Pentatonic Solo VS Major Scale Solo

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@nates2 Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, playing a scale up and down as a solo, my kind of music!

@spreadwuvokay Жыл бұрын

I mean if you're in key then the scale can only ascend or descend...? Unless you like only played one note ig lol.

@nates2 Жыл бұрын

@@spreadwuvokay You can play arpeggios, drone a note,use diads...

@spreadwuvokay Жыл бұрын

@@nates2 He did use arpeggios? Also how is playing a single note in a scale better than not playing ascending or descending? Also diads? Those don't always have their place in a solo. I don't know man I feel like you just don't have a very good point

@Ohokk0 Жыл бұрын

he was trying to show the difference between the scales, of course it's gonna be entirely conjunct

@TheDeadOfNight37 Жыл бұрын

You're acting like he did scale runs exclusively (which are in fact very common in many genres of music)

@mtl.wraith9981 Жыл бұрын

wait till he hears about the major pentatonic scale

@NaimAneas Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@Sophie_Ferris Жыл бұрын

…It’s their ship name

@despa7726 Жыл бұрын

@@Sophie_Ferris THEY FUCKING???

@asmallguy6124 Жыл бұрын

major and minor pentatonic are the same i think the reason is because the very note that makes the scale either major or minor is removed to make a pentatonic scale because it's impossible to make a dissonant sound using just those very 5 notes.

@RobinsMusic Жыл бұрын

@@asmallguy6124 what? That’s not true, the 3rd is included in the pentatonic scale which indicates whether it’s minor or major

@discoparrot8342 Жыл бұрын

No one could get that good only knowing the pentatonic scale lmao

@Fishplants Жыл бұрын

Yes they could

@JRJigsawyer Жыл бұрын

Zack Wilde says hello

@A_15_year_old_guitarist Жыл бұрын

@@JRJigsawyer Kirk Hammett says hello

@brettsbluesguitar3892 Жыл бұрын

why not

@bread6085 Жыл бұрын

Kirk hammet has entered the chat

@landhomer4627 Жыл бұрын

Major scale: I love nursery rhymes Pentatonic: Bending cause don't know what to do next

@sacrificialobama8786 Жыл бұрын

this is a perfect comment

@JoeBoomerMusic Жыл бұрын

hahahaha... Ridiculously on point

@deadshot4245 10 ай бұрын

how dare you insult my bendy shit lol

@landhomer4627 9 ай бұрын

@@deadshot4245 sorry, forgot the sustaining vibrato

@deadshot4245 9 ай бұрын

@@landhomer4627 lol 😂

@AarPlays Жыл бұрын

Pentatonic scale: WHAT ARE YOU Major Scale: I'm you, with slightly more notes

@henriquebowens Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@jennifermay134 Жыл бұрын

"What the cinnamon toast f£*# was that" is probably what my guitar would say soon

@purity6sic6mc 11 ай бұрын

And that is my new line for work when someone does something dumb

@sayoojsgarage2065 3 ай бұрын

😂😂

@jonhastings5515 2 ай бұрын

😂

@keralaplot Жыл бұрын

Major scale : i got more notes to play and fill the gap at minimal effort 😎

@namesadithya Жыл бұрын

Mallu 🌝

@physicsisawesome696 Жыл бұрын

@@namesadithya mallu

@spreadwuvokay Жыл бұрын

@@LuisRodriguez-yi1bu I don't really know if he's saying anything in this video

@joefox9765 Жыл бұрын

Works better on a classical guitar

@joefox9765 Жыл бұрын

@@LuisRodriguez-yi1bu not at all bro. They are two different scales

@zj.mp4 Жыл бұрын

now u do not know why this comment has sm likes

@AtlanticSilkShake Жыл бұрын

Do it, one shape and you can solo and jam for hours

@zj.mp4 Жыл бұрын

@@AtlanticSilkShake i will eventually lol

@SealedKiller Жыл бұрын

Same and I can play in any key... self taught as well... shame on you for not learning!!! XD For me it clicked in the 2nd year of playing and it just kept on getting better and better.

@Flo-qw4jr Жыл бұрын

Coming up on 6 and I still haven’t learnt any scales. Edit: I do know how to solo, I did learn the pentatonic, but I never think I’m scales while I play. I use other notes than the ones included in the pentatonic, I just never know what scale they’re from. I just know when something sounds and feels right.

@calebtobey4150 Жыл бұрын

Learn both major and pentatonic. It’s easy to memorize and they each have multiple different modes making it easy to solo on the whole guitar!

@albertooha Жыл бұрын

Pentatonic scale is major without some notes 😀

@KilSwt2318 Жыл бұрын

Basically

@tobyccw Жыл бұрын

Are they intentionally Not use those notes?

