Themajor pentatonic scaleproduces a clear, melodic sound – ideal for soloing over major chord sequences. This scale is often used in country and rock music. More information on pentatonic major scales can be found on this page:Pentatonic Major Scale. 1 Octave C Pentatonic Major Guitar Scale T...
If they are not yet grasping the formula for building a pentatonic major scale (Tonic, whole, whole, half, whole) then I draw little hollow circles on their lesson sheet to represent the 5 notes of MHaLL, and color in the ones that should be black keys with pen or pencil (or let ...
If you don't know much about big band performers, find the essentialCount Basieand Duke Ellington recordings. Then look up who played in their bands. Again, who else did they play with? Then find the other major big-band arrangers and players and ask the sa...
I figured it out by the seat of my pants. So for a long time, my career was only ‘riff-based’ pentatonic scales. I had a kind of epiphany where I realized that if you play ‘four frets and three frets’ that’s a major, you play ‘three frets and ...
I keep these lessons simple and straightforward, but they are still jam-packed full of essential guitar knowledge and tips. I've yet to meet the guitarist who can resist learning secrets such as... The hauntingly beautiful "Major 7" Chords, such as Fmaj7 and Cmaj7. These are my absolu...
“So What,” tonic minor could also mean minor seven and the associated dorian and pentatonic scales. One can hear this 60’s language evolve on records of “Softly” by Coltrane and the wonderful version on Larry Young’sUnitywith Woody Shaw and Joe Henderson. Eventually the tune would be...
I am also very inspired by the late Slack Key guitarists Cyril Pahinui and Atta Isaacs who both play extensively in Atta's C Major tuning which has one note different on the fourth string C-G-E-G-C-E. [C]-F-G-C-G-B-D, a cross between the G Major Tuning in the top three ...