How to use the Major Pentatonic Scale! - Major Pentatonic Scale Guitar Lesson

[@coreycongilio]

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[@keithppereira]

By far, one of the best major pentatonic courses that i have come across. A very detailed, precise and easy to understand explanation of the concepts.

[@lamgefyoutoob]

Incredibly useful. Your theory lessons are way easier to understand than most. Precise. Clear. Practical. Thanks!

[@leechild4655]

and his playing is so soulful it would turn bb king`s head.

[@coreycongilio]

Wow, appreciate that!

[@coreycongilio]

Thx so much!

[@keshabbose5447]

Excellent......this lesson is very useful thanks a lot .please give some this types of lessons ❤😊

[@allanbrassington2160]

One of the best major pentatonic lessons on KZbin. I've stolen all these licks! Thanks Corey

[@coreycongilio]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@uelisgold]

I understood the relationship between c and a in theory, but after this lesson, I understand actually the use of this theory. Thank you Corey. This was a fantastic lesson for me.

[@coreycongilio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@keithdavies79]

Im someone who has messed about playing songs with just straightforward chords on a beat up 30 odd year old acoustic for years. Never watched or had a guitar lesson my life. Then I stumbled upon Corey on you tube. Now I always thought lead was somthing other people played not me. But in just a Couple of months these lessons have totally opened up my playing. Working single note melody's into my strumming. Thanks so much. The way it's described and linked together is so easy to understand. Really given me the confidence that I can learn and play more than just chords. Like a door has been opened. Can't say thanks enough for this inspiration. 👌👌👌👍👍👍

[@coreycongilio]

Wow, that’s so nice to hear. I’m glad the lessons have been helping!

[@paddymurph]

Thanks Corey, you have the best personality for teaching and demonstrating!! Always enjoyed your Martin guitar videos and finally came across your own channel.

[@coreycongilio]

Wow, thanks!

[@Relicsun]

Thank you Corey , you’re definitely one of the best guitar teacher in KZbin land. You’re such a melodic player very clean sounding and articulate.

[@coreycongilio]

Wow, thanks!

[@darringodden7225]

Brilliant explanation Corey. It's so good to see you explain using the actual notes and not just pinky on the 5th 2nd fret etc. I understand this is how many learn but I had to learn the notes and their positions. It has taken me years.

[@UmVtCg]

Pinky on the blabla teaches nothing. It's like learning a monkey a trick. Understanding the notes and more importantly the intervals, and how these connect into the caged system (triads) and the scale.

[@achalkumar2381]

How sweet it sounds when you play anything ❤️

[@JerseyMiller]

This guy is one of my favorite current guitar players. Great teacher too.

[@coreycongilio]

Appreciate that!

[@vonzoomtunes9847]

Dude...when you try to show how the minor pentatonic scale doesn't sound as good....you still sound better than me. Really dig your teaching, Sir!

[@JBGWAlain]

There are so many videos out there about major and minor pentatonic. Although I already know these, I subscribed to your channel because you explained it more concisely and better than any other I’ve seen. Well done. You’ve done a service to the guitar community!

[@coreycongilio]

Much appreciated!

[@justdavebz]

Goes to show that good content last forever. Still one of the best explanations in 2023 going to 2024. Thanks man!

[@coreycongilio]

Wow, thanks!

[@webinno]

Cory, you are the one who re-inspired me into playing music again after quitting for more than 10 years!!! Tq

[@coreycongilio]

Wow that’s incredible. Thank you!

[@kostagiann100]

Best guitar lessons on the internet…bravo!!!

[@coreycongilio]

Many thanks!

[@kyawwin3698]

Hi! Corey I'm from Australia, 70 years of age, played guitar since teenage 3 cord rhythm song only. I've just started to watch your lessons a month ago, wow the way you explain your method it's mind blowing, hey my memory is not that good any more, but you have thought me more then my brain can retain. Thank you.

[@coreycongilio]

That’s so nice to hear. Thx and best of luck!

[@magnethomewood]

Mr Congilio, I have been playing with the minor pentatonic for some time now, and because of this lesson, I've now played my first jam with major pentatonic. Many, many thanks for your lesson!

[@coreycongilio]

That’s awesome!

[@jimsmith4611]

im getting so much out of these video's. i had just worked i can now play the major scale along side the relative minor / major pentatonic scale and i have been playing for years. This piece of learning really changes the 'vibe' on what i can now play once i know what key im playing in.. thank you for confirming thisrecent piece of learning.

[@JB19504]

Corey, I just discovered you from True Fire. So far, I think you have the best courses on True Fire. I played a bit when I was a teenager, then quit, and picked up guitar again in retirement. Your courses and videos are great! Liked, subscribed and a paying customer via True Fire.

