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- One Melody Four PositionsLEVEL 4Apply your scale knowledge in order to play the same arpeggios sequence in different positions.
- Combining Different Scale PositionsLEVEL 3In this lesson we are going to work on connecting different scale positions, so you can learn how to use it efficiently while improvising.
- Mixing ModesLEVEL 4Mixing two modes in one lick!
- Recognizing Neck Positions 101 Part 1LEVEL 4In this first part of the series we will see octaves, triads and their inversions, the C major scale (7 positions) and diagonals.
- Recognizing Neck Positions 101 Part 2LEVEL 4In this lesson we continue exploring the neck.
- Sequential PatternsLEVEL 4Sequential playing, useful warm-up and technique exercise.
- Alien PatternsLEVEL 9An exercise I do before shows to warm up for technical playing.
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GabrielGuevara9222nd September 2011AMAZING EMIR
- erdy27th January 2010
Emir abi when i tried to understand pentatonic scales i always get confiused. I don't know why. how can i use these scales efficiently i dont know. can you show me the way?
Emir Hot13th July 2009This is some awesome stuff dude!
I don't find it very difficult to play, but I have an other problem, like always.
For instance, I play the beginning (box "2") of the pattern, and at the end it sounds really crappy, because all the notes I previously played are echoing trough my room. I've never been good at muting strings during play, I don't even know if it is necessary here and if it is, please tell me how you do it emir, I just can't figure it out by watching the vid!
Thx!
Yes there is some muting here. I don't really think of that, it just goes instantly. I put the side of my palm on the bridge and that's how I mute. If I need more muting I press slightly to the left, nearly on the strings. When I need to release I just slide the whole hand to the right on the bridge. Those movements are very small. Combination of muted and non-muted notes gives you better dynamics and it sounds more interesting.
It will come with time I am sure. Just don't give up
muugen13th July 2009This is some awesome stuff dude!
I don't find it very difficult to play, but I have an other problem, like always.
For instance, I play the beginning (box "2") of the pattern, and at the end it sounds really crappy, because all the notes I previously played are echoing trough my room. I've never been good at muting strings during play, I don't even know if it is necessary here and if it is, please tell me how you do it emir, I just can't figure it out by watching the vid!
Thx!- Emir Hot11th May 2009Great lesson. Can anyone tell me if the last note in each pattern is played with an up stroke or a down stroke? The pull off is throwing me off. For example the first pattern last note is a D on the 5th fret A string. Would that note be played as an up or down stroke.
Thanks!
I'll get back to you on PM - Dacropoly9th May 2009
Great lesson. Can anyone tell me if the last note in each pattern is played with an up stroke or a down stroke? The pull off is throwing me off. For example the first pattern last note is a D on the 5th fret A string. Would that note be played as an up or down stroke.
Thanks! - kevvyg31st March 2009
Nice guitar! It looks like it's made from soap...
Great lesson. More licks for my blues 'armoury'!
Kevin - Emir Hot14th February 2009Great talent! Or do you sleep with that thing under your pillow? I appreciate your insight - thanks for posting and please keep them coming. I'm new and think this is a great place for expounding musical expression and expanding skills. No doubt.
Take it easy...
Thanks No, I don't sleep with it. I actually hardly practice. 
intemperateControl14th February 2009Great talent! Or do you sleep with that thing under your pillow? I appreciate your insight - thanks for posting and please keep them coming. I'm new and think this is a great place for expounding musical expression and expanding skills. No doubt.
Take it easy...- Emir Hot8th February 2009hi emir,
i noticed that you don't alternate all the time...
is that called economy picking?
No That's because sometimes there is a pull off or hammer on. If I was on an upstroke and the next note was pull off, then the one after will be upstroke again because I "missed" the one that was supposed to be a downstroke but it was played with a pull off.
Economy is when you have downstroke or upstroke two times one after another instead of going up/down or down/up.Hello Emir,
Great lesson... I am practicing it everyday trying to get it up to speed. I am having trouble with the last section (the 16th note triplets). How can I count this? I am having trouble with the six notes per beat but the pattern repeats every 5 notes. Any suggestions for counting this out through 4 beats?
