A Spicy Pentatonic Pattern

In this week's video, I'm going to show you how to play a spicy minor pentatonic pattern!

This is one of my favourites. It's harmonically strong, very versatile and easy to incorporate into longer runs and licks.

We'll be learning it in the key of E minor today so make sure you're comfortable with your E minor pentatonic.

The best way to learn and practice this pentatonic pattern is by practising the individual shapes first, then breaking them up into patterns - finally putting it all together into one mega spicy pattern!

If you have any questions, just drop a comment!

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Pentatonic Scale
01:23 - Practice Shapes First
02:20 - Break It Into Patterns
03:11 - Put It All Together
04:10 - Handy Things To Know
05:26 - Hear It In Context
05:48 - Outro

[Diorrisimo]

SOS ! For a whole week now since I started learning jazz with Simon on Youtube, I just have to watch more of his vids and learn more each day! I am addicted! (in a good way🌷😍)

[andrewwright]

Brilliant lesson cheers. Thanks for the music notes

[ShubhamMody]

Can we get a CREAMY pentatonic lick as well now? 😂
Loved this one! Super helpful

[janetteestacy]

Brilliant lesson, thanks for the notation Simon.

[edrock]

Another awesome lesson, Simon! Thank You!

[Bluescat]

Thank you! Your lessons are so useful... I subscribed...even though I'm a guitar player! Thank you so much again for your lessons, it's not just piano...it's music.

[MarciasCottagebytheSea]

Thank you so much! I’m going to practice🎶🎶🎶

[thabang]

Yasss notification gang, I'm here!!

[LongLoveMusic]

Could you make a video on changing keys? I struggle when noodling on smooth changes into new key signatures^

[piano]

Hi, can you please make a video about the difference between jazz, blues, and soul. I find it real hard to distinguish especially in jazz and blues, or blues and soul. Blues for me is very diverse and so it gets even harder to distinguish the real “blues” sound. There’s not much videos in yt and so it gets harder to see a reference, and I see that you are one of those channels that explains very well.
I hope you’ll notice this.

[sacrichy]

MAN!! Good Vids, so Thank you first of all!! I am a beginner learning beat making. Other than learning music theory and harmonics on the piano when I was young, I'm not particularly good at playing. I think your videos are very good to leaning. If you were me, which one would you like to watch for study first?

[mikaelmandefro]

Of course am gonna Smaaaash that button ✅

[mikeonthepiano]

Good to learn. Transferable to other keys, I presume 🤔

[subhajitguha]

It was beautiful. But could you please tell me what to do with my left hand while using the right hand.

[LichtKrieger]

Great Video - great to practise the blocks. Which Software do you use, to show the played notes ?

[michelleyb.]

Why don't you have the E major key signature? If this is C major then the E minor would be on a black note. If this is E major then the G would be sharp. How does this add up?

[perfilatrapaquispes]

El patron se parece un poco al que utiliza Frank Zappa en King Kong.