How to Build Killer Solos Using Just 4 Notes at a Time!

Build your soloing skills with this essential intermediate guitar exercise! In this lesson, Marty breaks down how to use groups of four notes within the pentatonic scale to supercharge your phrasing, create better licks, and start sounding more like your guitar heroes.

Hey, what’s up you guys—Marty here with a really cool sequence I’ve been using and teaching for decades. We’re talking about a concept I still practice to this day: using 4-note patterns to unlock melodic phrasing and improvisation. I hear this in blues, classic rock, and beyond.

What you’ll learn:
⦿ The difference between 3-note and 4-note groupings
⦿ How to break up the pentatonic scale into musical ideas
⦿ How these patterns lead to real licks and soloing concepts
⦿ A great finger-strength workout for your fretting hand

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Thanks for watching, and keep those notes flowin’ four-ever! 😉

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0:00 – Intro to the Intermediate Electric Guitar Foundation
0:33 – What Are Groups of Four?
1:12 – Building Patterns Within the Pentatonic Scale
2:01 – Classic Blues Lick Using Groups of 4
3:07 – Finger Positions and Fretboard Transitions
5:18 – Shortened "Blues Box" Groupings Explained
6:12 – Groups of Four Going Up the Neck
7:06 – Technique Benefits (Adjacent String Practice)
8:22 – Improvising With These Concepts
10:24 – Wrap-Up + Intermediate Course Info