The ONE Guitar Scale Every Beginner Should Learn First

🎸Ready to start soloing on guitar but don't know where to begin? In this video, I’ll show you the ONE guitar scale that’s super easy to play — and it sounds amazing right away.

We’ll break down:
The E Minor Pentatonic (open position)
The A Minor Pentatonic (5th fret box)
Their relative major scales (G and C Major Pentatonic)
How to use this scale to solo with confidence
Real examples from Pink Floyd’s Wish You Were Here and Link Wray’s Rumble

This is the PERFECT place to start if you want to sound good *now*, without learning a ton of theory first.

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Chapters
0:00 - Intro
0:29 - What Does Pentatonic Mean?
0:53 - Open E Minor Pentatonic
2:57 - Play Along: E Minor Pentatonic
4:03 - Starting to Build Solos
6:03 - A Minor Pentatonic
7:20 - Play Along: A Minor Pentatonic
8:20 - Why this Scale is So Popular
9:06 - Major Pentatonic Trick
11:48 - Open G Major Pentatonic
12:51 - How to Practice these Forms

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