How the PROS use the PENTATONIC SCALE

We've all been there. The pentatonic addiction. Let's get out of that rut and spice up the pentatonics via this simple step-by-step plan! It's the trick all the pros use!
Massive props to @Rotem Sivan
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0:00 - Pentatonic scale
1:56 - Step 1
2:46 - Step 2
4:29 - Step 3
6:43 - Step 4
7:47 - Step 5
10:41 - Step 6
11:54 - Don't bother about scale names
13:02 - Combining all elements
13:42 - The most important thing of this lesson...
15:09 - Mind blowing guitar solo (using these tricks!)
17:01 - The final conclusion
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[@RotemSivanGuitar]

Was so fun! thanks for having me brother 🙏

[@dibyajyotideka5766]

You are awesome 👌

[@m.han99]

Your playing style is insanely good Wow

[@PlouplePoupi]

Love from🇫🇷👍🏼🍒

[@j_freed]

Excellent, come back soon.

[@christopher-miles]

the myth. the man. the legend. LOL!

[@fathuman]

This is exactly my approach to scales. Rather than learn them as separate scales, I just see the pentatonic and add 'outside' notes for mood. b6 and 9 for sadness, b5 in passing for bluesiness, LAND on b5 for evil. b2 for MORE evil, #7 for drama....but its always pentatonic + other notes. Works for me.

[@videomakville]

I have come to this realization recently. In fact I am trying to stretch it to cover the modes. I hope it works.

[@fathuman]

@@videomakville That can work. Just add a note here and subtract another there from the penatonic, and you arrive at your modes. Probably not a very 'classical' way of approaching it, but I don't care!

[@chinmayarolkar635]

Hey by #7 do you mean the major 7th note?

[@fathuman]

@@chinmayarolkar635 If we're in A minor, that would be G#, the Harmonic minor note so to speak. I THINK that's a raised 7th but don't quote me.

[@chinmayarolkar635]

@@fathuman Ahh I get the context, thanks man

[@drumstuff9936]

As someone learning to play without a teacher, this video has been a HUGE help. The pentatonic is a great first scale to learn but it gets boring pretty quickly. This is the perfect method for taking incremental steps into other scales. MORE VIDEOS WITH ROTEM PLEASE

[@juanpablolondono6469]

one thing i like about this chanel, is the fact that you invite some other musicians to teach and share their perspective of what to do, how to do it and so... i like the fact that you dont pretend to teach all those concepts wich is something very humble. we musicians learn from each other all time. thats the point

[@dylanb4695]

this has literally blown my mind. As a intermediate player i feel really lost sometimes on what to learn and what to do when it comes to theory and practice and i felt my approach to the pentatonic scale became stale and as soon as i just saw what you was doing it clicked immediately. You are hands down the best teacher on KZbin and you deserve all the good things in life that come your way!

[@johannviirerlendsson4953]

For me i think its just being open to learn other styles and emulate other guitarist wich you are not used to. Are you used to emulate: john mayer, hendrix, SRV, john fruscisnte etc.. For me it was like that. Im a blues-y john mayer fan and play a lot of this blues stuff, but i recently discovered gipsy jazz and that is interesting to me and by playing that it has made me better as a guitarist. Ive never really learned theory untill last 8 years through youtube and things are coming well together now. Been playing for 15 years now.. still a lot to learn and improve on. Agreed on this being a great teacher 😁

[@blues-indianer8667]

You can use simply the pent scale and add whatver you want to give a moody colour. You only have to take care of the 2nd guitarist or keyborder not to hold on or end on sharp neighbours like b7 and #7 over long time. As short notes this dissonant interval can be a spicy add on to your song! Kind regards, Henry

[@jeannettedestilo7834]

@@johannviirerlendsson4953 l

[@BiiirdMusic]

@@johannviirerlendsson4953 I'm in almost the EXACT same boat lol

[@Caykowski]

Me: Playing pentatonic scale over the diminished chords

[@axemancj]

that's me lmao

[@BryantCreative]

This comment made me laugh out loud

[@stvwcioihbd9764]

Best comment by far.. The crazy part it's for a lot of us is truth

[@sethrose1325]

I didn’t laugh so I must have a lot to learn. lol. Someone explain

[@forenica9292]

@@sethrose1325 me too but I think your supposed to play a diminished scale?? Idk

[@taossmith]

This is why using your ears is so important. Almost everything can sound good. And if it doesn't you're usually a half step bend away from something that sounds good.

