Two Simple Shapes UNLOCK the Pentatonic Scale EVERYWHERE - and make it MORE musical!

[@fretscience]

If you're new to the channel, I'd like to offer a warm welcome! To see how this video fits into the big picture of fretboard understanding, check out this overview video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqGmYmRrr89-n9k or download a FREE 12-page overview e-book: fretscience.myshopify.com/products/building-fretboard-fluency-the-big-picture-pdf-ebook Individual cheat sheets and a heavily discounted bundle are available for purchase at: fretscience.myshopify.com 🎸🧪🤘

[@LittleLunaFox]

Holy crap…someone give this man a medal or some kind of award! This is gold! Something you maybe want to point out in your videos that you kind of skip over is how your shifting up and down takes advantage of the fact that the top and bottom strings are both E strings, and will therefore always have the same “pattern” on them and that is how you can “fill in” the notes as you shift a pattern up or down. That took me a second to figure out.

[@fretscience]

Thanks! That’s definitely a good point for 6-string guitar. I’m always thinking of how the method applies to 4-, 5-, and 6-string bass and 7- and 8-string guitars, where that doesn’t work, but it’s definitely something most of us can use 🎸🧪🤘

[@fenderjazzbrian]

@@fretscience Yes, this works great with the 4-string bass as there is no warp. There was a video floating around that did something like this, but with 3 shapes. It was most useful in moving up and down the neck, but not as helpul as this approach using 2 shapes and moving vertically, and as a deeper learning tool as used with the companion videos.

[@enzocypriani5055]

Can you please explain that concept to me? I can't visualize it

[@jadonx]

@@enzocypriani5055 if you imagine a 7 string guitar which means the lowest string would be a B, the box on 7 and 6 strings would be the same as a the box on 2nd and 1st strings.

[@TomKaszuba]

I have watched this multiple times. I can’t tell you how valuable this is. A perfect explanation that makes sense and opens up endless possibilities. Extremely well presented in voice, visuals and pacing. As good as it gets. Thank you very much.

[@fretscience]

Much appreciated, Tom! I’m so glad you’re finding it helpful 🎸🧪🤘

[@BluegrassPOV]

EXACTLY! I love this channel!

[@chinapaulo]

I’ve been playing the guitar for 30 years, and this lesson has completely changed how I understand the geometry of the fretboard. Absolute breakthrough moment. The scale forms we memorize are “true”, but they’re derived from the underlying pattern!

[@chinapaulo]

It’s already changed how I approach improvisation. Instead of thinking, which form do I need to use?, I just find the first root that I want to center the melody around and use the stack+rectangle to move around it. It’s so simple, and it ends up sounding so much better. This lesson was a massively important moment in my musical journey.

[@fretscience]

This is fantastic to hear, and it exactly mirrors how I felt when it clicked for me. Cheers! 🎸🧪🤘

[@Trutzy]

I can't believe it! It's like finding the holy grail of guitar instructional videos. This is the video I was hoping for when I clicked on the last 50,000 KZbin guitar videos! I just bought the cheat sheet pack and now I'm ready to stop "searching" and start "working". Thank you Keith!

[@fretscience]

Thanks for your kind words! I have a feeling you’ll like some of my other videos too 🤣🎸🧪🤘

[@keithlamontdavis8047]

This is how I've viewed the fretboard for decades. I can't believe this isn't how it's always taught. People love to over complicate things.

[@fretscience]

I suspect most teachers pass on the knowledge in the same way they learned it, which is why, for example, the CAGED methodology hasn’t been significantly updated in 50 years. Cheers! 🎸🧪🤘

[@fretscience]

@Skippy you might want to check out the next video in the series. CAGED is great, but it’s not usually taught effectively…I’m trying to change that

[@Uglybuttfiend]

It was easier for me to just play all the patterns over and over again all over the neck until it worked itself out. To a jam track, of course.

[@Thelightfool]

Search for books, you will find tremendous amounts of information...

