Learn how to mix the major and minor pentatonic scales - Guitar Lesson - EP130

[@stephenmcconnell7868]

I started doing this with my instructor just last week. Thanks for covering this. I’ll go to Active Melody site. I am a member and it’s worth every penny.

[@SteveWoodard66]

Best lesson I’ve seen yet showing how to mix major and minor pentatonic. Thanks Brian!

[@sethchrisman1645]

This guy is the best on the tube!

[@charlesboring1316]

amen to that! and there are a bunch of good ones. Brian is the best!

[@buc8992]

This lesson is GOLD !!!!!

[@arkibanjo4277]

Thanks for this great lesson. I’m a bit bitter, that you published it now, not 50 years before. Then I would be now a world famous blues guitarist. This explained me things that knew, but didnt understand

[@leegridley5663]

As always Brian another fantastic lesson. You've definitely got the knack of conveying things clearly and concisely. For me, the best guitar lessons on the net.

[@tompappas4462]

Brian I am enjoying all the lessons. the inverted chords helped give more ideas to work with. new. licks and more ease to move around the neck. I find myself watching the video and then playing my own music. I have been able to play with my kids now. I have my oldest asking me where did I come up with the sound. thanks brian.

[@detike14]

Thanks you so much for this lesson. When you explain that the major pentatonic is only three frets down, there was going a world open for me.

[@robm9460]

Best lesson I’ve seen on mixing the two sounds!!!!

[@rahulporal]

You helped a guitarist go over that monotony today. I almost gave up guitaring. Thanks.

[@patrickestwick5675]

You are very good Brian. I look forward to supporting you officially soon.

[@Starthemachine-n9p]

You are a national treasure my friend.

[@tuftyaurelius9062]

What must be stated clearly is that the Aminor pentatonic scale has Cmajor pentatonic as its RELATIVE major and vice versa. Same notes but different roots: A, C,D, E and G Or C,D, E, G and A! The relative minor to Amajor is actually F@, same notes different roots/starting points. It’s extremely important to understand the concept of RELATIVE major scales and minor scales. Hence one must know the number of sharps and flats in ALL the keys as we whizz around the fingerboard. Very important music theory!

[@alexanderkostas1880]

you, sir, just cleared the sky for me. Thank you for this great lesson!

[@dominicgagnon217]

Such a good lesson Brian, thank you!

[@k.t.robinson6339]

Pal. You give very fun and thoughtful lessons Talk all u want!!! Great 👍 lesson

[@mayito714]

Thanks. Best vid I have seen on this topic anywhere. Congrats to you...

[@brentgaspard7531]

WOW! This is eye opening - THANK YOU Brian!

[@monksmusicacademy]

So far the best learning channel 😊🤘

[@paulmclean6901]

This is great Brian I really like this lesson.

[@samuelw3295]

Very helpful lesson! Thank you for great teaching.

[@wheelsturn]

Thanks Brian!! the lessons are the best!

[@otis7778]

hi. Now i understand how it works. minor > 3 frets = major. easy to undestand. thx a lot... like everytime, for all of Your videos i saw and you done. also what i wanne say... some of this y.t. "teachers" talk 17 miniutes in 20 min gitaur lesson. horrible. you explain and show it in the same time. well done !!! g from germany

[@Daytripper51]

This is one of the most useful,valuable guitar lesson's on the Tube! A lotta guys do the solo's but have no idea how to stray from them if they had the opportunity. Thanks for a great one,Brian!

[@mehboobyaqoob473]

the best lesson in KZbin to mix minor and major Pentatonic scales. Thank you so much Sir 😊 graet job.😊😊😊😊

[@mikesmith-gx6ox]

hey bud Im sure you're already aware of this but your lessons are super unique and insightful.. you've made my guitar learning/playing experience very smooth and I love you for it... keep it up my man

[@lufiealice6251]

I've been playing for nearly 30 years and I knew this stuff but I was intrigued and this is the best I've seen it explained. Great job.

[@larrylawson6408]

Thanks so much Brian , its like you have handed me the key i needed , Larry

[@Akam8711]

the videos are clear and grt lessons. expecting more lessons I love it..

[@charlieniner1552]

Great lesson - learn something new every day

[@KevinDuvernay]

Great lesson.. I'm a bassist trying to get into playing guitar. one of the FEW licks I have mixes Maj & min pent. I didn't know that.. it just sounded good to me. now I can build on it.. thanks for explaining it..

