Minor Pentatonic Scales in the CAGED System

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[@Darklord0124]

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All of us who play guitars for a long, long time. Some thirty or forty years or more. Some more than half a century. When we start with the guitar we think and look at the guitar as an integral part of our bodies.the guitar becomes a part of our brain, when you start to convey emotions with your playing. And you think with the guitar, even then we all learn.

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Many of you might not believe me. But i memorized the shapes of pentatonic scale in one day. Thanks to this guy, I am now beginning to understand how to find the rootnotes in a scale. If I only have money to donate I would. This guy is awesome.

[@JunkYour925]

This is the best video on pentatonic on the web. I love how you overlay the patterns on the fretboard with the split window showing the particulars of the shape. Bravo!

[@Leo_wi]

I watched this 3 months ago to learn to play guitar and I though this video hard to understand. But I'm back, I watched this video after I practiced on the pentatonic scale and I will say, your video really help me. Thank you very much 🔥

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Great addition to the series Scott, I really appreciate your efforts on behalf of us newbies in 2019. This friend in Wales has just bought you a few coffees for Christmas ... have a great Xmas holiday, and a Happy New Year!! Looking forward to more quality videos in 2020 and beyond ..... well done!!! C'mon everyone .... buy the man a coffee for Xmas!!

[@ScottPaulJohnson]

Phil! Thanks for the Coffee!!! Have a good holiday season over there in Wales!

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Scott Paul! You are born to teach guitar. I can see this is your destiny!! I've been having a struggle for a very long time in understanding Pentatonic scales and caged system. Great work. You're a saviour!!

[@jdwhitt6999]

It’s like I know this stuff down deep, but the minor scale relation to the CAGED system is also where I got tripped up on my guitar theory for 20 years🤦🏼‍♂️ 😅 Thanks for putting this visual lesson together my brotha...so helpful to put the glue on everything 🙏🏼 One thing that would help tie in the jam track section for me even further & more quickly, would be one of your visuals of the chords being used in the minor keys...seeing the chords & scales over each other in two separate windows with your vid edit style would be the ultimate! 💯 You have the gift of teaching my friend! Keep bringing it! I can only imagine how many people around the world will play better music, or discover it for the first time, because of your generosity and teaching methods. That’s pretty damn special when you think about it, Scott! You the man 👊🏼😎

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I was just thinking about how the scales might relate to the caged system and voila !!! Spectacular... thank you.

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[@ScottPaulJohnson]

Happy to hear that! I'll try to keep it up

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I "learned" to play the guitar some 20 years ago. Had no teacher, really not enough content on the internet, only some really basic magazines. I played chords, never got past there, learned a song here and there without paying any interest to the guitar anymore. I was getting my guitar maybe 3 times a year, played it for some half an hour to see if i remembered the songs, No progress in 20 years. I originally watched your Caged system about 3 weeks ago, i can play trough all the fretboard now. Im really happy. 3 weeks, i learned more in 3 weeks from a 20~ mins video than in 20 years. Seriously. Thank you.

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I would have killed for this sort of content at 13 - 14. Don't stop practicing bro, you'll thank yourself when you're older.

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@@mrdeurknopp literally this. I stopped at 13 and im 17 now. i WISH so BADLY i didn't quit. find new things to make it enjoyable man and stick with it !

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The best teacher on KZbin period.

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Scott you are the best teacher on KZbin. Can't thank you enough for what you teach in half an hour that we struggle to learn in years. Could you please make a tutorial on bendings, pull offs, hammer ons and all those stuff. Thanks..