[@coreycongilio]

Wow thx so much! I’m excited about my own TrueFire style site coming next week! Thx for the support!

[@anthonynguyen9779]

Who would have thunk that scale can be so soulful!

[@danielchavez85]

Thank you for a really important video. Coming from someone who played acoustic guitar forever and only got into electric in the last couple years, these types of videos are very helpful making a meaningful transition from harmony to melody. I have seen so many instructors relate everything to minor keys because most blues is played with dominate 7th cords (a flat 7 of the major scale) and that works with minor pentatonic. It makes sense for ease, but then they are constantly giving confusing information of how to play over chord progressions and why some notes work and others don't rather than start at the major scale, like you did here, and talk about why certain scale degrees change rather than jumping into memorizing modes or boxes. I love the tension of those half steps that are left out of pentatonic. Any sus2 or sus4 wants to resolve because of that half step tension and it's easier to learn why when you think in terms of the major scale. I hope this video gets viewed a lot because I think it's a better starting point for a beginner than one focused on minor pentatonic.

[@coreycongilio]

Glad it’s helpful!

[@dougsmith8430]

Corey…. You are awesome! We all get into our minor pentatonic scales, in our mixing of major and minor in the blues… But a straight up beautiful major feel is so beautiful! Thank you!

[@danobrien8407]

Great lesson, I just recently got the connection between major and minor pentatonics. Real eye opener. I was trying to play over Tennessee Whiskey and could not get the sound until I started with the major pentatonic. It’s definitely a journey and not a destination.

[@stephenhanlin2388]

You make me wish I lived in Nashville. Youre the best instructor of Truefire & YT. Thx for what u do brother

[@coreycongilio]

Thx for that!

[@berthaimona6909]

1-5-6-4 My favorite chord progression you played in this particular case E Major Thanks.

[@metroecco7908]

love how u break everything down then at the end tell us everything we learned thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@coreycongilio]

You got it!

[@paultodd367]

My guitar playing has improved dramatically thanks to how and what you teach. I am truly greatfull to you Corey. Thankyou so very much. You are so much more than just a great guitar player.

[@druwk]

Very useful to do a simple exercise before you practice...to learn all the notes on the fret board! You will be able to utilizing lessons like this much more easily. If you have to “figure” out where any specific note is, you can’t “target” that note on the fly. Like how this lesson is broken down. KISS

[@micksmastercosmo]

Corey, you are a natural teacher. So easy to understand and good bite sized nuggets to really understand. Keep it up!

[@coreycongilio]

Thx so much!

[@Rocker-yp1en]

Truly the best teacher ever, no lie, just fact. Any chance of posting the tab for that little 1 chord jam?, several real nice tidbits in there. Never stop teaching, you're the BEST

[@coreycongilio]

Truly appreciate that! All the best and thanks for the support!

[@shawnoshaunessyphillips4161]

Thank you Sir for helping me with my guitar struggle. I meet you about a year ago at the Underdog and you played phenomenally well that night. You are a big inspiration and a great teacher. Keep up the awesome work dude..

[@coreycongilio]

Hey Shawn. Wow, thanks for this! Glad to have met you as well. Re introduce yourself next time! All the best.

[@wesleyb_92]

One of the best teachers on youtube

[@JuanHoya]

Arguably D best maj pentatonic lesson out there. And most comprehensive. Big 👍

[@coreycongilio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@tonefish3825]

Hi Corey, found you thanks to Jonathan & Fret Buzz. Great lesson. This video hit for me. I feel like I just got my 1 year chip - started Jan 1 2020. I have spent a year just building dexterity and noodling in the minor scale. Just starting to play more Major and learn the intervals. Then @ 12:28 I got stopped down, and that is how I will spend my day; trying to learn that...

[@coreycongilio]

Thx for coming over to watch and very cool of Jonathan and Fret Buzz to share 🙏🏻

[@VintageTubeTone]

What's really interesting is to play 4 bars of Cmaj, 4 bars of Am and 8 bars of D7 over the soloing you were doing in the middle of this video. There's a mixolydian connection there as well. Always great instruction, Corey.

[@BinoRucker]

you are a superb teacher; the slow version example minute 12 34 allows me to understand what warren haynes does. thank you

[@coreycongilio]

Get the TABs and Track here coreycongilio.ac-page.com/majorpentatoniclesson

[@meinhendl]

now I know the difference between genius and me. great ! thank you !

[@PhilipMurrayDesign]

Superb lesson, thanks Corey. Your online blues lessons are fantastic, really helped to improve my playing.

[@coreycongilio]

Thx so much!

