BONUS LESSON: Santana - Black Magic Woman
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Ron SayerRon Sayer plays Santana's 'Black Magic Woman' on guitar, showing how its chords give you room to lay the course's scale ideas on top.
What's in the course
12 lessons (1h 27m) · 2 free
01. ‘Welcome To The Course’ Jam
Free lesson2:21
02. Using Arpeggios In Your Blues
Free lesson8:23
03. Half Tone/Whole Scales In Your Blues
8:49
04. Diminished 7th Arpeggios In Your Blues
10:14
05. More Diminished 7th Arpeggios
10:32
06. Sliding 9th To 6th Chords In Your Blues
8:16
07. Quartal Harmony Blues Scale
4:46
08. 9th Chord Blues Scale
3:24
09. Minor 7th & Quartal Chords In Your Blues
4:36
10. Major 7th Arpeggios in your Minor Blues
12:48
11. Altered Scales In Your Minor Blues
9:56
12. BONUS LESSON: Santana - Black Magic Woman
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Lesson transcript
Music Lesson with Ron Sayre
Hi, I'm Ron Sayre, coming to you from musicgurus.com.
I've just finished recording a couple of courses on how to make your blues and pentatonic playing infinitely more interesting, and I thought I'd pop over to YouTube and demonstrate a couple of those ideas. Hopefully, you'll like them, and you can come and check our courses out at musicgurus.com.
Chords and Scales
To start off with, I'm going to play you Black Magic Woman by Santana, which has some interesting chords that you can throw some nice scales over the top of.
Key Points to Know:
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Key: D Minor
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G Major Arpeggio:
- The notes of the G major 7th arpeggio can be incorporated over the D minor chord in Black Magic Woman.
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A Dominant Seventh Chord:
- When you get to the A chord, which is the dominant seventh chord (or the altered chord), you can play a diminished seventh arpeggio.
Playing Tips
- You can choose to play the diminished seventh arpeggio from the E downwards, or anywhere you prefer during your progression.
Now, I'm going to demonstrate how these ideas work over the progression.
Performance
So, here we go! I'm going to play Black Magic Woman for you. Hope you enjoy it!
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Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed that.
Don't forget, if you like what you hear, get over to musicgurus.com and check out my courses on thinking outside the box.
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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.
