last 6 Months , My hat is off to you THANK YOU!!!!
Thats exactly how i learnt it, altho i learnt it in the fifht fret, and i use my pinky in the extreme notes, heard someone once say that not using the pinky is like reducing your warfare power by 1/4 of total capacity, lol
I totally agree with you. I try to do the same and use my pinky as much as i can but here's my question ; when you do a bend on the extreme notes, do you still use your pinky or your ring finger? I try to use the pinky when i practice through the scales but when i play for fun i use my ring finger on the extreme notes so its easier to bend but i dont know if im doing the right thing?
***** YO ME TOO LMFAO.
Alex Land When I need to bend pinky notes I put my ring finger behind the pinky to use the strength of both fingers. That way you get the speed of using the pinky but the strength of the other fingers.
Unreal how my understanding and self- learning has improved drastically with just this one lesson. " WOW " UNBELIEVABLE!!!
My link works better then my thumb now. I forced my self to learn the pinky early on
Hi, I can't thank you enough for this great lesson. I've been struggling for many years with the switching between minor and major scales!! BTW, does the '3-fret down' technique to switch to a major pentatonic work for all the keys or just E? If not, can you please do a video just on 'finding the major pentatonic scales for every minor key'? That would be super helpful. Thanks again! Love your channel.
Suraj: yes it applies to any and all keys 3 frets away gives you the relative major or minor depending on which note you are using as the root note.
Thanks for Explaining this where Any Guitarists Can learn to Craft their Very Own Solo instead of having to learn and practice someone else's music You made my day here So Simply Awesome Great Guitar Teacher
Been playing for a few months now. This is one of the best tutorials I've seen.
Do I recognize some older Beatles' riffs in the major? And some Dead in the minor? Are you using a single pick, or fingerpicks and thumbpicks?
Hi my name is Walter from Scotland just learning guitar at age of 67 should have done it years ago problem i have were can i purchase some backing music whilst learning my pentatonic scales anyone any ideas .
+walter howat Walter, that's what ActiveMelody.com is for. You can get the backing track for this video and for all the others that are on the site. This one is from 5 years ago but I add new lessons each week and have hundreds of backing tracks.
Get a Ditto "looper"
This guy is 69 now :)
@@krijnv123 I am 65 years, norwegian, and I've been playing the blues scale for years. Suddenly I looked at this video, and now I can play the major pentatonic as well. Great ! You are never to old to learn if you really want to be a guitarplayer. Rock on folks.
Yee ha.
Buy a looper and make your own...
I know some people have found fault but thought you explained it all perfectly. It was straight forward and uncomplicated. Well done and thank you. Going to try it out now.
I'm 43, starting now and this is my first scale. Thank you for this lesson, i got it and i like it !
great lesson, but there is one thing i don't get. The blues scale are in e minor and e major pentatonic. These both work over a chord progression in E major right? Now why are the chords in the chord progression E major, D major and A major? because that's a chord progression (V-IV-I) in A major and not in E major as i would expect?
What I would like for you to record is a minor progression so I can practice
You can just record yourself strumming and then play over it
Now THAT was the BEST (most helpful) guitar video I have ever watched! Well done and Thank you! Bob
Honestly I did guitar lesson and this video thought me more than they did in 3 years great vid 👍
10 minutes ago I was a beginner, now I'm a professional blues guitarist...
LOL
i have to say this is amazing, i have been playing for about 10 months but it seems impossible to begin to solo, i have learned solos but playing them on my own not so much i can play the scales with my eyes closed i practice all my scales for an hour a day blues, pentatonic, major, minor etc. i would like to know when did you begin learning to solo? and how far along were you in your guitar playing
+davaul blackmon You have to get stuck out of scale mode and start learning actual phrases. That's like saying that you've memorized the alphabet and can say it forward and backwards, but you still can't speak the language. The next step for you is to start learning licks (think of them as words)
Ok thanks for the quick response ill to work on learning some licks
+davaul blackmon This is how I do it. I think of the notes of the scale in my head and sing little tunes using those notes but not in the order of the scale. For example think of the 2nd 3rd and 4th notes of the scale and play them and then repeat them straight away - you now have a phrase. The next time you do the phrase bend the 4th note just before you go back to the 2nd. This way you can build a series of little riffs or phrases that will fit as they are all still in the scale you are using.
+jack freeman what scale are you referring to using to do this?
+davaul blackmon Any scale. It doesn't matter - even the major scale - say you play doh, ray, me, or (1 2 3) try playing doh, me, ray, or 1 3 2 instead - in other words play the notes of the scale but not in the order of the scale. If somebody was playing a major chord and you played those notes from the major scale in the key of that chord it would match. Scales are designed to get your fingers used to playing the notes that match the key you're playing in but to make it more interesting you stop playing the notes in the order the scale is in.
I have been trying to learn to improvise lead guitar for years without ever getting anywhere.........then I subscribed to active melody and a year later I could improvise..........i would recommend this online course to anyone who wants to learn improv .............by the way just to let people know because people can be suspicious I don't know this man he's American based in American and I'm Irish based in Ireland
He is a real man, I've seen him in person!
@@JetMags I never said he wasn't real I said I didn't personally know him that I live in Ireland and he lives in America
i HAVE DONE THIS BEFORE INTUITIVELY BUT HAD NO IDEA WHAT i WAS DOING! THANK YOU SO MUCH~! very productive~!
Same here, i put up a backtrack blues in E minor and jammed on it like i was Jimi Page!
I just made it up. Call it anything you want :)
Thanks bud
It’s been like 11 years just released the backing track for free please
So, when playing these scales, you can play any note, right? You don't have to go in order?
Mike Williams boob
yeah if you are improvising any note in the scale will sound good with the others regardless the order.
I'm starting to like listening to and playing blues music and this video is really a great help and informative. It's very simple and easy. Hope other guitar lesson videos would be like this, simple yet informative. Nice job man!
Isn’t that just a C# minor Pentatonic. The relative minor of E major?
Yes!