Do you use the Mandalorian b5 Pentatonic? Content: 0:00 Intro 0:42 Pentatonic Scales are much more than you think 1:05 #1 Am or C major Pentatonic 1:47 Interesting Structures - Spread Triads 2:45 Interesting Structures - Quartal Arps 3:34 #2 Em - My Favourite 4:57 The Blues Hack 5:44 #3 Bm - Lydian Sound from a Pentatonic scale 6:56 #4 Hirajoshi - Extended Arpeggio as a Scale 8:12 #5 Locrian Pentatonic (Or is it a Mandalorian b6 Pentatonic?) 10:05 More Pentatonic Tricks? 10:20 Like the video? Check out my Patreon page
@hrbeta
4 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen love your lessons, hate Patreon. Any alternative? BTW, what a beautiful Gibson.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
You can also support the channel via my WebStore or making a donation on my website
@frankvaleron
4 жыл бұрын
Great tips Jens, especially like the Hirajoshi, which I hadn't heard. An interesting pentatonic scale over a dom7 is one 3 semitones higher than it, so Bbm pentatonic over G7. Brings out upper extensions also
@CMM5300
4 жыл бұрын
Haha I'm trying to figure out this mandalorian mystery..... you got me!
@michaeleisenstein8511
4 жыл бұрын
For C-D-Eb-G-A, I've heard it called the "Coltrane Pentatonic." I have settled on calling it the "melodic minor pentatonic, " because it's useful in almost all the same ways at the melodic minor scale- tonic minor, dominant, minor7 b5, altered dominant, and more.
@enriquenunez1256
4 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate the little things you add to your videos (graphics, time stamps in the description, etc.) it really makes them easier to follow!
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@tonepoet
4 жыл бұрын
I'm all about that 1/2 step below pentatonic (lydian). My introduction to playing successfully over the ii, V, I was getting shown that playing a pentatonic minor starting on the 5th of the ii chord and moving it up in half steps over each chord gave great melodic tones and all the good outside stuff over the V chord. So..... * Am (ii chord) - Em pentatonic (scale tones are 5, b7, 1, 9, 11) * D7 (V chord) - Fm pentatonic (scale tones are #9, #11, b13, b7, b9) GMaj7 (I chord) - F#m pentatonic (what you mentioned above) Thanks for these amazing lessons, you are getting me extremely interested in playing jazz guitar again after a decade of not playing any.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, that is a great trick :)
@tonepoet
4 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen I always called the Locrian Pentatonic an altered blues scale. I usually play this a whole step below the V chord, as well as a substitution for the blues scale (the lack of the 5 in the scale heightens the blues feel of it. You are my jazz sensei, I'm getting very inspired from all of this!
@TheWhaddeva
4 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen, you beauty! You are an absolute master in delivering and teaching complex concepts in such an easy, but the eloquent way. Great stuff, if I ever happen to be in Holland, I would be honoured to pay for the dinner and some beers just to share some time with you :-)
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!! Thanks, you never know :)
@user-cg3tx8zv1h
4 жыл бұрын
YOU are the most didactic and constant Jazz Guitar instructor on the WEB... Not to mention that you are very tasteful... Thanks...
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! :) You're very welcome!
@georgetheonlyporge
11 ай бұрын
So much great material, man! You must be a teacher in real life, you have an excellent ability to explain clearly and as simply as possible You've come at exactly the right time in my life, now I'm FINALLY ready to get into music theory. Have a great day, Jens Larsen.
@user-fs4gp7un2r
11 ай бұрын
Thanks so much...really enjoy your relaxed approach
@JensLarsen
11 ай бұрын
Glad to hear that 🙂
@fotoajojo
3 жыл бұрын
One of the most USEFUL lessons I have ever come across and had immediate impact on my playing. Whenever I get to travel again, (I am usually in Amsterdam every year for World Press) I will be hoping to find you gigging locally. PS - the KZitem ads in the middle of your GREAT content is a real bummer.
@arkadiuszdec2493
4 жыл бұрын
Hey! Great lesson. The locrian pentatonic is 4th mod of pentatonic Insen (In Sen scale) C, Db, F, G, Bb - so it is the phrygian chord C7b9sus
@bluesrockguitaristmikesall2708
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jens,very applicable to Modern Blues Rock.
@CMM5300
4 жыл бұрын
Locrian pentatonic I agree. I've heard it called demonic pentatonic. It's also a mode of phrygian pentatonic. 1 b2 4 5 b7 If loc pent is I then phry is III If phry pent I then loc pent is IV
@TheMegansdad
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Jens. Another amazing master class in jazz guitar.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it 🙂
@emiral1807
4 жыл бұрын
Hello, Jens! First of all, I want to thank you for doing such a great job. You are definitely my favorite jazz teacher because apart from the good lessons you make, you seem to be very authentic! Are you offering, or are you planning to offer a jazz course that 1) covers the most important things from A-Z, 2) is well-structured and 3) takes many months to master? With some sort of final exams! As you know it from various online sites? I would attend your (in this case, of course, chargeable) course immediately!! But don't stop with the instagram lessons then :D Best regards and keep up the good work, Emir
@dkwvt13
4 жыл бұрын
fascinating lesson again blowing out the "boundaries" of the pentatonic. I love the Hirajoshi, it's a sound I use but I didn't know it had a name... B-). Thank You!
