Howdy,
(1) The sixth position pentatonic E scale demonstrated in Green River includes G as the 2nd note instead F#, flat 3rd vs. 2nd note of the scale. That makes this scale a hybrid blues scale right?
(2) With regard to blues scales played down the neck, do you recommend using the same technique as demonstrated for pentatonic scales i.e. use the sixth string to find any note in the blues scale and play off of that.
(3) Are there excercise that demonstrate blues scales up/down the neck posted on the site.
Thx,
Michael
Pentatonic vs. Blues scale (Green River)
I'll take a stab at some of this... I'm by no means an expert, so someone please correct me if anything is wrong...
1)The scale demonstrated in Green River is the minor pentatonic scale in E. The minor pentatonic is a 5 note subset of the natural minor scale. The 2nd note, F# in this case, is not included in the minor pentatonic. Also excluded is the 6th note, C.
E major: E – F# - G# - A – B – C# - D#
To get the natural minor, flat the 3rd, 6th, and 7th
E natural minor: E – F# - G – A – B – C – D (Note: These are the notes of the G Major scale)
To get the minor pentatonic, omit the 2nd and 6th notes from the natural minor
E minor pentatonic: E – G – A – B – D
Neil refers to this in the video as the 6th position because E is the 6th note of E minor’s relative major scale, which would be G major.
3)I'm not sure about exercises, but for a sheet showing all of the notes in the pentatonic scale, see the lesson notes included with Southern Man
http://www.totallyguitars.com/classic-r ... uthern-man
My question related to this would be... Isn't the blues scale a minor pentatonic with a flat 5th included?
1)The scale demonstrated in Green River is the minor pentatonic scale in E. The minor pentatonic is a 5 note subset of the natural minor scale. The 2nd note, F# in this case, is not included in the minor pentatonic. Also excluded is the 6th note, C.
E major: E – F# - G# - A – B – C# - D#
To get the natural minor, flat the 3rd, 6th, and 7th
E natural minor: E – F# - G – A – B – C – D (Note: These are the notes of the G Major scale)
To get the minor pentatonic, omit the 2nd and 6th notes from the natural minor
E minor pentatonic: E – G – A – B – D
Neil refers to this in the video as the 6th position because E is the 6th note of E minor’s relative major scale, which would be G major.
3)I'm not sure about exercises, but for a sheet showing all of the notes in the pentatonic scale, see the lesson notes included with Southern Man
http://www.totallyguitars.com/classic-r ... uthern-man
My question related to this would be... Isn't the blues scale a minor pentatonic with a flat 5th included?
), and correct about the addition of the flatted fifth creating the blues scale.