Pentatonic Scales: The Handiest Jamming/Improv Tool

[@juanmoralesvideo]

Suuuper well explained!! Plus, your voice is perfect for a teacher, very pleasent to listen to, and still super transparent.

[@edwardmorton6691]

Very well explained. I gain a lot from watching your videos. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@jimpeter3453]

Wow, cool & interesing!

[@SoundBoss5150]

Even as a guitar player I find these videos tremendously helpful. Thank you!!

[@bheinricher]

Thank you! That was the clearest, most concise explanation of pentatonic scales I have ever heard!

[@vitorferreira1001]

Great lesson! Thanks for the songs as examples and for the improvisations tips.

[@vicentealvarado7119]

Love your vids, keep it up.😄

[@PianotvNet]

Thanks!

[@Emperatriz_Valentina]

The traditional Chinese instrument known as the Guzheng (Chinese Zither) is also made for the Pentatonic. It has 5 notes in an Octave and you haft to bend the Strings to play the Crismatic Scale

[@shijojohn63]

An excellent and informative video! Thank you so much!

[@Nosleeptuesday]

very useful !!

[@EduardoGarbay]

Thanks for the clear explanation!! Those melodies you were jamming sounded great, you should work on them when you have some time :)

[@IceMetalPunk]

Also, the Driftveil City theme music uses a minor pentatonic scale, which is why it's one of the best Pokemon themes in the games :)

[@flameet]

Hi Allysia! I love this video but I couldn't figure out what to do with the harmony. Let's say that I'm in C major and I'm on the pentatonic with my right hand. So no F/B. But if I wanted to do a simple C-G-C progression, then my left hand would have played a B note (inside the G chord). Is that still "ok" or should I take out the F/B also from the left hand? I couldn't understand that and it got me a bit stuck...

[@joeljohansson6097]

I just found these videos and I love them already! Perfect tone and level :) Keep it up! PS. I'm currently searching for a detailed tutorial on how to voice a chord to an open position. Is there a fixed standard/notation when it comes to open chords? People seem to have their own preferred, more or less complex "algorithms" for voicing them. (I'm programming a script in LUA to manipulate/generate chords and need to know if this topic has been formalized in any way)

[@PianotvNet]

I'm not sure I can give you a good answer. But I'll assume that what you mean by "open chord" is a chord without the third, so 158. So an open C chord would be CGC. There are lots of ways you can use these (patterns in the LH, using them in the RH voicing), I don't think there would be a standard way to do it. I could be wrong/misunderstanding your question though. Keep me posted!

[@W.E.]

What is the difference between an INVERSION of the MAJOR pentatonic, and what you've shown here as the Minor pentatonic? Thanks Wayne

[@MarsLos10]

I leave this comment here because I have the same question and I'll like to know if someone answers :)

[@johnd7564]

Since nobody more expert than me answered, I'll pitch in. I think the word "inversion" really only applies to chords. If any word applies to a similar concept for scales, it's "mode". Here I'm going to talk about regular major scales not penta scales. So if you have a C maj scale, you start on C and play the white keys to the next C and that's the major scale, also called the Ionian mode; it's the first scale degree. If you stick to white keys and start on D and play to next D, that's 2nd scale degree, Dorian mode. 6th scale degree is A minor scale, called also Aeolian mode. So in your terminology, the relative minor is an "inversion" of the major scale, but we don't call it an inversion. :) Your point is dead accurate, just not the standard terminology. :)

[@mannanarula2077]

Hey i aint no songwriter but I'm a composer how would I composer music music using these pentatonic scale

[@nicolas48210]

The thumbnail was simply way too badass for me not to watch the video