Pentatonic Boxes that Don't Suck 

The thing that sets you above other teachers on YoutTube is that you don't just show licks and riffs, but also give the tools for us to come up with our own which is very beneficial to me at least.

i love your kind of laid back casual teaching method, oh and i love the Tele too

I rarely comment online. But, you have such a practical, real, simple but sounds great, way of teaching guitar. When talented people who have passion combined with a generous and willing desire to share with others, our world is a better place. Thanks brother!

You're a genius, sir. I owe you everything. Was stuck in pentatonic shapes for more than a year. Played all 5 shapes fast, but independent. Never managed to connect them, to make true melodic licks. Now, that I've watched this, I can move on the whole fretboard with incredible ease, the combinations are endless. Thank you, and keep up the good work!

You're one of the best guitar teachers online in my opinion, theory is working great for you, keep it up :)

Outsanding lesson... Very helpful..and technical... ...but you keep it so clear and simple as well... ...thank you. I have been stuck for so long and you are truly helping get out of a big rut.

These videos are so helpful. Up until I found Sean's channel, I had been using websites and accounts that taught guitar chords/timing/riffs/ scales/etc, but I was always questioning why things worked the way they did. I was learning how to do separate things rather than viewing what I was learning as parts that could be combined or accented. Thanks to Sean's to-the-point theory, the guitar now actually makes sense.

Man this guys thinking is so much better than the 3 gurus put together! He bridges the cap between beginners intermediate and advance players with lessons that can be applied straight off the bat!!

This is by far the best scale based teaching method I've ever encountered online or off.

THX SEAN YOU HAV A GREAT WAY SHOWING PEOPLE WONT FORGET U

Excellent! For what ever reason I think of my guitar playing in shapes and this totally speaks to the way my brain processes chords and their relationships. Thanks

Keep up the good work homie! I'm slowly building up my confidence. THANK YOU!!!

I have been playing (poorly) for a long time, and absolutely nobody has ever put things together in a way I understand like you do. Thanks!

That's a head bopper.had me moving and grooving thank you

Your really a good teacher.For years i could never see the fret board. I am starting to get amuch better under standing of what i am looking at.

It's amazing how great can be an improvise just combining some boxes. Tks, teacher

Thanks for making this. Helps me out a lot. Keep it up!!

best guitar tutorials on youtube hands down. Honorable mention - Justin guitar, Guitar Gate and Carl from GuitarLessons365Song.

Thank you Sean. This is big help to me.

Way to set learners like me free from getting stuck in one particular place. Much appreciated. Thx a lot!

This was a great lesson. I was making up a lot of great sounding riffs tonight with these simple broke down scales..I always look at the cage system but not anymore...Now I will break all the scales down..Thanks man sometimes you just need another angle...

Great lesson man. Really like your approach to teaching

Your awesome dude... really save my life with this lesson, thank's a lot. Greetings from Chile

Cool lesson ... cheers Sean!!

Excellent instruction. thank you!

excellent lesson man. less is more. love it

Now THAT was a refreshing lesson. Nice attitude and Lesson ofc..:)

Thank you brother. Much love & respect to ya!

Great lesson !

What a cool lesson! I can do this. I had no idea you had such range. Very awesome. I thought you were acoustic strummy guy only. thank you for the help.

That made me dance in my chair! Definitely gonna try it, awesome video!

Excellent ideas. You are very creative young man.

dude very cool little lesson man ...got alot out of it .. thank you!

Sean- I believe this might be my breakout lesson! You just showed me how to view the fretboard a different way! Thanks!!

Dude your introduction sentences always crack me up

Hey Ryan Renolds, these lessons are amazing!!!

Hey Sean, I revisited this video! Thank you for the light bulb moment! I know next time I visit it or others of you provided, will help me with new steps into my guitar journey. Thanks for making this one again. I appreciate you!! If you find time to evolve this one into a sequel of extended ideas, would be awesome.

This is an awesome lesson! Thank you

Your intros are always on point

Clearly explained. Great help. Thank you.

Best guitar teacher on RU-vid. Hands Down.

i really like your teaching style, really great, many thanks

I need you in my life.. so badly. All this stuff is golden!

Awesome lesson mate, cheers

Keep up the great work! You deserve way more subs!

that is one of the most beautiful telecasters I have ever seen!

You are a guitar wizard man

EXTREMELY Helpful video as usual!!

nice man u explained this in a way i never could. like i had to figure out all that jsut form playing. never could explain it. thank you i am passing your video to my students. thanks man \m/

great lesson I appreciate the knowledge

Finally I can hear and see you Sean

i love slidin into boxes

Well done Sean... thanks for the lesson.

My friend, I learn from you. Thank you!!

Where would we be without these shapes? I love how everyone uses them differently too

Honestly one of the most positive comment sections I’ve seen👳🏿‍♂️❤️

Good lesson. Simplicity is a beautiful thing on guitar when you build your groove. You don’t have to smash a thousand notes to be a great player.

Practical. Realistic. Great takeaway in a very short lesson.