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Donald 🙂
@aptelbruno8316
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this tremendous work and all those nice pentatonic colors.
@luiki3179
4 жыл бұрын
I thought the video was exclusively referring to Amaj7 chord😂, great video by the way!!
@RC32Smiths01
4 жыл бұрын
hey man you had me at Pentatonics! A guitarists best friend indeed. Awesome work!
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Thank you, RC!
@RC32Smiths01
4 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Ahhh you are always welcome man!
@landofold
4 жыл бұрын
Dude your lighting and imaging is looking sick. Really amazing
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙂 Glad you like it
@空小人物
4 жыл бұрын
Great take at the subject! Fab teaching (as always). Grazie Maestro!
@stankowalski4574
4 жыл бұрын
Jens...excellent and informative video as always ! Just wanted to add my two cents. Practicing classical violin pieces, like Bach's Presto Sonata No. 1 in G minor, are great ways for students to enhance or improve stamina and technique, especially when played up to speed. And they teach beautiful use of triads as well ! - Cheers, Stan
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Great tip! Thanks Stan :)
@thestratocaster
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for your lessons! They are really useful! ✌🏿
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
@joehernandez5600
4 жыл бұрын
Great lesson Jens. I found when using the F# locrian pent. scale, thinking of the Cmaj 7 as the chord based on the 5th degree of a Gmaj7 scale really helped since that maj 7 chord inlcudes the #4/#11. That way all the quartel harmonies and other pentatonics I use over a Gmaj7 work over the Cmaj7 to achieve that sound. Thanks.
@alfredomanlapaz8123
4 жыл бұрын
Very informative.Thank you Sir Jens👍
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome :)
@Boyanbo
4 жыл бұрын
Greetings Lars. I really enjoy the videos. I call the last one simply the Pentatonic b5. :)
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! That's a good for sure 🙂
@Boyanbo
4 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Thank you. Pentatonic b5, as opposed to the Pentatonic #4, both excellent over half-diminished chords, naturally.
@jamminwithjambo7729
4 жыл бұрын
Lars is Gold. Thanks for all you share. 😎👍🏽🎶🔥♥️🔥🎶
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it! my name is actually Jens 😁
@jamminwithjambo7729
4 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Oops What was I thinking???🤔
@matthewortiz7977
4 жыл бұрын
This is a great lesson .
@downhill240
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
@federicocabanit4033
4 жыл бұрын
You’re one of my idols in guitar playing specially jazz. Can you recommend what brand of jazz guitar which has good quality
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you Federico! I would look for Ibanez, epiphone and eastman guitars :) They are good value for money
@fusionfreak115
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Jens, thanks for the great lesson! Very useful 🙂! For what concerns the "Locrian" pentatonic, you probably know the book by Jerry Bergonzi on Pentatonics and, if I am not mistaken, that scale is referenced there simply as "Minor 7 b5" pentatonic. I hope you find it interesting. Cheers!
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
That could be, I haven't read the book but I do know of it :)
@jakefrancis9521
4 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Nick from Jazz Duets (another great youtube channel) calls this the Coltrane pentatonic. He has a few videos showing its use over a bunch of different chords. I think of it as a major pentatonic with a flat third. Great video, thanks Jens.
@brad724p
4 жыл бұрын
Locrian pentatonic---awesome.
@Wieger09
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for another great lesson. Damn this lockdown! Because I am really curious how these scales sound when soloing with the band. Playing this on my own, most of it sounds very oriental. Are we transitioning from jazz to world music?
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it! I don't really hear it as oriental to be honest :)
@DWScores
4 жыл бұрын
Can you give some samples of songs where I can find licks using the Hirajoshi scale? (Guitar players or not) Thanks!! Always great content
@pabloescobar6284
4 жыл бұрын
This is great! Is there a jazz or common patterns video on your channel?
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I am not sure what you mean with common patterns?
@Davebold-Guitarist
4 жыл бұрын
Great lesson Jen’s! Thanks for sharing it. I understand that locrian pentatonic scale to be called the Kumoi scale. Which I think might be a Japanese name?
