The backing track can be downloaded from here: payhip.com/b/3IfnM Hope you enjoy. ps Thanks for 1 million views :)

I'm 73yrs. of age and been playing guitar since I was 12. Still want to learn how to do blues riffs & licks I did not know how the pentatonic scale worked until I just watched you on this video. You are very easy to understand in with the way you show the charts I really like that.

You, Sir, have put hours guitar lessons into a 9 minute video, effectively showing a way to play solos even for beginners just with very little playing experience and music theory. Sincere congratulations!

I have been playing 65 years. Your demonstration is the most easy to understand while propelling the next generation of players. Bravo!

I am 75. I played in a band in the sixties, but i sold my guitar about 30 years ago. I suprised myself in this january a new guitar, and began to learn and play again. This video and this guy is phantastic. It is easy to understand and play together. Welcome all guitarist in my age, and the younger and older too.

You are the kind of teacher who inject to the student fun and passion for the guitar, not boredom and frustration. Thanks!

I'm a bass player and this lesson is pure gold for writing basslines. Thank you, sir.

As a beginner who watch countless videos, this is the first time I felt “I understand what is explained and I can confidently start practicing” 🙏 thank you

I am 74 years old and a huge Santana fan. I have been playing guitar since I was 14 years old. I have memorized a ton of licks. But you, my friend, have given me the key to unlock my true music potential. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

I have been picking for around 40 years and this is the most common sense, understandable approach to the Pentatonic scale I have seen. Outstanding! Enjoyed the video and will practice even harder now. ( and may even understand what I'm doing)

This was the most simple to understand lesson on lead that I have ever seen. Thank you. I got a lot out of this video! 👍😎🎸

Seriously. this is the coolest, as in ‘self contained’ lesson I have ever seen on any subject on youtube. Your musicality is evident, not via histrionic promises, but in the way you do it. Great playing, even greater teaching ability. You sir, are cool as fuck. … Furthermore, these are first rate, inspiring lessons, that are so generous as to make other teachers seem jealous of their student’s potential. I’ve been gigging for over 35 years and always searching for tips and tricks to improve my chops, so to this end, I can’t thank you enough.

Jules, you have broken through the deviations and blockages in my severe learning disability mind. I understand what you are teaching!! Thank You so much for this moment...

This is really teaching, not showing off. Thanks for the great tutorials.

Just want to say to you that I am blind, and I like the way you describe everything that you’re doing, what notes you’re hitting and how you’re doing it, keep doing what you’re doing, you’re helping out a lot the Blind community, for us to learn thank you very much, and keep doing what you’re doing that is great.

I have been stuck for 25 years until I watched this video. I mean, I threw on a backing blues track in A-minor and can all of a sudden play a simple lead improvisation. I'm kind of blown away.

67 year old beginner. Started watching youtube guitar videos and have learned a lot. But, this was by far the best explanation of pentatonic boxes and moving them around the neck. Thank You!!!

This is extremely helpful for those of us who never had lessons. Great job teaching and keeping it easy. Rick

Brilliant. That was a great light bulb moment for me as a beginner. I've watched a lot of guitarists playing all over the neck, and never understood how they knew where to go. Thanks a million.

Been playing guitar and bass most of my life. I can put a lead together by ear, but this is by far the easiest most useful item that's been shown to me. (Recently highly suggested by a younger bud how learning these shapes for and chord unlocks so much), and here it is. THANK YOU !!!!!

Thank you Jules. I have been trying to learn to solo for literally decades. Watching your videos has improved my understanding and practice of this dark art immensely. Cheers mate, and thanks for taking the time and effort to make such great content. Best wishes.

This is probably the most practical out of the box way of doing pentatonic scale leads. Knowing the 5 boxes is great, but too many people kinda find a box and stay in it. Even as simple as this shape is, it sounds more interesting because of the movement up the neck. Well done. Great advice for newer players or those who haven't dabbled a ton in pentatonic scales before.

Great job - someone who can play AND teach, in a really clear and simple way.

Been trying to learn to play for over 40 years, this is one of the most practical lessons I've ever come across

Hi, thank you. I'm from Israel and I've been playing classical music all my life. In the last year I bought an electric guitar and with the help of a teacher I am trying to learn blues improvisation. The fixation on classical music makes it difficult for me to break free for free music such as improvisation. Your way of studying helps me a lot to understand my blues and improvisation skills. I would love to see as many videos as possible or learn from you in depth for a fee :)

I've been playing (not particularly well) for 25 years. This was probably one of the best lessons I've ever seen. Thank you so much!

