Breaking Free From The Pentatonic Rut!

[@stevenrossbrown]

thanks Shane! here's an excerpt from a longer (way too much longer, oh well) message in a small Paypal thanks I just sent: "...with your help in KZbin, I'm finally starting to learn all the stuff I wish I had decades ago ... especially "Breaking Free From The Pentatonic Rut!" while driving in to work this morning (no watching yet, looking forward to the visual) - this 7 minutes holds the keys to so much of what I've always wondered what was missing in my playing - blues especially, but a lot more too, in theory and thinking..." - please keep up the great work!

[@TheRiotguitar]

wow Steven thank you so much. Made my day with that. I really appreciate it! i got your email but no email address on that (only paypals) so thank you

[@johnnymurray100]

Love that tune….and that shirt!

[@JamesVandevanter]

🙂🎸different POV, you bring the gumbo.... That Neville,Merters,LittleFeat thing ....and Daryl's House.... Thanx Shane.

[@CanineCrooner]

Biggest step for most recreational/intermediate guitarists is breaking out of the Minor Pentatonic box. Great tips as always, Shane!

[@johndrew8]

Great! What we like about this guy folks is he plays what I call, and coined it so no stealing! ,mixolickian Blues, outside and jazz all intertwined. That’s why we also love R Ford and S Henderson etc. as always, JD

[@roberttaylor505]

Great lesson and playing. Have an extra thumbs up for wearing a Grant Green T Shirt 👍

[@fxbrown8921]

F Thing is one of my favorites, thanks so much Shane!

[@jalapainyo]

Peter Green rocks that scale on John Mayall Peter Green Live 1967 with Fleetwood Mac rhythm section. A must listen blues album. Cheers Shane!

[@elizabethdunn1668]

F Thing - one of my favorites of your songs! Such a great lesson and thank you for sharing your knowledge, Shane. Listened to this record today. #TheBest 🎼

[@TheRiotguitar]

thanks Elizabeth

[@Nozmo_King_NJ]

Love this vamp .. sounds so 'Nawlins. I'm stealing all your licks, Shane .. thanks! You know, us old geezers learned to play as kids by hanging with and watching better players, wearing out LP's to learn parts. You Tube has made it so easy to essentially do the same thing. Today's young guitar players don't realize how good they have it!

[@krisandelizabethringlee8438]

Man I do appreciate what you do on your channel. I just spent most of the previous hour expanding my mind with the "chemistry" of Ted Green and then came across THIS...THANK YOU Shane, this too is SO very inspiring!! You're The King!!!

[@JamesArmstrong-r9h]

If I could like this a thousand times I would Shane! Thank you so much for bringing these incredible lessons to us. You are an incredible musician!

[@jimc6687]

Cool jam and even cooler great advice especially by condensing the pentatonic blues scale but perhaps the coolest .....is that turquoise button/cuff link, S.T.!! Jim C.

[@TheRiotguitar]

good eye

[@mraggrovator]

Oh it’s good!

[@sharkie333]

Thank you Shane...

[@craiger951]

Love you as a player Shane. Love you just as much as a content creator and teacher. I watch all the KZbin guitar guys. But your lessons really connect with me. Will be experimenting adding the Maj 6 to my blues scales today. Thank you.

[@TheRiotguitar]

thank you!

[@whamarama]

Another great video. It's amazing how much impact a small move like this can have on a solo.

[@frontbum420]

Great feel for time 👍 Thx for posting Keep em’ comin

[@craighillrich5438]

I conceptualize this as F Dorian without 2 or b7. Good stuff.👍👍

[@SC515]

That swag you have and share with us. Thnks for the post and I like your video lessons. 🎸

[@jamesmatthews4435]

As always Shane, superb my friend and thanks so much for what you share.

[@fredr2694]

LOVE IT! F Thing! playalong is a fave and has been for several years now. Awesome playing one again, Shane.

[@italiancountrygal]

Cool jacket!

[@ap7498]

Thank you for putting in the time for this!! We appreciate it

[@539sharp]

Love your channel.

[@TheRiotguitar]

Thanks so much for the encouragement and support!

