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Tagged: blues, Pentatonic scale, soloing

  • This topic has 5 replies, 6 voices, and was last updated 10 years ago by BluGenes.
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    • March 8, 2016 at 9:40 pm #35620
      JiminFla
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        I was trying to play the lead guitar with a jam track from Eric Clapton’s “I’m Tore Down” and I had trouble seeing how the five patterns worked together in the key of C. I decided to paste some little dots on the neck of my guitar in the correct locations for the five patterns. This allowed me to much more easily see which notes fit into the scheme and which to avoid. To keep this from becoming a crutch, I’m going to begin removing them one pattern at a time until I’m back to standard neck.

        Strat-with-dots

        Let me know if this helps you with your soloing.

        Jim Reedy

      • March 9, 2016 at 5:47 am #35636
        charjo
        Moderator

          This is great! It would give me an excuse to buy a new guitar for every key and scale.It does actually look like a pretty nifty learning aid and the price is right.
          John

        • March 9, 2016 at 6:15 am #35637
          Martin G
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            You’ve duplicated what Fretlight, the guitar maker, does electronically. And you only need one guitar….sorry John

            For those not familiar with Fretlight, it’s an electric guitar (they have acoustic models also) that has a fretboard designed to, among other things, light up the scales as chosen by the software that accompanies it. It works via USB interface and comes with a thorough education package that assists in learning all of your scales, chords, etc…The guitar line is relatively inexpensive…..Gimmicky….but an effective learning tool for the right person…..I’ve had one for a couple of years but never really spent a lot of time with it…
            I believe Sweetwater carries the line…

            Marty

          • March 9, 2016 at 6:34 am #35638
            James T
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              training wheels for the guitar, cool

              whether you think you can, or you think your cannot... you are right!

            • March 13, 2016 at 7:24 pm #35951
              Deluxe Strat
              Participant

                Charjo
                Let us know how that goes over with the wife
                honey i need a guitar for every key …. good luck man lol

              • March 20, 2016 at 8:37 am #36292
                BluGenes
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                  You’ve duplicated what Fretlight, the guitar maker, does electronically. And you only need one guitar….sorry John

                  For those not familiar with Fretlight, it’s an electric guitar (they have acoustic models also) that has a fretboard designed to, among other things, light up the scales as chosen by the software that accompanies it. It works via USB interface and comes with a thorough education package that assists in learning all of your scales, chords, etc…The guitar line is relatively inexpensive…..Gimmicky….but an effective learning tool for the right person…..I’ve had one for a couple of years but never really spent a lot of time with it…
                  I believe Sweetwater carries the line…

                  Marty

                  so that is what a Fretlight is.. kind of cool, actually, really cool. That software I use supports that guitar. I saw a “how to” video, but, didn’t watch it. (setting it up with the software) Sounds like a neat birthday present for my grand kids..

                  Don't practice till you get it right, practice till you can't get it wrong.

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