Jerry Cherry | Pitting The Cherry

Hello Cherries! Sometimes the blues is really hard to play 😓 Jimi Hendrix said "Blues is easy to play, but hard to feel," 🎸 I couldn't agree more. So why make it harder than it has to be. You can play the most important scale used in the blues "The Minor Pentatonic" scale over the whole progression 😌 One scale played with emotion and feel is all you need. The next step would be to focus on playing some chord tones over the changes 🤨 When you switch to the 4 chord there's and easy shape that outlines the chord tones of that chord. The root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th. Over the 5 chord you have the same thing. Pour your heart and soul into it and give it all you've got. In this video I'll show you how to maximize the blues scale and the 3 important chord shapes that outline your blues soloing. Enjoy the video and have a great week Everybody 😊

Hello Cherries! I believe that learning to hear major, minor, and dominant chords and scales may be the most important things you can do to improve your guitar playing. You can focus on associating each chord and scale with distinct feelings (happy/sad/tense), practice intervals, and their basic formulas (Major: 1-3-5; Minor: 1-b3-5; Dominant 7th: 1-3-5-b7). In this ⬇️ NEW VIDEO ⬇️ I'll show you the D chord, and the D major scale. The Dm chord and the D minor scale. Last but not least the D7 chord and the D Mixolydian mode "Dominant scale." I also show all three chord families. All three of these chord, scales all have the same root note "D." Three completely different sounds yet so closely related. Good news is that you can do this with any chord. Enjoy the video and have a great weekend Everybody 🎸😊

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 🥳 🎸