Fender Statocaster
Ok, so I’m playing around with Ebay and I discover this cool widget which I can put in my post. Let’s see if it works.
Archives for the Guitar Stuff category
June 6, 2008
June 5, 2008
Pentatonic Minor (Blues Scale) Pattern #4
I’m on a roll now! Here’s pattern #4 of the pentationic minor scale.
Pentatonic Minor (Blues Scale) Pattern #3
Here’s pattern #3 for the Pentation Minor. Like I’ve said before. Learn these patterns backwords and forwards. Remember to start on the root and end on the root. This will help train your ear.
Pentatonic Minor (Blues Scale) Pattern #2
Well, after a long wait, I’ve finally got around to putting up pattern #2 for the Pentatonic Minor scale. My apologies for the long delay. I should get the other 3 patterns up pretty quickly (maybe even today). When I’m done puting up all patterns, I’m going to attempt to show how all these patterns link together on the guitar neck.
May 15, 2008
Pentatonic Minor (Blues Scale) Pattern #1
I’ve posted Pattern 1 of the Blues scale. Work this pattern until you can do it forward and backward. Move it around the neck a bit too while paying attention to where the root notes are. I’ll be posting the other patterns for the Pentatonic over the next couple of days as well as some information about how to use them.
May 13, 2008
Major Scale Patterns
After posting the video of the guy playing the improvisation in Gmaj, I thought it would be helpful to post what the patterns are for the major scales. Note that the red dot is the root note of the pattern. For those new to using patterns, I should mention that these patterns are movable. You just need to know where the root note is. For example if you want to play in Gmaj you can play pattern 4 starting with the red dot on the third fret which is G on the 6th string.
When practicing these patterns it’s important to start on a root note and finish on a root note. This will help you learn where the root notes are in the pattern.
You really should get good at these before you can even think of tackling the modes. I pretty much use 3 of the patterns and need to add the last two to my arsenal. So I’ll be doing a little practice and also start working on the putting together some graphics for the blues and pentatonic patterns.
Major Scale Pattern #1
Major Scale Pattern #2
Major Scale Pattern #3
Major Scale Pattern #4
Major Scale Pattern #5
