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25 Responses to “Beginner lead guitar lesson Minor Pentatonic & Blues scale”

1. civilizedidiot
   May 22nd, 2010 at 12:24 am

   

   appreciate this.. alot of tutors just teach and want you to learn, and dont understand that in order to comprehend what your playing you actually have to have some theory behind the music.. thanks for clearing alot of things up

2. thejbskater
   May 22nd, 2010 at 12:47 am

   

   but doesnt the minor pentatonic have 5 diffrent shapes??

3. matineesuxxx
   May 22nd, 2010 at 1:13 am

   

   @guitarslim56 because he is explaining the scale.. its better to understand the scales completely ie, the notes used, why they are used, how they got there, as apposed to just a shape. once you know the hows and whys, it makes creating your own stuff and improvising a whole lot easier. guitar is not just about shapes. idk how far along you are, but even advanced players can gain stuff from his videos

4. matineesuxxx
   May 22nd, 2010 at 1:26 am

   

   @PURE20 yes. what is it he says? something along the lines of “dont learn licks, learn FROM the licks”

5. yamamonkey
   May 22nd, 2010 at 1:28 am

   

   and it’s really so difficult to skip those 3 minutes and 24 seconds?

6. hugenoodles
   May 22nd, 2010 at 1:32 am

   

   great lesson learned alot

7. mattybock
   May 22nd, 2010 at 2:17 am

   

   this guy is a good teacher. not like the people how don’t talk and just play with a bad camera angle so you can see what thier doing. they piss me off. TALK DAMMIT!

8. RobBanx100
   May 22nd, 2010 at 2:29 am

   

   Brilliant, loads learned thanx, jst need more practice on this

9. RDdaNINJA
   May 22nd, 2010 at 3:02 am

   

   I`m sorry, just did not help me one bit.

10. PURE20
    May 22nd, 2010 at 3:16 am

    

    how can you morons complain.. this guy is awesome.. dont get me wrong marty is cool.. but marty teaches you how to play songs.. dave teaches you how to play guitar!. thats why hes awesome and you should be thankful he takes long to explain things in such detail… Good job bro you have helped alot of people.. ignore the idiots!

11. MisterModder123
    May 22nd, 2010 at 3:18 am

    

    I finally understand pentatonic scales! Thanks so much!

    5/5*

12. Brndnrchrdsn85
    May 22nd, 2010 at 4:16 am

    

    this guy sucks…. wheres marty? he does too much talking like slim said…

13. guitarslim56
    May 22nd, 2010 at 4:38 am

    

    Less talk, more rock! It takes this guy forever to demonstrate anything. He does not begin to demonstrate scales until 3:24.

14. artiefiscal
    May 22nd, 2010 at 4:52 am

    

    this guy is my favorite of all the online teachers. such patience and care!

15. newus
    May 22nd, 2010 at 5:08 am

    

    you can use alternate picking or chicken picking… i think david has videos about it

16. ISS5731
    May 22nd, 2010 at 5:41 am

    

    @Kawnification not sure of anyone has answered this yet or if youve figured it out, but no they are not like the modes. all the shapes are the same notes, just in different places. the shapes are simply to help you remember where they are. the modes are the same shapes but different scales, while what he’s teaching are the same notes, but different shapes. also, if youre playing a 145 in A, you would play any shape of your a minor pentatonic. Good Luck!

17. personaltip
    May 22nd, 2010 at 5:49 am

    

    Hello, I notice you have 4 DVDs for beginners but I would like to know because you inspired me and I decided to buy a guitar now but I do not know where to start. I mean what video should I start with. Thanks a lot you are a great tecaher by the way.

18. RoastDuck666
    May 22nd, 2010 at 5:50 am

    

    thank u man has helped alot, im just curious what are the strum patterns with scales its always confused me say for instance u play 5,6,7,8 on the top string is the strum pattern (up,down,up,down) or just downward strumming? sry if its confusin or noobish but can any1 help me?

19. Kawnification
    May 22nd, 2010 at 6:02 am

    

    Great lesson again. This may sound a bit newb, but if someone reads this and could answer a question I have, it would be greatly appreciated.

    Are the 5 box patterns he talks about the same idea as the different modes?

    And say for example I’m doing a 1-4-5 blues progression in they key of A. How do I know which blues box pattern to use for licks?

20. IbanezjemJSX
    May 22nd, 2010 at 6:39 am

    

    very good and thank you how ever, i wish you wud just play it rather than having to go into loads of detail on one note. apart from that its best lesson iv ever had on scales

21. boxingin
    May 22nd, 2010 at 6:56 am

    

    I will to that my friend. Thank you very much.

22. Tezku
    May 22nd, 2010 at 7:16 am

    

    hmm what helped me since i have small stubby fingers/hands. Stretched my fingers every day for few minutes. take one hand put it inbetween 2 fingers and push down, till u can feel it stretching. do it to all fingers/hands. Should take around..2 good weeks till you start feeling the stretch. but keep doing guitar finger workouts as well..
    Hope this helps.

23. boxingin
    May 22nd, 2010 at 7:46 am

    

    Thank you so much. I’ve been attacking this for a week now and already I can sort of solo. Thank you.

24. boxingin
    May 22nd, 2010 at 8:28 am

    

    Great lesson. Thanks. I have a probem stretching my fingers, any suggestions?

25. chicoggyfx
    May 22nd, 2010 at 9:27 am

    

    It took my little 6 year old brother less than10 minutes to understand it