Nihilist1 Guitar Mentoring |
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Nihilist1 Guitar Mentoring |
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Mar 23 2012, 09:28 PM |
There is nothing ridicules about wanting to be the best!
It is a good goal and I am 100% with you! Since you mentioned that you would like to learn how to play over changes and have a problem understanding scales We will start working on it! Here is the track http://soundcloud.com/alex-feather-akimov/ii-v-i-jam with II-V-I chord progression if you learn how to play over this you will learn how to play jazz Because if we will analyze any jazz tune, everything is based on II-V-I. The changes are: Emi7 - A7 - Dmaj7 First lets use pentatonics to play over those changes! You can use: Over Emi7 chord: E minor pentatonic, B minor pentatonic, A minor pentatonic Over A7 chord: A minor pentatonic , A major pentatonic, B minor pentatonic, E minor pentatonic In order to get the changes use A major or A minor pentatonic Over D major 7 chord: D major pentatonic, B minor pentatonic, E minor pentatonic, A major pentatonic To get the changes use D major/B minor pentatonic or A major pentatonic Why did I make those choices? The reason is if I will analyze the chords I will get: E mi7 - E- G -B - D A7 - A-C#-E-G Dmaj7 - D-F#-A-C# The most important chord tones are III and VII For example in E mi7 - G and D Than I analyzed pentatonics and found ones that will have desired chord tones For example A7 Chord tones are C# and G If I will look at the pentatonic structure I will get this: A minor pentatonic has G and A which will give me one main and secondary which is A If we will analyze A major pentatonic we will get this I will have a main chord tone and secondary as well Another thing I want you to do is analyze this chord progression using my technique A mi7 - D7 - Gmaj7 Find the pentatonics that will create chord tones sound! I know it might sound confusing but this technique will change the way you are thinking as soon as you will get it! Let me know if you have any questions! -------------------- |
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Mar 24 2012, 10:06 PM |
I will start this right after Todd's Torture Chamber tomorrow! Thanks, Alex! -Nihil Sounds great!!! I am looking forward to it!!! -------------------- |
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Mar 26 2012, 07:27 PM |
I will have to play over the progression quite a bit for it to start making sense. My biggest problem is that I cannot really think of ways to connect the scales. Do you have some licks or tips for me to create my own licks? Below, I am going to try and use your technique to analyze the chord progression that you gave me as homework: Over Ami7 chord: A Minor Pentatonic, D Minor Pentatonic, Over D7 Chord: D Major Pentatonic, C Major Pentatonic, Over GMaj7 Chord: G Major Pentatonic, I am about to fall asleep, haha. I will update this Late tonight or early tomorrow since I am a night owl. If any of these are incorrect so far, please let me know. Thanks, Alex! -Nihil I know it's not easy but I know you can do it!!! Good job on analyzing chords and making pentatonic choices! A few suggestions! b]Over Ami7 chord:[/b] I would not suggest D minor pentatonic because after you will have a D7 chord so you need to have F# in it My choice will be A minor, B minor pentatonics Over D7 Chord: You have made a good choice I would probably do the same! Over GMaj7 Chord: I would use combination in between D major and G major How to create your own licks! It is pretty easy and you can be as creative as you want! We have Emi7 - A7 - D maj7 chord progression for the backing track Say I chose: B minor and E minor pentatonic over E mi7 B minor and A minor pentatonic over A7 E minor A major pentatonic over D maj7 Now all you have to do is combine those three and create some licks! Here is an example combing B minor and E minor pentatonics: E |-----------------------------------------7----------| Guitar Pro file: Licks.gp5 ( 1.7K ) Number of downloads: 144 Let me know if you have any questions! -------------------- |
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Mar 29 2012, 02:22 AM |
I know it's not easy but I know you can do it!!! Good job on analyzing chords and making pentatonic choices! A few suggestions! b]Over Ami7 chord:[/b] I would not suggest D minor pentatonic because after you will have a D7 chord so you need to have F# in it My choice will be A minor, B minor pentatonics Over D7 Chord: You have made a good choice I would probably do the same! Over GMaj7 Chord: I would use combination in between D major and G major How to create your own licks! It is pretty easy and you can be as creative as you want! We have Emi7 - A7 - D maj7 chord progression for the backing track Say I chose: B minor and E minor pentatonic over E mi7 B minor and A minor pentatonic over A7 E minor A major pentatonic over D maj7 Now all you have to do is combine those three and create some licks! Here is an example combing B minor and E minor pentatonics: E |-----------------------------------------7----------| Guitar Pro file: Licks.gp5 ( 1.7K ) Number of downloads: 144 Let me know if you have any questions! For the Ami7 chord, I noticed that you chose the B minor Pentatonic. May I ask why? I might have formulated my scales incorrectly, but I did not notice a III or VII chord tone in that particular minor Pentatonic. Thanks! -Nihil -------------------- All the elders have fallen down...
Heal her now... All the elders have fallen down... Heal her now... Grandfather elk Turned to me And spoke: Light the fire deep inside. Light the fires! |
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Apr 5 2012, 03:26 AM |
Hey! I just wanted to follow up with you and find out if you are ready for a new assignment?
Please let me know how is it going and if you need any help! -------------------- |
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