Pentatonic Power-Get New Life Out of Those Old Patterns!

[@geoffbeauchamp5861]

👏👏👏👏👏 great simple ideas

[@tito.tarantula]

You're the man, Shane! Thanks so much! And how awesome is that Hamer? 🤩 By the way, you were the inspiration for my new profile pic - Guitar Head!

[@TheRiotguitar]

haha great!

[@edkutschke814]

Thanks Shane, love the way you teach. Enjoy your day.

[@TheRiotguitar]

thank you!

[@PeterFrayne-o4n]

Good stuff Shane. The relative majors of these triads also sound good as well.

[@gregfinlayson8135]

hey shane... nice!

[@MarkRhodesSongs]

Great lesson, Shane. Thanks. Scott Henderson, eh? Haven’t heard him in a long time; have to check him out again.

[@Nozmo_King_NJ]

Great ideas, thanks.

[@acemodean]

Nice lesson and wow that hamer is clean.

[@rajeshgumber363]

Awesome lesson! Hey Shane if I can get a ticket may see you in a few months on Daryl's UK tour! Thanks!

[@ElmanAuthement]

A light bulb just went off! Already knowing the full scale for the pentatonic, I will sometimes add those notes to a pentatonic lick. I began to see a couple of those notes like the E in the Am pattern. So the Am pentatonic adds that different flavor. Definitely will try adding some of this in my solos. The Em scale thru my brain for a loop for a second but it sounded good. I always wondered about a lot of those passing notes those guys always added. This is the easiest explanation to get started using those added notes to the pentatonic. Thanks

[@TheRiotguitar]

light bulbs are good!

[@hickskoone5428]

I really like your channel. The lessons are informative and never to lengthy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@TheRiotguitar]

thx for watching

[@krisandelizabethringlee8438]

Two birds?....Man, I think you got the whole flock with that stone! The melodic value of what your sharing here should up anybodys game.

[@TheRiotguitar]

thanks!

[@davemassie3726]

Nice lesson. Love the Hammer. Thanks for sharing Shane!

[@gbarge4]

Holy smokes, Shane. This one just opened a new door. I get it about “guitar head” but drifting into it this time really resonated. Thank you so much.

[@TheRiotguitar]

Thanks, glad you liked it.

[@mariacruikshank5150]

Cool! Thanks for this! Love it! 💙

[@toneshop]

These are awesome Shane! Thank you!!!

[@ecojot]

So many great ideas here. The b flat also works nicely over Dm.

[@robertgirt5813]

Short but compact with info. Great combination for students! Thanks Shane!

[@masterbuilder3166]

Great lesson, Thanks brother 💯

[@RNC_GSP_1969]

Damn Guitar Head! A love-hate relationship for sure. Thanks again Shane for the great content, much appreciated.

[@TanyaNeedham-z1e]

Always puts a smile on my face to watch you play and tell stories. You're just so great! The sound of your voice calms me down even when my world feels crazy. Thank you for taking the time Shane. Shizane❤

[@chrisalexander1661]

Wow, what an eye opening lesson. Thanks!!

[@TheRiotguitar]

I'm glad you got something out of it

[@Hetti-g2c]

Nice lesson. I’m getting there, learning even just a tad from your world of music knowledge. Knowing the piano, classical, jazz and contemporary helps my ear. Keep teaching and helping us to grow. This is an awesome guitar channel!!. Thanks Shane.

[@TheRiotguitar]

thanks Hetti!

[@DavidHendersonMusicChannel]

Favorite Scott Henderson quote: Hey Scott, what do you play over a D minor chord? "Anything but D Minor."

[@markplumb3968]

I have just finished up with a band ( on bass ) the guitarist was a hugely influenced by Scott Henderson and similar, great guitar player, very unique style, but he played outside so much that the only person home was me, and as it was a 3 piece it eventually sounded like he was home and I was outside ….. 🤣🤣🤣

[@TheRiotguitar]

haha

[@Mr.Owl9]

Shane, your lessons are always helpful and presented in a way that I really understand. I hope your channel keeps growing so you continue to make videos. Thank you

[@TheRiotguitar]

thanks! I hope so too it's a slow build

[@georgeespia334]

I'm doing a similar kind of approach. It's like doing a somewhat lydian mode with a pentatonic pattern.

