It’s one thing to learn your 5 boxes of the pentatonic/blues scale…
It’s another to be able to navigate between them effortlessly. And one of the best ways I’ve found to visualize the connections between the boxes are something I call pentatonic “hinges.”
If you can see the connecting notes between the shapes and play them, you’ll be better able to use either one at any time for a variety of different sounds.
8 replies to "Pentatonic Hinges"
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We all learn differently. Me? I need to understand a Big Picture. And am helpless until it Clicks. So I am overwhelmed by all the colored dots on a fretboard map. “Hinge” is a concept that was a light bulb for me organizing the positions! Thanks for a great teaching tool for this student!
Awesome Griff thanks!
Great insight Griff.
Thanks, Griff. Great lesson. The hinges are something I have always played instinctively but never really knew technically. I’ll go over this again! Cheers, Ian
great concept thanks
“Hinges”… I like it. It’s not esoteric, at all. Very practical, in fact.
Thanks for the lessons you offer. I’ve learned so much from them!