If you like these lessons, definitely check out www.zombieguitar.com/ It is a one-of-a-kind site dedicated to helping guitarists to understand the fretboard and create their own music. You will love it!!

Imagine how much time this guy invested to record, edit and release this video. You are amazing, Brian.

This dude is easily the best guitar teacher on KZfaq. He doesn’t bother with anecdotal tidbits like licks or even songs. Instead, he provides a programmatic approach that allows you to play with freedom.

The most unselfish guitar teacher...May God gives you blessings always. Take care.

Took you thirty minutes to explain what I've been trying to grasp for the last three decades. Well done!

You are so underrated my man. No bull just straight information. You've become my favorite KZfaq guitar guy. Thank you so much for all you do

Dude, this lesson is so awesome. I’m an intermediate guitar player and have been on the verge of realizing some of these things. But this is so much of the meat and potatoes of soloing in one simple lesson. Thank you! I’m forever grateful! Thanks for cutting through all the bullshit. You’re a badass.

The best teacher is always teaching an essence and tricks and let students play by themselves using the approach. You are such a great teacher.

I often find myself jumping around KZfaq watching various instructors and never actually sit down with my guitar to start learning from them. However, this guy’s guitar instruction really seems like something I need to stick with and watch as many times as necessary to start really making some improvements in my playing. Thanks!

Even this rapid overview of the 8 weeks is incredibly useful to me. It connected a lot of dots in my head. I especially liked the way you gradually build out the whole pentatonic scale from the first pattern to span the fretboard and then link in the major and minor scales. You are a great teacher Brian. Thank you for this.

I’ve been playing enthusiastically for over 30 years and this is the best guitar lesson I have ever honestly seen. Thank you.

God! I'm convinced teachers deliberately did not want to share these simple secrets growing up in the 70's. Instead they just taught scales. And chords. Never explaining what you just did in 30 min. Thanks.

As a guitar teacher, teaching for 40+ years, this is the best lesson structure I've ever seen for learning the guitar solo "roadmap". Hats off to you Brian, it's brilliant. Anyone watching who is interested in learning to solo and wondering where to start. DO THIS! If you follow each week's lesson as suggested it will transform your knowledge and soloing ability in only 2 months. It is a perfect framework for progressing onto other things, but even just learning this alone will enable you to solo over most music, and certainly any song staying in a single key.

Seen a lot of guitar lessons on yt, been watching for years and there's some amazing teachers out there, but this is the best explanation I have come across so far, makes it so easy to understand and so achievable, absolutely quality information that will help a lot of people myself included. Thanks 👍

Perfect road map, I wish I'd had this advice when I was starting out.

Bro...i will say it again...I've watched EVERY KZfaq guitar "teacher"....YOU. ARE. THE. GREATEST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THESE LESSONS!!!

When friends developing their guitar skills, (and are progressing beyond beginner into intermediate levels), ask me for soloing guidance and direction....THIS KZfaq of systematically building lessons, is where I send them! Well done, Brian! A logical, musical series of gold nuggets, chained together to get you soloing, and making fast progress to a next level.

This is the best guitar lesson I have ever learned...thank you Brian- you are the one of the best guitar teacher ever!

this is the best pentatonic lesson on KZfaq

This is fantastic. I have noodled around with the Pentatonic with the blue notes for a long time...like decades. I always wondered how it extended up and down the fretboard in key. I wondered if it was jumping keys or what. Now I see exactly what is going on. Pointing out the bending notes, the blue notes, extending the scale and adding the #4 position fills it all in. I have never seen the #4 so that will be a challenge as will be finding the chordal tones to accent. Wow is all I can say. Now I have weeks of practice ahead! Thank you so much for this.

Amazing lesson. I’m at the stage in my guitar journey where this lesson reinforced everything I’ve learned and tied it all together.

Brian Kelly has taught me more in 30 mins then you can learn in 10 weeks, really is great at helping me understand what he means . I already knew everything he was teaching but got alot more out of him then anyone ever, great Kelly you are AWESOME!!!!

I paid for a guitar teacher for a month and this guy taught me more than In a few min

Why didn't I discovered him before???This is an awesome video, made it so easy. This whole time I have been trying to figure out how to move around the fretboards and watching this video made me love playing guitar again. Also the circle of fifth omg it is now so easy to play chord progression. Thank you so much Brian, love your work keep it up mate.

There is a art to teaching and you've got it.