[@faxonfreeman3176]

A music teacher told me that years ago and it was the best advice I've ever received for my playing and songwriting, regardless of instrument.

[@adamdoran235]

That's Jazz

[@shredgod6394]

@@adamdoran235 No. Jazz is methodical and complex. Fumbling around with your ears doesn't sound anything like Jazz. Unless you're a jazz player.

[@hpiaia]

I like that when Rotem hears a good lick he just looks DISGUSTED by how good it is.

[@gaz0463]

I’ve been using all those “extra” note but I had no idea what they were called. This was a great video!

[@jim-michellekelly6495]

Keep playing those “extra” notes if they sound good to you. There is theory behind them but “you” know when it sounds right. This was a great video to demonstrate this.

[@gaz0463]

@@jim-michellekelly6495 absolutely agree

[@killabees1]

I find extra notes that work just through trial and error. Never knew the names just memorized what sounds good on certain tracks.

[@gaz0463]

@@killabees1 that’s me too but now that I’m learning more theory it has definitely helped me understand why it works and sounds good. It’s definitely helped me understand modes. Until now they were always a mystery.

[@killabees1]

@@gaz0463 KZbin can teach you anything nowadays. What a time to be alive😄

[@Pheddex]

2 of the most soulfull guitar „teachers“ in one video. Pure liquid gold! Its not only teaching. You both do have an unmatched vibe to me. Inspirational- wonderfull - calm- thanks for making this world a little better

[@teacherofteachers1239]

I got so much out of this, following along in my modest way with my guitar, I was sure it was an hour long. Extremely useful, empowering, entertaining, fulfilling for an older person circling back to my childhood love for guitar. Very very musical. Much appreciated.

[@sepulveda67]

Stuck playing 5 notes, try adding the other 7.

[@fuckyoutube4]

Ah, the twelveatonic!

[@drewdavis2392]

"Duodecatonic." It'll be more popular with the hard-core theorists that way.

[@swissarmyknight4306]

You laugh but it works really well.

[@Scottysaan]

Oh you play chromatic scales?

[@saigonproducer]

I like to play the other 7 notes exclusively and not even touch the 5 pentatonic notes. sounds awesome.

[@jorgeperdomo2489]

The faces!!! Love how one note contorts their faces! Such feelings, much wow

[@papersquares]

Damn, even Paul's scale diagrams are custom shop relics now.

[@xinyuanli2586]

I'm guessing that's the tele but who knows

[@tyronbaek6518]

I love when Rotem is on here!

[@ccolson4072]

Seeing how very intricate sounds can be built based off the simple pentatonic scale give me a lot of hope for my future in playing. Just learned the pentatonic over the entire fretboard and excited to expand!

[@reedgrenager6121]

This is so cool. I’ve always wanted to make my pentatonic solos more complex and interesting, and already 3 minutes in, I’ve learned something new.

[@bobmccutcheon1230]

Thanks for making this video Paul. I'm sure it gets difficult coming up with new ideas considering how much you have already covered in your many video lessons but this one was perfect for me to grab ideas and expand my use of the pentatonic scales. Loved the guest artist and listening the two of you playing together as well.

[@carlitooz357]

Pentatonic scale is the only thing we need. Its so awesome that 50 years later were still creating new things with that beautiful scale. Thank you for everything paul. You rock.

[@SquidPrince85]

I’m trained, but still love these lessons to bring it back home. The revisiting of the basics always brings new life to my playing, ideas, and performance. Thank you Paul!

[@michaelkocis3]

of ALL the guitar lessons on KZbin this has got to be the best.

[@paulandlesson]

The late, great, Harold Blanchard; composer on CBS Masterworks ( Quincy Jones, Chick Corea, Hubert Laws. Bill Kanengiser) and so many more. He would say to me "there are 12 notes you use them all." I was at conservatory at the time and doing private lessons with him. As a classical student wanting to expand my jazz knowledge it took a while to understand. This is a good example of what I was to understand years later!!

[@ArthurSeijiNishikawa]

Nice to see Rotem here. Dude is so good. His guitar fills in Adam Neely's Castaways are fire!

[@gerardcampbell946]

Best lesson I have seen on KZbin, the combination of Rotem and Paul''s insights is superb

[@petertrast]

I have always been adamant that I am a rhythm player with just some basic pentatonic skills with some flavoring learned in some popular blues based hooks in popular music. But THIS approach has motivated me to break out of that box and start exploring. A HUGE deal for an old fart like me to keep pushing my edges. Thanks for the awesome video!!

