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jokron · Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 656 Location: Skelleftea, Sweden

Hi there... one more stupid question... Embarassed

When do you use the major pentatonic scale?

/Jan Olof

Viper · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 566 Location: Bristol, UK

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Giordano · Joined: 20 Nov 2005 Posts: 22 Location: The Netherlands

jokron · Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 656 Location: Skelleftea, Sweden

Viper · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 566 Location: Bristol, UK

jokron · Joined: 23 Aug 2005 Posts: 656 Location: Skelleftea, Sweden

I've been struggling with Major scale, Ionian, Dorian and Mixolydian mode, minor pentatonic scale and the bluesscale for a while...then I listened to some Eric Clapton tunes and noticed that he often changed between minor penatonic and major pentatonic (if my ears don't lie to me) and the question about the major pentatonic just came up...I was interested in some opinions to start exploring that scale too...

... just curiosity from a dumb beginner Embarassed

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/Jan Olof

Viper · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 566 Location: Bristol, UK

We are all students some have just been stuying for longer. Nobody is dumb.

C. OSullivan · Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 176

SteveSecretia · Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 159

Recently I came across a book that suggested the idea that a maj pentatonic scale should be played from the fifth of a Imaj7 chord.

For example, if we are given a vamp on Fmaj7, use a Cmaj pentatonic scale. It gives us the 5, 6, 7, 2, 3 of the I

JakeJew · Joined: 30 Jul 2005 Posts: 2192 Location: Boston, MA

Oh man, pentatonics are so hip if you just situate them in the right place.

like over Cmaj7 you can do E or B minor pentatonic

over Cm7 us G or D minor pentatonic
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Viper · Joined: 04 Oct 2005 Posts: 566 Location: Bristol, UK

Pentatonics with quartal harmonies. Now there's an idea that was prevalent a few years ago. Still can sound good in the right hands. There was another book on chords in fourths in the same series as the Ricker. I may even have a copy somewhere. Quartal harmony is quite easy on the guitar for obvious reasons.

gotjazz · Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 1

Major Pentatonics sound great over sus7 chords. Play a major pentatonic

scale a whole step below whatever sus7 chord is played, example: B flat

major pentatonic over C7sus. Listen to some McCoy Tyner.

Loke · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 25 Location: Tyskland

Chick Corea for example shows how to do some real weird things with using pentatonics. If ya play the flat V pentatonic over a I chord, for example Gb Pent over Cj7 you will get great tensions. The system of Corea tells you that it's possible to play every pentanic over every chord, it's only a thing of the grade of dissonance.
Very interesting are these pentatonics:

Vb over I (Gb pent over Cj7)
Ib over I (B pent over Cj7)

Have fun....
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TomK · Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 73

A VERY simple, but melodic, minor blues thing from BB King (and others): on I->IV, say change is Cm7 --> F7, switch to F major pentatonic over the F7 (from, presumably C minor pentatonic or C Dorian or whatever...). For instance, hitting the note A (major third of F, from the F major pentatonic) right on the first beat of F7

C minor pent: C Eflat F G Bflat

F major pent: F G A C D

Interplay between these two, the "new" notes (A and D) still fit key C minor, but they (particularly the A) suggest the IV7 chord

I told you it was a very simple idea!

engine43 · Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Posts: 4

Hooah, gr8 job...i am speechless