Minor Pentatonic Scales in the CAGED System

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Recommended videos to watch first

0:38 How to use the CAGED system to play a SOLO: https://youtu.be/0Qp26KcDrGw
This video is a good starting point for people who want to understand how to solo all over the neck.

0:41 The Pentatonic Scale: https://youtu.be/uuraAIKyPiQ
This lesson talks a little about the G Shaped pentatonic scale but it also goes into depth on what a pentatonic scale is compared to a major scale. Useful for understanding why the major and minor pentatonic scale are basically the same thing. I’ll have to do a more in depth lesson on major and minor scales and why the pentatonic scales are so important for guitar players.

0:48 Music Theory for Guitar: Major Scales: https://youtu.be/PZr4frJtfd4
This helps you understand how major scales are made and how they map out to the guitar. Again, I’ll have to go more in depth in later videos about the relation between major, minor and all other scales, but hopefully this set of lessons will get you going on soloing and understanding guitar better.

Jam tracks used in this video:

10:09 B flat Minor Jam: https://youtu.be/s8RyIl7CsgM
12:42 E Minor Jam: https://youtu.be/eeZeuSo-u34

12:59 THAT NOTE OUTSIDE THE SHAPE:
Yep. I played a note or two outside the shape. The pentatonic scales are like a scaffolding - a foundational structure to build more information into as needed. Eventually I’ll get into modes, full scales, harmonic and melodic minor scales that fit nicely around these basic shapes, but in the mean time you can do a LOT with just the pentatonic scales. I made a video about this situation called
How to Solo on Guitar part 2: Harmony https://youtu.be/xjH7x3-JZCI
But I need to dive way deeper into this subject in future videos. It all has to do with how the CAGED shapes interact with music theory and its a truly beautiful concept but it will take me a while to get that series going.

Guitar is such a cool complex instrument - the more you understand it, the more you understand music theory and the more you understand music theory the easier it is to understand the guitar. The CAGED system explains how the guitar is laid out. In my opinion, you can’t really avoid the CAGED system when you’re playing just about anything on the guitar and hopefully in future videos I can really drive a lot of concepts home. For this lesson, I thought I would keep it simple and just show how the Major and Minor pentatonic scales are really the same scale with different root notes.

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