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Pentatonic Scale Video Guitar Lessons

By Dan Cross, About.com

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The pentatonic scale is the most widely used scale in popular music today. The following are a hand-selected collection of YouTube instructional guitar videos designed to help guitarists learn their pentatonic scales. Start with the first link, and work your way slowly down the list of links. Move on to the next video only after you've fully absorbed, and memorized the material covered.

Playing the pentatonic scale

This video from expertvillage demonstrates the basic, root position pentatonic scale on the guitar. You'll need to learn and memorize this simple scale position before moving on.
Pentatonic scale lesson

Positions of the pentatonic scale

YouTube contributor johnhguitar demonstrates how to play the five positions of the pentatonic scale on the guitar.
Pentatonic scale lesson

Playing pentatonic scales up and down the fretboard

Joe Cefalu of Shred Academy outlines how to start moving freely from position to position when using pentatonic scales.

Relationship between major and minor pentatonic scales

YouTube user johnhguitar outlines the close relationship between the major and minor pentatonic scales. This is important knowledge to understand and absorb - once you've learned your minor pentatonic scale patterns, you'll also know your major pentatonic scale patterns.

Switching pentatonic scales over different chords

YouTube user tortoiseutube demonstrates how to switch pentatonic scales over different chord progressions, without switching position on the neck of the guitar.

Simple pentatonic licks

Here are a few fairly easy pentatonic licks to try. Some experience in string-bending is required.

Blues licks using the pentatonic scale

Peter Vogl demonstrates a few classic blues riffs based on the A minor pentatonic scale.

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