Improved Pentatonic Soloing [3 SIMPLE TIPS]

This video came from my email "[e-mail]. Many people voiced the question of knowing the pentatonic scale but sounding blocky or non melodic. Here are three simple tips to learn how to solo and flow better using a pentaotnic scale.
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[@StichMethodGuitar]

Hey everyone. If you need help knowing the boxes or learning more about the pentatonic scale. Watch my Pentatonic Mastery Playlist. It has a LOT of good stuff in there. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJOUeYl7rt5liZYsi=TdvYEVQN_iZwiHzu

[@Sldumas1983]

Your helping me so much, I play upside down 😂 so I am socking this up

[@ryebreadnocrust]

I love seeing your happiness when it comes to just you mentioning plane spotting much love from Fl👏🏼

[@Officialcadly]

Wow thanks so much for showcasing my Turbo Fan!! I hope you’re enjoying it :)

[@postoffice146]

Great! Electric turbo fan 🙂

[@gregc8483]

Best teacher I have found for myself on KZbin. It just clicks with your help. Cool Engine too!

[@vincesmith9997]

That blocky sound is so relatable. Just tried the 3 string flourish end technique and it was worlds apart. Also watched Brian May talking about soloing and he said that he works out solos in his mind and then tries recreate them because the fingers are prone to repetition when improvising (I’m paraphrasing but you get the idea). Also great advice for soloing. Cheers Stich.

[@Vivekaryayoutube]

I’m a guitarist and an Aeronautical Engineer who loves aviation. The moment you said that you love plane spotting, I smashed the like and Subscribe button that very second ❤

[@Nailyboy1970]

Stich, I love the way you enjoy teaching and giving tips. Keep it up

[@pevsfreedom]

Great tips. My soloing sounded like the "knowing the box" section for a long time. What helped me break out of that and actually play the pentatonic musically was listening to songs I liked, with a certain amount of jamming or soloing, listening for the key, and then playing the pentatonic along with the song. This helped a lot more than using backing tracks, which is what I was practicing with before. After a short while of doing this the boxes started connecting and so did the phrasing/melodies, etc., and I started to gain the "ear skills" to kind of copy what I was hearing. I'd also add that learning the major scale through and through super jumped my pentatonic playing as well, just being able to hear and play those "classic" intervals really added to my pentatonic playing as learning the major scale somehow made my playing (and ear) much more melodic. I'll also add that learning the notes on the B string is super important to this kind of playing! This was years ago but it was definitely a few year long hurdle - good topic for a video!

[@trentasaurus]

When you played along with songs, were you mimicking exactly, as close as possible to the guitar parts with only pentatonics? Or playing more loosely

[@pevsfreedom]

@saurus Typically when I was starting that out I would just try to get the key by ear (or look it up if I had to), then play the pentatonic rather loosely in an improv fashion. As I got better doing this I'd start hearing and replicating some riffs or licks or whatever, then add onto them. Now it's just all whatever, I play my own thing or copy certain parts or act as a 2nd lead if I want - just whatever happens is good. It's a lot of fun IMO and makes me feel connected in a way to songs I love. I'm much more of an improv player than a jukebox so I enjoy the loose jam thing and working on my ear/playing with the song. If I'm trying to mimick exactly it's in a much more transcribing fashion "sit down and write down the notes" experience, which I very rarely do.

[@ngc-ho1xd]

Thanks that lesson was so simple but useful 💡

[@ajja5437]

That jet engine is so cool, thanks for sharing it with us! And as usual excellent lesson!

[@ambroseharper8316]

Great advice 👏

[@aradiobox]

Great explanation!

[@petermaine]

Ian, the lesson I've been waiting for! Thanks so much.

[@TheWild_Living_Nature]

Great tips!

[@tjmartin4120]

Great advise, gonna put this to use right away.

[@maryk6780]

Great advice. Thanks for the lesson!

[@benlgordon]

Thanks brother I’m working on step one of the caged playlist

[@frankstephenson1746]

Mr. Walsh said.”The smoker you drink, the player you get”

[@michaelhamini1409]

Thanks. I've been stuck in a rut and your advice is incredibly helpful!

