10 Years of Guitar Advice in under 10 minutes.

[@JeffreyRubicon]

Wow. Let me say that again. Wow. I’ve been watching guitar lesson videos on KZbin for many, many years but this has got to be THE BEST instructional video I think I have ever seen. I’m a subscriber but headed to the website now to become a member. Wow.

[@GuitarMasteryMethod]

So stoked this lesson helped you Jeffrey!

[@jeffro.]

Right. Anyone who gets all that from this video is 😮

[@dalegnodle]

THANK YOU!

[@stevemabry5547]

I couldn’t have said what Jeffrey said any better. I was blown away by this video. This single video will take me to the next level of understanding how to play guitar. Thank you so much for this video.

[@SaintD382]

@@jeffro. This kind of super-gushy, over-the-top praise is common in channels with lots of subscribers. I think these people just want to be noticed by the channel owner so much that they go WAY overboard with their praise.

[@stahliwood8755]

I started playing acoustic guitar at age 8. I'm 49 now, and my advice is to play everyday even if it's 10 minutes. I learned chords 1st and then took on scales. Expensive gear won't make you better but practice and determination will.

[@bebopalooblog2877]

"Three steps to rule the neck:" Practice. Practice. Practice.

[@shashankdevvrat4252]

Well said🤘

[@zilvinassabaliauskas7212]

@@bebopalooblog2877wise words

[@sherwindsouza6599]

@bebopalooblog2877 Patience and Perseverance as well 😏

[@mr.steinhaus6014]

Hey, expensive tools only want to make you play them, so by proxy they fit your idea 🤪

[@mattabraham222]

Why? Why has no one ever explained this like this before?!?!? Maybe the best 10 minutes I’ve spent on guitar instruction ever. Thank you!

[@milanjovanovic816]

😂

[@BobTaile]

I played an original 1960 Hofner 500/ bass in the 1960s, married and my bass is long gone... and I never picked up a guitar again. If I had seen your video way back I'm sure I would have bought a guitar and would now be enjoying with my grandchildren! You sir, are a natural teacher, THE most polite KZbinr and a very talented gentleman! I wish you great success and fortune in every aspect of your future life and I thank you for the most entertaining, learning 10 minutes in my 80 years. ✌️💛

[@brendanxtrom]

I’m 46. Made records and toured the world for 20 years and this is the first and maybe most useful thing I’ve heard someone say in all of the lessons and videos I’ve had over the years. I can’t believe I never thought about this. If I’m trying to learn a song or solo I break it down into chunks. Why would this be any different? Thank you.

[@Illneverremember1]

If any scale IS musical, it's the pentatonic. But yeah, you can't just play it through all the time. This video is a great method for forcing yourself to more with less. Bravo!

[@afamousyoutuber9373]

Major?

[@sngwrter49]

I started out learning guitar from a video tutorial and the instructor taught this technique from the start. It is so simple and easy to use that I was cutting records within a year with people asking how I learned "to play guitar like that". Even my older brother, who has played guitar for decades, was asking me how I learned so fast. Good job of demonstrating the technique, obviously there is much more to guitar but this will get a player off to a fast start which makes all the other learning even more fun!

[@ornleifs]

This really is the best approach - Limit yourself, cause if as a beginner, you allow yourself everything, you just get lost in all the possibilities but when you limit yourself you force yourself to get creative with the few options you have.

[@maurofanelli2688]

You just changed my whole approach to lead. I have been a Rythm guitarist my whole life but now I feel I can start breaking into some lead parts with confidence!!

[@pdlegend6829]

I'll do ya one better.. I've known this scale for 30 years and still cant do anything musically with it

[@johncarlo7395]

Me neither.

[@gtrguy17]

You are not alone in this my friend. The secret is to playlicks you can sing or hum. Give it a try you will be shocked how well this works!

[@jackknife4547]

Imagine refusing to learn about something for 30 years?

