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From: dirk@telecom.ptt.nl
Subject: LESSON: pentatonic solo playing
Date: Thu, 2 Nov 1995 16:24:29 +0100 (MET)
> Title : LESSON: pentatonic solo playing
> Author: Dirk Jetten (D.Jetten@telecom.ptt.nl)
We're gonna play solo on this progression :
( 4 beats in every | | )
| Gmaj7 | Cmaj7 | Gmaj7 | % |
| Cmaj7 | % | Gmaj7 | % |
| D7 | Cmaj7 | Gmaj7 Cmaj7 | Gmaj7 D7 |
Over this nice jazzy blues you can play in G major, and stay
within the scale the whole time.
e.g. :
G A B C D E F# G
E |---------------------------0----2----3--------------------
B |------------0----1----3-----------------------------------
G |--0----2--------------------------------------------------
D |----------------------------------------------------------
A |----------------------------------------------------------
E |----------------------------------------------------------
It is also possible to play E minor pentatonic, A minor penta-
tonic and B minor pentatonic on the same progression. This is
because of the notest that make up these scales :
E minor pentatonic : E G A B D E
A minor pentatonic : A C D E G A
B minor pentatonic : B D E F# A B
You can see that none of the notes in above scales are "wrong"
( sound dissonant ). Of course there is no such thing as
"wrong" or "right", dissonants can be very nice sometimes.
Tip : careful though with bending ! And try to put the empha-
sis on other notes that you're used to when playing "normal"
one-scale blues licks.
LAB 1 :
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Record the progression in a slow tempo, and try which scales
fit best on which chords. Also try these :
A minor pentatonic on the Cmaj7 and D7 chords
B minor pentatonic on the Gmaj7 and D7 chords
Now for the position, that is, at which fret your left hand is
located ( right-hand players ). You can slide this fingering
e.g. A minor pentatonic :
E |---------------------------------------------5-----8------
B |----------------------------------5----8------------------
G |-------------------------5---7----------------------------
D |-----------------5---7------------------------------------
A |---------5---7--------------------------------------------
E |-5---8----------------------------------------------------
up 2 frets to get B minor pentatonic and down 5 frets for
E minor pentatonic.
LAB 2 :
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Find out, at a fixed fret position, how to play all three
scales. Then you are able to switch scales faster.
Have fun,
Dirk
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