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so first things first we've got to learn

the fundamentals of all western music

the minor pentatonic skill

is the most valuable skill that you can learn

as a guitar player no matter what style of music that

you're going to be playing

once you've got a good understanding of the skill

and you are comfortable in all five positions

it will provide a solid foundation for you

to build from

Stevie abused the pentatonic like no one else

mainly sticking to the first position

while being as creative as he could with limited notes

the scale is every guitar player's bread and butter

and it is crucial that you memorize each position

inside and out go through each position

and transports the different keys

this will ensure that you are comfortable

improvising all the different songs

the goal is to be able to play these without thinking

in order to express yourself freely

the less you think

the more fun you'll have on the guitar

so we're going to start the minor Pentatonix

off in the key V minor

so we're gonna begin on this fifth fret on the E string

so

we'll slowly make our way through this first position

super super

important to go really slow when you just starting out

so once we got that first position down

we're gonna move on to this second position

the way that these positions connect to each other is

the first note of the next position is the second

note of the previous position

so in this first position

the second note is the eighth fret

that's gonna be the first note in this second position

so we're gonna start from No. 8

let's see if we can get through that

one more time

now let's try 3rd position starting from the 10th fret

turn a bit faster

then we got fourth position

starting from the 12th fret on the E string

once more a bit faster

and then finally

we got fifth position starting from the 15th fret

one more time

and then once you finished all five positions

it repeats again at the October

so back to the first position

we're gonna start from the 17th fret on the E string

and that's all five positions of the minor pansonic

so once we're comfortable in one key

we're gonna try and do the same thing

but just start from a different note

in the first position so this time

we're gonna start from the second fret on the E string

so now we're gonna be in F sharp

all the positions relate to each other

the exact same way

let's see if we can get through all five positions

in F sharp

first position done let's move on to 2nd position

starting from the 5th fret

third position starting from the seventh fret

and we're gonna move on to the fourth position

starting from the ninth fret on the E string

never got fifth position this time

starting from the 12th fret

one more time on that one

and then finally back with the upward

starting from the falling fret

we got the first position one more time

it is imperative that you learn

all five positions of the minor

pantatonic scale inside and out

and make sure practice them in different keys

only then will you be able to improvise freely

over the entire fretboard

Stevie was a pentatonic master

he knew exactly where he was on the guitar all times

and he knew exactly where he was going to end up

really take some time internalizing these positions

once you've got them you've got them for life

so it's really worth putting some time in on this