This Is How I SHOULD Have Learned Pentatonics (Diagonal Pentatonics)

[@RhettShull]

If you download the track, Id love to hear what you play over it! Post on IG or TikTok and tag me @rhettshull rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/free

[@fangtwo]

What's the guitar you're playing here? I can't quite make out the headstock....

[@RhettShull]

Its a Wide Sky P-125, amazing guitar! @@fangtwo

[@silcoxone]

Very nice guitar!

[@mrelmoresmusiclab]

This crushes...get yourself a loop of Fmaj7 to Dmin...and then play the F major pentatonic like you guys showed all the way up, but using nothing but octaves. Sounds unreal!!!! When you then start blending some sixth intervals and some of the minor blended, you are really into play for hours straight zone. Thanks for sharing dudes. If you want I would be happy to play over this and share what I mean. You gotta try this too Rhett. Especially those non-traditional style octaves most don't touch.

[@pulkitdesai4094]

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[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Rhett!!! Thanks so much for having me. Such a great time.

[@RhettShull]

You’re the man!

[@danielebazzani]

As a teacher myself, You are so clear in explaining, which Is great!

[@tomquayleguitar]

Daniel is one of my favourite people to jam with in the whole world and I like hanging with him, drinking quality IPA's even more! Killer player and killer dude.

[@RhettShull]

He's a great cook too!

[@shannondew6822]

I have to agree 😁

[@Snorkl7879]

I’ve been playing guitar for 25 years and this is the first time that I’ve had my mind blown since I learned about the pentatonic scale 24 years ago. After about five minutes of playing these patterns and training my ears to the notes, the baseline to born under a bad sign fell out of my hands, not out of memory, but because I could hear the notes in my head before I started to play them, and instinctively knew how to get to them. Now I can “see” the notes I’m playing in relationship to the root. It’s all right there.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Whoa!! Love that. Thanks for sharing.

[@Snorkl7879]

@@DanielSeriffMusic thanks, but it’s all you! I can’t believe I hadn’t noticed that pattern before, or at a minimum just deleted the two extraneous notes from the major/minor scales when thinking in “penta” tonic. It’s like I’ve been wasting brain energy thinking about six strings and twelve notes and this pattern has freed up that space to understand what’s really happening in relation to the root.

[@Poco50guitar]

I bought Daniel's "Diagonal Pentatonic Method" and it helped me beyond belief, i thought i had a mental block on learning the neck of the guitar....i can go all over the neck now....almost instinctively....im still amazed. Im 73 three yrs. old and learning the method of Daniel's gave me the desire to keep learning the guitar...Thanks Daniel....all the best....Gary Morse

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Gary!! Thanks so much man. Really appreciate you.

[@jacobbrown3479]

Yeahhh!! Love to see Daniel getting this kind of recognition, he’s a great dude and a killer player too

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thansk bud!!

[@joelhabrial3897]

Rhett, that guitar is still one of the best looking guitars I've ever seen, and it sounds amazing! Great lesson too! This helps a lot!

[@brianhackett-jl3hc]

What is it? I kept waiting for a shot of the headstock but it didn't happen. I'm guessing something custom? Beautiful.

[@SwompyGaming]

​​@@brianhackett-jl3hc Im curious as well, looks a bit like a B&G little sister but never seen one in that finish before Edit: rhett responded to someone else, its a wide sky p-125!

[@robslater5528]

Daniel has been a friend of mine for quite a while. That he's a gifted player is obvious. But he's an equally gifted teacher! His ability to take nearly any fretboard fraction and reduce it to simplest terms is just amazing. I've dug Rhett online for several years. Glad to see him and Daniel get together! Like minds. Like personalities!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thank you, Rob!!

[@chucksatava8944]

Daniel is the man! Worked with him a few years ago and he blew my mind!!! Glad you guys got together!! Keep it up! Joe

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks Joe!

[@mattanthony2]

Daniel is one of the best! Awesome to see him get this kind of exposure with Rhett.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

My dude!