[@thomasreilly-Guitar]

Great lessson. Really useable material Thanks Shane

[@jwright8838]

Thanks, man. Yeah, I've used IV and V Dom 7 arpeggios, but I like how you related it back to the pentatonic shapes and the 6th. Cool perspective and great lesson. That solo at the beginning was fantastic. Gonna borrow some of that...hope you don't mind!

[@AllinOne-fw9yx]

I like the way you think...Ramon Barrera.

[@deltuckunder3966]

Awesome stuff as always!

[@Madbunyip3]

Love your playing and your machine gun accuracy and style. Howdy from Melbourne Australia, good luck with the channel.

[@msenecal]

It is the F Minor Pentatonic Box 3

[@tubytele]

Yea Shane. Sounds cool!

[@RNC_GSP_1969]

As always great content for all levels of players. Thanks again Shane. Love the channel, keep up the great work.

[@thomasreilly-Guitar]

Thanks

[@TheRiotguitar]

thank you Thomas!

[@dagoat1]

Great lesson!

[@DavidHendersonMusicChannel]

Thanks so much, Shane! I absolutely love your playing-you're such an inspiration! I’ve subscribed to your channel and am soaking up all your lessons. I’m working on building my own channel too, so I know how much effort goes into this stuff. You’re killing it! 
 I think about this idea a little differently in terms of Pentatonic Scales rather than strictly blues. For example, off the Bb, it’s the Bb Dominant Pentatonic (1, 2, 3, 5, b7), and off the F, it’s the F Minor 6 Pentatonic (1, b3, 4, 5, 6). Same exact notes, shapes, and scale-but different modes or perspectives.
 You could even take it a step further over the F7 by using the Dominant Pentatonic (1, 2, 3, 5, b7) starting on F for that Scofield-style Mixolydian vibe. Switching between these two pentatonics over the F7 gives you so much variety! So now over your F7, you’ve got four distinct pentatonic flavors: Minor, Major, Minor 6, and Dominant. Each has its own personality, and keeping them pentatonic keeps that quirky, angular sound intact. 
 Hope this adds another perspective to your excellent approach! Request, you need to do a video on your picking technique. There is some nice sweeping going on there. Would love to hear how you approach this.

[@TheRiotguitar]

great ideas- thank you for watching

[@Dogtagnan]

You're the most inventive guitarist I've ever heard, Shane

[@TheRiotguitar]

aw thx so much

[@gregfinlayson8135]

Thanks!

[@uberjam-sam8512]

Always great and really need to pick up the backing tracks thanks

[@Hetti-g2c]

You’re the best in so many ways, especially taking time presently to teach. This track is awesome! I’ve got so much to learn and what an inspiration and.good prof teaching you are. Thanks, Shane. BTW will the new tye dye tee shirt be coming? Maybe for Christmas? Sent a note recently on your site but it may have gone to another planet. See you soon.

[@TheRiotguitar]

thank you Hetti! I'll check on those shirts

[@tjyoung8069]

Smart lesson, Shane. When will you be gigging out in LA again?

[@TheRiotguitar]

looks like early next year

[@RobertBell-r9w]

The artist/teacher I would most like to share a beer with….

[@TheRiotguitar]

thanks!

[@rickp.6251]

Cognitive Therapy.... 👍 Thanks.

[@Bobby-h9s]

Sounds really good. Just curious. What gage strings do you use. Thanks

[@TheRiotguitar]

thx- 10-46 most of the time-

[@ThomasNeily]

That's great Shane thank you what amp and pedal are you using I'm thinking getting twin for cheap money if that's a twin with overdrive pedal I'm in on amp I think it's that plexi marshall if my ears are correct

[@TheRiotguitar]

on this video it's a Butler tube driver into the Twin reverb. Just what I had lying around at the moment but really most OD pedals all sound good through the Twin. That plexi sounds really great though I'll have to do a video with it soon

[@johndrew8]

Great! What we like about this guy folks is he plays what I call, and coined it so no stealing! ,mixolickian Blues, outside and jazz all intertwined. That’s why we also love R Ford and S Henderson etc. as always, JD