[@zsaz4453]

same😢

[@Earsparkle22]

It works i often for get that tip thx. I love. These lessons ​@@gtrguy17

[@stringedaz]

One thing that opened up my playing was visualizing chords instead of scales. Great content, man.

[@maxcameo]

I‘m playing 5 months now. Lucky me, I came across a guitarist, that told me the exact same thing about a month ago. Stepped up my game in playing and understanding. I can already play at blues sessions with a band. This is so important 🎸💯 When improvising with the pentatonic, getting stucked in thinking while playing and not really knowing what to do: Make sure you land on the root note of the tunes song or the chord beeing played. You can‘t go wrong ✅👍🏼

[@DominickODierno]

@maxcameo To add interesting dynamics to your solos you can build tension by ending a few phrases on the flat3 or the 4, and resolve the tension by landing your next phrases on the root or the 5

[@stevescuba1978]

Max, I want to encourage you....I've been playing for over a decade, slowly teaching myself. I have still yet to even find people to jam with. You are light-years ahead of me, and I'm proud of you for it! Dream big!

[@Beezie247365]

I started practicing guitar about 5 years ago and I’ve been stuck on the scales. Finally thanks to this video, I had a breakthrough. Looking fwd to more of your videos! Thanks a million!

[@rudycramer225]

I wish i knew this 25 years ago. I used to be able to thrash that scale but it was just as you described. Non musical. You can extrapolate that to other scales. It's quite sad when you either don't know or it just doesn't reveal itself to you. Maybe that's the difference with good players. They just cottoned on. When i was watching this video, i sensed myself playing the notes, and it truly did open my eyes and ears. Great lesson. I'm filthy that I never thought of this. This video is going to help a lot of people grasp what scales are for. They are tools as you said. Ive read a few of the comments and it's as if you have turned the lights on. Your onto something.

[@andychapman3100]

Brilliant!! On-screen graphic helps make it very clear. Thank you!

[@beyobeya]

I can't thank you enough for this. For over 20 years, I felt stuck in memorizing scales, their patterns (half-step, whole-step thing) , but I didn't know how to use them. This indeed is an eye-opening. Now I can go back to playing guitar. Thank you very much! ❤

[@kevinmoores8603]

I play in a band and have been playing guitar for a long long time. I know all my scales everywhere! But I've never felt like I really understand anything. This is what I needed to know a long time ago! This is the second video of yours I've watched and I have to say I love your approach. Thanks.

[@someguy5035]

Love this. You hear music teachers and old-timers constantly telling you to learn and practice scales, but they *NEVER* tell you why or what they are for. Most can't even tell you what they even are, let alone why someone should learn them. It is like they all just repeat what each other say without actually understanding. "You need to learn the Am pentatonic!" Why? "Because you need to learn the Am pentatonic!" It is something that has pushed me away from guitar. It is all over social media in guitar groups. My kid is going through this right now with trumpet. "My teacher told me I need to practice this scale." Why? "I don't know."

[@thislife6884]

I can tell you why you should learn scales, if you want to learn music. It's because the scale is the form in which music--more specifically, a key--exists. Attempting to learn music--and particularly how to solo--without learning the scale, is like trying to learn to speak a language without learning the words of the language. It's not possible--a language consists of nothing but words. A key consists of nothing but the scale. The scale=the key=music. Learning music literally equals learning the scale. Otherwise, you're just memorizing random chords and notes that you don't understand.

[@thislife6884]

To put it another way, let's say you'd never heard of math, or the digits 0 through 9--the quantity each digit represents. Let's say you decided to learn math, but for whatever bizarre reason, refused to learn any of the digits. What part of math, then, do you imagine that you could possibly learn? And here's the bigger question. Why would anyone try to learn anything in this manner. Why try to learn a thing while refusing to learn it?

[@Jedders1968]

I purchased the GMM course a couple of years ago and it is the best one I have tried. I really like Eddie Haddad's enthusiasm and I genuinely enjoy the lessons. 👍🇬🇧

[@GuitarMasteryMethod]

Great to hear Jedders!

