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In this week’s guitar lesson, you’ll learn how to play a rock, blues lead in the key of C by mixing both major and minor pentatonic scales. I’ll explain the theory behind each of the licks so that you can use them going forward when you improvise (in any key).
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Hi Brian it sounds a complex thing to play no doubt you will have given your usual good instruction but it sounds like it could take some learning at least for me. All the best JohnStrat
Rock On !!!
Some great takeaways!🎶
Love it. A ripper composition and lots of great take-aways. Thanks Brian.
Rick
Cool lesson Brian! Blues /Rock with a Les Paul. Can’t wait to dig in.
Thanks
GT: Guitar Town, Brian??? As in Nashville= Guitar Town??
Marty Balin: RIP Marty to me was the absolute distinct sound of Jefferson Airplane and even later Starship even though Marty left Airplane very early on from fear of heroin overdosing from the road…………but his vocals made Jefferson Airplane even over Grace Slick……..or really complimented her vocals!!
Jim C.
Hi Brian,
A Simply Fantastic lesson! Before I discovered Active Melody, I was stuck in Minor Pentatonic mode… Thankfully, Brian has opened my eyes (and ears!) to the joys of mixing minor and major Pentatonic! That is a massive aspect that I have got from AM.
Rich F.
Great lesson Brian! I really enjoy the lessons when you mix the minor and major pentatonic scales. A year or so ago I would have looked at this video, groaned and looked for something easier to play. Now I watch the video once without a guitar, then watch the video with a guitar until I pick up the licks, then play along with the backing track and finally add all the licks I like to my expanding list and improvise and have a terrific time! Plenty of tasty licks to steal here!!! Thanks again….
good basic major miinor lesson
Hello Folks, I, am not able to download the lessons on to my computer. See, I have Video Surgeon, and I want to download the lessons on to Video Surgeon, so that I can make customised lessons, by slowing it down and creating loops.
Could you help me.?
Lionel Bayer
Audacity might be a tool to edit the mp3 files. I like to practice at a slower pitch. I use Riffstation to play the mp3 at a slower pitch. Prefect!
Brian,
Lately I am not learning these lessons verbatim but taking away a few pearls from each, like a new way to get a minor note out of a major position or a new way to roll my finger in Box 1 to get several new variations on old licks. Sometimes I find new ways to look at things I already know, like how to bridge minor position 2 to major position 4. That’s why I will be a returning member, year after year.
John
Great lesson Brian,
I like the way you show how you can interconnect the major and minor blues scales
Thanks
Ray P
Hi Brian, am I correct in thinking that the C6 chord is exactly the same as the Am chord in last weeks Caged lesson? Or am I missing something. Also I just thought I would let you know that as a result of my membership I’ve gained enough confidence to venture out of the bedroom and down to the local Open Mike Blues nights. Entirely thanks to you. This lesson is right on the money. Thank You!
That’s great that you’re putting it to use and playing open mic night – that’s really what it’s all about! Yes, you’re correct that the C6 chord is the exact same fingering as the Am chord that was demonstrated in last week’s Minor CAGED lesson. Same exact chord.. it just depends on the context. For example, If you played the open 5 string with that chord – you’ll hear an obvious A minor chord, but if the root note is a C underneath the chord, you’ll hear a C 6 chord 🙂
Thank you 🙂
Awesome connection making the comment to C6 same as Am depending on the context.
Nice lesson Brian, a challenge to play up to tempo and in time.
Can you please enable the print button in Soundslice as I prefer the combined notation/tab view.
Thanks Ken
It’s enabled
learning to love pattern 4 and the bridge between minor2 to major 4 is amazing . Thanks Brian
all this talk about the bb box..gonna have to re visit your lessons on the King
Love this one, great little track! Going to take some work to get it as smooth as you, but you can have lots of fun repeating the first part & throwing in some minor pentatonic licks!😎 I think I will have to watch this one a few times to really understand some of the major, minor moves, but I never realised till now that the blue note we are always using is also in the middle of box 2! Thanks again Brian
Hi Brian Thanks again and again, but i’m sure i must not ask you this simple request to waste your time and followers but I wanna ask you to describe something about really correct form of bending please. I have so many problems for finding which part of my hand to be as a level for pushing string up and down ( Palm or thumb behind fretboard or just the finger is pushing up or down the string and another helping finger behind it)
All the time i’m waiting to see your new lesson in my email.
imi
THANKS BRIAN YOUR LESSONS HAS REALLY BEEN HELPING ME! I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT AND HARD WORK YOU PUT IN TO THESE LESSONS
I HAVE BEEN GETTING A FEW COMPLIMENTS ON MY PLAYING BUT I STILL HAVE A LONG LONG WAY TO GO!
Great tips. Thanks Brian. Especially the trick consisting in getting from the second minor pentatonic position to the forth major position right next to it. I learned from another lesson that over every minor position there is always the immediate major position above it. Over a first minor pentatonic position there is always a second major position above it….The only difficulty for me is to see the connection point…
Hi Brian
I am a little confused. Is the on-screen viewer notation different to the tablature sheet? I got to the C6 -C9 fingering and realised that it was different.
Great licks though.
Sorry. Please ignore previous comment. I was half asleep. Doh!
could you please tell me how to loop sections to repeat over and over? I dont understand what you mean by highlighting section, i tried several things but none worked. I am on my lap top.
Jim, I sent you an email on this. Just go to the “On-Screen Tab Viewer” and click and drag on the tab to highlight the section you want to select (it will turn blue), then click the play button to loop that area that you selected.
Thanks Brian – excellent lesson. Great blend of major and minor pentatonics and call and response motions! I’m fast approaching my first year as a premium member and congrats to you for your dedication to all of us! You consistently post new content every week! I have learned more in the last year than I did in the previous four years! Thanks!
Thanks Brian, I pulled lots of little diddys out of this lesson and expanded out of “ just pentatonic scale”👍
Return member checking out old lessons!! You have consistently delivered quality lessons designed to make you think and play!! Thanks Brian, it’s been great to watch you grow!