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Hello Cherries! It's common to learn the minor pentatonic scale. Most people learn shape 1 and it last them a life time, and that's pretty cool 😊 In that shape 1 you also have a chord shape that matches, the Em shape. Add 2 more notes to that pentatonic scale now you have the full natural minor scale. You can actually superimpose all 3 shapes, chord, pent, minor scale on top of each other and see that it lines up like a puzzle. It's a great visualization trick 👍 To take it a step further you can do this in 4 other positions on the fretboard 🤨 It's a concept called the CAGED System. Based off of 5 chord shaped C A G E D. This first shape was built off of the E shape. The other 4 shaped are built off the CAGD shapes but in a minor fashion 😁 This system is the best way to approach the guitar that I've ever seen. It organizes the guitar in the best way posable so that everything you learn gets applied to it. The system is as old as the guitar itself. It's nothin...

Happy Easter Cherries! I grew up listening to pretty much every genre of music. Blues, Rock, Country, Disco. They all use some form of mixing these two scales. I'm talking in parallel meaning over the same chord, root note, or tonic. It's a mixture of a major and a minor 3rd for the most part. Happy and sad together. Every guitar player you know does this a lot 😊 Even when I was playing bass I noticed many great bass lines were playing the minor 3rd under a major chord. It's a very interesting concept. In this video I'll show you how to play the major and minor pentatonic scale in the same position together so that you don't have to look far to make the switch. They intertwine with each other. There's also 4 other places on the fretboard that you can do this. When you get this under your fingers there's no stoping you. Enjoy the video and have a Happy Easter Everybody 🐣❤️🎸  

  Hello Cherries! Playing a scale in thirds (3rds) means skipping a note in the scale and then returning to the one you missed, creating a sequence of intervals. For example, in a C Major scale (C-D-E-F-G-A-B), the sequence is C-E, D-F, E-G, and so on. Vertical playing stays within a fixed "box" or position on the fretboard. This is the most common way to practice scales. Horizontal playing involves moving along the length of the fretboard, typically on a single string or a pair of strings. This helps you visualize the scale's intervals more clearly. When you get the 3rd's under your fingers you can move on the 4th's, 5th's, 6th's, and so on. You can do this with different scales like minor, or mixolydian. In this video I show you exactly how to get started with 3rd's. Enjoy the video at YouTube/JerryCherryBand and have a great week Everybody

  Hello Cherries! There are a few tricks I've learned along the years for soloing over a minor blues progression. First you need to learn the progression Cm, Fm, Gm, and then the G7 for the turnaround. You can simply play the C minor pentatonic or blues scale over the full progression. As simple as that may be you have to put your heart and soul into it, it's the blues after all. Bending notes in tune is crucial to sounding good. Just like a singer needs to be in tune so does your solo playing. After that play the C minor scale, the C F and G minor pentatonic scale, and the C harmonic minor over the G7 turnaround. Focus on chord tones. That's more important than playing scales. Be expressive. Say something with your solo's and phrasing. I go through all of this and more in this video so please check it out. Have a great week Everybody and I'll see you inside the video 😊 🎸

Hello Cherries! Last week we did the 3 Minor Scale Modes. Today we did 3 Major Scale Modes that you Need To Know to improve your soloing and musical knowledge. Modes don't have to be complicated. If you play the C Major scale your playing the "C Ionian Mode C to C, which is C D E F G A B C." Play this over a C chord progression with C as the tonic. If you want to play the F Lydian Mode just play the C Major scale but from F to F, like this F G A B C D E F. The thing is, in order for it to sound lydian you want to play over an F chord progression with F as the tonic. "The Chord Rules." Thanx Teddy Kumple. Same thing with the G Mixolydian Mode. Play the C major scale from G to G, like this G A B C D E F G. Just play a G chord progression with G as the tonic. Where it gets interesting is when you play these modes in Parallel. You really hear the sound of the modes. C Ionian, C Lydian, C Mixolydian. In this video we go over all of this. Enjoy the video at YouTube/Je...

  Hello Cherries! Modes don't have to be tricky at all. I'll give you and example. The C major scale is CDEFGAB. If you play an A natural minor or "Aeolian Mode" progression you can solo using the C Major scale from A to A. ABCDEFG. Same notes as the C Major scale. The important thing is that A minor is the Tonic or home chord. Play a D "Dorian Mode" progression and play the C Major scale from D to D. DEFGABC. Play an E "Phrygian Mode" progression. C Major scale from E to E. EFGABCD. With that you'll understand the modes. The next step is playing them parallel. A "Aeolian", A "Dorian", A "Phrygian." In this video I go over all this stuff with backing loops. The most important part of this is to hear these modes and understand and memorise the sound and feeling they give you. They're more like moods than modes. Enjoy the video at YouTube/JerryCherryBand and have a great week Everybody