September 2025 Challenge Response-sciencefiction

[sciencefiction]

Sorry. I had to re-post. Try this please.

Brian says major pentatonic licks don’t usually go well with backing tracks in the minor key, but here I gave it a shot this morning with the backing track to EP335. I played Brian’s basic lesson first (please excuse the two sickly bends at the end) then followed it with noodling in mostly mixolydian and Bmaj pentatonic licks. This is a one take wonder with numerous mistakes but I thought I would post it anyway because I am crazy and besides I could exhibit my new yellow guitar I got a couple of months ago.
Looking forward to checking out all the other posts.
Thanks,
Larry

[John H]

Very cool Larry-that PRS has some serious tone! Whichever scales you are using sound great. Looks like you are having fun too. Well done.

John

[Martin W]

Hi Larry congrats on your new PRS , love the energy , full of dynamics and your own ideas with this track mixes well with the original lead .

Martin

[JoLa]

Ah! The PRS! I was also curious about those, I like the tone in your video here, Larry.
The bends were not sickly at all, actually I thought they sounded great and so did the rest of your playing. You have chosen an unbeaten path (or went crazy according to you 😉) but somehow it worked. It’s the proof that we should never stop experimenting with any media, music or otherwise. Your passion shines through here, great sub!

🎸JoLa

[Bill]

Whatever the scale, you made it work. Sounding good!

[Alan L]

Those licks fit well. Commanding playing here, you really let loose! Nice work

[Manfred M]

Nice PRS, Larry! It looks and sounds good, and you know how to play it. I enjoyed it. This reggae-like backing track really inspired you!

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Manfred

[Tremelow]

Congrats on your new yellow guitar, Larry. It sounds really good and seems to inspire you. I like “one take wonder” haha!

[Jonathan Amos]

Plenty of variety in there and at quite a speed, well done for hitting all those notes nice and cleanly.

Jonathan Amos, Matsuyama, Japan

The farther one travels the less one knows.

[satellite]

Some great passages in there…Delivered with that knock ’em down style we all love.

[charjo]

Kinda, sorta works, Larry. Lots of cool sounds in there but some is a little discordant.
As per my usual I was curious and tried to look a little deeper.
First thing is that Brian doesn’t really play B minor pent in this lead. He adds all kinds of chord tone C#’s over the A chord and G#’s over the E chord, neither of which is in the B minor pentatonic.
Secondly, it’s not really a B minor progression. I think it actually fits within an E mixolydian progression with the Bm as a minor V chord.
Next, many scales share the same notes, ie B major and E mixolydian are the same except B major sharps the D and A.
B major pentatonic eliminates the A#, so the only conflict is the D# major 3rd and that will be a clunker over every chord in the progression.
Goes to prove that the right note is only a semi-tone away in most cases.
John

[sciencefiction]

Thanks, John. Nice analysis. To me, it’s as if when it comes to the E and G chords, it switches keys allowing new possibilites.

Larry

[JoeD1]

Nicely played Larry. You got some speed and the guitar looks and sounds great.

Joe

The sight of a touch, or the scent of a sound,
Or the strength of an Oak with roots deep in the ground.
--Graeme Edge

[Michael L]

Hi Larry, this is really great for a one-take and done effort! Great licks and phrasing, and the harmony approach works pretty well. A little rub here and there, but it goes right by. Congrats on a good submission!

[AndréM]

Solid riffs Larry on that raeggea track.
Nice tone from your new PRS.

AndréM

AndréM

[San Luis Rey]

I like it Larry! You are getting quite a guitar collection together. PRS guitars seem to play well right off the rack and that one looks/sounds excellent.

Mike

[Dieter]

Hot rocky stuff.

Dieter

[Guido]

Great guitar and very nice rendition of the original in the first part, very gritty! In te second part very cool and original rendition , a bit psychedelic here and there, but very enjoyable to listen to. Congrats on your new guitar, it sound great with a round fat gritty tone!

Guido

[Ivan]

Nice work on this challenge. Nice guitar too…sounds great!

Ivan

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