SHRED With The Minor Pentatonic (3 Approaches!)

I'm 64 years young been practicing studying and playing Blues guitar since I was in Junior High school maybe before Thanks So Much for pointing this scale to refresh my mind Always Love to learn something new each day about the Awesome Amazing Highly Legally Addictive Guitar Thanks Again for this great video

[@molintongbram2407]

"great man" and i like ur theory explanation,,,, 💯💯💯💯,,,,

[@masonthomassax]

Man, you're an incredible musician. Your technique and expression are both excellent. It's a joy to hear you play

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Mason!

[@mr.tinkertrain8510]

your playing sounds like Richie Kotzen@@RossCampbellGuitarist

[@rickdiaz7239]

Ross nails it again! Short, concise, makes it simple enough so anyone can understand. Ross is terrific!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you Rick 🙏🙏🙏

[@rishz7857]

If the next fret sounds cool & rocks, use it. Don't even know what "pentatonic" means.

[@TomasFalk_Sweden]

Exactly what I needed to take the next step in my playing; you’re the best!

[@mikeyo3230]

This has become my favorite channel on KZbin. Ross is a master communicator that teaches excellent lessons to improve quickly !

[@edwardglyons]

This is an absolute killer of a lesson. Thanks so much for the awesome licks. 🤘

[@mountainspiredvt2586]

so good dude, I love learning all your licks and using them. Some older videos I now incorporate the licks all the time in my playing.

[@MarcGulli]

You are a great teacher . Thank You

[@Random_dudebro]

I'm really trying to put more emphasis on visualising scales up the strings instead of across them, so far this seems to be helping alot.

[@davebarajas5308]

Hey I'm new to your channel and some of these players on here do nothing but talk and I find it confusing. But you actually show "OK, Here's HOW you do it", and you actually teach some licks. You got my sub, looking forward to more stuff to learn.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you so much Dave! I'm so glad to hear that :)

[@Devon_Rismay]

When you become fluent in the 5 pentatonic shapes, there's almost nothing you can't do, IMO. 🤷🏾‍♂

[@davidc5170]

Don't be saying that mate, makes me feel even worse cos I know all the shapes of by heart in the minor, major, natural, blues, harmonic and I still can't improvise that well.

[@captain4420]

@@davidc5170 I’m sure you can improvise way better than you think. A lot of it is just getting out of the box then pentatonic sounds real good. And of course the scales over the rainbow but that’s when you start playing jazz. Lol

[@joshuacumming4132]

Except play the 2 and 6 interval

[@LOLLYPOPPE]

@@davidc5170 it’s all about the phrasing. Try to tell a story. Some of the best solos and licks are very simple

[@Devon_Rismay]

@@LOLLYPOPPE always keep it simple & phrase your solos. Gets the crowd every time

[@Wookiewithacookie1]

Bro this lesson is fire! You’re a great player!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you!

[@Annunaki_0517]

Hey Ross, This is the very first time you’ve come up in my KZbin feed. And you’ve won me over as a subscriber in one video (and I don’t subscribe to many). Great ideas, simply explained. Heck even the paid promo for the plugin was interesting. Please send us more videos like this one. Good luck with your channel, even if I am a little late to the party.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you!

[@mattdelany6799]

Tory Slusher

[@danielhahn7329]

Top 3 guitar education channel on KZbin, hands down

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks so much Daniel!

[@jeffgruwell5332]

@@RossCampbellGuitarist isagreat⁰】0

[@jeffgruwell5332]

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[@guilhermebahia8749]

Thanks a lot, Ross! Best regards from Brazil! God bless you!

[@jeffrey.a.hanson]

This is great! Ive been having fun going back to the Pentatonic scale then fire off cool triplets with some chromatic thrown in to land the solo. Working on combining that with chord tone playing. Brad Paisley has mastered this with the major (and minor at times) pentatonic.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Jeffrey! Brad Paisley is the man

[@ronaldbrasseur9327]

The best thing about this channel is I always learn something. Thank you sooo much !!!!

