For this lesson ive put together a classic rockstyle solo using just the major pentatonic scale. Download pdf soloing strategies for guitar book online audio book full free. Additional gift options are available when buying one ebook at a time. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues and over i. Jazz blues solo example conclusions, practice tips and further study with over 100 pages on just 12 bars of music. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. The pentatonic scale is the most common scale used for playing rock lead because it sounds great over every chord change in a key, and you can begin to make music with it almost immediately. Illustration courtesy of desi serna this new pattern 1 is identical to. If you start at the g on the 3rd fret of the low e string youll get a g major pentatonic scale. Major pentatonic scale lesson for major key soloing. Andy gurley takes a look at the minor pentatonic scale. Download blues guitar soloing or read online books in pdf, epub, tuebl, and mobi format. Pentatonic soloing strategies for guitar by erik halbig.
With this system, it is impossible to play a wrong note. Easy soloing for blues guitar download ebook pdf, epub. This book begins with standard major and minor pentatonic scales in the five basic. It tabs out the pentatonic scales in all 12 major and minor keys. Pentatonic soloing strategies for guitar takes the most common improvisational tool, the pentatonic scale, and shows you its almost limitless possibilities. This book begins with standard major and minor pentatonic scales in the five basic positions and quickly moves into challenging variations for. Please feel free to pass this ebook on to your friends. Pentatonic soloing strategies for guitar 35302 the improv series modal soloing strategies for guitar modern ideas for all styles jody fisher. Various positions of the major pentatonic scale pattern 15 for guitars with fingerings on the guitar neck. These instructional dvds, audio cds, and this book of written. Its always been at the heart of most blues and rock soloing, whilst jazz players like to get all sophisticated by superimposing the scale.
So this solo is designed to get the major pentatonic sound into your ears, and. However, the scales we are concerned with here are the most commonly used for guitar, the major and minor. It contains pentatonic and modal licks as well as famous riffs by other musicians. Below is a download link for the pentatonic scale pdf. This scale has always been my fave scale, it is easy to play and always sounds nice in my opinion, and it has been the basis for many of the greatest riffs and licks in rock history. Soloing strategies for guitar book online audio available for download and read online in oth. There is a very powerful secret in this ebook that most. Also, it uses a strict twofretsperstring approach that is very guitar friendly. I have written a book, jazz guitar soloing concepts. Soloing over chord progressions guitar lesson world. How to connect the pentatonic patterns on the guitar dummies.
Beginner blues guitar lessons soloing concepts for the. Pentatonic scales pdf and instructional video guitar. This is the foundation to becoming a learned musician, rather than merely a recreational player. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here. It will also work fantastically well with the following licks and ideas. A nice little hard rock type of solo based on the pentatonic scale. As guitarists we all love our minor pentatonics but when it comes to using the majors many of us are on more uncertain ground. Click download or read online button to get easy soloing for blues guitar book now. How to use the pentatonic scale in a lead guitar solo. When you feel comfortable playing through all five pentatonic scale patterns on the guitar, the next step is to connect them to cover the rest of the fretboard. This jazz guitar method comes with 25 audio files and 2 audio backing tracks. The most interesting soloists change their soloing strategy based on the chord rather than.
Pentatonic soloing strategies for guitar takes the most common improvisational tool, the. Exotic scales and guitar licks for the creative lead guitarist guitar scales book 3 kindle edition by pratt. Minor pentatonic scales to introduce a novice guitar player to the world of rock music requires that he learn a series of scales, which we can call the tools of the trade. It gives us lots of techniques and information about pentatonics, major and minor scale applications, modes, arpeggios and soloing tips. Download pdf jazz blues soloing for guitar book full free. To do so, simply connect pattern 5 to another pattern 1, as shown here. Jon chappell is an award winning guitarist and has a masters degree in music composition. Soloing strategies for guitar explores a variety of improvisational concepts and. Theoretical essentials such as the minor pentatonic and blues scales are covered, and the musical aspects of soloing, effective phrasing and the use of blues notes are taught in a relaxed but informative way. Mastering pentatonic scales 25 jazz guitar licks pdf. Wikipedia has a nice article on these scales including the others here. Essential guitar techniques, arpeggios and licks for total. This edition of alfred musics clef notes shows you the pentatonic scales almost limitless possibilities.
Major pentatonic scale pattern 15 for guitars fingerings. This printable pdf ebook method proposes some soloing ideas using only pentatonic scales through 25 easy jazz guitar lines with tabs and standard notation. Page 1 hi, and welcome to pentatonic scales for guitar a pentatonic scale has just 5 notes. Minor pentatonic pattern 1 major pentatonic pattern 5 playing this pattern from left to right and up across the strings means you will be playing the e minor pentatonic scale. As you will learn, these patterns can be transferred to all keys. Blues guitar soloing download ebook pdf, epub, tuebl, mobi. Pdf jazz blues soloing for guitar download full pdf.
Now that weve broken down the mechanics of the minor pentatonic scale, its time to get creative with it, like we did it earlier with the major and minor scale. This handson instructional book with online audio access offers examples for guitar players of. Various techniques are used such as bends, slides and hammerons. Guitar pentatonic and blues scales fundamental changes. The most important of these are both major and minor pentatonic. Connecting pentatonic patterns the essential guide for. The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. This next level guitar blues masters dvd course comes complete with seven dvds and three audio jam track cds. Clef notes pentatonic soloing strategies for guitar. Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale degree of the major pentatonic scale shown above. If we didnt have time to read the book, or just didnt feel like it, we could cheat by just reading the cliff notes. No matter what kind of music youre into, this scale will come in useful.
This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. Once youve got a handle on this material dont hesitate to contact anvil guitar instruction to learn how to augment and adapt these licks with notes from the full major and minor scales and with notes from arpeggios as well. Pentatonic and blues scales is a minibook a fundessential that gives you a short, inspiring injection of creativity. Jazz blues soloing for guitar available for download and read online in other formats. This worksheet is suitable for all levels of guitar player. Practicing quick changes chapter nineteen pentatonic scales chapter twenty. How to use the pentatonic scale in a lead guitar solo dummies. How to learn the pentatonic scales with 5 box patterns.
Tom kolb if youve been finding yourself trapped in the pentatonic box, then connecting pentatonic patterns is for you. The rule is to use major pentatonic scales over major chords and minor. The pdf is for members only, so youll need to login to download it. It begins with standard major and minor pentatonic scales in the five basic positions and quickly moves into challenging pentatonic variations for string skipping and sweep picking. Clef notes pentatonic soloing strategies for guitar youtube. So first well talk through some of the ways you can go about this, and then well trade 4s again with the rock backing track and have some fun with it. Every guitarist needs to know the minor pentatonic scale. A raga amritavarsini pentatonic position 1 e shape. Pdf soloing strategies for guitar book online audio. Guitar lovers licksriffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. The pentatonic scale is use primarily used for soloing. It gives us lots of techniques and information about pentatonics. There are three ways to play the pentatonic scale pattern for lead guitar solo. Did you know there are many different types of pentatonic scales than the common minor and major.
How to play more advanced blues guitar solos antony reynaert. The example licks are the cliff notes of guitar soloing back when i was in high school, we sometimes were assigned huge books to read in literature class. This is a 6 page worksheet covering all 5 forms of the basic and hybrid pentatonic scales. How to use the simple pentatonic scale to solo over. Guitar scales guitar scales regardless what instrument you play, learning to play scales is a rite of passage.