Project Checklist
In this project you will have to:
1. Learn to play either the "easy", "hard" or "harder" pentatonic scale
2. Use the notes from the pentatonic minor scale to create your own solo, riff or melody over one of the given chord progressions
3. Before creating your solo, you need to pick from a list of influential blues players (OR FIND YOUR OWN) and add the following things to the THINKING CREATIVELY section of your process journal:
- Your chosen artists name and a youtube clip of him/her playing
- Having listened to them playing more than one track, what (in your opinion) are the key techniques, sounds and ideas that make their style unique?
- How can you use some of their ideas or style to help shape and create a blues solo at your skill level?
You basically need to show their influence over your finished solo, riff or melody - it doesn't need to be long, this could be quite short (somewhere between) 20 seconds and a minute) and make use of very few notes. It could also be a repetitive riff more so than a long solo or melody...
1. Learn to play either the "easy", "hard" or "harder" pentatonic scale
2. Use the notes from the pentatonic minor scale to create your own solo, riff or melody over one of the given chord progressions
3. Before creating your solo, you need to pick from a list of influential blues players (OR FIND YOUR OWN) and add the following things to the THINKING CREATIVELY section of your process journal:
- Your chosen artists name and a youtube clip of him/her playing
- Having listened to them playing more than one track, what (in your opinion) are the key techniques, sounds and ideas that make their style unique?
- How can you use some of their ideas or style to help shape and create a blues solo at your skill level?
You basically need to show their influence over your finished solo, riff or melody - it doesn't need to be long, this could be quite short (somewhere between) 20 seconds and a minute) and make use of very few notes. It could also be a repetitive riff more so than a long solo or melody...
FINALLY
YOU MUST RECORD YOURSELF PLAYING ALONG TO ONE OF THE BACKING TRACKS (bottom of this page) OR WITHOUT (your choice) AND UPLOAD THIS TO YOUR PROCESS JOURNAL IN THE THINKING CREATIVELY SECTION!!!!
YOU MUST RECORD YOURSELF PLAYING ALONG TO ONE OF THE BACKING TRACKS (bottom of this page) OR WITHOUT (your choice) AND UPLOAD THIS TO YOUR PROCESS JOURNAL IN THE THINKING CREATIVELY SECTION!!!!
Learning to play the Pentatonic Minor (blues) Scale
EASY
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B-----------------------------0--3------------- G-----------------------0--2------------------- D-----------------0--2------------------------- A----------0--2-------------------------------- E--0--3---------------------------------------- |
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HARDER
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B------------------------------12--15--------- G-----------------------12--14---------------- D----------------12--14----------------------- A---------12--14------------------------------ E--12--15------------------------------------- |
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SUPER HARD
5 ways to play the Pentatonic Minor scale all the way up the neck of the guitar
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POTENTIAL BLUES ROLE MODEL ARTISTS
SOURCES:
30 best blues guitarists of all time
In the examples below the guitarists are using the PENTATONIC SCALE
more than 90 percent of the time when playing melodies, riffs or solos!!
30 best blues guitarists of all time
In the examples below the guitarists are using the PENTATONIC SCALE
more than 90 percent of the time when playing melodies, riffs or solos!!
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CHORD PROGRESSION BACKING TRACKS (pick your favourite)
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