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Pentatonic Scales
Five notes, the whole neck, zero trapped-in-a-box solos. Learn to move, bend and phrase like you mean it.
Escape box one
Nearly every guitarist learns the first pentatonic box and lives there for years. It works — until every solo sounds the same. This path connects all five positions into one continuous map, then teaches you to leave the map behind and play melodies.
We drill slides, hammer-ons and position shifts with a metronome, then spend most of our time on the part nobody teaches: phrasing. Bends in tune, vibrato with a pulse, space between the notes, and call-and-response playing over real backing tracks.
Blues, rock and country phrasing are all covered — the scale is the same, the attitude is everything. Bring your favourite solo and we’ll pull it apart together.
What’s included
Position maps, bending drills and a library of backing tracks in every key you’ll actually play in.
- All five positions, connected — major and minor pentatonics joined with slides and diagonal runs, in every practical key.
- Bending & vibrato clinic — half, whole and unison bends tuned against a drone, plus three vibrato styles for three moods.
- Phrasing vocabulary — motifs, repetition, space and dynamics, stolen honestly from the greats and rebuilt in your hands.
- Jam-session survival — hearing a key fast, counting a 12-bar, and taking a solo that lands on its feet.
How it runs
Sixty minutes, once a week, in person in Nashville or online anywhere. Expect to play more than you talk.
Warm up the hands
Position drills with the metronome creeping upward — clean fretting at speed, no tension in the shoulders.
Steal a lick
One phrase from a classic solo, learned by ear together, then bent into three new shapes of your own.
Trade solos
Call-and-response over a backing track. I play four bars, you answer — the fastest way to learn phrasing there is.
“My solos finally move. Aria heard my box-one habit in about ten seconds and had a plan to break it by the end of the hour.”
— Dana W., weekend warrior, FranklinKeep going
Scales sing louder with theory behind them and rhythm underneath. Pair this path with:
Your solos are in there somewhere
First session is a no-pressure assessment — bring your guitar and your favourite solo.
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