Using Pent Scales in Key of C Demonstration
Using extremely simple Pent Scales in C. A simple 12-bar prog, then maj and min pent scales, then played very simply simply over that C progression.
Dadfad's major genres are acoustic old-time and folk styles.
Story behind the song
-Okay Dave, first I just did the most basic 12-bar progression in the key of C. Just simple C, F and G chords using the same progression-structure as Eulogy mentioned above (although he used the key of A. I used the key of C because that was the key of the examples I gave yesterday.) Anyway, first the most basic 12-bar progression in C.
-Next I played that simple Cmaj-pentatonic box in the example. Just as shown, starting on the Tonic-C and going up, then back down the scale.
-Then I played the Cmin-pentatonic (blues-scale) box in the example. Again, just as shown, starting on the Tonic-C and going up, then back down the scale. No "phrasing," just the scale.
-Now I used that same simple 12-bar progression, and over it I played that Cmaj-pent box. I played the notes exactly in order, ascending and then descending, etc with no variations from the order. You can hear that that scale harmonizes in a fairly melodic way over each chord in that progression, even without any improvisation at all.
-Now I used that same 12-bar again, also using the same notes as above in that Cmaj-pent scale, but this time I improvised a little bit. I didn't necessarily play them in order, I used small timing differences, hammered into a note a few times. Things like that. I started to create simple phrases in a very basic form.
-The same 12-bar progression again, but this time I played over it using the Cmin-pent scale box notes. I played them exactly in order, ascending and descending, but you can tell there is a distinctly different "feel" using the minor-pent scale instead of the major-pent. The major-pent is more melodic whereas the minor-pent has more of an "edge" to it. That's what you most often hear in blues and blues-based rock.
-Same 12-bar, using the minor-pent agin, but this time with a little bit of improvised variation and not in order. Exactly the same notes, but arranging them a little differently, adding a few easy bends, etc and beginning to form simple phrases.