Brian watching at 4 am S.African time.You are arguably the best tutor on You Tube,also grateful to ALL OTHER tutors who are helping me on my journey.I am a Chronic You Tube troller and always on the lookout for your latest post especially in the soloing category.You are so clinical,to the point.This video is an epiphany for me.Going to try out on my favourite gospel songs.You have unravelled the mystery in such a short time.May God bless you Brother.

This is the perfect lesson on improvisation soloing and learning the fretboard at the same time. Excellent layout of lessons for weekly focused practice... 👍👍👍

The title reminds me of the flight lessons I took back in 1975.The ad said “Solo in Five Lessons” but for me flying was easier than guitar! You are making it easier Kelly. Thank you.

Been playing all the positions individually for years and getting nowhere. Your explanation of "lower and upper extensions" just changed my life. Thank you!!!!!!!!!

Best guitar lesson for all level guitar players... well done Brian

Mate, this is the single best lesson on KZfaq that I've ever seen, Brian you are like Prometheus, stealing fire from the gods and giving it to all us humans stumbling around in the darkness, you are the light bearer my friend, may all your dreams come true.

That's one of the best guitar lessons I've ever had. Here's one Bobby Barth gave me. See three phrases at the same time. The one you're in, the one you came from, and the one you're going to. If you can do this it will give you a sense of fluidity and continuity and you will never lose your place in a piece of music. It's like skiing.

THIS is the ticket to soloing. In a sea of YT videos, it's D most comprehensive. THANKS Brian.

This is legit. Great lesson,other instructors always beat around the bush with this exact thing.finally someone that laid it all out, cut and dry.instead of a piece here ,a piece there.normally you would have to watch 6 videos to cover what the zombie explained here.i love it,this is my new go to channel. Thanks

Honestly can't believe how much I learnt from one video. I seem to spend a lot of time jumping between different guitar instructors on KZfaq, but the way you have built up the progressions in each stage it finally make sense how it all pieces together. And your right, those diatonic notes make a huge difference soloing over basic chord progressions. Great videos.

As soon as you added the diatonic notes and went from major to minor a cog turned in my head I finally get it! And feel comfortable moving that scale extension around!!!

I played as a music student years ago. One year in "relearning" in my retirement. What a generous and wonderful, comprehensive lesson for intermediate study! Thank You Brian so much. I'll work on it. Now soloing doesn't seem so daunting.

Exactly the information seasoned guitar players hide from us is what Brian dishes out. Hats off to Brian

I've only watched two of your lessons on youtube and based on the quality of the information on those videos I've decided to subscribe to your channel. Amazing lesson, simple to understand but opens many doors for improvisation. Amazing, keep up the good work.

Just discovered this one, lying in bed. Just, Wow Brian. Amazing how you cut to the chase and pack so much really practical, useful stuff into just 30 minutes or so. I'm sure a person could study this single lesson (I haven't even watched it all yet) and nothing else, ever, and develop into a good player. Thanks!!

I was absolutely lost in regards to scales, finfing thr key of a song and playing lead until I watched this video. Sometimes it just takes the right person to break things down in the right way. Thank you.

'HELPFUL'...almost beyond words! Thank you very much Brian for your generosity!

Superb communicator, no frills, no BS, thank you

This is the right way to go. The strategy is sound. It will save time and motivate the player. A great teacher with straightforward musical examples that can be achieved on a week by week.

That's probably the best step by step guide to improvisation I've ever seen on KZfaq so far. Thanks dude...

Ok, there's a lot of good guitar info on youtube, but Brian always impressed me with his knowledge. As an old man I have to admit to being somewhat put off by the name "Zombie Guitar" After he did a great lesson on "Brothers in Arms" I thought ok.....I'm sold and bought his course. Total bargain. I have pedals that cost more, but learning to play better will matter more in the end. I have no affiliation w/ Mr. Kelly, other than being a fan.

Brian you‘re really the jedi master of all the guitar teachers here on youtube. 💪🏻 I really enjoy your approach how you teach all these different guitar related topics. Keep up the good work. 🔥

ALl Time Greatest Guitarist

This man deserves way more subscribers than what he currently have!!! Just great simplified and very easy to understand lessons for mere mortals like me!!! And by the way guys, don't skip the ads if you can, it might help him make more videos for us!!! Lastly; share his videos, the contents are just incredible!!!

Tip my hat to you sir! this is perhaps the best soloing lesson I've ever seen. passing it on to my son, when I am ready to.

