LESSON Major Pentatonic Scale | all 5 positions

Introduction - 0:38
Position 1 - 1:51
Position 2 - 3:32
Position 3 - 5:39
Position 4 - 7:21
Position 5 - 8:41
Moving up/down - 12:10

[@gjfy1002]

I've been a casual player for over 25 years but could never wrap my head around scales. This video has finally made the concept hit home. I like the table of contents time markers to bring me to the next position. What I found especially helpful in this demonstration was how you bring the scales back down finishing out with the root chord. Thanks for the video. Nice work. Subscribed.

[@rlomeli44]

Thanks for breaking it down clearly....hard to find someone does this effectively

[@frankswildyear]

Thank you JJ! You are a great player and a gifted teacher!

[@zlatanmustacevic9261]

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[@hik225]

Introduction - 0:38 Position 1 - 1:51 Position 2 - 3:32 Position 3 - 5:39 Position 4 - 7:21 Position 5 - 8:41 Moving up/down - 12:10

[@awesomevideos3604]

thank you.

[@ncrtrooper8786]

My ring finger hurts witch one is recommended if your rung finger hurts

[@sebasperez9409]

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[@donaldgossett1736]

Thanks

[@joescatton-np8xr]

Most simplified video on KZbin. THANK YOU

[@anand10ful]

Thanks a lot sir..this was a life gifting lesson..

[@JJoftheT]

anand10ful You're welcome! 🙏🏻

[@karliej2387]

This is exactly what i was looking for .:) thanks

[@bobbylong3312]

Definitely subscribing. I really enjoy the way you break everything down. You go slow enough that I can understand.

[@Robixino]

finally a lightbulb moment for me!! that warm feeling inside! Thanks a bunch!

[@diogenesthegamer]

Only took me 3 minutes to realize the chart is inverted on both the X and Y axis. Cool. Yes, I am 100% aware that 'high' E is traditionally on top. And that we go left to right, righter => higher frets. It's just also literally the inverse of the visual aid.

[@JV6OF9]

JJ good job on your tutorial, I never comment but I did today, the reason why is I would like to thank you or not blasting into some obnoxious riffs in an attempt to impress everybody. Very refreshing compared to what is typically seen on KZbin straight to the point great job. PS I actually subscribed which is another thing I really don't do, looking forward to seeing what else you got out there thank you again

[@JJoftheT]

Johnny Vrtis Thank you so much, I guess that is exactly my point in making these videos. 🙏🏻

[@JV6OF9]

JJ Tanis no thank you I meant what I said and by the way thanks for replying

[@karladuncan2728]

You're a genius! love your style man!

[@stiffpingas8539]

Great Video! Thank you for the time-stamps as well, they really helped.

[@akustickesrdce4690]

Thanks Jj, great lesson. Nicely all together.👍 All the best, kind regards, Peter

[@davidcolquhoun4975]

Made simple. Thank You!

[@siamthangi4051]

Thankyou! my journey in playing a guiter just kickoff .God Bless !

[@ErnieHines1]

Excellent, J.J. You always make your lessons so clear and understanding. Thank you for sharing!

[@lefterisraptopoulos6317]

1:58, 4:12, 5:58, 7:30, 8:42, 9:58

[@miguelscserra]

Lefteris raptopoulos thanks man

[@fishylogic222]

Why do I need to know all these different shapes if it's the same notes? EDIT: I know the notes will be different for different keys but wouldn't the intervals between the notes in any key be the same?

[@jacobbarnes1453]

Different octaves so it doesn't sound boring

[@GMB855]

Do 10 positions, major and minor pentatonic!

[@lex.volokh.4925]

Thanke you very much,mr. JJ! You are good teacher.Best regards.

[@davidlentz1946]

i'm just relearning the guitar again after 30 years. lol. But maybe i'm wrong but I think the relative minor is always 3 half steps below the major key. A is 3 half steps below C. Thus A minor is the relative of C major. and E is 3 half steps below G. So, E minor is the relative of G major

[@ged3mallon]

What a bloody good video lesson ...two thumbs up... thank you.....

[@TheStreetest]

Good stuff. Just got into this scale. I favor the blues scale .but this is good too.. 😁🙂 thnx

[@PabloBalmelli]

Great Lesson JJ! keep them coming!

[@ramonphilipaquino7397]

thanks so much for making another video... please make more videos in the future.. im learning alot from u sir thank u!

[@dougbest2379]

Thank you for what you do. I have diff. Seeing the finger pos. when you first introduce the note positions because your other fingers are in the way.

