What's your new year's resolution??

I for some time thought the pentatonic scale was a lazy guitarist’s way to sound good, or at least not sound bad. Then, I started transcribing other instrumentalist’s solos (sax, trumpet, piano) and began to realize all soloists use pentatonics in all kinds of creative ways. I then fully embraced “pentacism”.

Love your teaching style, man! Equal parts cerebral, spiritual, and thought provoking. You have great delivery, and I feel like I'm actually engaging with you in person.

Thank you! Your genuine love for music is inspiring, infectious and appreciated.

This guy can make a loop while playing the chromatic scale. AND IT STILL SOUNDS AWESOME. There are some amazing gems in the video. I am thankful for the KZfaq algorithms for suggesting this and thank Rotem for making it.

You’re a great teacher man! The way you articulate yourself really feels like I’m there. You’ll definitely continue to be successful on this platform

This is the second presentation of yours I watched. I find you and the materials you present very interesting. The passion you exhibit for music and guitar are evident, making the viewing experience more enjoyable I have more presentations from you I need to watch. Thank you!

Thank you what a gift!

this is a fantastic lesson been playing pentatnics for literally years and this is a great way to think about them helped alot thank you :)

Refreshing point of view! thanks

the three note per string pattern really helps in seeing the pentatonic not just as 5 individual boxes and knowing how to move between them, but it helps tremendously in breaking out of the "box thinking". will definitely use that more in my playing. thank you so much for these insights Rotem!

This video is pure gold. Thanks for this!

I love how Insightful your tutorials are

Thank you so much Rotem... i play acoustic guitar, for a bit over 30 years now, but I really didn't push into growth until a few years ago. I play on our worship team at our church so I have been very encouraged to learn more about music and such. I don't know much about scales or lead but I love finding new ways to play the chords which has lead me to finding some beautiful jazzy type voicings. I want to explore scales and triads and such as part of those voices and I think I'm going to sign up for your Patreon. It may be a month or so before I do, gotta clear my table so I can concentrate but thank you for this great lesson. I look forward to learning more! As for mistakes, I love that you left that in the video. It's so encouraging to see people deal with mistakes in such a positive manner, so I'll share my recent mistake lol Sunday morning service, we were doing a song that we have done several times before. But, we changed the key several times trying to get it in a similar key to the other songs we were playing for a good continuous sound. Well, cue the mistake lol I made several note changes to my notes but didn't make the final one. The song started out with a good solid acoustic guitar progression to set the pace and rhythm of the song and I full on sold it.... in the wrong key lol the team looked at me odd, scrambled around a few seconds and I had to call it... into the mic I go lol "sorry guys, wrong key :D" sometimes you just gotta own it, laugh it off, and make the correction lol live audience AND live stream *head in hands* lol

Just discovered your lessons. I have been playing for a long time, and really appreciate your skills, music, and way of teaching. Thanks

Super interesting. The Big Arp is next level. Loving these fresh ideas! Thank you.

man, i don't have words to describe your class, it's fantastic, really reallt thx bro.

you make it sound so nice, never thought about playing the pentatonic scale like that I will have a go see what I can do with it.

I love pentatonics! & really enjoyed this excellent lesson! Thanks! Good ideas, and all eminently useful

Fantastic lesson! Taking the basic pentatonic at face value is often thought of as beginner, or easy. With a bit of imagination tons of juicy ideas present themselves! Thank you!

Never have I seen someone play a single note with so much feeling !!

Thanks so much I'm so excited to hear lesson you share, your passion for playing and teaching shines on every level!! Yes senshei!!

I've never been interested in the pentatonic scale until now (respect for you). Now I'm on my way. TY

Thanks man, this video helped me see the pentatonic as more than just a group of notes. I can utilise the notes as chords and make every sound a lot more melodic and pretty.

happy new year! Still listening to your latest album all the time🤌🏻

Wow it's just opening my eyes on this

I've never thought about using multiple notes while playing a scale, this is definitely new to me, I love it, it sounds very nice, a broader sound .. thank you.

man your videos of levels are so good and so helpful

Great hints, thanks a lot!

Great new ideas! Thanks man.

You play amazing! Thank you for this!

Rotem, love these ideas,---thank you. I've been working on something I'd like to share,---playing the form alternating between the lower and higher notes of the 2-notes-per-string version of the pentatonic, but only playing one note per string. For example, the ascending version of the Am in the 5th fret would be, A-E-G-D-E-C; the decend A-G-C-A-D-C. I sweep pick both forms, and of course use all 5 positions of the scale. Hope everyone can make use of this idea...

happy new year Rotem. So so grateful to have discovered your channel.❣️ 💕 💞

Great vid once again Rotem. I would love to hear about your daily music/practice routine and how it fits into your day to day tasks. When during the day to you practice scales? When do you do work on writing songs? This is just something I have been thinking about as I have gotten really into guitar this last year.

