I've watched a thousand videos on pentatonic blues soloing and this is the first time I've ever been told that secret of playing the minor scale over major. Wow.

I have learned more from you in just a few videos than I have in many years of learning and playing. You explain theory, soloing, leads and chords in a very simple, easy to understand way. Thank you.

The most gifted guitar teacher i've seen on youtube so far. All videos are pure content and not about fancy recording. I feel like back at university :D Thank you for your content!

I started playing in 1987. And... You just blew my mind. I made this so much harder than it needed to be. Seriously I am just staring at the computer saying "really"? I feel like a moron.

Your work is incredibly important for me… everything is clear, I can’t believe it!! Cheers and love from France🎉

Finally! You nailed this question so many others danced around. Simple clear, concise, and definitive. Well done sir.

Genius!!! 50 years of playing... and you are the man who unlocks EVERYTHING clearly, simply, and brilliantly Jules!! Fabulous! @MarkTwrites

The real genius behind teaching any subject is being able to see, and then explain, the simplicity that lies behind what seems complex at first sight. You have mastered this brilliantly. Thanks for such an enlightening lesson.

Your instructions make things so much clearer for me, thank you and keep up the great work. Love your channel!!!

Bravo Jules. A true natural teacher that really provides a clear path to my learning. Thanks again

Excellent explanation of major and minor pentatonic scales and how to use them. I must also complement you on your quality of the backing track and the tone of your guitar. It really helps the listener to hear the difference between major and minor. The lead lines are excellent and landing on the target notes. Nothing to complicated just played at the right tempo. I do wish your channel the best of luck. I would put it in the top five that I have seen. Keep up the good work. I will definitely be back to see more of your videos.

This is hands down probably the most helpful, well thought out guitar video I have ever watched that wasn't made by Marty Schwartz. Thank you sir, you are doing the lords work! Learned more in 15 minutes here than in a lesson I paid $75 for. Had to subscribe!

This video is perfect, I was just figuring out that every major has a corresponding minor while blindly trying to find keys to songs and improvise with them so glad to see that was confirmed here lol

It took me years to figure out what you've summarized so well in 15 minutes. For anyone who hasn't watched it, Jules' video on blending major and minor in blues is the next step in blues guitar. You might also try using the Mixolydian scale over each chord in the 12-bar. Just as the Am is the relative minor of C major (same notes), the G Mixolydian is the relative Mixolydian scale of C major (i.e., the C major beginning and ending on the fifth tone, or the note G). But all there is to finding the Mixolydian scale of any Chord is to flat the 7th tone of the major scale.

"That A minor scale kinda grinds against the A Major Chord...BUT IN A GOOD WAY" and thus Jules encapsulates the universal essence of musical theory in a video that should be Lesson Number One for anyone aspiring to write that first, coherent tune. Great communication. Thanks you

Jules. You just took your lessons, Quantum! Your Theory, Diagrams And Charts Are Out Standing!!! Bravo Brother Bravo. This is Exactly what I was looking For. I was All Over. And You Put All The Peices of Puzzle together in 1 Video. Excellent !!! 🙃🎶🕺🐥😎

Echoing Corrina’s comment which I saw after deciding to post essentially the same comment. I’ve learned more from Jules in the past few weeks as an intermediate guitarist than I have from everyone else on KZfaq over the last 3 years. Brilliant work Jules! Thank You!!

Got a lot of information out of this. Thank you good sir! Know that you are an amazing teacher and lover of music 🎶

I wish I had met you 15 years ago, I just realized that the pentatonic scale is easy, so now I can lead freely, thank you very much

You're right, nobody ever told me that?That is one good pattern to learn for playing major Blues.That is really informational

Honestly this is exactly what I wanted to know in a nice simple short video. I'm learning to play the guitar on my own and I never seen anyone simplify it the way you did.

One of the better explanations of the pentatonic scale. Thank you

Jules, I don't know if you teach in a way my learning style matches with or what but you're the only KZfaq teacher I can understand!

Thank you Jules. Excellent tutorial ..... as always!

This is the best guitar video for solo's i have ever seen on the internet for me. You explain it really well. Totally understand it thanks!

