Making The Pentatonic Scale Sing 

I just found Rich Brown a month ago and I swear he is God’s gift to music. Life changing!!!

Good work as always. The accessibility of the pentatonic scale is a great way to "find" other scales and modes, tasting their flavors. Starting with the minor pentatonic, you can experiment with the tones that define Dorian, Phrygian, Aeolian and Blues scales respectively by integrating but a single additional note. The same goes with the major flavored modes. So in truth, you are never leaving the comfort of the simple pentatonic shapes, you are just adding seasoning. Its a great way to expand the musical palette and start looking at "wrong" notes as more than just passing tones.

I want to say: I love your way of teaching. Calm, confident and clear. You’re born to do this I think. I’ve seen many teachers on RU-vid, but you’re making things easier, not more complex. It almost feels like a real life lesson. Will check more of you. Thanks!!!

Bass-playing fingers and a radio voice. Good stuff.

Thanks Rich for making cool 😎 things happen. I'm finding the beauty in the scales that were at one time so tedious. Great job!

Yes Rich! The 2nd mode of the minor pentatonic is the major, the 2nd visual shape of the min pentatonic is the major pentatonic. Then it’s just about running the shapes with a sequence, and you’re halfway there. Just throw in some ornamentations like bends and slides to make it more musical and expressive 👍👍👍👍 possibly on the flat 5th for minor, or min 3rd for the major! You know your stuff 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻👍👍👍

always a pleasure watching you teach, my brother.

Great lesson Rich as always, have yourself and your family a Bonne Année 2022... 😀

Another great approach to what is seemingly 'common place' on the fretboard....it's amazing how you bring such fresh ideas to scales we play all the time! Thanks for another great insight.

Very cool patterns and creates so many good grooves, Rich. Awesome job!

Wow! This is like the missing link in hipness. Love how you toss away the idea of the blues scale and just think of it as adding the flat 5. Playing around with this for just a minute and I'm having a eureka moment. Well done as always sir. I feel like I should bump up my patreon contribution just for this first 2 minutes of this vid

I'm working through these pentatonic videos and they are a total joy. My playing is getting better and I'm able to 'see' the beautiful patterns unfold. Also your whole vibe is simply a pleasure to be around! Thanks Rich

Loving this lesson....explains things really clearly and encourages to explore Major and Minor. Thanks so much.

Just love the whole concept, that rich sort of icing on the cake so to speak and, it does sing.

I am a 6-string guitar player and this absolutely applies to us as well. This is a great lesson. I subscribed as well. Thank you!

Thankyou, sir, for another insightful lesson. I'm loving seeing things through fresh eyes as a result of your videos

Awesome Rich, love these videos!

Thank you, this is brilliant. I’ve been trying to figure out how to actually incorporate these three together especially major pentatonic with blues scale.

The flat 5.One of my favorite notes.I had to rely more on my ear to make sure I played all the notes in the sequences.An interesting informative lesson.Thank you.

Thank you so much for this great lesson. Excellent delivery and structure with just the right amount of theory. I'm just starting out on my bass journey, although I play other instruments, and I'm look forward to spending a lot of time on your channel over the coming months and years.

This is so much fun thank you Mr Brown

Such simple magic! Just like music, thanks Rich. Love and peace to you.

Wow love your way! The names of the scales intimidated me so I had a learning block. But your translation & demeanor are comprehensible bc I play by ear. Thank You 🤙🏽

Rich I really thank you for this lesson. Pentatonics have so many vast differences in reference to shapes and intervals and it’s like you open my mind up to these things…

Outstanding lesson Rich your playing & delivery is great. Multiple ways of looking at 1 scale shape👍🏻 . And when you turn loose & improvise, awesome 🎸😁. Very smooth & tasteful

Thank you Rich, I'm really enjoying learning through your Brown Stone channel. You are a great teacher. I am making progress from just playing the root notes and I feel like I am starting to get to grips with the fret board.

Rich, Thank You,

Good lesson to break-in the New Year! Keep on keeping on brotha!

Great as always, thank you!

I just experienced such a gifted player and above all talented teacher . Thanks sir Rich Brown for such lessons 😊😊

Hell yeah Rich, nice one, that run at the end is killer

Bassist to Bassist another great lesson...Thanks again Rich.🎵

Slurred speech takes on a new meaning (end of vid slides that is). Thanks a billion!

Love this

Thanks Sir, Great Class, I enjoy and Learn!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇵🇷

Thanks for a great lesson

I absolutely love your playing Rich ! So glad to see and hear you step out into the brave internet world to shine a light on the inner workings of tha Bass ! All the best from Oakland, Kai

Thank you very much. Je cherche ce type de video depuis très très longtemps. En plus le rythme de vos explications est super ( pas trop vite. Le temps d’assimiler.) fantastique

Picked up my bass again after 25 year hiatus and Rich has been incredibly helpful to me. These lessons are so well explained and paced perfectly, clearly explained and demonstrated. I'm actually starting to understand how things fit together, moved way past my old plateau, and am enjoying the instrument so much more than I did in the past. Thank you, Rich!

Man....am I glad I found your channel I knew you were gonna say the flat 5! Haha. Love that sound. The "option" of the blues note makes it especially tasty when brought out in passing. Makes the listener go, whoa, that was a cool passage. What was that?

Thanks Rich for helping the bass community with your amazing videos. I personally want to ask to repeat (please) that master class you gave to the Scott Bass lesson on modes and how to mix them to have a option of target notes

Another great tutorial by one Mr. Brown ! Thank you sir....

You never cease to amaze me with ideas I've never thought of! I get so many little tidbits of information from you that help me out tremendously! Playing the minor "blues" scale and leaving out the perfect 5th sounds so mean! I'm positive that I've done this before. However, I've never given this the weight that I should have! This fits perfectly into my playing! You're the man Rich!

