PRECISION Pentatonics: Weekend Wankshop 316 w/Uncle Ben Eller

This week, all my Patreon supporters, even at the $1 level, get access to practice tracks, midi tracks, and TABs to go along with this lesson!

Hey kids, its Uncle Ben Eller back with Weekend Wankshop 316! Tired of playing your stepdad's pentatonic blues licks every time you pick up the guitar? In this lesson, you're gonna learn some of my favorite phrasing strategies for spicing up your pentatonic playing by using economy picking, note skipping, and position shifting! You're also gonna learn the value of LISTENING and reacting as a soloist to make your licks POP and add to the song!
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[reverendg]

Thank you Sense for all that you've Taught me in Today's Lesson of Scales!!!!

[stringsbrainfingers]

Absolutely awesome Ben! You're the best teacher on YouTube, with the coolest licks.

[Aidenbro-sk]

Pentecostal scale. 😆 I’ve been looking forward to trying this out since you posted it yesterday. So I’m going to do that right now. Thanks for this and keep it up, my young uncle. 😎

[DisruptedSinner]

The way this is played sounds somewhat like an extension of the Vernon Reid, Cult of Personality walkthrough video - which I thought was really cool. Great stuff and thanks! :)

[bobmays]

Thanks for trying to get me to not sound boring! I like your picking tips for this lick for applying to others.

[chrissmith]

I’ll never not click on a video with Pentatonics in the title. Zakk Wylde is my guy 🤘🏼

[countvorlauf]

Sweet Zappa flair in this with the *alternate* percussion accompaniment

[shadehunter]

Damn, I'm a day late. But I always smile when I see a new Uncle Ben video. Thanks buddy!

[harryheck]

Hey man, I stumbled upon this video and the way your extremely simplest form of approach, to this topic, is extremely detrimental to my skillsets improvement to fully understanding anything about sheet music for guitarist. Or anything about music theory. Thank you for making your video with such an applicable approach.

[Dr-Grayson]

Bill Steer of Carcass, the man is a monster blues shredder but never gets the credit for it, nevermind writing some of the sickest riffs in all of extreme metal. His name should come up far more in these conversations in my opinion. Underappreciated master.

[nsp]

Every time Ben said "phrasing", an image of Sterling Archer holding an electric guitar appeared in my mind.

[ibleedoranbla]

"And a couple of cheap links your step dad showed you" lmao this hit home as I'm a step dad and well that's why I'm here so I can teach my kiddos something better.

[MrPeter]

Awesome great music song. So sound. Playing guitar rock

[BuckshotHnry]

I'm a devout Minor Penta-costal but my wife doesn't practice. She sure knows her way around the root note, though!

[pickboy]

Great lesson Ben, love different angles on the pentatonic scale.

[maurosimeoni]

Best pentatonic shredder?? Eric steckel for sure! 🤘🏻🤘🏻

[Evan-vjli]

How did you know what I wanted to learn this weekend? Thanks Uncle Ben!

[geetarv]

This one was a challenge with the picking, always a good sign you're gonna learn some new good shit; anytime those neurons are challenged to memorize a new pattern, whether scales or picking. Also lots of good sub-licks in here.

[SooBahkJoel]

God, i love that guitar. Wish it was still a production model.

[guyinpajamapants]

Every time I hear the word “pentatonic” I think of that Christmas group.