Master Pentatonic Scales in Under One Hour

Learn to generate your own pentatonic patterns.

Find your major and minor pentatonic scales across the fretboard using one practical framework. Choose a key, start on any string and work out the patterns for yourself.

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Learn the method in under an hour.
Playing fluently and using it naturally come with practice.

Paul Hill holding his cream Stratocaster and looking towards the camera — **A clearer map of your guitar.**Practical lessons with guitarist and teacher Paul Hill.

17 focused lessonsVideo, text and diagrams

Every key, every stringA framework you can reuse

Learn at your pacePause, replay and practise

The missing framework

You know a shape.
Can you rebuild it?

You can play a familiar pentatonic box. But move to another part of the neck, change key or start on a different string, and you may find yourself looking for another diagram.

This course gives you a method for working out the patterns. You’ll learn how the notes and fingerings fit together, including the adjustment you need when crossing the B string.

So the next lick, solo or lesson has a clearer place on your fretboard.

Learn the roadmaps. Then put them to work in your music.

One method you can keep using

Build the pattern.
Find it again. Make it musical.

The familiar shapes begin to make sense when you can generate them yourself. Here’s the approach you’ll learn with your guitar in your hands.

Understand the framework

Get to grips with the master pentatonic pattern, the fingerings, note names and the B string shift.

Generate your scales

Build major and minor pentatonic patterns in different keys and from different strings. Find diagonal routes across the neck.

Put the notes to work

Explore the blues scale, extra notes and bends. Add the dominant pentatonic bonus, then apply the material over a blues progression.

Choose your key and scale first. Then try starting on different notes within that scale to discover new routes across the fretboard.

Inside the course

A clear path through
the pentatonic fretboard.

Short online lessons, supporting text and diagrams. Follow the sequence, try each idea and return whenever you need a reminder.

015 lessons

Start with the framework

Understand the pieces you’ll use to build your scale patterns.

Welcome to the course
The B string shift
Pentatonic scale fingerings
The master pentatonic scale pattern
Knowing the names of the notes

028 lessons

Generate major, minor and blues

See the relationships, connect the patterns and start using them.

Generate the minor pentatonic scale
Generate the major pentatonic scale
Relative major and minor
Generate the blues scale
Add a flat 3rd to the major pentatonic scale
Diagonal minor and major pentatonic scales
Notes to bend
Stop! Use all the stuff

03 Included bonus3 lessons

Discover dominant pentatonic

Add another pentatonic sound to your options over dominant 7th chords.

What is the dominant pentatonic scale?
Generate the dominant pentatonic scale positions
Diagonal dominant pentatonic scale

041 lesson

Bring it together over a blues

Use the scales, extra notes and bends over a blues progression. Then explore the same ideas in other keys.

Play everything over a blues progression

Keep your guitar nearby. Pause a lesson, build a pattern, then try another starting point.Start learning for £9

Paul Hill thoughtfully playing his cream Stratocaster — Paul Hill · Professional guitarist, teacher and author

Meet your teacher

The course I wanted
when I was learning.

When I was a boy, I bought books, tapes and videos full of musical ideas I wanted to play. What I kept looking for was a clear way to learn the scale patterns themselves.

How could I work out the notes and fingerings across the guitar without needing a separate diagram for every position?

I developed this approach through my own playing and teaching. This course brings the framework together in a focused sequence, so you can learn the method and start using it for yourself.

Paul HillYour teacher, throughout the course

What guitarists have said about Paul’s teaching and book

“Paul is a great teacher. For me, he has managed to break down what appeared to be complicated language, in a way that I can understand it.”

Tom WillisFeedback on Paul’s teaching

“Before reading this book I was stuck playing pentatonic shapes in one or two positions. Now the entire fretboard has opened up for me and I’m completely hooked.”

P. RayfieldFeedback on Paul’s book

Is this for you?

For players ready
to see the connections.

You can already fret and pick individual notes. Now you want a reliable way to find your scales across the neck.

You know a box or two, but unfamiliar positions feel like guesswork.
You want to work out patterns in different keys and from different strings.
You want a foundation that makes your licks, solos and other lessons more useful.

Bring an acoustic or electric guitar.

The method uses standard tuning. The lessons explain the note names, scale relationships and fingerings you’ll need as you go.

Give the method time to become natural.

Learning how to build a pattern can happen quickly. Playing it comfortably, hearing its sound and using it in music develop through practice.

The focus is your scale roadmaps. There are practical ideas and a final blues application; Paul’s free Pentatonic Lick Library is also available for further musical ideas. You don’t need another purchase to use this course.

Your fretboard framework

Learn the method.
Keep it for your
playing life.

Get the complete course, including the dominant pentatonic bonus, and revisit the lessons whenever you need them.

17 online lessons with Paul Hill
The master pattern, fingerings and B string shift
Major, minor, blues and dominant pentatonic scales
Diagonal routes, bends and a blues application
Supporting text and diagrams
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Try it with your own guitar.

Go through the course and try generating the patterns. If, within 30 days of purchase, you don’t feel clearer and more confident about understanding and generating them, email paul@guitarmasteryonline.com and I’ll refund your £9. No questions asked.

Before you begin

A few useful
answers.

What to expect from the course, the time promise and your access.

Will I master everything in one hour?

The course teaches the roadmap method in a short, focused sequence. Fluency takes practice. Pause, replay and allow as much time with your guitar as you need.

I know the five positions. Will this help?

If you can play them but can’t confidently reconstruct them from different starting points, the method gives you a way to generate them. If you already do that comfortably for every scale covered, this foundation may be familiar territory.

Is this suitable for a complete beginner?

You should already be able to hold the guitar, fret individual notes and pick them. If those basics are new, learn them first. You don’t need advanced theory or a large collection of memorised scale diagrams.

What does “from any note” mean?

You choose a scale and a key, then use the framework to work out its pattern from different starting points. You still identify which notes belong to that scale. Starting on another note doesn’t automatically change the key.

Does it include songs and lots of licks?

The main focus is generating scale roadmaps. You’ll explore bends, extra notes and a final blues application. Paul’s separate, free Pentatonic Lick Library provides further musical ideas to use with that framework.

How do I access the course?

After successful payment, you receive access to the online course and account instructions by email. If you already have a Guitar Mastery Online student account, use the same email address when purchasing.

How long do I keep access?

Your £9 is a one-time payment for lifetime access. Return to the included videos, supporting text and diagrams whenever you need a refresher. There is no subscription.

What if the course isn’t right for me?

Try the method with your guitar. You have a 30-day money-back guarantee: email paul@guitarmasteryonline.com within 30 days of purchase for a refund. No questions asked.

A clearer fretboard.
More room for your music.

Learn to build the pentatonic patterns you need, then bring that understanding to the music you want to play.

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