[@JoaoSoares-yw2qe]

Wait. it's all pentatonic? Paul Davis: always as been

[@scottjones6624]

Oh man, this video is an entire brilliant course. I have watched it three times and getting something every time. The playing is so soulful as well that I am entranced. Wow, lovely, thank you - it has already changed my playing.

[@mackvismusic8622]

One of your best strategies of communicating and teaching is put forth here…I absolutely loved this lesson!

[@axel.lessio]

So good! It’s a simple tool but it can do amazing things. Thank you for putting so much work in these videos 👏

[@kiereluurs1243]

'There's logic to the madness.' Currently this still goes over my head.

[@TheJetfighter666]

Hang In there.

[@SeverinGomboc_Musik]

great video. Even I am an intermediate player and know these concepts - seeing it playing and explaining by others really really helps me to understand it more and helps me to add it in to my own playing.

[@lynncampbell962]

The fact that you give away lessons like this for free is one of the main reasons I decided to join your Patreon page. This lesson alone opened my mind to so many possibilities.

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[@nnajicalebchidera5298]

Davids guitar skills is boosting my brain One day I will play like him🙌🙌

[@MrRickkramer]

When you guys team up, magic happens. More of this please...

[@davidmichaelzacharia2308]

I've watched you for a few years and you have some amazing content, but for me this was the most useful lesson you've done. Everything seemed to click in place. Also, at the beginning I thought, 'Paul's really changed his hair.'

[@bencarey4805]

I love these step by step videos so much! Your videos are so helpful for someone like me trying to make guitar my career, thank you so much for these videos! You're awesome Paul!

[@mikekohary1075]

This is exactly how I approach it and teach my students to approach it - start with the pentatonic (easy to learn!) and then add extra notes to it, one by one. No need to learn all new scales. I've had many intermediate students approach me with their #1 goal being to get out of the "pentatonic rut", and I'm always relieved to hear it, because I know how easy that will be to teach. :) Great video, thanks guys!

[@thisisaugusto]

When Rotem plays it sounds nothing like pentatonic😂😂😂😂😂

[@TheFrankiejay]

Yeah. Phraseology. Don’t let them 5 notes suck, you could add the other 7 notes and voila you got YOU. Great lesson by the way and some sweet playing. 🎸

[@kane6529]

Pretty much a sneaky way to play modal Jazz

[@Benjiroyoface]

@@kane6529 the whole video is a sneaky way to get guitarists to play changes

[@MichelleHell]

@@Benjiroyoface you mean by keeping the pentatonic framework and throwing in these "outside" notes according to the chord being played? I can see how that would be easier than learning chord scales for changes.

[@nickbain8687]

These men truly show that tone is in the fingers too, not just the gear. Beautiful playing by both.

[@paulgemme6056]

Yes!! Amen!!

[@saulf.4678]

Hell of a collab right here! A beautiful concept too. Great video, and tasteful playing from you both 🙌🏼💯🔥

[@thedonrizzguitar]

Amazing!!! Both such great teachers, thank you both for the great lesson 🙏🏼

[@jamesmantovani8620]

+1 for chromatic scale, and more of this guy too please! Love your chemistry together. Also thank you for teaching me, a guitarist of 15 years, something spicy to add to my improvisational solo jamming! Wish I learned my theory sooner haha.

[@joeyjohn510]

Thank you, I will use this! Bring Rotem back again, you two are FANTASTIC!

[@jimmontgomery6650]

Simple yet amazing and so helpful! One of the best guitar videos, I’ve seen on KZbin

[@noobasaurusrex9608]

Must have been so weird filming with someone else and not just a bunch of different versions of yourself 😅😅😅 Great video!

[@DenKulesteSomFins]

1:19 playing around with "A minor" is not a good idea Paul. Things might be different in the Netherlands, but it's not okay!

[@Randy-lb6sn]

😂😂😂😂 old but gold joke right there lol

[@j_freed]

What if you played with two different minors, would that comprise majority?

[@steveozone4910]

You can't tap or finger A minor!

[@helderalves7685]

Lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@danielhoskins4690]

Maybe he spelled it wrong and the jazzer is also a miner (it pays the bills).

[@noahtrock]

Aaahh! I'm addicted ... to the buttery warm sound of the ES-335! Beautiful. Thank you for playing it, again.