[@fredtaylor9792]

Seriously, I cannot express in words how your method of teaching is infinitely better at showing us what is actually happening on the fretboard. Why do so many other "beginner" lessons fail to even explain that the notes of one string continue onto the next every 5 notes? That seems like the FIRST thing you'd want to teach! The visuals are a language that's universal. Please, please understand that, from the very bottom of this complete stranger's heart, I truly do thank you for sharing your knowledge in this manner. I know it takes work to do it!

[@fretscience]

Thanks so much, Fred! Comments like this definitely help keep me going as I’m slogging through 100+ animations for the next video 🤣

[@iggykarpov]

​@@fretscience Wow!!!

[@Chris_Nouvelli]

Within the space of four videos, Fret Science has quickly won my ‘Favourite New Channel’ accolade. What truly brilliant resources you’ve provided. I’ll certainly be going to buy the PDFs. Many thanks.

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Chris…your kind words are greatly appreciated! 🎸🧪🤘

[@jjolson2000]

This is so good. After 30 years of playing by ear in cover bands, I’m finally trying to actually learn the fretboard the way I should have years ago. This logical framework is brilliant, and so much better than rote memorization. The animations are excellent. I purchased every PDF you offer - keep this great stuff coming!

[@fretscience]

Thank you! There’s more in the works…I’m doing this alongside a non-music full time job, so it’s a bit slower than I’d like 🎸🧪🤘

[@SteveMeiers]

Ditto, everything you said jjolson!

[@timmodelp]

this is literally the best explanation i have ever seen! i have been playing since 16. i am 46 now and just trying to make my way through note identification on the guitar and understand better. i have never been taught this way and i get it now from all of your guidance on your channel. thank you so much brother. i really appreciate you and your work

[@fretscience]

I’m glad you’re finding this material helpful…cheers! 🎸🧪🤘

[@adamf.4823]

Finally. I knew this framework existed but lacked the experience to work it out myself. I’ve been searching for years without fully understanding what it is I’ve been looking for. Thank you.

[@fretscience]

Glad it helped! 🎸🧪🤘

[@natgrant1364]

Same with me. This is the explanation I needed.

[@fretscience]

That’s awesome to hear! 🎸🧪🤘

[@AbrasionUK]

This is the single most valuable video on pentatonics I've ever seen. Revelation.

[@fretscience]

Just wait until you see how the “hidden in plain sight” video takes this and gives you all your major scale modes for free 😉🎸🧪🤘

[@ardennenwijzer2583]

This is the most value lesson on YT to understand the pent. scales and their shape relation. No nonsense, no blahblah en show off. Great! Thank you so much Fret Science 🙂

[@fretscience]

So glad you liked it…thanks, David! 🎸🧪🤘

[@BrettRhodesLCSW]

Brilliant! I've been studying guitar for a little over 2 years now and your approach to the shapes of the pentatonic scales is finally getting me over that hurdle of being able to visualize all of this information all over the fretboard while I'm playing. Thank you! It's just so good. On top of that, you've given me a whole new way to travel horizontally ("the other diagonal") that I've not seen or heard mentioned anywhere else. I'm really looking forward to jamming with that pattern to find out all the goodies hidden therein. Huge thank you for making this material available. You're on to something very powerful here. Please keep going and please keep sharing. You're helping to fill the world with beautiful music. A worthy endeavor indeed!

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Brett! I’m so glad this was helpful 🎸🧪🤘

[@thegreatmadhatter668]

This series might be the best one I have ever watched about scales / notes on the guitar. Extremely helpful, thank you!!!

[@fretscience]

Great to hear…cheers! 🎸🧪🤘

[@tonyjones1560]

Excellent video! I memorized the 5 minor pentatonic boxes in a very “rote” way. The not-so-good news is, I use them the same way …always starting from the sixth string even if I don’t play a note. This is another cell block of the dreaded “scale jail.” This video might be the file in the cake…Subscribed!

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Tony...I'm glad it's giving you another way to think about things!