@chrisJcarr87 Жыл бұрын

Major scale without the 4th and the 7th

@TheMarioramos80 Жыл бұрын

some notes: 2 notes. The ones that can screw your solo if you use them wrong

@gayfrogs4206 11 ай бұрын

Not the pentatonic minor

@At0m05 Жыл бұрын

I only play the heptatonic scale. It's like a pentatonic maj, but I include a maj2 and maj7. It's super unique.

@ammarayoub3246 3 ай бұрын

I know no music theory but that surely sounds like a major scale lol

@typicalfurry2747 2 ай бұрын

That's just a major scale with no 6th

@timphillips8642 29 күн бұрын

It is. I play it too.

@lalolanda3996 16 күн бұрын

I do that on minor, basically the penta with the 9th. I also like the sound of the minor penta overlapping the dorian (in Em it would be e f# g a a# b c# d)

@skyr4tMusic Жыл бұрын

Why does switching between the major and pentatonic sound so good?

@edgymix9109 Жыл бұрын

Right

@chudaran Жыл бұрын

Because they're the same scale. The pentatonic has the 4th and 7th notes missing

@Natetherocksmith Жыл бұрын

That middle finger pushup on the glasses was a nice touch lmao

@jacobkays6894 Жыл бұрын

This guy's fucking insane

@samlee2562 11 ай бұрын

When the major scale and pentatonic have a baby the mighty HEXATONIC is birthed 🙏🙌🫂🤝

@GortTheCapybara320 12 күн бұрын

Both sound amazing if used properly

@basketcase6999 Жыл бұрын

To me, the pentatonic scale sounds more psychedelic or bluesy, whereas the major scale sounds more like metal. This probably reflects usage in different genres of the different scales for soloing, I’d imagine.

@MoonWalkerTexsRanger 24 күн бұрын

Well yes if you play your major scale in phrygian position it will sound metal af that’s for sure

@giannijimenez5684 Жыл бұрын

That glasses push with the middle finger was an excellent touch

@kirbo3660 Жыл бұрын

I was not expecting to be blessed with “what in the cinnamon toast fuck was that” today, but im glad it happened

@RLxDRMpG Жыл бұрын

"Well fucking good for you"made me laugh🤣

@ssaamil 4 ай бұрын

Can't wait to hear his opinion about the altered scale

@Nathan-bp2zx Жыл бұрын

Bro doesn't get enough credit for how good he is. would love a sit down with him and Mateus Asato

@SeedOilFitnessOfficial Жыл бұрын

"I only use the Pentatonic Scale!" - Every Boomer guitarist in a Nutshell

@Markus-ih4gt Жыл бұрын

Well, at least their pop music was based on more than one chord progression.

@ralphsuffield8658 Жыл бұрын

Ya cause boomer guitarists suck😂😂😂

@deadshot4245 10 ай бұрын

@@Markus-ih4gt fact so many songs these days are four chord vamps

@Mcperson823 6 ай бұрын

Acctaly boomers used the major scale. 80/90 metal heads used the pentatonic scale

@jamiefookes1579 Жыл бұрын

They both have their uses. Great for whatever you wish to do and personal preference

@Ace.Plays.Guitar._ 15 күн бұрын

They sound good together 👌

@BaritoneUkeBeast4Life Жыл бұрын

This is my first time checking out this channel due to KZfaq recommendation. This video was awesome and made me laugh out loud. I loved it. Not only was it very funny, with great dialogue, but the guitar playing was epic. Thank you, I really enjoyed it and just became a subscriber.

@silverstoneKOTOD 11 ай бұрын

this is a real comment by a real person

@danielcastro8276 16 күн бұрын

PAID ACTOR AF

@BaritoneUkeBeast4Life 16 күн бұрын

@@danielcastro8276 who are you talking about?

@jochem420 Жыл бұрын

honestly for the most part its not about the scales you know but how you use them

@igorrodrigues97. Жыл бұрын

if you know all najor scales and dont make music with them, something is wrong...

@deadshot4245 10 ай бұрын

its more about the chord structure under than the scale and what you decide will fit and sound unique to yourself over it.

@gamerz-yt5804 Жыл бұрын

both of them together is the best

@FoxywithaRubikscube 24 күн бұрын

They are different, but i dont find one better than the other. I actually love this alternation between major and major pentatonic as musical contrast. Awesone duet!!

@jordiejames3552 Жыл бұрын

As a pentatonic player, I actually liked the major scale. Reminds me more of Brian May.

@SealedKiller Жыл бұрын

It's quite interesting that the major scale reminds you of Brian... Almost like rock guitarists try to avoid the major scale for some reason. Pentatonic is always preferred and I don't understand why.