[@TheRiotguitar]

yes down a half step over maj for lydian

[@elizabethdunn1668]

Another great lesson! I caught FF yesterday with you and Brian ⭐️⭐️ The best!

[@AnonYmous-jp8uu]

I like playing chromatic flat 5 a third up from D minor chromatic 7 diminished root, but let's not get technical. - remember that 12 tone guy? "on-demand" funny looks at open mic blues jams. GREAT STUFF

[@ZawinulShorter]

Short and informative.. Thank you

[@davidsummerville351]

As always, thank you.

[@whamarama]

Cool lesson. Straightforward and immediately useful. Killer stuff. Thanks!

[@arpeggio62]

Cool Stuff and very useful. Thank You

[@TheRiotguitar]

thanks I appreciate that

[@Barry101er]

Good stuff!

[@VonBluesman]

Thanks for the lesson. Just curious or nosey like my Mama was, why L.A. and not Nashville, The Big Apple, Atlanta, or N.O. ? The Tigers are the only thing that keeps me in B.R. and maybe for not much longer. Thanks. 😂🎸✌

[@TheRiotguitar]

I've lived in all those cities at various times in my life. Still have a home in NOLA but the only places I've ever really loved were NOLA and Los Angeles with NYC as a runner up. Nashville (lived there for 8 years) is a nice place but when I'm not doing music there I never liked just living there from day to day. LA has it all. I love new orleans but once I get out of the city limits it loses it's vibe big time.

[@VonBluesman]

@@TheRiotguitar Thanks for answering. I've never been to CA. but from the pics, excluding the fires, etc. it looks like one of the most beautiful places in the USA

[@TheRiotguitar]

@@VonBluesman i would say yes, it certainly has it's problems but having traveled everywhere the last 25 years it has the most natural beauty and best weather of anywhere in the US IMO. that's why it's so $$ though.

[@LaMarrBrewster]

Great lesson. Does it also work with major in the same relationship?

[@xaque9732]

not really, but it’s all related. if you want to get the 1 2 4 5 b7 scale off the major pentatonic you move down a whole step, instead of up a fourth.

[@LaMarrBrewster]

@thanks. So you could play F major pentatonic over a G maj chord? I’m going to have to draw this out tonight so see the notes

[@xaque9732]

@@LaMarrBrewsteryeah sure, f major pentatonic starting on G: G A C D F, or 1 2 4 5 b7. it’s the same scale. but the thing is, f major pentatonic and d minor have the same notes, so you’re doing the same thing. if you’re more comfortable thinking major you may prefer to conceptualize it down a step but there’s no difference. there’s no third, so it works pretty well over g major or g minor, unless theres a major7 chord

[@TheRiotguitar]

yes but the root chord has to be D major and the A and G pent scales have to be major. That will create a Dmaj#11 (lydian) sound

[@alexalexanderman1238]

very obvious when you explain it that way. why didn't I think of think of that! I will see where I can fit it in. One question though. Can I use this if the chord is D7 instead of Dm?

[@TheRiotguitar]

the Amin shape over D7 would work. The Gmin over D7 won't though. in that case you would use B min pent

[@Vern859]

Great information. I was trying to see how you hold your guitar pick? It looks like your thumb is a unorthodox some way. Of i am an untrained guitar player and probably doing it wrong. What gage strings do you use? Thank you for the information.

[@TheRiotguitar]

10-48 i just hold it the normal way nothing unusual but sometimes I just use my fingers

[@dalehess4376]

Great Stuff!!! Quick question... As you move through a progression in Dm, (ex Dm, Gm and Am) does the 'rule' work with the 4 chord? or the 5 chord? So as the progression moves to Am could I use the Em and the Bm pentatonic? Thanks. And love what your are doing.

[@TheRiotguitar]

you may be able to use a few of them but keep in mind this is all related to the (1) chord- this is more to create a modal sound (in this case dorian.) if you played a minor pent scale up a whole step from the (5) chord Amin = Bmin that wouldn't work in this case because all of a sudden you are playing D MAJOR pent (Bmin is the same as D maj pent) and it's not gonna sound that great when you land back on the One chord. (or maybe you might dig it, who knows? haha) try it out and see

[@tobiaslieblein2686]

common minor pent + 5 up + 1 up + mix these 3