[@Naminorite]

I CAN NOT tell you how much ... this is one of the best Rhett lessons Ever! No kidding, this was really a useful overview and just the subtle playing you both did helped drive home the point. No crazy shred just a nice 'here is how to use the skill'. I am an older low level player and I've watched countless hours of useless videos and given the net is a nasty place for commentary I tend to just try and forget about it and move on but I'm going to try and spend YR2024 lettting those folks out there know when something is right and this is right. Nice Job. *going to look up Daniel now.

[@drguitar78]

couldn't agree more. this is the first time ive even considered paying for online lessons.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Really appreciate that! Thanks so much.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Awesome!!@@drguitar78

[@johnmclachlan6746]

Daniel, I want to take a moment to say how much I appreciate the dynamic volume you put on your licks. My mind has been blown by the theory of this lesson alone, but I literally have never heard anyone use attack volume as a technique -- at least not like you. Love the channel Rhett! Keep the dope lessons and biography type videos coming!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Man, that is too kind! Thank you. :)

[@mikebrodhead]

Rhett, thanks in part to your videos, I picked up the guitar again after 20 years of barely touching one. I forgot more than I expected but it is also coming back at an OK pace. Thanks!

[@TheDryes]

Yes, love us some Daniel Seriff!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

My friends!

[@nuthinbutlove]

George Benson mentioned in an interview that in his first years of playing he couldn't get the speed other players did playing vertically. He found that when he approached the neck horizontally (diagonally) it enabled him to gain speed, and he continued playing that way while working at and finally conquering his issues playing vertically. The end result was not only was he able to play the same licks horizontally as the others did vertically just as quickly (if not faster), but it opened him up to be an even more creative player and travel the entire neck at incredible speeds. What's important is not sticking to one thing or another. What's important is playing in whatever way that makes you feel better about what you hear when you pick up your instrument, so you'll stay motivated enough to conquer your weaknesses.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

There you go

[@geoffweber5375]

This is the guitar power duo the world needs right now!

[@jesusislukeskywalker4294]

👍🏻 bro the world sure does. i can’t hardly listen to anything in the charts these days.. all auto tune voice fry vocals and over produced mixes.. samples being played backwards . i like all kinds of music though find myself listening to more and more music from what feels like a bygone era. 🙈

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks Geoff!

[@bpsychoz]

Rhett’s guitar sounds sooo good!

[@PaulWarrenMusic]

Awesome!! Great to see Daniel here! He's a great teacher and has been THE MAN online discussing the diagonal pentatonic!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks bud!!

[@user-oy7gz5bf2h]

That 1-2-3, 1-2 thing at 2:50 was taught to me by a guy I was giving lessons to! I had always struggled with boxes and it made so much sense! The guy was a very good player that came in for some theory and he actually showed me one of the more useful things. Totally the missing piece in connecting isolated positions in a fluid and musical way.

[@anthonystevens7206]

So helpful! Been working on this idea with my students but the 2-3 note patterns is the key to making it clear. Thank you!!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thank you. So glad it was helpful.

[@madamkirk]

Rhett your tone is awesome today!!

[@THEJADAN200]

I've been soloing like this for years I had no idea this is what it's called. Great video and I'm definitely going to practice this further.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Awesome!

[@paulhudson2293]

Whatever guitar that is that Rhett is playing, it's a thing of beauty!

[@RhettShull]

Thanks! Its a Wide Sky P-125

[@kich16117]

I love the tone! What amp are you playing through?

[@Mssrmikeone]

Seriff another great lesson. Brett that guitar punches in the mix. Great video!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thank you!

[@АртёмСалахетдинов-ь9в]

Daniel your feel is so good! Wow!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thank you so much. I work on it a ton and it really wasn't awesome for a long time. There's some good stuff coming out in our next video on that.

[@dhm1982]

self taught guitarist right here, playing for 25 years...never saw this explained elsewhere so clearly. this explanation just changed my view of the instrument. mind blown.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

So great to hear. Thank you

[@bobolson5423]

love that you have Daniel and know him! Been following him for a while. great player

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks Bob!