[@warrenlblanchette]

great teaching ..I've learned a lot from u thanks

[@Tolbiny]

You can also throw the flat fifth in there to add even more possibilities.

[@johnstrange880]

Another fabulous lesson.

[@michaelspera9337]

You're doing just fine keep up the good work

[@simonettitraining]

Love it! You are an amazing teacher!

[@mraggrovator]

Good teaching method.

[@sallysigler727]

7:28 am est Hello from Jacksonville, Florida

[@kruzzo8d]

Hi Brian, great video as always! Maybe you could do a video that shows when could be good to change a key in a solo? I'm sure you would have some good and fresh ideas about that!

[@Markson20]

Thank you thank you so much :) your a great teacher . more than great , above and beyond

[@GaryBook]

Fabulous lesson.

[@paulluengo2324]

Very informative

[@johncoreymorris]

Brian, this is an awakening 🙌

[@mariochavez5583]

thanks for the lesson!

[@KevinDuvernay]

great lesson. I'm a bassist trying on get into guitar. one of the FEW licks I have mixes Maj and min pent. I didn't know that. it just sounded good to me. thanks for explaining it..

[@saikakam]

Great video, thanks

[@chatbass2468]

And people dislike this because...? Thanks Brian for the info.

[@mmccartney6579]

+chat bass (chatbass) Great question!!

[@frayernithdumene2070]

How do you know what the major pentatonic will be. Like for minor pentatonic you would use the 6 of that key. So how would you find the major pentatonic of that key?

[@camperstar6stringer]

Excellent, Brian. ありがとう

[@robertbraga5595]

Great video, very helpful and clarifying, thanks a lot!

[@MTB.edits23]

I "liked" it just coz you mentioned Setzer!! No, kidding, good lesson man!!

[@billyclub56]

You Are the Man! Billyclub

[@S24W2]

Hi Bryan, you're a great teacher but just one point - it may be helpful if you could give people the beat numbers as you play the licks. Thanks again

[@colink4823]

This is great, now I get how Lynyrd Skynyrd , Dicky Betts and Brian Setzer do it.

[@draganmihajlovic3941]

Thank you

[@jimmyperinientertainment2832]

Dude you remind me of jerry branch ours dallas great teacher and player

[@Chord_The_Seeker]

Great lesson, thanks.

[@pickettmandi]

Anoth3r way to look qt it is knowing your relative minors. I look at that second position like its a C major, but knowing it shares the same notes as A minor.

[@TuTuBo1055]

What major pentatonic scales that could be used when leaving or going up and down the blues pentatonic scale?

[@shotapruidze2886]

for example backing track is Am.% % %/DM % Am %/EM % AM % I should play only A pentatonic scales or combine with Dm and em ? or do you have some video on it ? thx

[@innerpull]

i still have no clue WHY a major and minor scale have the same shape? why is the major scale three frets down? does it always follow behind the minor pentatonic scale by three frets? what's in between? if your key/root note changes how does that affect where they are relative to each other? i just started lessons and im kind of reaching for air. seems like no one explains any of this but just says "now hang with me, dont sweat that other stuff" but i neeeeed LOGIC to build from as a home base or else my brain doesnt know where the boundaries are and it goes into an erratic overdrive of questions instead of being able to relax in the structure im building out from...

[@milkdawgmcgee7498]

