Heres a little something that ive been working with in the studio this week. Wonderhowto using an eb harmonica a brief overview of how to play and use the pentatonic scale in three. That b5, or blue note, adds a lot of tension and color to the scale. The difference is that the blues scale has one extra note compared to the minor pentatonic. Pentatonic scales are the most widely used scales by rock and blues musicians all over the world. The pentatonic blues scale is a great tool for blues guitar and rock guitar soloing and improvising. Blues scale is the pentatonic scale with one more note added in the scale. Grab some amazing free blues lessons not on youtube. The pentatonic scale is a 5 note scale that is widely used in rock, blues, country, and other genres.
Learn how to play the minor pentatonic scale effortlessly anywhere on the fretboard kindle edition by nichols, lee. As you will learn, these patterns can be transferred to all keys. A common challenge with many students is that they always play and think of scales in box patterns and they stay. Learn how to play the minor pentatonic scale effortlessly anywhere on the. Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues and over iivv changes. These are the four most common scales in pop and rock music. The pentatonic blues scale is just about every rock guitar players first basic lead guitar movable scale. Piano pentatonic blues scales overview with pictures. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here. Comping with pentatonic scales now there is a ocean of online, magazine, and video lessons about how to comp with pentatonic scales. The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. Ebook shipped on cd i will send this item by postal mail. Nov 29, 2007 pentatonic scales are a guitarists bread and butter.
Well now take a look at whats thought of as the first pentatonic box and discuss. A common challenge i see with many students is that they always play and think of scales in box patterns and they stay in one box. What is the difference between a pentatonic scale and a blues. The major blues scale is some less common than the minor blues scale, and therefore we start. The blues players often ad an attitional passing note to the pentatonic scale which is technically known as a flattened 5th that means an extra note in between notes 3 and 4 of the pentatonic scale. The illustration below to the right is the expanded i minor pentatonic blues scale. Pentatonic scales michigan technological university. The e minor pentatonic scale blues guitar unleashed.
The e minor pentatonic scale the e minor blues scale. Well learn how to extend the blues and pentatonic scales out past the open position to cover some of the other licks in down to the station. In this lesson youll learn the one scale that is responsible for about 95% of all the blues licks you hear the minor pentatonic and minor blues scale. Some decades before, some musicians use to earn millions just playing this scale. The scales are used often for composing melodies and for improvisation. A minor pentatonic also know as c major pentatonic.
A closer look at the major and minor pentatonic scales. There are a total of 430 finger exercises in this book. What is the difference between a pentatonic scale and a. This lesson shows how pentatonic scale patterns can be played in five positions across the fretboard in one key utilising relative major and minor scales. This package includes 14 scale types and a guide on implementing them. Minor chords just use the minor pentatonic of whatever the chord is.
This note is known as blue note and it is the flattened fifth in the case of the minor pentatonic, or the flattened third in the case of the major pentatonic. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. E blues pentatonic scale tab free pentatonic scales. The minor pentatonic scale is constructed from five notes of the natural minor scale. Pentatonic scales are a guitarists bread and butter. The intervals in minor pentatonic are root or 1, b3rd, 4th, 5th, and b7th. The free blues guitar scale is easy to play if you know how to play the minor pentatonic scale. A minor pentatonicblues scale weeping willow guitar. This is because the blues guitar scale is a minor pentatonic scale with an extra note added. The guitar neck diagram shows you the big picture for the e pentatonic blues scale. These scales are for obvious reasons perfect when playing blues on the piano. Scale pentatonic blues 1,b3,4,b5,5,b7 fullth pattern root note e guitar tuning.
Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale degree of the major pentatonic scale shown above. Any scale of five notes per octave can be regarded as a pentatonic, hence its name penta. I do put in passing and blues notes which belong to the major and minor scales into caged. In the traditional ionian major and aeolian natural minor scales, there exists a tritone augmented 4thdiminished 5th between the 4th and 7th scale degrees in ionian and the 2nd and b6 scale degrees in aeolian. Free minor pentatonic blues scale chart saras music studio. It is not extremely difficult to master and it is not very hard on your fingers either. Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3. On a keyboard, you can play such a pentatonic scale by using only the black keys.
As the name suggests, a pentatonic scale it a scale with five notes. Jan 31, 2014 free minor pentatonic blues scale chart. Well now take a look at whats thought of as the first pentatonic box and discuss some patterns and exercises to practice. Jan 02, 2017 4 pentatonic exercises every guitarist should know. The red dots indicate a root note, the blue dots indicate a blues note and the black dots indicate a note in the scale. Pentatonic and blues scales there is document pentatonic and blues scales available here for reading and downloading. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and. There are many different ways of playing a c major pentatonic scale on guitar. A minor pentatonic contains scale degrees 1, b3, 4, 5, and b7.
A detailed and expansive guide to the notes on the fretboard, this collection contains a whole books worth of charts and instruction for free. As your soloing gets more sophisticated, the less you have to hunt for the box patterns the better off youll be. Using the same approach, here is an even better trick. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. Using an eb harmonica a brief overview of how to play and use the pentatonic scale in three positionskeys over a typical blues progression. We can add the flat 5, b5, or blue note to the pentatonic scale, making it a sixnote scale called the blues scale. The major pentatonic penta five scale is a five note scale. You can, of course, create other interesting 5note scales. With its clean, folky sound, the major pentatonic scale is a common scale in folk, blues, country and pop music. There is document pentatonic and blues scales available here for reading and downloading. Click here to grab your pentatonic scale chart plus more free. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning.
A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to the heptatonic scale, which has seven notes per octave such as the major scale and minor scale pentatonic scales were developed independently by many ancient civilizations. They only differ by one note, the b5th or blue note, illustrated in blue. It works really well with most traditional blues tunes, since blues songs do. The pentatonic scale is used extensively within a wide range of music.