@4seiken-594 Жыл бұрын

Pentatonic is just a stripped down major scale

@jordiejames3552 Жыл бұрын

@@SealedKiller We do. I just started learning my major scales the other month. It's a lot of fun, but for more relaxed shredding and cool tricks, the pentatonic scales work better. For real musical sounding melodies the major scale is definitely the better one.

@jordiejames3552 Жыл бұрын

@@4seiken-594 do you play guitar?

@SealedKiller Жыл бұрын

@@4seiken-594 That's how I think of it as well.

@richharris2864 Жыл бұрын

“You are less than smart” Bro, if that’s your sales pitch, I’m gonna have to pass😂

@mellikyun9924 Жыл бұрын

real

@clenchedfistsyndrome1439 Жыл бұрын

If I was the sales manager, I’d figure out a way to get him fired lmao

@xterra67 Жыл бұрын

Hes just coping from other successful players that are the original at this. He should be more original.

@Dead0music 9 күн бұрын

“What the cinnamon toast fuck was that” best line ever 💀💀💀

@foreverkirst7128 Жыл бұрын

This dude is actually more fire than I would have realized

@joshistitic Жыл бұрын

We need a combination of both plus minor and Dorian to make a good solo

@jamesgoodman3705 Жыл бұрын

lil phrygian and we’re really cookin

@ericscaillet2232 Жыл бұрын

Correct but it is relative to tempo/melody/accent /pauses etc and often less is more when played with expression and dynamics ,the emphasis on speed and or modes of scales is only part of the whole and that is besides leaving 'sound 'out of it etc,both of these type of scales are also limited by your instruments ,or not.

@TSGPhilipp Жыл бұрын

These skits always give me Scott Pilgrim Vibes for some reason

@exwhyz8024 10 ай бұрын

For real, it felt like more effort was put into the pentatonic parts than the major

@kylegoodman5196 Жыл бұрын

That was the best sounding pentatonic scale solo ever.

@NinjaThugz Жыл бұрын

Good to mix em just like this. Get off the cigarettes!!

@joshwestlake375 Жыл бұрын

I ONLY USE PENTATONIC: plays major pentatonic

@guitar-gamer 8 ай бұрын

Well like fuckin good for you bro""" killed me. 😂😂

@jasonsworld333 9 ай бұрын

The beginning of this has been stuck in my head for days.

@pedrofernandes6668 Жыл бұрын

Meanwhile the sad guy playing the minor scale in his bedroom

@tacoface1088 Жыл бұрын

This skit has so much Letterkenny energy I swear

@tristanward7456 Жыл бұрын

Bro ONG

@spectranaut2464 Жыл бұрын

Using them both in a solo sounds best

@anthonyramjattan4902 Ай бұрын

Dude do you have a playlist of these solos? This one i have on repeat 🔥🔥

@laremare Жыл бұрын

I've really started to think of the pentatonic scale as the "foundation" that you build off of to make all other scales. It doesn't mess too much with the "boxes" that you've built your muscle memory on, but allows you to quickly alter your sound.

@drawosaurusrex5919 Жыл бұрын

Major scale is just pentatonic with more notes in it, more freedom more fun to shred with, knowing a bunch of modes is actually super fun and can make for more expressive playing, and sounds super melodic which I love

@bornofstardust5910 Жыл бұрын

As a person who doesn't know what either one means, I concur.

@jasonsworld333 8 ай бұрын

This constantly pops up in my feed and i watch it every single time

@guitarfox8316 Жыл бұрын

I literally almost passed out after “what the cinnamon toast fuhk was that ”

@ellleigh1216 Жыл бұрын

I haven’t watched a short yet, that hasn’t made cringe to death.

@iam_pablo Жыл бұрын

Minor scale: you didn't have to cut me off

@Idyliss_Official 5 ай бұрын

"Well, like fucken good fou bro, what are u tryna say here" got me😂

@sairamr6886 Жыл бұрын

I use to major scale run as a intro to my major Pentatonic solo

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@user-vv1do1wg1j Жыл бұрын

both those solos were ass though 👀

@Skyunai_Official Жыл бұрын

@@user-vv1do1wg1j lmao

@twitchthepocket Жыл бұрын

ugly

@weightoawesome3455 Жыл бұрын

@@user-vv1do1wg1j lol I’m sure you could do wayyy better, right? Yeah…right.

@richardfinch1789 Жыл бұрын

Dear Brandon You are brilliant!

@Exspazament 4 ай бұрын

Subscribed. After i properly learned my modes I've never gone back to pentatonics. 🤘

@officialWWM 9 ай бұрын

I like how they both battled on the same guitar at the same time 😂

@made_in_heaven_pucci Жыл бұрын

I love the pentatonic scale because of it's haunting yet soothing noise

@Just_a_Lick 2 ай бұрын

- Both is good. - Yea, both is good.

