Lead Guitar 5 – From Scales To Music
The tools to improvise melodically.
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From pentatonic (five pitches) to diatonic (seven pitches)
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How to practise scales
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Paraphrase improvisation – referencing the melody.
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Other types of improvisation (formulaic, motivic)
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We’ve looked at using the pentatonic scale as an improvisational tool. We’ve also looked at changing pentatonic scales for each chord in a song – therefore using three pentatonic scales per key. These three pentatonic scales accumulate into the diatonic, seven note, heptatonic scale (C, D, E, F, G, A, B, C in the key of C – doh, ray me fah so lah tee doh, – sa re ga ma pa dha ni sa in Indian music).
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How do we convincingly use the seven-note scale to create melody when it contains some things called ‘avoid notes’.
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Arpeggios and scales
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Scale fragments
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Approach notes
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Non-chord tones
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Chord scale relationships (which scale goes with which chord)
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On previous courses we have looked at ‘licks’ – inserted melodic phrases, as used by some of the renowned players – Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Carlos Santana, Jeff Beck, Peter Green, J. J. Cale, and we’ve looked at some songs played by these musicians.
On Lead 5 we’ll be focussed solely on creating improvised melodies on worship songs and the CAGED seven note scales used in relation to worship songs.
Lead Guitar 5 – £180.00 (Early bird only £170.00)