Guitar, Keyboards and Horns!
The Tutorial!
First, a quick word about the tutorial, and the workshop!
This is really a simplified tutorial to support the HUGE
Pentatonic Master Class Workshop. Just the basics you need
to know to manuever the workshop.
If you found this page, and didn't come here from the workshop,
and you REALLY want to be able to play those great SOLOS
you've heard your heros playing for YEARS . . .
Did you ever want to play a solo like this?
Well, it's included in this workshop!
And it's all 100% FREE!
The Pentatonic Master Class Workshop will get you there!
After reading this brief overview, head over to the workshop!
It's a 90-Day, step by step journey that covers it ALL!
Step by step, with audio backing tracks for every exercise.
Chord Changing Speed and Articulation! Lead and Soloing
Speed, Articulation, and over all Dexterity!
Sample Practice/Drill Backing Track SNIPS
You are going to actually learn solos, AND . . .
get good at playing them!
Head on over when you're ready!
GUITAR
The Pentatonic Master Class Workshop
KEYBOARDS and HORNS
The Pentatonic Master Class Workshop
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Tutorial!
Before we get into this, let me just say that the Diminished chord is
as important as any other chord! However, for this topic, Pentatonics,
we're not including it in the study. Honestly, as cool as it is, and
even though it is used . . . a LOT by many players, including me, it's not
used as "commonly" as the other 6 chords of the harmony chord scale.
So, what is the Pentatonic Scale, and why does every pro player use it?
I'll explain it in very simple terms. Briefly. But you'll get it!
Why do we use it? Many reasons. But let me ask you this . . .
What if you could eliminate approximately 29% of the
wrong notes you hit when improvising, and soloing?
Do I have your interest yet?
OK, the Penta scale comes out the the basic major scale. The major
Hope you found this interesting. If you did, please feel welcome
Please help keep us online with a small donation!
scale has 7 notes. 7 chords in the harmony chord scale. 2 of those
notes can create a lot of clashing! Because . . . they don't fit in
some chords you usually use in many songs!
What makes a scale Major is . . . a half-step between the 3rd & 4th, and
7th & 8th notes. Look at C. 7 notes from C to C up an octave. C D EF G A BC
And there's a half-step between E & F, and B & C.
If we simply remove the 2 half steps in the major scale, the remaining
notes fit great over the chords we use the most, in most songs! And the
2 notes that usually clash . . . are gone!
C D EF G A BC: Half step between the 3rd & 4th, and 7th & 8th notes.
So we drop the F (the 4th) and the B (the 7th)! And what do we have left?
C D E G A !
I should mention that the Relative minor shares the same scale and chords
as its Relative Major. As in, key of C major, Am is the Relative minor.
So . . . The C Major Pentatonic and Am Pentatonic scare the same notes.
A C D E G ! ! !
That being said . . . when you learn the 5 Am Penta Position, you learn
the C Major Penta scale positions at the same time! Just a different start
point . . .
So, I have a new challenge for you. After applying the above, play a backing
track, or jam with a buddy, or at your next rehearsal . . . use this info,
and try to play a bad note!
OK . . . NOW . . . Now is the time to hit the workshop! Let's turn these
5 notes into power house tools we can use all over the entire fretboard
or keyboard! Or up and down your horn!
I'll show you how! And I'll help you be able to play these scales, in useful,
melodic solos . . . AT BLAZING SPEED!
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE! Wayne
Go here for the GUITAR Workshop . . .
The Pentatonic Master Class Guitar Workshop
Go here for the piano, organ and horns workshop . . .
The Pentatonic Master Class All Instruments Workshop
Contact me any time!
Got a question? Ask me! Or request a workshop topic!
Email me, or drop me a PM on Facebook!
Email me any time! ~/~
Wayne on Facebook
Be sure to bookmark the workshop pages of personal interest.
to drop me a line. Email me, or drop me a PM on Facebook!
Check out my Backing Track Support Group
Musicians and Performers Support Group
The MidKar Website has 260+ pages! With over 43,736 FREE
bacing tracks! SoundFont, MIDI editors and players and
more! All FREELY distributed!
Please Visit The MidKar Main Portal HOME Page
MidKar Portal Home Page
This site is free for all. The tutorials, workshops. 43,813 MIDI, KAR &
BIAB backing tracks files, 23 BIAB User Styles. A FREE SoundFont,
Timbres of Heaven. Free MIDI players and editor!
The fees for a site this large (Nearly 200 pages with over 50K files)
is pretty high, as you can imagine.
Please consider making a small donation to help keep us online. It
would help so much! Thanks! Wayne
PS: I pay for the site and all hosting, security and domain related
expenses out of pocket. Donations appreciated. Please click the link below.