Eflat and bflat versions separate versions of the course are available depending on the instrument you play. We focus especially on how to use quartals for lefthand chord voicings, use quartals in our solo and how to use a pentatonic scale to improvise over our quartal voicings. We will be in the key of a major so we will be using the major pentatonic scale shape that is based off of the 5th fret of the 6th string starting with your second finger. This lesson will help you build licks that move smoothly between the two scales, in a blues context but you can use what you learn in any style. In other words, quartal chords a fourth apart in this sequence. So, for example g pentatonic scale would be five notes g, a, b, d, e based on g as tonic note. On the 1st measure we have esus 1 4 5 b7 9 over that chord we can use e mixolydian scale 1. Alan brown quartals and pentatonics for jazz piano scribd. However, though it can be ambiguous, quartal harmony is. There are notes that simply dont belong with certain chords and. Seems that several of you want to know more about using major pentatonic scales over a 145 progression. Fix your pentatonics is all about identifying what makes those lame licks lame, and what you can do to tweak them to find new levels of musicality from the minor pentatonic scale. Major pentatonic scale the major pentatonic scale shares five notes. One, flat three, which is the b flat, perfect four,which is the c, perfect five which is the d, the flat seven.
The minor pentatonic scale for guitar, positions 1 and 5, to be discussed in our class and all of my courses that will be f. Combining the pentatonic scale with wall shapes to play the. Pentatonic scale has notes that when played generate a pleasant melody, even if it is just the. Stewarts 1973 dissertation on a single performance by jazz trumpeter clifford brown. Triplet definition is one of three offspring produced in the same pregnancy. Mastering altered pentatonics in mastering altered pentatonics, we are taking the most benign of scales, the pentatonic scale, through the ringer. Com the 5 patterns of the major pentatonic scale for guitar. For present purposes, the blues scale consists of the following intervals. Advanced pentatonics and quartals 2 pianowithwillie. As you can see we connect to the nearest note or sixteen notes group of the next scale. The way to map this on the fretboard is either by using the 2nd note of sf1 as the root note to get a minor pentatonic m on the diagram, or use the 1st note of sf2 as the root note to get a major pentatonic m. Your standard 12 bar blues contains three major chords and yet the main scale we use to play over the blues is the minor pentatonic. In the a section we have created a unified relationship between treble and bass within the quartal construct. Fix your pentatonics four note groups 15 josh fossgreen.
Sequencing pentatonics example 5 guitar lesson by richard lundmark in this example, i am moving down the sequence but through several positions, not just the first one. Starting out on all fours now what we want to do is show how you can gain fluency with ffcp with a simple exercise that moves your pentatonic up in a way you might never have tried. So here we demonstrate how you can use the same first shape of the minor pentatonic scale as major pentatonic if the root is where the pinky goes on. Precision pentatonics is a 10 lick, video instructional download package for guitar players who want to take their technique to the next level using the pentatonic scale. Learn my techniques for advanced jazz improvisation. Its an awesome scale and sounds great, no doubt about it. Lets start off by looking at the a pentatonic minor scale up to the 17th fret. Ternary piece using quartal harmony in the following example, we have adopted a structure already familiar to us from a previous lesson, the ternary form 1. Here we have shown the am pentatonic using 3 notes per string. You might think of it as a major scale with the 4th and 7th. The interval b to f is an augmented 4th tritone and the interval f to a is a diminished 4th major 3rd. Quartals and pentatonics pdf alan brown quartals and pentatonics for jazz piano download as pdf file.
Any pentatonic chord is also a voicing of a quartal stack. You will do this by using melody from the scales and harmony from. Consider all voicings of all chords constructed from a pentatonic scale. Quartal chords are often used by zappa as harmonic ac companiments to his. It brought together researchers from around the world who combine mathematics. Buy quartals and pentatonics by alan brown ebook online at lulu. The most important of these are both major and minor pentatonic. Quartals and pentatonics by alan brown paperback lulu. In the same way that we can build regular tertian diatonic chords by walking up a scale cmaj7, dm7, em7, etc. Quintal chords, created by 5th intervals, have a similar effect.
Alan brown quartals and pentatonics for jazz piano free download as pdf file. Early in my career i realized that freedom on the guitar fingerboard resulted in more dynamic and interesting musical presentations. Major pentatonic scale the major pentatonic scale shares five notes with the major scale. Mar 19, 2008 some people think the pentatonic scale is more of a beginner scale. Using monster threenotesperstring pentatonic patterns to efficiently traverse the fretboard by joel hoekstra 25 september 2018 learn the technically and melodically rewarding threenotesperstring approach to playing pentatonics in this lesson. Sep 11, 2008 an easy f blues using quartal voicings and pentatonics an advanced improvisation using quartals this dvd also comes with music that you can download and print. To make a major pentatonic scale you use the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th notes of the major scale.