[@PeterKertesz2013]

This is an awesome video mate. As you mentioned "relative minor" I googled "Einstein about music" as I wanted to see if he mention music in his relativity theory and the first thing on top is a quote of him saying " Life without playing music is inconceivable for me" .." I see my life in terms of music".. To learn music is the best thing one can do.Thank you for sharing!!🎸🎶🙂

[@coreycongilio]

🙏🏻

[@p.pentatonic4309]

Wow... That E Major/c# m sounds so amazing. Im so.happy, so many Years. This Video opened my Vision. Now i know why it sounds like Music Unbelievable. It makes me so happy. Just enjoy ✌.

[@rafa_guitar]

Everything getting clear day by day following your simple and very worthy examples to play music applying theory, Thanks so much Corey!

[@coreycongilio]

Great to hear!

[@lightsjohnson8253]

Yes,I know who you are. Great lessons and player. I know a lot of this stuff, great to get another perspective. Thanks.

[@coreycongilio]

My pleasure!

[@kevinhines3487]

Very good lesson. A key learning point for me is the selecting a good progression that lends itself to sticking with the major pentatonic scale through out the tune. So much good bending opportunity that I broke a string on this lesson!

[@coreycongilio]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@onkoinko]

Thank you Corey! I've been watching all kinds of videos about this stuff the past several days trying to figure it out and this was by far the best one. Made the most sense. Excited to watch more of your vids!

[@coreycongilio]

Great to hear!

[@MrSkunk1964]

i actually managed to play along with the backing tracks. just following coreys advice. i think the secret is chord tones and the good players know this. many thanks for the lesson. you have a great presenters tone to your voice and manage to say alot and hold the audience in my opinion. quite a gift . well done you. keep shining with helping others. God bless you

[@coreycongilio]

Great to hear. Thank you!

[@kazuki535-j5j]

Thanks for your philosophy😊

[@satchrules101]

Amazing teacher and player!

[@coreycongilio]

🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@captain4420]

Ah i had a problem when I first learned the pentatonic. I was taught like you said the minor pent and thought that was the only pentatonic scale. And i learned it and loved it. But s bit later i heard about the major pent when I was learning blues and had not idea what was happening. I think it’s important to see why they go hand in hand instead of just rushing the learning.

[@rusty_strings7356]

Corey Congilio.. Simply the best!

[@MikeStanley-pb3jf]

Thanks Brother. I am starting to actually entertain myself, thanks to you and some practice.

[@mikecatello1710]

Thanks for this one Cory! Love all the lessons you put out on truefire, udemy, thursdays etc. If I can add a pinch of Cory to my playing it sounds so much better!

[@coreycongilio]

Glad you enjoy!

[@bdunn315]

Fantastic video. One of the best I’ve seen ever. So helpful.

[@coreycongilio]

Glad to hear it

[@christopher.hallissy]

Beautiful guitar.

[@buzzburb1]

Wow, Wow Wow you just got me out of a 2 year RUT, cheers man👌👌

[@juanbecerra1080]

Corey you are a great instructor combining theory and examples make it so easy to follow. Thank you

[@coreycongilio]

Thank you!!!

[@markyoung4549]

Corey is one of my very favorites!

[@josemariagarrido6328]

Very helpful and clear explanation. Theory and practice is easily understood. I like the way you incorporate examples to your comments on harmony. Thank you Corey!

[@coreycongilio]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@Liam444Ofaolain]

Great explanation and demonstration. Thx.

[@coreycongilio]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Barchenhund]

Great teacher/player. Great lesson. Great guitar face. 😊

[@coreycongilio]

Thank you kindly!

[@GuitarJams-zs7yf]

I been trying to figure out the major pentatonic and you just answered a long time question I had. Like when playing in key of E there is no A note in the major pentatonic for the A chord. But you havre the 3 and the 5 of the A chord in the E major pentatonic. I just need to fiddle around with those two notes when the A chord is played. Thanks for that.

[@kyledrevlo1962]

Stellar explanation, outstanding playing on that E section. I quit learning there and just listened. Haha, had to go back!

[@HumblyServingGod]

Corey rocks that stash as much the guitar. Thanks man, great stuff.

[@coreycongilio]

You bet!

[@laldingnghetacolneydingngh4012]

Excellent work for me, i have found an interesting lick and melody thri your video

[@jammin9962]

This is one of the very best guitar vids I ever saw on KZbin thanks alot cory

[@coreycongilio]

Wow, I appreciate that!

[@sircharles7323]

What a superb teacher! ❤

[@alessiograziani6355]

Your're a fantastic teacher and a fantastic player! Thanks for sharing tehse lessons with us.

[@coreycongilio]

Thank you so much!

[@samstamos427]

Corey. Thanks again for everything that you do. Great livestreams on Thursdays at 2pm et. This is a great follow-up to your lesson that was live-streamed this past week, as well as in weeks past where you address major-minor pentatonic and blues scales. Great work and excellent courses as well. Happy Thanksgiving. Sam.

