By Ken Volpe
This is Lesson #24 in a series on Guitar Improvisation. Last week in Lesson #23, we went further with our series on Improvising with Option #3. We continued to play a different pentatonic scale form for each of the 3 chords. The 3 scale forms were all in the 5th fret area or 5th position. Let’s stick with the same theme but moving up to the 7th fret area.
Play the following: (see diagrams)
FOR: A Major chord use Form 3 of F# Pentatonic Scale
Form 3 of F# Pentatonic starts from the 7th fret
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FOR: D Major chord use Form 1 of B Pentatonic Scale
Form 1 of B Pentatonic starts from the 7th fret
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FOR: E Major chord use Form 5 of C# Pentatonic Scale
Form 5 of C# Pentatonic starts from the 7th fret
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The following statements from Lesson 20 still apply.
The A Major chord contains notes A, C#, E
All 3-chord tones exist in the F# Pentatonic Scale.
There are 2 scale tones that are not in the chord.
These notes are: F#, B
The D Major chord contains notes D, F#, A
All 3-chord tones exist in the B Pentatonic Scale.
There are 2 scale tones that are not in the chord.
These notes are: B, E
The E Major chord contains notes E, G#, B
All 3-chord tones exist in the C# Pentatonic Scale.
There are 2 scale tones that are not in the chord.
These notes are: C#, F#
In next week’s lesson we will continue to further explore Option 3. We will follow this same concept for 2 more positions over the next 2 weeks. Then we will move beyond to the next level.
Once again, I urge you to stick with it and follow it closely. I’ll see you all at the next lesson.
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