Mastering The Major Pentatonic Scale - Chord Tone Soloing On Guitar - Episode 1

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Hey Brett! Cheers from Bavaria (where ever it is ;- ) and thanks for that great lesson. Hung around a week every day to check Major Pent. combined with melodic licks. Keen to see the Episode 2. Take care guys!

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[@julieferrari7497]

Love this lesson, right in the type of needed learning to better understand the notes to play in those chord changes. Makes your playing sound more interesting. thanks Brett.

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Thanks Wade! More coming soon!

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[@BrettPapa]

Thanks! The next one should be out next week!

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Your vibrato is awesome man 👌. 0:49 is exactly what I am working towards. I love the content and the playing!

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Very good lesson

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Ahhh yes, Quantum Dorian Pentatonic the 15th mode of Mixolanious. One of my favorite of the Pentecostal modes! 🤣🤣🤣🤘🏻💯

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Lol!

[@ericantoszewski34]

Exactly is all i wanna say...this is the way im progressing on this topic. Every guy i practice with wonders how its done and i take em through this method and through the chord progression im really starting to play much more freely, simply cuz it starts to sink in...LIKE OH SHIT! i already know where that CHORD SHAPE FITS IN!...anywho keep it up, love the breakdowns

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This does take a lot of practice but once you start to connect the notes inside those CHORD shapes you can hear what sounds right, Right.😁. Your enthusiasm gets me.

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[@RealPartySongs]

Like you said, within a pentatonic shape, a root note has its own shape ... and the root note's octave has its own shape too! I didn't realize that! I get three shapes for the price of one! 😅😅😅 Thanks a million Brett!

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[@davidhumphries1146]

A guitarist has a toolkit, or ways of seeing the fretboard. I can see now how chords, or triads of chords, lead you to the notes you need. But scales are the connecting tissue as it were. Funny how you describe modes, because I have been looking at them recently myself. Start and finish on root note in the mode, gives you a modal sound particular to the one you are playing.

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Yep for sure.

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[@lawrencedeans1433]

Is your visual foundation the E major pentatonic in the 5 shapes. But targetting the chord tones as they move. Or are you visualising the other pentatonics ie F# minor and A major. Nice lesson bye the way

[@metalfuryskulls]

Hiya, I've asked this question before and you can do either. I think for this lesson Brett is focussing on the 5 shapes of E major and then adding the extra notes. For me it sometimes helps to think of the pentatonic pattern of the new chord shape and change with the chord changes. That then means you don't need to think about 'extra notes'. For example on this sequence I might play pattern 2 and 3 around E shape chords, pattern 1 around Em shape chords and pattern 5 and pattern 1 around A shape chords. I've not decided yet if this system creates more 'head work' or not, so am experimenting with both. I think the long term answer will to be to do both, especially if you have little licks based on the relative pentatonic/chord shapes.

[@lawrencedeans1433]

@@metalfuryskulls hi thanks for the reply. I've been trying to link the major scale with each of the caged chord shapes and this lesson is kinda similar to where I'm at. Yes your probably right both ways would be beneficial but you need to learn one method at a time.

[@metalfuryskulls]

@@lawrencedeans1433 Yup, I've been doing the same approach. I have a pentatonic pattern linked to each Major and relative minor chord shape that I've memorized. I then jump patterns within the same area of the neck depending on the chord being played using CAGED.

[@lawrencedeans1433]

@@metalfuryskulls it's is the way to go I think, but takes time. what's lacking on youtube are practice excercises for this stuff. it's all very well being aware of the ideas however how do you practise it. Are you aware of any excercises or practice routines to help glue it to the brain lol

[@metalfuryskulls]

@@lawrencedeans1433 Check out Brett's other lessons - particularly the Hendrix ones and anything where he references chord tone solos. Personally, I've memorised that the following chord shapes sit in the following patterns: G maj & E min - Pattern 1 E maj & D min - Pattern 2 D maj & C min - Pattern 3 C maj & A min - Pattern 4 A maj & G min - Pattern 5 If you look at the list you should see: • The patterns go 1 to 5 • The relative minor is always the next letter in CAGED • The relative minor shape sits in the same area as the major and uses almost the same notes • Going down the list (maj or minor) is always the next letter in CAGED That helps me to remember everything. As an exercise, I play simple chord progressions and then run the scale pattern for each chord shape and try to hit the chord notes. This is the same as Brett's done here, but instead of using a single key for the scale (Em) and adding extra notes, I think of the patterns for each chord shape. The end result is exactly the same, just a different approach mentally. I've no idea which is the best approach from these 2 methods, so I practice both and mix them up.

[@fskj8339]

Very nice method of explanation.. the way u explain/teach the chord shifting to a different place on the fretboard, holding E maj chord in a D shape. And on that account I'd like to know if we can hold E in a C shape, as holding in D shape is rather difficult. My querry is are those(E maj in D shape and C shape) same?? Or are those different?? Can we use C shape instead of D shape, completely replacing it??

[@BrettPapa]

They share some of the same notes. Using the C shape is probably more practical and what you will encounter most in solos.

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@@BrettPapa Thanks man. Appreciate it

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Excelent Very Nice 🤺👏

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[@johng2880]

Just as all roads lead to Rome, all notes lead to the chords.

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[@uelisgold]

Quantum Dorian Pentatonic,,,, Have to ask, how many positions for that scale?

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Infinite!

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Wow.How good did that sound🎶

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Plugged straight into a Divided by 13 BTR23. A little tweaking and verb and there ya go!

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[@TheVINMAN531]

I'LL MAKE IT SIMPLE WHEN YOU PLAY A MAJOR CHORD YOU SHOULD PLAY A RELATIVE MINOR LEAD .FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU HAVE AN E CHORD THEN PLAY IN C#m.

[@martynspooner5822]

It depends what sound you are looking for. Of course min penta works but sometimes for a change its cool to play a maj pent.

[@TheVINMAN531]

@@martynspooner5822 You are correct in what you say.If you take an Aminor pentatonic and move it down 3 frets and start with the A note you have a A major.I'm just saying that if you play the f#m against an A chord it fits and works well.

[@martynspooner5822]

@@TheVINMAN531 Yes absolutely friend.

[@TheVINMAN531]

@@martynspooner5822 YEP

[@ericantoszewski34]

Same thing...theyre one in the same. C#min & Emaj IS THE SAME SCALE...and i mean that in the nicest way so forgive the caps

[@johnmac8084]

22:50 .......... quantum dorian pentatonic, lol

[@BrettPapa]

Haha!

[@bryanmannoia8410]

thank you for the excellent tips on playing in major pentatonic as well as for teaching the lesson so well. I find it frustrating when lessons are taught as if we just picked up a guitar, when it is clearly an advanced lesson. I appreciate you not doing this. the octave tip was priceless. thank you once again.

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Sure thing Bryan! Glad you liked the lesson!

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[@Shredsofeden]

If you are following the CAGED system why you call pattern 1 that because it’s Em shape and the g major shape how would that be 1 that doesn’t make sense to me.No one ever has a rational reason why pattern 1 is called that except they say it’s the first one everybody learns

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