Referencing our last blog/lesson and using the common blues the chord progression lets combine them for new ideas in soloing and vocal melodies. First the chord progression:
C7////
F7////
C7////////
F7///////
C7////////
G7////
F7////
C7////
G7////
Remember each / means one quarter note or one chord per beat or click.
Now the C Minor Pentatonic Scale the number formula is:
R, b3, 4, 5, b7, 8th/R or octave.
The notes would be:
C, Eb, F, G, Bb, C
Now we will use a technique called sequencing . That is using a specific number of notes from the scale 2,3,4,5,6 etc.
and descending or ascending up the scale (going up or down in tone). First doing the scale descending:
Riff #1 = Eb, C, Bb
Riff #2 = C, Bb, G
Riff #3 = Bb, G, F
Riff #4 = G, F, Eb
Riff #5 = F, Eb, C
Riff #6 = Eb, C, Bb
Riff #7 = C, Bb, G
Riff #8 = Bb, G, F
Riff #9 = G, F, Eb
Riff #10 = F, Bb, C
1. Learn as is
2. Play up & back
3. Transpose to all keys.
Later I will show you how to do this same procedure with 4,5,6 note sequences.
Then also with other scales.
Stay tuned,
Vince Lauria
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