[@totalannihilation9065]

It's because of you that I understood how the circle of 5ths works. I'm no wizard but knowing which chords can be used in certain key help so much.

[@michaelfantacci]

I have to second Jeffrey…! I am 66 and have been playing rhythm guitar all my life and only got myself a semiacustic about 6 months ago to “accompany” Wes Montgomery. This lesson is by far the best guitar lesson I have ever seen! To make something simple is by far the hardest thing to do and you nailed it! I have been practicing lead on my own and went through about 6 months of jazz guitar lessons… I just tried you on the first guitar I had at hand, I worked on the G scale, because it is very familiar to me because of Wes-dynamite! I quickly divided the scale finding the dominants in 3 seconds…and off I was playin lead better (and better comprehending dominants) than ever. Bravo.

[@GGSJP-yb3kf]

Thank you sir, this is a life treat. Simple but giant! Just by understand and watch the example I can see the incredible potential of this lesson into the triple-Pentatonic technique! The rhythmic has to be a kind of conversation, not an stair of tunes.

[@eugenejoseph7076]

Dude! This should make you feel better. I'm 65, playing for over 50 years and I just learned it!.....Great video. My only fan will love my new skills when I hold my kitchen island concert for my no#1 fan, my sweetheart of 40 years! Excellent Video!

[@headshotgamer5098]

I’m 3 months plying guitar and all ready know that

[@suran396]

​@@headshotgamer5098well, aren't you just the superstar. Newsflash....these types of vids weren't available 40 years ago. So glad you could make yourself feel better about yourself at the expense of someone else. You're such big, brave man.

[@tommoore4717]

30 years playing and that was a light bulb turning on for me.

[@Grim_The_Reaper]

Brother, im only 3 minutes into this and you already just unlocked something in my brain lmao. I started going nuts inside my head with those 3 A's you were playing and the filler notes just started placing themselves. Jesus, this is the most pro level tip i've ever heard. This is exactly how im going to tell other people to do it

[@mhmmmmmmm]

This was badass, this was the last thing I was looking at when I stopped playing guitar. This was an awesome breakdown!

[@paulkline3011]

Dude!!! Absolutely brilliant. I've been playing guitar for 32 years and this is the best 10 minutes of a guitar lesson I've ever seen.

[@davejenkins2660]

30 plus years and I still got something from this video. Thanks brother👍

[@bryantcochran5065]

Great lesson Eddie. I use scales to know where the notes are on the fretboard. Playing a root and 3 or 4 companion notes leads me to good phrasing. Using the metronome is something I always do, it teaches me rhythm.

[@patriciabuchanan8338]

Eddie, you are simply the best! You have the music in your soul ❤

[@davidupton8100]

This is exactly how I play, but with all shapes over the fret board. It's great to see a video explaining this, I've always wondered why guitar tutorial videos don't seem to cover this, at last a great video well done.

[@Grump-wm1tp]

You're not alone. I struggled for about a decade too - then one day I just stumbled on that same "groove" and started playing 12-bar blues, ok not quite BB King but infinitely better than what I had being doing, which was more of a "random" hit and miss approach LOL. I remember rushing into the lounge room and telling my wife "I get it! I get it!" - one of the happiest days of my life. And of course, because you can just shift that pattern up and down the fretboard, it just opened up the whole guitar for me. I'm still a hack player and I never consciously thought of the "boxing" technique that you've shown, and practising at different distinct tempos never really occurred to me either, so that's icing on the cake for me. Choosing the tempo thing is important - when I'm jamming with friends, it's amazing how you can switch to different "feels" just by changing the tempo, and create a totally different "sound" - it's not necessarily playing the same note patterns "faster" or "slower", but more that it opens up whole new possibilities for melodic construction. And then of course you can change the time signature in that tempo and that opens up further vistas. Wish I'd seen this video 20 years ago LOL!

[@jeremystandifird5884]

Watching this video this morning has me super pumped to go home and pick up the strat! I've been playing at an amateur level for years, mostly acoustic, and the pentatonic scale and how to make it simply musical has never really clicked with me until I watched this! Holy smokes! Thank you!