[@commonsensemillennial985]

Love this video. This is how I think about it as a beginning guitarist only having played for about a year now. So cool to know that’s how the very experienced players think about it too

[@davepilgrim5798]

Perfect ! You are so humble you're still thinking on how to help who's stuck with same old licks. And you nail it. Always. Thanks. T Maybe this is not musical college studying, but hey, if someone is studying in musical college, he doesn't need youtube vid 😁👍 Thanks. Cheers. Keep it up

[@guitarafter40]

Paul: “Let’s talk about how we can spice up the...” Me: Totally distracted by the guitar with duct tape on it.

[@nirojnakarmi3779]

Now i can't stop looking at it

[@yiranimal]

Yes, I'm wondering if it's holding a piece of cork.

[@neonmasterva]

I was anxious for Paul hitting the other guitar with the headstock lol

[@ericscaillet2232]

@@neonmasterva probably regrets it...

[@tboylen1]

@@neonmasterva I've been playing in close proximity to other guitarists for years and have only knocked guitars twice. Once was my fault (no damage done). The other time a guy racked a guitar string end right into the sitka spruce of my custom built guitar. Thanks STEFAN!

[@pauldncn1]

Paul this is an exception lesson not only are you encouraging pentatonic expansion but the energy from both of you in amazing

[@adamazulay6175]

רותם כל הכבוד יאח! סרטון מדהים והנגינה פשוט וואו 3>

[@theoshaphat]

The use of dynamics in the entire video is so tastefully done!

[@boomerdell]

Rotem is fantastic! Thanks for featuring him. :-)

[@jakegajda1435]

your videos are amazing man, you guys killed this one, need to hear more from you two together

[@tesla-spectre]

The way Paul brings in the nine gives it a total Vaya Con Dios vibe in my ear.

[@phillyflood]

Rotem is the king. Absolutely in love with his playing. Thanks for introducing me to his channel, Paul!!

[@chubbybubbyfattocatto7748]

Lit.... Rotem kills it always

[@baronhead]

How can anyone dislike Paul's videos? Always enjoyable and useful info.

[@keoni927]

I learned A LOT in those 17 minutes and 7 seconds. Thank you Paul and Rotem!!!

[@davepilgrim5798]

Robby Krieger, the Doors guitarists, used those tricks all the time. Light my fire solo is a good example

[@j_freed]

Krieger rocking that 9th so hard, in part because the bass line is also hitting that note every other few beats. This is a wonderful tension melodically.

[@davepilgrim5798]

@@j_freed thanks. I am not a pro, I heard it just by ear without knowing why. I love knowing why 😂 Thanks. Have a good day, cheers from 🇮🇹

[@firstnamelastname061]

more Rotem plz. That man plays some tasty guitar.

[@brymusic1542]

Excellent video. Clearly illustrates an easy framework for creating interesting solos. I love the concept of just thinking pentatonic + occasional spice notes. Amazing that I've never seen it presented quite so simply before.

[@scolpitts]

Just spent 3 hours with this. One of these best lessons I’ve seen.

[@UncleKennysPlace]

I always add a lot of _accidentals_ when playing a solo.

[@JAYDUBYAH29]

Accidentally tho…

[@Picksqueal]

If you hit a bum note just move it up till it sounds good and call it Jazz.

[@Hrithik23]

Great lesson Paul. Practicing around this can really elevate your pentatonic playing, without thinking much about it. Great for people who are feeling like they're stuck in the pentatonic. Great one!

[@antonburger01]

How the fark does anyone downvote a video like this? This is GOLD! Thanks for the great videos, you are one of the KZbin heroes Paul, and an inspiration to millions!

[@diegosanchezvacas6774]

This is amazing. It'd be great if we had another video explaining a little bit deeper how and when to use each one of those variations (what type of chords they'd fit, etc)

[@ericluchinski]

Basically, there's no such thing as a sour note. Every note is in key, only at times out of context

[@j_freed]

Although a note out of context can sure sound like a #$&* up. 😣 Especially when you do nothing about it, or stop playing out of embarrassment! That’s a noob mistake… I think really good experienced players kind of push through misplayed notes, and you almost don’t notice! They have so many licks and melodic moves immediately at their disposal, they can be all over the map while improvising and still recover in a split second and pull it together…

[@hw_yozoraVODS]

i tthink its more that if you play a sour note, you have to resolve, when a begginer (or that annying cousing) grabs the guitar and starts playing stuff randomly, they just go on without going back to the key. there is no end. there are some genres of metal that even chromatic solos happen, or even solos where no notes are "in key" but the fact that there is a beggining and the end you feel like you moved through stuff and sat down, not just stood up in your chouch inside a Tornado

[@drsmith4582]

If you play a note that sounds bad, quickly slide to an adjacent note and get back on track. If your recovery sounds smooth enough, repeat the exact same sequence of notes, including the sour note to make it sound like you meant to play that. Only experienced musicians will be on to your shenanigans.