[@ikuemehinlosamuel8138]

Very very helpful sir. The best I have learnt so far about pentatonic scales recently. I don't know if you also have pentatonic blue scale lessons? It will be interesting sir if you do. I want to learn that too

[@rexbenemerito1943]

Thanks for the explanation. Big help

[@ty.process]

JJ, thanks for the great content! I may have had a mind-blowing (for me...) revelation, please confirm if I'm correct or delusional ;-) Here is my question: Instead of learning all 5 Maj Pentatonic scales would I be able to solo using the Minor Pentatonic in the relative minor key to the major key the song is being played in?? For instance, if a song is in A Major, could I just use the F#minor pentatonic scale and be ok?

[@walterobrien467]

Ty yes it is

[@danielcoleman4807]

You are correct. Any relative minor can be found by starting on the 6th note of a major scale. Example, C majors relative minor is A minor.

[@danielcoleman4807]

Having said that, C major scale sounds better for the key of C and A minor scale sounds better for songs in key of A minor. They have the relationship of Major to relative minor. Use the full scale with all 7 notes or the pentatonic scale. Works for both.

[@amantedelmondo1787]

Excelent video and I would like to know your opinion about something. Considering that positions are just variants for playing a note; Don't you think it could be more practical especially for a begginer to learn just one position and move on and learn the other ones later, that if you wanna get deeper into it?

[@Cmn4u6534]

Johnny Valencia you are going to be extremely limited in the things you can do, better to learn them all and build on what you can do as you get better at the instrument

[@joetroutt7425]

As a beginner I learned the 5 positions in Am in a week. I don't see what's so hard about learning them. You just have to discipline yourself to practice everyday till you commit them to memory. Once you have memorized them put on a jam track and try to use those positions to solo with. Once you grasp the concept that the notes start over in the next position up/down the neck then you won't be stuck in the same position all the time.

[@olderwizard]

Thank you. JJ, very clear, helped me a lot.

[@honorebarera8171]

Does this mean that each Key as its specific pentatonic 5 shapes movable

[@WFIST]

thank you nice simple and right to the point

[@bennyjuanillo9559]

you're very helpful i didn't even know about that cirlce of fifths *mb*

[@user-bk3mf5nk3v]

tqvm bro .. very much knowledgeable ..

[@nealthompson8794]

WHat a great video. Ty for sharing.

[@jessieward2820]

I am a beginner what are the red and black dots

[@ollydavis2495]

Red dots are the root notes, in this case the G notes. The rest are the other 4 notes inbetween

[@stevelavan69]

great tips thank !

[@RatedA4Aliens]

why didn't you start from open strings beginning on 3rd fret of 6th string (G), then open 5th string (A), then 2nd fret on 5th string (B) etc? That should've been position 1 I think. In general how do you label the position number as 1, 2..? Is there a standard for that? It seems that each key has different position numbering which complicates things for a beginner guitarist

[@davidoff1788]

The underlying chord on the e string usually marks the first spot so in our example it is a G major bar Chord

[@kevinmusso2397]

You are a good teacher👍🏼

[@hawonce]

Awesome lesson! Thanks

[@meinhendl]

very good and helpful lesson. thank you very much !

[@jonathanphlek5252]

thank u for this video i am grateful!

[@starbarrage]

Why is position five of the C pentatonic scale around the middle of the guitar? I guess I'm just trying to understand because if one tries to follow the five position like the A major pentatonics scale you run out of strings to play in the guitar if you keep moving horizontally?

[@zeeshansyed]

So basically, you play the shape 2 of the Minor Pentatonic scale and it becomes the shape 1 of a Major Pentatonic scale? Thank you for the tut!

[@abuzaki5189]

very good explain.. thank

[@williambudcroom583]

Great lesson. Got a lot out of it.

[@sarahcrees]

I'm confused . In the first position you are playing a position 2 shape. www.guitar-chords.org.uk/guitarscales/g-minorpentatonic.html

[@andyg1245]

I would think position 1 would be the open Gmaj Pentatonic shape starting on the 3rd fret.

[@sarahcrees]

@@andyg1245 Sorry yes he's playing in G not A duh lol.

[@andyg1245]

@@sarahcrees I meant that it makes sense to call the open G position the first position. (E string) 3 ... or 0-3 (E, G) (A)0-2 (D)0-2 (G)0-2 (B) 0-3 (e)0-3 So it seems that what he is calling the first position, is actually the second position?

[@RatedA4Aliens]

@@andyg1245 Ahh, I made a comment (see the most recent comment as of sept 9 2020) and then I see yours, looks like we are on the same page lol

[@yazununez192]

thank you very much, very clear and helpful.

[@akanetetsu5179]

Major and minor is the same pattern?

[@sunepozukum107]

love the guitar😍😍

[@Squishy_Seal]

So all these positions apply to other keys like A for instance you start at the 6th fret and work your way through the patter n if you wanna play the first pattern ?

