Chords for Pentatonic Scale made easy (without the five positions)
Tempo:
79.15 bpm
Chords used:
A
C
Ab
G
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Okay, so today I would like to show you something about the pentatonic scale.
After long years of teaching I've figured out that lots of my students
have a hard time, well, remembering the five shapes of the pentatonic scale.
This is the first problem with the usual approach of the pentatonic scale, even
though the pentatonic scale is the perfect way to, well, to start improvising.
And another problem is that most of my students and most of beginning students
have a hard time using the pentatonic scale because they tend to sound the
same.
You can always identify someone who used the pentatonic scale quite easily
when they learned with five positions, the [Ab] usual typical five vertical positions
[F] on the guitar.
[Em] Typically, we take the case of an A minor pentatonic, you'll learn
this,
[Eb] which is perfectly fine, which is correct, but usually people always play
in this vertical way and it always sounds the same, [Am] sounds like this, and I'm
not trying to be offensive in this case.
It's just to make sure and to show
you how that could sound like when you learn those positions, like one, two, three,
four.
[G] [C] [A] Well, all the notes were correct [Ab] but they don't really sound
musically.
So I've come up with a different approach.
So the first point
is that with my approach I'm not claiming that my approach is better, I'm
not saying that it's the best way to learn the pentatonic scale, I just say
that my students like this approach because they just have to keep in mind
two sets of pentagons.
And you could call them pentagons or you could find another
way to call them, it's just that you always have two sets of combinations of
two and then three fingers or vice versa.
So let's take an example.
Let's say we
want to play over a song which is in A minor or in its relative key of C major.
So the first thing we need to look for is the A on the E string, which is on the
fifth [A] fret.
And from here [Ab] we go two frets below, we're in fret three now, and we
start the first pentagon.
So now you can see what [G] the pentagon looks like.
It's
just like this one two three [E] four five.
[A] You just got these five notes one two
three four five.
[G] Fret three, five.
And [C] on the A string the same thing and you add
[E] fret seven.
I just do it [A] with this slide because then your hand position is
already correct.
[Em] You do the same thing on the D [A] and G string [Gm] and [G] [Am] then one fret
higher on the B and E string.
So you got [C] that.
So always [A] the combination of two
and then three.
[C]
So [N] you already cover quite a long distance from fret three to
fret twelve, which is quite cool and that well kind of prevents you from always
going this vertical way but you rather do this in a diagonal way now, which
covers basically the entire guitar.
But now we add the second shape and let's
remember our [A] rules here.
In fifth fret the first position started [C] two frets
below and [Gm] [A] the second position of this [C] pentagon starts three frets above
which is here on fret [Gb] eight.
So and now we do it vice versa.
We start with three
notes and then on the second string we go on with two notes which looks like
this.
One, [E] two, three, four, five.
[A] One, two, three, four, five.
And now one, two, three, [E] four, five.
Again.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
So now we just have to keep in mind two sets of pentagons.
The first one two, three,
two, three, two, three.
The second one three, two, three, two, three, two.
And now you cover
basically cover the entire guitar with those two shapes and you don't have to
learn very much.
So I, you know, when I started to learn the pentatonic scale I
also had problems learning those five positions.
I just couldn't get them into
my head so [Ab] I was looking for a different [Gb] approach [Ab] and this is why I
came up with this approach.
Again I'm not saying this is the perfect way I'm
just saying it's a good way for me to learn and for my students to learn the
pentatonic scale.
Just to give you a brief example of how it could sound like
again one, [D] two, three,
[A] [Em]
[A] four, five.
Of course this is nothing but one example of like four
building examples you could choose or you could play.
Okay thanks for watching!
After long years of teaching I've figured out that lots of my students
have a hard time, well, remembering the five shapes of the pentatonic scale.
This is the first problem with the usual approach of the pentatonic scale, even
though the pentatonic scale is the perfect way to, well, to start improvising.
And another problem is that most of my students and most of beginning students
have a hard time using the pentatonic scale because they tend to sound the
same.
You can always identify someone who used the pentatonic scale quite easily
when they learned with five positions, the [Ab] usual typical five vertical positions
[F] on the guitar.
[Em] Typically, we take the case of an A minor pentatonic, you'll learn
this,
[Eb] which is perfectly fine, which is correct, but usually people always play
in this vertical way and it always sounds the same, [Am] sounds like this, and I'm
not trying to be offensive in this case.
It's just to make sure and to show
you how that could sound like when you learn those positions, like one, two, three,
four.
[G] [C] [A] Well, all the notes were correct [Ab] but they don't really sound
musically.
So I've come up with a different approach.
So the first point
is that with my approach I'm not claiming that my approach is better, I'm
not saying that it's the best way to learn the pentatonic scale, I just say
that my students like this approach because they just have to keep in mind
two sets of pentagons.