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Dave! I think that is a different set of intervals right? That would be 1 2 b3 5 b6? A similar spelling of the locrian pentatonic would be 1 2 b3 5 6
@Davebold-Guitarist
4 жыл бұрын
I always had it down as your second example - 1 2 b3 5 6 - if listing the root as the 2nd degree of a major scale (Dorian-ish). But I think of it’s root as the 7th of a major scale - 1 3 4 b5 b7 - which gives it a kind of blues scale sound in isolation.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Ok, the examples I found listed it as 1 2 b3 5 b6 🙂
@Davebold-Guitarist
4 жыл бұрын
They are all useful which ever way we spell them Jens. Interesting suggestions as to what the Hirajoshi scale (also seems to get mixed up with the kumoi scale too!) is here too - en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hirajōshi_scale
@salkinfamilychiropractic3142
4 жыл бұрын
hi Jens, just an FYI at 10:29 when the screen minimizes it goes to the top left and gets covered by a link snapshot for another video. Hope all is well, too.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I think I managed to fix that :)
@jjabe3968
4 жыл бұрын
Great info🤘🏾
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@jjabe3968
4 жыл бұрын
All your videos have been very helpful!!! Please keep the content flowing👍🏾
@djekse
Жыл бұрын
💫💫💫
@jmcasasus
4 жыл бұрын
It is not interesting, I mean it's better than interesting: it's beautiful. Could it be said that all the scales are pentatonic scales derived from G major scale, as if Cmaj7 were IV? Another question: if we choose Cmaj9 , could we add yet another pentatonic scale (D F# G A C ), I've seen being refered as hindu pentatonic?
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Your pentatonic scale has 6 notes. Do you mean D F# G A C?
@jmcasasus
4 жыл бұрын
Jens Larsen yes, you answered before I changed it...
@shnarfers
Жыл бұрын
is there a pandemonium scale. I want to learn the mystery of jazz solo. I understand rock/blues/metal pentatonic. I do not understand jazz pentatonic.
@winstonsmith8240
4 жыл бұрын
On your screenshot of the Am pentatonic. Box 2, you have an F# on the B string? Nice content though. Thank you.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
While that does sound nice, it is a typo :)
@winstonsmith8240
4 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen lol😁
@chrisrobson2203
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Jens, Do you do private lessons??
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Hi Chris, I just answered your e-mail :)
@W.E.
4 жыл бұрын
08:31 A B C E F# 1 2 3 5 6 (fourth inversion) LOL LOL LOL
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Yes? 🙂
@noretoo244
4 жыл бұрын
7:30 that scale fits East African (Ethiopian music) Very well
@musinKanto
4 жыл бұрын
Would be more insightful calling what it’s used more for. Arpeggio of Cmaj7 lyd with the added/omitted notes. Because anything under C will still be C
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Makes it a lot more flexible to look at it as a superimposed scale though.but you can do whatever you prefer 🙂
@matteobarbera9250
4 жыл бұрын
Scuse me i would like to ask you a little thing: in this time I am writing a song just for fun. The chords are Em, G,D,A but i would like that theese chords sounds bluesy. I know that it is not the classic I - IV - V, but if it possibile I would like to give bluesy sound to theese guitar accompaniment. can you make some modification to theese chords please?
@doitnowvideosyeah5841
4 жыл бұрын
A good place to start would be change the major chords to 7th chords. Blues the I chord can be a dominant ( seventh).
@dmollegard
4 жыл бұрын
The last example will one day be called the Larsenian Pentatonic
@noretoo244
4 жыл бұрын
Nice approach really helps but how come 24 likes in six views 🤔
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Haha! Probably the views are not updating as fast as the likes? Never saw that, but for me the video is on 480 views
@friedensgabel
4 жыл бұрын
Just a testament to how good Jens really is
@benkatof4240
4 жыл бұрын
Mandalorian b5 ... I almost fell out of my chair
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked that one, Ben! :)
@teleplucker6802
2 жыл бұрын
You are so great but the diagram for Am box 2 is incorrect. You have F# instead of G on the 2nd string.
@richardrepp
4 жыл бұрын
What you are calling locrian pentatonic is indeed a tough one to find a name for. The scale c d# e f# bb (or other enharmonic spellings) is sometimes called locrian pentatonic, so I would hate to get them confused. The scale you use does not seem to have much of a Western tradition, as you say, which is strange since it seems so useful. Some Indian traditions call it Hindol or Vinodini. I would go with Hindol personally. The mode you have starting on the f# would be the Jayakauns scale in the Carnatic Raga tradition.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Why would you call your scale locrian pentatonic, from which root?
@richardrepp
4 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen Good question. I got that name from this source ianring.com/musictheory/scales/1113 I will ask Ian about it. Now that I look closer, it is not really locrian, is it?
@richardrepp
4 жыл бұрын
OK, this one is Locrian Pentatonic ianring.com/musictheory/scales/331 C Db Eb Gb Ab I have an email out about the other one. It could be an error.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Ok. That scale I know as Ab dominant pentatonic An C Db Eb GB 🙂 I don't think we get to have only one name for these scales, but since everything else in music is context sensitive then that is not so bad.
@richardrepp
4 жыл бұрын
@@JensLarsen I guess any scale minus 2 notes other than the root is a pentatonic of that scale technically, so your original analysis is justified I'm that regard. I just prefer to use names with some kind of existing tradition.
@njuham
4 жыл бұрын
I hear some similarities to The Six Million Dollar Man theme music.
@JensLarsen
4 жыл бұрын
Ok. I don't think I have ever heard that, but given the amount of examples then that could be?
@samkirby3775
10 ай бұрын
You spend all this time playing chords and some stupid commercial pops up showing you how a program can do it for you.
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