Without question , he has taken the most needed information and put in a package here that is the biggest AH HA moments in a guitar players first 20 year's of playing and made it accessible To almost every single guitar player in the world ! Ive learned more in 32min than in 32 years . Thank you so much Brian . Ill be sending you a pm !!!

I don't know if you're going to read this, but man… I'm from Brazil and I had 2 guitar teachers and none of them taught me how to look at the guitar like you did in 30 min. I'm so impressed. Wordless. I will share with all my guitarist friends. man you are amazing!

Road maps are the shit. You are the 2nd person to show this lately. If someone showed me this years ago. I would consider myself a good guitarist who can improvise solos. Many thanks

FINALLY...another one of the few dudes that i've been able to find that makes this stuff make sense. Sincere thanks, man.

This was just what I needed to pull everything I've learned into a concise cohesive practice tutorial.

I have learnt more in this one lesson than I have scouring hundreds of other sites. I cannot thank you enough. It was like having an epiphany when you found the key in lesson one. I heard it instantly as you went up the fret board and it was a major light bulb moment. I will be checking out your website tomorrow. So grateful to you. Steve

Seriously…Thank you! I’ve played for years just using tabs because theory just went completely over my head, and I dreaded even trying to learn it. I watched a couple of your videos and suddenly it’s starting to all make sense 👍🏼 Best regards from Newcastle, England

Thank you so much for this, i was getting pretty intimidated and disheartened but i feel like this really opened the door for me

You are amazing buddy, I’m just now understanding my pentatonics and how to start them on what key and where, but this is fricking awesome! You made my life a lot easier with spending less time on theory and more on practicing. Thanks a billion!!!!!

The best of fretboard covering lesson. I watched it 6 months ago & didn’t understand it. This time I got it! Thanks

I've studied under many different you tube teachers and when I found Brian I stopped looking for the best teacher for me. He is such a good teacher and explains everything in detail and gives musical example that are easy to follow. Thanks Brian, keep up the good work!!

Excellent! This is the best explanation on how to improvise. Thanks for these lessons!

Wow! Awesome video man. Needed this about 30 years ago 🤣

I've been playing guitar for over 40 years and learnt all this stuff decades ago. And he's right that this is the backbone of guitar. This guys total simplification of how and what to do is by far the absolute best instructional guitar video on you tube hands down. 90 percent of videos in my estimation only serve to confuse new players. Really tics me off. CHEERS TO A VIDEO WELL DONE

I have dedicated the last two years of my life to become a traveling musician... You have accelerated my playing. Hands down! You are helping me achieve this goal. Thanks for the golden info! 😊😎

Wow, lightbulb just went on. Great lessons. It's like Dennis Hopper is teaching me to shred. Thank you

I’ve been working on the 5 pentatonic shapes plus the “house of blues” shape for the past month or so.... playing over a backing track is so much fun now! Thanks Brian!

Thank you Brian , guitar is the one thing thats always near. thee unequivocal constant comfort that held me up. i taught myself to play by ear with and watching vids two inches from the TV to see what theyre doing. lately iv been feeling like iv plateaued and was trying to solve it by working out what cage system was and other blah blah. searching youtube for a while now watching vids.... Finally.. i see this and it makes sense of everything i learnt but couldnt quite see. i love how did these vids. theyre unreal. thanks for your help Bro

Wow, wow, wow! Been immersed in all the pentatonic scale chord tones etc for years but could not use them at all, but what a perfect lesson using patterns I know so well. This eight weeks course, has in two viewings opened up absolutely everything to me using just two positions. Brilliant. Thank you, Thank you.Peter N. UK

This is awesome man! Absolute legend

I have played rythm for years and wanted to settle on solo but the solo journey has been far longer than all my practical guitar playing. I learned the pentatonic 1 and then struggled to get out from that position. I was lacking the foundation of the fretboard as described in this video. I gave up on shortcuts and went back learning all 5 positions major and minor. Even then my solos were sounding mechanical as I was lacking the extra notes. Now I know what was holding me back and the best is that I know where to add them. Same for bending. I grabbed my guitar right after this video and all sudden everything made sense. Great work. Last week I started with learning arpeggio shapes and again the concept is too blurry. I refuse to giving away another 3 years trying to figure it out. Can you please make a video like this one explaining the concept of arpeggio scales? Finally as u mentioned the upper and lower extensions of the position 1 are basically part of the next pentatonic pattern. One more week learning them allows students to know all pentatonic patterns and a much deeper understanding of solo.

Bookmarking Zombie and joining. Brian you have to be the best teacher on KZfaq and definitely the best I have encountered in 35 years messing around with guitar. This lesson is awesome. Thank you.

