Chords for 1 Weird Trick to Memorizing Pentatonic Patterns | GuitarZoom.com
Tempo:
111.55 bpm
Chords used:
E
Am
D
A
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Alright, so we're going to end.
I'm going to show you something really cool that you may have never noticed on your fretboard before to sort of
demystify or unlock
These patterns that you're playing in pentatonic because they all look so vastly different
But I want you to start recognizing that they really aren't they're the same pattern
Over and over and over and once you do that you can start
Learning your fretboard where your notes are where your roots are all those kind of things in different places on your guitar a little bit
Easier so let me show you this now you got to follow along because this is this is kind of weird, okay?
We have six strings what we're gonna.
Do we know that we've got two e strings, okay?
There's a repetition here of this low e string in this high e string so we're gonna pretend like this first string does not exist
Okay, the guitar only has five strings not a repetitive string because again whatever you play on the sixth string you'd play on the first
String so we're gonna cut that first string off and be left with five strings now
Let's go back and look at that initial first position minor pentatonic that we did we had one four
one three one three one three one four
Now again, we're skipping the first string so what you wind up with is
Three one threes in a row and two one fours on the outside
Okay, your whole fretboard is covered with one three one three one three and then two one fours the whole fretboard
That's all it is
With a repeat on the first string of whatever you played on the sixth string, but let's cut that one off for now
So you've got one four one three one three one three and one four
Well, let's look at the second position the second position has one three
one four one four and
Then one three one three one three right because it wraps around
So you'll always have one three one three one three and then two one fours, okay?
It'll wrap around in different places
But you'll always have that [D] grouping of three one threes and two one fours no matter where you go now
Why is that beneficial?
Well, there's a couple of different things that you can think about when you [E] find your three groups of one three
Your root is always in the middle
[Am]
[E] So if you know where your one three one three one three is okay?
It's on the middle one.
Okay, that's where your root is every time is in the middle of those three one threes
Okay, or let's take your one four one four for example [Em] or here
[Am] Okay, we start learning well
[E]
Those are octaves [Am] this one is an octave of this one and this one [D] is an octave of this one
Here's another [Ab] thing of [A] those two one fours
[C] [A] Okay, the second one four is where your root is where your first finger goes
So when I'm here, [C] and I'm playing the one four one four on the second one is where my root is
[N] You see it's not as hard as you think it is if you start learning to visualize each one of those five patterns as
Two groups of one four and three groups of one three.
That's all they ever are
Now again, they might shift a little bit in the way
They look like if I go to the fourth position.
I've got one four one four and then [D] of course
What would I have after that?
You got it one three one three one three
But this second string one three has moved up one fret to accommodate the tuning of the B string
But it's [Am] still a one three so you have one four one four one three [E] one three one three
You see or the third position you've got one four one four one four excuse me
What am I saying one three one three one three and then what do you have after that one four one four?
Always so it makes it a lot easier to try and memorize those pentatonic [Eb] scales
Okay, because you always know if you're thinking well, what's the next one?
Well, if you just did a one four one four, it's a one three or if you just did three one
Three is what's coming next two one fours, right?
Okay.
So this first string will just do whatever this one did
Okay, this one's just a mirror of whatever's happening here, but it's a really great trick for me
It was really really helpful because it helped me in
Trying to be able to visualize my scales because for the longest time I'd look at those five skills and go holy crap
They're really confusing because they don't look anything alike
And and then I would always play again what I call blinders on where in order to play the second position
I had to connect it to the first position.
I couldn't I couldn't see the second position without it connecting to the first position
Well, once I started looking at the fretboard from this perspective all of a sudden everything was the same thing over and over and over
Just on different different strings, obviously, but so anyway, that's a really great trick, too
And I hope that helps you a little bit
So we've covered a lot of stuff about the pentatonic and the visualization of it
Okay, we're not covering a bunch of licks and speed picking and all those kind of things
Those are all conversations for another time.
What we're trying to do right now is is build this palette
This visual palette of our fretboard of being able to play all five positions understand how they connect together
understand the tricks to being able to visualize those and see the
Similarities be able to move those in any key we want by using the treadmill technique learning to meander using both the X&Y access right
And developing our strength and our understanding of each one of those positions with that meandering how to break that meandering into pieces
To start creating phrases.
Okay, so there's just so much stuff here that you're gonna be able to use
But remember you're not in a hurry.
