This scale will take you from beginner to intermediate on guitar

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Pentatonic greatness awaits.
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Thanks for watching!

Пікірлер: 70

@jacobsnead5103 Жыл бұрын

Instructions unclear, now I have a boyfriend.

@kevinnickens Жыл бұрын

Whatever floats your boat pal

@MrJohnnyDistortion 10 ай бұрын

You must be playing the Major Pentatonic. 😂

@dicecreamman1739 9 ай бұрын

Lmao 😂

@DangoWangochu 4 ай бұрын

noob

@richresident4377 Ай бұрын

Reminds me of an old song " He's Funny That Way" 😁

@wayneswan3092 10 ай бұрын

I gotta say, I just started learning how to play like 3 weeks ago. KZfaq is usually a reliable place to learn anything! But they have me all over the map! "Learn this first, learn that first." You are by far the best teacher I've come across yet!! Your step by step from day one is very informative! Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos! I practice an hour a day minimum! I can't get enough! Please keep them coming! With your teaching methods, you're going to launch past all the others in no time!

@gabriellesimms7824 10 ай бұрын

This captured how I felt perfectly! 🙄

@ihor_otg 10 ай бұрын

Lmao at your dry humor 😂 You have the perfect combination of educational, quick, and entertaining and I’ve only watched two videos. Keep it up man you have the potential to be a big channel, and thanks for the tips!

@kevinnickens 10 ай бұрын

I appreciate the kind comment! Thanks for watching and the comment!

@ryanmac8829 Жыл бұрын

Wow, this brought back memories of music lessons many moons ago. First scale I ever learned. Just picked up a GRGR131EX and an Orange Crush20RT after not playing for 20 years. Keep the vids coming!

@kevinnickens Жыл бұрын

Hey Ryan, thanks for commenting and I’m glad you picked up your guitar again! I think there’s a reason it’s the first scale that so many of us learn. Thanks again!

@cerealseeka1774 10 ай бұрын

Just started playing the guitar 2 weeks ago. Really liked your video in which you explain where to start. Hope to see more of you man, really great content

@riff-quest 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for keeping it simple, this helps.

@Adam_Bosscoe 10 ай бұрын

This is the greatest up & coming youtube channel out there 😂 i love your videos

@ahmedbenhariz8694 10 ай бұрын

Thanks man, this was simple to follow and u seem pretty funny . Keep on posting videos dude !

@gabriellesimms7824 10 ай бұрын

Just commenting to help boost this! Please keep teaching!

@Fretboardmastermind 7 ай бұрын

Awesome content Kevin! 🤘

@hilltroneye 10 ай бұрын

Hey Kevin! I’m a second fastest guitarist on My street , but thanks to you maybe i will be the firs one soon . Love you videos , and sens of humour. Greetings from Poland 🇵🇱

@keychange6231 25 күн бұрын

Dude, you’re the freaking man. Your insane pedagogical skills combined with your hilarious personality is an unbeatable combo. Bravo 👏

@AndreRMeyer 10 ай бұрын

1:27 merci vielmal Greetings from the sunny climes of Basle, Switzerland

@chozn614thekiller8 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!!

@veronicablessing2933 10 ай бұрын

Hi Kevin Nickens! I'm a beginner I love it here, and your videos are amazing. But, I'll appreciate more if you can include chord chart presentation in your videos, just like you did in the "7 chords to unlock music" video.

@kunde1653 10 ай бұрын

Mmmhh, I started to learn all 5 shapes of the major diatonic scale and now learning the minor diatonic scale which I know two shapes of. The pentatonic scale is the next after this which will be easier. Can you make a video how you learned to connect between these shapes over the fretboard and consequently learned improvising? What would you suggest here or what Tips would you give? I am still a beginner (playing only 8 Month) but I have learned already the notes of the fretboard, CAGED System and some other music theory stuff. So my approach is to do a bit of everything of all of your 6 Levels. It helped me to understand a lot and to demystify the guitar and songs, also making fast progress. But there is a lot to learn and not enough time for. Should have started playing guitar as I was a Kid 😅

@richresident4377 4 ай бұрын

I learned this. Now I've got a mother in law and 14 kids who call me PA Thank you😂

@animalcrock 2 ай бұрын

It worked!

@atlasshrugged6435 10 ай бұрын

Although this lesson in 25 years to late for me, you presentation made me sit through it anyway. Keep up the good work…and your sense of humor.

@jdonn1597 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video Kevin! You definitely need to keep posting content!🤙🏻🫡

@kevinnickens Жыл бұрын

Yes maybe but I'm still waiting on the next JDONN vid!

@titocrespo 24 күн бұрын

There is no humor on earth like musician humor 😂😂😂

@ropehitch 10 ай бұрын

I don't which is better; is it the comedy or the guitar lesson? I'm enjoying both equally.