Hey there, I started teaching myself guitar and music theory seven months ago, and I think I can answer your question, if you haven't already figured out the answer yourself. The key lies in the circle of fifths, which I highly advise you to study. I also am the type of person that learns music best by understanding the theory and underlying patterns behind it, and the circle of fifths has helped me tremendously. FOR NOW THOUGH, all you need to know is that every time you move clockwise by 1 on the circle, it moves you up by 7 half-steps, or a perfect fifth. Moving counter-clockwise by 1 on the circle moves you up instead by 5 half-steps. Now, Google image the circle of fifths. You'll see a capital C at the top of the circle. Let's call this the 12 o'clock position. At this position, we have C major. Moving 1 in a clockwise direction would get you to G major, 2 would get you to D major, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, moving clockwise by 3 will get you to A major. C major's relative minor key is A minor. Basically, this means that they share all of the same notes and are essentially the same key, just starting on A instead of C. Therefore, A minor is at the 12 o'clock position, along with C major. Now, if you are in the key of A minor, and want to get to the key of A major, you have to go clockwise on the circle of fifths by 3, getting you from the 12 o'clock position to the 3 o'clock position. BASICALLY, going from a minor key to the same key but major instead means you have gone clockwise by 3 on the circle of fifths. Now, remember that each "tick" clockwise on the clock moves you up by 7 half-steps. Therefore, 3 ticks equals 21 half-steps. Therefore, moving from a minor to a major of the same pitch requires moving up by 21 half-steps. Now, this last part might be a bit mind-bending, but stay with me: Since there are 12 half-steps in an octave, you can reduce the distance that you have to travel from 21 to 9 by subtracting by 12 half-steps, or down one octave. If we go down one more octave, we get -3. Think for one second: To go from the key of A minor to the key of A major, we have to go up by 21 half-steps. From the last step, we also know that going up 21 half-steps and going down 3 half-steps is basically the same thing. Therefore, going down 3 half-steps (frets on a guitar) will take us from A minor to A major. Hope this helps!

[@innerpull]

MilkDawg Mcgee thaaanks. you seem to think more in the kind of way that i do, so this is just what i needed

[@milkdawgmcgee7498]

Awesome! I'm glad I could help. I'd be happy to talk more if you have any other questions. Like I said I'm a new student to this as well, and don't have a lot of friends who are interested in it haha

[@97warlock]

WOW lol Whaaaat? That says "maximimum confusion to me. I guess Im less advance than the guy asking the question in the first place.

[@travisbean3927]

the guitar scales handbook by Damon Ferrante says that the A major pentatonic scale contains the notes A, C#, D, E, and G. that's playing the frets e----5 b----5 - - 8 G------67 D----5- -7 A----5- -7 E----5 - - - 9 I'm starting to think Damon Ferrante is wrong. Could someone play this and help me out?

[@jdubchek5939]

TB TB I believe the notes for A major penta are A B C# E F# then if you add a C you heve the Major blues scale..Hope that helps out

[@milkdawgmcgee7498]

The pentatonic scale always follows the same pattern. For example, the major pentatonic scale in the key of C is: C, D, E, G, A, and back to C. Therefore, the major pentatonic progression, in half-steps, goes Root-2-2-3-2-3, at which time it lands back on C. If we apply this pattern to the key of A major, it would go A, B, C#, E, F#, A, just like J dubchek said.

[@drsmith4582]

This isn’t the traditional major pentatonic scale. It is one of several hybrid pentatonic scales. This one contains root, major 3rd, fourth, fifth, flat seventh. Very cool mixolydian sounding scale.

[@booswalia]

Thanks for this great lesson. I just have one question. If you're playing say an Am Pentatonic scale and you drop down 3 frets are you then playing the relative which would be C Major or would you be playing the A Major Pentatonic?

[@craigcotter7476]

not the relative minor, it would be the A maj pent you'd be playing.. A minor pent notes are: A C D E G A major pent notes are : A B C# E F# the relative c major drops the opposite way, moving in direction of the 12th fret rather than the nut

[@booswalia]

Thank you, @@craigcotter7476

[@johnroberts5285]

The A note on the the D string,7th fret also overlaps and is not indicated on the diagram.

[@eddie01187]

pls make videos on how to create our own solos step by step..... from beginner to pro level.... regards!!!

[@activemelody]

That's what I do every Friday on this channel :) I've been creating those videos for over 6 years now.

[@billwilson7383]

Another great lesson. Just learning to mix maj/min. Eye opening sound. Speaking of that, those eyeglasses age you 20 years...lol.

[@davidzubiria3783]

But what happens when you hit the 3rd notes which are different in major and minor. In this case f/f#

[@chuck347]

thanks

[@jojo-fj7lw]

I just realised that licks only be played on the GBE strings.

[@wojciechimielski4313]

How is it possbile to mix major and minor...? If a tune is, for instance, in minor, how can the major solo match...? Can anyone answer that question? I posted it many times, everywhere, and nobody was so nice to answer...

[@activemelody]

Hey Wojciech, generally you can't use the major scale or major pentatonic scale if it's a minor key song. However, it's a major key song you can play either. So if it's a minor key song, you can only use minor, if it's a major key song, you can use either. Hope that helps.