Brian, i wish i had exposure to you 20years ago. Thanks for helping this ole timer get back to actually learning to play again. The approach you use explaining these concepts and your demeanor while conveying the information is spot on for me. Truly appreciate your efforts and my sincere gratitude. Thanks!

This is bad ass, I always tell the beginners to learn AGE. Starting with the G shape aka Pentatonics box 1.

If I may add another week. Try to learn classic guitar solos by ear. No tabs. Just your ears and the 8 weeks guide from Brian. Improvising is fun but there is a different satisfaction and learning in getting the right notes and techniques of great guitar players.

Brian is quite a good tutor. One of the best on you tube. Should have stuck to his lessons probably now I would be playing.

I’ve been playing for 20 years and struggled with why scales work and how to solo, and what makes for a good solo. This is an amazing break down. The best I’ve seen on YT. It’s connecting the pieces nicely.

8 week course? I'm in!

My brother, you just cut through thirty years of bullshit for me, and gave the world the most "to the point" soloing lesson I have ever seen. You deserve guitar teacher sainthood.

this is the best guitarr channel ever. in a day you have taught me stuff i've of heard for years, but never fully grasped, but you make it crystal clear. thank you!

Man, I hope everyone that is a newer guitar learner gets to see this video......................................wow

Any other channel would've named this video "Learn to solo like a pro in 30 minutes" and I would've just skipped it.

Man, that was the best lesson I've ever seen anyone lay out, Dude your awesome, You connect the dots for alot of us!!! Thank You 😊

This video has come at the perfect time for me. I am stuck in a boring rut, and I will begin adding in these notes. I watch a lot of videos, yet this might well be the most informative 30 minute video for soloists trying to exit beginner sounds and move into intermediate and advanced playing. Can't thank you enough!!

Congratulations. You've found the holy grail. I hope you find this early in your career and not late like me.

its a gret 🙋‍♂

Your channel and 365 guitar are the BEST guitar instructors online..

I can't believe it!! Never seen a lesson like this. Really a GREAT TEACHER!!!

If you cannot grasp what he's explaining here you will never be able to play solos ....i learnt these 5 boxes 25 years ago it took me 3 months to really be able to ripp with out thinking not 8 weeks so be patient and do not give up

That's the way how everybody should teach their students , not covering their ego behind a hill of unnecessary words and theory. Bravo , you are the MAN !

If only I discovered this 6 years ago.. I took 3 years to discover this all by myself haha I loved the melodies you played in the demos. Definitely practicing them and adding to my own playing! Thanks 😁👍

one of the best lessons I have found and I have been searching the internet for 15 + years Thank you Brian!

Found you today after a years of struggling, wanting so bad to solo. I usually just play electric rhythm for band. I enjoy that but I am a closet soloist wannabe. I'd admire guys like yourself that have conquered that hurdle. I know chords in all the shapes and fretboard note identification. I practice at home, but it's like I am spinning my wheels when it comes to soloing. Your video lesson title has given me a ray of hope. So I am all eyes and ears. Thanks

30 years I'm an idiot .1st week mind was blown instantly and added weeks before I even went to them. How ? Who are you? how did you change my world completely in 10 min. Why was this so easy for me to grasp...i guess your the best teacher of guitar on KZfaq because I've been trying 30 years to understand. And what perfect timing because i just picked up an 2009 fender American deluxe stratocaster . I feel comfortable after 30 years to say I play guitar .I cant never thank you enough. 🤟

This video is brilliant. An effective way for finding that comfortable pentatonic box, then bite-sized building blocks that end up teaching you how to use the full neck to improvise. What a concept.

Man! Thank you for making this simple to understand! You simply have to put the time and effort in if you want to get better. I’m going to do this for a half hour each day and really focus on your lesson and see where it takes me. Thanks Brian

I watched from start to finish. Brilliant lesson. Thanks. Greetings from Glasgow in Scotland.

You've just explained to me all the stuff I've been playing for years and didn't know why. Thank you so much!!!

Thanks Brian - you're THE BEST!

I am a bit late to the party but this 'roadmap' has positively expanding my ability to solo. I memorised the pentatonic 5 shapes a while back but couldn't make much use of it at all. I am now on week 6 and really quite comfortable applying Brian's instructions. Can't say I'll 'solo like a pro' but certainly looking forward to linking shape 4 to traverse the fretboard and complete the course. Brilliant, thanks Brian.