[@rpavich]

This whole idea is so brilliant I can't find words to say it. I practiced modes until my fingers bled for a few years and didn't INTERNALIZE the positions solidly...a few watchings of this and I can confidently say that my pentatonic, modal, and major scale playing is 100% better...I can pay more fluently and musically than ever before...YOU JUST REMOVED MY BLIND SPOTS....I just wish you'd have taught me that when I was 16 and not 63..... :)

[@fretscience]

That's great to hear! It took me over 30 years to figure it out, so you're definitely not alone on this 😅

[@StringTheorywithDR]

This channel is absolutely brilliant. Beautifully presented. A true gem.

[@fretscience]

Thanks for your kind words, Darren! 🎸🧪🤘

[@1032godofwar]

I cannot express how grateful I am for this video. This made it all click and within 30 minutes I could connect the entire neck of the guitar based on this structuring! Great videos!!😊

[@fretscience]

Thank you, Josh...I so glad it helped!

[@enzocypriani5055]

I have been playing guitar by ear and not having any idea of what I am doing, and being extremely limited in improvisation because I have never even started to grasp all of those intimidating and complicated patters. With this method, of course there still a lot for me to work out, but it all makes perfect sense, and that's so rewarding

[@fretscience]

@enzocypriani5055 That’s great to hear! If you want to learn to improvise, be sure to join my mailing list at fretscience.com…big announcement coming soon 🎸🧪🤘

[@josephelsberry6318]

This is an absolute game changer!! I started playing with this yesterday and I’m having so many revelations of the fretboard. Finally!!

[@fretscience]

That’s great to hear! 🎸🧪🤘

[@aufzuleiden987]

My students are always asking me what channels I might recommend … your channel just moved to the top of my list. Great video.

[@fretscience]

That’s great to hear…having a good coach to answer questions and to suggest exercises to go along with the videos would be a dream combination for quick advancement. Thanks! 🎸🧪🤘

[@djhedflux]

I’m a novice guitarist, keyboard background - fretboard science is absolutely illuminating

[@fretscience]

@djhedflux That's great to hear...cheers! 🎸🧪🤘

[@itsianlol]

I can't believe how good this video is, especially considering how new your channel is. Thank you !

[@fretscience]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🎸🧪🤘

[@stevenjones6780]

Fantastic organizational logic! I've been playing 40+ years with a degree in music and jazz studies and I gleaned a ton out of this. Great work at a production level also. Thanks...

[@fretscience]

That’s awesome…thanks, Steven! 🎸🧪🤘

[@Anarcath]

What Tremendously important lesson. It shows how invaluable music theory is.

[@masterbuilder3166]

Fantastic lesson. I’ve spent so much time on major scales and was looking for a good approach to pentatonic and this just knocked it out of the park. Thank you so much 💯👍🎸

[@fretscience]

🎸🧪🤘

[@tomnguyen6839]

Subbed. Watched all of your videos. Made my purchase of your bundle to support your channel. As a 60-yr old Mechanical Engineer, I love your systematic approach to teaching music. Thank you.

[@charlestidwell4970]

Innovattive attempt at increasiing the joy of sounding good, better, and best on the instrument. I have seen many and this one is definitely unique. Anything that simplifies a students conceptualisation on the dynamics of phrasing single notes into a cohesive musical moment up, down and across the neck is genius to me. The key is practice, practice, practice.

[@fretscience]

Thanks. Unique isn’t always better, but I’ve observed that this framework combined with my approach to modes, triads, CAGED, and 3nps does speed up the learning curve quite a lot on the path to improvising freely and musically.

[@francoispepin7613]

This video is not only clear and with great visuals, it helped me piece together a lot of the theory I had already learned. Had quite a few "ah-ha" moments and keep coming back to review/replay it as my skills/understanding improves. This is well narrated with little repetition to get the most out of your time. FANTASTIC work and a favorite of mine! THANK YOU!

[@fretscience]

Thanks so much, Francois…I’m thrilled you’re finding it useful!

[@HektorBandimar]

This video has unlocked a few of the fretboard mysteries for me, what a great way you have, your presentation is clear and concise. Thank you.

[@fretscience]

Thank you for your kind words...I'm glad you found it helpful!

[@creatio1]

Enlightning, mind blowing! It is so much easier to memorize and use scales. You just need to know the notes on the fretboard and you finally break out from those vertical shapes. Thank you!!!