[@addisonfrancisco9007]

I wasn't even looking for this type of video, but I'm glad I stumbled across it! This got recommended after watching a video on guitar tone. You just blew my mind and inspired me to practice my leads. You got my sub.

[@dannyspitzer1267]

Wish I had this lesson when I was a beginner...great stuff! All my guitar teachers dropped the ball...

[@MichaelTrentColvin]

I've played for 40+ years and I've found your videos very helpful ! Outstanding work SUBSCRIBED ❤

[@jaymraider6607]

I always viewed full scale runs as warm up where I switch up the patterns, and alternating between ascending/descending, hammer on, alternate picking, string skipping, changing fret location etc. However this was an outstanding tip more making scales musical. I never understood root note concepts, but your video literally made it all clear. Thanks! The thing that I started learning was sweep picking and honestly the you tube video I recently watched basically gave me the practice skill to build sweep speed and endurance and you really just have to practice and repeat the patterns until they are embedded in your brain.

[@CrapSandviche]

Bro…… MIND BLOWN…… I’ll never look at scales the same….. WOW….

[@Steve_Rotter]

Very cool video dude! A long long time ago, I took a few lessons from a blues guitarist. He did something similar and said, "say more with less." Don't overplay. So this is perfect.

[@davidtownes5165]

Great video / lesson! I’ve watched other videos with a focus on the root notes but the way you walk through it step by step is really helpful!

[@smythd3217]

I think this lesson is amazing and really helpful for someone who just started soloing or learned pentatonic. Thank you ❤❤❤

[@mikemais84]

Thanks Eddie. Love your very clear teaching style and clear examples to try out!

[@davidsteele6722]

Best lesson I've ever had, so simple and yet I've never thought of breaking it up like that. Brilliant mate 👏

[@klaasbubenzer8985]

This was really great! I am struggling with this pentatonic for a while. All tutorials start with „it’s really simple“ and at the end I don’t get any of it. This was a simple lesson!!❤

[@wandercado]

This was an awesome way to simplify the concept of playing within boxes to facilitate composition. Most blues players have “signature” boxes they play with a lot and you’ll learn to recognize. For those who are ready to take it to the next level-and maybe he has some videos on this-switching to the major pentatonic for a little flavor as the chords turn is really the secret weapon of greats like BB King.

[@GoFlyPix]

I feel like you’ve been watching me play guitar my whole life. that’s mainly what I have a bad habit of doing is walking up and down the Pentatonic scale with no clue how to turn it into music. This was very helpful. Thank you so much for the video.!!!!🎉🎉

[@atlantagdesign2011]

My hat off to this teacher !! with this info, im ready to unlock a new level of my beginner learning process. Thank you !!!.

[@fajaradi1223]

Dude, you've figured this out on 10 years. I'm on my 20th, and still going nowhere. Btw, this video is really mind opening. Thanks a lot mate!

[@bigtuna9529]

20 years?? Whatever you’re doing to learn guitar I’d change in a hurry!

[@Twilightzoneisreal]

I'm embarrassed to admit how long I've been at It, so don't feel bad.

[@viologiko44]

20 years? Ive been playing almost 2 years and I knew this stuff from the first 6 months.I have know learned the modes and triads.

[@jm_r245]

People I'm these replies are going to ask why it took so long. I think it's justifiable not to know for that long since many people who play an instrument in general continually develop their skills by copying or just listening to other songs so that they may be doing complex skills in music theory without even knowing they are

[@Watching-h5r]

@@jm_r245it’s because growing up we had in person teachers. It’s the first thing they teach us re lead. Nobody goes to in person stuff anymore.