However it always has that same dark classic minor pentatonic sound. Rhythm practice for introducing quarter and eighth notes by. Quartation definition of quartation by merriamwebster. Using major pentatonic scales over a 145 progression this post is a response to some of the questions i received on the last lesson, playing scales through changes using minor pentatonic scales. Using major pentatonic scales over a 145 progression.
After all, the pentatonic scale is nearly ubiquitous as a cornerstone of modern rock lead playing. Mccoy tyner plays standards transcriptions author domeniclandolf. A comprehensive and useful approach to developing this. Chord changes are included for c concert, bb and eb instruments. Once you know the five major pentatonic scale shapes, you automatically know the five minor pentatonic scale shapes. Its because of the open sound created by the fourth interval. We recently gave cracking the code viewers a cool homework assignment.
A minor keys relative major can be played by simply starting on the note that is up 3 frets and a major keys relative minor can be played by simply starting on the note that is down 3 frets. Advanced pentatonics and quartals 1 pianowithwillie. Cooler pentatonics and licks adding the major third. A simple worksheet for practicing quarter and eighth notes. The blues is a vocal and instrumental form of music based on a pentatonic scale and. Printable downloadable major pentatonic scale guitar chart. This guide has all the information from the course and serves as an excellent reference if you would like to print it out or view on a tablet or computer screen.
Andy laverne has taken his decades of experience as a first call jazz pianist and satisfied a long awaited need by creating this comprehensive compendium of. Sequencing pentatonics introduction guitar lessons. Paul rinzlers article the quartal and pentatonic harmony of mccoy. For those of you that dont know, the box refers to the minorpentatonic shape that is the first scale nearly every guitarist learns. Using minor and major pentatonic together effectively minor and major pentatonic work great together in major keys and can say a lot more than if you were to just use one scale. Ultra guitar method is designed to aid the guitarist ability to improvise freely in almost any type of playing situation. This study encompasses chord construction, usage, scales and rhythm patterns.
Quartal voicings tertiary harmony was a large part of jazz up until the 1950s and 1960s when a new style emerged. If you listen to popular music, youve heard the pentatonic scale. This collection of patterns serves as a resource of practice material to improve your technique with the pentatonic scale in all keys. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. The second octave starts with the 2nd finger, so already youve tackled all 4 ffcp options with just these two scales. The pentatonic scale pentatonic scales have only five notes penta means five. The pentatonic scale chose 5 from these notes and created another scale, this is why it is called penta. A comprehensive and useful approach to developing this technique, featuring many examples and concepts for practice. Solving the puzzle of pentatonic fours guitar world. Lets take a look now at our g minor pentatonic scalesim going to show them and finger them first and then weregoing to do the same kind of very simple just play themup and down and reverse direction from time to time. They dont really see the point of any scales for that matter. Students write the rhythm, then circle the rhythms in different colors. Tw o ro a d s the most common minor scale, the natural minor scale, follows the pattern.
We are working on mastering it using twentynine scale patterns that we then alter to create new and fresh sounds that are far from benign. Which notetaking method would work best in all three classes. The share my lesson artsteam has brought together a diverse range of free teaching resources for you to use in your classroom. Give in to me scott hoying and megg country strong duet cover. Video created by berklee college of music for the course guitar for beginners. Quartal chords how to use them almost anywhere in music. This means that when you go to improvise, youll have a vast array of options with which to go.
The precision and rigid structure of tertiary harmony was opened up and replaced by the ambiguity of quartal harmony. The accompanying recording has been designed for use in conjunction with the text. For this chapter we will be considering minor pentatonic only. A new lydian theory for frank zappas modal music jstor. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. This is similar to how the minor pentatonic scale is constructed from five notes of the natural minor scale, see below table. A practical guide to the use of pentatonic scales and quartal based chord voicings in jazz piano. Quartal chords can be used as 1chords, as 4chords, as passing chords almost anywhere. Pentatonic scales pentatonic scales are made up of 5 notes penta 5.
