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► Video description: Use two simple geometric shapes to instantly find the major and minor pentatonic scales anywhere on the fretboard. In this video, you'll also learn how to make pentatonic scales sound like *music* rather than scales, how to instantly turn them into blues and hexatonic scales, and how to fluently move within these scales up, down, and across the fretboard. This video is jam-packed with useful insights. It really is the ONLY pentatonic scale lesson you will EVER need.
► Keywords: guitar lesson, pentatonic scales, blues scale, hexatonic scale, music theory, major scale modes, Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Phrygian
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► Recommended video viewing order:
Full playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMuHlX9RiFi1L1RdC0CzYa1qxZllD5Ujz&si=cOp25GnXrL28rbLQ
Individual videos:
1. Use "the warp" to reduce memorization: https://youtu.be/Qd8pyJ9A5W8
2. Master the pentatonic scale with the rectangle and stack: https://youtu.be/wzWE0dpxnmY
3. Learn the notes!: https://youtu.be/OHa2DklOeTI
4. Intervals: Guitar's secret decoder ring: https://youtu.be/3sUpoSTy8zw
5. Understand the modes: https://youtu.be/bFvTVnhmFfE
6. The best way to learn/play the modes: https://youtu.be/jrukJYI8ecY
7. Another easy way to play the modes: https://youtu.be/2IxiU96JQ7w
8. The CAGED system and triads: https://youtu.be/W4ZeaKoynv4
9. The 3nps system: https://youtu.be/CkymnwBDN9o
10. Instant harmony: https://youtu.be/G_YP-IpRfuM
► Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction/overview
01:27 - Introducing the rectangle and the stack
02:35 - Building scales on the fly
04:50 - Making it sound like music
07:01 - Extending to the hexatonic and blues scales
08:03 - Horizontal movement
09:21 - Connecting to the major scale modes
► Thanks again to Dave DiCenso, Jeff Gilman, and Jake Shapiro for the intro/exit music "Sea Horses" from the Kilgore Trout Sessions.