More Pentatonic Scales in Blues

[Robert****]

You're welcome. There's even more pentatonics that can be used.... stay tuned.

[Skychurch]

This is an old thread but it piqued my interest as this is a question I had a while back.

My understanding is this ...

Why does the A minor, F# minor, B minor and E minor pentatonic work over an A7 chord?

An A7 chord is the 5th of the key of D major. The harmonized D major scale is:

Dmaj Emin F#min Gmaj A7 Bmin Cdim

therefore, the Emin, F#min and Bmin pentatonics work great over the A7 (they are all in the key of Dmaj). And, of course, the "blues scale", Amin pentatonic, works too.

I believe this is correct. If not, please let me know.

Oh, by the way, this is the most incredible guitar forum on the entire Internet!

[Robert****]

The harmonized D major scale is:

Dmaj Emin F#min Gmaj A7 Bmin Cdim

Almost... the last chord would be C#dim, not Cdim.

As for your analysis, you are perfectly correct!

[bcdon***]

Oh, by the way, this is the most incredible guitar forum on the entire Internet!

Welcome aboard, Skychurch! Head on over to The Fret Players section and introduce yourself.

[Skychurch]

Almost... the last chord would be C#dim, not Cdim.

Woops, you're right, I was typing fast at work :-)

Great forum,
Jim

[Skychurch]

Welcome aboard, Skychurch! Head on over to The Fret Players section and introduce yourself.

Thanks, I'll do that.

Jim

[rkwrenn]

Here is a youtube vid that may help illustrate the idea...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jnGS9SsmII

Cheers and HTH,

Bob