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January 23, 2022 at 12:44 pm #109054
Confusion sets in. Pentatonic scale Bb C D F G. 1st note is Bb. 2nd note is C. 3rd note is D. 4th note is Eb. 5th note of the pentatonic is F. Pentatonic scale is Bb,C, D, F,G. The chord is Bb, D, F. Confusion as to what the Bb Pentatonic chord is and which notes are the 1st. the 3rd and the 5th. Videos go very fast. Am working on Shot Gun. Interesting note. In the TV series “OZARK” one section begins with Jr. Walker playing “Shot Gun”
WilliamJanuary 23, 2022 at 3:26 pm #109055Anonymous
take the Pentatonic B Major Scale (1 2 3 5 6)
B C# D# F# G#
From that you can create an Altered Pentatonic Major Scale in Bb by flattening all the notes
giving
Bb C D F G
i would assume the chord to be Bb D F (based on the 1 3 5 of a normal major scale)
January 23, 2022 at 3:32 pm #109056Ya, we’er using Shot Gun Bb pentatonic on which to improvise
WilliamJanuary 24, 2022 at 2:13 am #109062Anonymous
Since the pentatonic scale has five notes then there are five chord possibilities.
One major chord, one minor chord, two suspended chords (sus means to replace the 3rd with the 4th and sus2 means to replace the 3rd with the 2nd) and it turns out that the last chord is a minor augmented chord which is just the root major chord inverted.Using C pentatonic as an example.
C pentatonic consists of C root, D 2nd, E 3rd, G 5th and A 6th.
C-E-G makes up C major
D-E-A is Dsus2
D-G-A is Dsus
E-C-G is an inversion of C major
G-A-D is Gsus2
G-C-D is Gsus
A-C-E makes A minorJanuary 24, 2022 at 9:26 am #109071Johnny
When I play the “hey Jude” riff in Bb pentatonic 135 2 1 6 5 it does not sound right. There’s no Dah Dah da da da dah. Bb D F C Bb G F
WilliamJanuary 24, 2022 at 9:47 am #109072Johnny
To make riff sound right I have to play Bb D F, G F G F, That’s 1 3 5….6 5 6 5
I’m doing Bb pentatonic to prepare for Shot Gun improv
WilliamJanuary 24, 2022 at 11:58 am #109076No three dots for downloading the shot gun groove
WilliamJanuary 25, 2022 at 8:36 am #109091the 4th note of the Bb major pentatonic is NOT Eb. this scale does not contain the 4th degree.
January 25, 2022 at 8:41 am #109092william, the hey jude riff is right. what I think you’re not seeing is that the “2” is an octave higher.
play Bb D F C (the C is the one that’s a 5th higher than the F)so in your example ; Bb D F G F GF is wrong. change the G F G F to C Bb C Bb
January 25, 2022 at 8:56 am #109093Thanks Johnny
Bb D F…C Bb C BbGot it. Now more Shot Gun
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