[@guitrr]

Contrary to the comments here, Victor Wooten has a great demonstration where he shows if you play a “wrong” note, simply keep playing it, and it will start to sound right.

[@Forest_Fifer]

@@drsmith4582 and that's Jazz - nice.

[@moogieanddoggo2156]

Paul Gilbert once said about the pentatonic: “The scale that wouldn’t die.”

[@deliyuriy]

It’s amazing seeing you together again 🙏🏼

[@Xirrious]

thanks very much for this video! I have been stuck playing 7th arpeggios and diatonic scales forever, now I feel like I can open up the chromatic and keep the easy pentatonic backbone too. And this came easy too, guess it was just the right timing for me to grasp this way of conceptualizing things. Never had such a single easy thing help open so many doors for me.

[@rubenpatrocinio514]

Guitar: "Rotem: Gibson Howard Roberts (idk what else is happening on there)" best description ever ! :P

[@wonderpope]

I'd be interested in a video, where you show the rhythm guitar part: Various levels in how to spice up the I-IV-V chord sequence

[@RTFosmark]

Would love to see you and Rotem exploring the emotional colors of the chromatic scale together. Loved this power duo!

[@duncanwestbrook5092]

This is just such a perfect example of the issues that surround learning guitar! You can literally put any note over any chord and in some way it will work, it sounds ridiculous and it’s taken me 8 years of playing and an entire degree in guitar to actually relax, and properly experiment! I got caught in the ‘you can’t do that, it’ll clash!’ mindset, it’s so freeing once you drop that! Incredible video by two of my favourite guitarists 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@ThePurpleBanana11]

oh my god. this is the collab I didn’t know I needed!!!

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[@ThePreverbial]

I have just discovered a guy called Andy Timmons, he seems to be reasonably famous guitarist and exquisite phrasing and so melodic, which is more important to me then technical technique. Listening to this video has really helped me see how he is developing his sound. I have always found the named modes really confusing, they are the same scale started on a different note, since songs don't just run through scales it's difficult to see any relevance of modes. But what is being discussed here is the actual working realities for producing sound, for adding flavour to the otherwise limited series or progression of chords that create what people of earth call.... Music😜

[@valebliz]

Timmons has some really great phrasing and one of the best rock tones out there.

[@snieznybalwan]

The formal deinfinitions of scales/modes just feel overcomplicated for what it actually is. It is there so we have a robust and universal system to describe them, but when it comes to learning and understanding them - this is definitely the best approach, start with pentatonic and learn how the other notes work with it and what kind of emotion they introduce

[@drewdavis2392]

The modes each have their own sound (their tonality) -- even though they're the same seven notes. Which is why it's relevant. It's a nice demonstration of the importance of choosing what you do and which notes you emphasize in your melody and harmony to establish that sound you want instead of some other sound. It's not just the raw notes that have a sound; it's what you do with them, even when you're not running up and down a scale. (See those jokes in the video about "are you Middle Eastern?") For guitarists, the "same scale starting on a different note" is a nice economy. You don't need to learn 35 patterns to know all the modes all over the neck. Five will do. (And of course they're all really just one pattern: 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 2 1, and pick your own starting point in that cycle and when you want to change strings.)

[@vocalsg13]

@@drewdavis2392 Could you elaborate on the 221 pattern?

[@drewdavis2392]

@@vocalsg13 It's just the interval pattern counting the number of half-steps /semitones to pick out the major scale, e.g. C, +2 half-steps = D, +2 = E, +1 = F, +2 = G, +2 = A, +2 = B, +1 = C again. 2-2-1-2-2-2-1, for short. Or start somewhere else to get a different mode, wrapping around at the end. Minor/Aeolian, say, starts on the sixth: A, +2 = B, +1= C, +2 = D, and so on. 2-1-2-2-1-2-2. But look at that third number in this minor pattern and read from there: 2-2-1-2-2-2-1, the major pattern we started with. It's the same interval pattern for both, same set of notes, different mode depending on where you start, wrapping around every octave. Just different ways of writing the same thing. There are seven modes because there are seven notes in that scale, seven different starting places in the one seven-interval pattern. Other interval patterns would give you yet other scales (the whole-tone scale, for instance, 222222, or harmonic minor, 2122131), each of which would have its own set of modes.