[@john_sandilau]

Bro! Forget about the content of the video for a sec! RHETT WHAT IS THAT BEAUTIFUL LP STYLR GUITAR!! Holy s**t that's soo gorgeous!

[@davidgangemi3314]

Glad Im not the only one who noticed that. hopefully he replies.

[@oninofernandez]

Also, asking for a friend😁

[@marks3780]

I love love this! Getting out of the pentatonic rut and finding ways to do it.. this is great! Loving that it is so easy to know exactly what part of the scale I'm on just effortlessly.. No matter how long I've played all the pentatonic boxes, I always have to think a bit about the note I'm on. Thank you!!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thank you so much

[@davidjonkassan]

going thru the course and its awesome! thanks for putting this out there ds and rs!

[@contessa26-jim]

Great easy to understand system, playing that within a minute! And i just saw Rhett holding my dream guitar, semi with a p90 and a humbucker, plus ultra cool look. WANT!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks so much

[@DarkSideofSynth]

Great!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thank you

[@slayabouts]

This is similar to what I used to do while learning. I remember going through and finding all the octaves all across the fretboard and then practicing by trying to solo only using 3-4 notes around each octave. Then I’d try to transition to the next octave up or down

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

very cool

[@derekbrock9688]

Dang Rhett, you're tone is on fire in this video!

[@musicproductionvideos5019]

Wow.. his choice of notes is very unique. Great phrasing all around! Look forward to the course.

[@lincbradham]

The best collab! Y’all rule! Go Daniel! Go Rhett!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks bud!

[@mebaugh1]

That's so cool! I feel unstuck- love you guys!!!

[@alexhuevera939]

Awesome! thanks guys

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thank you!

[@fodiddlediddle5015]

fantastic lesson. Great playing. Thank you gentlemen!🔥

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks for the guitarist.

[@jontattum1476]

I watched the first three minutes of this and immediately saw improvement. Thank you!!!

[@ZitherBeast]

This is a great video. That was fantastic to play along with.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Awesome.

[@marcusbutticus41]

Great lesson and thank you for sharing. So many of us suffer from box myopia and we lose the musicality necessary for impactful playing. Once I get this under my belt, I suspect it is also a great model for incorporating some of those flavor notes from the modes. hey, i might be wrong, but you gotta make mistakes to know what sounds right.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

You are right!

[@1man1guitarletsgo]

Nice explanation. I've been doing this for decades, but never thought about it with this diagonal image.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Nice!

[@jordanmilligan5305]

Daniel is one of the best around!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks Jordan! Hope all is great for you.

[@MrShanebizzle]

Wow loved you two jamming over that track. Helpful video thanks!

[@EdgeofBreakup]

Way to go Daniel! 👏

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks bud!

[@GuitarTabsDaily]

Great lesson fellas ❤🎸🤘

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks so much

[@lngsrp4612]

omg!!! Not anywhere close to a pro, but I have been doing this for 40 years. Only seen this covered once on KZbin, and nowhere near as in depth. It really allows you to move more quickly, AND if you plug notes in the right places, you have your Dorian, blues scale, Major, Mixolydian, whatever, as long as you start in the right place.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Absolutely! It's so effective.

[@PaulGillings]

Fantastic! Thanks for that guys, really helpful tip!!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

So glad it helped

[@joeurbanowski321]

Great stuff..! I drill all options in the pentatonic scales.. like you said..” Follow the octaves..”.. Thanks guys.!✌🏼

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks for watching

[@Rrouthmusic]

This just gave me a visual representation for the fretboard that I needed. Thanks Daniel and Rhett!!! 🙌🏻

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Too awesome!

[@glh1956]

What a lesson ⭐️ great info on here brilliant- thank you 👍🎶

[@mattsb17]

Excellent playing , superb tone , and awesome lesson . I’m gonna be studying this for sure

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Excellent. Thank you

[@anton_stfr]

That video helped me very much! Thank you!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Glad to hear it

[@guitar9310]

This is AWESOME! What a dope collab ❤❤❤

[@matsherwood6277]

I can dig this. I don't know why everyone wants to hate on the box so much though. There are 5 boxes. Use whichever one is efficient for where you are playing on the fretboard with your chords/triads and the voicing/octave you are looking for. I do find his pattern helpful though. Thanks for sharing!

