EP130 Question on lick 4

[James H]

The lesson is awesome with lots of aha moments.

I am a black and white thinker. Why do the notes on the 3rd and 4th frets on the b string work with lick 4? They in neither the minor or major pentatonic scale. If this has been answered before on the forum, how would I search for it?

Thanks!

JimH

[Jdub]

Im no expert but as far as I can tell the D note on the B string fret 3 is part of the A minor pentatonic scale pattern 5. The D# note on the B string fourth fret is part of the A blues scale. Someone correct me if I’m wrong…

[charjo]

Lick 4 is a run of harmonized thirds in the key of A major. Fret 4, third string is the 2nd and is in the A major pentatonic. Fret 3, 2nd string, is the 4th of the A major scale (part of A major but not A major pentatonic). The next diad is a “passing tone” and the phrase ends on 2 notes that are both in the A major pentatonic and A major scales.
So it is really an A major harmonized third diad run with a passing tone.Brian has covered how harmonized thirds relate to the A shaped chord in the recent Hawaiian lesson.
John

[James H]

Thanks for the timely response.
It seems that each lesson builds on the others and so on and so on…. I got into this lesson by Brian mentioning this on another lesson.

I’m plugging away but it take time for all of this info to soak in, for me to learn the licks to an acceptable level, nail down most of what is being said, and try to remember it a month later. So much stuff.

Dreaming of the day when I will be able to pick by my guitar, play active melodies, and sound good enough for someone to be impressed.

[charjo]

@James H, it just takes time to start to integrate all this stuff. Stick with Active Melody and you will see things come together. I have even found that little tidbits I’ve learned in other places start to make sense in the musical context Brian presents.
John

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