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Minor 6th Pentatonics
Instructor:
Tom Quayle
Topic(s):
Scales
Style(s):
Any Style
Level(s):
Advanced
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Minor 6th Pentatonics - Introduction
Instructor:
Tom Quayle
Level:
Advanced
Topic:
Scales
Style:
Any Style
Hi there guitar lovers! This months tutorial is on Minor 6th pentatonic scales. What an earth are those you may ask? A minor 6th pentatonic is a hybrid pentatonic scale built from a Dorian or Melodic Minor scale and differs from our standard minor pentatonic by only one note. But this one note makes a huge difference when it comes to soloing and the applic...
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Minor 6th Pentatonics - Learning the Scale
Instructor:
Tom Quayle
Level:
Advanced
Topic:
Scales
Style:
Any Style
Obviously before we can use the scale we need to know how to play it in a few different positions. Below and on the video I show you how to play a C minor 6th pentatonic scale in a few different ways using 'box' type patterns and then using what I call octave displacement where you use one shape and learn it in as many octaves and positions as possible. Th...
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Minor 6th Pentatonics - Which to play?
Instructor:
Tom Quayle
Level:
Advanced
Topic:
Scales
Style:
Any Style
So now you've learned the scale we need to know how to apply it. In other words, which minor 6th pentatonic to play over each chord in a progression. Well in actual fact, it's pretty simple. If you're chord is built from a major scale (as opposed to a melodic minor) then simply work out which key you're in first of all. The minor 6th pentatonic is built fro...
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Minor 6th Pentatonics - Minor Blues Application
Instructor:
Tom Quayle
Level:
Advanced
Topic:
Scales
Style:
Any Style
Okay - so now we'll apply these ideas to an actual chord progression. The progression in question is a minor blues in the key of C. You can see the chords below in the Tab with suggested voicings given. Feel free to substitute these for your own shapes. The first three bars contain the chord Cm11 which is the II chord in the key of Bbmajor. Now, thinking b...
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1:50
Minor 6th Pentatonics - Minor Blues Demo
Instructor:
Tom Quayle
Level:
Advanced
Topic:
Scales
Style:
Any Style
Now I'm going to demonstrate the application of these minor 6th pentatonics and play each relevant scale over the C minor blues chord progression. Note the tab below with some suggested chord voicings for a minor blues and the applicable scales. I also do a bit of improvisation too using these scales! Try it for yourself on the backing track provided.
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Minor 6th Pentatonics - Backing Track
Instructor:
Tom Quayle
Level:
Advanced
Topic:
Scales
Style:
Any Style
Have fun on the backing track for this Cm Blues. Check out the changes below.