Exploring the Minor Pentatonic Pattern 2 | Blues Lead Guitar

[jimandskittum]

I've got shapes 1&5 down and now I have learned 2. I'm starting to get my ear too. Thanks for your concise teaching method.

[EfeCevher]

Learning tons of tricks from your lessons, but more importantly I really enjoy them. Just wanted to say thank you.

[khmrluv]

You and Marty are the greatest teachers! I've learned a lot from both of you. Thank you.

[johnnga]

Thanks for the little help in which notes to bend

[FTange]

Justin doesn't seem to be a big proponent of practicing scales, but personally i couldn't be more in favor of doing. I never really did it myself when i first started learning to play guitar, but after having done them for a while the benefits are immense.

The benefits of practicing scales are not just about memorizing the scales but training your coordination, speed, timing and different patterns. The 'secret' to practicing scales is not just doing them up and down, but playing them in different patterns.
Examples could be playing them in groups where you play three or four notes up the scales and then go back to the next step of the scale (A-C-D-C-D-E-D-E-G-E-G-A)
Another way is to play in different intervals where between each note of the scale you jump up either a third, fourth, fifth or sixth step of the scale above the current note, e.g. with a third you would play a-d-c-e-d-g-e-a, etc.
Another way instead of playing up and down the same pattern is to play up one pattern and down the next.

Doing such exercises for 5-10 minutes a day can greatly improve your playing in many ways, and can also be done while doing other things such as watching tv. A great advantage of this type of focused playing is that in 5-10 minutes you can play as many notes as you would otherwise do in a normal 1-2 hours normal playing session making your practice time a lot more effective.

[joelhaaland]

If I am not going to bend the b or e string, i always use finger 2 and 4 on those strings. I think it is better for me to find alot of reasons for my pinkie to get as much use as possible. If I am going to do a bend it's just as easy to shift over at that point to have the 3rd finger in place for the bend. That just works for me !

[switche]

I’m so guilty of the fingers 2 and 4 on the top two strings. That’s how I ended up learning it, it’ll take a while to try and undo that code

[JimKernix]

I used to use 2 & 4 for the fingerings but not anymore thanks to you - very insightful!

[theraspful]

You make really easy to understand even for a guy in his sixties

[robertwebelo]

You’re a great teacher, Thank you. :)

[mercytoday]

Wow just wow! Thank you so much Justin!

[billy_h_bonney]

seriously, by the time I found my place on one string and fret, you were 2 steps ahead of my and moving on to the 3rd.

[dr.sachinshinde]

Nicely explained sir.. Thank you for your efforts.. You are the best

[michaelk]

Thanks for your videos. I particularly like the visual diagram as you're playing it, oftentimes you can't actually see the players fingertips to see what strings are actually pressing on or they do it so fast you can't really tell. I'm finding more difficulty in having the right hand in the right place to be able to hit the right string, as you said with a good synchronization.... I wish more teachers would go over the right hand more than they do or I should say the strumming hand.

[svenikea]

Had to buy a cap to follow these lessons. Thanks.

[MarkShian]

Thank you so much for this Justin. I really hope you will post Pattern 3, 4 and 5. And show us some playing examples of licks that we can use with those patterns like you've done as you demonstrated this pattern. It would be awesome if you could do your videos in such a way where you also consider the more advanced player who already knows the pattern but want to learn how to be more creative with it. I really look forward to pattern 3, 4, & 5 if that's what you're planning. It would also be great to continue to teach us about the importance of the root in each pattern so we have a compass of how to move around the fingerboard and if you can teach us how to jump around from top of the fretboard to the bottom. Special thanks!

[chrisforever]

Great as always!
I Iearned so much from you and looking forward for more!
Keep on your good work!
Greetings from Germany!

[TheSlotto]

Justin, Thanks for explaining this. I've been playing for 30 years running only pattern 1 comfortably. I tried to study pattern 2 and 3 on my own years ago but couldn't incorporate all 3 into together into something cool. With this video you have helped me make some sense of how to do it. I can't wait for pattern 3, 4 and 5. Thanks!

[dollar]

thanks Justin for that corker tip, I'm guilty of that.

[townheadbluesboy]

thanks for doing these videos - great lessons