I usually don't write comments but this time I have to. My teacher introduced me to pentatonic almost 2 years ago. I was trying to figure out soloing till that time and how to use pentatonic. I was trying many ways of how to understand the pentatonic scale. But this blow my mind. The idea of smaller boxes in different positions. It's so obvious, but no one was able to put it this way. I feel like I finally get it. Thank you so so much for this video. This was one of those ''aha moments''.

I just started playing ... Out of all the videos I have watched you explain things really simple and easy to catch on too. Thanks for sharing your expertise with us🙏🏽

You did a brilliant job of making this easy to understand. i think a lot of players get stuck in the 'separate' pentatonic shapes and the way you break it down into smaller chunks that fit together is really well presented!

Fluidity up and down the neck has always been a challenge for me. Loving this little lesson which helps me visualize and connect using this pentatonic pattern! Thank you!

This is the most useful and powerful lesson to teach not only the scale fingering and the box positions... But also HOW to emote when soloing and training your ear to stay in key and on time of the beat and melody rhythm track in the background. This lets you ascend and descend the scalular ladder while practicing your slurs pull off and hammer on techniques and slides, bends, trills whatever. Genius video lesson for any player level to attain better phrases and cleaner more intuitive finger patterns. Join up with normal pentatonic scale patterns or minor scales for building tension with triplets climbing or descending the scale ... Arpeggios for flair, and yes finger tapping for more technical prowess. It's the walk before you shred 😉 method. Love it man.

Mate, thank you! Seriously. I'm 56, been playing and struggling with soloing for ever until this video. You break it down so simply and easily. I've not seen another clip or lesson that resonated so well. You really have done an old Aussie a great service. Thanks again ❤

Great stuff. I am playing guitar for 23 years (but currently helping my nephew) and you explained this so Clearly and easy-to-Digest. I will share it with him. Fantastic teaching job. oNe LovE from NYC

Brilliant, simple to understand, nice pace to follow, each step broken down into their component parts. Keep these tutorial's coming Sir. Just started to learn guitar at 67 loving it!

I've read the comments and I couldn't agree more. I've been playing for a long time just above beginner level, and after countless videos, Jules video unexpectedly popped up. What a stroke of luck! Immediately I was taken by the simplicity of Jules demonstration of the Pentatonic Shape. Jules is very engaging and focused on lower level guitarist not only moving forward, but having fun with a true sense of accomplishment. Well done Jules, and thank you so much.

I have to compliment you on your presentation of the lessons. I’ve searched through videos and mostly skipped them because everything was so hard to grasp. I gave a sigh of relief when I came across your channel. Clear and precise instructions with large diagrams to look at….perfect. Thank you

Thank you, Jules. One of the best pentatonic lessons I've seen, going across the fretboard makes things a lot more fun and creative. Thank you so much

I’ve been working on learning and using pentatonic boxes for a few months now...this video is easily the best I’ve seen so far, and has opened a whole new world of possibilities with my playing. Thank you!

Single most coherent guitar lesson I’ve ever seen Well damn done!!

what a great teacher you are sir!.. thank you for an easy step-by-step pentatonic walkthrough.

This is the lesson that I have been searching for. I believe you have the most accurate detail that takes players from a point where many of us get stuck and frustrated. Hugely helpful! All the thanks in the world. Sincerely

This is by far the clearest explanation of the extended pentatonic shape. Nice work!

Been playing for 14 years and have to say that was an amazing lesson.

I love the blues, and the rhythm, and sound that you just played. Awesome! I'm going to play these boxes for sure.❤

This is a great stuff. Many legendary players used no more than this. It makes for focused, creative, melodic solos the audience can understand.

i've been using this shape for about 3 years and I can easily solo the whole fretboard and i can change scales so easily to outline the chord i'm playing over. this is the first video i've seen someone talking about it, I thought I was the only one using it. i'm blown away at how complicated of a system most people use to try to understand the guitar, this one is so simple, you deservedly got over a million views because this is the real stuff, all the "pentatonic positions" is such nonsense, this is how simple it should be because this is how simple it is

Soooo helpful Jules. 50 years of messing about and this lesson made the most usable sense. Cheers. 🍺

This isn't the only video showing how to get you from the bottom to the top of the neck with pentatonic scales/shapes, but this explains it in a MUCH more intuitive, stripped-down way, which makes the whole idea waaay easier to grasp and understand. Great stuff, keep it coming!

