An Introduction To The Major Pentatonic Scale
Learn how to create a warm and upbeat blues feel in your solos with the major pentatonic scale
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An Introduction To The Major Pentatonic Scale
Alongside the minor pentatonic and minor blues scales, the major pentatonic scale is one of the fundamental scales important in the blues.
Learning the major pentatonic will help you to dramatically broaden your musical vocabulary whilst also creating a different sound and feel in your playing.
It will also help you access more complicated material and develop your skills of musicianship.
So if you feel comfortable with the minor pentatonic and blues scales, and would like to add a different texture to your playing, this is the course for you. Let’s dive in and get started!
What you will learn:
PART 1
To kick things off we will look at why learning the major pentatonic scale is so challenging, and some of the common mistakes players make when trying to get started with the major pentatonic
PART 2
In this first lesson we will define the importance of the major pentatonic scale and the opportunities it offers for your development as a guitarist
PART 3
Here you will learn what the major pentatonic scale is and how it compares to the more familiar minor pentatonic scale
PART 4
In this lesson you will learn the shapes of the major pentatonic scale and how these compare with those of the minor pentatonic scale
PART 5
Moving on, we will debunk a quick but problematic ‘hack’ that stops guitarists from making proper progress with the major pentatonic scale
PART 6
Following on from the previous lesson, we will look at an alternative framework that will help you to start using the major pentatonic scale with much greater ease in your playing
PART 7
Here you will learn the first of two key rules you need to follow to ensure you utilise the major pentatonic scale correctly when improvising
PART 8
In this lesson you will learn the second of the two key rules you need to follow when using the major pentatonic scale to avoid any harsh or dissonant sounds
PART 9
To wrap things up, we will recap all of the key concepts covered in the course and look at how you can start to use the major pentatonic scale in your playing
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- 9 Lessons
