In this lesson you’ll learn how to take the familiar sounds and shapes of the Minor Pentatonic Scale and blend it in to a dreamy context of my favorite Major Scale Mode–Lydian. While the two tonalities are quite different on their own, an examination of common tones and the harmony you’re playing over will reveal similarities and opportunities to mix these two scale sounds together seamlessly.
Use the graphics to anticipate which Triad will be coming next so you can get in position to play different inversions over these chords.
Learn to make those strange sounding Augmented and Diminished Triads spice up an otherwise typical blues track.
In this short demonstration, I’ll show how I establish a Home Riff over the G Ionian b3 Mode of Melodic Minor, which I use as a home base to return to between other melodic ideas.
Prepare to decorate your guitar solos with new colors.