This was the first scale pattern I had "discovered". I called it my 2-3 pattern and at 16, without any music theory knowledge, it got me into rock bands playing minor concerts, parties, jam sessions. Imagine my disappointment upon realizing it was simply the pentatonic scale 🤣 I thought I had discovered something monumental 😱

This taught me more than I have learned in the two years I have been trying to understand guitar! 🙏🏻.

I'm picking up the guitar again after letting it lie for twenty years. I'm using your instructional videos as a road map back to where I used to be, only this time I'm learning the proper way to get there using the techniques you are teaching. Thank you so much for your time and trouble and for helping me get back in the swing, one sore fingertip at a time 🙂

This has actually turned a light bulb on in my head, making it very understandable to beginners, yes some may be able to play by ear but that surely came with many hours of practice playing over & over till it makes sound sense to your ear. BEGINNERS, THIS HELPS YOU UNDERSTAND SO MUCH MORE MAKING SENSE IT CLICKS!!! THANK YOU 😁

I can’t thank you enough for this video. I’ve been playing for about a year and have really plateaued over the last six months. I’ve found myself playing the same chords and the basics but unable to progress because I find all of these scales so confusing as a beginner. But this video explained it all so clearly. I have been practicing with this method for the last 3 nights and have made more progress in the last 3 days than I have in the past 6 months. You are a great teacher - please continue making more of these videos.

Such clarity! This is a great illustration of how to build a pentatonic solo. Thanks so much.

I thoroughly enjoy all of your tutorials!👍💯🎸🎶

If you know your Pentatonic positions and shapes this will come easy. As a guitarist, we sometimes get stuck in certain positions. Good video to enhance your playing all over the neck. Easy to understand too.

Been playing a while and know my boxes, but found your video very helpful and effective. Incredible how much melody and feeling you can get with this simple concept. Nice video. Very clear and understandable. Thank You!

BRILIANT! A ascending and decending run...made simple! Not confusing...For simple minded people...Like Me!👍🏻😉

Such a great clear, concise and calm teacher.

Wow!!! Music community is the best on the internet - so much giving and sharing! Thank you- your video is amazingly handy and inspiring! Karma gonna get you in the good side :)

Man. I've been playing for a while and heard about shapes but never really looked into it with any seriousness till today. This is f*#king game changing for someone like me that struggled for so long trying to learn leads with traditional scales. Well done and thanks mate!

Just stumbled on your lesson. As many have said, you’ve explained something that either many don’t get too in lessons, or it just takes forever to find this part. You’ve made a believer and a heck of a student out of me. Thank you!

I'm a guitarist myself and I have never seen anyone explain playing better. The best channel for the enthusiastic. 🤘

Awesome. I got to learn something I haven''t thought possible for years in just a 9 minute video. Thank you for sharing.

Awesome lesson, so easy to follow. Also, the backing track sounds very George Harrison-esque, excellent.

Excellent video, simple and clear - don’t know how many times I’ve looked at these shapes but I think the penny’s finally just dropped - that looks attainable, I’m going to get right on it, thanks for sharing.

Dude!! That was amazing!! Ya know, I’ve been trying to get a grip on the pentatonic scale for 30 years and I finally see daylight!!! You made it so simple!!! Thank You so much !!!

Beautiful little lesson here man, good job. I love it when teachers break it down so simply and give you something fun to play with. Cheers!

I’ve just discovered your channel. Your lessons are amazing! So easy to follow and well explained. I’m a singer/songwriter who knows a lot of chords but I’ve always found scales a real chore to learn. You really break it all down really well. Great stuff! Keep it up!

This was the way I was shown to play lead from the start, it was always the half step notes that frustrated me though, but with a lot of practice (especially if your not exactly pitch perfect naturally, as I'm not ) you start to understand and hear where to play them. I'm surprised no one has explained it like this before, I think you've helped a lot of people start being more comfortable with creating a simple melodic solo, rather than just playing fast and hoping no one notices they're not really playing anything, if you know what I mean. Wish I'd have posted this one years ago, I just didn't think it was a "proper " technique, looks like I should've though, there's no really wrong way to play if it works 😀

Excellent video!! You have opened the door for many to start playing lead guitar. Great Job!!!

I’ve been struggling for a long time trying to figure out what you just showed on my own I can’t wait to try and implement this into my practice and playing. Bravo!

Brilliant !!!! You have just turned on my "light bulb moment" with your very well explained method to simply 😀quickly explain what is a complicated concept if all 12 notes for each box are considered. Thank you ever so much!! Peter Douglass - Queensland Australia

Spot on! I've always used that pattern starting on the root note for major scale solos....but just never thought about it for minor scale by starting a step lower. Thanks!