Excellent lesson Jules you make learning fun and easy, love it 😊

Bravo ! And thanks for your videos. You give to beginners what my 4 to 5 guitar teachers, over 30 years ago, were unfortunately not able to explain to me ... luckily, KZfaq arrived and online guitar teachers with simple pedagogy opened suddenly the dark doors I was stucked behind for years ... since then, it is a daily epiphany and I do now give all the "tricks" (yes that's the word) I have learned to those who want to play guitar around me ... Music can be complex and complicated, yes ... but 99,9% of the modern blues/rock/heavy metal/funk/rap music is not and that is what 99,9% of the beginners would like to learn. Less is more ... simplest is the better.

I never comment on anything really.. .have watched countless guitar teaches on here some are good, but you my friend are amazing. I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH it's kinda unreal like my family looking at me and thinking something has clicked for me well it did.... Found the right teacher

Excellent instruction, thank you for breaking it down in a way that’s easy to understand.👍🏻

Great information Jules thanks very much your an excellent teacher and guitarist

This was Amazing. So thoroughly explained. Simple and easy to digest & apply. I'd recommend this video to everyone.

Thank you for this lesson. It is very reassuring to see that I am on the right track with my playing. I look forward to seeing more of your videos. God bless you.

Wow the cleanest explanation I have seen on where to play these scales.. Thanks!

Been a year typing to figure Pentatonic.. This video simplified it a lot🙌🏻🔥🔥❤️

Great lesson Jules, this has really taken the mystery Out of what to play.......best wishes.

An excellent lesson, I have learned a lot in this and your other videos. They are really wonderful, thank you very much

This video has made me crystal clear about solo through Pentatonic scale👍

Thumbs up! to this guy well explained helps me a lot to understand.. Thank you so much!

Always a great lesson from a excellent guitar teacher!!!

Brilliant teaching and explanations. Great visual aids. The best video on this subject I have seen on youtube. Well done sir!

Holy smokes best video on this I’ve ever seen. Thank you SO much!!!

Best video on the subject I have ever seen. Period

Great video Jules, it fits well with your latest to make the whole concept really clear - clearer than it has been for years! Thanks again.

Jules, you are a great Teacher and Guitarist! Always learn so much from you!

There is only one scale needed, the chromatic scale. 1) Start by adding 3 to all 5 CAGED Minor Pentatonic boxes which will make them correspond to C7/A7/G7/E7/D7. The formula is: 1-b3-3-4-5-b7. 2) Now add in 2 and 6 from Mixolydian and b5 from the Blues scale. Now the formula is: 1-2-b3-3-4-b5-5-6-b7. All of these notes can be made to work over a Dominant 7th chord. 3) All that’s left is: b2-b6-7. Those 3 notes can be used as chromatic passing tones. That’s the entire chromatic scale: 1-b2-2-b3-3-4-b5-5-b6-6-b7-7. That’s how you associate the 5 Minor Pentatonic scale “boxes” with C7-A7-G7-E7-D7, and begin adding in the other notes until everything in the entire chromatic scale is available to you. No need to do anything but this and any and all notes can be played over the 5 CAGED shapes. Make sure that you can first find all the roots from within each shape, then the b3-3’s, the 4-5-b7’s, then the 2-6-b5’s, and then finally the b2-b6-7’s. Everything will be available to you from within each of the 5 CAGED shapes. (I suggest doing this in E and to think EDCAG-7 instead of CAGED. The lowest note on the guitar is E. C is for keyboards. No, EDCAG-7 is not a word like CAGED is. Sorry about that.)

Wonderful lesson! Been after this for a few years and I think this particular explanation/demo is unlocking it for me very effectively.

I needed this video like 15 years ago! Thanks

One of my favorite things to do is play the second position as the major scale by adding the 4th and 7th and get some really cool chromatic stuff

This is going to sound ridiculous, but I have never known to focus on the LAST chord of a passage instead of the first. This video fixed me, and I immediately felt like a veil had been lifted when I next played my guitar.

