4/7 Lesson

4/14 wrap up

1. Major and Pentatonic - form 1 scales
2. Finger transitions between chords. goal is to minimize finger travel. watch out for pulling on the strings when fingering your chords. come down as straight as you can using the arc in your fingers. this will keep the notes in pitch.
3. Song - Purple Haze - Goal is to play this simple pentatonic based riff with as much feel as you can get.
4. String bending - Practice push and pull vibrato with each finger. Especially your pinky. Flashy leads often cresendo with the high note ringing out. guess which finger's job is to play the really high notes?

4/7 Exercise

1. Pentatonic scales form 1 and 5 - will be the beginning of a never ending relationship with the 5 basic forms of the pentatonic.

I have charted out the 5 forms of the G pentatonic but remember you need to be able to play the scale from any fret. Start with the main keys you will be asked to play in. E, G, A, B, C#, D. So you would play the E pentatonic in all 5 forms, then G in all 5 forms then A, etc.

This alone will make you into a great soloist. Don't worry about speed. When you get bored, improvise with the scale. Listen to David Gilmour from the site I sent you. He is the master of the melodic pentatonic solo.

Comfortably Numb solo
Comfortably Numb Tab