[@Truth-is-King]

Wow, this is revolutionary for me! Wish I would’ve known this 10 years ago but so glad to be learning it now! Great video, sir 👍🏻🎸

[@robertingraham8413]

Great lesson Eddie, GMM was lucky to find you and we are glad you jump on with all the enthusiasm that have. Your lessons address what many guitar player are trying to do to learn to play. That is Brute Force. You had one bit of theory in there to recognize the tonic and these little chunks of theory to pay attention to add up and are easy to comprehend when given in small doses. All of a sudden some realize they need to work around that note and it's not willy-nilly in the scale and instantly they are on a path. That gives so much focus to the player. No one likes to delve into theory but just want to play. This is so usful, chunked up the way you have done. Eventually all these theory bits without the player knowing it will lead to theory dictatiing what they will play next. Thank for being here Eddie.

[@Pratt_MusicRoom]

U r just awesome.Iam one of those frustrated guitarists stuck up bad for 10 long years.one video sorted out a huge problem lingering on for past 10 years.

[@nomadexplorer6682]

This is a great simplification and unlocking the notes on the fretboard. Thanks for opening up the gates through those 'Chunks'. You are a superb communicator and trainer.

[@TangoRom]

you're killin' me, man ;)... simplicity creates amazing things. and you excel, brother! love you man for what you give us. I bought your courses and I can't believe how much I've been progressing just by following your tips and lessons! KUDOS.🎸🤘❤

[@GuitarMasteryMethod]

Appreciate the love, great to hear you are getting results with the lessons!

[@craigewinger7663]

Thank you Eddie for this video. I like what you say about breaking the scale down into chunks. I wish I had seen this video ten years ago. I've seen hundreds of KZbin guitar tutorials but none have shown how to make these scales musical like your video does. Keep making the videos. You do a great job. Craig Ewinger

[@mwoodmx]

Great advice. Rehearse by first walking it through and then breaking it down with metronome or other groove. Add this into a CAGED approach and everything opens up! Great appraoach!

[@tylermartin7269]

Just started playing about 2 months ago, feel like I have progressed so much simply by watching these videos. Good stuff!

[@DevlinJones-h4z]

This is good and I've never heard it taught this way before. That being said, I grind this scale almost every time I pick up my guitar. I've never heard anyone say it wasn't musical in 20 years of performance

[@kenhutton8305]

Great suggestion! Im a lifelong musician, but just now getting around to beating in a guitar in my late 50s. You have unlocked a door for me. Thanks

[@bhamacuk]

Wow, wow, wow! When you outline it like that it makes so much sense. I only play guitar for my own amusement but I'm gonna try this out. Could never really play lead but would love to. You make something simple sound exciting just by, well, playing the notes in a different way. Nice!

[@geschickt]

When I was much younger & just learning guitar, I had the same basic realization after getting the pentatonic thing under my belt ("the scale is just information")--but almost simultaneously--came the corresponding realization of hearing (and seeing) how the players I liked were using the same structure so musically. That's the natural starting point, and once you get a few moves down from your favorite players, you can't (or shouldn't) play _any_ scale robotically ever again. In other words, there are plenty of great examples of how to use the pentatonic (or any) scale "musically"--you just have to play along and get a feel for how it's done. Robbie Krieger's solo in "Light My Fire" by the Doors was one that I was able to latch onto right away and it was a revelation, teaching me so much about feel, phrasing, space, repeating a phrase for effect--and where that can lead you, and just plain expressing yourself musically. Likewise some Santana stuff, and Angus Young (it was the late 70's). The great players are showing you how; you cop it, digest it, and inevitably make it your own, because now it's _you_ doing it (not them). Any given scale is like a cluster of vocabulary...the challenge is learning to use them to make your own statements!

[@newvillagefilms]

I've learned this on my own whilst noodling with the pentatonic scale. I discovered that some combinations of notes in the scale sounded bluesy and realized, "so that's how that ubiquitous blues lick I like so much is done". I wasn't even trying to learn licks, just practicing finger dexterity using the scale. And it was a happy feeling when that epiphany came about. 😂

[@rudilambert1065]

You do the music in your head, transfer what you are hearing in your head to the fretboard. The shape of the pentatonic scale is just a tool to help you guess where to find the notes.

