Members coinstarlp Posted April 27, 2009 Members Posted April 27, 2009 I'm basically a newbie to theory, but everytime I learn something new theory wise I immediately apply it to my playing. I am obtuse, it takes a whap on the head and an explanation that one would use to inform a 6 year old to get to me. Last night my band was "creating" and we were playing a riff based song using A major scale. My pianist told me to play F# pentatonic minor over it and it would sound good due to relative keys. I see that many of the notes of box 2 of F# minor pent. fall over box 1 of A major, obviously that is why it sounds good. So am I understand that I can play a minor pentatonic, and then play the major scale with a root 4 frets down? Please correct me if I am wrong, and in any case shoot me some links that explain this business or just explain it to me. Thanks!
Members samthinguy Posted April 27, 2009 Members Posted April 27, 2009 Man, sounds like you got it. I'm new to theory myself but basically thats an easy way to start soloing and a lot of songs are based on that shape of the pentatonic scale played in the very way you are describing. I think most people around here recommend Mike Dogde's site for theory and after working there myself I have to agree it is fantastic, thorough and pretty easy to understand.http://lessons.mikedodge.com check it out
Members Bedlum Bednarik Posted April 27, 2009 Members Posted April 27, 2009 I'm basically a newbie to theory, but everytime I learn something new theory wise I immediately apply it to my playing. I am obtuse, it takes a whap on the head and an explanation that one would use to inform a 6 year old to get to me.Last night my band was "creating" and we were playing a riff based song using A major scale. My pianist told me to play F# pentatonic minor over it and it would sound good due to relative keys. I see that many of the notes of box 2 of F# minor pent. fall over box 1 of A major, obviously that is why it sounds good.So am I understand that I can play a minor pentatonic, and then play the major scale with a root 4 frets down? Please correct me if I am wrong, and in any case shoot me some links that explain this business or just explain it to me. Thanks!It would be 4 frets up.A is the b3 of F# minor
Members coinstarlp Posted April 27, 2009 Author Members Posted April 27, 2009 It would be 4 frets up.A is the b3 of F# minor What I meant was down as in "down the neck", like playing the A minor pentatonic, and then playing the C major scale. Is that right?
Members Jasco Posted April 27, 2009 Members Posted April 27, 2009 I'm basically a newbie to theory, but everytime I learn something new theory wise I immediately apply it to my playing. I am obtuse, it takes a whap on the head and an explanation that one would use to inform a 6 year old to get to me.Last night my band was "creating" and we were playing a riff based song using A major scale. My pianist told me to play F# pentatonic minor over it and it would sound good due to relative keys. I see that many of the notes of box 2 of F# minor pent. fall over box 1 of A major, obviously that is why it sounds good.So am I understand that I can play a minor pentatonic, and then play the major scale with a root 4 frets down? Please correct me if I am wrong, and in any case shoot me some links that explain this business or just explain it to me. Thanks! A major and F#minor are related because they have the exact same notes. You don't need to switch scale positions to play one or the other. If you are playing a pattern that is A major, you are also playing a pattern that is F# minor. Same thing. In standard pentatonic scale fingerings, there are 5 shapes. That means you have 5 shapes that are A major. Those exact same 5 shapes at the same frets are also F#minor. Another way to understand it is to write out the notes: A major pentatonic = A B C# E F# F#minor pentatonic = F# A B C# E Same set of notes. So when you a practicing a pentatonic scale pattern next time, make sure you know both the major key and minor key you are playing in.
Members jonPhillips Posted April 27, 2009 Members Posted April 27, 2009 So when you a practicing a pentatonic scale pattern next time, make sure you know both the major key and minor key you are playing in.This
Members jeremy_green Posted April 27, 2009 Members Posted April 27, 2009 What I meant was down as in "down the neck", like playing the A minor pentatonic, and then playing the C major scale. Is that right? Yes you seem to have it
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