[@fretscience]

Exactly, and in fact the only notes you need to be able to locate by name while you play are the roots! 🎸🧪🤘

[@chronydota2357]

I have to say that the production value of all of your videos is incredibly high. Im a beginner at soloing, but thanks to your it starts to sound really good more often. Cheers from Austria!

[@fretscience]

That’s awesome to hear…cheers! 🎸🧪🤘

[@jorisArt]

Wow! What an eye opener. Here I was memorizing patterns with no understanding. Thanks for helping me see the light!

[@fretscience]

Glad it was helpful! 🎸🧪🤘

[@tonyparsons2724]

Thanks, Keith, it is refreshing to step back a few decades to almost start over again with my guitar practice, experience and knowledge. There is a wealth of information on KZbin, which I have found overwhelming at the very least. I do believe you have analysed your music and guitar skills over the years to offer us 'wannabes' new perspectives and quicker more efficient methods to reach our goals with our instruments, which is very refreshing. PS. I listened pretty intently to the Michael Gumley interview, all the best for a promising future. Thanks.

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Tony! 🎸🧪🤘

[@mrb.8446]

Your way of explaining totally clicks with me. Second video I've watched on your channel and again the simplicity to which to break things down to is just mind boggling. Outstanding work!

[@fretscience]

That’s great to hear, thanks! 🎸🧪🤘

[@haroldvietti2233]

Thank you so much. Your diagrams have really opened my eyes. Although I have learned many of these positions. I was not able to make the connection by understanding chord shapes up and down the fret board but was unable to make the connections as it relates to playing lead up and down the fret. Thank you for laying this out so clearly.

[@fretscience]

I'm so glad it helped, Harold! 🎸🧪🤘

[@danielparker1102]

Your graphs will really help with adding chord tones and “appropriate” bends to my pentatonic improvisation. Thank you for this impressive work! 10:28

[@fretscience]

You’re welcome, Daniel…I’m glad it was helpful! 🎸🧪🤘

[@defaultdan7923]

This is an absolutely fantastic video. Everything is properly and expertly explained, to the point where even _I_ started jamming out in minutes. Many thanks!

[@fretscience]

That’s great to hear! 🎸🧪🤘

[@sodalite8679]

Best guitar teacher I’ve ever seen. This is finally starting to make sense thank you

[@fretscience]

Glad it helped! 🎸🧪🤘

[@ll14m4n]

🔥Best mnemonics and infographics on the topic I've ever seen! Thank you! 🙏

[@garethjordaan5675]

Thank you so much. This material is amazing. You have opened up a whole new world for me 😀

[@fretscience]

Glad it helped! 🎸🧪🤘

[@stylgen]

Thank you for putting this content out. I've always had hard time "connecting" patterns to the shapes of scales that could be easily memorized and your series is definitely a great investment to improve my skill!

[@fretscience]

Thanks Daniel…my hope is that it’s good mental scaffolding that gets you going quickly and provides better overall understanding.

[@chrism4948]

I’m loving your tutorials. The fretboard just became a little less mysterious. Thanks.

[@fretscience]

Thank you, Chris…I’m glad they’re helping!

[@iljunjang]

For me, a LOT less mysterious and beautiful in its consistent logic

[@taylorg11]

This is INCREDIBLE. So glad I found this channel. I have been playing for 20+ years and more-or-less plateaued 10ish years ago. This feels like the next step to leveling up my chops. Can't wait to dig in more and practice this!

[@fretscience]

Welcome aboard! 🎸🧪🤘

[@jlrounds2008]

OMG you guys are awesome I have been struggling for 20 years and I totally had that AHAH moment when I saw your videos on this! THANKS!

[@fretscience]

That’s awesome to hear! 🎸🧪🤘

[@MattOlpinski]

THIS IS ABSOLUTE GOLD, THANK YOU!!!

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Matt! 🎸🧪🤘

[@pratik1213]

after watchin g hundreds of videos on guitar...finallly found the one that demystified it and blew mind mind on understandin g scale 🙏🙏🙏....thans a lot and God bless you for sharing this...ill buy your cheat sheets from gumroad soon

[@fretscience]

Glad it helped! 🎸🧪🤘

[@njgroene]

Mind. Blown. My tele and my neighbors thank you!

