Have studied from your book, got this scale down. Up until today I’d study a minor and play it over that or C major scales… then I read that I can use a minor over its self or the major of same root (A Major). I had no idea, thinking I could only use the minor scale as the relative minor.
Do you have teaching materials that would teach me how to use minor scales in this way, now that I understand how to find roots and move around the fretboard?
id like to learn how to use A minor pentatonics with A Major, etc. Thanks for any direction!!!
Merry Christmas as well
Sincerely
Bert
Hi Bert.
Not sure if I completely understand what you are asking but I assume you mean mixing the minor and major pentatonics over the same chord progression – for example, A major chord progression Amaj, Dmaj, Emaj – using A minor and/or A major pentatonic over it?
Using minor pentatonic over the major (or dominant) progressions is quite common in blues and blues-based rock.
I talk about this in my Pentatonic Workshop Course (over on Soundslice) but I don’t think in any great detail, I can’t quite remember. If you already have my Pentatonic Fluency book then you can get the course for a discount. Details at the bottom of this page, above the comments.
https://www.guitar-chords.org.uk/blog/pentatonic-workshop/
Merry Christmas to you too 🙂
hello Lee. the book is excellent and i get it at last after many years. I can play licks and know the box types and chord positions through the neck. But I am struggling to link a solo. At the moment, i am repetitive with a repertoire of licks as apposed to a flowing solo. I know we are encouraged to create our own ideas but have you any exercises for say a Gm, Am and Dm LINKED solo using boxes 1 and 4 please ? ( between frets 3 and 8 – I think !) Kind regards, Warre
Hi Warren.
I’m not quite sure what you mean by linked solo? Can you explain a bit more?
It can be difficult to know where you might be struggling but one thing I’ll say is you should be able to create a reasonably full solo without leaving a single pentatonic position. You may need some more ideas about breaking things up a bit.
I have a few free lessons on Soundslice, it uses the natural minor but I think you may get some more ideas from it.
Checkout “Guitar soloing. Intermediate and Beyond”. It’s up to part 5 now, there’s three more to go that I need to upload. You can find them here.
lee, i mean putting together a solo that incorporates notes from within the different pentotonic box shapes. I am quite good with boxes 1 3 and 4.
To my ear i can’t seem to create a solo that has a start, middle and
I suppose an ending – Warren,