[@russelmyrick6529]

Wow. This was dope. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@stanchostanchev5991]

I alway get curious how many, many useful things I am learned by these videos... Keep going, man !

[@0713mas]

You rock!!! Thanks so much

[@MrKkramme]

Very helpful post! Thanks 🙏

[@leegunter5223]

Love yourguitat tips. That jet engine is awesome!

[@jwozniakify]

Yes! This is exactly how I sound and what I’ve been trying to get past. “I like pizza” was a great, combined with the 3 strings at a time knowing your root notes, pure gold! Thank you

[@MrPhilly76er]

This is terrific. Thank you very much . Makes sense to me

[@jimwoodswrites]

Sooo good. Thanks Stich!!!!!

[@Russell_Optics]

Very cool model of the turbo fan engine. I was just reading about the scalloped exhaust the other day to reduce the noise levels.

[@jeffliddy5453]

Appreciate the lesson! You have met me right where I am in my guitar journey. Most helpful!

[@mzmudy]

Thanks for being awesome and fun Stich!

[@michaelbratton472]

Thank you oh groovy one this is much helpful and your wisdom shows thank you again.

[@rickdauer5179]

Your presentations are delightfully entertaining and very educational for guitarists (and bassists) looking to expand their musical lexicon. Thank you for your efforts 👍

[@nth1739]

That model pane engine is amazing. Thanks for sharing! I too love guitars and aeronautics 👍

[@patrickbarr6398]

So eager to try this...

[@Jim22413]

After many days! good seeing you 😊

[@neilmartin99]

So cool. Big fan of LA Flights youtube channel. A must for plane spotters

[@HomedogNik]

I've been loving the mixture between the deep dive videos like "In the mind of..." and these little shorter videos a lot lately! It's great for working on something more long term while still getting inputs in between like these tips. I don't know anything about turbines but that thing looks impressive... I wonder how it alters the sound if you put it full throttle in front of your amp haha!

[@MrWalterRaymond]

I love guitars and planes too. My favorite jet is the Embraer 175

[@jy123100]

Great soloing tutorial. Just getting to learn the entire neck over the past year and this adds one more bit to the puzzle. Love the engine. Never knew that sort of model existed. Need to look into that further.

[@elvislives6574]

you're the best guitar instructor on KZbin !!!! .... no doubt about it

[@DrewLove777]

Great video brother.

[@lspyderp]

Been a while since I’ve visited, u always seem to have very good lessons, this one in particular , your the first one. Anyone can be a teacher , to be good one in which a student gets its, is quite different , u fill that 2nd category, Thks. Your extremely relatable and your demeanour makes me want to listen to you.

[@lightfoot413]

thanks for the lesson..really helps open up soloing for me..and the model jet engine is neat...

[@user-ry9xr7os7z]

Enjoyed your presentation on the pentatonic scale and tips to improve soloing. The Jet engine was a real treat - I been flying RC since the late 70s. Cheers

[@xx-jx3my]

That 3d printed engine is awesome !

[@WhiskeyBiscuits23]

Very nice tip on using 3 lines ! I put that on BBs box for the 1st string set and just having that note on the G string creates varying melodies that breaks out of the penta prison!

[@kevinstaggs5048]

Dude you just improved my soloing 1000% with this video. Clear concise instruction that makes perfect sense. Thank you. I liked and subscribed. I look forward to learning more.

[@alxjfos]

Amazing video. Simple and effective. Thank you!

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ianthompson5294]

Stumbled over freddy ... GOLD I TELL YIZ PEOLLE ! helping this old selftaught doodling wannabe bluesman f-:;&#" heaps .... thanku so much ...

[@mephestopholes]

Excellent! It feels a bit like an issue about timing (based on the first awkward example of playing "boxy") The beauty of the scales, and Stich Method is that you rarely hit an off note and figuring out where to slide up a couple of frets or slide into a scale really opens it up. When you find a groove, enjoy it. Then find another one.

