Meritone Music
May 5th, 2018, 12:13 PM
Here's a brand new practice backing track for those of you who love jamming and want to improve your major scale and major pentatonic improvisation skills!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IscWWUo0N3w
Get those Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper and Nile Rodgers licks out!
Key = E Major
Chord progression:
A section
II: E A I E :II
B section
II: Amaj7 I G#m7 I F#m7 I Emaj7 I
I Amaj7 I G#m7 I F#m7 I B9sus4 :II
Arpeggios:
E - E G# B
A - A C# E
Amaj7 - A C# E G#
G#m7 - G# B D# F#
F#m7 - F# A C# E
Emaj7 - E G# B D#
(B7 - B D# F# A)
Scale suggestions for improvisation:
E major scale (ionian mode) - E F# G# A B C# D#
E major pentatonic - E F# G# B C#
(remember you can think C# minor pentatonic if that helps!!!)
To get more bluesy about it:
E mixolydian mode - E F# G# A B C# D
E minor pentatonic - E G A B D
E minor blues scale - E G A Bb B D
HAPPY JAMMING :dude
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IscWWUo0N3w
Get those Curtis Mayfield, Steve Cropper and Nile Rodgers licks out!
Key = E Major
Chord progression:
A section
II: E A I E :II
B section
II: Amaj7 I G#m7 I F#m7 I Emaj7 I
I Amaj7 I G#m7 I F#m7 I B9sus4 :II
Arpeggios:
E - E G# B
A - A C# E
Amaj7 - A C# E G#
G#m7 - G# B D# F#
F#m7 - F# A C# E
Emaj7 - E G# B D#
(B7 - B D# F# A)
Scale suggestions for improvisation:
E major scale (ionian mode) - E F# G# A B C# D#
E major pentatonic - E F# G# B C#
(remember you can think C# minor pentatonic if that helps!!!)
To get more bluesy about it:
E mixolydian mode - E F# G# A B C# D
E minor pentatonic - E G A B D
E minor blues scale - E G A Bb B D
HAPPY JAMMING :dude