This isn't a race.
This is life-changing stuff.
So practice hard and
I'm going to show you something really cool that you may have never noticed on your fretboard before to sort of
demystify or unlock
These patterns that you're playing in pentatonic because they all look so vastly different
But I want you to start recognizing that they really aren't they're the same pattern
Over and over and over and once you do that you can start
Learning your fretboard where your notes are where your roots are all those kind of things in different places on your guitar a little bit
Easier so let me show you this now you got to follow along because this is this is kind of weird, okay?
We have six strings what we're gonna.
Do we know that we've got two e strings, okay?
There's a repetition here of this low e string in this high e string so we're gonna pretend like this first string does not exist
Okay, the guitar only has five strings not a repetitive string because again whatever you play on the sixth string you'd play on the first
String so we're gonna cut that first string off and be left with five strings now
Let's go back and look at that initial first position minor pentatonic that we did we had one four
one three one three one three one four
Now again, we're skipping the first string so what you wind up with is
Three one threes in a row and two one fours on the outside
Okay, your whole fretboard is covered with one three one three one three and then two one fours the whole fretboard
That's all it is
With a repeat on the first string of whatever you played on the sixth string, but let's cut that one off for now
So you've got one four one three one three one three and one four
Well, let's look at the second position the second position has one three
one four one four and
Then one three one three one three right because it wraps around
So you'll always have one three one three one three and then two one fours, okay?
It'll wrap around in different places
But you'll always have that [D] grouping of three one threes and two one fours no matter where you go now
Why is that beneficial?
Well, there's a couple of different things that you can think about when you [E] find your three groups of one three
Your root is always in the middle
[Am]
[E] So if you know where your one three one three one three is okay?
It's on the middle one.
Okay, that's where your root is every time is in the middle of those three one threes
Okay, or let's take your one four one four for example [Em] or here
[Am] Okay, we start learning well
[E]
Those are octaves [Am] this one is an octave of this one and this one [D] is an octave of this one
Here's another [Ab] thing of [A] those two one fours
[C] [A] Okay, the second one four is where your root is where your first finger goes
So when I'm here, [C] and I'm playing the one four one four on the second one is where my root is
[N] You see it's not as hard as you think it is if you start learning to visualize each one of those five patterns as
Two groups of one four and three groups of one three.
That's all they ever are
Now again, they might shift a little bit in the way
They look like if I go to the fourth position.
I've got one four one four and then [D] of course
What would I have after that?
You got it one three one three one three
But this second string one three has moved up one fret to accommodate the tuning of the B string
But it's [Am] still a one three so you have one four one four one three [E] one three one three
You see or the third position you've got one four one four one four excuse me
What am I saying one three one three one three and then what do you have after that one four one four?
Always so it makes it a lot easier to try and memorize those pentatonic [Eb] scales
Okay, because you always know if you're thinking well, what's the next one?
Well, if you just did a one four one four, it's a one three or if you just did three one
Three is what's coming next two one fours, right?
Okay.
So this first string will just do whatever this one did
Okay, this one's just a mirror of whatever's happening here, but it's a really great trick for me
It was really really helpful because it helped me in
Trying to be able to visualize my scales because for the longest time I'd look at those five skills and go holy crap
They're really confusing because they don't look anything alike
And and then I would always play again what I call blinders on where in order to play the second position
I had to connect it to the first position.
I couldn't I couldn't see the second position without it connecting to the first position
Well, once I started looking at the fretboard from this perspective all of a sudden everything was the same thing over and over and over
Just on different different strings, obviously, but so anyway, that's a really great trick, too
And I hope that helps you a little bit
So we've covered a lot of stuff about the pentatonic and the visualization of it
Okay, we're not covering a bunch of licks and speed picking and all those kind of things
Those are all conversations for another time.
What we're trying to do right now is is build this palette
This visual palette of our fretboard of being able to play all five positions understand how they connect together
understand the tricks to being able to visualize those and see the
Similarities be able to move those in any key we want by using the treadmill technique learning to meander using both the X&Y access right
And developing our strength and our understanding of each one of those positions with that meandering how to break that meandering into pieces
To start creating phrases.
Okay, so there's just so much stuff here that you're gonna be able to use
But remember you're not in a hurry.
This isn't a race.
This is life-changing stuff.
So practice hard and
Key:
E
Am
D
A
C
E
Am
D
Alright, so we're going to end.