All, your videos have such an amazing uplifting, many faceted vibe.. totally enlightening, gifted conveyence of insight, excellent all around guidance from the heart of a truly gifted musician and teacher, your spontaneous in the moment riffage is, drop dead, gorgeously, dreamy and inspiring. Only know ya from here and i luv ya dude, back again too listen an learn from a far and away totally amazing presence, much respect and appreciation..

Rich I have played guitar a long time, but need help on bass and I really like your scale work, thanks for great instructions.🎸

Excellent lesson

This is a very cool exercise!

Another Brilliant Tutorial - Way Too Advanced For My Rookie Status - However, I So Dig The Major Scale Video A Few Days Back - Still Blows My Puppy Marbles - All The Best In 2022 - Go Team Human Cheers

Good and great insight

Man! That's so awesome, so cool the way you do your thing: but still don't fully understand everything. When you were finishing, I love what you did

Good information. Thanks for sharing it.

Really nice video, thank you

Very cool. Thanks!

dang! i sit down for 1 min to check out youtube, now you got me practicing... lol

thanks for yur post!!!

Nice sound. Thanks a lot for such clear explanations. Greetings from Spain

In addition to the clarity and freshness of your musical ideas, we also get these sweet jaw-dropping moments (like at 1:56 and 15:32). A most happy new year to you, sir!

Parabéns pelo conteúdo!!!!👏👏👏saudações do Brasil.

Good for me !!!".

Excellent episode Rich

Opening new doors. Thank you, Mr. Brown. Small donation made.

Really cool, good stuff

🔥🙌🏾😎 Great vid. Practice summary: 1. Four note sequence climbing each note of the minor pentatonic scale 2. Four note sequence including the blue note (♭⁵) 3. Four note sequence including the blue note (♭⁵) but excluding the perfect fifth (♮⁵) 4. Major pentatonic with blue note (♭³) as a passing tone 5. Jam with it… major and minor Bonus: the blue note (eg E♭) is also a minor triad (E♭ G♭ B♭) giving the blue chord of C major (♭³ ♭⁵ ♭⁷) or A minor (♭⁵ 𝄫⁷/♮⁶ ♭⁹) …a passing chord (between chords ii & iii or IV & V) 🎶🙏🏿💫

Hey! Great Lesson! I had some classes with you at Humber College that I remember with "cariño" Greetings from Mexico City!

Hi Rich, I'm a farly new bass player. First time I've seen one of your videos. I really enjoyed it and look forward to watching more.

Great stuff💎

Using the 5b card, nice 😊

Hello, Good lessons, like your style. Raoel.

Thank you man😎

Very cool exercise! I appreciate these little bits of coolness that you throw out here for free. If I ever get back to making money again I will join. Five bucks is a steal. And btway, I love your Fbasses! George makes some of the best instruments ever. I hope to get a custom by him someday. I had 3 of them but they were stolen along with all of my gear a couple years ago. The AC-5 is the best fretless I’ve ever played. I at least want another one someday.

Awesome! Similar to Funkadelic’s “Who says a funk band can’t play rock”.

you are inspiring me big time!!!!!

That F bass jazz sounds incredible. But im here for the pentatonic word

I like your playing..if I could get in my band I would

That example at 1:56…I’d love to hear a lesson on that one as well

Subscribed!!! You are such a calm, clear and gracious teacher. I have had amazing teachers (Patitucci, Ron Carter) and have been playing for more than half my life. I quit for a while but found my way back, and it has been your lessons that rank high (along with Janek) in helping me mentally return to the instrument I love so much and feel better about what I know and how I can grow. Thank you a million times over, Rich Brown. Be well and blessed - pacomahone (apeachmoon)

Fab sound Rich and great explanations! Could you say something also on 'thumb fatigue' caused by rpressing on the back of the neck? I am new to your channel; great work and good pace of presentation, thank you!

Great lesson again, especially as I am am going to have to track backwards as I have missed a few lessons...

very good

Fantastic lesson Rich! Wow! I love your tone - had Many basses over the years. The tone and apparent flexibility of those strings look and sound amazing! What are they please? Make/gauges?? Blessings and thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Thanks for out of standart way 👍

Great lesson, thanks a lot! All the best for 2022! 😊

I don’t know what bass that is but you make it sound so nice! Love it! Maybe a Sire bass?

Thanks so much for his informative video. Love the fresh perspective on pentatonics. Also, what strings are you using on the FBass? I love that sound and would like to put them on my F as well…thanks much. 👍

Gréât tuto

☝️this guy is a a legend 👍👍👍👍coolest face behind the bass

I call the major pentatonic with minor 3rd added "the BB King scale". I believe he used it extensively

Man I truly enjoy your teaching. By chance are you able to tell us what type of bass and amp setup you are using? Do you have other places to access teaching materials other than RU-vid?

Greetings. Just subbed

No compliments from me this time, everything is written down below. Are you considering to go live? I believe it's worth trying! 1000 thx for the lesson and 1000 cheers!

Hi Rich I was just wondering are you using flat wound strings on your F bass? Love your channel ❤️

First Also great lesson that I 100% needed because I’ve been struggling with this 5eva

Hi Rich, do you teach one on one lessons on zoom? if so where can I find the details? Cheers.

Mr. Brown Greetings I love what you doing, but can you slow it down so I can see what you are doing lol Thanks and keep up the good teaching !

Could someone please recommend reasonably well-known songs using F# our Gb major pentatonic?

2:55 Jungle Boogie? Kool and the Gang?

Is there another way that you can explain, which is easier to understand?

Flat that 5 ....c’mon! 😎

Rich, I hate to show my ignorance, but are those Fender basses?