Mark Wein Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 [video=youtube;wBnWkl3bo6E] This is going to be an addition to my weekly podcast...we'll see if I have the time to keep it up but I figured I'd share it here. Let me know if you dig it and if I should keep posting it here in addition to the Monday podcast.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frets99 Posted April 22, 2011 Share Posted April 22, 2011 Love it. Great job. That guitar is Gibson's "The Paul" isn't it. Love the look and tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Love it. Great job.That guitar is Gibson's "The Paul" isn't it. Love the look and tone. Thanks! It's the one I put Pure 90's and flatwound D'Addario 12's on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted April 22, 2011 Members Share Posted April 22, 2011 I love that riff. It's a great way to flirt btw major and minor blues as well, depending on whether you land on the major 3rd or the minor 3rd. I've been loving your clips Mark. Keep em coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 I love that riff. It's a great way to flirt btw major and minor blues as well. I've been loving your clips Mark. Keep em coming. Thanks! If I can keep up the pace we'll have two a week although the monday one might also have gear demos or other guitar related stuff. We also have a monthly live webcast with Tom Harkenrider hosting...next week Deke Dickerson will be around and I'm hoping to steal a lick from him for my blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted April 22, 2011 Members Share Posted April 22, 2011 It's funny, I learned Johnny B Goode this week for my band and this is that signature lick that starts the studio version. I just thought of it as a combination of major and minor pentatonic scales. It's primarily mixing the major and minor third, which you are sliding into each time. Chuck lives on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 It's funny, I learned Johnny B Goode this week for my band and this is that signature lick that starts the studio version. I just thought of it as a combination of major and minor pentatonic scales. It's just a handful of notes that can be analyzed a couple of different ways. Thats part of the beauty of music is that sometimes we just need to hit on the right way of organizing this information in a way that makes it most usable to us as individuals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted April 22, 2011 Members Share Posted April 22, 2011 Cool. I also like that 6 chord, which I've never used. I'll be using it now ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Cool. I also like that 6 chord, which I've never used. I'll be using it now ;-) I'm discovering that I really like using that sound much more than a dominant 7th or 9th for the I chord in a blues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted April 22, 2011 Members Share Posted April 22, 2011 I'm discovering that I really like using that sound much more than a dominant 7th or 9th for the I chord in a blues. Yeah to be honest, when I heard you play it, my ear said "OH! that's what that is!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Yeah to be honest, when I heard you play it, my ear said "OH! that's what that is!" I'm going through a ton of that right now...I've been delving more and more into the jump blues style from my more rock and Albert King influenced sound and every time I find one of those little nuggets the light bulb goes off over my head.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted April 22, 2011 Members Share Posted April 22, 2011 I'm going through a ton of that right now...I've been delving more and more into the jump blues style from my more rock and Albert King influenced sound and every time I find one of those little nuggets the light bulb goes off over my head.... Very cool. Yeah this one Chuck Berry song has actually taught me a whole lot. Sliding (and fretting) into that major third is just a powerful tool. I haven't had a chance to experiment much with it. Do you think that style of honky tonk major/minor pentatonic would work well on an aggressive blues song like Pride and Joy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Very cool. Yeah this one Chuck Berry song has actually taught me a whole lot. Sliding (and fretting) into that major third is just a powerful tool. I haven't had a chance to experiment much with it. Do you think that style of honky tonk major/minor pentatonic would work well on an aggressive blues song like Pride and Joy? Absolutely. I was trying to find a good example of that sort of thing in my Youtube channel and couldn't find exactly what you are talking about but I did find this one, which I had totally forgotten about...hopefully the audio isn't too bad but I spend a lot of time playing partial chord ideas of all types and relating my ideas to the harmony that I'm playing over...hitting the changes in a blues is really helpful sometimes to taking a longer solo somewhere... [video=youtube;VkA06XdNwT8] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted April 22, 2011 Members Share Posted April 22, 2011 Thanks for posting that. Great playing. I've been in generic