Learn how to Improvise using these 3 "Neighborhoods" on the neck. Guitar Lesson - EP471

In this week's guitar lesson, we're splitting the entire fretboard up into 3 easy to visualize zones or "neighborhoods" that you can connect to your major and minor pentatonic scales.
To view the extra materials for this lesson (3 MP3 jam tracks and 2 leads in tablature format), visit: www.activemelo...

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[@johnsallee7824]

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[@orionthehunter9107]

When I started playing I made a basic major 3 chord jam track. I was just playing a scale up and down the neck. At times it sounded good and sometimes not so good. That was over 40 years ago. This video explained what I was hearing. Thank you so much. At 57 years old without any lessons videos like these expand what I have learned. Jamming later. 😀👍

[@dfaber56]

They should call you Thomas Edison because you have turned on so many light bulbs! This is why you’re such a popular teacher, your ability to get information across to your students is amazing. Please keep it up and thanks for an incredible lesson.

[@surfrby8876]

Neighborhoods is a great way to explain it , another great video 👍

[@zozikfreeman9403]

Thank you, Brian. Perhaps the best guitar lesson on pentatonic I've seen on youtube, how connected it with the chord shapes and used both major and minor scales. Brilliant, you are guitar wizard.

[@humpbackhowler3466]

Absolutely the best lesson I have ever viewed. Hugh advance with this lesson. Thank you.

[@TT-wz6xy]

Between this and you triads are the answer video is all everyone needs to catch the bus to improtown ,wonderful lessons sir

[@antonymaitlandsmith8758]

Such a great lesson Brian. So much to take away and play with and enjoy. Thank you.

[@armoniebluesdicarlolaezza2217]

This video is gold for us newbies to improvisation. Great lesson Brian 👏👏👏

[@19ripcord70]

This has really helped breakdown the rudiments of the 2 pentatonic scales used together.

[@bukenyaphillip4615]

Hello, thanks for this lesson it has really worked for me .keep it up your such a great teacher amd may God bless you.

[@dustdevilz4771]

Great lesson! I can’t wait to get the full version on premium. I find it hugely helpful, as you did here, when you overlay the scale and chord diagrams over the video.

[@martynspooner5822]

It took me so many years to sus what is being taught here. How lucky are the people that can learn from such a good teacher. An excellent lesson that can save anyone years.

[@martynspooner5822]

@Hämmingus Yes of course it is great when you work stuff out yourself, i was meaning this could have saved me so much time if I had been shown this way back when.

[@drchikosi]

What a great lesson! It hasn’t been easy doing a solo that makes sense. Sometimes I’ve felt a little embarrassed playing the same old thing around my people. This lesson is going to make a difference in my solos as I keep working on it. Thanks to one of the BEST online guitar teachers.

[@petermcgarrymusicandflying]

A great teacher can make the world of difference in any subject. This ties up so much for me. Connected

[@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes]

U still sus

[@martynspooner5822]

To ask someone if they are sus is so different than saying have you sussed something out.. To call someone sus is very detrimental but I am sure it is just not knowing English colloquialisms. To answer your question yes have not forgotten even though it took me years before I tumbled.(that means worked it out or twigged)

[@boilermaker222]

Thank you so very much for such a great tutorial. Your way of teaching is so informative. I've been playing for over 50 years and never knew how to go up and down the neck but I finally understand it. I'll be 74 next month and I consider this one of the best presents I've ever gotten. Going to practice right now. Thank's again. Bill E.

[@jfrorn]

You’re such a great teacher, thank you!

[@denisechetty4019]

I realize how important it is to know the root notes with the help of CAGED patterns. And I love these "bus lines"🚌 to move up the fretboard 🎸. Great lesson👍

[@Stringprodigy]

you don’t need CAGED

[@danknapp7865]

Awesome analogy of using “neighborhoods”. Much easier to grasp. Thanks!

[@michaelnyangi4459]

I really enjoy learning from you, you make the theory sink in effectively, i can figure out my way out in identifying the exact notes i want to play, i enjoy your Teaching thank you.

[@ajwallace381]

Too much fun, thanks. Playin with a feeling.

[@danielcollins5194]

I have been looking for this my entire life.

[@scottjones6624]

I found this lesson exceptionally clear and focused. You never got off track. You always stuck to the paradigm. The neighborhood model was terrific. The bus line idea was terrific. You showed everything you spoke off without too much extra. I thought this was one of your most well focused and conceived videos yet. The discussion of major and minor and where they can be used was also super clear. Nice job!!

[@dougsmith8430]

Wholeheartedly agree… Brian is a tremendous Teacher!

[@stvstreett]

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[@williamdon3442]

Man. You totally broke down something I’ve been struggling with. For that thank you

[@chupacerveza]

One of the most profoundly useful lessons I’ve seen in a while! Thank you for sharing it!❤

[@13thAMG]

After 11 years of supporting your channel, you still hold my attention, Brian. Your talent is inspiring. Hope we catch up when I get over to the US again some day. Btw, I'll email you again at some point because I have a massive update to share with you. 😉 And it's been a while since we chatted anyway. 🙂 You're looking well, pal.

