Brian’s enthusiasm shows through in every video. He seems genuinely excited to present the material.

I hadn't picked my guitar up in years, until watching your videos a couple of weeks ago. Thank you.

Many of your lessons are worth the price of a yearly membership, and this is one of them. A real gold mine on this one.

I have been playing guitar since I was 9 years old, I have Never seen this kind of great teaching in simplicity as what Brian has shown us here. Absolutely fantastic job Brian, thank you for your time , energy, & knowledge of the guitar fret board. I am 71 years young now and still learning. God bless you Brain, & thanks again for all your lessons, I believe I may head over to your home page & join up for some extra material. Lol 😆

Fantastic lesson Bryan. Really a simple way to improvise. So useful. Also appreciate the fact your videos don’t show any annoying KZfaq ads!!!!!!

You are a natural-born teacher with perfect clarity in your explanations!

As a newcomer to soloing, can I just say "Thank you" Brian for explaing this in a way that is simple to use, and sounds great. And thanks for not skipping over the small details that others might know. I get a lot out of these lessons.

Thank you. Excellent video. Amazing clear and helpful information. The quality of the video HD is beautiful.

Fantastic. I’ve been piecing this together with more sections of caged system. This is much simpler and sounds much better. Thank you.

His course is awesome.... I only signed up two months ago and managed to complete his "basic training" modules and now I can comfortably run basic solo lines over any key..... the membership is surprisingly affordable given the amount of content available. Just to put into perspective I would have paid the same amount of money for only 3 face to face lessons in uk. Highly recommend ACTIVE MELODY.....

You have fulfilled your life's work

Another great lesson. I've said it before, I'll say it again: I wish I had Active Melody and KZfaq when I was coming up. I might actually be a good guitar player! Oh well, better late than never. Thanks, Brian! AM is worth every penny! P.S.- I'm definitely going to check out Wide Sky Guitars!

One of the best lessons for soloing... thank you so much

Congratulations on the beautiful guitar, great sound and a great player/teacher Thanks for the many inspirations and lessons.

You make it easy for an old man to improve, thanks

Great use of graphics to show scales. Tremendously useful teaching tool

Awesome class. It was good to see that just breaking a little piece of the scales iis enough to have fun

hands down the most useful teacher ever. where were you 20 years ago when I started playing I have learnt more in the last six months since I found your lessons than I learned in the previous 19 years. and I love that guitar. thanks Brian.

Some people teach and some are teachers. Man you're a teacher. I've seen similar things on KZfaq many times but you went a step further and was much easier for me to get it. Thanks for your time. I had to sub. Looking forward to much more.

One of the first things that occurred to me as you explained the major and minor box locations was that you could do a 'call' in major and 'respond' in minor. You could do this alone or while swapping licks with another player. Very cool, as usual, Brian.

Yer my favorite teacher. love the new guitar

Genius. Simple but a lot to work with, especially getting the whole and half bends over the right interval 1,4 or 5. Best lesson. You could solo over any song when playing with others.

Very informative, and simple FUN…isn’t that what it’s supposed to be !

Mind boggling, and very well explained! Super clear, and finally something that looks like I can and will integrate into my playing. Thanks a lot!!

Hi there - this has been a real 'breakthrough' video for me, as a 20-year beginner looking to expand my knowledge / abilities through improvisation, and having watched hundreds of youtube videos that never quite crack it. There are lots of videos that are very theoretical, purely practical, superficial hacks, or just plain confusing in relation to minor / major / pentatonic / soloing principles etc. But this has a perfect balance of all those things in a way that is immediately useable. Thank you, I'm now a subscriber!

I sure am learning now! I have to say You are at the top with me.

Hello Brian, been following you for years now. A classic simple way to move round the pentatonics family, gives me more belief in myself to play tunes, thank you so much, keep up the brilliant work😀😀😀👍

😂 thank you sooo much I’ve been trying to go from minor to major but but my riffs would not work your box method just opened it up I’m having a blast Thank you!!!