[@michaelmueller8746]

Thanks for making a better player. I truly appreciate you.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

🙏🙏

[@ryanguitargodfrey]

I've been playing for 30 years and I play lead in a Pink Floyd tribute band but do stuff like Metallica and Slayer best. Lol I know that's a broad range but that's being a musician right. Lately I've been studying bonamassa runs and just trying to get better. I've been searching for the perfect person and you are totally that dude. Thank you for all the videos you make. You've been teaching me so much and I totally do not have your speed down yet but it's a work in progress. Appreciate all the knowledge my friend

[@yanicklajoie6237]

You deserve my sub. Short, concise, musical and inspiring !

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks 🙏🎸

[@user-sn3cs2hd8r]

Ross very helpful but would love to see you mix these types of runs with a melodic phase to show how to bridge 2 melodic phases with these types of ascending runs

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks! Can do that for sure

[@AngelMartinez-qs3cf]

Great Demo! Love it! Is that a Custom Shop Strat? I have your blues book and I love it.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks! Yes it's a 2017 custom shop

[@jakollee]

Great lesson! Cool licks, amazing playing and tone - love the Isley-inspired phased overdrive sound! May I ask about the pieces of tape (bandages?) on your middle finger?

[@ruffestneckaround]

I've been looking for this, or something along these lines forever! Thank you!

[@jonnydubai]

Love your playing. Greetings from Glasgow 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@troybradley8647]

You are my favorite teacher u just are made to do this ❤

[@mattdelany6799]

Tory Slusher

[@andresnieto37]

I was looking for another approach to spice up my pentatonic licks. Thanks to you, I found it. Thank you!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Glad to hear it Andrés!

[@Watzline]

Man sure am glad I found your channel! For years I have been searching learning for all kinds of exotic scales and modes. Kind of avoiding the good old "Go To" pentatonic, that some players just play the same old box up and down patterns. But guys like Gary Moore and Joe B. had me going back and checking them out. I was just working on your Joe B, patterns vid, subscribed and then this popped up. COOL! You show me a cool breath of fresh air to throw into my playing. Thanks Mate!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks so much!

[@icarusi]

I was doing some stuff on major pentatonic scales, and when I was trying to document it, the position numbers were at odds. I was assuming minor and major pentatonic position numbers are the same, but they're not. Most players are fairly familiar with position 1, minor pentatonic, so it's fairly easy to work out the other 4 from a position 1 at in the lowest position, so I ended up just calling it 'shape1' irrespective. I know the root note position changes if it's a major pentatonic, but also most players are probably using stuff from the positions 2 and 5, adjacent position 1, so it just leaves positions 3 & 4 to work into the mix, and to eyeball them away from 1, and add in stuff from their adjacent positions, like you do with position 1.

[@keovongvilaykeo4799]

Great lick lesson thank you 🙏 😊

[@ronnielee8616]

Love your Vids and instruction, Bulletproof guitar lessons have also taught me so much. This lesson is awesome and I am having a blast with it. I've been trying it in all keys, Thanks Ross!!!

[@versusguitargear6250]

just discovered you. thanks so much. I'll be doing some of your licks live soon. (they're coming along well)

[@claytonphelps9911]

absolutely killer, nice nice video. I'll look up more of your stuff, Thank You

[@satchrules101]

sick lesson bro! I love it !Thanks

[@kane6529]

Watched the speed video and I have it down at 140 BPM so gonna work my way up 😅 I wanna shred so badly but honestly have never stuck with progressive overload with a metronome so I’ll give it a try

[@derrickholmes2586]

Thanks for posting....something to practice.

[@ronyeahright9536]

you're great, and a great teacher. I have to lock myself in my room for 5 hours one day and try this lol.

[@jamesspooner1.2.76]

Very cool licks, thanks!

[@Shmoo0fDoom72]

Awesome lesson 👏 Merry Christmas 🎅!

[@fabbes88]

Thank you so much..!!! You deserve your succes..!!!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you 🙏

[@colink4823]

Yet another excellent vid, always informative. Any chance of a vid on playing "outside" notes, in the style of Robben Ford?

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks! Here you go - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGmolZStrMhpsK8

[@colink4823]

@@RossCampbellGuitarist many thanks👍

[@brianbarrett5987]

Another great vid. Thanks Ross.

