Free December Lesson - Pentatonic Line Creation

Hey guys!

I'm going to be doing free monthly video lessons on my website for the resources section and will be uploading them to youtube also. This months lesson is on using a symmetrical system for line creation within the minor pentatonic scale and is available for December only!

You can get the TAB at my website here: -
http://www.tomquayle.co.uk/resourcestips.html

Hope you enjoy!

Go to http://www.tomquayle.co.uk/lessons.html for more lessons with me.

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[CRANKYONE100]

Interesting tuning - was that influence from Alex Hutchings at all? or is there a general tuning shift starting for guitar fusionists?

[tq105]

@CRANKYONE100 Hi there. I've been using the tuning since about 1999 after being shown it by a guitar teacher at the time. Wasn't until recently that I found out Alex uses it too! :-)

[roccckkerrr]

its amazing how your videos make my day, despite the fact that my gf cheated on me and dumped me this cheers me tremendously

[Shredderof7Seas]

Just studying a few of your licks really opens the fretboard

[timmy47]

@ibanezbloke well thats the thing, i play a lot of rock and blues stuff. i also play a lot of eric johnson type pentatonic stuff and i don't really like how that scale sits in 4ths tuning. if i got more into jazz i might switch, but i kinda need to be able to switch from pop, rock, blues, jazz, country, and i also play slide in standard. so its nice having that major triad in the middle and minor one on the top 3 strings. so i think i need my jack of all trades tuning haha

[ibanezbloke]

@timmy47 Well, you could do do a 6-string major "power chord" in 4ths if you use your thumb to fret the low string. That being said, I'm in jazz college and never really play 6 string chords, so I suppose it comes down to what you do stylistically. If you go up and play Oasis songs that 4ths are really......REALLY impractical.

[timmy47]

@ibanezbloke but i may be wrong, but i don't think you can do full 6 string chords in 4ths tuning can you? if the top strings are lower, i don't see how you can do barre chords. you would have to stick to smaller, yet more easily movable chords. i think standard is probably like the jack of all trades type of tuning. it's not really that hard to learn different voicings anyway. i can see how jazz and fusion players would like 4ths though.

[ibanezbloke]

@timmy47 Standard tuning can work better if you use lots of open string chords. But if you use more movable shapes it doesn't make much sense anymore

[timmy47]

@ibanezbloke standard tuning works better i think self accompaniment type playing which is probably why it became standard. it was used more in classical music. i think it allows you to play scale shapes with less hand movement than in 4ths so you can stay in one position and divide up the fretboard into blocks. i suppose there is also a slightly increased range. there are pros and cons to any tuning really.

[dimeowns100]

"I can't do it at lightspeed"

-does it at damn near lightspeed-

[toby1kenobe]

doesnt quite roll off fingers in standard tuning, rolling on 5th fret over g abd b strings is arkward!

Fantastic vid tho thanks

[timstudio777]

Hey Tom, I was wanting to know how you like the Suhr SSV+ compared to the SSV? Does it still sound open?

[ibanezbloke]

@boogahed 4ths tuning is far more logical than standard tuning. Think about if you learn a 4-string chord voicing starting on low E. If you want to play that starting from the A string, you need a new shape. and from D is another new shape. The 4th's tuning eliminates that, essentially giving a 3:1 learning ratio. The drawback? A lot of 6 string chords are difficult, if not outright impossible, and also, you lose all those open position chords.

[boogahed]

@tq105 Hey Tom how do u think of pentatonics, coz i think of them in that box which is likely slowing me down. Also what are the advantages of that tuning over standard?