A Minor Pentatonic Scale With Backing �Jam� Track � Controversial
Hey there, a less stress guitar students.
Yeah, I like to pretend that I know big words.
I�m Tomas Michaud from Real Guitar School and Starland School of Music.
Thank you for joining me in this video.
I�m gonna show a scale today, a pentatonic � A minor scale.
Now, this is not the one that most teachers teach you right after (0:19)but I really like
it and I think you�ll agree with me if given a good shot.
If you wanna improvise and I�m talking the same thing as lead guitar soloing, you�re
in the right place.
Hey there, welcome back.
This lesson is your first scale but were gonna do a scale called the A minor pentatonic scale.
I could have taught you many different versions of this scale but I choose one that I think
is the most useful at least for the beginner and its not necessarily anybody would choose.
This one include some sliding which I think right away starts adding some character to
your lead guitar lines so lets get started.
Here�s the first scale shape � A minor pentatonic, we�re gonna start on the A note.
Let me play the whole scale first (strumming) okay.
Now, just a couple of tips - learn this scale and learn the notes.
Don�t try to improvise if you just struggling with playing the scale.
Its not that hard but you need to work at it and work at it regularly.
Do all down picking to start with that way, you don�t worry about your picks.
We�ll go to up and down picking later so let�s start out with the first four notes.
Start on the 5th fret 6th string.
Here we go � A note, play it now over to the 5th string 3rd fret 1st finger, 3rd finger
on the 5th fret, slide up, 3rd finger still same string, 1st finger over now the 4th string
5th fret, 3rd finger down same string, next over to the 3rd string now 1st finger that�s
the 5th fret then 3rd finger goes down on the 7th fret, now you slide up same string
3rd finger, I�m on the 9th fret.
I�m gonna move my 1st finger over to the 2nd string 8th fret, that�s one fret difference
now down 3rd finger to 10th fret same string over to the 1st string 1st finger that�s
the 8th fret and then 3rd finger down.
Got it?
Good!
Practice it, come back and we�ll just go down once.
Practice it up first then we�ll go down.
Okay, you practice it on the way up, we�re gonna go down now.
Start that from 10th fret 1st string and Ill go nice and slow.
You can always practice it on your own and come back to this video and try it with the
video.
Here we go, 3rd finger 10th fret 1st string, now down to my first finger over to the 2nd
string 10th fret, 3rd finger, 1st finger now 8th fret.
Im gonna shift over my 3rd finger to the 4th string 9th fret, just sound like that, first
finger now same string that�s where I slide.
First finger goes down to the 5th fret lets go on to the 3rd string over to the 4th string
now, 3rd finger, 1st finger down on the 5th fret 4th string, now my 3rd finger is going
down to the 5th string 7th fret, 1st finger 5th fret same string, sliding the 1st finger
down to the 3rd fret same string over to the 6th string 3rd finger 5th fret and that�s
it � that�s the A.
Its been good hanging out together, brought this up again sometime.
If you like this, please give me a like if you are on YouTube and if you are on YouTube,
head on over to my blog I�ve got a cool cheat sheet for you that will really help
you out with the fingering and a nice guitar neck diagram.
Take care.