[@fredsmith6809]

I love planes... In March 2008 I landed at Heathrow U.K. bound for Manchester. Our flight out was delayed due to a medical emergency. Had to wait almost 5 hours, they assigned another plane. Consequently I watched out the massive windows in the terminal watching the planes land. I could see in the distance plane after plane coming in. This particular day, the brand new A380 arrived at Heathrow on its maiden flight from Singapore. I was totally enjoying myself. I could stand there all day. I must say I was mildly disappointed when they announced our flight to Manchester was ready to board! So I know what saying about watching aircraft come and go. I love your tutorials as I am a player also (always learning) Good Stuff!

[@clbdyc]

Before I watched the whole video I read this comment thinking, what's this got to do with a guitar lesson? 😂

[@lucas-kanemutti6963]

I'm after the answer too lol​@@clbdyc

[@PK-VLOGG]

As a jet engine mechanic in the Air Force (C5-M -CF6) this was a pleasant surprise! Love your videos turns out you’re cooler than I thought you already were!

[@johnwood4488]

Adrian and Rolls Royce ROCK, way cool. good lesson too.

[@lavenderjrblues2017]

Awesome lesson. And very cool jet engine.

[@OkinInc]

Awesome lesson as always and gotta say that RR Jet engine is fantastic! I’d be playing with that until the jet engine noise puts me to sleep. 😂😂

[@goodtimes54]

yeah your so right

[@jasonbrackstone]

Awesome video sir and thanks needed some help to get out of the two string trap. And wow another fellow plane Nerd like myself cool engine.

[@charlesflynn629]

Good stuff

[@jjs3863]

Wait. I turned away for a minute and the video went from Pentatonics to Jet turbines. Awesome!!!!

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Hahah!

[@alexdieudonne1924]

That is so me thnx man for the lesson great tips

[@mrbigg7255]

Love the red Strat

[@dogzillamonster]

Am a plane fan too! Retired from IT at Boeing in Everett 2 years ago, am picking up guitars again to (re)learn how to have fun. Brand new 777's take off every day nearby, they are amazing :)

[@Z_333_]

I found this really helpful, thanks. You have an easy to follow style, so I'll happily subscribe. Greetings from Melbourne Australia 🤘🇦🇺

[@StichMethodGuitar]

My Turbofan engine came from Australia! Greetings!

[@paulcarr2207]

Wonderful thank you!🎸

[@joejoe41madmad]

We shear very similar passions, I work the engineering department in Montreal Canada. Just the APU itself is something I love to listen starting up, I may get into motor change next year and if so I’ll let you roar up them engines, but no more than 60% throttle. I thrust you Stich.

[@claytonowenby1531]

Thanks!

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Amazing! Thank you

[@claytonowenby1531]

You are so welcome I'm learning a lot from you and enjoy your teaching very much I've been playing 35 years and I am in a big rut. I'll give more soon thank you.

[@dermotmurphy6804]

Fantastic lesson.A little bit advanced for me right now but gives me something to aspire to.Thanks a million 👍🎼🎸

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Check out my pentatonic mastery playlist. It will help I promise

[@raymondcorreira847]

I figure you out finally! Your doing the Gerry Garcia look I kept saying to myself man he reminds me of someone and it just dawned on me lol!

[@TheDWeeks]

Cool turbine! (I have loved aircraft my entire life! I have been a full-size pilot, and flown giant-scale rc aerobatic aircraft in airshows for years.)

[@jasongoldberg1468]

Hey Ian, very cool that you are a plane ✈️ aficionado- I am in fact an airline pilot by profession! Thank you for your helpful videos.

[@Crizzy4141]

Very Neat model

[@Order4627]

Love the jet engine, please feature more 3D printing.

[@michaeljamesduran1680]

I just bought your Stich coffee mug. Delivery to Germany where I live now. That’s how much I love you (in a hetero way) and what you’re are doing. Rock on! 🤘🏼

[@DJCJ999]

That engine is cool stitch :D

[@rustydelorean6405]

I watched a good video on youtube explaining the difference between turbofans and turbojets. Turbo jets were surpassed by turbofans in military and general aviation. The biggest difference in the types of turbofans is the bypass air. Jet liners use high flow bypass that increases the volume of air blowing, essentially they are being propelled by the air. Military fighter jets use low bypass so they are more dependient on the hot gasses for thrust.

