Hi Stuart Bahn here and in this video we're going to introduce the minor
pentatonic scale CAGED shape 4. Shape four is probably the second most common
shape so very important to get comfortable with this one. As with the
previous shapes we're going to do this in A minor, so we'll be playing over an Am
chord using the A minor pentatonic scale. Here's the shape first of all...
I will put a link down below in the notes to this shape on my website just
get it on screen or print it off on paper. Now, the root note for this shape
is here so it is on the A-string where the first finger would typically go
within this shape so that means just like a bar chord if you need to play
the B minor pentatonic scale you need to move this shape so that this finger is
on a B that's the B minor pentatonic scale we're gonna stick with A so that's
enough to get you started stick an Am in your loop pedal or
record yourself by some other means or get a backing track on use Band in a Box
and just experiment by playing phrases. As I mentioned in a previous
video if you need help with how to improvise
check out my series of videos called how to improvise on guitar I'll put a link
to that in the bottom as well. So here's my minor you hopefully you'll
agree it fits very well
So stage one: just get improvising. Let's take it a little bit further where is
the other root note in this scale? Well it's here so as a minimum we need to
know where one of the root notes is to position the scale shape correctly to
give us a scale we want but as we've mentioned with previous shapes finishing
phrases on the root notes either of these root notes tends to make it sound closed off
like there's some degree of completion about the musical statements you've been
making and that's a very useful trait to be aware o; it's a useful feature; it's a
good skill to have so if you want to develop your advising a little further
get the same backing on your Am backing and then sometimes to finish on
a root note sometimes don't finish a root. For example...
so that last bit there where I finished on the root note that kind of rounded
things off. It could have potentially brought an end to the
musical statement, it could have been the end of a solo for example okay. So let's
bring a little bit more information to the table imagine the entire Am
chord that you're playing over now that is this it has to be this shape because
this is the only one that fits the same region that we're improvising over with
this shape so this is the a minor chord CAGED shape 4 and we're playing the
A minor pentatonic scale okay so for as well because they occupy the same region.
As we said with the previous shapes an awareness of whether you are or are not
playing the notes of the chord is very useful so these notes...
they sit very easily with the chord they don't really actually introduce anything new you're
just repeating notes that you already listening to which is fine it just means
it's going to be very stable; very compatible with the chord whereas these
two notes for example they are not in the chord so they have quite a different
effects they create some degree of tension rubbing against the chord as I
said before tension is not a bad thing it's just an effect and it's very useful
effect and seeing whether you are or are not about to create tension by what you
want to play is very useful so here is a quick demonstration of me playing some
phrases some of which focus on chord-tones; some which do not.
OK so hopefully that was nice and clear the first half was mostly chord-tones the
second half was generally not chord-tones and the effect was quite different
I also wrapped it up by landing on the root note which hopefully you agree
sounded like 'the end'. OK so those are your three stages: just get improvising
any old how, then try improvising with an awareness of whether you are finishing
on root notes or not and then try to visualize the chord as well as the scale
shape that you're using and try to be aware of when you are or not playing
chord tones . As always I hope you found that video helpful. Please give a thumbs up if you did
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