The Insanely Simple Shape That Does It All [Pentatonic, Blues, Melodic]

[@gargantuanbehemoth]

This is one of the best short instruction videos for beginners on KZbin.

[@postintheocean]

I second that 👍💯🎶

[@AndSoMuchMor]

I love how you give a great camera angle PLUS the big fretboard to see what you're playing. YOU my friend are my NEW BEST GUITAR TEACHER! Thankyou tons!!

[@help797]

Jules, Been stuck in a rut for decades; and couldn't move on until you revealed some theory, that would never have crossed my mind, Thank You so much, nice work.

[@ABBYDOG26]

Your lessons are so easy to follow. it’s amazing that I learn more in ten minutes watching your videos than hours watching other videos for hours! Keep up the great work my friend!

[@mrw1ld1]

This is one of the best guitar vids! Gets you playing good sounding solos straight away while introducing some music theory that is actualy understandable. Well done Jules!!!

[@dr123hall]

Heck yeah! Beginner to bluesman like Clapton! Those blue notes and fret changes offer color and a professional lead lines. Combine with timing and an “ear” for the right key, and Jules has opened real player opportunities!!

[@VinceVaughn-p2t]

your guitar is always so clean. Like, physically clean. And your videos are GREAT

[@Rickey8Nongkynrih]

I just love your videos. I have shared to many of my friends and family they now begin to play guitar again

[@jomarsoares7980]

Congratulations!!! Best channel for those who are learning. Congratulations! You gained a following in Brazil. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😃

[@taura101]

Excellent lesson. Simple. Direct. Potent. Actionable. Griff Hamlin put out an excellent 4 note blues solo video some years ago. You are adding much more context to that. Stich puts out lots of videos about pentatonic boxes and techniques in down to earth ways on his channel. Your touch and insights deeply enriches that conversation. Congrats Jules. Great job.

[@Jaimelapoesie]

I'm a beginner that's wanting to get into my bluesy stuff beyond chords; this video is absolutely perfect!

[@rohanmarriner5626]

One of the best little tutorials I've ever watched for improving my soloing. Thanks heaps for sharing - I'm off to practice it right now!

[@Gitarapiotr]

Genious shape. Thanks for sharing :) You have opened my eyes on everything pentatonic, blues, minor and major conected together!

[@nagarajbn4724]

What a running pentatonic scale across the frets and strings. Made so easy .

[@wetali91]

Hey Jules don't stop! we love your videos.

[@Round2atLast]

Really useful and very helpful from a practical standpoint!! Here, we have another manifestation of the very well known principle of "less is more". Great job Jules, thanks so much!!

[@peterliolis5482]

I like to slip down on the g string ,enough laughs! you are one of the best teachers on KZbin

[@alanwhite6293]

Well, I've struggled for years and never really got anywhere (Home Hobby Player) Managed to put a tune together with a pink floyd backing track but nothing else but you describe every note/scale clearly so I will persevere with your teaching, Thanks so much and keep up the good work! subscribed with 2 minutes of watching you.

[@stevenjones6780]

Hang in there. I've been playing 40 plus years and I still feel like that at times. A teacher I had many years ago once said: "Don't be afraid to experiment and explore the improbable. It's the things you discover on your own that really stick with you and define you as a player"

[@vincentboutet3585]

Impressively clear and easy to follow! Great job. I've already tried using the box and it works amazingly well! Thank you

[@LewWhite10]

Very well-explained brother. The relaxed groove and jazzy style is coming through loud and clear. Keep your videos going, you're making guitar players out of every viewer that watches you.

[@buzzstankos8532]

Jules - you are the MAN… thank you for your great, helpful videos.

[@rdec8734]

My new favorite KZbin instructor

[@JohnFiocchi]

Great informative lesson! When improvising on a Jazz Rock piece or taking a short solo in a R&B song ...typically it involves positions . They are fingerings which you memorize and apply during improvisation and you connect them by using chromaticism or Pentatonic passages. If a tune is mainly in A7 you simply alter the fingerings to sound fitting...also do it with a chord progression that revolves around a Major7th...and then there are minor keys.....or harmonic minors stylistically based more on traditional desert music of the Middle East with a Jazz blend. You alter the fingerings in all 12 keys and you attempt different styles of music. Egyptian or traditional Japanese melodies of the 14th century. This takes years of practice . Hours of devotion . It does come natural overtime. 😊

[@petermartin1967]

Fantastic as always! I find your channel is the easiest and most fun to understand. Thank you so much.

[@flouisbailey]

Nice Icon

[@philsader5091]

Best video yet. Pivots with congestion box is really good.

[@philipliethen519]

It’s INSANE!!! Absolutely & utterly INSANE!!! It’s MORE INSANE than all the others INSANE videos! INSANE it is!!!

[@MrRhythmeen]

Wow! This helped me a lot as I’m a beginner struggling with making my solos more melodic. Much appreciated!!!