[@gopilotmusic]

Excellent lesson! TY. Cool cool at the end! (unrelated aside: storm raiders online multiplayer .. wwII plane battles🤓)

[@MustafaBaabad]

Wow, wonderful model of jet engine. Very nice. Good for placing in front of engineering class in boss desk of engineering company. Will be very impressive for gift to boss for his desk decoration. Cheers from Indonesia.

[@johngarrity6687]

Fun to see you enjoying your toys!!😊

[@georgebarr2123]

G'day.. thank you. The idea and tuition on getting the pentatonic to sound so much better is really appreciated, I'm about to pick up the guitar and try that out at 7;30 am on Easter Sunday... see if I can wake up the Easter bunnies.. ha ha. Regards the jet engine.. that's so cool. How much thrust does it have...? I was into jets as a kid and still watch the development of the military jets, particularly I look at the newer types and I am amazed at how they perform, with directional thrust to assist in maneuverability. I often look at the commercial jets, and I really just stare and look at how stream lined and they really are a beautiful and amazing conglomeration of engineering. thanks again these are a great help to an old guy trying to learn what he should have 50 years ago ha ha never too late. :)

[@GoSolarPlz]

Hey there. Wow great channel videos! Also wanted to comment on the RR Trent you have there! Any chance you could do a detailed review video on it please?! It’s awesome!

[@BurnleyNuts]

Can't beat a super quite night time landing RR Trent engine. Fan blades made in the town I'm from.

[@michaelharrington5843]

Fantastic video. I sound significantly better with this simple tip. Now you need to get into RC planes. 😉

[@velocity6124]

great lesson. Thanks for the tips. do you have a vid that will help me turn a song to a guitar melody. Like singing.

[@echoorvissimms8819]

Awesome job…you look like JG

[@triggerhappydad65]

3:53 to 4:17 ! Wow. I'm just a "couch stummer" who occasionally rights songs ..... some good, some....'ehh? Now I want to right one JUST to use that solo from 3:53 to 4:17 !! I get most all of my individual song instructions from "Shut Up And Play", here on KZbin (he's phenomenal), and some from Marty Schwartz's channel. This guy will definitely be added into the mix! Thanks for your work.

[@kyledrevlo1962]

Your content is always great and I dig the new backdrop you've put together. Is it wallpaper? the frames seem to turn the corner. Keep it up! Thanks for your help

[@StichMethodGuitar]

A photographic backdrop 🤫

[@eross21]

also, I’m a huge aviation fan, and that jet engine was a really nice surprise, i did not expect that in a guitar tutorial video. please ad more things like that with your video. it is the cherry ontop. thanks

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Glad you liked it!

[@dirkdeegan5249]

You are literally a guru! Do you give lessons?

[@tedn3030]

you should try a adsb receiver for spotting.

[@davehill5539]

Cool beans

[@eddielathum8405]

first thought on the plane engine, how would i mount it on the bottom of one of my telecaster's, that thing is so cool

[@Rockemdead1]

Love the jet engine, but loved the lesson more. Your Kohls buddy. Carl.

[@StichMethodGuitar]

Dude! Awesome to hear from you!

[@stevebelcher1527]

Just a question what kind of looper do you use and about what price range is it

[@650thunderbird5]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@dukewagner9566]

Could I mount the thruster on my kayak?

[@chriscrawford1958]

My two passions are playing guitar and building RC planes and jets from scratch!

[@TheTimeProphet]

Damn I wanted the rest of the plane too.

[@scottjones6624]

The thing that I find to be such an interesting thing about us humans is that we all have sometimes surprising interests in things that are just unexplainable. Why is Stich fascinated by jet engines? Why does someone else collect antique razors? These unexplainable attractions I find fascinating and mysterious. I certainly have mine!

[@garrylee2577]

Can we get the backing track please😊

[@michaeljones1941]

I love Stiches Grateful Dead videos