Jerry Cherry | Pitting The Cherry

Hello Cherries! I was in a music store the other day playing and a beginner guitarist asked me how he could get that good. I thanked him for that. He then asked if he should learn a chord book. I said no, and that he should start by learning to use his ear. Hear the sounds of the chords. There're really only 3 types of chords, Major, which is "happy," Minor which is "sad," and Dominant which is "tense and restless." The faster you learn to differentiate between those 3 chords the better off you are. You've heard them all your life you just need to connect them to your fingers. I figured I'd make a video of it 😊 I take 1 chord, a D. I'll play it as Major, Minor, and Dominant over chord progressions that we'll make from their chord families. Then I'll show you how they all connect. Enjoy the video at YouTube/JerryCherryBand and have a great week Everybody 🎸

Hello Cherries! One of my favorite things to play is the Mixo-Blues Scale. It's just a combination of the Mixolydian Mode and the Blues Scale. The Mixo Mode works perfectly over a dominant chord which is what the 3 chords in the blues are. You cant just rely on that scale alone. To make it bluesy you must play the blues scale. So why not mix it up and mash them both together to make this Hybrid Mixo-Scale. In this video I'll break it down and show you how use it. Enjoy the video Everybody and have a great weekend 🎸

Happy New Year Cherries! Let's play more guitar this year 🎸😊 I'm going to you show a great framework that puts your hand in position to play a mean blues solo. It's all based around the minor pentatonic / blues scale shape. I'm sure you've played that before. That's the ultimate place to play a greasy blues solo. You'll sometimes want to blend that with a dominant arpeggio to target chord tones. That's great for the 1 chord. When you go to the 4 chord you can switch to another shape that's superimposed right over the minor pentatonic scale. This new shape is an arpeggio too. The same goes for the 5 chord. In this ⬇️ NEW VIDEO ⬇️ I'll show you exactly how to do this so that you can get 2026 kicked of right. Enjoy the video and have a Happy, and Healthy New Year Everybody 🥳

Hello Cherries! Happy Bluesy Sunday. Jimi Hendrix said it best "Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel." He was so right. I'm going to show a great framework that puts your hand in position to play a mean blues solo.   It's all based around the minor pentatonic / blues scale shape. I'm sure you've played that before. That's the ultimate place to play a greasy blues solo. You'll sometimes want to blend that with a dominant arpeggio to target chord tones. That's great for the 1 chord. When you go to the 4 chord you can switch to another shape that's superimposed right over the minor pentatonic scale. This new shape is an arpeggio too. The same goes for the 5 chord.   Blend these 3 arpeggios together with the minor pentatonic / blues scale over a 1-4-5 blues progression and watch your playing soar. Focus on good bends and vibrato, and remember what Jimi said.   Enjoy the video and have a safe and healthy New Year Everybody 🥳 🎸

Hello Cherries! I hope that Santa brought you everything that you wanted for Christmas 🎅🏼 Here's a little gift for you 😊 A little fun fact about music is that on the piano you can play a middle C “1 note” in only one place. On a traditional electric guitar you can play that same “1 note” middle C in 5 places. That makes the guitar pretty interesting in that you can play the same range of notes in multiple places across the fretboard. I’ve been applying a system that helps organize the guitar into 5 sections. It’s based around 5 chord shapes “CAGED.” C shape, A shape, G shape, E shape, and D shape. You might’ve seen or played these open “Cowboy shape chords” before. They’re not always in that order. In this video I start with E, so then you have E,D,C,A,G. Here’s the great thing. Each shape has a chord, matching arpeggio, pentatonic, and major scale that fit right under your fingers as you play that chord shape. If I was starting to play guitar or if I’ve been playing a while b...

Happy Holidays Cherries! You can master the 1-4-5 Progression by playing the 5 positions of the major scale matching the CAGED System. This allows you to play rhythm and lead lines in any key across the entire fretboard. In this video I'm going to teach this system, which links specific scale patterns to standard open chord shapes. This approach allows you to improvise across the fretboard targeting the chord tones of each chord. The good news is that there are only 5 shapes and patterns. You'll start seeing them revolve over and over. Enjoy the video at Youtube/JerryCherryBand and enjoy your weekend Everybody 🎸😊