And you could call them pentagons or you could find another
way to call them, it's just that you always have two sets of combinations of
two and then three fingers or vice versa.
So let's take an example.
Let's say we
want to play over a song which is in A minor or in its relative key of C major.
So the first thing we need to look for is the A on the E string, which is on the
fifth [A] fret.
And from here [Ab] we go two frets below, we're in fret three now, and we
start the first pentagon.
So now you can see what [G] the pentagon looks like.
It's
just like this one two three [E] four five.
[A] You just got these five notes one two
three four five.
[G] Fret three, five.
And [C] on the A string the same thing and you add
[E] fret seven.
I just do it [A] with this slide because then your hand position is
already correct.
[Em] You do the same thing on the D [A] and G string [Gm] and [G] [Am] then one fret
higher on the B and E string.
So you got [C] that.
So always [A] the combination of two
and then three.
[C]
So [N] you already cover quite a long distance from fret three to
fret twelve, which is quite cool and that well kind of prevents you from always
going this vertical way but you rather do this in a diagonal way now, which
covers basically the entire guitar.
But now we add the second shape and let's
remember our [A] rules here.
In fifth fret the first position started [C] two frets
below and [Gm] [A] the second position of this [C] pentagon starts three frets above
which is here on fret [Gb] eight.
So and now we do it vice versa.
We start with three
notes and then on the second string we go on with two notes which looks like
this.
One, [E] two, three, four, five.
[A] One, two, three, four, five.
And now one, two, three, [E] four, five.
Again.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
So now we just have to keep in mind two sets of pentagons.
The first one two, three,
two, three, two, three.
The second one three, two, three, two, three, two.
And now you cover
basically cover the entire guitar with those two shapes and you don't have to
learn very much.
So I, you know, when I started to learn the pentatonic scale I
also had problems learning those five positions.
I just couldn't get them into
my head so [Ab] I was looking for a different [Gb] approach [Ab] and this is why I
came up with this approach.
Again I'm not saying this is the perfect way I'm
just saying it's a good way for me to learn and for my students to learn the
pentatonic scale.
Just to give you a brief example of how it could sound like
again one, [D] two, three,
[A] [Em]
[A] four, five.
Of course this is nothing but one example of like four
building examples you could choose or you could play.
Okay thanks for watching!
Key:
A
C
Ab
G
E
A
C
Ab
Okay, so today I would like to show you something about the pentatonic scale.
After long years of teaching I've figured out that lots of my students
have a hard time, well, remembering the five shapes of the pentatonic scale.
This is the first problem with the usual approach of the pentatonic scale, even
though the pentatonic scale is the perfect way to, well, to start improvising.
And _ another problem is that most of my students and most of beginning students
have a hard time using the pentatonic scale because they tend to sound the
same.
You can always identify someone who used the pentatonic scale quite easily
when they learned with five positions, the [Ab] usual typical five vertical positions
[F] on the guitar. _
[Em] Typically, we take the case of an A minor pentatonic, you'll learn
this, _
_ _ [Eb] which is perfectly fine, which is correct, but usually people always play
in this vertical way and it always sounds the same, [Am] sounds like this, and I'm
not trying to be offensive in this case.
It's just to make sure and to show
you how that could sound like when you learn those positions, like one, two, three,
four. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ Well, all the notes were correct [Ab] but they don't really sound
musically.
So I've come up with a different approach.
So the first point
is that with my approach I'm not claiming that my approach is better, I'm
not saying that it's the best way to learn the pentatonic scale, I just say
that my students like this approach because they just have to keep in mind
two sets of pentagons.
And you could call them pentagons or you could find another
way to call them, it's just that you always have two sets of combinations of
two and then three fingers or vice versa.
So let's take an example.
Let's say we
want to play over a song which is in A minor or in its relative key of C major.
So the first thing we need to look for is the A on the E string, which is on the
fifth [A] fret.
_ _ And from here [Ab] we go two frets below, we're in fret three now, and we
start the first pentagon.
So now you can see what [G] the pentagon looks like.
It's
just like this one two three [E] four five.
[A] You just got these five notes one two
three four five.
[G] Fret three, five.
And [C] on the A string the same thing and you add
[E] fret seven.
I just do it [A] with this slide because then your hand position is
already correct. _
_ _ [Em] _ You do the same thing on the D [A] and G string [Gm] and [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ then one fret
higher on the B and E string.
_ So you got [C] that. _ _ _
_ So always [A] the combination of two
and then three.
[C] _ _
_ _ So _ [N] you already cover quite a long distance from fret three to
fret twelve, which is quite cool and that well kind of prevents you from always
going this vertical way but you rather do this in a diagonal way now, which
covers basically the entire guitar.
