You might be getting Pentatonic scales wrong, and it is a really great and powerful Jazz sound even when you are using a very basic version of it. In this video, I am going to talk about how to come up with great pentatonic scale jazz licks and go over 7 ways to use pentatonic scales over chords I will start really simple and go pretty far out.
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Content:
0:00 Intro – It is More Than Just an Easy Scale!
0:52 What is Pentatonic Sound?
1:10 #1 Minor Pentatonic – Difference between bop sound and pentatonic melodies
2:02 Comparing Bop and Pentatonic melodies
3:05 #2 Minor Pentatonic 3rd of Maj7
4:06 #3 Lydian pentatonic
4:26 #4 Minor 6 pentratonic on Altered Dominant
6:40 #5 Minor 6 pentatonic on Dominant
7:30 #6 Altered scale (maj b6 pentatonic)
9:30 #7 Lydian Augmented
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