Pentatonic scales pentatonic scale knowledge for guitar players. With the combination of the key, tempo, chord progressions and scales suggestions to use, you will be making solos in no time. Its an old tricked used by solo guitar playersand bass players for that matter. This pdf lesson includes a number of diminished scale patterns along with a discussion of the theory needed to understand the application of diminished scale material. These are mustknow scales especially for blues and rock so be sure to memorize them and add them to your soloing repertoire. If you leave the blue notes out, you have pentatonic boxes. On this page there are easy to follow tabs along with audio at three different speeds. Since our weather has been so blue up here, i thought it might be fun to work on our improv skills with minor pentatonic blues scales. Everything in this book is presented in the key of a minor so that you can see how it all relates together and so that you can begin to string licks together into larger ideas. Diminished scale patterns this pdf lesson includes a number of diminished scale patterns along with a discussion of the theory needed to understand the application of diminished scale material. Sending this item by email or by any other digital delivery method is not allowed under ebay policy. Lesson 9 extending the blues and pentatonic scales dvd 3 in this lesson. Some people find it easier to think in minor terms, and.
You can also choose to play a pentatonic scale over each chord thats being played. I have quite a few students who are fans of playing the blues. The pentatonic scale is use primarily used for soloing. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in. With a little creativity, you can even use this exercise as an aid in learning to. The scale illustrated on the right is the most common basic box position. Pdf e book lead guitar licks lesson pentatonic scales rock. Pentatonic guitar magic how to use the simple pentatonic scale to solo over chords from blues to rock tojazz. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading pentatonic scale fluency.
They just ooze that minor bluesy vibe or sweet major vibe. The minor pentatonic scale of a key can be found and played in the same pattern 3 frets below the major scale. Remember to take your time and play each scale in turn. However, we usually use the term referring to the pentatonic scales derived from the circle of fifths lesson soon, i. As well find in the notes in a blues scale section of this page, the blues scale is simply an embellishment of the standard pentatonic minor scale. Below is a download link for the pentatonic scale pdf. The file extension pdf and ranks to the documents category. It leaves more of your brain power available to decide what to play when you dont. What is the difference between the blues and pentatonic scale. How to play pentatonic and blues scales on the harmonica.
If you are playing in g major, use e minor pentatonic scale also know as g major pentatonic you have probably noticed that the pentatonic scale can be either a major or minor scale. This scale has its low root played with the first finger on the low e string. By paul tauterouff the minor pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly scales used in rock, blues, country and jazz music. Pentatonic scales pdf and instructional video guitar. The major blues scale is some less common than the minor blues scale, and therefore we start with minor and you will find the major by scrolling down. And it is not hard to discover the reason why everybody uses and abuses of this scale. Although various hemitonic pentatonic scales might be called minor, the term is most commonly applied to the relative minor pentatonic derived from the major pentatonic, using scale tones 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7 of the natural minor scale. The minor pentatonic scale by paul tauterouff the minor pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly scales used in rock, blues, country and jazz music. Open source document viewer for webpages, built with html and javascript. Rock blues licks scales and applications in pdf ebook format shipped to you on a plain nonlabeled cd for you to label any way you wish. In a previous blog post, play guitar solo in any key without learning notes the 5 major scale patterns, we showed you how its possible to learn the patterns or shapes of any major scale without necessarily memorising the name of the notes being played.
Despite its name, the blues scale is not only used in blues music. Mar 19, 2015 fastest way to nail the pentatonic scale shapes 1 to 5. Fastest way to nail the pentatonic scale shapes 1 to 5. If your pentatonic scale guitar fretboard understanding is limited then this lesson is a must view. Pentatonic 5note scales appear in many cultures, and even within some modern western music such as blues, jazz, and some country music.
Guitar lovers licksriffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. Each of the five chapters focuses on 1 of the 5 patterns of the caged system. Jun 22, 2016 a minor pentatonic scale 3rd position 9th fret comparing the major and minor pentatonic scales, the minor scale just gets first prize as the most versatile, which is why weve featured it here and suggest you learn the a minor pentatonic scale to begin with. E pentatonic blues scale free pentatonic blues scales. To hear each pattern check out the e pentatonic blues scale tab page. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. The exercises in this book use the major scale, pentatonic scale, blues scale, and chromatic scale. Pentatonic major, minor and blues scales relations.
This book provides the pentatonic scale fingerings, diagrams, lessons and licks that every guitarist needs to know. However the major g pentatonic scale pattern is the exact same pattern in the same fret position. The pdf book is 105 pages in total and the printed version is 152 pages in. All of the root notes are e because this is the e pentatonic blues scale. Play pentatonic and blues scales on the harmonica by h77idz11. Lesson 8 the e minor blues scales dvd 3 in this lesson. Im working on the pentatonic scale and its relation to the pentatonic minor scale and subsequently, its relationship to the blues scale. Use the download button below or simple online reader.
After the pentatonic minor scale and major scale, the blues scale is probably the most widelyused scale in guitar improvisation. The blues scale the blues scale is very closely related to the minor pentatonic scale, and is used unsurprisingly in blues. From what i can gather, the pentatonic scale is comprised of the 1,2,3,5 and 6 notes of the scale. They are still used all over the world, for example traditional music, country music, blues and metal. Adding a blue note to the regular pentatonic scale result in the pentatonic blues scale. There is a lot of discussion about the glory of the caged system. It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other musicians. This extra note adds thats blues feeling to the scale. Pentatonic and blues scales covers the essential guitar theory for the minor pentatonic scale, major pentatonic scale and the blues scale and highlights the characteristics of each scale with useful licks and exercises. Learn all 5 patterns of the e pentatonic blues scale and learn to play blues guitar.