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  • 6 Types of Pentatonic Scales For Guitar

    This infographic show guitar shapes and formulas of the 6 main pentatonic scales used in jazz music (and any other styles) :

    • Minor pentatonic
    • Major pentatonic
    • Dominant pentatonic
    • Dorian pentatonic
    • Half-diminished
    • Diminished

    You will find more detailed information about these scales by making a search on this website.

    Pentatonic scales for guitar chart diagrams

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  • 5 II V I altered jazz guitar licks and minor pentatonic

    Minor Pentatonic Scales Over II-Valt-I Sequence - 5 Jazz Guitar Licks

    5 II V I altered jazz guitar licks and minor pentatonicIn this lesson we will see how to use the minor pentatonic scale over a II-Valt-I sequence. The principle is simple, it consists in playing three minor pentatonic scales spaced apart of 1 semitone one from the other. This way you will bring out interesting colors to your jazz lines.

    • II chord: Play the minor pentatonic scale starting on the 5th degree of the II chord. This way you will highlight the fifth (5), the minor seventh (b7), the root (R), the ninth (9) and the eleventh (11) of the minor II chord. (Exemple for Cm7 play G- pentatonic).
    • V chord : Play the minor pentatonic scale up a half step starting on the #9 of the V7alt chord (Ab-pentatonic over F7alt for example). Therefore, you will play the main altered tones of the V7alt namely #9, #11, b13, b7, b9.
    • I chord : Play the minor pentatonic up a half step again starting on the 7th of the I maj7#11 (Example with A minor penta for Bbmaj7#11). Thus, giving the 7, 9, 3, #11 and the thirteenth of the I chord. 

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