[@nethminnn]

This channel has helped me discover a new whole vista in my playing. Can't thank you enough

[@hosnybouhayri214]

Your lessons will always have a place in my mind mate , very informative and user friendly lesson ! keep up the great work.

[@joeseabreeze]

When major and minor scales both work: the Majinor scale

[@jojo-fj7lw]

😂😂😂

[@filippo21ful]

who wants to know more about Rotem's guitar? because I do!

[@MrJustinraines]

Yeah, I'm curious what's going on with the cork taped between the pickups?

[@YouTubeHandlesAreMoronic]

@@MrJustinraines He uses a thumbtack to post his set list there, upside down.

[@ezanateshome2075]

Honestly always waiting for the next upload. Constant GREATNESS. Thank you!!

[@maxkelter3561]

That's an excellent way to look at different genre. Add notes from the basic pentatonic scale. That was really cool display.

[@vladavasiljev]

Imagine you have such two friends...

[@markarolee]

Nice megapentatonic scale

[@12pale]

I love you guys!!! Your approach is epic and makes for fun and practical learning!! Thank you both!!! Keep em coming, we’re watching!!!

[@Isykul]

Very useful indeed. Really enjoyed this lesson. I had so much fun just doing an A minor loop and experimenting over it. There is so much mystery attached to modes and one natural instinct is to quickly think what "shape" to play. This video removes a lot of the mist surrounding the subject and encourages you to use your ears for what sounds right.

[@robbyclark6915]

Man, I used to be locked into playing the pentatonic exactly as written. Of course as the years went on I learned the 3 note per string modes and several other scales used mainly by heavy metal players but through it all I realized I was a pentatonic guy. So I have ended up playing the pentatonic scale with literally nothing off limits. Ok, that’s an exaggeration, but I will find myself using chromatic runs, and any note that sounds good to me. Yet I always just consider myself a pentatonic scale guy. Because I am really. I don’t know all the theory behind it but I know what sounds good. People will ask me what scales are you using to get those licks or whatever and I’ll say “it’s just the pentatonic “ “with a few extra notes for good measure “🤷🏻‍♂️. I don’t know what else to tell them? It’s just whatever sounds good, but all based out of the pentatonic. It’s definitely nothing new!

[@davepilgrim5798]

12:30 This is the end, beautiful friend.. Different notes, just the "drone" thing

[@ziggysaurusrex1581]

Thought the same thing

[@aidanmctee9767]

I’m so glad i found this when i did. Scales intimidate me so much & this really opened my mind on how to play with feel. thank you Paul & Rotem!!

[@ernestfoss1968]

Thank You !! I watched The Blues Scale video too. Major Minor blues.Your speaking lends itself to teaching. You are a good teacher too.

[@xxnonstopdancingxx]

“It’s a known problem” 😂😂😂

[@UndeadBoogie]

All I know is I need to find some cork board to duct tape to my strat.

[@ronniechun-akana6433]

Paul, This is what I have been waiting for, to just us use the wonderful pentatonic and give tension and happy to this well used patern. Thank you.

[@stevengrinold3203]

I love it when you guys get together! Good content and sense of humor! Thank you!

[@dango_3016]

7:42 Paul: are you from the Middle East?🤭 Rotem: *laughs in guitar🎸

[@DurvalLacerda]

I was never the same after I found out that the Minor Pentatonic is the same shape as the Major Pentatonic, but 3 frets to the left. So if you want to play the A Major Pentatonic, just do the Minor Pentatonic scale in F# while focusing the root on A.

[@elias9746]

Almost right, however the minor pentatonic scale centers around the relative minor note. So the focus of that F# minor scale is still F# minor. Relative minor scales are a great tool for soloing however as with all things, you must use it correctly.

[@stefanoantonelli1981]

One of the best lesson so far on the web! love your channel

[@grillsimon4548]

That intro gave me so many goosebumps 😩 so amazing 😍 Love your vids so much because they are understandably during our 6 month lockdown i codent take guitar lessons bit your videos helped me out so much thx