Again, while you should hit all twelve keys when practicing patterns, the keys you will most likely encounter using the boxes are in no particular order. This lick is taken from the 25 soul jazz guitar licks pdf method. When you reach the second string, youll need to shift your hand up one fret. This is another method for visualizing the fretboard and having the ability to solo in key as i explained in the 2 lessons on how to solo using the full diatonic scale over the entire fretboard. Learn your major pentatonic scale and practice pentatonic exercise 1 in all 12 keys. Easy soloing guitar coach notes open position position 1 the scale the eminor pentatonic scale in the open position position 1. But the notes of the pentatonic are still there in all 3 of those modes.
Chord progressions for minor pentatonic soloing guitarhabits. Playing the scale in this way removes the large stretches and organizes the notes in a way that is easy to grip, slide and bend. Here you can learn three easy pro major pentatonic guitar licks. Notice how both an e minor em chord and a g major chord fit. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and. Beyond learning these three particular licks, we can also apply this idea in a more general way. Both the pentatonic and the blues scales are particularly suitable for playing rock and 12 bar blues with.
This lesson will help you build licks that move smoothly between the two scales, in a blues context but you can use what you learn in any style. Combining the pentatonic scale 3 licks with tab pdf youtube. Pdf e book lead guitar licks lesson pentatonic scales rock. Basically, minor pentatonic scale are played over minor chord types as. To play the g minor pentatonic scale in the third position, begin with your middle finger on the sixth string, eighth fret and play through the pattern as noted. Sunshine of your love, suzie q sweet child o mine, tears in heaven thunderstruck, tush walk this way. There are three ways to play the pentatonic scale pattern for lead guitar solo. The 5 minor pentatonic positions deft digits guitar lessons. Remember this works because the key of a minor has exactly the same chords as the key of c.
The major pentatonic is very similar to the minor pentatonic. Many people find this pattern easier to improvise with, there less stretching on the thinner stings and it. Minor pentatonic scales to introduce a novice guitar player to the world of rock music requires that he learn a series of scales, which we can call the tools of the trade. Its a great scale because its fairly easy to play which makes it a perfect beginner scale for soloing, but it also has the functionality. The minor pentatonic scale for guitar jazz guitar online. The backing track in the video is am blues from the lets jam. The pentatonic super highway global guitar network. My concern is with content and quality of educational material not fancy labels and pretty pictures. If you are using c major pentatonic, you can just add a couple of notes to make it c ionian, c mixolydian, or c lydian. Well learn how to extend the blues and pentatonic scales out past the open position to cover some of the other licks in down to the station. How to use the pentatonic scale as major and minor on the. Using minor and major pentatonic together effectively. King, he is the master of maximising guitar licks and particularly blues guitar licks. Some people find it easier to think in minor terms, and some find it easier to think in minor and.
These five licks will help you memorize all the pentatonic. Now lets combine the notes of the minor pentatonic and major pentatonic scale and create some soloing ideas. Guitar lovers licksriffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. Clicking here and on the image below will open a pdf file of the guitar major scale chart that prints nicely. The pentatonic scale can function as both major and minor on the guitar. And to get you going we are now looking at some licks words in this very fine position to get you going. How to use the pentatonic scale in a lead guitar solo. If you need additional help with learning the pentatonic licks. Learn the guitar scale shape these pentatonic blues licks come from,how to play them and pick up loads of performance and playing tips to help you take your. Expanding on pentatonics to create modes high country guitar. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. The major pentatonic scale is a wonderful, simple way to add colour to your blues playing. Using minor and major pentatonic together effectively minor and major pentatonic work great together in major keys and can say a lot more than if you were to just use one scale. Learn 3 great minor pentatonic blues guitar licks in the styles of masters like jimi hendrix, stevie ray vaughan, jimmy page, eric clapton and others.
Mar 06, 2017 minor pentatonic scale tricks this is not for beginners. Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. You can hear how they sound with the music at the bottom of the page. For this chapter we will be considering minor pentatonic only. A minor pentatonic also know as c major pentatonic. Guitar scales printable charts of the most commonly used. This printable guitar method in pdf format contains 40 easy minor jazz guitar lines based on the dorian mode. The pentatonic scale is the most common scale used for playing rock lead because it sounds great over every chord change in a key, and you can begin to make music with it almost immediately. The pentatonic scale is a very powerful tool on guitar. Even if you already use the dorian mode in your playing, using pentatonic shapes to play dorian licks will give you a new approach to use in your solos.
