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In this video, Scott gives you ideas about practicing the major scale in different ways, so that you begin to learn not just the scale in sequence, but the different notes in the scale, where and what they are, and how they are related to the chords in the key. You get exercises that show you how to practice the scale from chord tone to chord tone, chord tone to scale tone, in short musical phrases known as patterns or sequences, and more.
| Session 3: Pentatonic Scales |
| Session 3: Pentatonic Scales |
Pentatonic scales (major and minor) sometimes get a bad rap as a sort of easy fallback scale for lazy improvisers, but they can be very effective, especially if you target the chord tones and melody notes in the song you’re playing. In the third session of Creating Bluegrass and Roots Music Solos, Scott shows you how to create variations on two pentatonic melodies using the minor pentatonic scale (“Wayfaring Stranger”) and major pentatonic scale (the old-time fiddle tune “Little Liza Jane”). He talks about using target notes and how to modify the pentatonic scale with chord tones from the chords of the song.
The musical handouts (downloadable PDFs) for the session (and all sessions) are available in three formats: notation with guitar tab, notation with mandolin tab, and notation only.
| Pentatonic Scales Notation/Tab: Guitar (Available to subscribers) |
| Pentatonic Scales Notation/Tab: Mandolin (Available to subscribers) |
| Pentatonic Scales Notation Only (Available to subscribers) |
| "Wayfaring Stranger" Lyrics (Available to subscribers) |
| "Wayfaring Stranger" Play-Along Track MP3 Download (Available to subscribers) |
| "Little LIza Jane" Play-Along Track MP3 Download (Available to subscribers) |
