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.

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

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

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.

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

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)

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

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

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.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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 !!!!!

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!

You have seriously just revolutionised my playing. I have been hunting for this lightbulb for years, and although I may have over looked it many times, your explanation was so easy to follow and made so much sense to me. Finally!!!!!!!!!! Thank you so much kind Sir.

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 ❤

This is the single greatest guitar lesson I have ever seen. Kudos!

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!

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

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🙏🏽

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!

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!

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 !

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!

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

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

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

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 :)

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!

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!

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!

....Really, the best tutorial ever in my 12 years of strumming my guitar.

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

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

Such a great clear, concise and calm teacher.

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

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’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!

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

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 😱

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

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

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

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!

Wow! So easy to understand such a powerful concept. Great job!

This is one of the best videos I’ve seen explaining an easy and adaptable solo technique. Well done sir!

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

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.

Possibly one of the best breakdown of the pentatonic scales covering the entire board, thanks for this!

Thank you so much for your tutorial. You have opened up my eyes to the fretboard. I've seen MANY videos regarding this very subject, and your explanation is by far the BEST, in my opinion. Cheers!

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!

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!

The clarity of this is excellent. Thanks.

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

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

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 😀

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

Played bass for years and just starting to play guitar and lead and your lessons help a lot. Keep it coming

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

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!

OMFG! Secret sauce! Been struggling for years to break out of the box. Got it instantly. Whole new universe opened up. Exactly what I've been searching for! Well done and thank you!

This has really been one of the best and informative guitar guides I've seen, very easy to follow along. Thank you so much and I can't wait until tomorrow to try out what I've learnt here! You have gained a new subscriber in me today.

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

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 :)))

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.

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

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...

Thanks Jules. Easy to understand. No frills. Good job

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

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

So clear, helpful, and useful; thanks!

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.

this is lovely,i have literally search for this kind of lesson for years...and coincedentally i am finally being blessed. thanks a bunch

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.

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.

Very Impressive. The way you go step by step is very good to be understood.

Very good. So simple, yet so powerful.

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.

Joe Mangino Awesome! I've been searching for an easier way to learn how to play a simple song and make it sound like I really knew how to play. This scale works like magic. I've watched just about every guitar lesson video on KZfaq and yours is better than all of them put together. Is there anyway to get that backing track? Anyway, thank you, thank you, thank you! Joe

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!

Thank you Jules for a such a simple and powerful way to get to play pentatonics. One of the best on KZfaq!

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.

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.

Absolutely brilliant! Why has no one shown me this before? Thank you so much for sharing.

Been playing about two months, best video I've seen so far! Loved learning this.

Very well done and helpful! Can you provide a link to the backing track?