But now we add the second shape and let's
remember our [A] rules here.
In fifth fret the first position started [C] two frets
below and [Gm] _ _ [A] the second position of this [C] pentagon starts three _ frets above
which is here on fret [Gb] eight.
So and now we do it vice versa.
We start with three
notes and then on the second string we go on with two notes which looks like
this.
One, [E] two, three, four, five.
[A] One, two, three, four, five.
And now one, two, three, [E] four, five.
Again.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
So now we just have to keep in mind two sets of pentagons.
The first one two, three,
two, three, two, three.
The second one three, two, three, two, three, two.
And now you cover
basically cover the entire guitar with those two shapes and you don't have to
learn very much.
So I, you know, when I started to learn the pentatonic scale I
also had problems learning those five positions.
I just couldn't get them into
my head so [Ab] I was looking for a different [Gb] approach [Ab] and this is why I
came up with this approach.
Again I'm not saying this is the perfect way I'm
just saying it's a good way for me to learn and for my students to learn the
pentatonic scale.
Just to give you a brief example of how it could sound like
_ again one, [D] two, three,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ four, five.
Of course this is nothing but one example of like four
building examples you could choose or you could play.
Okay thanks for watching!
After long years of teaching I've figured out that lots of my students
have a hard time, well, remembering the five shapes of the pentatonic scale.
This is the first problem with the usual approach of the pentatonic scale, even
though the pentatonic scale is the perfect way to, well, to start improvising.
And _ another problem is that most of my students and most of beginning students
have a hard time using the pentatonic scale because they tend to sound the
same.
You can always identify someone who used the pentatonic scale quite easily
when they learned with five positions, the [Ab] usual typical five vertical positions
[F] on the guitar. _
[Em] Typically, we take the case of an A minor pentatonic, you'll learn
this, _
_ _ [Eb] which is perfectly fine, which is correct, but usually people always play
in this vertical way and it always sounds the same, [Am] sounds like this, and I'm
not trying to be offensive in this case.
It's just to make sure and to show
you how that could sound like when you learn those positions, like one, two, three,
four. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ _ [A] _ Well, all the notes were correct [Ab] but they don't really sound
musically.
So I've come up with a different approach.
So the first point
is that with my approach I'm not claiming that my approach is better, I'm
not saying that it's the best way to learn the pentatonic scale, I just say
that my students like this approach because they just have to keep in mind
two sets of pentagons.
And you could call them pentagons or you could find another
way to call them, it's just that you always have two sets of combinations of
two and then three fingers or vice versa.
So let's take an example.
Let's say we
want to play over a song which is in A minor or in its relative key of C major.
So the first thing we need to look for is the A on the E string, which is on the
fifth [A] fret.
_ _ And from here [Ab] we go two frets below, we're in fret three now, and we
start the first pentagon.
So now you can see what [G] the pentagon looks like.
It's
just like this one two three [E] four five.
[A] You just got these five notes one two
three four five.
[G] Fret three, five.
And [C] on the A string the same thing and you add
[E] fret seven.
I just do it [A] with this slide because then your hand position is
already correct. _
_ _ [Em] _ You do the same thing on the D [A] and G string [Gm] and [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ then one fret
higher on the B and E string.
_ So you got [C] that. _ _ _
_ So always [A] the combination of two
and then three.
[C] _ _
_ _ So _ [N] you already cover quite a long distance from fret three to
fret twelve, which is quite cool and that well kind of prevents you from always
going this vertical way but you rather do this in a diagonal way now, which
covers basically the entire guitar.
But now we add the second shape and let's
remember our [A] rules here.
In fifth fret the first position started [C] two frets
below and [Gm] _ _ [A] the second position of this [C] pentagon starts three _ frets above
which is here on fret [Gb] eight.
So and now we do it vice versa.
We start with three
notes and then on the second string we go on with two notes which looks like
this.
One, [E] two, three, four, five.
[A] One, two, three, four, five.
And now one, two, three, [E] four, five.
Again.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
One, two, three, four, five.
So now we just have to keep in mind two sets of pentagons.
The first one two, three,
two, three, two, three.
The second one three, two, three, two, three, two.
And now you cover
basically cover the entire guitar with those two shapes and you don't have to
learn very much.
So I, you know, when I started to learn the pentatonic scale I
also had problems learning those five positions.
I just couldn't get them into
my head so [Ab] I was looking for a different [Gb] approach [Ab] and this is why I
came up with this approach.
Again I'm not saying this is the perfect way I'm
just saying it's a good way for me to learn and for my students to learn the
pentatonic scale.
Just to give you a brief example of how it could sound like
_ again one, [D] two, three,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ four, five.
Of course this is nothing but one example of like four
building examples you could choose or you could play.
Okay thanks for watching!