minor pentatonic prisonhell for a long time. This thing is a huge breath of fresh air. It's country/honky tonk sounding in a good way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Thanks for posting that. Great playing. I've been in generic minor pentatonic prisonhell for a long time. This thing is a huge breath of fresh air. It's country/honky tonk sounding in a good way. Thanks! Check this stuff out and see if it gives you any ideas: 12 Bar Blues Lesson #1- Chord Progression 12 Bar Blues Lesson #2 - 3 phrase melodic structure, 1st Verse and Solo #1 12 Bar Blues Lesson #3 - Intro, Stop Breaks band 2nd solo 12 Bar Blues Lesson #4 - Wrapping it up and giving it an ending! Using Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales to play through Blues Chord Changes Using 3rds and 7th as Guide Tones for Blues Let me know if you have any questions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrbrown49 Posted April 22, 2011 Members Share Posted April 22, 2011 FWIW, this tune is great to experiment with the that riff when playing over it. Those who try will notice the 6th doesn't always work, but it's choosing when to use it that makes it special. [video=youtube;_l8H37cah2s]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l8H37cah2s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members adlo76 Posted April 22, 2011 Members Share Posted April 22, 2011 both kinds of 6's. [video=youtube;085wg6kxJs8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=085wg6kxJs8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted April 22, 2011 Members Share Posted April 22, 2011 Thanks! Check this stuff out and see if it gives you any ideas:12 Bar Blues Lesson #1- Chord Progression12 Bar Blues Lesson #2 - 3 phrase melodic structure, 1st Verse and Solo #1 12 Bar Blues Lesson #3 - Intro, Stop Breaks band 2nd solo 12 Bar Blues Lesson #4 - Wrapping it up and giving it an ending!Using Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales to play through Blues Chord ChangesUsing 3rds and 7th as Guide Tones for BluesLet me know if you have any questions! Yeah very helpful. I don't have my guitar with me atm so I am just absorbing what I can with my ear. You speak about question and answer phrases, and it sounds like the major pentatonic is used for the question (it's less dissonant/nasty?), and a more minor pentatonic phrase for the answer statement. It's as if the minor pentatonic builds up tension which is released on the chord change. Am I hearing that theme? Also what did you do on the 5 chord? It sounds like you switched to D minor pentatonic, but 867 on the small E string doesn't make sense in that context. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Like I said at my place, I'm stealin' that first lick! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Yeah very helpful. I don't have my guitar with me atm so I am just absorbing what I can with my ear. You speak about question and answer phrases, and it sounds like the major pentatonic is used for the question (it's less dissonant/nasty?), and a more minor pentatonic phrase for the answer statement. It's as if the minor pentatonic builds up tension which is released on the chord change. Am I hearing that theme?Also what did you do on the 5 chord? It sounds like you switched to D minor pentatonic, but 867 on the small E string doesn't make sense in that context. Not so much...it's more the major pentatonic on the I chord and minor pentatonic on the IV chord. The V chord on that is a Freddy King lick that I stole from somewhere that is realy just a chromatic connection of the 3rd and 4th in the minor pentatonic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members captcoolaid Posted April 22, 2011 Members Share Posted April 22, 2011 Cool I love little nuance liks like that. I have been a metal player for years and am now venturing in to the sweeter playing as the years go. Thanks for that. Very Chet Atkins Les Paulish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Selsaral Posted April 22, 2011 Members Share Posted April 22, 2011 Not so much...it's more the major pentatonic on the I chord and minor pentatonic on the IV chord. The V chord on that is a Freddy King lick that I stole from somewhere that is realy just a chromatic connection of the 3rd and 4th in the minor pentatonic... Ah OK, that makes perfect sense, major pentatonic on the 1, minor on the 4. I was thinking on the 5 chord you were switching to something D7 related cause it sounds so good. I've never seen a lick like that. An unusual lick in G7 on the D7 chord, eh. Hm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jhamnett Posted April 22, 2011 Members Share Posted April 22, 2011 Awesome! Really useful lesson there. You have a new subscriber on YouTube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted April 22, 2011 Author Share Posted April 22, 2011 Awesome! Really useful lesson there. You have a new subscriber on YouTube. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wein Posted April 23, 2011 Author Share Posted April 23, 2011 saturday morning bump before I let this one die... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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