[@lukaskopl2055]

Scott, I just wanted to say thank you for everything you do :) Your lessons are simply amazing. I really take a lot out of them, both for revising and enhancing my knowledge on the scales and the CAGED system. The quality of your videos is simply amazing. Do you accept video suggestions? :) I noticed that you mix in different styles into your licks, but I clearly hear a blues touch in it. May I suggest a video of say 10-20 MUST KNOW blues licks? :) Maybe also based on the pentatonic scales, showing when to use them best over which chord. Please keep doing what you do, because you are simply outstanding and an immensely talented instructor. Lukas

[@macdechavez9880]

i hope every beginners would come across this video. for me this is like a summary of weeks trying to figure out the scales. keep it up

[@matthewbosse9176]

Time stamps: C: 0:55 A: 4:04 G: 5:29 E: 6:23 D: 7:40 Every major penta scale has it identical twin minor scale, for example, if you have a g-shaped C major penta scale then the other notes gonna be A minor. If you want to make the Major reference note Minor, bump it up 3 frets. For reference notes keep the colored notes in mind red and purple.

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One of the Best CAGED Instruction Vids on KZbin. Absolutely First Rate.

[@AddilynneLastname]

also you could mix the major and minor together, that's one of the backbones of blues and that's when stuff really starts getting interesting

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Hi Paul! Thanks for for your kindness and patience to share your expertise and experience with all of us. Grateful! Blessings

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The best of the best lesson that I've just watched and it's just cleared everything that I need to know on pentatonic scales ..so great and great staff..

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I absolutely for the first time understand the pentatonic scales. The dots on top of the actual fingerboard is so less confusing. You are the best. Don't need the rest.

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When the world needed him most, he vanished

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Lawrence Duca ill be back to KZbin eventually. I’ve got some plans. In the meantime, I’m making a ton of lessons for my patreon. Only $11.67 per month

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[@ScottPaulJohnson]

I am continuing!

[@7thString84]

You make so damn nice videos, man! Very well done! Now I know, what my "problem" is/was: seeing the shapes. Sometimes, it's hard to relate to an "E" or an "A" etc, when looking at them. But on the other hand... it's very, very, very easy and fast to learn, since it's only five shapes and five letters. ;) So no need to see the C, A, G, E and D within it. Thank you so much for all your effort on making amazing and informative videos! :)

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This is the best guitar tutorial I have ever seen. This guy is is a natural born guitar teacher. Thanx a lot for the effort. I really appreciate it.

[@andrewbenavidez1454]

This is incredibly helpful 🙏 Quick question: Are there minor “chord shapes” attached to the caged system like there are major chords?

[@mcoma04]

I'll help, they are. The minor chords all follow the same CAGED chord shapes.

[@DJDuckus]

Thank you so much! I've been working on the major CAGED system and your video on how this links with the minor scales has blown my mind. This is probably basic stuff for some, but I'm so happy right now - it works and I can solo!

[@fini5535]

Im confused on how to know which is a minor and which is a major root note on a shape.

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From major back one half step and one whole step to get to minor root

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[@chrisgreen8245]

Been playing guitar for over 20 years and struggled with the Caged system but your videos really make it a lot easier to grasp the concept. Great work....

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So depressing...59 sad souls living with expectations that clearly won’t EVER be met OR unable to appreciate how someone IS able to present a topic unique from 99.99% of the rest of KZbin videos! Thanks for sharing SPJ, you obviously spend considerable time thinking creatively. This and all your content is great stuff.

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Bro! took you 15 min to explain something that I haven’t been able to wrap my head around for 10 years 😂 you are the best. One thing is to know stuff and another completely different is being able to explain it, kudos to you

[@simple-security]

Best practical use of CAGED I've found yet. I'm using this in my daily practice. amazing amazing amazing.

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I have never been so impressed by a guitar lesson, the overlays are incredibly helpful.

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Hey bro just to let you know Ive been struggling with certain concepts for years and since I found ya channel a couple of weeks ago you've gave clarity to those things that was holding me back my playing has improved in weeks with ya methods.....I know it's hard with work and editing and actually real life Soo I will be patiently waiting for the next lesson KEEP UP THE PHENOMENAL WORK!!!!!!

[@rjg999]

Superbly explained. Your attention to detail and visual overlays make it effortless to follow. Thanks for the crystal-clear lesson!

[@DvirPeri1]

Dude i've been struggling to add flavour to my solos and this just covers so much potential and knowledge in one video, through this method and memorizing the 5 pentatonic shapes, i've learned roughly every mode of the major scale and can play over lydian, phrygian, etc... because the pentatonic is the base for these scales and that makes every scales much more easy to learn, so thanks a lot man!

