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Old 03-17-2024, 01:47 PM
Charlie Bernstein Charlie Bernstein is offline
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Originally Posted by mr. beaumont View Post
Re: Sliding the minor pentatonic down and having the major pentatonic--yes, but with the caveat that the same licks don't necessarily work.

No, indeed. It has a whole different palette of in-between notes. It's just the pentatonic scale shapes themselves that are the same.

Proclaimer, a lot of blues and swing is made by mingling major and minor pentatonics.

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For example, the Chuck Berry bend the third string at one fret and play the top 2 strings two frets lower together...That doesn't magically become a good major pentatonic lick just by playing the whole thing 3 frets lower...

The major scale is the entire foundation of Western Harmony, and it's absolutely crucial to know it inside out.
'Zackly!

Last edited by Charlie Bernstein; 03-17-2024 at 06:47 PM.
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