Fun with Pentatonics # 1

Fun with Pentatonics # 1

Here's a cool 70's pentatonic speed lick in the key of Rock. Ok, its
actually in the key of A

http :// ca.youtube,com /watch?v=Dul9Rjqsixo

Re: Fun with Pentatonics # 1


"Steve Furey" <stevefurey@gmail,com > wrote in message
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> Here's a cool 70's pentatonic speed lick in the key of Rock. Ok, its
> actually in the key of A
>
> http :// ca.youtube,com /watch?v=Dul9Rjqsixo
>
a minor, actually.

Re: Fun with Pentatonics # 1

"Grinner" <grinner@nowhere,com > wrote in message
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>
> "Steve Furey" <stevefurey@gmail,com > wrote in message
>> its actually in the key of A
>>
>> http :// ca.youtube,com /watch?v=Dul9Rjqsixo
>>
> a minor, actually.

I make it B minor - there is an F# in there.

Steve.

Re: Fun with Pentatonics # 1

On May 17, 12:44 pm, "Steve Robinson"
<stephen.p.robin...@ntlworld.remove,com > wrote:
> "Grinner" <grin...@nowhere,com > wrote in message
>
> news:482ee93b$0$17510$afc38c87@news.optusnet,com .au...
>
>
>
> > "Steve Furey" <stevefu...@gmail,com > wrote in message
> >> its actually in the key of A
>
> >> http :// ca.youtube,com /watch?v=Dul9Rjqsixo
>
> > a minor, actually.
>
> I make it B minor - there is an F# in there.
>
> Steve.

Nope, its the key of ROCK

Re: Fun with Pentatonics # 1

On Sat, 17 May 2008 09:19:45 -0700 (PDT), Steve Furey <stevefurey@gmail,com >
wrote:


>
>Nope, its the key of ROCK


I can't find that one in my Mel Bay book....

Re: Fun with Pentatonics # 1

On May 17, 8:44=EF=BF=BDam, "Steve Robinson"
<stephen.p.robin...@ntlworld.remove,com > wrote:
> "Grinner" <grin...@nowhere,com > wrote in message
>
> news:482ee93b$0$17510$afc38c87@news.optusnet,com .au...
>
>
>
> > "Steve Furey" <stevefu...@gmail,com > wrote in message
> >> its actually in the key of A
>
> >> http :// ca.youtube,com /watch?v=3DDul9Rjqsixo
>
> > a minor, actually.
>
> I make it B minor - there is an F# in there.
>
> Steve.

If Furey is thinking "A" it's A major. A major has F# in it; A minor
does not. This is a nice little triplet-sequence (that reminds me of
Rik Emmet) that illustrates a cool rock guitarist's trick: the blues-
pentatonic "box" everyone usually learns to play rock can be used in
major keys if you use the 2nd, 3rd, or 6th note of the major scale as
the note that you'd normally play with your index finger, low E
string.

EX: Furey's A major scale lick can also be played in A major if you
play the same sequence at the 2nd or 9th fret, where Furey has played
it at the 7th fret here. All of those sequences fit over an A major
chord. The only weirdness is that last note, E flat, which is the flat
5 in Amaj. If you play the sequence at the 9the fret that last note
turns up as an F note, which is the flat 6th of an Amaj; at the 2nd
fret that last note is a flat 2, which would sound really "out" over
an A major chord...unless that note is hanging over a key change.

Re: Fun with Pentatonics # 1

I actually see it going back and forth between the minor and the
major, and thats why I rather ambiguously said it was in the key of
A, But its all good!


On May 17, 5:54 pm, rmjon23 <rmjo...@aol,com > wrote:
> On May 17, 8:44=EF=BF=BDam, "Steve Robinson"
>
>
>
> <stephen.p.robin...@ntlworld.remove,com > wrote:
> > "Grinner" <grin...@nowhere,com > wrote in message
>
> >news:482ee93b$0$17510$afc38c87@news.optusnet,com .au...
>
> > > "Steve Furey" <stevefu...@gmail,com > wrote in message
> > >> its actually in the key of A
>
> > >> http :// ca.youtube,com /watch?v=3DDul9Rjqsixo
>
> > > a minor, actually.
>
> > I make it B minor - there is an F# in there.
>
> > Steve.
>
> If Furey is thinking "A" it's A major. A major has F# in it; A minor
> does not. This is a nice little triplet-sequence (that reminds me of
> Rik Emmet) that illustrates a cool rock guitarist's trick: the blues-
> pentatonic "box" everyone usually learns to play rock can be used in
> major keys if you use the 2nd, 3rd, or 6th note of the major scale as
> the note that you'd normally play with your index finger, low E
> string.
>
> EX: Furey's A major scale lick can also be played in A major if you
> play the same sequence at the 2nd or 9th fret, where Furey has played
> it at the 7th fret here. All of those sequences fit over an A major
> chord. The only weirdness is that last note, E flat, which is the flat
> 5 in Amaj. If you play the sequence at the 9the fret that last note
> turns up as an F note, which is the flat 6th of an Amaj; at the 2nd
> fret that last note is a flat 2, which would sound really "out" over
> an A major chord...unless that note is hanging over a key change.

Re: Fun with Pentatonics # 1

Steve Furey wrote:
>
> I actually see it going back and forth between the minor and the
> major, and thats why I rather ambiguously said it was in the key of
> A, But its all good!

Yup! That's my favorite aspect of Southern Rock and Blues. :-) mvm