There's nothing that compares to that bluesy Gospel sound; soul; you can feel it! Hearing BB King live was like a religious experience! You can't record it!
The blues is NOT minor pentatonic, certainly not if you speak of history. I suppose this is just a lesson to fit in the common TrueFire philosophy that tries to center most things around the pentatonic scale ... .
Absolutely correct. You can find penta scales in traditional music around the world. Blues music was a unique creation of African-Americans with a unique scale and rhythm.
@@jjryan1352 Thanks for your input. I don't mean to imply that the minor pentatonic scale is exclusive to blues or, that blues is limited to just five notes. Actually, blues is very chromatic as it often moves from flatted to sharped notes. My point is that the pentatonic scale gives us a starting point for understanding a wide variety of American and World music. An analogy might be the idea that all painting is made up of primary colors (red, blue and yellow) and two shades (black and white). This information doesn't make you a painter, it just lets you realize one thing that all paintings have in common. Thanks!
You left out the most important note the "Blue Note" man. The Tritone. The b5 whatever you want to call it. Come on it's not just about the pentatonic scale it's much more complex than that. I'm sure you know this so why not mention this?
Some serious issues to contend with when you have a preacher talking about the blues. Minor penta might connect to gospel, but blues used blues scale. So you get a conflicting message here. Two vastly different types of music with different characteristics in melody, rhythm and harmonies which grew up in two very different social settings.
I haven't found no one who knows more of the blues tradition than Rev. Jones. Not on RUclips.
Thank you so much for this amazing series. All guitarists, blues or not, should watch these series.
The Reverend is the real deal. Such a treat to listen, watch and learn from him.
Mr. Jones is the best your friend Carl from TX
watched a few videos became a fan after this one had to subscribe. many blessings Rev Thank you for the History lesson.
Loved the lesson and the glasses! Looking forward to more. That's blues ya'll!
Just found this series today. Looking forward to learning more. Thanks for the history lessons and the music.
Thanks for sharing. Really beautiful... Let's see what comes next...
This is such an inspiring series!!! Thanks for creating and sharing!
This is awesome, thank you!
Excellent I Thank u sir🇫🇷👍🏼🍒
"The minor pentatonic scale connects us as Americans" Beautifully said!
I liked this video! Great job!
Muito bom. Abraço para o Brazil.
Здорово!
There's nothing that compares to that bluesy Gospel sound; soul; you can feel it! Hearing BB King live was like a religious experience! You can't record it!
Youuuuuuuu gotta go
To the lonesome valley...
Music transcends race. It doesn’t care about anything but a person’s soul.
The blues is NOT minor pentatonic, certainly not if you speak of history. I suppose this is just a lesson to fit in the common TrueFire philosophy that tries to center most things around the pentatonic scale ... .
Absolutely correct. You can find penta scales in traditional music around the world. Blues music was a unique creation of African-Americans with a unique scale and rhythm.
@@jjryan1352 Thanks for your input. I don't mean to imply that the minor pentatonic scale is exclusive to blues or, that blues is limited to just five notes. Actually, blues is very chromatic as it often moves from flatted to sharped notes. My point is that the pentatonic scale gives us a starting point for understanding a wide variety of American and World music. An analogy might be the idea that all painting is made up of primary colors (red, blue and yellow) and two shades (black and white). This information doesn't make you a painter, it just lets you realize one thing that all paintings have in common. Thanks!
@@robertjonessr.3138 thank you, sir. 👍🏻🙏🏻
You left out the most important note the "Blue Note" man. The Tritone. The b5 whatever you want to call it. Come on it's not just about the pentatonic scale it's much more complex than that. I'm sure you know this so why not mention this?
Maybe because the video is less than 4 minutes. Did you want them to fit in the blues use of mixing minor and major 3rd in under 4 minutes as well?
Some serious issues to contend with when you have a preacher talking about the blues. Minor penta might connect to gospel, but blues used blues scale. So you get a conflicting message here. Two vastly different types of music with different characteristics in melody, rhythm and harmonies which grew up in two very different social settings.