Exploring the Minor Pentatonic Scale – Non-Linear Sequences 2
Add to favorites This is part of a intermediate/advanced series on getting the most out of the that trusty workhorse of contemporary improvisation, the minor pentatonic scale. Click here to check out the first lesson, and here to check out the second lesson.
Building on top of what we did with the diatonic 3rds to G Minor Pentatonic, we can keep going at it with these non-linear sequences by creating patterns built on diatonic 4ths and 5ths. These are the most “intervallically active” patterns yet, and are physically the most demanding to play.
Check out what I mean by at this here.
Here is a pdf with a lot of ideas for practicing these sequences.
When practicing these, especially the diatonic 5ths, go slowly, play lightly and above all don’t tense up your fretting hand. Remember the list of all the different parameters you can control when phrasing these sequences from last lesson. Try not do what everybody does (myself included!) and just go on autopilot sixteenths (or whatever the subdivision is).
Happy Sequencing!
-Adam
Skovbakke said,
June 9, 2010 @ 12:33 pm
Wow, man, there’s a lot of practice for me to do! Thanks! How do you make that backing music? Could put it on the web for download?
Adam Neely said,
April 23, 2010 @ 7:53 pm
Cool, man! Yeah, I love this sort of stuff, you can get a lot of out it.
Peace,
Adam
ianant said,
April 22, 2010 @ 8:25 pm
Great, just several more months of study and practice material. At this rate, I’ll be a decent player when I’m er . . . in my seventies 
MarloweDK said,
April 21, 2010 @ 11:55 pm
Great stuff – just what i expected from you:-)
And speaking of – I apply a similar pentatonic idea in this lesson
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blunt said,
September 8, 2010 @ 3:14 pm
Great stuff dude. Well what an amazing desdcening riff by a note.