Pentatonic Scales for Banjo! // Bluegrass Banjo Lesson

[@MattKelly-g9e]

I’m less bad at the Banjo because of your videos! Thank you

[@Django61]

Thank you for making these videos. I just discovered you a few days back. I’ve learned a lot from each video I’ve watched. Thx 🪕✌️

[@midnighttoker8663]

What a great explanation in just 10 minutes. I would love to hear more on pentatonic single string, particularly on improvising, and how to play over a bluegrass chord progression

[@dobietoms1463]

Thanks!

[@andygabelmusic]

Brilliant lesson! It got me to apply scales that I have played on guitar and actually make them sound good on the banjo. I would love a lesson that takes this content and adds blues scales and blues licks.

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Glad to hear that!

[@Diego-wb8bj]

Thumbs up! Great ideas to work on! 10 min video = hours of instrument practice

[@larakeithley1645]

Thanks Eli! This is very helpful!!!!

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Thanks Lara!

[@DiegoStoneDiego]

I alllways keep coming back to this video! great job!

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Glad you like it!

[@connorgames6668]

Enjoyed the lesson loads

[@markglore7196]

Well done! Thanks Eli!

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Thanks Mark!

[@ItsBocephus]

Finally! This is exactly what I've been looking for. Thanks!

[@josefdetzer8717]

Helped me a lot.Thank you.

[@jondom2009]

yes incredible

[@therealdiehl4671]

WOW! You're like Wylie Coyote of the banjo, Super Genius.

[@mikew5423]

Such a great lesson. If I could only plug into the Matrix to play these as quickly as you, that would be nice. I probably should sit down and practice. Well I guess a journey of a thousand licks starts under ones fingers. Thanks...there's a lot of work ahead.

[@TimmyTraspie]

at this time, Over my head. but I know I'll get it one day

[@craniifer]

All this is largely going over my head (music theory never clicked well with me), but those scales look fun to play regardless.

[@JackOgden]

Brilliant - been looking or something like this. Thanks. Now just have to practice, and practice and practice... Also - have I got it right? If, say, a tune has G - C -G - D etc progression, you play around in the G Pentatonic for the G chord, the C pentatonic for the C chord. etc ? Or G pentatonic all though?

[@EliGilbertBanjo]

A different pentatonic for each chord! Have fun!

[@JackOgden]

@@EliGilbertBanjo Thanks! Been looking for the answer to that question for ages.

[@Chris.Massimino]

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[@EliGilbertBanjo]

Dorian: 👁👄👁

[@stanleylooney4468]

Have to be a brain surgeon to figure out what your talking about... To Much is Confusing!

[@dudhack1888]

This is a very poor explanation of the scale. Instead of just stating that this is a pattern and here is a shape; he could have mention what frets and which left hand fingering to use on each fret. For those who think this is over their heads go to: Free Banjo Lesson: Moveable Major Pentatonic Scales. A more simple explanation by someone who is not trying to display how great he is.

[@alexcaruso8858]

Lol Eli is a great teacher. You should probably start with the basics of rolling and single string if you weren’t able to figure out that this is a thumb, index pattern.