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Brian!

[@nialld2638]

This is eye opening stuff. Great content as per usual. Thanks!

[@chinaroom-acousticfire5216]

Excellent lesson! Thanks a lot.

[@steveleibo6517]

Fantastic lesson Ross...THX..

[@shreyashshrestha6085]

This video os what i needed. Thank you!

[@faisalaziz4110]

you are the best ross!

[@georgehoaau8652]

Very, very helpful indeed, Ross. God bless.

[@1000eyes55]

Great Job Ross! you have such a awesome feeling and thought process in your linear playing and note selection. i hear so many guitarist out there trying to push the acrobatic limits and sometimes they lose the emotion in there playing in the technical side. But there is a killer bounce in your cadence and rhythm when you solos and your funky rhythm playing is Fresh BIg Ups! Bruh!

[@youngandrew66]

Oh and the pickings all in the tattoo sleeve by the way- booked in for a 6 hr session tomorrow at the place above the chippy

[@modernmusicstudio303]

Great Lesson! Thanks for sharing!

[@Jaywezy]

Awesome man. Great way to practice transitions between the upper half of the pentatonic positions, so that they become second nature

[@Yamunch]

this is friggin awesome thanks man

[@cookiesrawesomee]

you should've explained the bebop sounding lick you played near the beginning of the video

[@davidwold2818]

Thanks for the freshness!

[@zfc8171]

This is great!!!! To confirm, this is in the key of Cminor right? Thanks!

[@asimnaqvi5859]

Man i love your work, it's very inspiring

[@AlexlopezCruz]

Me gusta 👍 gracias por subir material así!! Me guata tu guitarra que tipo de strat es??

[@mattiacalogiuri4793]

Great video as always Ross, so much fun learn from you!

[@user-gh3dh4ee4g]

Thanks Ross for your inspiring ideas, would love to see and hear you in a live performing

[@TheDdkk1]

Great lesson! Just a question on the first of the 3 exercises where you are playing 4 note patterns on the high E and B string. Are you only using your index and ring finger to play all notes each position?

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Dan! Yes but that doesn't mean that you have to do the same. Experiment with using your pinky vs ring finger and work out what feels most comfortable for you :)

[@Soundience]

Great lesson Ross, thanks!

[@danaeverhart6487]

Stellar Cut Ross! You rock man

[@BrunoKrnetic]

What effect do you use to achieve that wah like sound? Some kind of envelope filter?

[@AlexlopezCruz]

I really like it!! Thank you much!! And I love your guitar 🎸! What kind of strat is it?

[@patrickfrancis7547]

Incredible playing brother . The road is rising to meet you !

[@aaronvalure178]

Ahhh we needs more of this!

[@Mordi-Benhamou]

KILLER Ross!!!! All the best. Mordi

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you!

[@henrikgustav2294]

Good tip for keyboards too

[@theguitarschoolproject3785]

Would be grateful for your opinion on strats

[@GuitarGravityMusic]

Great stuff here mate - rock on!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you!

[@apisdude]

very inspiring! could you do a vid on how you created the backing track too? thanks!

[@JacobL25]

This is awesome! Definitely be working on this!

[@ossyrover1982]

Great player by the way

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thank you!

[@1998targa]

So nice!

[@HendersonGuitar]

The camera quality of these recent videos has been amazing! Can I ask what camera you use?

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks! We use Sony A7Riii cameras. I'm not sure what lenses my videographer uses though. I'm a lot less clued up on camera gear than he is

[@TheK20sedan]

Now this is awesome

[@martino5150]

This is a really cool lesson! Thank you!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks!

[@themixologychannel1928]

Super amazing..totally love the tone

[@johnnytalarico]

Very nice, where can I find the backing track?

[@turnerpie]

Out of interest what gauge strings do you use on your strat? This was a great lesson!

[@headkickko609]

well we do have one thing in common. The exact same guitar cable....

[@kevinking2468]

Thanks Ross - I've learned so much from your content!

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Kevin!

[@AntonioCavicchioni]

Really interesting approach... Thanks

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Antonio!

