How To Improvise Blues 5 - Mixing Major & Minor Pt1
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- Опубликовано: 9 сен 2024
- Blues improvisation Lesson 5: Using Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales over a 12 bar blues
5th lesson in a series studying Blues Improvisation: Learn to Improvise Blues.
This lesson covers:
- Difference between minor blues & dominant
- Playing A major pentatonic
- Switching between major and minor pentatonic
This is the first of a 2 part tuition on mixing major and minor in blues.
The important links:
Lesson 1: • How To Improvise Blues...
Lesson 2: • How To Improvise Blues...
Lesson 3: • How To Improvise Blues...
Lesson 4: • How To Improvise Blues...
Lesson 6: • How To Improvise Blues...
I have covered mixing major and minor in other lessons:
• Play your 1st blues so...
• Mixing Major & Minor P...
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The example solo is over a 12 bar backing track which is available here:
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These lessons just keep getting better. Its the best series available. Thanks a lot Marc.
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You do an amazing job Marc! I love your teaching! I'd buy your teaching lessons.
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A very valuable lesson, thanks Marc
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Wow this series, but specifically this part in the series, was laid out EXACTLY how I needed it for my mind to process with ease. Thanks this video is great (I'll be watching all of the others).
Wow, thanks for such a kind comment. When I made tis series, that's exactly the type of reaction I was hoping for. Thanks again
Super lesson as always!, great format especially with the theory actually making sense.
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A high quality lesson & very well explained Thanks for the lessons.
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Finally with each video, the dark guitar universe is making sense. I always had a mental block with improvising and now I think I can make it. Thanks Marc for such a wonderful series, and really happy that you take the trouble to answer peoples doubts in the comments.
Thank you for such a great comment. That's a very kind comment.
Great lesson Marc. It always has me laughing when I read in a comment section "He/she is just playing pentatonics" There is so much to know about the pentatonic scales, and how to use them.
Completely agree Graeme! I made a whole series on that particular idea, a year or two ago.
Marc, you explained it very well. Thank you!
Thanks Peter, I always worry about how I'm explaining these ideas. Thanks for the great feedback
Very good lesson!
Cheers!
That’s fantastic, thank you so much Marc. I always struggle by combining the shapes in improvising. It‘s so much easier now. Thanks a lot, you are a fantastic teacher and you explain the important things without talking to much about the theorie and harmonie... ❤️ I‘m so happy. Thanks a lot, Marc and have a great evening.
Wow! Thanks you for the kind comment. This is really encouraging
great lesson marc seen this a few times but now i get it thanks to this lesson looking forward to what might follow
Cheers Mike
thanks Marc! After all these years all it took was listening to your approach for that concept to sink in! you just "turned the light on" WELL DONE!
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Awesome lesson Marc… Just ran across your video here…. and now I Subscribed. Excellent lesson… very fundamental and understandable! THANK YOU!
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Thanks Marc. Great lesson, as always. Cleared up an issue with me. I always thought that you had to play Dm pentatonic over the D and Em pentatonic over the E. Never knew that you stayed with the Am pentatonic throughout. Doh.
Excellent! I'm very glad it was useful
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ha ha! Thanks, yes wanted a Liverbird on my amp
Hi Marc. I just discovered your excellent channel.
Quick question: In bar 11, we on back on A just before the final 5 chord. Should we target the A major scale or stay on the A minor scale for this little bit. Or does it go by so fast that it doesn't matter? Thanks again!
Hi Lawrence, it really doesn't matter. Either scale would work perfectly well.
Another great lesson. Marc can you play the d major pent and e major pent over the d and e chords respectively ?
Hi Mike, yes absolutely you can do that. Try it out. It has a distinctive sound. To me that sound is definitely in the Southern Rock camp, and that's no bad thing. It's another sound in your arsenal which you can put out when you want.
@@MarcGuitarVideos I notice when you were playing the minor pent over the d and e you were targeting the a note. Can you also target the d and e notes respectively ?
Sorry for all the questions.
Is it necessary to play with backtrack in blues while soloing with guitar or you show it only for practicing to be on beat?
A little confused with this one. Major starts fret 2 and minor fret 5 but the played example shows the fretting all around 5+. Why no fretting at 2, 3 & 4 or have I missed something?
I think I have worked it out. Major box 1 appears for about two seconds at the start but not used again as the focus of the exercise is on integrating box 2 with the minor boxes.
You are quite correct. I probably should have used Major Box 1 more. It was improvised, so it was just what I played in the moment. If I went back, I'd probably spend a little more time in Major Box 1. The on screen text while I'm playing, should help explain things.
@@MarcGuitarVideos I tried using box 1 and it was a disaster so probably best it was minimised in the demo.
My transition to box 2 is sounding better if before I am on the E of string 2 and end box 2 with a slide to D on string 1. I have noticed that I am bending and shaking less now that I am targeting notes probably down down to brain overload.
All sounds Greek to me, need a. Wry basic building block to begin with
I get really lost figuring out the timing between the chord changes. Do you have any tips on that?
Sure thing:
1. Play the rhythm chords along with the backing track. May need to count to play along.
2. After being comfortable with that, listen out for audio cues for chord changes approaching, like a drum fill, a particular snare hit, note on the bass or something.
3. Start playing notes, but start with something really simple, and focus more on listening out for the audio cues. Listening, is the real key here.
Oh, and always tap your foot and don't be afraid of counting out loud if you need to. And don't worry about it. Keep practicing and it will come in time.
@@MarcGuitarVideos Thank you! I find it a bit difficult to play a phrase or lick while tapping/counting at the same time but I will surely work on that
Hi Marc. I play the D major pentatonic on D chord (5 position) and E ... (4 position) I am wrong ? Cheers
Hi Jacques - you can do that and it will sound good. It will sound more southern rock blues than Chicago blues, but that sounds good too. In the lesson, I was saying A major pent over the A chords, and A minor pent over the D and E chords. That's another approach you can use. They are all valid and not wrong, they just give you different sounds.
Major À D and E sounds "sunnier", like the summer (I think)
I'm so tired of all these 'mixing major and minor' blues video tutorials.
It's a very misleading concept that doesn't explain what is going on.
It's not about mixing major and minor, it's about chord tones and specifically dominant 7th arpeggios over dominant chords.
These arpeggios are half major and half minor and the minor pentatonic is just minor.
It's really that simple: just include the intervals of the corresponding dominant 7th arpeggios as the chords pass by.
To much talking not enough playing
@@jamesbell-qz1kx gotta play it yourself man, he just explaining techniques!
Thanks!