One great lesson after another! He's fast paced but that's ok. You get a lot of information in a short time and, unlike an in-person lesson, you can back it up and watch again until you get it. Good stuff!

Every time I watch one of your lessons, I always get something. BTW lusting after your new guitar. I don't have a P90 guitar and that one looks and sounds perfect.

2nd on this being one of your best videos! And that P125, whoa, first thing I noticed and couldn't keep my eyes/ears off of it. Checked his site for specs, absolutely fantastic!

Bryan, this was really great, enjoy your stuff so much... God Bless...

Thank you Brian, this lesson had a real light bulb moment for me, I appreciate it, when you went down three strings, and went from the major pentatonic’box’ to the minor pentatonic.

Good basic pentatonic box theory, that we can practice with! Thank you Brian !👍

the Einstein of the pentatonic scales, Mr Brian

Love this video, try and watch all your videos. Keep up the good work. THANKS

You're a great teacher!

Repetition is the key to higher learning..Love to hear reminders constantly. Pinky major, index minor..

Great Lesson. Highly appreciate your time.

I love the looks of this guitar. Smaller body with F holes, and no cutaway reminds me of a violin, but I can't afford this one.😞

Yup! Clean & clear! I hear BB King all day in this lesson. My TBI fights my guitar progress often, but not on this lesson, YAHOO!!! Thanks man.

Thanks for this lesson; it's 'guitar-life' changing. You're doing well 👍

Again, great eye-opening lesson. Thanks!

ALL RIGHT ! - Just WHOA, '"ALL RIGHT'" !!!

Simply the coolest lesson I've seen in a minute. You're greatly helping the guitar simpletons like me.

YOU ARE AMAZING!!!!

Great lesson, gave me food for thought for sure, thanks.

I'm watching this over and over again. This lesson put limitations on, but then shows other areas that use the same box... and why. This is forcing me to use various techniques that I ignore when I use the major scale because I can simply just go to the note instead of bending it. And, finding what notes to bend wasn't successful until now. Thanks.😊

You have the some of the best guitar lessons out there! Your approach to instruction is very thorough yet simple to understand. I’m learning a ton! I’ll be joining your website membership and look forward to many more great tutorials. BTW… some day you should walk us through that impressive wall of vinyls that are behind you. I bet there’s some gems in that collection! Keep it up!

Brian another good lesson from you. Regarding the boxes your teaching. Like the B minor pentatonic, & B major Pentatonic. Rather than call the major pentatonic, major, I call it the G# minor pentatonic. That might not be musically correct, but it's easier for me to visualise. So in A it's not A major pentatonic. But F# minor pentatonic, & so on. That's just how it evolved for me teaching myself. Also during my years of learning, most of the scales, which uncludes, the pentatonics & blues scales which the blues scale is the most ingrained in me, I have visualised the 5th of the scale as the resolution point. So in B it's F#, in A it's E, & so on. I can't automatically go to the root. I have to look for the root. That's just some of the bad habits I've gotten into teaching myself. My old theory teacher at the local music shop would jump up & down & rail over these incorrect ways of negotiating the guitar neck that I use.

Love it! Great sounding guitar. Thank you for your time & info. I'm self taught. I started at 9 yrs old & I will be 69 yrs old in a couple of months. I play everyday, & you have helped me.

So much to work with from this simple example of M/m pent boxes! Thx Brian

You are a very important tutor

Excellent lesson. Great teacher.

The obvious is not so obvious until you point it out. Thank you ....

Great lessons in you channel man!!! Complementing this with daily practice and private lessons is gold.

That's a wealth of info... Thanks!!!

I’ve played the square box for a while now. It makes it easy to sound more advanced. I didn’t know about the playing in the key I just knew it worked and I didn’t have worry so much about chord changes. Thanks for the lesson!!!

Excellent and simple to understand

Yes i got to usually landed on given note such that Key B or B note is fantastic.

I think this is my favorite lesson yet. Best back track style and great tips. Thanks Brian.