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Nikolaj!

[@unicornnightmare]

Truly brilliant. I am in awe of how insightful and useful this framework is

[@fretscience]

Much appreciated, thanks! 🎸🧪🤘

[@chrisg1577]

Love how you simply!

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Chris! With this one, my goal was to jam as much useful information as I could into 10 minutes, without making it too complex…I’m afraid I may have squeezed in a little too much 🤣

[@danthegeetarman]

This is a true game changer way to look at it. With the minor pentatonic you instantly have your 1 b3 5 and b7 all within the rectangle stack. And to have all those plus the 4th in the square shape. Amazing. Thank you for this 🙏

[@fretscience]

Glad it helped! 🎸🧪🤘

[@danthegeetarman]

@@fretscience 🙏🙏🙏

[@creativeendeavors6653]

This video was very amazing for piecing together my previous knowledge I can navigate my entire fretboard with relative ease now! Thank-you very much for sharing your knowledge!

[@fretscience]

Thank you! 🎸🧪🤘

[@forresta65]

very useful simple explanation

[@fretscience]

Thank you!

[@hayiko69]

I love guitar channels like this, this knowledge helps so much

[@fretscience]

Thank you! 🎸🧪❤️

[@griffincoefarm2886]

thanks for this. it's a musical way to see the fretboard.

[@fretscience]

Glad it was helpful! 🎸🧪🤘

[@JesseFragale]

This is incredible

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Jesse!

[@charlesli5521]

You did it again! Incredible visuals and explanations. Just printed the PDF's and going straight to practice. Thank you!

[@fretscience]

Thanks for the kind words, Charles! 🎸🧪🤘

[@hristoistoyanov]

Have been trying this after reading it on the web site, but now there is a video! Thank you!

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Hristo…much appreciated!

[@tommac2122]

Thank you very much for your insight. Had memorized the pentatonic scale for a long time, but now I see all the modes so clearly and my playing is just so much more melodic, harmonic and enjoyable. Well presented. Great work. Thanks again

[@fretscience]

I’m glad it helped! 🎸🧪🤘

[@HighStakesDanny]

Brilliant and useful and the only few videos I watch over and over to get it to stick. Takes a few weeks.

[@fretscience]

There’s definitely a lot packed into each of these videos 🤣

[@craigwiser5684]

Best video I’ve seen to teach movement and have saved it in case I need a refresher.

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Craig…glad it was helpful! 🎸🧪🤘

[@scottkidwellmusic9175]

Many thanks for this lesson 🙏🏻 Helps open up the fretboard in an easily understood way.

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Scott…glad it helped! 🎸🧪🤘

[@iljunjang]

The video that changed my 40-year guitar life. Absolutely original and fantastic. Keith is a genius. Now for the first time in 40 years, I'm gliding up, down, and across the fretboard. I even decided to memorize the fretboard (finally!) to take even more advantage of the stack and the rectangle (and of course as the result of Keith's advice). I've memorized 4 strings (it was easier than I thought) and just 2 to go. Keith, thank you absolutely. In the future, would you be able to tell us the rules of stacking the stacks and the rectangles laterally and vertically? I've figured out that the stacks are connected diagonally at the corner point, stacks and rectangles alternatve vertically, going up the fret one fret per pair. These are in your videos and cheat sheets. Then there are more rules which have not yet been explained. I've figured out the rules for the stack and the rectangle connecting laterally (rectangle's and stack's top are aligned when rect connects to stack's left side, bottom aligned when connecting to stack's right side). Then I got completely lost on how the rectangles (by themselves) connect laterally -- I eventually figured it out (there's a 2-fret overlap) but it would be terrific to hear the master himself explain these rules. This is so useful because now I see the shapes and I can see INSTANTLY where I can play. Thank you in advance.

