Chords for 3 Pentatonic Exercises Every Guitarist Should Know!

[E] Hey guys, welcome back to the channel.
I hope you're having a fantastic Monday for today's video
We're gonna look at three pentatonic exercises to increase your speed your accuracy and your creativity.
[Cm] Let's get started
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All right, so the examples that we're gonna look at today are taken from the full worksheet
You can head over to the Etsy store pick that up for three bucks.
It's three pages of pentatonic exercises
I give that out to all my students.
It's really beneficial when you're starting to learn to solo
Also because it's December when I'm recording this I've thrown up a bunch of fingerstyle Christmas music
So if you're into that kind of stuff, you can check that out at the store, too for today's video
We're gonna be using this PRS custom 24 se recorded directly into bias effects.
So here's a look at the pentatonic scale
We're gonna be working off today.
It sounds like [C] this
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So [Em] if you don't know the scale you can pause the video and learn it, but let's move on to exercise 1
For our first example, we're gonna be using [C] exercise 3 off the worksheet
Now when you're soloing using pentatonic scales, it's quite easy to run out of notes because there's only two notes per string
So it's important to find ways to extend the scale.
So this is a great place to start
We're gonna play eight notes up the scale starting on sixth string then fifth string then fourth string
So here's what it sounds like _ _
[G] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ and then in reverse
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_ _ So, let's take a look at how we can practically use this concept in a solo
[F] _ [C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ [F] _
[C] All [Bb] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _
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_ [Am] _ _ right, so exercise 2 is a great way to extend your pentatonic scales in a less linear way than our first example
So here's what it sounds like we're gonna be using triplets.
And so you're gonna play three notes per beat
[D] _ [Em] And _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ [A] _ [D] in reverse
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_ _ [Em] _ _ [D] _ [A] And _ _ _ _ of course remember to use alternate picking when you're doing these exercises
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ So,
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[A] _ _ _ _ [N] let's take a listen to what this sounds like in the context of a solo
[Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
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[F] _ [C] [Dm] For _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ [Em] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Fm] _ [Dm] _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [B] _ a third example, we're gonna be looking at exercise 9 off the worksheet
Now adding chromatics into your playing is something I love to do in my soloing
It just adds an element that's sort of outside of the basic pentatonic scale
And so if you want to add something that's maybe got more of a jazzier flavor and less of a straight blues or rock
Then adding some some chromatics can can be a really nice effect.
So here's what it sounds like ascending
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[Eb] _ [Em] _ [A] _ [G] _ [Ab] _ [F] _ [D] _ [A] _
_ [G] _ _ [A] _ _ _ and [C] descending
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[D] _ [Am] _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ [Eb] _ [C] _
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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
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So let's listen to some chromatic movements in a solo
[F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ [C] _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ [C] I [Bb] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
_ hope you guys enjoyed playing through these exercises.
Add them into your [E] regular practicing time
And I'm sure you'll notice a big difference in your soloing ability right away
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[Cm] Take care
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