I'm going to show you something really cool that you may have never noticed on your fretboard before to sort of
_ demystify or unlock
These patterns that you're playing in pentatonic because they all look so vastly different
But I want you to start recognizing that they really aren't they're the same pattern
Over and over and over and once you do that you can start
Learning your fretboard where your notes are where your roots are all those kind of things in different places on your guitar a little bit
Easier so let me show you this now you got to follow along because this is this is kind of weird, okay?
We have six strings what we're gonna.
Do we know that we've got two e strings, okay?
There's a repetition here of this low e string in this high e string so we're gonna pretend like this first string does not exist
Okay, the guitar only has five strings not a repetitive string because again whatever you play on the sixth string you'd play on the first
String so we're gonna cut that first string off and be left with five strings now
Let's go back and look at that initial first position minor pentatonic that we did we had one four
one three one three one three one four
_ Now again, we're skipping the first string so what you wind up with is
Three one threes in a row and two one fours on the outside
Okay, your whole fretboard is covered with one three one three one three and then two one fours the whole fretboard
_ That's all it is
With a repeat on the first string of whatever you played on the sixth string, but let's cut that one off for now
So you've got one four one three one three one three and one four
_ Well, let's look at the second position the second position has one three
one four one four and
Then one three one three one three right because it wraps around
So you'll always have one three one three one three and then two one fours, okay?
It'll wrap around in different places
But you'll always have that [D] grouping of three one threes and two one fours no matter where you go now
Why is that beneficial?
Well, there's a couple of different things that you can think about when you [E] find your three groups of one three
_ _ Your root is always in the middle
[Am] _
_ [E] _ _ _ So if you know where your one three one three one three is okay? _ _ _ _
It's on the middle one.
_ Okay, that's where your root is every time is in the middle of those three one threes
Okay, or let's take your one four one four for example _ [Em] _ or here
[Am] _ Okay, we start learning well
_ _ [E] _
Those are octaves [Am] this one is an octave of this one and this one [D] is an octave of this one
Here's another [Ab] thing of [A] those two one fours
[C] _ [A] Okay, the second one four is where your root is where your first finger goes
So when I'm here, [C] and I'm playing the one four one four on the second one is where my root is
_ [N] You see it's not as hard as you think it is if you start learning to visualize each one of those five patterns as
Two groups of one four and three groups of one three.
That's all they ever are
Now again, they might shift a little bit in the way
They look like if I go to the fourth position.
I've got one four one four and then [D] of course
What would I have after that?
You got it one three one three one three
But this second string one three has moved up one fret to accommodate the tuning of the B string
But it's [Am] still a one three so you have one four one four one three [E] one three one three
You see or the third position you've got one four one four one four excuse me
What am I saying one three one three one three and then what do you have after that one four one four?
_ Always so it makes it a lot easier to try and memorize those pentatonic [Eb] scales
Okay, because you always know if you're thinking well, what's the next one?
Well, if you just did a one four one four, it's a one three or if you just did three one
Three is what's coming next two one fours, right?
Okay.
So this first string will just do whatever this one did
Okay, this one's just a mirror of whatever's happening here, but it's a really great trick for me
It was really really helpful because it helped me in
Trying to be able to visualize my scales because for the longest time I'd look at those five skills and go holy crap
They're really confusing because they don't look anything alike
And and then I would always play again what I call blinders on where in order to play the second position
I had to connect it to the first position.
I couldn't I couldn't see the second position without it connecting to the first position
Well, once I started looking at the fretboard from this perspective all of a sudden everything was the same thing over and over and over
Just on different different strings, obviously, but so anyway, that's a really great trick, too
And I hope that helps you a little bit
So we've covered a lot of stuff about the pentatonic and the visualization of it
Okay, we're not covering a bunch of licks and speed picking and all those kind of things
Those are all conversations for another time.
What we're trying to do right now is is build this palette
This visual palette of our fretboard of being able to play all five positions understand how they connect together
understand the tricks to being able to visualize those and see the
Similarities be able to move those in any key we want by using the treadmill technique learning to meander using both the X&Y access right
And developing our strength and our understanding of each one of those positions with that meandering how to break that meandering into pieces
_ To start creating phrases.
Okay, so there's just so much stuff here that you're gonna be able to use
But remember you're not in a hurry.
This isn't a race.
This is life-changing stuff.