Thank you Jules for your simple but very clear 5 step tutorial . Regards from the Philippines.

Brilliant and concise. For years I've been practicing on how to connect notes across the entire fretboard. Mystery solved in one short video.

Bravo, for showing how easy it is to connect riffs. Well done, short, concise and no draggy parts to the video! This is one of the best videos on utube and was verrrry enjoyable!

Jules, well done! I used this up/down the neck/5 note system on a song I just recorded. Added a nice jazz chord to the end for a little flair. I am very pleased to have come across this lesson randomly today -- a gift! I have subscribed. Thank you.

Hi! I've known about and been practicing the pentatonic scale/boxes. but im stuck in a rut. You sir just gave me the best instructional video ive seen about the pentatonic scale. absolutely awesome - it electrified my creative juices! cant wait to form solos out of these simple yet very applicable/soulful lessons you gave! Thank you very much!!

this is the first time i have made any progress with a backing track. Thank you so much for the lesson!

Wow! Absolutely the best video tutorial ever (in my humble opinion). Clearly explained at the right pace with sublime digit skills and you have a great guitar voice too. Subscribed. Please give us more. Thanks!

Great musicality! Your timing on those rifts is amazing!!❤️

Thank you so much Jules Guitar for sharing us your talent. I learned playing guitar at 17 y.o..until that I forget it. At age 65 my daughter give me an electric guitar as birthday gift. I learn seriously some technic how to play guitar through KZfaq. I'm now 66 years old. GOD bless you brother Jules Guitar.

No one explained this so easily before. Thanks for creating this tutorial

Wonderful! I love how you broke that down into super simple terms. You helped me out a lot! :-)

Thanks for a really nice and Simple, but Quite Effective, concept my friend. Your time and efforts are very appreciated; I'm confident this will help a "Lot" of players out there...

You're a very good teacher. I've been playin since 1980 and I learn alot of cool stuff from every lesson that I've seen. Thanks!

I've been trying for ages to get my head around scales and watched hours of videos which got me more confused every single time, you did magic in 10 minutes! you're a godsend :)))

Really great. I just wanted some recall of the basics as I bring back my guitars from their cases once again at 61 YO. Your way of teaching finally gives many more reasons to play again more often. I also had a look at Major, Minor, blue note and so on. Thanks from France. I subscribed and will have a look at your other videos.

So clear, helpful, and useful; thanks!

You can't imagine how unbelievable helpful this was! Thank you so much.

Learning e-guitar for 5 years in Spain. Lot of effort to memorize pentatonic. Just brilliant! Congratulations🎉

Awesomeness thank you for all you teach us man! I’m mainly just a rhythm guitar player, I taught myself by ear, know how to read tabs if need be, but never really sat down to learn to solo too much. This simple teaching by you helps a bunch!

This is my kind of tutorial. Simple, effective, no silly fret acrobatics to muck up the lesson and most importantly, a teacher who isn't a guitar snob. Kudos🙌. I plan on watching and digesting more simple, to the point lessons. Lord knows, I hate learning scales. This makes it less painful and boring to learn.

An excellent tutorial, thank you. You kept it simple, slow and repeated the pattern, so much easier to pick up than a constantly changing pattern. I’ve got it now, thanks !

Fantastic video ... I recently stumbled upon this. I am a 70 year old and I have been looking for some time for instruction on playing lead guitar all across the neck. This video does it in spades. Kudos my new friend.

i wish i could of started this lesson the first time i ever picked up a guitar more than 45 years ago, unfortunately my progress has been generally various levels of mediocrity, with this you are learning relationships and notes across the entire fretboard and initially bypassing all the pain and frustration of starting with chord sequences or whatever else, thanks so much, i guess in a way i need to find easier ways to play as opposed to the idea that playing well means complicated. If you are 15 and starting out, i'd recommend this lesson, an hour a day, you'll know the fretboard and relate to chords and everything else so much quicker and best of all you'll be playing some impressive enjoyable sounds in no time

Thank you very much for this video, Jules. I'm getting back into guitar after a 25 year layoff, and I am looking for simpler, more straightforward explanations on playing. This video fits that perfectly. I've subscribed and will be looking at your other videos this evening.

A well laid out and presented video, giving clear and concise instructions that can be easily followed.

I love you!!!! Your way of teaching makes so much sense and it opened up my world. Thanks so much