Discover bunch of thing, related to one topic, funny how that goes.
Well the one topic is pentatonic…
And the things I realized more of today is this.
1. Over the years I have played alot of what I call cowboy chords, better know as open chords play near the nut. As such I thought I have been practice alot of the box figures pents in other positions. So I played around the major chords C F G/ or I iv v, well what a revelation after practicing the ones which could be played in the box full closest to the nut, the one I was really interested in was F, as I never really spent much time on this , also favored playing in either from the nut, first or second fret depending on which one.
2. I added the relative minor blues note 5thb to the major pentatonic form, and blue grass and country western showed up.
3. I anchored my knowledge of where the 5th b showed by as 3 fret higher (3 steps or 1 and 1/2 whole tones) than the major tonic note (root). Easy to figure out).
4.) Started playing the following rhythm, simple 4 / 4 as I and VI and practice each chord section using the same pentatonic pattern but alternated either entering on the tonic or 6th interval. Nice and learn that the sound compliment each other well, for good reason. In this case I played either C or Am . This was very good ear exercise.
5) Memorized that the Relative Minor Pentatonic is made up of 1st, 3rd , 4th, 5th and 7th notes. It easy to for get, there is a lot of reason why not to forget, for later use.
6) I have begun learning all the notes of the fret board in sequencial order. Yes it easy to pick out , but not when done against a tempo in time one after the others as ; All the Cs then by 5th until I have all the Fs and then backwards A# to to F# by 4ths. ( I thought I knew where all of these was, I need a lot of work here even at quarter notes played a tempo of 40,.. I am blushing if you could see me but hey I am honest.!
7) I practiced various pentatonic patterns always emphasis the start and lead to turnaround of the block with the tonic note. Some times I skip the outer edges of the box to end and turnaround on the tonic.
I paid strict attention when practicing the 5 pent forms always using the same fingers in the same spots.
9) Did most of these exercise around the songs I shall be playing sing along to tomorrow. Most of which are I IV V or some combination of it.
10) Began memorizing a familar lick which used 1st, 4th, 5th and 7th notes pattern and played it the same way in each of the Block positions, minor, so in A Block 1 there are (3 ) A notes the rest Block 2, 3 , 4 have A two times and Block 5 has it 3 times also. This was a trick and difficult, and shall take me at least a month or so to get. The pattern interval sequence used for all positions was 1/5/4/1/5/4/1/5/4/1/5/7/5 This was repeated in each Tonic position thoughout each minor pentatonic block. I was terrible at it yet I know it were the notes are and now shall continue memorizing and playing them at a slow speed.
YES / It has been a wonderful day. Now I shall be busy for a while working on this!
Best Regards,
Stevo
PS: I love this labor of Love!