@kevinnickens 10 ай бұрын

Dang man that’s so nice

@FrancoM7747 10 ай бұрын

I'm just another guitarist trapped in the pentatonic box. I take comfort in knowing that many hit songs use this scale.

@ImZyaa 4 ай бұрын

How many bpm should I be able to play the scale comfortably before moving on to the next? Right now I’m at 95 bpm

@Near_Carnivore 9 ай бұрын

Okay now I know how play the scale, but what do I do with it? How do I use it?

@aman_chandravanshi 8 ай бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/q9uilKR6sN-0mYU.html

@user-jh9hj8tr1x 7 ай бұрын

Do you have any advice or tips on picking the correct string? My right hand keeps getting confused. Should I be looking at that hand instead?

@kevinnickens 7 ай бұрын

Yeah if you’re struggling with the right hand don’t be afraid to look at it. A lot of people think that being able to not look as you play is an important skill to practice, but it isn’t really. Feel free to look at your right hand!

@Confuseddalek 10 ай бұрын

Does the first note on the scale dictate what key the scale is in?

@kevinnickens 10 ай бұрын

Yes

@Puffster 10 ай бұрын

What happened to this series? Seems a bit short :)

@southernpanda33 10 ай бұрын

Keep that sense of humor, no matter what happens.

@andrewmc147 2 ай бұрын

You should probably tell everyone that that's literally only the first position and that there are a total of five positions. And where you play "position 1" for example, depends on what key you are playing in/the key of the song. You might think this is obvious but I never understood how to use scales because no one mentions these basics. I literally read some dude on reddit say that he's just been playing the first position up and down the neck thinking he was playing the whole pentatonic scale.

@suzannefox7662 10 ай бұрын

Im just a millennial woman who refuses to take up gardening as a hobby. But I do still hope playing guitar gets me a girl. Or any friends at all lmao

@kevinnickens 10 ай бұрын

Definitely don’t stop playing guitar but c’mon who doesn’t like gardening? I’m a gardening mad man

@FrankCosbyNo-Relation 10 ай бұрын

🎶 You've got a friend in me 🎶

@sorinciobanu4561 9 ай бұрын

hmm is this 2-minute video enough for a rather complicated technique from my point of view, as a beginner?

@kevinnickens 9 ай бұрын

I think it is just to learn the technique. The application of the pentatonic scale can take a lifetime to learn, but learning the scale itself isn’t overly complicated. To make an analogy, it takes a lifetime to learn to tell a story, but learning the alphabet is a relatively simple process.

@balavinayak1393 10 ай бұрын

fill this playlist fast

@genuinerecordingsykg 3 ай бұрын

can't even focus man you got me laughing 😂

@evyaB50 9 ай бұрын

Girlfriends = ❌ Pentatonic scale = ✅

@kylezakk 10 ай бұрын

I can play pentatonic riffs good but my guitar playing seems to only attract men 😂. Subbed

@Srobinson102 10 ай бұрын

Justin teaches this with the third finger on the B and E string instead of the 4th for future string bending. So what I'm asking is, will impact getting a girlfriend?!

@balavinayak1393 10 ай бұрын

is this level 2?

@gabrielaugusto8721 10 ай бұрын

Yes, level 2 and the topic that he is talking abaout is the "1st Position Pentatonic Scale (Minor Pentatonic Scale)"

@trattoretrattore8228 9 ай бұрын

I'm happy to have given your video the like number 666

@thelthrythquezada8397 4 ай бұрын

I need you to stop with the slide in jokes, I can't "the first step not having a girl friend....." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@salacommander2674 23 күн бұрын

Dawg my hand does not stretch from the 5th to 8th fret on the low E. Guess I'll be stuck with a girlfriend, smh.

@iyona14granturismogt6gtspo7 3 ай бұрын

Dammit had to subscribe 😅 on my path to girlfriend Less Guitar hero!

@FrankCosbyNo-Relation 10 ай бұрын

I asked for a girlfriend but instead i got a girlFred... he's alright i guess

@taraishot100 Ай бұрын

Wrong I have a girlfriend and a baby on the way I’m 35 but got a sudden urge to learn the guitar I saw the live performance from led zeppelin on KZfaq from 1975 and when Jimmy Paige was doing his solo I had an epiphany

@TABULOUS1 3 ай бұрын

YAY SUCCESS!!!!!! I absolutely didNOT get a girlfriend!!!!!!! WoooooHOO!! 😝

@MrTeaLovinPanda 8 ай бұрын

I once started as a soy goblin, who learned guitar not to get a girlfriend but because he was a soy goblin who couldn't get a girlfriend. I learned all sorts of things on the guitar and eventually got a girlfriend (probably not because of my guitar skills). Since I started learning how to play guitar, I've gone through several girlfriends. So i'm here to tell you fellow soy goblins, there's hope.