[@douggauzy6258]

Like Mister Rogers ,Won’t you be my neighbor ? Hello Neighbor !

[@cgdoublezerorc]

I thought more of Sesame Street - These are the people in your neighborhood. 00

[@kavaleao1528]

GREAT AWESOME GUITAR LESSONS AND GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS FOR TEACHING THESE GUITAR LESSONS DAILY'S AND YEARS! STAY SAFE'S AND MAHALO AND MUCHO ALOHA'S

[@richardchapleau9428]

"Singing with my fingers" is a great phrase. I've always called it "fretdancing. "

[@stirlingkotze6244]

Wow what a lesson...got to spend a morning putting this together! Thank you 🙏

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Your videos are just getting better and better. Great lesson. I had fun with this one

[@stringman509]

More like this Brian please 🙏 Colin 🇬🇧

[@buddyboy66]

This is fantastic. Thank yo so much. Now, I know why my lead shapes have looked so much different from other players. The neighborhood and bus concept was brilliant!

[@lushstrings]

Brian your content is getting better thats why I subscribe as premium member. I keep saving more and more lessons to come back to!

[@PanHedonic]

Thank you so much for this well-thought-out lesson!

[@IsleofTTMan]

a greater lesson, thks Brian.

[@hmcpimpslap480]

I am a 60 year old beginner and this is the first time someone has explain the guitar and it completely makes sense to me!

[@Stringprodigy]

why does it matter that you’re 60?

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​@Stringprodigy why is often irrelevant

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[@cgdoublezerorc]

Oh my goodness. You just help the light turn on over here. It's only burning at about 50 W cuz I only watched, but I'm sure it'll burn brighter once I have my guitar in hand. Thank you!! 00

[@theguerrillavideocrew8894]

Brian just keeps coming up with these lessons that may on the face of it be theory heavy but are always giving you stuff that you can start using right away to make real music. Minutes after I apply myself to these lessons I’m playing something I’ve never been able to before.

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[@drewdietz2115]

Top drawer brian!!!! Another good one, keep em coming. Thanks

[@activemelody]

Yes, same rules apply to any key

[@georgearuldoss]

Awesome lesson Brian. Thanks. Very illuminating.

[@wainepurton31]

That made so much sense 😃 cool 😎

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Great content like your videos very helpful ...... keep up the great work

[@mug2y]

Great lesson, it's slowly sinking in

[@MrTupeloFlash]

Very well explained 👍

[@stringsofpassion2598]

A very elaborate lesson for guitarist wanting to solo, with a key note to watch for, excellent stuff.

[@ronniebaker3160]

This is very cool,,, Like feeling the tune,,, Thanks Brother 🎶🎼🎵

[@dianagisler]

Amazing lessons, thank you so much!!💜

[@EyalShahar]

Concise and enlightening. Thanks!

[@lsteved]

Would love to see a second version of this, thinking of the neighbourhood shapes as intervals around the root (i.e. 1,2,3,5,6 for major pentatonic) which I know how to find vs. the different scale shapes which I do not have memorized :)

[@maxjosephson8352]

great lesson , thank you

[@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes]

CAGED should be the instruction manual that every guitar should come with

[@normbrassard7939]

Wow, that is more than a light coming on! It's like a lightning bolt! Thank you!

[@segrangovender2245]

Nice very helpful thank you

[@downhill240]

Great lesson!

[@dtee06]

Awesome Thank You so much

[@djbny2la]

From a new subscriber to your site. I have been watching you for a couple of years now, going away, coming back, a few times until I decided to join the site for the extended lessons. One issue I have always had is "drinking from the fire hose", as you put it last week. But, now, I only use your videos. The trouble I have been having here is, every week you put out something new and interesting, and I jump to that, when in realty, I could (And should) spend weeks digesting everything in ONE of your lessons, take this lesson for instance. There is ALOT here to unpack and understand. It would be great if next weeks lesson was a short review, and than built on this lesson, say, finding and using the 3rds maybe? or how to throw in an arpeggio, but whatever it would be, the idea is that, from lesson to lesson, the lessons are all connected... So we are forced to go over the same extended material and really understand it and build on it as we go from week to week.. Or do you have a group of lessons that build on each other that I should be looking for on your site?

[@jayfreeman3004]

it's all there...don't be lazy....figure it out.

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Thanks for this nice Video , 😊🙌

[@jharrismsu]

Big lightbulb at the 15 min mark! I didn't know it was legal to play those passing notes. I always thought I would get an electric shock if I touched those.

