I tried to create these licks to really emphasize those comfort zones in each of these positions, he explains. Many intermediate guitarists get stuck playing only this scale over a dominant blues. The notes for the a minor pentatonic scale are found all over the fretboard, as shown in the diagram below. If you are just starting out in blues you should definitely check out this video. In these 3 licks i hope it will change how you view the pentatonic scale and most of all give you ideas. It works really well with most traditional blues tunes, since blues songs do tend to be comparatively simple in construction. It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other musicians.
Using minor and major pentatonic together effectively. And, what we want to learn how to do is visualize the first position of the minor pentatonic scale and the second position of the major pentatonic over the same position on the neck, and use the notes from both scales to play blues licks and riffs. Mixolydian is a great scale to experiment with in a major blues context. A pentatonic scale is a scale with 5 notes, while the blues scale is a scale with 6. It is also from the a minor pentatonic scale, but can be used over an a major or a minor blues. Guitar lovers licksriffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. Leigh fuge of mgr music digs into 10 interesting and helpful lead blues guitar licks, ideal for beginners or novice blues guitar players looking for an injection of practice ideas. Youll find the lick will come to you much easier this way. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. Instant access to the 17 page pdf filled with scales 7 tips. The scale itself is the same as the minor pentatonic with the addition of one extra note. There is more to playing the blues that the blues scale, it is possible to take a more jazzy approach, paying more regard to the chord sequence using arpeggios etc.
Note that the intervals that make up the am pentatonic scale are universal to all minor pentatonic scales. Learn these licks one by one, understand how they fit the particular position that theyre in, and then make your own. Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3. Its best to have this scale down before trying to master the lick. Exercises a minor pentatonic master guitar academy. Its a standard lick using the notes from the minor pentatonic scale. Its a great tool to have in the toolbox and well explore it. This collection of 30 licks will inspire you new ideas using the minor pentatonic scale and multiple keys and in multiple tempos. The secret to why minor pentatonic scales are so useful. Blues form, 7th chords, pulling riffs out of chords. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and high quality. The only thing that changes is the root note from which the scale is built. Why the minor pentatonic scale is not the best option to use am pentatonic scale box position lets start with questioning the good old minor pentatonic scale.
Lesson 8 the e minor blues scales dvd 3 in this lesson. 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. Pentatonic licks 15 pattern 3 for electric guitar solos. He came to the forefront of the scene in the mid 1960s with a series of funkoriented releases on the stax label. Essential minor pentatonic blues licks in this guitar lesson ill show you step by step how to play three essential minor pentatonic blues licks which you can use to spice up your blues soloswatch to discover. It is a warm contrast to the minor pentatonicblues scale and is often used right next to the minor pentatonic to suddenly lift a solo into a happier, major territory.
Also, use this scale to warm up before practicing the lick. 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. Hey blues players, today i would like to show you an exercise that can help you to improve the connection between minor pentatonic patterns. Combining minor and major pentatonic scales guitarhabits. Download a highquality, printable pdf of the lick here. They just ooze that minor bluesy vibe or sweet major vibe. How to tell when you can use the e minor pentatonic scale in a way that musically works and.
A jimmy pageinspired pentatonic lick anyone can play guitar. Several typical pentatonic blues licks will be used as a starting point to develop your knowledge of the pentatonic scale. Mga where guitarists learn, improve, excel and have fun with lessons by robert renman. Heres a lick that can be found in every blues guitarists tool box. G mixolydian moderately j g arp semiclean basic scale. All the notes are taken from pattern 1 of the d minor pentatonic scale, and its really just a slight. And to get you going we are now looking at some licks words in this very fine position to get you going. Blues rock pentatonic licks gilmour style guitar lesson.
Theyre all very very common licks that youll find most blues players using, so you want to put these in your bag right away. The 3 blues licks are free and for you to use in your own improvisation. Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3 in this lesson. There are 5 licks for each of the 5 minor pentatonic scale shapes shown below. 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. So here we have our 5 words from minor pentatonic pattern 3. The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. Styles include blues, funk, rock, country, licks, theory, technique and more.
The e minor pentatonic scale the e minor blues scale. In this lesson youll learn the one scale that is responsible for about 95% of all the blues licks you hear the minor pentatonic and minor blues scale. Learn a complete blues solo based on the pentatonic scale, written and recorded by francesco cagnacci. This means that by using a combination of d and e pentatonic minor scales you can construct dorian licks. This lesson will help you build licks that move smoothly between the two scales, in a blues context but. C minor pentatonic slowly semiclean tone albert king is another colossal figure in electric blues guitar.
