Pentatonic sucks, play this instead

came to me just in time for a change

And so begins the fun times

Womp womp

can’t even play the pentatonic well coz i’m scared of brandon yelling at me about it

helpful

bro hearted his own message

How to fast legato?

that pentatonic solo didn't sound to bad to me

for every like this comment gets i will practice guitar for 10 minutes

they all sounded good

Is it bad that I like the targeted 3rd and simple pentatonic shapes best? Lol

Brandon, hear me out.
A great example for this is the solo of Sultan of Swings by Mark Knopler. He only played chord tones and shapes the entire time, and made one of the best solos under the sun. Thats a perfect example for this and since ive always looked at learning solos differently, always tryna find something theoretical.

"Tell me which sounds better?" - plays all amazing solos.

Me: "Fuck you......." 😂

targeting the 3rd sounds very jazzy and targeting the 5th sounds metal so in the end depends on what you play tbh

I prefer pentatonic scales because I play Stoner Doom & Sludge Metal.

But they all sound good 😭

They all have their place. One annoyance I have is this push by internet guitarists to focus on the third, all the time. They think it's like the holy grail to always hit the 3rd. In reality, just play what sounds best. When I'm coming up with vocal melodies I don't think of thirds or roots, I just sing what sound good. And if you transcribe vocal melodies, you're going to get a mix all the time. Pentatonic runs sound cool interspersed as a way to get away form the chord tone sound, making it all the better when you do hit a chord tone (roots are't just for noobs!)

Hello beaches! It’s day 84 of telling Brandon to play A minor

Man, he said pentatonic sounds bad but it sounded so good when he does it.

DAY 2 of asking Brandon to explain relative minor theory

Your personality sucks.

Thanks Brandon you've taught me a thing or 2 or 3. I've definitely fallen into soloing using pentatonics. Lately I've branched out with leading notes and chord tones. I'm pretty critical about my own playing, I'm not a perfectionist. Sometimes I leave some imperfections in my songs as it feels a little more raw. I'm completely self taught in every instrument I play: bass, guitar, mandolin, keys, ukulele. I'm basically a one man band, but if I ever find people to play with, I want to be well rounded and can play what's needed. Watching your shorts and videos has given me more tools I can incorporate. So I want to thank you for these compact little lessons.

Really grateful for these tips, this change timing could not have been any more perfect, happened exactly when I started to learn how to solo.. 🙏

are you using gate pedal to avoid hum and buzz while playing tele with distortion? or is there some other way? teach me sensei

Thanks. Very helpful and clearly explained that I actually understood what you was talking about for a change.

every like this comment gets i will practice 20 minutes so i beat the other guy in the comments

Brandon, you're an awesome player. I really enjoy listening to the 30 second long snippets of music you play in your videos. It must be all the fookin cigarettes you don't smoke or something. Do you have original music posted anywhere?

Wow. Older dude here getting back into guitar after years and that is the simplest and coolest explanation I have ever seen. I have had issues with working arpeggios into my improvising but this just blew my eyes wide open.
Thank you!

Great video, keep going the way you want to bro you're a great teacher for a lot of us 👌

I think using the 3rds sounds best, most emotion heavy solo. The pentatonic one is more noodly and atonal/random feeling. Root is kind of boring and 5th is okay.

Am I the only one that liked the pentatonic solo the most lol

Honestly my takeaway was "oh shit, i should just follow a similar formula when Im soloing and target the same chord tone one time through the progression, then go to the next the next time through, and at some point just pentatonic it up one of the pass throughs..." Great way to give your solo some movement and variation! But i like the way he taught to focus on one area of the neck at a time, also helps with learning chords everywhere along the neck so you dont have to move way up and way down for a change and sound like someone on cigarettes! Better voice leading this way too, even if Im not good at it I understand the goal.

If Cobra Kai was a guitar teacher

this is great information

now just leave !! lolol
we will man

old good penta of course...

Great lesson

I only play e minor