A note on pentatonics by alan lowe my students sometimes have trouble seeing the point of pentatonic scales. In part 2 we will be covering how to create more advanced licks out of pentatonics and quartals to. John brownell, and professor terry promane for their support in the preparation of this document. The idea of this work is getting a good control of both pentatonic scales at every moment. Each one connects to the next and continues down and up the fretboard. Minor pentatonic scales to introduce a novice guitar player to the world of rock music requires that he learn a series of scales, which we can call the tools of the trade. Awesome blues guitar licks by adding the major third. Guitar major pentatonic scale chart printable pdf subject. An easy f blues using quartal voicings and pentatonics an advanced improvisation using quartals this dvd also comes with music that you can download and print. Apr 21, 2015 this answer is excerpted from a longer paper on blues tonality. The major pentatonic scale key points the major pentatonic scale is constructed from five notes of the major scale. In this solo i use the major and minor pentatonic to obtain a solo in the style of rockblues.
Pentatonic implies that there are five notes in these scales, and that is correct. View category in this lesson we will be sequencing the major pentatonic scale in groups of three notes. The nook book ebook of the quartals and pentatonics. Three note per string pentatonics global guitar network. As the title of this post implies, quartal chords are really easy to use. Intro to the minor pentatonic and blues scales the minor pentatonic scale is among those most frequently used by improvisers, especially when playing certain. However you start, you always end up with one of just two possible diagonal fingerings. The major scale is a 7note scale, made up of a specific combination of half steps and whole steps. Pentatonic march performance and composition share my lesson. Now that you have the science of the guitar in your fingers, you will learn a couple of songs. This means that other notes are arranged on top of the note c.
But as you progress, most people learn new scales and forget about the good ol pentatonic. There are several scales referred to as blues scales. This is a method book designed for all instruments. In this first lesson, well explore using groups of four notes to undo one of the failings of lame pentatonic licks sequential scale movement. Creative keyboards deluxe encyclopedia of piano chords a complete study of chords and how to use them the deluxe encyclopedia of piano chords is a complete and thorough analysis of chords as applied to the piano keyboard. Purchase this individual lesson as a download and get the same content as what members see. Quartation definition is the alloying with silver of a button rich in gold in order to reduce the gold to such a proportion that the acid used in parting may act as desired. The fault is very likely all mine since i should have some way of explaining the purpose of scales. In american music theory of the 1960s and 1970s, the era of allen fortes. A comprehensive and useful approach to developing this technique, featuring.
The pentatonic foundation course also comes with a pdf guide book. Hey guys, now that december 3rd has arrived, i wanted to post up my dat bio notes which started off as alan s notes. With this package i want to give you a new perspective of our good old pentatonic scale. Three note per string pentatonics if youve been playing guitar for a while you know about the box and being stuck inside it. Heres a list of the scales with their notations in the treble clef. Using minor and major pentatonic together effectively. Buy quartals and pentatonics by alan brown paperback online at lulu. Andy plays most of his larger stretching scales above the 10th fret, so the stretches are easier to cope with. To summarize, 3nps pentatonics is a fingering system that allows a great degree of sophistication and experimentation, if you are willing to spend some time with it.
They are based off of the kaplan white book and cliffs ap bio and contain figures from a number of different sources, for which i take no credit. These are functionally equavialent to quartals, because collapsing the notes of a quartal stack of five notes into a single octave produces a pentatonic scale. A sequence, as im sure you know, is a group of notes played together in a specific order. A guitar in standard tuning is mostly tuned in perfect 4ths, e. The last scale shape begins with your fourth finger on the 15th fret.
Its inevitable that at some point jazz guitarists will want to look for something outside of the standard harmonic repertoire and begin investigating more interesting sounds. Remember that you can find all the major pentatonics by going through. Click here to download a printable pdf of this lessons notation. Intro to the major pentatonic scale the major pentatonic scale consists of scale degrees 1 2 3 5 6. Alan brown quartals and pentatonics for jazz piano. In this book, well be using the muchloved minor pentatonic scale as the basis for learning and having a quick way to access the modes of the major scale, as well as the basic seventh chord arpeggios. In this training session we will be covering how to create more advanced licks out of pentatonics and quartals to use for improvisation. Advanced pentatonics and quartals live to library introduction jazzedge. There are a million ways to express your emotions through the minor pentatonic and use it for your soloing. How to learn these systems quickly and effectively, in all keys, everywhere on the fretboard. You will find lot of concepts and ideas to go outside the classic, predictable blues sound of the pentatonic scale and modernize your phrasing and create some interesting and sophisticated sounding lines. Sequencing pentatonics introduction guitar lesson by richard lundmark welcome to this tutorial on sequencing pentatonics. Its a fairly easy scale and it can be used for almost every style of music.