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Oh, I had something I wanted to tell you when I got to a real keyboard again. I was on my tablet.
Alright, you only know the minor pentatonic in the open position. I'm going to show you how to cheat.
Go get your electric and play (low E first):
12 15
12 14
12 14
12 14
12 15
12 15
There, you're now playing back in an E. It'll fit any E. Trust me.
Now, move to the 9th fret and play it again... Go on - follow that same pattern.
9 12
9 11
9 11
9 11
9 12
9 12 (you can then go 14 17 (19 or 20 but don't worry about that - you don't need it for a damned thing)
Now, play it from the 5th... Go on... Same pattern.
Now, in the open position, you're at E. It then goes F F# G G# etc - remember there's no sharps between B and C and no sharps between E and F - just like a fucking piano.
So, when you start on the 5th fret - you're in the key of A. As it's a minor scale, it floats just fine on an Am. Song has Am in it? That's a good time to play it.
You can also start at the second string - two positions down, move to the first position, and then just play and move up the fourth string - and work up from there. (See, told you you didn't need to work your way up on one string.)
Go on - give it a try. Practice that scale, in all positions on the fretboard, for 100 times each day - it'll take 20 minutes. You'll find a riff in there that will let you fit in with all sorts of music - from improv jazz, bluegrass, rock, and even much of the Asian music is in 5ths. They like to squeak, so move it up to to a sharp. It's a lot of fun and, pretty soon, you'll start to notice it in all sorts of songs. Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight is my favorite example. The lead for Breakdown, by Tom Petty, is also pretty easy to play and based on the same thing.
Tada! It's pretty easy. Shh!!! You can make that look all sorts of fancy, too. Wanna hear Freebird? Yup... They solo in the pentatonic.
Have a gander - you'll love it. It's so universal and easy. If you're ever confused and don't want to look silly - start with the root note. If they're startin' with a G, playing a lot of G, then start with a G. Coincidentally, that's the third fret up the board.
Haha nice. I saw this briefly when you first posted it. I just noticed a pretty brutal typo in your second pattern set, though. 9-10? That's a funky scale.
Open strings in licks and runs are for people who know what they are doing. Otherwise the note must be fingered so that the tone quality is kept consistent.
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Oh! Ha!
Alright, make a grand barre chord in the Em shape - do it up on the 7th fret and forget the bottom three strings. You don't need those for a minute. Just play the top three strings (7, 10, 10, x, x, x) Then move it to the 5th. Then move it to the 3rd. Now back to the 5th. Now start over on the 7th fret and now count, 1, 2, (move) 1, 2, 3 (move to 3rd) (1, 2). and a 1. 2, 3. Keep doing that. When you get bored, make a bitchin' solo on the starting on the 7th fret and working your way up the minor pentatonic.
There you go. You just played Jimi Hendrix' version of All Along the Watchtower. That's pretty much all you need to know for that one.
And yeah, you need to know what you're doing - but I told you what you were doing. ;-)
Really - go play with 'em and then the next time you have a friend over, have them play G D C in any rhythm that feels good to them. Then, start on the 3rd fret and play along with them. You'll see. I'd not steer you wrong!
(I would make a typo and a horrible one at that - good catch and thanks for the save!)
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[–] TheBuddha 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Oh, I had something I wanted to tell you when I got to a real keyboard again. I was on my tablet.
Alright, you only know the minor pentatonic in the open position. I'm going to show you how to cheat.
Go get your electric and play (low E first):
There, you're now playing back in an E. It'll fit any E. Trust me.
Now, move to the 9th fret and play it again... Go on - follow that same pattern.
Now, play it from the 5th... Go on... Same pattern.
Now, in the open position, you're at E. It then goes F F# G G# etc - remember there's no sharps between B and C and no sharps between E and F - just like a fucking piano.
So, when you start on the 5th fret - you're in the key of A. As it's a minor scale, it floats just fine on an Am. Song has Am in it? That's a good time to play it.
You can also start at the second string - two positions down, move to the first position, and then just play and move up the fourth string - and work up from there. (See, told you you didn't need to work your way up on one string.)
Go on - give it a try. Practice that scale, in all positions on the fretboard, for 100 times each day - it'll take 20 minutes. You'll find a riff in there that will let you fit in with all sorts of music - from improv jazz, bluegrass, rock, and even much of the Asian music is in 5ths. They like to squeak, so move it up to to a sharp. It's a lot of fun and, pretty soon, you'll start to notice it in all sorts of songs. Eric Clapton's Wonderful Tonight is my favorite example. The lead for Breakdown, by Tom Petty, is also pretty easy to play and based on the same thing.
Tada! It's pretty easy. Shh!!! You can make that look all sorts of fancy, too. Wanna hear Freebird? Yup... They solo in the pentatonic.
Have a gander - you'll love it. It's so universal and easy. If you're ever confused and don't want to look silly - start with the root note. If they're startin' with a G, playing a lot of G, then start with a G. Coincidentally, that's the third fret up the board.
[–] heygeorge 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Haha nice. I saw this briefly when you first posted it. I just noticed a pretty brutal typo in your second pattern set, though. 9-10? That's a funky scale.
Open strings in licks and runs are for people who know what they are doing. Otherwise the note must be fingered so that the tone quality is kept consistent.
[–] TheBuddha 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago (edited ago)
Oh! Ha!
Alright, make a grand barre chord in the Em shape - do it up on the 7th fret and forget the bottom three strings. You don't need those for a minute. Just play the top three strings (7, 10, 10, x, x, x) Then move it to the 5th. Then move it to the 3rd. Now back to the 5th. Now start over on the 7th fret and now count, 1, 2, (move) 1, 2, 3 (move to 3rd) (1, 2). and a 1. 2, 3. Keep doing that. When you get bored, make a bitchin' solo on the starting on the 7th fret and working your way up the minor pentatonic.
There you go. You just played Jimi Hendrix' version of All Along the Watchtower. That's pretty much all you need to know for that one.
[–] TheBuddha 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Typo fixed! Thanks!
And yeah, you need to know what you're doing - but I told you what you were doing. ;-)
Really - go play with 'em and then the next time you have a friend over, have them play G D C in any rhythm that feels good to them. Then, start on the 3rd fret and play along with them. You'll see. I'd not steer you wrong!
(I would make a typo and a horrible one at that - good catch and thanks for the save!)