[@aruba502]

Thank you for that video it was very helpful

[@yourfather000]

what pentatonic scale is this ....i mean is it G MAJOR PENTATONIC?

[@normanshaw6884]

ankit saha red dot is your root note, the key your playing in

[@andypaulus7112]

Thank you for the lesson...

[@calmarcum2724]

Great video! Well done! You made it easy to learn the lesson. Thank you for your time and knowledge.

[@000Skill]

Why major and minor got same position,m?

[@andrewdenning1239]

I've never been the greatest with theory but I'm starting to see how things are connected. Correct me if I'm wrong. You're basically playing the Em pentatonic scale as thats the relative minor to G major. So are there really any "shape" differences between major and minor pentatonic? Or is it the same set of shapes and it is determined to be major or minor depending on the key? Hope this made sense! Thanks and great lesson!

[@andrewdenning1239]

being a better being thanks for the reply!

[@JJoftheT]

Andrew Denning That was actually me from my other YT channel, oops!

[@andrewdenning1239]

JJ Tanis haha no worries! Great lesson, keep it up!

[@egapekim]

Great lesson 👍

[@arkkimcheaplife7734]

May i ask mr jj im a beginner and for instance i memorize your example gmajor scale with the 5 position does it fit in all music jam track ? Give me some idea and thanks really nice tutorials

[@myhomestudio3406]

Hi JJ, Thank You for sharing this valuable lessons. I now understand the Major Pentatonic patterns. I have a question what if I want to start playing D Major pentatonic which I can start from Fret 10 but I really do not want to start that high and instead I would start with low frets like fret no. 3,2 or 1. Which pattern out of these 5 I would use ?. Do we run out of patterns or just memorize notes. I am slightly confused here. Could you please and point to the right lesson in this case. Thanks

[@TheLeBlancVideos]

the second scale position would start at the nut for the DMaj Pen. scale... you could move up further with a third position, etc.

[@MikeB12800]

You could also start the scale on the D on the A string, second string on the fifth fret. You can start the scale on any D note on the fret board

[@dance_pattern]

@13:16 if you start the scale at C (being so high up the fretboard already) at what fret do you restart it back at the beginning of the fretboard?

[@LamRwma]

very nice...thank u

[@satyalm143]

I am learning new guitar. What should I learn after fanntaTonic?

[@davidbradleytv8126]

Finally it makes sense

[@markypants5]

Is that original fender pickguard or a after market?

[@huynguyen-gt5um]

very good sir.

[@zem69666]

Now i know the use of circle of fifths

[@kuyawapakels4257]

Do the positions depends on what key...??????????

[@TheForce_Productions]

Not really. We start in the fact that penthatonic minor and major both has the SAME five positions, the only thing that change in that shapes are the root notes. With that said, after you place that shapes depending on the key you want to play. I think the guy numbered the shapes here based on the key he's demonstrating, but that way is very confusing in my opinion.

[@jonathanaldana4941]

Question are all these boxes/shapes the same for any key? Do they just start on the key that you r going for ?

[@joetroutt7425]

I have found that different keys that are not the relative minor/majors start on different frets for different position. For instance Am position 1 doesn't start on the same fret as Cm position 1 but it is a position that you learn from the Am/C major scale. They kind of just cycle around the neck like a conveyor belt.

[@music9556]

happy notes

[@huynguyen-gt5um]

Great.

[@markmarttinss]

amazing lesson, well done your stratocaster body is slight small or is just optic illusion ?

[@caplippi]

Mark Martins it is just an optic illision. He is a tall guy and a strat is not that big.

[@mk8530]

Its because his shirts on backwards. It makes the guitar look smaller.

[@dominicmunaretto7440]

what brand is ur guitar

[@Majmune123]

I have questions so first: The only notes are: G A B D E Does that mean I cant play the pentatonic scale in C ? Second Question: If I wanna play A Major Pentatonic, do I move the shapes I just learned for G Major around for A or are there other ones I need to learn ? Please Someone Answer, Im tryna get an answer for this since months.

[@renzzamora8788]

G AND C ARE PRETTY MUCH DESAME

[@jansburiak94]

Pentatonic scales are 5-note scales. Major pentatonic scale is built on the first, second, third, fifth and sixth note of the "normal" major scale. If you want to play A Major pentatonic, take the major scale. So, you've got A B Csharp D E Fsharp Gflat (not counting the second A). You remove the fourth and sixth note, so you're left with A B Csharp E Fsharp. In the video, the tabs for each shape have red dots. The red dot is the root note, in this case it's G. So, when practicing A major pentatonic scale, move your fingers on the fretboard until the root notes are A. That's it. I hope that is clear.

[@Majmune123]

Jan Buriak so that means if I play in A I can play also in Csharp D E and F. And all the shapes stay the same the only thing I’ll have to do is move em to the root Note right?