[@jimallen4328]

I love this video Jules. This is genius level instruction that I needed in my first ten guitar lessons 50 years ago! This is really going to move me to the next level. Thank you, Thank you THANK YOU! Subscribing.....

[@PaulCrostaHomes]

Great video...To clarify, this is only for the Em or relative G major key. Assuming in this video the root note is E, then I guess we move the "box' up or down the neck so the root is on whatever key we are in...? Thanks guys.

[@412willis]

Hands down one of the best lessons I've seen in a long time. Thank you.

[@hansenmarc]

Very cool video on how the frying pan shape without the handle fits into the blues and major scale.

[@cornishman-uk4xe]

Well done Jules. Another relaxed and informative lesson.

[@marcd1981]

Thank you, Jules. Your channel is the only one I've seen that has the tabs shown exactly how we see you playing the notes. I've asked on multiple channels why the tabs are upside down, and have been told "that's the way it's done". I feel that is a poor response, especially for someone learning guitar that wants to play what they are watching and not have to flip the frets around in their head to do it.

[@maineiacts]

Brilliant way of illustrating the fretboard finger placement! Makes it easier to understand and see how the shapes are made, imo... I'm still a newbie after a whole lifetime of playing by my amateur ear... Always room to learn!! Thank You Friend! 👍🙋‍♀️🎄

[@tbckchurchchoiryoutubechannel]

I am a new Subscriber from Nagaland North Indian.👌👌👍✨

[@akmt123]

Excellent, cheers from Canada...

[@dennisstallard6457]

First class Demo Jules , I am a beginner and I am struggling but I will keep practicing and follow your instructions , many thanks .

[@late4suppa1]

I've been trying to learn how to go up and down the neck for awhile now after getting tired of trying to find someone else to play lead. I've decided I'm camping out here. LOL Until I figure it out. Great video and channel!

[@sweetdragon36067]

While I don't play guitar, this tutorial made playing guitar a possibility for me. Very well done tutorial!!!

[@PlouplePoupi]

Your videos are excellent ! Formidable pédagogie, des concepts qui simplifient la théorie et l’approche du manche ! Big big up & thanks🇫🇷✨👍🏼🙏🏻🍒

[@stevefielding8324]

Just brilliant Jules, your lesson presentations are second to none. Thank you.

[@frossbog]

BB mastered this concept.

[@Mr234hoo]

I really like the way you put things together, Thank you!

[@bobgreen3116]

Very useful information. Love that blue Strat!!

[@ChristianBrown-sc3pk]

Nice instructions. You made it simple. Good work

[@rodsimmons9337]

Thank you. A really useful lesson.

[@rodnyg7952]

makes sense, good on you for helping out beginners

[@Dzeroed]

I would prefer the graphic of the neck on screen to go from low E to High from the bottom of the screen, and left to right- as it would be looking down at the guitar when I'm playing it. Otherwise, this was very concise and well explained, and I've been playing 30 years. Always looking for inspiration and new tricks. Nice video mate 🤘👌👍

[@shalomshalom735]

Your videos are so very helpful !!!!

[@michaeltobiadu]

Thank you Jules!

[@DanTremblayMusic]

Absolutely fantastic video!

[@mr.rudolph630]

Absolutely great. More please sir.

[@plaguearttutorials]

Thanks bro got me playing this right off ( just a beginner) Nice explanation keep up the good work

[@consciousmeandu]

Very good explanation for me as a beginner! Thank you 🙏💚

[@cromaticdragon5079]

Dude, this is an Excellent explanation and demonstration! Thank you!!!! 👏 👏 👏 👏

[@donaldmeek6885]

Great Lesson Keep It Up

[@eric_charles]

Best teacher

[@christopherfryda]

Love this channel, thank you!!!!

[@lone-wolf-1]

Great for beginners, to get creative with just four notes. Did that too few months after starting guitar. 4 notes in different order and length and played with all possible fingering techniques: slide in/out, half, whole, one-and-half step bends, prebends, micro bends, hammer ons/pull offs… and so on. Then later maybe adding some other two notes which lay near by. Then playing the same lick emulating different genres and styles: jazzy, blues, rock, dreamy. I call it “milking a sequence”

[@ebisu8824]

*four

[@ebisu8824]

*which

[@lone-wolf-1]

@@ebisu8824 Thank you, I will correct my post.👍🏼

[@joebutkins4019]

Good one..

[@Folderq]

those solos sounds dope :D

[@danielanderson6450]

Fabulous. Thanks for a brilliant lesson.

[@chrisclassical7]

wonderous

[@seaninherts]

Thankyou for this - digging out my 1990 American Standard later and having a play with this pentatonic. I’m SO lazy with scales but life will be over before I get it done if I don’t hurry up ha :)

[@johnmacmillan627]

Great lesson, Jules. I’ll put it to use right now. Thx!

