Jerry Cherry | Pitting The Cherry

Hello Cherries! There's a really simple way to target chord tones while soloing in a progression and that's by using triads and their inversions. We're only using the top string set for now, the hi E, B, and G strings. I came up with 3 minor progressions all using different modes. In the 1st example I use the progression Dm to G. On those top strings only play the Dm triad up the fretboard using the Root, 1st, and 2nd inversion. That gives you the same chord up the neck just with a different inversion of the chord. Now play the G triad on the same string set up the fretboard. So now you have 2 chords Dm and G right next to each other up and down the neck that you can use as a framework to hit the right chord tones. In this video not only do play this Dorian progression but I created 2 more progressions, a Phrygian, and an Aeolian. In the key of C, within the major scale you have 3 minor chords / modes, D Dorian, E Phrygian, and A Aeolian "Natural Minor." I'm k...

Hello Cherries! You can add to your minor pentatonic box shapes by targeting chord tones using a very simple triad technique. This is going to help you play better blues. Within the Minor Pentatonic "Shape 1" that we all know and love, or the "E Chord" shape, there are triad sets on each group of 3 string. In the blues you generally have 3 chords. In the key of G you have G, C, and D, a 1 4 5 progression. You can play the triads of those 3 chords right on the top 3 strings of the guitar, the G,B and little E strings. A triad is just the Root, 3rd, and 5th of a chord and essentially is the chord broken down to it's simplest form. By playing the triads of the 3 chords on the same 3 strings, you're targeting the important notes of the chords. Add that with your minor pentatonic blues scale for your greasy blues bends and you have the formula for a great blues improve. In this video I'll show you this formula. I don't stop there. We'll do this same t...

Hello Cherries! Do you want to learn a cool jazzy outside sounding lick that works in all kinds of music? It's super easy too. This lick comes right out of the Altered Scale. Say you're in the key of C and your chord progression is Dm G7 CM7. You can play the C major scale over that whole thing but that's going to sound vanilla, very basic. Play the altered lick when the progression goes to G7. That's going to add some tension so that when the chord goes to C it will resolve nicely. In this video I play pretty much the same altered lick in 5 different positions. I follow the CAGED System playing the lick inside those 5 shapes. The idea is to see the intervals all over the fretboard but more importantly to hear them. Enjoy the video and have a great week Everybody.  

Hello Cherries! Ever find yourself aimlessly running scales? Using Target Notes grounds your improvisation in the underlying harmony. What's almost as important as the Target Notes are the notes and phrasing you use to get to that target note. The notes you play right before your target notes are called approach notes or part of an enclosure. Getting this concept smooth may be the most importing thing you can do on guitar. After all we want to play music with feel and emotion not endlessly and not ramble and noodle. In this video I work from a simple chord progression Dm G7 CM7 A7. I start by using an approach note a half step "1 fret" below the note I'm targeting. So when I'm playing Dm I know the next chord is G. I'm targeting the 3rd of G which is a B note. I'll play a Bb into the B. You have to play it in time obviously. The next chord is C. The 3rd of C is E. I'll play an Eb into the E. The next chord is A7. I'll target the 3rd, C#, and come i...

  Hello Cherries! Do you need an upgrade to your chord vocabulary? If so there is an easy way to add 7 new chords to your arsenal. Use the Melodic Minor Scale. This scale gives you an essential vocabulary for adding sophisticated, colorful, and tension-filled harmonies / chords to your playing, especially in jazz and advanced harmony. You don't need to be a jazz player to appreciate and use these chords. I'm not a jazz player. Use these chords in your songwriting, or for expanding your improvisational skills. These chords to me are like the nuts and bolts of music. They can be used to tie your music and ideas together. In this ⬇️ New Video ⬇️ I go through all 7 of the chords of C Melodic Minor. I breakdown the chords and the modes. Then we'll learn the same thing for A Melodic Minor and see how it affects the chords in A Relative Minor / C Major. Thats playing in Parallel which will really blow your mind 🤯 Enjoy the video and have a great week Everybody ❤️🎸

  Hello Cherries! The Melodic Minor is a very cool and useful scale. You’ll learn chords from this scale that you’ll play all the time in all kinds of music. The diatonic chords don’t always sound good together from one to another but individually they sound amazing. The thing is that all 7 of its chord have a certain job or function and that's just like any other scale and it's to lead back to it's tonic 1 chord. The chord shapes are valuable like CmM7, Dm7b9, B7#9 Hendrix Chord, 7 in total. When you learn this scales harmony you instantly learn a bunch a great new chords. This is only part 1. There so much involved here that I broke it up into 2 parts. Next week we'll do part 2 where you can use the chords in this scale to modulate anywhere on the fretboard into any key. It's quite unbelievable. Get these 7 chords under your fingers. You won't regret the time spent. Enjoy the video at YouTube/JerryCherryBand and have a great week Everybody. See ya for part 2