This lesson will have a lot of david rawlings influence with both styles of licks of particularly the natural minor scales. Well be checking out 10 awesome licks using both the minor pentatonic scales and the natural minor scales. Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale degree of the major pentatonic scale shown above. If you are playing in g major, use e minor pentatonic scale also know as g major pentatonic you have probably noticed that the pentatonic scale can be either a major or minor scale. To understand how this works, look at this example. Over a maj7 chord using the minor pentatonic scale from the 3rd is a good rule to remember. Language sitemap guitars licks pentatonic blues 15. You should be able to hear how great the a minor pentatonic licks sound over this backing track. The secret to why minor pentatonic scales are so useful. How to shape shift pentatonic licks into killer guitar. Ive only added hammerons and vibrato to some of the notes. Oct 10, 2011 learn to play over a standard minor blues progression using the 1st position and extended form of the a minor pentatonic scale.
Guitar scales handbook bonus lessons100 guitar licks. Easy pro major pentatonic guitar licks blues hanspeter. You could play these licks over a iivv blues progression where a7 is the i chord, d7 iv chord and e7 v chord. Jun 19, 2018 to remedy that, david wallimann has come up with five pentatonic licks that can help you memorize all the pentatonic positions along the fretboard. In the example below, and in most of the pattern tabs, well use the familiar a minor boxes. The first lick is based on the a minor pentatonic scale linked to a drop 3 min7 chord. As well as practicing scale patterns, you should also learn common licks and phrases that you can apply to your jazz guitar solos. There are 5 licks for each of the 5 minor pentatonic scale shapes shown below. These are not lessons, but supplements to my lessons.
Use my search bar to find exactly what youre looking for. If you have learnt the minor pentatonic scale then. Minor pentatonic scale tricks this is not for beginners. After trying many ways of teaching scales to students and moving them on to improvising and soloing, i have developed this exercise ebook to really get to grips with these 5 scale shapes. Three mustknow jazzy pentatonic patterns guitar world. Theyre all very very common licks that youll find most blues players using, so you want to put these in your bag right away. Pentatonic patterns for improvisation sample preparatory exercises below is an example of what i call pentatonic exercise 1 in the key of c major. Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3.
The dorian modal scale has a distinctive sound that can add interest to a solo. Here are the licks that i created from the a minor pentatonic scale to go with the example song from part 1. C eb f g bb and the cm6 pentatonic will be c eb f g a. Rock blues licks scales and applications in pdf ebook format shipped to you on a plain nonlabeled cd for you to label any way you wish. Click here to gain instant access to pdf filled with pentatonic scales. You could play these licks over a iivv blues progression where a7 is.
To grab your copy of this great app, simply click on the image above. Pentatonic licks 15 pattern 3 for electric guitar solos. A common move in many guitar solos and improvisations is to switch between the mixolydian mode and the blues scale also know as the minor pentatonic. Often they are the first scales students learn on their lead guitar journey.
This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. These 5 licks use only notes from the minor pentatonic, and incorporate string bending as most blues licks do. It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other musicians. A minor pentatonicblues scale weeping willow guitar.
You will find in this booklet 25 easy jazz guitar lines with theory using common and rare pentatonic scales. A minor pentatonic contains scale degrees 1, b3, 4, 5, and b7. Once you are familiar with the intervallic characteristics of the scale, it should be very easy to play in any key. Several typical pentatonic blues licks will be used as a starting point to develop your knowledge of the pentatonic scale. How to play more advanced blues guitar solos antony reynaert. In this exercise we play our major pentatonic scale over the entire range of our instrument up and back down again. Each lick has a corresponding audio example which is available. The most important of these are both major and minor pentatonic. I have also included two sample mp3s of the g7 lines in the book. This first lick is a good technical exercise to get the root position of the minor pentatonic scale under your fingers. But you sax blues licks lexicalize major pentatonic, that i sax blues licks have a minor blues to pleabargain upon if the blues riffs should shortcircuit weaker than the will. Many great solos were played with just 1 simple or easy guitar lick which varies throughout for the solo.