Thanks,
Chris
You can look at it as a group of 4 notes. The pattern is actually repeated after every 4 notes. So 3 of these goups of 4 is your half a bar. 6 of them would be a full bar (when you change 2 positions in the lesson). It is easier to think like groups of 4 but played in the durations of 16th triplets. Don't try to think of triplet feel beacuse it's not, just the note duration is like that. Groups of 4 is the easiest way. The accent is on the every 1st note of the group of 4. Once you get used to it you will find it very easy. Play as fast as it is enough to fit all 6 groups of 4 notes within one bar and that way you will eventualy get the feel for it.thank you
this is really helping me to improvise,
i needed some licks to build up my 'lick library'
great lesson!
Thanks. I am happy if it helps 
GuitarJones8th February 2009Hello Emir,
Great lesson... I am practicing it everyday trying to get it up to speed. I am having trouble with the last section (the 16th note triplets). How can I count this? I am having trouble with the six notes per beat but the pattern repeats every 5 notes. Any suggestions for counting this out through 4 beats?
Thanks,
Chris- thijsmans7th February 2009
hi emir,
i noticed that you don't alternate all the time...
is that called economy picking?
- thijsmans30th January 2009
thank you
this is really helping me to improvise,
i needed some licks to build up my 'lick library'
great lesson! - Emir Hot21st January 2009Great lesson, great patterns, that tele they had it at the sam ash by my house some time ago.
Thank you JoseQUOTE ([email protected] @ Jan 21 2009, 08:10 PM)I've never seen heavy rock like that played on a Telecaster, but it's awesome! I'm glad to see another one from you, Emir, and these are very useful licks for one to attain.
cheers mate the next one should be cool 
Pi3821st January 2009I've never seen heavy rock like that played on a Telecaster, but it's awesome! I'm glad to see another one from you, Emir, and these are very useful licks for one to attain.
Jose Mena18th January 2009Great lesson, great patterns, that tele they had it at the sam ash by my house some time ago.
- Emir Hot18th January 2009
Thank you guys
BIGD218th January 2009Cool lesson Emir!!
Great looking Tele too as if no one has said that..lol!!
Alejandro Pinero17th January 2009very good lesson and sounds great!!
Alejandro- Emir Hot15th January 2009Hey Emir great lesson, i found it yesturday and i was playing it last night. This is good runs and definitly helps to memorize the other shapes of the pen minor scale.
Thanks Don't forget if you learn this one (A minor pentatonic), you actually learned C major pentatonic as well in all positions. 
Nermin15th January 2009Hey Emir great lesson, i found it yesturday and i was playing it last night. This is good runs and definitly helps to memorize the other shapes of the pen minor scale.
- Emir Hot12th January 2009
Thanks
David Wallimann12th January 2009Very nice lesson, super useful! Thanks Emir!
Marcus Siepen12th January 2009great lesson Emir
Toni Suominen12th January 2009This is such a useful lesson to learn the pentatonic scale all over the neck, great job Emir!
enforcer12th January 2009Thats a very usefull one Emir, generally speaking I hate minor pentatonics, thats why I never got out of position 1 or 2 but this is a good start to start to work on things like these even though I dont like.
Very well done job mate, thank you!!!- Emir Hot11th January 2009
Thank you guys. You can do similar things with any scale. Take a scale, extract some patterns and play them in all positions on the neck. That's how you will never get lost when improvising.
audiopaal11th January 2009Awesome Emir
I almost never practice scales and other exercises, because most of the time I find them boring and doesn't keep me interested.
But this lesson was great and you got some really interesting patterns so I will definitely practice this one
Thanks a lot!!
kaznie_NL11th January 2009That's so cool! You really showed me that I can do much more with this scale!
Kuba Szafran11th January 2009Useful patterns, really great job Emir
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RyanS.11th January 2009Awesome Lesson Emir!! I will make use of this for sure! THANKS!
- Emir Hot11th January 2009
thank you. I know Dave has a Telecaster but I didn't know he had this model
Ajmurrell11th January 2009Great lesson for breaking out of that first pentatonic box too.
Love the guitar, first saw it being used by dave kilminster in a lesson somewhere else- Emir Hot10th January 2009awesome lesson.... im gonna add it to my warmup immediately
I hope you will find it useful. I often warm up with this stuff 
Outlaw211210th January 2009awesome lesson.... im gonna add it to my warmup immediately
Sergio Dorado10th January 2009Great pentatonic stuff
- Emir Hot10th January 2009
Thanks guys
Jerry Arcidiacono10th January 2009Very useful lesson for all guitar players, good sound and a sexy tele
Hisham Al-Sanea10th January 2009very useful lesson Emir.good job mate
- Emir Hot10th January 2009QUOTE ([email protected] @ Jan 10 2009, 07:11 PM)Killer licks Emir! and your guitar sound is really good. What are you using to record it?
