if you're a noob like me.... start with a slide or pick scrap.... then pick some good notes with pinch harmonic, and end with a dive bomb

seriously... even if i understand that you need to use scale that fits the song key.... i'm totally lost about moving the scales "up" or "down" or play what after another.... damn

EBP, thanks i remember the long post you've typed one day... it was very interesting, and went deeper than mine. too bad it didn't get sticked up ! (lousy moderators at that time )

This post has been edited by Pix: May 31 2008, 09:12 PM

Pix, thank you very much for your detailed explanation. It is very kind of you to spend some time to type such a long passage to teach a noob like me. I find it very useful. Thanks

Chipz, the only way to thank me is to send me a .mp3 of one of your improvised solo in the near future... then i'll see if you made good usage of my post !

*religiously reads Pix's posting #18*

time for a LYN jam...?

if only u are around.

nah i guess everyone is busy. the last one got canceled. not enough guitarist. lol.

oh... you guys are that motivated about showing off your skills ? well, if some others have time..
it's not a LYN jam actually, more like a small piece of backing track (1 minute ?) , and each of us record his own stuff.

1 question here...

Do pentatonic scale can be used for all kind of song??

IMO, pentatonic can be used in most songs with proper variations.
but if you ask me what does my "most songs" means, honestly, i dunno. coz i know how to play pentatonic scales before i know it is pentatonic scales. i just ripped off the variations from MTVs, after proper research on scales then only i know i was playing pentatonic and major scales all along...
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So let say the song is in scale A minor or major we can use proper pentatonic scale??

How bout chord progression de??

Whats that?

dmc,

yes, most modern music : pop, rock, RnB, folk, etc that plas on the radio are using pentatonic scale. sometimes, they use major or minor scale, but it just means they add 2 notes on top of the pentatonic (7 notes in major/minor scales, and 5 notes in pentatonic).

So if the 7 notes of the major/minor work, then the 5 notes of the penta will obviously work.

Now, if you listen to jazz, instrumental guitar (vai, satriani, etc), you'll see that the pentatonic will only take you so far.

songs in A minor can use the A pentatonic minor scale, or the D pentatonic major (they're using the same notes).
songs in A major can use the A pentatonic major scale, or the E pentatonic minor (they're using the same notes).

nobody can go wrong with pentatonics...

But of course it's pretty basic stuff... from pentatonics, can add a bit here and there.. a lot of variations can be done...

Sorry for this question but how do you determine the key of the song? One of my friends told me that it can be determined by the first guitar chord of the song. Eg if the first chord of the song is C, then it is in the key of C. Is that really so??

wow thanks all nice info

ipohboy, isn't there an answer to this question in the post #18 of this thread ??

Wow,this is a nice thread.

May I know,how do you know what type of scales to put into a certain chord progression?I thought you could just insert any type of scales into a certain chord progression as long as it's in key?


This post has been edited by freakfingers12: Jun 4 2008, 10:42 PM

A pentatonic minor = D pentatonic major? I think it should be C pentatonic major instead
A pentatonic major is equal to F#m pentatonic instead.

haha. yeah! shows supercolossal read in detail. lol

that was just a test sharp eyes you got, man