[@wojciechimielski4313]

Many thanks!!! It's nice, that anyone can react sometimes :D It will help, of course, it's an important information, but why is it like that...? So, in a case of minor song the hybrid scale won't work...?

[@terinhacolares7964]

+Active Melody j

[@MyDreamside]

i had the same question, the only answer i have for the minute is because it sounds good

[@wojciechimielski4313]

Thanks, but it's not enough for me... I need to understand everything I do... :/

[@sandrabecht4489]

👍👍🇩🇪vielen Dank

[@maidenmadridcr7863]

GREAT HELP

[@audleymelhado5830]

Would it not be more helpful to tun the guitar fretboard the other way round so that the bass strings are on top.

[@alfeolorenzon1826]

Wow 28 minute, you are a olympic recordman. You could say the same things in 28 seconds LOL

[@Daytripper51]

Question...What really defines a rhythm track that allows either the minor or major scale to sound better? In other words, sometimes the major sounds best....other tracks,the minor works best......

[@activemelody]

+brpbrpbrpbrp The key that it's in. If it's in A minor, for example, then you wouldn't play a major scale at all - it wouldn't work. However, if a song is in a major key, then you could choose either the major pentatonic scale (happy) or the minor pentatonic scale (bluesy)

[@Daytripper51]

+Active Melody Got it! Thanks!

[@SipiGabesz]

+Active Melody Hi Brian, I also have a question. Minor is a sad scale, while major is a happier scale. But what about for example C major pentatonic and A minor pentatonic where the notes and shapes are the same? What makes the difference in sound (sad or happier)?

[@activemelody]

+GaborS The chord underneath is what makes the difference. In your example, if you play the A minor pentatonic scale while an A chord is being played, it will sound bluesy (sad), if you play that same scale while a C chord is being played, it will sound happy.

[@mattwestcott6959]

Yup. A is the relative minor of C, so playing your A minor pentatonic shape over C would actually be a C major pentatonic. To further that, playing your A major pentatonic shape over an F sharp would sound minor as F sharp is the relative minor of A. Fun stuff, and good to know! Makes navigation a fair bit easier!

[@glennkrzeminski7539]

Mercy! 4:35 invested in the video and you haven't said a darn thing. Why explain the pentatonic minor? Do you think mixing major and minor pentatonics is a beginner lesson? Really?

[@activemelody]

I'm just trying to cover all bases. There's a fast forward option you know.

[@kylebardone8703]

Well, you're trying to teach how to mix the major and minor scale, in some wonky way. people who are watching this are trying to figure out how to use the scale to make music probably. You're just showing the scales in a diagram and playing some random licks you learned from from bb king or whatever. You're not actually showing people how to make music out of this.

[@activemelody]

Hey Kyle, I have hundreds of lesson videos with example songs and licks using both the major and minor pentatonic scale, this video is designed to show a few places that they overlap to give people ideas for how to start combining the 2 scales.

[@kylebardone8703]

Active Melody You're just showing the how to play a learned lick over them them and not explaining the why they work together, or how they work together. Like i said if you're just playing blues licks that you've learned that doesn't help people understand the why or the how it works.

[@milkdawgmcgee7498]

Hey, I just wanted to say that I've been teaching myself guitar over the last 7 months, and have learned quite a bit. But, there is obviously still a lot to learn and the diagrams and licks that Bryan showed in this video were extremely helpful to me. Idk you might just be trolling, but even so, I feel compelled to say that just because you didn't find this video helpful doesn't mean it's not helpful to anyone.

[@weedparty9]

no amp is an interesting choice

[@whynottalklikeapirat]

1. Draw the scales on paper 2. Put the drawings in a blender 3. Mix

[@brommaman40]

hi grerat fr johnb.

[@smokers66]

Just when I thought it would all click it didn't. Totally failed to explain, what and when to play the scales over the I, IV, V against the backing. Rrrrrgh

[@jamesdubose9216]

5th view 1st comment lol

[@mrmres]

Too much talking.

[@KevinDuvernay]

if he's talking too much for you. maybe you got it and don't need this lesson.. js

[@CalebePriester]

You talk too much

[@activemelody]

+Calebe Priester I try to explain the "why" behind the notes.. instead of showing you how to play them with no context. These lessons are all created that way. Just showing the notes with no context isn't really learning, it's just memorizing.

[@jessicacabrales55]

Great explanation!