Wow! Thanks men! you're incredible! I'll check out your videos always... :D

Wow. This was a very good one.

Love the denim look on that tele!

Hey dude, love your videos! Could you maybe do a video about chord tones and target notes?

Your tele looks and sounds awesome!

thats a great lesson. i was so stuck in the box. this helps.

for a guy with two first names you are pretty cool teacher.

Excellent! The segment on the A minor particularly sweet.

Very cool matey

Sean, after watching your videos I often think, 'how does he always know what I want to lern?'. Probably it's because you are a great teacher. I also like the style/sound you play. Please do a little jam session or a Jimi song with this sexy Telecaster. I need it badly... =)

excellent!! Thanks

Finally found someone who makes sense to me

Great thanks - knowing the pentatonic shapes really helps with this. I'm not clear how it's OK to micx the Em shapes and Am shapes together into 1 piece, but no doubt I'll figure it out.

Awesome video!

That finish on your tele is gorgeous!

Digging your channel, man. Cool looking Tele, too. I just got one myself.

wow, just randomly found you by looking for ideas to get better with bluesy riffs and how to link chords with expressions and things like that .The stuff you are explaining is really cool , and understandable , for me at least . I have been playing for only a year and a half maybe two , and these are really awesome little lessons and ideas . I like your laid back style, it works , Thanks. Oh and totally bitchin faded bluejeans Tele .

Great lesson,.. cool guitar Sir ! :)

Tuning in fourths would be a nice extension to these boxes since the patterns will remain the same across and up the entire fingerboard.

I really love the straight way you explain things. I had 1 question and 1 suggestion (and/or additional question) which is firstly, how do you avoid getting lost? (is it just a question of time in practice?)... and I mean by this when I do patterns, I sometimes get into the pattern, and lose which note I'm playing in relation to the chord or scale. Secondly, how would you approach a guitar solo over about 8 bars or maybe 16 (pretty short) Am F C G? = suggestion - could you do a video on this? (= having a certain progression such as this and then tackling a lead/solo section)

That's one sexy telecaster. :') Thanks for the lesson, helped greatly.

LOVE THIS...LESSON. WHERE DID YOU COME UP WITH IT? IT'S FANTASTIC! I'M GOING TO GO OVER IT TIL I GET IT DOWN...THANKS SEAN... YOU ARE THE BEST!

You have my favourite lessons on youtube! Could you one day make a video about blues chords please?

Nice lesson well taught,nice Tele.

we all learn in different ways, whether it be the instructor, method, definition, ... whatever / whichever works for each student in various ways. this ive searched for, to understand, how to - open chords, to scales that are simple, yet make sence. now i need to ask for more variations, or can / should i use the circle of 5ths to find what sounds good together . either way Sean, this helps me, so much!!! Thanx !!!

Interesting perspective!

Amazing tones your producing with that chalky tele!

Thanks for sharing

I appreciate your teaching skills and your opening humor! I would like to make a suggestion if I may. Continue using your blue finger patterns (1234) for all your lessons even when you change gears or adding turnarounds etc. For EX: Learn Every Blues Song Ever in 8 Minutes but what was missing was the turn around! I hope i explained myself and thank you for giving your knowledge!

Hello! I am an experienced picker. But I find good stuff in your lessons. Thanks bro

please am Emmanuel from Ghana can u teach how to applied the blues scale on ova the fret board?

Have you considered a video on when/ if to use a pick and in what circumstances? Thanks!

Hey Sean, thank you for the informative videos. What strumming technique are you doing to strum the chord before getting into the boxes? it's a nice subtle sound, not sure what it would be called.

You should put on an early Steve Martin comedy record, you guys sound exactly the same! Kind of wild!

excellent staff

"Little Wing", by Jimi Hendrix! Can you hear it in those licks? Fabulous!

Quick question! Do you visualize the "fretboard note names (C, C#, D..) " or the "relative note names(root, 2b, 2, 3, 3m...)"? I've been trying to learn the fretboard with the note names, but that lead me to get stuck on C/Am keys... I figured if I learn the relative note names instead, it would give me more flexibility on the way I see the fretboard and play on whichever key I want. What do you think? Does it make sense? What's your approach?

Nice lesson. I wish you would have talked a little bit about what your right fingers and thumb were doing. Can you do this lesson again please and for each of the box plays / licks, show how your picking the strings? Can you do this "boxing around" with using a pick? Also I'm just learning about hybrid picking? Is that's what it's called? Picking using a pick and plucking with bottom three fingers. Anyway thanks!

Great!!!

Very useful lesson for a beginner like myself. What model telecaster is that? Love the look and color

they way you broke up the whole scale into the boxes made it sound and become easier to just "solo" some bluesy sounding stuff gonna memorize this vid and learn how to use it to make my own stuff

Really nice video lessons and make things simple to understand and play. My problem/limitation though seems to be that of -- err, not being able to progress much beyond playing the scales on the guitar. I'm unable to make much headway in traversing the fretboard, without losing the timing :(. Any suggestions on how to work on it/improve? Thanks in advance.