Brilliant tuition. Thank-you.

hey thanks! that really clicked for me! cheers

Interesting to see all those "hidden in plain sight " squares, and how useful they are. Great work Brian.

I have been watching different guitar lesson videos for months and somehow this is the first time someone has mentioned you can switch between Minor/Major pent... smh... This really opens up a world of playing. Great lessons This is the 2nd one I Have watched, the other was similar but also just as helpful (the triangle/square patterns in maj/min pent). I am transposing all this to Ukulele while I wait to get a new guitar and your lessons are great especially since your concentrating on the bottom (top) four strings lol.

This was great! Thank You Sir

Thank you Brian! A very fun lesson! I'm really glad you put this together in such an accessible way. I love these "tips" you give that are geared perfectly for anybody who needs a little success in their playing. I've been stuck noodling for a while and needed something I could manage that will also encourage me to be creative. This hits the nail on the head!

Thank you Brian. This makes me understand the simplicity of switching minor and major scales. And hitting the transitional notes will make big difference in my playing. All these years, I’ve always wondered how these guitarists 😮come up with these cool riffs. It seemed too complicated for me to learn

Your tidbits of information are so great! After seeing your videos or your Instagram clips, I'm always motivated to pick up my guitar :)

Great lesson. Easy to understand

Another great lesson Brian🙏🙏🙏

Beautiful lesson

this is a great lesson !!!

Eye opener, and very well explained. Thanks again, Brian!

Simple and powerful!!!

That was one of your best lessons, thank you!

I really appreciate these lessons!

Woah, really cool. I almost feel like this is one of your best lessons on the pentatonic scale at least that I have watched. Your enthusiasm shows particularly with this video, which I interpret as a sign that you also are convinced of this method, and how it comes together. Really like how this complements previous beginner videos on that box and triangle. This brings it together for me. I really like the visual shapes approach, really makes it accessible for me. Also like the demonstration of full and half bends, and where to place them. The root note as an anchor was a revelation to me, how major and minor pentatonic are connected, didn't realize that before. Now I just need to figure out what notes distinguish major and minor, and where the critical ones are, e.g. the third, fifth, flat seven, minor third, which corner of box and triangle, then i think I'll have it figured out so I can play major and minor pent intelligently. Also striking to me was to hear major and minor right after each other like call and response, inspires typical blues lick. So cool. Definitely going to try and use that. The bends, like I said, really inspiring. I am a beginner with blues, have classical background and am using your channel to get ideas and widen my repertoire. Great work, really enjoy the videos and your particular approach.

I can fully attest that these little morsels I’ve been gleaming from you over the past couple years have been a huge catalyst into my becoming an actual guitar player. I realize I’ve been a strummer for decades. Now I’m finally a proper “guitar picker” as Bon Scott once so devilishly said.

Ordered mine two months ago. Getting it January 2027. That's a long time waiting, but worth it.

I love your creative way of undertand guitar playing. You hit it out of the ballpark with this lesson

Great Stuff Brian, love these videos

Somewhere beyond excellent!

As always your teaching is practical application great stuff,I seem to get lost in theory if I try and think about it too much at one time it's like eating an elephant on bite at a time.

beautiful lesson, beautiful guitar

Thanks Brian, very well articulated and another way to look at the fretboard. Great lesson!

FANFRIGGINTASTIC!

Abracadabra.... magical !!!

I love your teaching style . Organized and patient.

Thank you for sharing your experience. This was one of the most helpful videos I’ve seen in a long time.

Great Lesson. I really got it! Thanks

What a great lesson.

Outstanding lesson. Thank

Lovely little idea that can be used anytime during playing. Thanks master. Great lesson to keep in mind. Kudos 👌👍

Really a big help. Thanks! Can’t believe I’m just now learning this stuff

That is a beautiful guitar! and lesson !

This was a fantastic lesson,thank you

I love this lesson! thank you so much!!

Thank you that's wonderful easy to learn..

Makes So much sense, thanks!