[@fretscience]

Thanks for your kind words! In the video and cheat sheet, I laid out the connections that I use most often. For other movements, I tend to jump from root to root. If you want to find other ways of moving around the lattice of rectangle and stacks, I’d recommend drawing out an “infinite fretboard” of 12-18 frets and ~10 strings. Ignore the “warp” and use the rules you know to fill in rectangles and stacks. Then look for relationships that you think might be useful and practice applying them on the real fretboard. It’s a little more work, but you’ll find the connections that work best for you. 🎸🧪🤘

[@iljunjang]

​@@fretscience Got it, Keith. I kinda did that, I think, and nearly had a stroke - but thankfully didn't. In the process, I found a couple of interesting'useful rules... I would love to be able to get around to writing it up one day for you and that could be a topic for another video for you down the line perhaps.

[@fretscience]

You can also send me a sketch if you find something useful that’s hard to put into words. I do enjoy visualizations 😅

[@joseriosgiraldez3196]

Just mind blowing! You did it again. This is great. Thank you very much!

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Jose! 🎸🧪🤘

[@thegermantomoeser]

Simple. Clear. Perfect.

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Tom! 🎸🧪🤘

[@patrickblissmusic]

This just absolutely blew my mind. Buying the cheat sheet.

[@fretscience]

Glad it helped, and thanks for your support! 🎸🧪🤘

[@williamopare2030]

Iv been stuck in the intermediate level for years. This is exactly what I need to proceed Thanks for this

[@fretscience]

That’s great to hear…definitely check out my other videos…several of them build on this in interesting ways, and you don’t need to master each piece before learning about the next one because they all work together. 🎸🧪🤘

[@juliodefreitas157]

Awesome video ❤❤

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Julio! 🎸🧪🤘

[@BritRael]

Wow! Over the decades I've studied and learnt the five pentatonic shapes for Major and Minor all over the neck. Anybody who has laboured over that exercise knows how difficult that is. Now I find out that all I actually needed to remember was these two simply shapes!! lol. If you are new to the guitar and are thinking of learning pentatonics, don't bother with any other KZbin videos. Simply learn this. Trust me, you'll save yourself a lot of time and headaches! Thanks very much! :)

[@fretscience]

Thanks so much for your kind words…I’m thrilled that this material helped shed new light on something you’ve practiced for so long! 🎸🧪🤘

[@osvaldogarcia2675]

Woow your videos ara incredible easy to understand but deep in content. Thanks a Lot, really, thanks.

[@fretscience]

Thank you, Osvaldo...your kind words are deeply appreciated!

[@georgevillanueva6926]

🎉 mind blown by ur work very well done 👍🤓

[@fretscience]

Thanks, George! 🎸🧪🤘

[@andrewhnorris1]

This is so good!

[@fretscience]

Thanks! 🎸🧪🤘

[@donindri]

I have a couple of guitars tuned to perfect 4th. With no 3rds tuning, I can play triads with only 3 shapes vertically or horizontally. Makes it very easy to visualize an infinite number of frets or strings with the same 3 shapes. Simplifies everything! Thanks for posting.

[@fretscience]

4ths tuning makes it quite hard to play a lot of classic riffs, but it’s definitely a lot simpler conceptually!

[@toddmcdaniels1567]

I use two patterns as well, but they’re grouped together different. The same mindset is involved,, though. Two patterns are all you need and you always know where the scale tones are because they always come out in the same place within the patterns, of which again there are only two. And then, minor 7th arpeggios; Same thing, just leave out the 4th.

[@Geotubest]

Great graphics and explanation. Interesting way of presenting. I'm sure this channel will grow.

[@fretscience]

Thanks, George…definitely just warming up over here 🤣🎸🧪🤘

[@BrianVallotton]

I am listening to your interview with Michael Gumley right now and so glad to have found you. God bless your work and I look forward to learning from you. I play at church most weekends. I have been playing for over 40 years, but often feel retarded when it comes to memorizing progressions and/or scale patterns. Thank you for being here.

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Brian...glad to have you here! 🎸🧪🤘

[@BrianVallotton]

@@fretscience i downloaded the audiobook for the Fast and Slow thinking. I have been listening to Tom Quayle recently. I bought his Solo program for my iPhone. I am thrilled with your concepts. God bless.