[@joaovitorpessoa520]

yeah, but this is abstract and advanced. In beginner's level, the deal is think the rhythm and resolve that in the fretboard

[@ralera3047]

Great info explained very well! This was as much a lesson about phrasing and playing in the pocket as learning the notes in the scale. Excellent teaching!

[@diggsy1602]

The algorithm brought you to my KZbin - and I’m grateful! That’s a great tip! Really helps me and my simple brain figure a way around ideas. Thank you!

[@jscannelli291]

I'll throw a better comment! I've been playing on and off again for 10 years maybe longer and never thought of picking up solo play or attempting. I know what I'll be trying when im done with the work week. Great video 💯

[@JohnJones-ep7of]

Rhythm is what people need to study and scales . Learn it from my guitar teacher 3rd lesson . 1st lesson was where the notes on the fretboard were ,2nd learning a scale ,and of course the 3rd I've already said and then we just work on putting all of it together .

[@Tolya1234]

Hey, this is what I needed to get some more feel on the scales, so thanks. A small tip for me - it would make the diagram easier to follow if you would flip it so the frets on your guitar align to the ones in the diagram, now it's reversed.

[@GonzoJohn733]

This is a really good method of teaching how to use scales. The simplification of this is insane. Why hasn't anyone else thought of this?

[@scottguitar8168]

I play by ear and just learned I've been using your method without realizing it. Great job.

[@yannicky2588]

A 10 mins video that makes the difference. Thank you !

[@RichardHorvatich963]

Took me 20 years to figure this out. Lol. Don't feel bad. Thanks for the video man. Wish youtube and teachers like you were available when I was a teenager. Finally making progress again after a long hiatus. For example, for 20 years I couldn't get little wing right. Found a youtube channel with a guy playing it, and had tab on screen while playing, got it down in a few hours. It's just crazy what a different this educational content on this type of platform can do for someone trying to learn to do what the people who inspired them did. Great lesson bro. This is what all the "I just want to solo so bad" people need.

[@Low.Key.Music01]

This unlocked so many ideas for me. This reminds me of Billy Gibbons, whose playing I love

[@jeffreysalem2735]

Just the next step I needed. I went ahead and played with this idea in the major scale and was immediately happy with the results. Thank you.

[@djculous]

This is amazing! I'm currently memorizing every note on the neck.. and this is nice addition to my everyday 30mins practice.. thanks for the advice

[@ryangreen9541]

Just started playing and everyone talks about this scale and i’ve just been confused playing it up and down. Thank you so much for guiding me.

[@stuartoliphant7551]

Nice job! This kind of reminds me of what I call the Gary Moore technique. I was watching an interview with Gary Moore awhile back and he picked up a guitar and played a mind blowing solo using what you refer to as box 2; the light bulb went on. I think when you're just starting you have a tendency to overthink things. Spot on, bro!

[@cv8135]

Great way to differentiate scales from musicality... and a great way to make that important jump. Thank you.

[@Joseph124269]

You are a professor with a simple theory. Love it.

[@michaelgosey117]

the foundation of any solo is to build it around the melody, assuming the song has one. The melody will likely be built around some scale or mode. Once the soloist quotes a variation on the melody he can then venture off from there. Listen to the master improvisors, Parker, Coltrane, or for guitarists, Carlton, Gambino and others. They understand that a song is chords, rhythm and melody and that a successful and interesting solo frames each one of those. I'm not saying it is easy but there it is. Great video.....well done

[@OblivionAviator]

Really nice job. Great explanation/lesson. 👏 This really shines a bright light on this simple scale & opens opens the mind to a whole new way to learn & use it. Your time & efforts are much appreciated. 👍

[@lesbrown6059]

I love coming back to these videos . Every time it brings further understanding and makes it easier to apply,

[@stavies7525]

Brilliant, finally! A great explanation of how to actually USE scales!

