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FREE
LESSON
Pentatonic
to the blues
To
look at the minor blues pentatonic more closely I want
to change the key to Gm. By doing this we see some common
patterns that can be remembered easily across the fretboard.
First lets look at all the Gm pentatonic blues scale notes
up to the 12th fret.
Remember,
from what we've learned so far, these notes work well
over the three chord trick in Gm i.e. Gm Cm and Dm and
can also be called the G blues scale, working well with
G7 C7 and D7. The most easily recognised pattern is the
guitarists staple diet. This is at the 3rd position starting
on G.
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To
avoid starting always starting on the root note, it is
a good idea to work modally through the scale, i.e. starting
on different notes of the scale. This next pattern starts
on the 2nd note - Bb.
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The
next pattern starts on the 4th note of the scale - C.
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Playing
in patterns is a great way of memorising the blue note
positions. I find it easier to memorise short patterns
and use them in my riff playing. If we look at the fretboard
again I've highlighted some of these patterns.
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There
are many more patterns like these, see if you can find
your own.
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