[@JemmyJems]

Daniel getting the recognition he deserves! Oh yeah!!!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

My friend!

[@jaycole4691]

This is a cool video. A good watch. I stumbled on to playing like this a long time ago. I learned with a minor approach and have always struggled to connect major and minor but this is a good way of doing it without getting lost in the theory of it all and using your ear a little easier. That being said learning theory is cool

[@vivito-]

This is the most useful video i have seem here! Nice

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

So glad to hear it!

[@raffaele7185]

This is GOLD!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks so much

[@benjamingilmore825]

That backing track groove is SICK!

[@RhettShull]

Thanks!

[@mattw36]

Corey Wong has a solid video with some pentatonic practice drills where you move vertically, diagonally, and horizontally. Been really helpful for me but also has made me a better player as I utilize some different movement s

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Excellent!

[@KerryLiv]

Great points and tasty playing guys!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks Kerry!

[@Kipperbob]

This is how I learnt pentatonics, I didn't know what boxes were until after I learnt about CAGED, even now I don't think box 12345 like I see a lot of people doing, I think of the CAGED shape and overly the scale over the chord shapes,

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Nice approach!

[@FatMatt_Tones]

Funny 😂 I've been doing a series on this very method now for a few weeks! Minor only so far. There's a 1, 2, 3 - 1, 2 pattern in pentatonic all across the whole neck. Or if you'd like, 1, 2 - 1, 2, 3 pattern. Great post Rhett!!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Awesome!

[@juanpiantino9182]

Love this!!! I am one of those "boxy" soloists. These tips are incredibly helpful. I'm definitely going to check out the course.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

So glad it's helpful.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

So glad it's helpful.

[@juanpiantino9182]

@@DanielSeriffMusic I purchased the course, and I'm enjoying it very much. Great job, and I will be checking your other courses soon!

[@mattjazz3]

Let’s go Daniel! 🤘

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks bud!!

[@robgoodfellow]

This was cool. I do like how those notes outside of the scale sound off across the backing track. It reminds me how it's argued by Miles Davis and others that there are no wrong notes.

[@BParker55]

This is how I learned it and it's now how I teach it! Good stuff!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Very cool

[@alexnelson3656]

From one of the camera angles, David’s guitar looks like a Starcaster shape. Got excited for a moment, would love if Fender started producing those again! Bought the Squier version and think it looks amazing.

[@digitalsky75]

Super tasty licks in this one!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks so much

[@coleford4258]

It's pretty cool hearing you talk about concepts I've used, but never had words for. One of my earlier "breakthroughs" for soloing while sitting in with the old guys I learned with was "octave mapping". That saved me whenever I sat in on tunes in keys I'd never played in. I'm gonna start thinking about this "diagonal pentatonic" thing too. Sounds really cool and helpful for moving around without thinking much.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Very very cool!

[@keonsullivan2023]

Absolute GOLD

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thank you

[@davidwood351]

A great way to teach guitar, simple and effective.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks so much!

[@matthewmiller3205]

Cool I leaned this way as well. Super cool seeing it explained.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Awesome

[@matthewmiller3205]

I have been playing in this style for 38 years. Lately I have been sprinkling in some Tim Pierce and wow has my playing really opened up..Rhett introduced me to him on his channel..As he did Daniel.. Thanks..

[@gazzie12000]

Good advice, and it leads to much more musical sounding solos and licks. I must admit I've been playing like this since the 70s. I'm self taught from listening to records, as we all did, it's just how I learned to play. I've been teaching over 40 years and this is a big part of how I teach lead playing and licks too. This and chord tones. But the main thing I want to know from this video is - Brett what is your guitar, I love it?

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Very cool. It's a great approach

[@liontone]

Cool approach! I tend to think of them as arpeggios as well. (Maj6/9) and (Min7/11).

