Blog Rewind - Minor Pentatonic Scale Lesson #4 - Sequences

This is the fourth and last lesson in this Pentatonic scale series.  This week we are going to explore some simple "Sequences", which are patterns of notes that repeat through a scale. Soloing purely in sequences or patterns isn't particularly musical to my ears, but they are great for building your facility to get around the fretboard.  I will also use these sequences in smaller bits to build longer phrases, but I will mix and match different sequences to keep the line or idea from getting stale or too predictable. 

We are still in the same A Minor Pentatonic scale that we have been using in the previous 3 lessons.  If you haven't already worked through those lessons yet you might want to backtrack and do those before tackling this one...these lessons will make more sense if you do them in order.

Most of this lesson is spent playing a 4 note decending pattern.  Here it is in scale degrees:

Root - Minor 7th - 5th - 4th

Minor 7th - 5th - 4th - minor 3rd

5th - 4th - minor 3rd - Root

4th - minor 3rd - Root - minor 7th

minor 3rd - Root - minor 7th - 5th

And then repeat through the scale pattern.  You can start this idea on any note, but we are starting on the root in these exercises to make them easier.  Later on in the video we explore 3 note sequences, string skipping and 2 string sequence ideas....

P.S.  Sorry about the groggy teacher...I have to do this at 6:30am on a Saturday this week due to a hectic schedule...I promise to be more awake next week!

P.S.S.  Speaking of next week (and the next month or so of lessons) I will be doing a batch of "one-off" lessons on different soloing techniques...after that we will exploring the layout of the fretboard and learning some basic theory!


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Posted by Mark Wein at 11/12/2009 9:07 AM
Categories: rewind
Tags: pentatonic scale sequences eric johnson jimmy page shred blues rock metal
 

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