[@mtelje]

As always; your lessons are absolutely world class and has helped me to progress as a player. No one comes near you. ⭐️🙏 However, and I’ve said this before, your “tabs” are a real mindf**k. I’m tired of turning my TV upside down to figure out what you’re doing. Why do you stubbornly continue with these reversed and flipped illustrations? I’m sure that everyone would appreciate seeing it the normal way. 🙂🙏

[@goodandbadtimes]

.. er ... not us Lefty's! After innumerable years of struggling and attempting to read them and feeling 'left' out (pun intended), it's refreshing for us. Attempting to buy a Left-Handed Guitar is almost as difficult. If you find one, you're lucky. You definitely don't get a choice to compare one model with another.

[@mtelje]

⁠@@goodandbadtimesI fully understand that this makes it much easier for you ”lefty’s”. 😄 But then you also understand how frustrating it is.

[@marcd1981]

Don't agree with you at all about the tabs. I've been asking for months on several channels why everyone has their tabs upside down. Why aren't they shown exactly how you see them when watching a lesson like this? And everyone's answer has always been, "That's the way it's done". A poor answer for someone learning guitar and wanting to play just as they are watching on the video. This method has made it much easier to learn with.

[@mtelje]

⁠@@marcd1981I just don’t understand how you see it that way? When I play, as a right hand player, my first fret is to the left and my last fret is to the right and the low E-string is at the top. Justin’s illustrations are the opposite and upside down. His first fret is to the right and his low E-string is at the bottom. I swear I’ve never seen this anywhere but here. :/ I literally have to flip my phone upside down for this to make sense.

[@marcd1981]

@@mtelje I think it is how I hold and play the guitar that makes it easier for me with Jules's method. I'm not looking straight down at the neck / frets, and I picture the strings in my head just as you see someone play their guitar. It just translates better for me, as I don't see the fret board how most people obviously do.

[@billdelaney4222]

Luv the way u describe it I can even pick it up thanks bro

[@teleplayer7081]

You are good!! Thank you so much for your videos!!!

[@draster541]

Can you show to do a lead break in the key of A. I’m only a beginner & that would help a lot. Your videos are amazing & I hope to learn more watching your channel.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@jdframpton]

Your right this works bro. Very well.thought.

[@Acelespaul]

Great lesson thank you ❤

[@metermorphose]

Gorgeous lessons, Jules! Thank you so much😊

[@OneTinyPlanet_JumpOffIf2Big]

You make it easy!! Thank you for your generous spirit, Jules.

[@caddisking]

That was brilliant! I know 0 theory. I just memorize your positioning.

[@musicfunandotherthings522]

one word... awesome 👍👏👏👏

[@colintyler7119]

Your playing reminded me a bit of the Peter Green/ Snowy White track, Slabo Day ❤

[@mikezhang4761]

You make things so simple ❤

[@PaulEvans-j7h]

That was superb, well explained and great demo

[@behnamzadeh1936]

guitar hero always master class

[@joybandrhythmandblues]

Thank you, Jules! ❤

[@R0BERTMAY]

Amazing lesson!!!!

[@wkmetaal]

Excellent lesson.

[@rogeriosartori555]

Gilmour always did it very well

[@singletakecovers9740]

This guy is the best

[@rottanwelding]

sure made that simple ,, thanks

[@noscrubbubblez6515]

I like your term 'box'. Similar to your 3 fret box, I use a 4 fret box which (in the act of noodling) I discover is the about same 4 notes used in a less convenient position. But it is a useful exercise for the pinky finger in the overall quest to finding an out of tune string. Still, there's risk of hitting a bum note - a note that doesn't resolve up or down. The note that makes people think, 'he doesn't know what he's doing'. more fun than video games.

[@nik_elektrik]

Great video. Happy to see the old Ludwig van, too😂

[@JulesGuitar]

Someone who appreciates music 😀

[@KellyMillerGerlach]

Brilliant, thank you!

[@thenovicenoisemaker]

Brilliant!!

[@bdedwards9371]

Thanks Jules great videos

[@joshmartin1938]

OMgosh- new subscriber- thank you

[@jamesvanzyl4758]

Fantastic...got it

[@alexteravakov5038]

BRAVO!

[@towijjah3817]

Thanx Jules. (:

[@postintheocean]

Pretty much a simplified Dave Gilmour vibe , well IMO 👌

[@robertwilliamson4615]

Bro…excellent video. When it comes to soloing with a person singing do you use chord tones or solo in rhythm with the song?

[@MarkMillions-i3k]

Love it!

[@robertbourke7935]

Very well done

[@MMMfollower123]

Great Lesson, I just found your channel. One Note, could you flip your guitar neck the other way, I think most of guitarist are right handed and looking it flipped, will be like us looking at our own Neck. Thanks Jules.

[@greencan853]

Thank U

[@kelvinwilson9217]

Subscribed!!!!!