Once your fingers become accustomed to the shape, try soloing in a free and random way while listening to the melodic contour of the lines and letting your ear decide which note to play next. Before combining them, i remember first learning to solo over the standard 145 blues progression, and my teacher at the time gave me a quick trick for alternating between the minor and major pentatonic solos. Guitar soloing secrets unlocking the potential of the. Major pentatonic soloing for this lesson ive put together a classic rockstyle solo using just the major pentatonic scale. Guitar scales tabs blues guitar scales step 1 the pentatonic scale in am. The next step is to be able play these 5 patterns in different keys. 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.
This is a practical strategy that helps you make patterns sound natural. Advanced chords and rhythmsthis bundle includes hours and hours of video tuition, tons. Its an old tricked used by solo guitar playersand bass players for that matter. How to use various majorpentatonic shapes for soloing. Now that weve broken down the mechanics of the minor pentatonic scale, its time to get creative with it, like we did it earlier with the major and minor scale. Page 1 hi, and welcome to pentatonic scales for guitar a pentatonic scale has just 5 notes. This is done by simply shifting the patterns around. If you are playing in a minor key, use that minor pentatonic. Not just a 94 page book, this is a full and indepth video guide that helps you master 11 exotic pentatonic scales and 55 essential licks for guitar.
For example to play the 5 patterns for a minor pentatonic play pattern 1 at the 5th fret which is the note a on the 6th string. Throughout these lessons you will be inspired by tons of new licks, new ways to add rhythmic spice to progressions, new devices, and new and different ways to look at the acoustic guitar that will help springboard your playing to the. Now let me show you how to work on the minor pentatonic scale with the metronome. How to use the dominant pentatonic scale in your blues. A lot of guitar players use only one pentatonic position shape. Soloing strategies for guitar explores a variety of improvisational concepts and.
So first well talk through some of the ways you can go about this, and then well trade 4s again with the rock backing track and have some fun with it. Improvising with the pentatonic scale improvising really isnt as difficult as you might think. Exotic pentatonic soloing for guitar comes with 90 minutes of hd video and 183 free audio examples you can download from. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here. It tabs out the pentatonic scales in all 12 major and minor keys.
This is a 6 page worksheet covering all 5 forms of the basic and hybrid pentatonic scales. Pentatonic soloing strategies for guitar takes the most common improvisational tool, the. Major pentatonic scale lesson for major key soloing. Using the same approach, here is an even better trick. Essentials of soloing ultimate power pentatonics for guitar. If you start at the g on the 3rd fret of the low e string youll get a g major pentatonic scale. Also, it uses a strict twofretsperstring approach that is very guitar friendly. Learn lead guitar in the style of carlos santana udemy. My buddy casey smith, whos known in the guitar community for his quirky attitude and killer guitar and teaching skills, decided to take his more than 15 years of experience in playing and teaching guitar to make a short course aimed specifically at teaching people how to play mindblowing solos fast and easy using simple pentatonic principles. The most basic thing to do is to run the scales updown at a comfortable tempo and then use the up 2down 1 method to slowly improve your technique. Pentatonic scales pdf and instructional video guitar.
If you are playing in a major key, then use the relative minor pentatonic scale. In every scale that i diagram out i always illustrate the root notes with black filled in ovals. Major and minor pentatonic scales guitar fretboard relationship. Another great aspect of the pentatonic scale is that it is very closely related to quartal harmony. Minor and major pentatonic scales diagrammed out across. Clef notes pentatonic soloing strategies for guitar. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and. The major pentatonic scale is the most commonly used guitar scale when playing a guitar solo in a major key. Knowing how to play guitar scales will make you a better leadsolo player as. Am pentatonic scales give us a blueprint of what notes will work and what notes will not work when it comes time to play a solo. How to learn the pentatonic scales with 5 box patterns. Wikipedia has a nice article on these scales including the others here. Play pattern 1 starting at the root note of the key for the song. Below is a download link for the pentatonic scale pdf.
It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other musicians. On the d7alt i use an fm pentatonic scale and play a line consisting of two quartal arpeggios. The 5 minor pentatonic scale patterns learning to play. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and. Major pentatonic scales in open position closed mobile major pentatonic scales forms horizontal.