[@pauldockery1747]

Thank you

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks so much

[@samj.6867]

Great lesson!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thank you

[@mcpappysgolden]

Two excellent players.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

thanks so much

[@ruebenblancas9115]

It was hard to pay attention to educational content with all of that tone. Great video guys.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

HAhaha. My man!

[@cozy_mellow_mood]

hell yea! the intro jam is great! 😎

[@philodonoghue3062]

Totally Gives is ol’ git new newbies inspiration and hope hope hope Plus excellent demonstration of method to learn-practice-play

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks so much

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thank you @@philodonoghue3062

[@antoonhermans8953]

this is how i learned to play the pentatonic scales out of the lead rock scales books from hal leanord when i started playing guitar , my teacher advised me to buy these books 1& 2 ( minor and major )

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Very cool! I actually originally learned the original idea from Marty Schwartz!

[@jasonswitzer1748]

This method reminds me of how a bass player moves around a neck (because they typically have 2 less strings to use). It’s cool, but I think it may handicap you in terms of some speed runs. But there’s a time and place for every technique. This is still pretty useful info to have.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Works so nicely on the bass

[@daniellapp8568]

Great Lesson, Guys. What is that stellar-looking LP Style Semi-Hollow?

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks. That is his Wide Sky

[@michaeldennisguitarlessons]

The “Ebmaj7(Lydian) Pentatonic” is a “Beautiful” choice to play over the funk dominant backing track - this set of notes can be started at the open D string and 12th fret - create your own melodic ideas and land on either the Eb(b7) or A(3rd) - play a half step bend/vibrato between the D & Eb notes - play a half step bend/vibrato between the A & Bb notes ④ D Eb ③ G A Bb ② D Eb ① G A Bb

[@Nightpants]

Rhett, What is that guitar, man? It's gorgeous and sounds great!

[@JuanPabloVeTV]

Hey Rhett! About your last livestream: You should really really pay attention to sample rate and aliasing issues regardless saturation and distortion. Here's the problem: a digital saturation/distortion device adds harmonics to the signal. When these harmonics reach the Nyquist frequency (22,050 hz to 44,100 for example), they start adding lower frequency harmonics that do not exist in the analog domain. This is where digital fails to emulate to analog. The solution: a higher sample rate, oversampling (that has it's own problems), better aliasing filters, etc. This applies to compressor plugins and eqs with saturation, and almost every "analog simulation". Just make a sine sweep into a real amp and compare it with a plugin at 44.100 hz. Make different tests, you will be surprised! Nobody talks about this in the guitar community.

[@picksalot1]

When I saw good players playing Pentatonic patterns, they were usually playing diagonal 2-string groupings that could be easily moved an octave, retaining the same fingering, or playing 1-octave BB Boxes.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Definitely agreed

[@cancelbubble6535]

Great video.

[@LaneMilesMusic]

That backing track slaps

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Very fun one by Rhett and his assistant, Chris.

[@davidjonkassan]

easy to use this on chord tone solos? Just landing on the chord root and moving into the 3:2 or 2:3 set?

[@patmoore6061]

Rhett, what guitar are you playing, looks and sound great!

[@akwamarsunzal]

Oh Rhett, thats a pretty guitar! 🙂

[@splashesin8]

Yay! 😊

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Thanks

[@stickmanmusic5840]

Nice simple trick, a useful pattern to help new soloists. BTW that single cutaway guitar is gorgeous! What is it?

[@Bookerleecountyfair]

Ok so guitars sound great…but can we talk about the drum sound on this track? It’s so good. Where that super tasty saturation coming from @rhettshull is great at guitar but I can’t wait for more production.

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

I think that is Rhett's assistant, Chris, on drums.

[@mrstrat222]

Hi Rhett- big fan- appreciate this lesson!! Love your guitar- never saw the headstock- what model guitar is that!! You sound great!

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Wide sky

[@hugokappes4077]

cheers,, i know the neck and that fits nicely and is usefull,,

[@TeleTonemonkey]

Both channeling Scofield with that groove a 6:00 onwards! 😎

[@DanielSeriffMusic]

Oh yes