Guitar Basics for Beginners : How to Play Minor Pentatonic Scales on Guitar

by Doc_Smith on December 6, 2009

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racer868 December 6, 2009 at 8:46 pm

his fingering was not wrong. when it came time to strike the note every finger was on the fret it was supposed to be on. there are actually a few times when you can have 2 fingers on one fret (i.e. sweep picking augmented power chords).

mbaladas December 6, 2009 at 9:01 pm

thnx for the lesson man, most vids i watch they expect u to know what they mean and u explain it well.. deff 5 stars..

iMIX1337 December 6, 2009 at 9:06 pm

cool 0:43

k8888us December 6, 2009 at 10:03 pm

When you play around :34 you make me want of Chinese food.

jagabags December 6, 2009 at 10:55 pm

Wrong fingering…1 finger per fret??

Baldymcgee December 6, 2009 at 11:53 pm

wicked guitar man.

onirobert17 December 7, 2009 at 12:07 am

they are like chords…in a way, each scale has a “structure” and you compile them together to make a song but mainly for solos

r89routecm December 7, 2009 at 12:19 am

Gee… Thanx! ^^

JDxDkid December 7, 2009 at 12:53 am

awesome. thanks a lot man.

vivek17s2004 December 7, 2009 at 1:07 am

solos and leads

FlyingPandaRockets December 7, 2009 at 1:46 am

exactly drakulaman, when playing a faster chorus it is good too, and alternative picking is definately perferred for solos hahaha, i personally use the john petrucci technique with colos, which is alternative picking some of the solo and hamerons and pull offs also, kind of half and half and then everytime i leave that quick stroke of picking i leave on an upstroke, to give the string some slap, which is what JP does, just watch his how to play fast vid

MrCReagan December 7, 2009 at 1:53 am

Scales are used for writing, and improvising to songs, if you dont play in the scale, it will sound bad, so learning scales is really important to write songs, or make up stuff to other songs.

drakulaman December 7, 2009 at 2:11 am

it depends on… like maybe the speed your playing. if ur playing pretty fast, you’d might need to use alternate picking coz you cant get the same speed as using alternate picking than just down picking

SpongeInPyjama December 7, 2009 at 2:50 am

Silly question, but..What are scales for, and what am I going to benefit from learning it?

nguyenp2 December 7, 2009 at 3:48 am

Simple and clear for the purpose of the lesson, thank you!

R1k3y December 7, 2009 at 3:56 am

fat ass

sk8erkids96 December 7, 2009 at 4:55 am

actully when playin a guitar you dont got to play up and down i should know i play guitar

AlucardX7X December 7, 2009 at 5:54 am

wait,dude,shuldnt you be strumming up and down?{is alternate strumming the right word here?}

AlucardX7X December 7, 2009 at 6:54 am

hmm,im not usually a fan of epert village but this was semi-helpful

Zethrox99 December 7, 2009 at 7:47 am

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learntoplayy December 7, 2009 at 8:32 am

haha listen at 1:00 “what we are gonna wanna do”

alanganin18 December 7, 2009 at 8:42 am

how important are scales?

liamer77 December 7, 2009 at 9:19 am

no its 5 diffrent notes in the scale, because there are more than one of the same note used,

mileyfan147852 December 7, 2009 at 9:48 am

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Electrician615 December 7, 2009 at 10:30 am

now im so sad wwaaaah. you your very funny you should be a comedian. fucking noob

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