3 Levels to Mixing Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales

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0:00 Intro
0:28 Pentatonic Scale Fundamentals
1:44 Pentatonic Scale Exercise
2:41 Level 1
4:01 Level 1 Solo
4:53 Level 2
6:14 Level 2 Solo
7:02 Level 3
9:39 Level 3 Solo
10:28 Outro

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[Sammywhat]

Tone for days!! Jack could be teaching how to boil water, and you know the pots and pans would ring like a bell!! What a gift!!!

[travisrichmond]

Jack always delivers… The best YouTube guitar instructor

[MurrayWilliams]

Thank you for explaining when in a 1-4-5 it makes sense to play which Pentatonic scale. I’ve played over 40 years and swapping to the minor over the four always sounded like a great time to switch. However, this video is the first time I’ve ever heard it so clearly explained.

Clearly, we can go way beyond that simple playing strategy. But man, is that a great way to open the door.

Great job! You’re the man!

[iantaylor]

The phrasing and tones are just so good.

[jtd]

I know you love mellow jazz but you are one of my favorite players when things get funky and a little more upbeat

[rocketguy]

Breaking it down into simple terms and staying creative…Gracias, Professor Ruch!

[ramseyomery]

I always learn new things from your videos, adding the 6th to get the third of the fourth, nice!

[aminahmed]

What a fantastic video from my favorite youtuber have a wonderful day Jack ❤😊

[kendalljones]

Man oh man you've got great phrasing! <3

[DonTheGuitarGuy]

Awesome as always Jack, thank you for sharing.

[sitorcasio]

The best! Your explainions help so much! Thanks

[Nozmo_King_NJ]

You have such a lovely light touch with both hands .. I'm working on that!

[RedLion]

When I think of mixing major and minor pentatonic, I just think of Mixolydian and I levy the freedom of using a flat 3rd, major 3rd or that yank between the two. Throw in the 6th to sweeten and of course the b7. Over the blues I just switch between 3 different Mixolydian scales.

[ivonsmith]

Excellent class as always Jack!! Clarifies and extends Maj & Min Penta scales over a dominant progression! Nice...so the Level 3 is affectively playing an E9 arpeggio over the E7 chords, and an A9 arp. over the A7 chord? Nice alteration inclusion.

[BachichaStudio]

Genial como siempre, maestro!! saludos desde Argentina!!

[zbo]

@jackruch could you at some point do a video on some of the techniques you use, like pulloffs, slurs and slides?

[kylebecker]

4:15 just came back to watching Jack after a few months and I forgot how SAUCY he is 😫

[sodneymvlin]

9:08 you said major third is that right?

[kronk]

You never said what you used over the 5 chord in the last example

[mikevitiello]

is it productive to think of those modified pentatonics in level 3 as mixolydian pentatonic (1-2-3-5-b7) and dorian pentatonic (1-b3-4-5-6)? or is that crazy talk