One of the scales we largely ignore in blues music is the “regular ole'” major scale – the Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do scale (officially called a “diatonic” major scale.)
But in country, it gets used often and has a beautiful sound – many folks often say it is “more melodic,” even though that doesn’t really make sense (we all know what we mean by that 🙂
Anyway, I thought I’d show you one of my favorite ways to play the scale and show you how you know if you can use it and how…
Also, don’t be afraid of this one… You’re always only 1 note away from a good one 😉
If you dig this you should check out 5 Easy Country Guitar Solos, the 5th solo uses this chord progression and this style of soloing and it’s really nice.
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Is there a rule with the melodic scale? Going up you flat the 3th, coming down ( don’t know if this is right) you flat the 6th and 7th?
You’re thinking of the Melodic Minor scale with the b3 of Minor and the 6 and 7 of Major ascending and with the b3, b6 and b7 of Natural Minor descending.
However, nothing is flatted in this Major Scale lesson.
Agreed – good insights. Thanks Griff… for all your efforts to shed light on music making
– John
Reminds me of Jerry G.
… love the insights here … getting back into music theory after 70 years … a lot of this stuff I did instinctively like you … but finally starting to understand some of the foundations … JAZZ and BLUES my favorite genres … I never cease to be amazed just how complicated only seven notes of music can become (lol) … flat some … sharp some
This will take some adjustment. Since I have spent so much time playing a 4-string bass, I always formed my major scale from box 2. I like this box 1 idea, though.
It’s the “left facing” option for playing the same notes as Major Box 2. 😎
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