[@evanseymour4172]

Good video. For everyone that marked down on their calendar time to do this over and over till it works-you will see the benefit of being able to create what your ear is hearing

[@GaryManning-m3n]

I finally learned to extend the fretboard. Close the phrase with a different positioned penta...and bend slide legato etc. etc. Playing by ear I got there. Yes itbtook me time ..could gave used this lesson awhile ago to get where I'm at. Lol great stuff.

[@azertyqwerty1317]

Very interesting, I started to learn the minor pentatonic scale with this technique and it is really efficient. But i think you have to understand first the major scale and that every scales come from the major scale. The circle of 5th is really helpful for this. The minor pentatonic actually comes from the minor relative of a major scale. Thats the thing that really made me understand how to use scales and keys in context

[@robschaller9061]

In addition to the root note is knowing where the 3rd is this is important because the 3rd and the flatted 3rd is what determines if the chord is major or minor (flatted third) for blues and most of rock, you can solo in the key of the song and switch between major and minor through the chord changes. The other key that has helped me, is being able to see the triads and use those to solo through and just playing PARTS of the triad can be VERY melodic

[@vinny5004]

It is very helpful to know the 5-R-3 positions in each scale and chord shape (it’s fairly consistent for almost all shapes, but a couple are swapped). Then, you’ll be able to do a lot more with scale and shapes. It does not take 10 years to learn this. It’s very fundamental. Why 5 and 3? B/c 5th is the most “pleasant” sound in the key, and 3rd defines its major/minor feel; R-3-5 is also the chord triad. With knowledge of only these 3 notes and a few chords, you can probably outline 80% of rock and blues, by ear, even without knowing music theory.

[@LSD-33166]

@@vinny5004 How hard is this technique for a beginner, lean in 6 months, 12 months? practicing those 3 notes on the fret, muscle memory, mathematics, i know about keys, scales, and the harmonics of minor, major, its just how long does it take hours wise, before you get even remotely decent sounding, i know everybody is different but 1,000 hours of practice, is a lot to invest in, and when i hear people talk they are still strugglin after decades, hardly an incentive to learn ..."80% of rock and blues, by ear, even without knowing music theory" is a tall claim

[@tryghanson3260]

Thanks. After watching this I came up with a basic song and solo from C major scale. Breakthrough!

[@jakubbriza7274]

The three boxes method/system helped a lot! Interesting that I've never heard it from anyone but it makes perfect sense!

[@mikereid480]

Been learning off and on for 28 years, and finally someone has made sense of the pentatonic scale other than practicing up and down. Thank you.

[@RotorheadEd]

Boom! This is the video this rather old newbie has been waiting for! Thank you!

[@suran396]

Me too. 55 years young, 2 months playing guitar.

[@beausaunders7786]

This probably the most eye opening thing I’ve seen on this scale. Thank you so much.

[@leebillyc1677]

You teach in a simple, clear and effective way! Thanks a lot man

[@tonybraines7172]

This is one of the most fantastic tools I've come across. Thanks for sharing 👍

[@jamessteidl5260]

One of the few vids on KZbin that actually gives away useful info.

[@AllegraValentineChannel]

HOLY MOLY THIS IS GREAT! can't wait to improv with this over a bunch of backing tracks~

[@ernieb3626]

So simple and brilliant at the same time I’ve been playing for years and I will work on this today big time. First video of yours I’ve seen. Yes I subscribed and liked. Thank you.

[@TheStikbot]

Wow! Thank you so much. I'm actually not a guitarist. I'm a trombonist, but this absolutely still applies, and makes soloing so much clearer

[@Count-kp3oy]

Omg. What a great lesson to put into practice. Thanks, brother.

[@Alloy7]

Very useful video! And you've got nice tone on that Les Paul. I had a teacher who started me on modal scales. Well-meaning, but I wasn't a jazz player; I didn't need all those notes. You're encouraging riff playing. When i discovered riffs, I finally sounded like a real lead guitarist! .

[@K666_ANB]

I've always struggled to improvise my own solos but let me make one or study a solo to learn it and I can shred it. Never have I thought about breaking it down into 2 strings and 3 sections

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Thank you. Thats the best lead lesson i have ever watched!