[@fretscience]

@@BrianVallotton Nice! I'm going to do a video that talks about how to apply Thinking, Fast & Slow to guitar sometime relatively soon. I like Tom Quayle's "Solo" app quite a lot for drilling intervals...definitely a useful tool.

[@BrianVallotton]

@@fretscience Wonderful!!

[@consciousHarmony]

@@fretscience looking forward to the Thinking, Fast & Slow to guitar video! thank you for sharing 🙏

[@stringedaz]

I subscribed and bought the lesson materials. Incredibly useful content here that will help me in giving guitar lessons as well as my own mastery of the fretboard.

[@fretscience]

It’s extra gratifying to get this kind of feedback from an experienced teacher and player…thanks! 🎸🧪🤘 PS: please send your students to the channel. 😉 In all seriousness, it’ll help you focus with them on the more fun aspects of making music!

[@stringedaz]

@@fretscience I DEFINITELY will!

[@capgras-er687]

This is a superb focussed vid, even for ADHD brains.

[@fretscience]

Glad you liked it! 🎸🧪🤘

[@patrickunderwood5662]

Perpetual beginner here, but I’m going to buy your download and try this. And… wow, no matter how hard you try, there’s always someone waiting to take you down. Heh, guitarists and pilots. I can only imagine the dustup when two guitarist-pilots get together!

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Patrick! Reach out to me via fretscience.com and let me know how it goes. I’m more than happy to answer clarifying questions if you have them.

[@nadeemafzal8984]

Keith MASSIVE THANK YOU from accross the Atlantic + purchased sheet (the best 5$ i have spent) + thumbs up + subscribed I first bought the sheet as a thank you but then realise that this is absolute essential to assimilate the video as it fully complements. I always need paper in my hand to assimilate a concept - I will strongly recommend for everyone taking this concept further to get the sheets Been playing pentatonics for years but have little time to practice and was always getting minors and majors jumbled up - the biggest thing to hit me is that a rectangle can be made minor or major depending on root and same with stack - WoW and WoW - i can just play & combine anything to anything - its literally like LEGO and i love LEGO. still digesting this God Bless ....

[@fretscience]

Thanks for your kind words, Nadeem! 🎸🧪🤘

[@nadeemafzal8984]

This is a true reference for me - every time I look at it since my first discovery I pick something new. These few minutes of a You Tube video are compacted with knowledge- each sentence has a new message Respect - thank u 🙏🏽

[@bartoszmarciniak2851]

Such an underrated channel

[@fretscience]

🎸🧪🤘

[@TomCPlus1]

I'm saving this video because it pictures exactly what I eventually came up with on my own, to organize the fretboard and the sounds/intervals. Handy tip for others: the "rectangle" always makes the sound of the signature riff of "Layla" (da-da-dadee-a-da-da). *And* the first note in the rectangle is the 3 (of the major key) which I remember because the stack finger positions are three frets apart. The "stack" makes the sound of the Jimmy Page fast riff in the middle of "Dazed and Confused" (not the slow riff at the beginning, mind you). And its first note is the 2 (of the major key) which I remember because of the two-fret moves. This video could be even more stratospheric if its creator had just added *example sounds* for everyone to hear why these shapes do what they do for your playing! Oh well, I missed my chance to make it myself. Well done FS.

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Thomas. I tried to keep this one as short and compact as I could, but future videos will have more audio examples.

[@kellybates1972]

GREAT CHANNEL! I will be promoting this!

[@fretscience]

Much appreciated, Kelly! 🎸🧪🤘

[@MikeHolliman]

Super helpful lesson!!!!!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

This is out of my pay grade for now, since I just got my baritone ukulele. But I have the most valuable resource on You Tube and I'll be back. Merci beaucoup.