[@nunoleite7191]

Very useful lesson, congrats

[@TheMikeclay27]

Great tutorial! Been plateaued for the last year or so trying to develop lead guitar skillset. This lesson really is a great framework to learn from if you're stuck in intermediate to advanced playing! Light bulb 💡 has went off. Keep em coming!

[@rrpatriot1584]

Great lesson. So many great ideas taught in simple concepts!

[@anselmdevas1530]

Damn good, thanks

[@ambarvenkataraman8890]

I so needed this lesson. Thank you so much brian.

[@tomweiver2285]

10/10 thanks!

[@pauldbrown1010]

Absolute gold material, thanks Brian! A digestible chunk of theory with immediately obvious usages, especially the "catching the bus" idea to move up and down the neck, which I see as a way to turn simple noodling around into a little solo that "goes somewhere" by either climbing to, or descending back to, the concluding chord. Cheers!

[@joachimwydra2601]

wow great

[@tbone2451]

Excellent !

[@sidesplitters]

That sounded beautiful! Are all of your training in your member's area 'to the point like' this? Also, are their lessons that build on this one, and more like this around theory?

[@jharrismsu]

Did anyone notice that all of the replies on this video received a "congratulations, you've been selected shortlisted winner.....text this number" however, when Brian replies it usually says "view reply from Active Melody" and this one just says "View Reply." I think this might be a scam message. Brian?????

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absolutly a scam, DO NOT RESPOND. Brian will have to take a look at remove

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I’ve removed them - yet another low-life scammer

[@mulljacob]

This lesson really hits for me. It’s like my base lesson for where I am in my guitar ventures. 😊 I still have this stubborn need to always be playing a note or triad constantly, though. ☮️ ❤

[@dukepeterson]

Excellent! “Taking the bus” is key on knowing where to transition!

[@georgerose1315]

awesome vid. very helpful being useable over the MAJOR chords, and over the relative minor. i suppose it can be used over the whole ionian? i like the concept as i play more than blues,and write my own songs.

[@davidr8650]

Fantastic. Connecting pentatonics to chords shapes, makes so much sense. So easy to understand now.

[@looking4crossroads135]

Hi Brian, do you have a video that shows how you make your video lessons and the gear you use? Cameras, sound, etc. Your videos are really great!

[@lucasolari3756]

SO GOOD TEACHER !!! I would need many one-to-one lessons, hoping to learn to play some easy songs... where do you live? :o)

[@looking4crossroads135]

Really brings things together for me. Great explanation.

[@magnethomewood]

Lots of material to work on in this lesson! Thanks for giving us all this awesomeness!

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U got a new sub ..

[@hermanodejesus7264]

Just to mention that at 15:23 he is playing that passing chromatic note on the G Major Pentatonic.

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[@andrewgordon9615]

Why didn't somone show me this in 1974? So many lost years playing Smoke on the Water. I don't think I hung out with the right friends. Thanks, Brian.

[@tonybaloney6656]

Wow “ I just singing with my fingers “

[@flylippfantom8425]

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day won't you be my neighbor. 😳😉

[@mrbadiuzzaman]

Never imagine 1/4 hr spent here cd take me through from basic chord shapes to soloing. You're such a brilliant instructor who makes easy what others struggle to explain. I wish I had discovered you a decade ago. Subscribed from Malaysia

[@scottenglert4083]

This is really great stuff for people (me ! haha) who struggle with this... Literally & figuratively connecting the dots...

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[@tontoninbas9496]

Très intéressant. Merci !

[@MrJamesaxon]

What an awesome lesson! Everything simplfied to a point that I couldn't fail to understand. Loved the jam track demos as well, made everything so clear and obvious. Thanks Brian!

[@nyzombiesquad182]

Man Nice Job...AGAIN, breaking it into the top 3...im going through learning arpeggios atm, in all 5 positions and trying to match the scales below them, M/m...i see the triads in the positions your using, and it seems to be all fitting together after taking those bottom strings out of it...you may have just turned that key for me, and opened the door...been watching for a little over a year now and have learned the most from you PERIOD , oh yeah (.)

[@cgdoublezerorc]

Ditto!! 00

[@kindlylight]

Thank you Brian I’ll be impressing my friends next week AWESOME lesson

[@jayem1826]

I bought a Mexican Tele in Japan. It played like butter, but sounded like crap through my tube Carvin. I sold it. Should have kept it and changed pups like you've done.

[@kennethwebbert7091]

Now I understand how to switch from major and minor pentatonic in the same key. I though if you were in c major pentatonic you have to go into A minor pentatonic. Because A minor pentatonic is minor to C major pentatonic. Or maybe this is the same thing. Explain a different way. I will analyze my guitar fret board paper.

[@webocoli]

Can't tell you how much I appreciate what you've just shown me in these last 20 min - Splitting the strings up to the top three strings is fantastic ! You've made it sound so easy!

[@flylippfantom8425]

A breakthrough was the minor Pentatonic 4th pattern and the Major pentatonic 1st pattern are within the same 4 fret area