Talk about the pentatonic scale generally refers to the major pentatonic scale and its relative minor, but its a mistake, indeed, there are. That means that the cm6 pentatonic sale is a great option for this chord. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and high quality. Here are five examples that show how to mix the minor pentatonic scale with minor seventh chords. To remedy that, david wallimann has come up with five pentatonic licks that can help you memorize all the pentatonic positions along the fretboard. Here are 2 pdf books that contain 48 sonny stitt transcriptions done by fellow saxophonist keith oxman. Five pentatonic licks in pattern 3 for electric guitar solos in the styles blues, rock and pop with music notes, tab tablature and sound. This minor pentatonic scales ebook is a compilation of 9 years of preparation work teaching guitar to a wide range of abilities. Major pentatonic licks for guitar fundamental changes.
Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3 in this lesson. Here are 10 easy guitar lines using the c minor pentatonic scale transcribed from kenny burrells guitar solo on chitlins con carne from the album midnight blue. And the same goes for a minor pentatonic add a couple of notes to it, and you have now expanded it. Dorian mode pentatonic licks a new approach to modal. The two licks below use notes of both minor and major pentatonic scales. The 14 most common and usable guitar scales printable and ready to use 1. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here. Premium learning minor pentatonic scales pdf ebook.
As you will learn, these patterns can be transferred to all keys. The basics of the minor pentatonic scale for guitar soundfly. Aug 07, 2015 now lets combine the notes of the minor pentatonic and major pentatonic scale and create some soloing ideas. Youll notice that every single note that i play comes from a pentatonic scale pattern seen in part 1. Major pentatonic licks for guitar fundamental changes music. This is the only pentatonic scale pattern that requires a position shift. Combining minor and major pentatonic scales guitarhabits. It is a warm contrast to the minor pentatonic blues scale and is often used right next to the minor pentatonic to suddenly lift a solo into a happier, major territory. Typical pentatonic blues licks welcome to lesson 3 of the pentatonic scale, pentatonic blues licks. Guitar lovers licksriffs als pdf mit integriertem sound zum. The guitar major scale is happy upbeat and useful in a variety of styles of music.
The free pdf download is located directly below each video demonstrating the lick. The second shows you all 6 patterns i show you in the lessons. The halfwhole diminished scale contains a minor seventh arpeggio, that is most of minor pentatonic. A m6 pentatonic is a minor pentatonic scale where the b7 is replaced with a 6th. I have often been told that the blues scale and its close cousin the minor pentatonic scales were the. The pentatonic super highway okay, its not so much a road as it is a pathway through a scale you probably already know, the major minor pentatonic scale. The thing with music is those comfortable spotslike that bend you might do on the third string in the first positionis always gonna result in that particular interval being bent, and. It is a pdf file that you can download immediately so you can get to work.
The minor pentatonic scale in action ok, now we know how to play the minor pentatonic and the blues scale, lets talk about how we can put them into action. The trick here is to practice the patterns lots before you try and move it around. Instant access to the 17 page pdf filled with scales 7. Intro to the minor pentatonic scale, the caged system, scale degrees vs. The minor pentatonic scale is the most used scale for soloing and it is used in a wide variety of music styles like pop, rock, country, metal, blues and more. Here are some free pdfs used to supplement my free video lessons. The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. Well now that you know the minor pentatonic pattern 2, you should probably start using it. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in. Pentatonic blues licks must know minor pentatonic licks. Check out my free video lessons on my free lessons page. Chitarra scale pentatoniche pdf learn the major and minor pentatonic scales, their patterns, when to use them, and why theyre the scale shortcut. This first file shows you the first licks that i play at the start and the picking. Mastering the blues scale volume 2 dominant chords has 127 great blues licks in all 12 keys.
It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can. In this lesson you will be learning some ways to use the pentatonic scale in a solo. Feb 16, 2018 this minor pentatonic scales ebook is a compilation of 9 years of preparation work teaching guitar to a wide range of abilities. Listen to how each pentatonic scale sounds as it outlines its corresponding chord. This jazz guitar method is an ebook available as a pdf with standard notation, guitar tabs, diagrams, analysis, audio files and backing tracks. A c eb g it is worth noticing that this is an inversion of a cm6 chord. The minor pentatonic scale by paul tauterouff the minor pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly scales used in rock, blues, country and jazz music. In this lesson i am going to demonstrate how you can make a variation on the trusted minor pentatonic scale that has a lot of advantages when dealing with tonic minor, half diminished chords and altered dominants. And that rule gives us gm pentatonic on the ebmaj7 chord. Finally, in the freddie king example, the minor pentatonic licks fall over the v to iv of the turnaround, followed by major pentatonic licks over the i chord in measures 11 and 12. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts.
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