[@dagwood4669]

Killer Tutorial

[@nieze]

Great lesson

[@waynegram8907]

I have seen these licks before that Philip Sayces uses, he has different groupings of patterns keep watching a lot of live concerts to find the groupings of patterns he uses

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Nice! I just started listening to him recently. Killer player

[@waynegram8907]

@@RossCampbellGuitarist yes his "youngguitar" japan lesson has a few of those grouping patterns but you have to watch a lot of live concerts to find the grouping patterns

[@andretheseal9837]

That tone is amazing, what is it?

[@aguitarcalledchutzpah]

Great stuff. Thanks12:38

[@NotAshamedOfficial]

some cool ideas here!

[@jacksonwadsworth6593]

You may possibly have the coolest tattoo I’ve ever seen! Was it inspired by John mayer?

[@totallynotfamed]

If I am told to learn only one scale in my entire life I would definitely chose Pentatonic scale

[@blacktarmac]

Wow, awesome playing and tone - I am always impressed what you can get out of the minor pentatonic. I'll guess it's the scale I'll take along in my grave ;)

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks Clemens!

[@Maximus-HK]

Simply epic

[@jazzaomar]

Thanx bro

[@MrBudpimpster]

Great appreciated such love to thx

[@JayAskey]

Great stuff !

[@gehtdichnixan9181]

Nice approach, makes me think different about the fretboard. U using a Dunlop Jazz III ?

[@sagig72]

yo Ross, another fantastic video. Loved it. Perhaps you can also tell which finger you're sliding on in your next videos (just a suggestion). Please do make more technique videos like that, breaking down patterns and demonstrating techniques, it's really helpful, especially to "open our minds" to new ideas which we can try out. Hey, I have a question: When you worked on this solo (and by extension on solos in general), did you know how it would all sound ahead of playing? What I mean is: you have this backing track and you're playing over it and then did you know how all this would sound BEFORE you actually played (so that means you knew what was gonna happen before) OR did you simply try it out as an improv and then "ran with it" when it sounded good?

[@RossCampbellGuitarist]

Thanks for the suggestions! Good question - I knew how I was going to open the solo and sort of composed the rest after a few takes of improvising over the track and finding things that I liked.

[@sagig72]

@@RossCampbellGuitarist Appreciating your reply man! Just to let you know where this question came from: I'm an intermediate player, I can improvise and many times it would sound good. BUT ... I dont really know what things would sound like ahead of playing them, I do know at least most times good landing notes which help make it sound good, but I can't say I how how to LEAD the music. In other words, I just play and if something sounds good perhaps I'll repeat and tweak. Are great players actually KNOW the type of melody they want to create or is that something that takes a few attempts, working and developing? (just curious) thanks again man.

[@gehtdichnixan9181]

@@sagig72 I'm no amazing player myself, but I probably know the answer. They do and don't. Like everyone else they work around their set of licks and killer-licks improvise in between, rearrange notes and parts of their licks and just go with the flow. So it's a mix of using known patterns and creating "new ones" out of the blue. But mostly they don't think much while playing they feel and try to ctach the vibe of the chord lying underneath.

[@sagig72]

@@gehtdichnixan9181 It does make sense and I much appreciate your answer. One of the things that I always find "missing" in all the guitarist youtube channels is talk/demo around the process of arranging a final piece such a solo or whatever. By 'process', I mean the trial and error, how long it takes. I guess they don't make it cuase it''s probably a very boring video to present, but it leaves a gap between some average inexperienced dude such as me and all the youtuber great guitarists here since I always keep second guessing myself, never sure if what I do makes sense or not, not sure if takes too long or not and there's no reference to compare it to. I hope this makes sense. If not - I understand it may not. Thanks again. If Ross reads this, I hope he will choose to make a video or two on this because it will really help knowing "what to expect the more mature I get on the instrument", in other words, is it even realistic to expect to improvize solos to perfection in first-go, is it even reasonable to expect that I will get to a level where whatever I do on the guitar 'just flies' and with very little time to prepare or to make arrangements, I can just 'take it and run with it'. Hopefully Ross will make something about it.