[@jansburiak94]

@@Majmune123 from what i am understanding, yeah. don't quote me on that - i am still a beginner in this thing :)

[@Majmune123]

Jan Buriak but let’s say the chord are G major A major and E Major in the song. Am I only allowed to play A when A is played or can I play G and E aswell?

[@aniaania9461]

Great

[@IGarrettI]

arent you always supposed to start at the root note?

[@vinhelsing71]

I was about to ask the same question.

[@pottingshedgene]

Why not just say, "Play the F#m pentatonic" it's just the same except you're starting on the A note.

[@smokingjazz5067]

Some mistakes , words don't match diagram

[@dominicmunaretto7440]

its lit:)

[@razraz6051]

Wait this is the caged system

[@johnpaulandrade2860]

No, it's not.

[@louispearson8306]

wtf is the diagram its completely wrong

[@MaxRockatansky853]

Opening sounded like Steel Panther.

[@TomGoldsmithguitar]

Girl from oklahoma? yeah I guess

[@johntchb]

looks like your chart is upside down to me

[@JJoftheT]

jay tee No, it's not.

[@johntchb]

I think its tab thats turned my head upside down.

[@paramediccpo]

This is also called the 5 minor scale positions

[@kylejoseph8056]

Next time get to the point

[@TheMessage25]

That tone is horrible. That's the only problem lol

[@Brokout]

All this time I had no idea that position 1 of the major pentatonic was position 2 of the minor pentatonic scale, thanks for the clear explanation!

[@khoiyetuazon6856]

im sorry but i still dont get it i mean. i memorize all the shapes but i dont know how to apply it musically. i hope you have some tutorials about this. thamnk you by the way

[@petefeltman]

memorization of shapes is just a tool - to apply musically think more melodically and not simply going up and down the scales

[@wonderboy7052]

Like try practicing from going one side to the other on the fret board not up and down

[@hiiimboonk7422]

Same bruh

[@zenograham9211]

Blend the shapes together like start from top of shape 1 and finish on bottom of shape 3

[@aml1418]

It’s all about how you phrase. Look for some tutorials on phrasing scales.

[@manecioputik7668]

you're about to sneeze

[@m24soraf71]

🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️😪😆

[@ellowlyngodson]

Underrated comment 😂😂😂

[@Wachera]

😂😂😂😂

[@dannypeaks2170]

How’d you know?

[@romarstodomingo3556]

Great sir, now I can really understand between major and minor scales in every shape, thanks for your tutorial video, i hope many guitarist learned more about your videos. More Power and God Bless. Thank You Sir.

[@JJoftheT]

Romar Sto.Domingo 🙏🏻

[@jameshaslom8139]

I really like your tutorial on the major pentatonic scale. What really helps me the most is the diagrams. Other gurus neglect to put diagrams or a picture of the notes that they're playing. Thanks ! notes

[@johnroberts5285]

Great Lesson! Totally locked this in for me. Had my minor positions wired already. So the 1st position of Gmajor Pentatonic is the same pattern as Eminor 2nd position and so on....

[@berthaimona6909]

JJ...You're doing a good job showing where to find the notes. But it might be less confusing for some if you show the right pattern for each position. cheers.

[@averagejoe8213]

I think the Tab insets are upside down from what he is playing?

[@mattdoliver1984]

Tabs are always shown that way

[@Clive007]

Great video but your pictures of fingering are totally confusing is it reading left to right or otherwise? It seems upside down to all other tabs I've seen.

[@thegreatestdao]

JJ never stops entertaining me, never waste mt time. Good job.

[@TheJepster2010]

Would help if the diagram was the same way up as the guitar's fretboard instead of upside down....

[@4_athallahtsanysatriyaji423]

No, it's guitar tab rule

[@TheJepster2010]

@@4_athallahtsanysatriyaji423Yes - But this is a lesson for beginners, so it needs explaining to people who don't know that.

[@4_athallahtsanysatriyaji423]

@@TheJepster2010 you just need to aclimate

[@casiopea1107]

I wouldn't even recommend learning "boxes". Learn the notes to the scale one string at a time... "shapes" will come out automatically. Far more useful.

[@willstvvlog9438]

This is a great tutorial for me coz it was explained properly thank you .

[@GaryPattilloLovesYou]

Thank you for putting those time markers in the description. Very helpful.

[@dislikecounter6392]

FYI When playing the positions and learning them it helps to go up 1 position move to the next and descend in that position... probably the best tip I can give when learning box patterns as after to learn them this way yo will be connecting the patterns across multiple strings with absolutely no thought and have it be essentially instinctual.

[@bobbylittman3330]

great video. huge help. thank you

[@akshaymusical]

Major pentatonic scale if we play in Indian classical music it’s raag bhupali sa re ga pa dha sa.