Instructions

This series of exercises will help you break away from your usual pentatonic-scale playing habits by adding notes from the blues scale as well as chromatic passing tones.

A quick theory reminder before we get into the exercises.

The minor pentatonic scale, here in the key of G, is made up of the following 5 intervals:

• Root - G
  
• Minor third - Bb 
• Fourth - C
• Fifth - D
• Minor seventh - F

The blues scale contains the same intervals plus a diminished fifth:

• Root - G
  
• Minor third - Bb 
• Fourth - C
• Diminished fifth - C#
• Fifth - D
• Minor seventh - F

Start by learning the scales in exercise 1 by heart if you don't already know the pentatonic scale or the blues scale.

Work through each exercise slowly at first and practice with the metronome.

You can also practice along with the great backing track below.

Exercice du même type :
Exercices gammes pentatonique mineure et blues

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