In this short lesson youll learn everything you need to know to get started playing and using the major pentatonic scale in your guitar solos. The next step is to continue the process by moving up through all scale positions of e major pentatonic and then improvising in each new area. Complete with high quality, accurate transcriptions, and indepth pentatonic theory explanations. I know many of you have probably been trained in the school of play whats on the page, dummy and dont deviate. This worksheet is suitable for all levels of guitar player. These patterns all link together as shown in the above diagram. The pentatonic scale is use primarily used for soloing. Please feel free to pass this ebook on to your friends. Use the minor pentatonic for the sections on the 1 and the major pentatonic for the sections on the 4, and alternate back in. Modal soloing strategies for guitar is a comprehensive, multifaceted study of. There are three ways to play the pentatonic scale pattern for lead guitar solo. Thats great if you start out with soloing, in fact its better to stay with that for a while to explore all the possibilities. Guitar scales guitar scales regardless what instrument you play, learning to play scales is a rite of passage.
The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale degree of the major pentatonic scale shown above. 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. The most important of these are both major and minor pentatonic. First lets talk through some ideas, and then well go back and forth improvising over the backing track. Dont worry about understanding why it sounds the way it does right now. Soloing strategies for guitar pdf mp3 soloing strategies for guitar explores a variety of improvisational concepts and techniques, backed up with fingering patterns, exercises, and. Pdf and online lesson memorize the guitar fretboard a sixstep program to learn. Pentatonic scale shape exercises around the fretboard. Pentatonic soloing strategies for guitar by erik halbig. The first position e shape its because its the most comfortable shape to play in. How to use the pentatonic scale in a lead guitar solo.
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. Now if you are serious about learning these fixe boxes, you will be rewarded with one of the most powerful tools for borderless soloing. This edition of alfred musics clef notes shows you the pentatonic scales almost limitless possibilities. Pentatonic soloing strategies for guitar takes the most common improvisational tool, the pentatonic scale, and shows you its almost limitless possibilities. As you will learn, these patterns can be transferred to all keys. This lesson is a continuation of the previous 2 posts so if you need a refresher you might want to take a look at those. It begins with standard major and minor pentatonic scales in the five basic positions and quickly moves into challenging pentatonic variations for string skipping and sweep picking. The first thing you have to ask yourself when you are preparing to solo is what key is the song in.
How to use the simple pentatonic scale to solo over. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. There are three ways youll want to learn your major pentatonic scale forms. With this system, it is impossible to play a wrong note. Once your fingers become accustomed to the shape, try soloing in a free and random way while listening to the melodic contour of the lines and letting your ear. Guitar lovers licksriffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. Foolproof minor soloing strategy creating licks from chord. I also have a pdf with the scale fingerings used that you can get by clicking here. Now i play only electric guitar using a pick of course and i keep play these scales as a warm up exercise. I have been trapped in minor pentatonic scales soloing up and down the. Pentatonic soloing over a 1 to 4 in g major lead guitar. Figure 5 shows e major pentatonic as it falls in fourth position, and figures 6 and 7 illustrate descending groups of threes and fours, respectively, played in this pattern, or shape.
Free guitar page 5 ok, back to how to use these pentatonic fingering patterns to solo over chords. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. Intermediate guitar lesson pentatonic scale picking. Minor pentatonic pattern 1 major pentatonic pattern 5 playing this pattern from left to right and up across the strings means you will be playing the e minor pentatonic scale. This is the foundation to becoming a learned musician, rather than merely a recreational player.
The pdf is for members only, so youll need to login to download it. It was an extremely good exercise for fingers and speed bursting. However, the scales we are concerned with here are the most commonly used for guitar, the major and minor. Guitar soloing, and improvisation in general, is a complex subject. Learn blues rock lead guitar soloing devices, techniques, licks, and soloing strategies inspired by carlos santana 0. But im also going to show you some other fun exercises you can do with your metronome to master the minor and major pentatonic scales. Here you get suggestions for guitar, amp, and effects settings. I have written a book, jazz guitar soloing concepts. In this free video guitar lesson you will learn an extremely simple way to improvise with modes without having to know anything but basic pentatonic scales the key to modal target notes is to know what note in each individual mode gives it its unique sound and then add that note to a familiar pentatonic shape as a target note. The concept behind using fm over d7alt is covered in this lesson. Jun 17, 20 pentatonic soloing shifting positions how to solo guitar lesson stay safe and healthy. This book begins with standard major and minor pentatonic scales in the five basic.
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 blues guitar soloing to the next level. In the next tips you will find the ways to get your blues guitar solos to the next level. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. As guitarists we all love our minor pentatonics but when it comes to using the majors many of us are on more uncertain ground. Guitar soloing lesson anatomy of the pentatonic scale. 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 a previous blog post, play guitar solo in any key without learning notes the 5 major scale patterns, we showed you how its possible to learn the patterns or shapes of any major scale without necessarily memorising the name of the notes being played. Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues and over iivv changes. To really grasp the concepts of this lesson you should learn all five pentatonic boxes see scale charts below.
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