[@nachobizness1231]

i can’t figure out how you know where the stacks line up in relation to the rectangles. in form 5, the stacks line to the right most fret. in form 1, the stacks line up to the left most fret. in form 2, the bottom stack lines up to the right most fret, while the stack on top the rectangle lines up to the left most fret, and then adjusts one fret over on the B. it seems pretty random unless you put all the forms together

[@fretscience]

This is the effect of the “warp” between the G and B strings. The underlying pattern is shown early in the video, and you can see that the alternation is staggered to the left as you move to higher strings. After you shift the upper two strings to account for the odd interval between the G and B strings, you get the familiar pentatonic forms. Check out this video to understand the warp in more depth: Learn the best way to visualize chords and scales to easily move them across the fretboard kzbin.info/www/bejne/h5WboayAbqZojZo

[@NinaSengson]

Same here. Do we just familiarize which forms have the stacks to the right or to the left? I've watched the previous video about the "warp" but it gets kinda confusing in my mind when I have to think of putting all the forms together vertically before knowing which stacks lean to the right or to the left. Is there a better way of visualizing it? :)

[@fretscience]

Over time you’ll internalize the standard five pentatonic positions and this will be less of an issue, but I recommend watching the video on the warp again. If you have a rectangle, the stack above it is always aligned to its left, and the one below it is aligned to its right. It only seems different when the warp falls in between them, in which case everything “north” of the warp is shifted up one fret. This holds true for all geometric patterns on the fretboard, so it’s worth studying until it makes sense

[@NinaSengson]

Ahh thank you so so much! This makes so much more sense!

[@zacharywaterman184]

This was my question too, thanks for answering

[@robinmarahatta517]

I recognize this voice from Waay and you are the best music teacher on the internet.

[@fretscience]

I don’t get the “Waay” reference, but I appreciate the sentiment! 🎸🧪🤘

[@cemartmed]

This class makes me cry😭. So good

[@fretscience]

Cheers! 🎸🧪🤘

[@oblivionfade]

HOLY BALLS I'll never be able to think of the pentatonic in the same old way again.

[@fretscience]

Great to hear! 🎸🧪🤘

[@SBakulin]

great concept, very visual! It would be even more useful if the ideas were illustrated by small phrases on the guitar.

[@fretscience]

Agreed. On this one, I ran into a self-imposed deadline…but I’ll definitely be incorporating audio examples in future videos.

[@JohnEwing-z8f]

I don't normally comment on videos but what a great tutorial I will be watching this a few more times.

[@fretscience]

Glad you’re here! 🎸🧪🤘

[@vivekanandaroy8682]

Amazing…. Simply loved the analysis and guidance ❤️❤️❤️Kudos

[@fretscience]

@vivekanandaroy8682 I'm glad it connected with you! Once you have this down, I highly recommend you check out the "Hidden in plain sight" video if you're at all interested in the modes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKPYnH2Pfp2Ymbs

[@michaelbostock954]

Excellent material.

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Michael...much appreciated! 🎸🧪🤘

[@suede__]

Very helpful, only wish I had sounds (some playing) so I can connect the head knowledge to the music. Knowing how all the notes sound in relation to the root seems super helpful while learning these. At least for a beginner with little ear training.

[@fretscience]

I agree, and I’ve started including more live demonstrations in my newer videos, but it’s also essential to do this with your own guitar. In addition to connecting shapes to sounds, it also ties in the physical movement. Glad you found it helpful! 🎸🧪🤘

[@dmyerstc55]

Wow this is a awesome lesson

[@fretscience]

Thanks, Don! 🎸🧪🤘

[@WLVBS]

Great content! Very simple but powerful, and masterfully explained. Thanks, and looking forward to the next video!

[@fretscience]

Thank you, Julián!

[@OlettaLiano]

I've always tuned to straight 4ths. Thus, I don't need to shift for the top two strings. I also keep the entire diatonic scale in my mind as I play so I have all the notes available to me when I need them. Playing modes is nothing more than emphasizing a particular note in the diatonic scale as being the root. It's all so easy.

[@fretscience]

We can make it fairly “simple”, but the hundreds, perhaps thousands, of guitar players having a-ha moments from watching these videos might disagree about how easy it is. I’m glad you found an approach that works for you. 🤘

[@OlettaLiano]

@@fretscience Thanks. Great video, by the way.

[@44geno44]

Thanks!

[@fretscience]

Much appreciated! 🎸🧪🤘

[@valet6001]

The best explanation ever!🎉❤

[@fretscience]

Much appreciated, thanks! 🎸🧪🤘