@lonnybasvic9738 Жыл бұрын

That's pretty funny and educational seeing how the pentatonic and the major scale work well together

@skyviewranch-crockettcovers 5 ай бұрын

Dude you are awesome for real holy cow shit

@Randomstuffcore 16 күн бұрын

This makes feel like even more of a nerd by knowing my modes and a bunch of other scales

@binitaroy9515 Ай бұрын

I love ur music man

@wassaps. Ай бұрын

I love how i can predict both scales

@MCM686 7 күн бұрын

To my ears this time the major scale sounded more like an exercise vs the pentatonic sounds more melodious.

@alkaliforever9051 11 ай бұрын

For those who don't know, you can actually go from pentatonic to major easily by starting your major scale on the flat third of the pentatonic scale. This is a great why to make your improviseing more interesting. It also sounds really good with a flat 7. There is obviously more to it than just that but this is all I can really say in one comment. I encourage any guitarist to loom into this of you havent already.

@jayceledet6756 Жыл бұрын

The flow was really nice, combining the two seems better than either on their own

@bakmanthetitan Жыл бұрын

Luckily, the major scale *contains* the major and minor pentatonic scales! Continuing this logic, I only play the chromatic scale.

@johns9070 6 ай бұрын

The mid finder when pushing up the glasses nice work

@brunofreitas9314 Жыл бұрын

Well i have absolutelly no idea what is the difference between scales, and i cant play nothing, but it sounded great, both of them.

@GabeNascarfan 2 ай бұрын

I think this guy should mix both of them together into one solo

@lucy_coversongs Жыл бұрын

Awesome bro!

@vitoraldan Жыл бұрын

Gotta praise the mother of all scales. Seems to me that the easiest way to understand and play different modes and scales it's not to memorize all the different ways you can use the known shapes. But to visualize the Major Scale firstly by intervals. This way you can switch easily to any mode and scale you want to play by making the necessary simple adaptations, and then build the shapes (or not) from that. This way you might also better develop your understanding of the different sounds that different intervals produce, wich might make your playing sounds more creative and less "shape oriented" (where you just go up and down in well know limited patterns or boxes of a number of modes), and therefore making even the Major scale interesting to hear.

@SealedKiller Жыл бұрын

Even simpler, just think of it as starting and ending on a different note but still playing the same major scale. The major scale is key to music! Lets say you wanna play in phrygian mode over an F#m chord, well you just play the D major scale and make sure to hit chord tones and the root!

@bobbysaldana1785 Жыл бұрын

Dang! Both these guys really shred😜

@ARMYStrongHOOAH17 Жыл бұрын

"I only use the pentatahnik scale!"

@nashmanjek Жыл бұрын

That Tele wins the battle

@AYUPP625 Жыл бұрын

That’s great!!

@Saxophonin Жыл бұрын

As a saxophonist, blues scale /Dorian mode is the best.

@hallamalla98 Жыл бұрын

Me, a drummer: Scales are for neeeeeerds!! *Ongabonga drum noises

@theodorpalmquist2036 Ай бұрын

I love that the guy with the nerdy glasses calls the other guy, who seems cool a nerd. 😂

@johnnyfreedom4117 8 ай бұрын

Haha that's awesome. Thank you

@Kamokeez_ Жыл бұрын

Learn to use both when they are necessary! 👍🏽

@kevinwalsh3077 3 ай бұрын

I was not expecting the cinnamon toast arpeggios.

@kenneith312 9 ай бұрын

Lesson learned THEIR BOTH FUCKING AWESOME

@austinsatterfield6792 Ай бұрын

Honestly depending on the song these kinda solos are perfect sometimes. For instance, an emotional high in the song just happened. Rather than having an impressive solo to focus on its a nice simple solo that flows well giving the listener space to reflect and soak in the emotion.

@tuckerguthrie 11 ай бұрын

Why this go so hard

@DariusssSaid 8 ай бұрын

Incredible pacing.. not the playing, just the overall scenario 😂

@elchantajista Жыл бұрын

Dude has awesome skits sarcasm at it’s best

@localmusiclover605 Жыл бұрын

Gotta love using scales and shiiit, whatever it's worth lol

@owenklein1917 Жыл бұрын

Bro the way the pentatonic guy pushed his glasses up was hilarious

@goatplaysguitar Жыл бұрын

“What the cinnamon toast fuck was that?” This killed me and idk why

@benten7189 Жыл бұрын

Learnt the modes, best decision ever

@davidszilagyi7639 Жыл бұрын

You just gave me the idea to alternate between pentatonic and Major scale in my solos

@thejimmichanga2913 11 ай бұрын

Tbh 16 years later since starting to play (off and on) the major scale still is my primary scale. Being predominantly a pop punk drop d guitar player, the major scale just lends itself well to riffing. You can always use the major pentatonic as well.