Today's video is on my absolute favorite scale - the pentatonic scale. These 5 little notes have made such a major impact on my life as a guitarist. Today, you’ll learn all 5 box patterns, that will set you up to play in any major or minor key.

I love warming up with pentatonic box shape patterns. They're familiar, and easy to use when writing quick warm up riffs. Check out this awesome E min Pentatonic riff you can use to get your fingers going.

String skipping can turn run of the mill riffs into really exciting ones. The technique also helps you break out of the box of playing scales up and down the fretboard. Practicing string skipping in your warm up can help you be more accurate as your practice session goes on. Today I want to show you how to improve your string skipping by using a familiar set of patterns that you may already know.