Great lesson. Thank you and best wishes, Jules. 🙂👍

Ur scale guitar lessons r da best,you ROCK!!

loving this stuff Jules, a light just went on, thank you

Confusion ended, thank you kind sir!

Awesome! You really make theory easier to understand and in a super clear way. I’m loving it. Gonna try this with some backing tracks. ( subscribed )

What a great lesson! I'm going to look for your explanation on modes which has been very confusing to understand so far.

Great presentation! This is the best presentation on the subject I've seen. Really simplifies the subject. Thanks!

Hi Jules, you have helped me more than anyone ever has. I looked for a patron for your and cant find one. I want to support you so you keep going. You are amazing.

Lucid explanation to something wonderful.❤

Omg you just set the light bulb off for me thank you so much!!!!

Jules, you rock it friend!

Amazing video. Easy to understand and to the point. Thank you so much! Also great sounding and tasty licks!

great video! i've been so confused by this very question.

Really great tutorial. Thanks very much.

Great lesson, thank you.

Your videos are some the very best on here. This is another great one. I have one small gripe, the fretboard diagrams. They are the wrong way around and it is doing my head in. I read the fretboard left to right, and these are right to left. Great video though.

Hello mate, i just wanted to say a massive thank you for sharing your knowledge. Your videos are great! You have a really good way of explaining things. I'll be forever grateful 👍

Pure gold. Thank you Jules

Thank you. It makes perfect sense.

Crystal clear. You made my day.

This is extraordinarily good. Thanks!

Rock and roll secret, break into Cm pent over C F G as well for meaner out there around. Great stuff! Thank you. Yes same as Am over A D E

I really like the way you explain this. It helped me alot , thank you

Most helpful guitar video I've watched... Nice one mate 👍🏼

Lightbulb moment! Thank you !

Nice, so many lessons in one video, I want more. Thanks..

Good clear instruction. A couple of thoughts if I may; the blue note is the flat 5, so playing the ‘blue’ note on A major pentatonic shape at 2nd fret isn’t the same thing (it’s the blue note of F# minor). Also the reason minor works over major in a blues setting is the tension it creates. Most good blues player will incorporate a resolution to the major third anyway you just don’t always notice. The greats nearly always just choke the minor third to provide the suggestion of major third resolution.

Jules - I have watched a couple of your videos before and dig your work. This video is really outstanding. Just subbed and looking forward to the addition your approach on the fretboard. Expectations are high. Thank you from the Pacific NW, US

Thank you very much. It were very helpfully!

Thanks! I have puzzled over this for sooooooo long that for $5 I'm getting off way too cheap!

Invaluable lesson. You've earned a subscriber. Thank you.

Very informative and very well explained. Thank You.

Very clearly and succinctly conveyed with great graphics that help drive home what you're saying and playing. Well done! Got a new sub from me. :)

Thank you for the concise lesson

Thanks for posting....very insightful lesson!

That was VERY useful...Thanks!!

THANK UOU, FOR THIS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL, AND WELL EXPLAINED, DEMONSTRATION, AND LESSON!! I WISH YOU WOULD CHANGE YOUR CAMERA VIEW, TO LOOKING AT THE FRETBOARD, FROM THE PLAYER'S ANGLE OF VIEW!..

TASTEE playing Jules! Nice scale explanations! \m/

You are amazing, thanks for this video! I am going to hook up to the Patrion.

Great lesson as always. Thanks so much.

Your style of teaching is brilliant and smart. You make me I understand concepts that I have never understood from other teachers and lessons! So thank you very much for teaching music and guitar: the world would be a very bad place without them!🙏

This was a great way to start the day. Thanks

Thank you Jules!

Great teaching You are awesome

Very helpful as usual. I really enjoy your videos.

Way above my grade but wonderfully presented, I was getting a glimmer.

Thank you! 😊👏🏼

Excellent tutorial, many thanks

Hi. Thanks for making this brilliant video. Appreciate it heaps! Regards.

This is basically just how Modes work. C major is the 2nd mode of Am pentatonic. Or you could say Am is the 5th mode of C major pentatonic. Any note in a scale pattern can be the root note. Not just the 1st note. And the one picked tells what mode of the scale is being used.

Thanks man. Amazing video