Thanks mate. It's Sonar 7 and Amplitube 2awesome tele and lesson! Really looove the guitar!
Thanks, this guitar works greatHelpful, great und cool sounding lesson, Emir!
Thanks 
Andi F10th January 2009Helpful, great und cool sounding lesson, Emir!
Vurpa10th January 2009awesome tele and lesson! Really looove the guitar!
Gabriel Leopardi10th January 2009Killer licks Emir! and your guitar sound is really good. What are you using to record it?
- Emir Hot10th January 2009
Cool bro, sounds good to me
Berglmir10th January 2009REALLY usefull!
If I EVER master this lesson I´ll make a toast in you honor!! (that´s the drink! not the bread stuff)- Emir Hot10th January 2009Emir
Great lesson.
Just what i been waiting for to spice up my down 'n up pentatonic scale excercices.
Will do this lesson right away.
Cheers
Cool man, glad if you like itEssential pentatonic licks Emir, you played them great. Lovely Tele as well!
Thanks Ivan 
Ivan Milenkovic10th January 2009Essential pentatonic licks Emir, you played them great. Lovely Tele as well!
playaxeman10th January 2009Emir
Great lesson.
Just what i been waiting for to spice up my down 'n up pentatonic scale excercices.
Will do this lesson right away.
Cheers- Emir Hot10th January 2009
Thank you
Gerardo Siere10th January 2009Veary nice lesson, sequencing is so important for shred music.
Carlos Carrillo10th January 2009Cool sounding lesson, nice patterns!
Nemanja Filipovic10th January 2009Amazing lesson Emir,and cool guitar.
Muris Varajic10th January 2009This is another one to be sent to Split, you know our friend Spar
Ahh, right, he told me about it,
even showed me the picture!!- Emir Hot10th January 2009Great playing and Tele bro,
when did you get that?!?!?
This is another one to be sent to Split, you know our friend Spar - Muris Varajic10th January 2009
Great playing and Tele bro,
when did you get that?!?!? 
Sensible Jones10th January 2009Great lesson Emir!!
I had one of those Teles and I also had the Blue 'Flower Power' one as well!!!
Dejan Farkas10th January 2009Cool stuff
- Emir Hot10th January 2009
Cheers guys
Bogdan Radovic10th January 2009Very useful exercises !! That guitar looks so sweet!!
Fran10th January 2009Useful stuff and kickass telecaster Emir!
- Emir Hot10th January 2009
Cheers guys. This Tele is a limited edition 5 or 6 years old. It was cheap on ebay but works great.
Pedja Simovic10th January 2009Excellent lesson Emir!
Wonderful sequences in A minor pentatonic - I really liked the last one
Nazgul10th January 2009Great, Emir! Nice lesson and nice guitar.
Nighthawk110th January 2009Cool sounding lesson, nice patterns, I will use this to fresh my pentatonic skills up !By the way, gorgeous Telecaster indeed !
Bondy10th January 2009Thats a cool lesson Emir, that Tele looks sweet is it a custom?
Piotr Kaczor10th January 2009First!
Very useful and great sounding. Beautiful telecaster Emir
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Hi Guys! It has been a long time I haven't produced a lesson. Here I am back with some simple A minor pentatonic patterns. This stuff is really essential especially if you want to improve your rock improvising skills all over your guitar neck.
Five positions system for pentatonic scales is something every guitarist should know at anytime. I am sure there have been similar lessons but this one won't hurt if you include it in your everyday practice session. You can also use it as a good warm-up exercise before playing some more advanced stuff.
Please pay attention on my fingering. When doing it as an exercise it is important to force your left hand fingers as shown in the first slow video. Use your pinky wherever you have 4 frets situation - use your 1st and 4th finger not 1st and 3rd. For example on the 1st string (position 1) - 5th fret then 8th fret should be played with the 1st and the 4th finger. The whole lesson is played using this fingering but that's not necessary in everyday situation when improvising.
Notice that I start from Posotion 5 in order to cover the whole neck.
The first slow video is just a quick reminder for A minor pentatonic in all 5 positions (see the scale picture). The real slow lesson videos start from the 2nd video.
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