Oh, I should add that the 7 note scales can be derived by combining two pentatonic scales. C Major is created by combining the C Major Pentatonic with the G Minor Pentatonic scales. This means that instead of learning the major and minor scale shapes you should just learn the five pentatonic shapes on the fretboard and learn how they overlay to create the Major scale.
2nd video of yours I've watched. Both lessons were very good. I'm a music teacher too, a fairly green one. Always picking up new techniques and teaching tactics. Thanks for posting this.
@BlastFromYesterday All you really need to do is to avoid a sudden out of key note. If you are playing in Pentatonic there are 5 notes that repeat all the way down the fretboard in 5 positions, (or patterns) which then repeat every 12 (octave) frets.
If you want you can add another 2 notes over your pentatonic to turn it into a 7 note scale and which notes you add will determine which scale (or mode) you're playing.
@BlastFromYesterday So the reason Pentatonic is the scale you should really learn first is because it is a stripped down version of the 7 note scales and modes.
The other layer to this is that each position corresponds to a different open chord. This allows you to easily control the tonality (what chord is implied by the lead riff) by switching between the positions. This also makes it easy to throw chords in between your riffs.
@BlastFromYesterday So really it is the position of a riff over a chord in time and how the riff and chord interact with each other and how each note interacts with the other notes inside that riff or chord that really gives a song it's fingerprint, and without that context you won't really know what you'll like. You've just gotta try different positions over different chords, because the space between the note changes in relation to the root note of each chord.
Oh, I should add that the 7 note scales can be derived by combining two pentatonic scales. C Major is created by combining the C Major Pentatonic with the G Minor Pentatonic scales. This means that instead of learning the major and minor scale shapes you should just learn the five pentatonic shapes on the fretboard and learn how they overlay to create the Major scale.
Janusduo 2 weeks ago
awesome guy! subscribed.
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2nd video of yours I've watched. Both lessons were very good. I'm a music teacher too, a fairly green one. Always picking up new techniques and teaching tactics. Thanks for posting this.
legatolaurel 5 months ago
are there only certain frets you can move to so it sounds good?
BlastFromYesterday 6 months ago
@BlastFromYesterday All you really need to do is to avoid a sudden out of key note. If you are playing in Pentatonic there are 5 notes that repeat all the way down the fretboard in 5 positions, (or patterns) which then repeat every 12 (octave) frets.
If you want you can add another 2 notes over your pentatonic to turn it into a 7 note scale and which notes you add will determine which scale (or mode) you're playing.
Janusduo 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@BlastFromYesterday So the reason Pentatonic is the scale you should really learn first is because it is a stripped down version of the 7 note scales and modes.
The other layer to this is that each position corresponds to a different open chord. This allows you to easily control the tonality (what chord is implied by the lead riff) by switching between the positions. This also makes it easy to throw chords in between your riffs.
Janusduo 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
@BlastFromYesterday So really it is the position of a riff over a chord in time and how the riff and chord interact with each other and how each note interacts with the other notes inside that riff or chord that really gives a song it's fingerprint, and without that context you won't really know what you'll like. You've just gotta try different positions over different chords, because the space between the note changes in relation to the root note of each chord.
Then YOU get to decide.
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