[@stevebirks1]

Excellent lesson. Fast becoming my favourite online resource as it so easy to follow.

[@coreycongilio]

Thank you!

[@flathead7922]

You're the man Corey , love you bro..

[@steveo44]

Such a great lesson. Thanks for your time. You have knack of getting ideas across

[@coreycongilio]

Glad to hear that!

[@youKnowWho3311]

Ok, I think you just fixed everything I have been doing....... only perhaps one problem. I don't mind the Em scale over major. On to the next video and may be even some private lessons.

[@nic1208]

Love your lessons Corey!

[@coreycongilio]

Thx so much!

[@alainkempa2139]

Hello Corey, super cool video. Maybe a nice topic for a new video, which notes can you bend on major /minor pentatonics scale? I think it is an('the') important skill in blues and if you look on youtube it is not well explained (or nested inside videos so diffcicult to catch). For instance on minor pentatonic , bend from minor 3rd with 1/2 tone to watch the major 3rd. On major pentatonic bend from the 2cd 1tone to watch the major third...etc..all possibilities and good practices.

[@AnkitSingh-vx4dy]

Sir , this was a very useful lesson. I am going to buy the Major pentatonic course right away. I wass really struggling with major. I can play it but it doesn't always sound right. Thank you for your help.

[@coreycongilio]

Glad to hear it. I hope you enjoy the course!

[@markbelanger5757]

Great lesson man! one of the best on You Tube!

[@debasisdas6843]

Very nice lesson

[@charliechamporado454]

I learned more from your video than anywhere else! Can’t wait to try this when I get home 😮

[@coreycongilio]

Awesome!

[@chrisgreenwood9654]

So good, thanks Corey

[@coreycongilio]

My pleasure!

[@luisvolpon1598]

This is fantastic Corey, very clear explanation, I’ve learned a lot. Thank you.

[@coreycongilio]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks!

[@johne.skaggs3793]

Very Helpful and Very Cool.

[@coreycongilio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@jezzamundo4720]

Great lesson, getting some Richie Sambora vibes from that C# Minor over E

[@QBRX]

Yup, nicely done.

[@coreycongilio]

Thx!

[@roballen49]

Great lesson! Thanks!

[@coreycongilio]

My pleasure!

[@MC-1976Mei]

That progression in E at 12:25 was amazing! Those bends & vibratos are killing my fingers. 😢😭

[@RobertCross1388]

you are a wizard Corey

[@coreycongilio]

👊🏼

[@woodyl8416]

great lesson, you are a great conveyor & slayer of guitar comprehension, thx always

[@coreycongilio]

Thx so much!

[@tarnishedknite]

Hey Corey, these Pentatonic courses are very good, thanks for putting them out here!!

[@coreycongilio]

My pleasure!

[@CraigRMerriman]

Excellent lesson. Thank you Corey!

[@mariogomez8146]

very helpful thank you so much.

[@coreycongilio]

Glad it was helpful!

[@achalkumar2381]

Learning so much from you .. Thanks Corey . You are the real BluesMan 🤛🏽

[@larrywithrow5876]

Great info Corey. I may have just had a “lightbulb moment “ with your excellent teaching style. Thank you so much for taking the time to explain what’s actually going on 😎

[@coreycongilio]

My pleasure!

[@larrywithrow5876]

@@coreycongilio Corey. Wanting to buy your country guitar lesson, but can’t get it through truefire. Is there any other way to get the download?? Thanks. Larry

[@coreycongilio]

Hey Larry? Can you email me and perhaps we can sort it out?

[@coreycongilio]

Use the contact form on my website

[@larrywithrow5876]

@@coreycongilio Corey, What’s your email ?

[@sixstringstarter]

Thank you Thank you Thank you Sir!

[@coreycongilio]

my pleasure!

[@ericvituccimusic]

Awesome lesson Corey. These last couple of months have really help me figure out this Major/Minor thing. Really seeing a big change in my playing!

[@coreycongilio]

Great to hear!

[@SidBonkers51]

Great video Corey, I find these much more useful than the live streams which TBH I find a bit rambling, each to their own of course, Im sure many others prefer the live shows.

[@omorganstudios]

I like the way you use the piano notes. I think of notes this way to...😊

[@ReverendHellbilly]

Great lesson miss a few with work.Thanks for this one so important .cheers bro.🎸🧨

[@apollo4556]

soli gold! Love the way you teac!

[@coreycongilio]

Thx so much!

[@andrewhogg1427]

Hi Corey, thank you for all that you put into your lessons: love it!

[@coreycongilio]

My pleasure!