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Minor 6th Pentatonics

Tom Quayle
AdvancedAny styleScales 6 lessons18m

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 applications of the scale. A normal minor pentatonic scale has the formula, R, b3, 4, 5, b7 The minor 6th pentatonic has the formula, R, b3, 4, 5, 6 As you can see, the b7 has been changed to the major 6th interval from a dorian or melodic minor scale. Because the b7 has been removed the scale can fit a dorian or melodic minor tonality and any of their associated chords. Very useful! This scale is used a great deal by Sax players such as Jerry Bergonzi and the late Michael Brecker and by notable guitarists such as Robben Ford and John Scofield. In this tutorial we'll learn how to use and apply the scale over chords and specifically over a minor blues. Lets move on to the next video to learn how to play the scale on the guitar. Good luck!

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  1. 1 2:17 Lesson · 2m Minor 6th Pentatonics - Introduction 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...
  2. 2 3:08 Lesson · 3m Minor 6th Pentatonics - Learning the Scale 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...
  3. 3 2:47 Lesson · 3m Minor 6th Pentatonics - Which to play? 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...
  4. 4 4:59 Lesson · 5m Minor 6th Pentatonics - Minor Blues Application 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... Tab
  5. 5 1:50 Lesson · 2m Minor 6th Pentatonics - Minor Blues Demo 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... Tab
  6. 6 3:20 Backing track · 3m Minor 6th Pentatonics - Backing Track Have fun on the backing track for this Cm Blues. Check out the changes below. Tab

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