Theres a mysterious extra something you hear in the solos of many of the blues greats clapton, green, bb. Premium learning minor pentatonic scales pdf ebook. The first batch of licks comes from the swing jazz and jump blues era of the late 1930s and early. We all know that using the minor pentatonic scale sounds bloody marvellous when taking a blues solo, but there are times when using that scale alone doesnt quite cut it. The major pentatonic scale is a wonderful, simple way to add colour to your blues playing. Well now that you know the minor pentatonic pattern 2, you should probably start. The blues players often ad an attitional passing note to the pentatonic scale which is technically known as a flattened 5th that means an extra note in between notes 3 and 4 of the pentatonic scale. The scale illustrated on the right is the most common basic box position. Language sitemap guitars licks pentatonic blues 15. Dorian mode pentatonic licks a new approach to modal. Classic pentatonic blues licks in the style of jimi hendrix, eric clapton, stevie ray vaughan and othershow to use blues curls and other soloing tricks for an authentic blues guitar. So, to make a riff using both scales, lets focus on the top two strings starting at the fifth. The minor pentatonic scale is constructed from five notes of the natural minor scale.
The picking hand uses hybrid picking in this example. Youll notice this one is used quite a bit by stevie ray vaughan. This minor pentatonic scales ebook is a compilation of 9 years of preparation work teaching guitar to a wide range of abilities. As the e minor pentatonic e g a b d phrases in figure 1ab illustrate, blues licks are typically inflected with frethand pitch bends, frethand vibrato, and legato moves like hammerons and pulloffs. Combining the pentatonic scale 3 licks with tab pdf youtube. Pentatonic blues licks 15 pattern 3 in a click graphic to play audio deactivate arrows on your keyboard for page navigation with alt k. In blues, these include the flatted 5thaugmented 4th, the minor 3rd in a major or dominant context. Most of us are familiar with using the minor and major pentatonic scales in our blues solos. Each lick has a corresponding audio example which is available. 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. Heres a static fmaj7 lick that uses the f major pentatonic scale, mostly. The minor pentatonic scale for guitar jazz guitar online. In true abercrombie fashion, the first part of the.
Major and minor blues scales guitar tab and essential licks. A minor pentatonic scale 3rd position 9th fret comparing the major and minor pentatonic scales, the minor scale just gets first prize as the most versatile, which is why weve featured it here and suggest you learn the a minor pentatonic scale to begin with. Now lets combine the notes of the minor pentatonic and major pentatonic scale and create some soloing ideas. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. Pentatonic licks are a key characteristic of authenticsounding blues. Typical pentatonic blues licks welcome to lesson 3 of the pentatonic scale, pentatonic blues licks. As you will learn, these patterns can be transferred to all keys. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and. In this case, we begin each line with one of three related licks in 5th position, then use a different position of the major pentatonic sound in each line to answer.
Majorminor pentatonic blues soloing anyone can play guitar. The most important of these are both major and minor pentatonic. These five licks will help you memorize all the pentatonic. How to play the mixolydian blues a sweeter blues sound. Many people find this pattern easier to improvise with, there less stretching on the thinner stings and it. Pentatonic blues licks must know minor pentatonic licks. Before the solo starts, the track plays through the rhythm part for several measures tab included at the bottom of this page. Many great solos were played with just 1 simple or easy guitar lick which varies throughout for the solo. King, he is the master of maximising guitar licks and particularly blues guitar licks. In this lesson well tackle another standard blues use lick used by most blues guitarists. This is a classic albert king style lick used by many. Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues and over iivv changes. It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other.
E d g b e a pentaton c minor scale box 1 glitarsik. A minor pentatonicblues scale weeping willow guitar. You could play these licks over a iivv blues progression where a7 is the i. This printable pdf ebook available for free download contains 6 easy jazz guitar licks with tabsnotation, youtube video link and. 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.
But in major blues, theres a seventone heptatonic scale, mixolydian, that can offer us more colourful, sweeter phrasing options. Alongside the minor pentatonic scale, minor blues is often the first scale guitarists learn. For this lesson, david created five licks in a g minor pentatonic context using the five positions. Just divide the neck of your guitar in the middle with an imaginary line, from the headstock to the bridge.
Major pentatonic licks for guitar fundamental changes. The two licks below use notes of both minor and major pentatonic scales. Each lick is accurately tabbed in pdf and gp6 format. Well now that you know the minor pentatonic pattern 2, you should probably start using it. The e minor pentatonic scale how to play blues guitar. Copy them, rip them apart, turn them around and make them your own. The pentatonic scale is the most often used scale for soloing and improvising in blues and rock. As you can see, the dorian modal scale contains all of the notes from both the d and the e pentatonic scales. The intervals in minor pentatonic are root or 1, b3rd, 4th, 5th, and b7th.
After learning the lick and playing with the jam track, transfer the. In this lesson you will be learning some ways to use the pentatonic scale in a solo. The eminor pentatonic scale in the 1st position on the octave. The e minor pentatonic scale is a useful and fun guitar scale to know. The blues scale is very closely related to the minor pentatonic scale, and is used unsurprisingly in blues. These 5 licks use only notes from the minor pentatonic, and incorporate string bending as most blues licks do.
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