[@ScottPaulJohnson]

YESSSSSSS. This is my thinking as well. With pentatonic scales you have the skeleton of major, minor, mixolydian, dorian, lydian, phrygian. You don't have to CHANGE any notes of the pentatonic scale., just add.

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Some of the best instructional videos on any topic right here. Amazing. It finally makes sense.

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Already mentioned it twice, but I can't stop enjoying your lessons and pedagogy ... you have over 50k subscribers now, with not even 15 videos posted, that is phenomenal ... I am quite convince that if you carry on doing that exceptional work you do, you'll become the number one worldwide on line "star guitar (music ?) teacher" ... I am living in a place where I meet almost every day, pros and amateurs musicians. I am "selling" you each time I am meeting them, yesterday evening during diner was the last time I mentioned your name ... no I am wrong, I did it during lunch time today ... do not stop your lessons, we need you !

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Scott you have some of the best, if not the best Guitar and Music Theory videos on KZbin dude!

[@rgb]

Best visualization of this concept on all of KZbin. This was brilliantly done. Thank you!

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You've simplified this in such a way that makes me question why noone else on KZbin has been able to lay it out so I plainly. Thankyou so much

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Thank you so much for your lessons! Your overlay for finger position is gotta be one of the best on youtube.

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Easy to understand what you explained it You teached deteal and i like it You are a good teacher God bless you hallelujah

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You seriously have the best method of any teacher I've had in 20 years. You're going to do well sir. Please keep it up. I love those "ahaaa" moments when concepts gain clarity.

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Dude. The only way you could be better is if you tutored math online to my kid. You’re an amazing teacher. Engaging, direct and relatable. Love your channels!

[@LordPeg44]

Have watched your major and minor caged tuitions. Really clear teaching. I now understand stuff that has puzzled me for ages

[@lionelduguay5011]

I am very impressed with the set up on screen [SPJ] + guitar neck + lit boxes. As well as your explanations which are straight to the point. I now have a better understanding of the use of the CAGED system VS the 5 boxes of the pentatonic scales and their chord shapes as well as the connection between each box throughout the guitar neck. The next step which I have not fully understood yet is incorporating the 7 modes to the above mentioned theory. Once this is accomplished, I think I will never get "lost" again on my guitar neck while soloing. Perhaps you already have that video connecting the modes to it, I have not seen it yet! Thank you. Great Teaching...

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Thx Scott for posting the fix. I am using your work to learn the CAGED system so I appreciate your attention to producing a high quality product.

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its simple some can teach some can't this guy makes things very easy to follow. Great teacher 👍thanks so much for your time and effort

[@sushantchowdhury7930]

One of the newest and easiest ways of teaching pentatonic scales. I must say the best one ever. Thanks a lot SPJ.

[@jaytrading86]

I don’t know what I enjoy more; your lessons, or your solo improvisations. Please continue to do both.

[@Flow-Skelle]

I watched through dozen of pentatonic scale vids cause i was always stuck in the same position, this was the only one where i had a lightbulb moment, thanks so much for this Scott, you are by far in the top tier of youtube guitar teachers, if not the best !

[@Ty-re6vu]

I have watched many other youtube tutorials, but yours is the only one that's very clear and easy to understand. Really keeps me motivated. Thank you!

[@MrRobistro]

That was the BEST explanation of this caged system I've seen to date. I understood the concept, but wasnt sure exactly how it was connected. Bravo! Subscribed. Please show us more lessons.

[@roccomont329]

essentially you can play the minor scale of any key by starting on that note on the low E string and starting with the g shape.. You can play the major scale of any key by doing the same but starting with the E shape.. Find which scales you like, learn the root shape for the scale, and then add more scales to your library. They are all the same, but if true fretboard mastery is your ultimate goal you should learn to play any key any where on the board! awesome video as always man.. you're an awesome teacher.. I started playin in December 2019 and can already play up and down the fretboard thanks to your caged system vid!

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