Nice, man. Thank you! Cheers from Brazil

Best pentatonic lesson I've seen.

Breath of fresh air, thanks. Would love to know more about your morning routine

Nice lesson my friend thank you!

Level 6 is my personal best, phenomenal way of re-arranging the pentatonic scale

love your videos please don't stop

Great lesson Rotem, thanks! 👏

2 notes at the same time is a new concept to me. Thanks for teaching it

This video shows what you can do with a pentatonic box when you start thinking outside the... well, box. 🙂 Thank you, Rotem!

Amazing video, loved this approach to study this scale. Looking forward to playing it in my Cuatro. Greetings from Puerto Rico brother.

Heya Rotem, Just want you to know how thankful I am for you, your journey and sharing your journey with Us, Me.... You talk to my soul Brother, much love from Australia,

dude, that was cool! I never thought about the pentatonic in this kind of way :O thank you very much :D

Great lesson

happy new year - great video. have just left work, so my new year's resolution is to explore and practise and make music!

תודה רבה רבה רבה מעולה.

Man, You are amazing. Great teacher. Subscribed.!!

Woah! That will be several years of work. Thanks! I'm on it.

Worth the view just for the “making and excepting mistakes” moment!

Awesome. Looking forward to learning

Love this video, give this man a thumbs up!

Thank you very much :)

Awesome content man :)

You remind me of my teacher. AC. Thank you for all the lessons. That pentatonic harmony sounds lovely.

Man this is really cool, thank you! Classical guitarist here. I'm super up for learning more jazz, but always feel quite overwhelmed by a lot of theoretical content and how to practice it usefully. This seems like just place to dive in! Love the sounds

Pentatonic scales helped most to teach me how to find notes across the fretboard. Opens up a world of possibility imo.

An interesting clip to check out here on YT is Bobby Darin performing Bridge Over Trouble Water live in the 70s just a few months before his untimely death. Darin was able to play several instruments but this performance featured him playing a harmonica solo over the bridge while the back up singers sang the part. Darin accidentally picks up the wrong harp and tries to make it work but then just shrugs his shoulders walks back over to the piano and grabs the right one and continues on without missing a beat. He of course knew that he would pass away as a young person, and for him there didn't seem to be such a thing as a mistake. Pretty awesome. Thanks for all your videos and Happy New Year Cheers

Thanks bro...god bless you and all around

Fabulous stuff thank you

You've cooked it my bro

Thank you Jesse Tyler Ferguson, i loved you in modern family❤️

Nice ideas! Thanks for sharing

The huge sound of Coltrane, Maccoy and later on Kurt Rosenwinkel. Pentatonic is also natural instinct of human being. I don’t like blues but I admire pentatonic.

Well Franco is my favourite African guitarist and this starts tapping into his approach, especially on his treatment of the Bolero sound. Very cool, thanks. Give Franco a spin, the minor stuff.

Thank you brother!

2:52 thanks for this wonderful advice for 2022

2:39 The way you played those single notes are magnificent. I’ve never heard someone can make a ascending scale sound so beautiful! And your dynamic, it’s just… it must take years of work. Love your playing, cheers.

Nice work!

I napped through this video. So here i am checking it out again.

Nice thanks!!!

nice lesson thanks. I've been suck with a couple of doubles top shapes in box 1 and 2 and was always interested in 3NPS pentatonics so thx for sharing. I'm struggling with such wide stretches for that atm though.

Thanks sir.

Anyone else actually really dig the Bb that you called 'mistake' haha, thought it actually sounded pretty cool!

Duo Sonics and Mustangs look so nice, i want oneeee

Thank you. Very good reminder o. If thinking about it, one have played it the hole time eventualy without being aware one did. Neutraly remove any amount of 12 or more notes to remain 5.

This guy has 70s chops and a full beard all at the same time … respect ! Oh yeah cool vid too !

best video ever

Awesome video.

miks it baby!

By the way, I checked the ALBUM. So Peacefull. Thanks for my calm mood)))

Men I LOVE how human you are

Haha this guy is great!!!!

Gold

yes

Legend

11:03 THAT groove. The melody🥺

I'm hearing Dire Straits' first album in your playing, especially on those dropping bends.

First of all thanks for all of this you are more clear and your exemples are more useful than most of other professore gave me. I don t know if it was already asked but i would like ti know what Guitar Is this and what kind of pick ups you have on it

I love you, regards from tel aviv!

awesome

Now...that's so much to work out just by 1 shape of pentatonic box Btw, nice DuoSonic 😍

amazing

5:03 the loop is killer!

You forgot level 100 where you´re shredding pentatonic licks with your heavy metal band while being drunk af :D

You remind me of Paul Davids so much!!

New subscriber love from india❤

cool!!!