Pentatonic Phrasing Masterclass

Hey folks!

Thank you for purchasing my “Pentatonic Phrasing” Masterclass from JTC! In this package I’m going to show you my approach for squeezing great music out of that familiar old scale that we all love.

It’s always challenging to come up with a new package, but this one was definitely the hardest so far. For the first time I had to speak in front of the camera, which doesn’t come quite as naturally to me as playing guitar. It’s not only that I’m not a English native speaker, but I also suffer from moderate stuttering and couldn’t quite hide it in the teaching videos. However, I didn’t feel that the topic “good phrasing” could be explained in a PDF only; I really wanted to have the connection of me talking and playing to illustrate the topics. So please don’t mind the awkwardness casually showing in the videos! I had to do some rather strange cuts to keep it understandable, but I hope you get the points I want to make. (By the way, it was pretty darn hot in the room we recorded in, so please excuse the sweat and messy hair from time to time!)

I also hope you enjoy the three brand new tracks I wrote for it! A big shoutout goes to my friends playing on the backing tracks: Jacob Stock on bass, Bastian Völkel on keys and, for the first time, Johannes Zeiß on drums. Without these these awesome musicians and my producer Max Hesselbarth, the tracks would never sound as cool as they do.

A special thank you goes out to my friend and bandmate Jakob Betke who helped me to record the guitars.

I really hope you have a good time with the videos, and also end up with a better understanding of pentatonic scales. If you have any feedback, please let me know. You’ll find me anywhere on Social Media as “Michael Wagner Guitar” or you can contact me directly at michaelwagnerguitar.com. And if you come up with your own solos, please load them on YouTube and let the world know!

In this PDF, you will find some material to help you to understand and memorise the stuff I talk about in the videos. It’s in the exact same order, so I recommend that you work with the videos and this PDF side by side.