Adding Flat 5th, Major 6th To The Pentatonic Scale
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Ron SayerRon Sayer adds the flat 5th 'blue note' and the major 6th 'B.B. King note' to the pentatonic scale, expanding your blues vocabulary over a 12-bar.
What's in the course
12 lessons (1h 9m) · 1 free
01. Pentatonic And Blues Scale Shapes: A Review
Free lesson9:12
02. A Different Pentatonic Shape!
5:10
03. Adding Flat 5th, Major 6th To The Pentatonic Scale
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04. Mixing Major & Minor Pentatonics.
3:46
05. The Hybrid Blues Scale
4:41
06. Using double stops
4:27
07. Double Stops with passing notes
6:35
08. Ways To Play: 7th Chords
4:18
09. Ways To Play: 9th Chords
4:49
10. Cool chords
10:42
11. Turnaround Variations
5:25
12. BONUS RIFF: Learn how to play Pride & Joy by Stevie Ray Vaughan
5:30
Lesson transcript
Adding Blue Notes to Your Scale
The next step from that is we're going to stick in a blue note.
The Scale with a Flattened 5
- Play the scale with a flattened 5 in it.
- All you're doing is taking that pentatonic scale and adding in a flat five.
Here it is:
- Now, mirror that shape on the next two strings.
I'll play that once more.
Practicing the 12-Bar Sequence
Let's quickly go around a 12-bar sequence, showing you how to throw that blue note in there.
Count:
- 2, 3, 4...
Lovely!
Again, that includes a blue note.
Introducing the B.B. King Note
Now, I want to throw one more note into that scale, which is a real favorite, it's called the B.B. King note, which is the major sixth.
- This note makes the scale sound a lot more interesting.
I'll run through that for you:
- F sharp is what we're adding to the scale.
Let me show you where you can use that over a trill bar.
Count:
- Let's go again.
- 1, 2, 3... Sa!
Yeah, okay, cool!
Summary
So that's basically given you a pentatonic scale with a couple of added notes, which take you outside the box.
- Give that a go!
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Meet your guru
Meet your guru
Ron Sayer is a guitarist's guitarist on the UK blues circuit and a mentor to players including Oli Brown and Sol Philcox. He has been nominated four times at the British Blues Awards - for the album 'Better Side', the single 'Don't Make Me Stay', and his co-writing on Oli Brown's 'Here I Am' - and has won Guitarist of the Year. In his courses he breaks down the phrasing, tone and feel behind electric blues lead playing.
