This 4 note scale pattern can change the way you improvise lead guitar! Guitar Lesson - EP549

In this week's guitar lesson, you'll learn a 4 note scale pattern that we will be applying to the minor pentatonic scale to create a cascading sound when playing between notes.
To download the 12 MP3 jam tracks (every key), the practice exercises, and the tablature for everything, visit: www.activemelo...

[@stewurbach9989]

Thanks! The light bulb went off for me with the Dickie Betts reference and I'm now understanding how he mixes major and minor pentatonic.

[@timothyarnold9350]

For me this was one of your best lessons. I had gotten up to speed on the same type of lick using triplets but using four notes opens up a whole new sound and kicks your playing up into a more professional sound.

[@DannyM_]

I love it. Thanks Brian!

[@stevestrang480]

Great lesson. Im always getting lost on positions 3 & 4 so this should help. Thanks

[@aminlumamba124]

Thanks for the lessons, kindly play amazing grace, you're great

[@rcd954]

Your explanation and demonstration are very fluid. Makes me think I can do it. I know it takes practice. This lesson is on my next practice session. Thank you

[@charlesamerson4836]

Love this lesson. The light bulb came on!!!!

[@willischeyltjens2980]

Very easy lesson, but important. Love it

[@meinhendl]

it depends....😁

[@donmccown6645]

Great lesson!

[@johnsee7269]

Amazing really... How does he endlessly come up with this stuff? Endless possibilities like any art form I guess...

[@alipa3252]

What a great lesson! I felt like this was a 1:1 lesson with you

[@solomonwaigani4512]

Phil Manzanera's great solo in Roxy Music's "In every dream home a heartache" uses this technique. Great lesson, Brian! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@Code9]

Excellent! THANK YOU! This is gonna help add some variety to my lead playing in a way I hadn't thought of before.

[@dieterreindl6466]

Excellent lesson helps a lot from knowing Pentatonic to being able to.

[@Daytripper51]

Great lesson, Brian!.... A great example of this on a record is the Blues Magoos recording of We Ain't Got Nothing Yet...45 seconds in....

[@darrynrooza8954]

Thank you for this.

[@dalecannon6039]

Ending the year with another great lightbulb lesson. Thank you so much. Heading to your site for the rest of the lesson. Happy New Year.

[@TurboCummins]

Thank you for the video. I appreciate all your hard work.

[@mmikeyhignight8573]

Thank you so much, I started working on this type of licks a few days ago, thanks for the great lesson

[@pushrodify]

This is a big help to me. Thanks Brian!

[@geraldbrown2875]

Great lesson. I love your phrasing 🎸 🇨🇦

[@fishzebra]

Commonly heard in rock solos, very cool, can also switch to 3 or 5 note patterns on any scale as good exercises

[@anthonyifasi8026]

Excellent lesson once again! Thank you.

[@el0blaino]

Opening jam was really great! (and the rest!)

[@meinhendl]

fantastic .if I played this it would sound as if a part of a scale was missing. really great !

[@chubbyoo7]

I wo;der why nobody ever told me this before, gotta start practiceing

[@louloucooke1]

Thank you this is brilliant. I couldn’t find a link to the tabs or your website anywhere. I wondered if you had a tutorial on reading tabs. Thank you again.

[@activemelody]

The link to this lesson is in the description. Or just go to ActiveMelody.com and search for EP549

[@brazilgriller6073]

Great lesson, as usual!!!! Thanks

[@GuitarJoLa]

Another great sounding exercise from the best online guitar instructor! 🎶💕

[@humphet]

my man...i think i focused more on the backing tracks this time. when i shared it with my brother, we really talked about how you said it "sounds fast" etc, but those backing tracks are the "cha cha" that changes the whole mood. I guess what Im saying is, I get so much more out of each lesson than just the main topic. sometime I even see that, "ah ha, there's where I should position that finger in that down the scale". peace

[@aintnoleedguy]

This makes me want to ditch what I’m currently learning and start working on this instead. Argggghhhh!

[@danielbaron2358]

I am still lost trying in to figure up and down on your fret board diagram. Can’t even start learning a pattern never mind anything else.

[@thebluesrockers]

How tight do you hold your pick, and how far do you dig in with it? I've been playing for years, but I've never been able to solo while alternate picking. I don't believe anybody has ever showed me properly.

[@activemelody]

The key is to angle is slightly so that it strikes the strings at an angle instead of straight on, and then try to relax everything (that’s the hardest part).

[@thebluesrockers]

@@activemelody thank you for the tip. I'll try working on that. I have 3 songs that I recorded several years ago on a site called N1M Just google Joe Garrison N1M and you can check them out. I'm really in need of the alternate picking, but I feel I do okay on the slow solo's. I really hope you look them up and give them a listen. Then maybe you could offer up some advice as to improve on my solo's. Thank you for all your lessons. At 55 years old I'm feeling defeated with speed playing. But you do offer a lot to help me out of that slump. Peace.. Joe

[@wittwfiii]

Its called sequencing

[@kaymobe]

Why is the guitar so crazy to me its like up is down left is right. That’s why Jimmy Hendrix reversed his strings so he could learn in a way that up is up and down is down and left is left and right is right. That said I learned the pentatonic from low E to high E and back.

[@lucyfuir6386]

Jimi was left handed. Lefty guitars are twice as much money so he re-strung and flipped it over so it would play as a lefty

[@dawnwhitehead]

And why limit this to guitar? I’m gonna try it on flute! Should be beautiful! 🪈❤️

[@carlodonnell146]

I wonder why the diagram always upside down/baxkwards