So practice hard and
I'm going to show you something really cool that you may have never noticed on your fretboard before to sort of
_ demystify or unlock
These patterns that you're playing in pentatonic because they all look so vastly different
But I want you to start recognizing that they really aren't they're the same pattern
Over and over and over and once you do that you can start
Learning your fretboard where your notes are where your roots are all those kind of things in different places on your guitar a little bit
Easier so let me show you this now you got to follow along because this is this is kind of weird, okay?
We have six strings what we're gonna.
Do we know that we've got two e strings, okay?
There's a repetition here of this low e string in this high e string so we're gonna pretend like this first string does not exist
Okay, the guitar only has five strings not a repetitive string because again whatever you play on the sixth string you'd play on the first
String so we're gonna cut that first string off and be left with five strings now
Let's go back and look at that initial first position minor pentatonic that we did we had one four
one three one three one three one four
_ Now again, we're skipping the first string so what you wind up with is
Three one threes in a row and two one fours on the outside
Okay, your whole fretboard is covered with one three one three one three and then two one fours the whole fretboard
_ That's all it is
With a repeat on the first string of whatever you played on the sixth string, but let's cut that one off for now
So you've got one four one three one three one three and one four
_ Well, let's look at the second position the second position has one three
one four one four and
Then one three one three one three right because it wraps around
So you'll always have one three one three one three and then two one fours, okay?
It'll wrap around in different places
But you'll always have that [D] grouping of three one threes and two one fours no matter where you go now
Why is that beneficial?
Well, there's a couple of different things that you can think about when you [E] find your three groups of one three
_ _ Your root is always in the middle
[Am] _
_ [E] _ _ _ So if you know where your one three one three one three is okay? _ _ _ _
It's on the middle one.
_ Okay, that's where your root is every time is in the middle of those three one threes
Okay, or let's take your one four one four for example _ [Em] _ or here
[Am] _ Okay, we start learning well
_ _ [E] _
Those are octaves [Am] this one is an octave of this one and this one [D] is an octave of this one
Here's another [Ab] thing of [A] those two one fours
[C] _ [A] Okay, the second one four is where your root is where your first finger goes
So when I'm here, [C] and I'm playing the one four one four on the second one is where my root is
_ [N] You see it's not as hard as you think it is if you start learning to visualize each one of those five patterns as
Two groups of one four and three groups of one three.
That's all they ever are
Now again, they might shift a little bit in the way
They look like if I go to the fourth position.
I've got one four one four and then [D] of course
What would I have after that?
You got it one three one three one three
But this second string one three has moved up one fret to accommodate the tuning of the B string
But it's [Am] still a one three so you have one four one four one three [E] one three one three
You see or the third position you've got one four one four one four excuse me
What am I saying one three one three one three and then what do you have after that one four one four?
_ Always so it makes it a lot easier to try and memorize those pentatonic [Eb] scales
Okay, because you always know if you're thinking well, what's the next one?
Well, if you just did a one four one four, it's a one three or if you just did three one
Three is what's coming next two one fours, right?
Okay.
So this first string will just do whatever this one did
Okay, this one's just a mirror of whatever's happening here, but it's a really great trick for me
It was really really helpful because it helped me in
Trying to be able to visualize my scales because for the longest time I'd look at those five skills and go holy crap
They're really confusing because they don't look anything alike
And and then I would always play again what I call blinders on where in order to play the second position
I had to connect it to the first position.
I couldn't I couldn't see the second position without it connecting to the first position
Well, once I started looking at the fretboard from this perspective all of a sudden everything was the same thing over and over and over
Just on different different strings, obviously, but so anyway, that's a really great trick, too
And I hope that helps you a little bit
So we've covered a lot of stuff about the pentatonic and the visualization of it
Okay, we're not covering a bunch of licks and speed picking and all those kind of things
Those are all conversations for another time.
What we're trying to do right now is is build this palette
This visual palette of our fretboard of being able to play all five positions understand how they connect together
understand the tricks to being able to visualize those and see the
Similarities be able to move those in any key we want by using the treadmill technique learning to meander using both the X&Y access right
And developing our strength and our understanding of each one of those positions with that meandering how to break that meandering into pieces
_ To start creating phrases.
Okay, so there's just so much stuff here that you're gonna be able to use
But remember you're not in a hurry.
This isn't a race.
This is life-changing stuff.
So practice hard and