Terrific lesson Jon. Those are very good tips, which took me a long time to discover on my own. Also, I find it very useful practicing with my looper. Thank you, but it's hard not to get distracted by trying to learn all of the great content that you put out there.
A great to go at it brother John... I'm working this into my one man loop show and trying to hit the winery circuit. It sticks out because I'm usually blues and reggae. You can check you can check out some of my short surf videos and hear some of my own music. Haven't made any new ones since I 2019. Just busy ... Probably going to do some note for note dicky bets on this .because some of these licks are iconic.
Thanks Jon. Big help. In pattern the lesson you showed us the C#m pentatonic which is great. But then you played the initial solo starting on the 7th fret(I think) on the low E which wasn’t in the initial C#m pattern. Then you did most of the pentatonic but went up to like fret 15 on the high notes as well. Is that still considered part of the C#m pentatonic? I think I’m missing some music theory on soloing here. Thanks!
Thanks for this one John! I am also enjoying your Fingerpicking Class! I'd like to find the related Melissa chord video -- I don't see the link. I have the progression just fine, but I am interested in it, if for nothing else but to simply play along with. Can you point me to it? Thanks!
He is playing the e major scale and it's relative minor c#. The pattern and all the notes are the same. C# is on the 9th fret and E is on the 12th. Hope that helps.
Yup I'm actually playing both! E major pentatonic and C#m pentatonic are in my mind when soloing the same sound. The theoretical differences between those two scales, if you are playing just purely the scale is determined by what note you start on. So the notes E F# G# B C# are the E major pentatonic but the notes C# E F# G# B are the relative minor pentatonic. They are the same group of notes but the starting note when you play a scale technically determines the name of that scale (often called the root note). But to not go down a theory rabbit hole when improvising on guitar try not to play just the scale but try to think of melodies like how you would sing. I recommend singing something first then try and play what you sang. This will get you thinking more in the direction of songs and melodies vs theory applied to soloing. This will typically get you a more personal and musical sound. The theory is valuable. But rarely in transcribed solos from records do the greats ever just follow all the rules and use the notes of the scale. In fact sometimes the best notes in the famous solos are way out of the key but it's how the player uses them. Keep up the great progress and have fun soloing!
@@jonmaclennan Agreed and you do a great job with it......But please share a bit of this info when you post. New players can get confused and discouraged...Maybe do a short lesson on this.
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Said it before, I’ll say it again. Jon McClennon is a great teacher and guitarist. Those little leads he is just playing around with are beautiful.
This. Guy. Makes. It. Look.
Simpler. And. Do.able!!!
Great lesson! R.I.P. Dickey❤.
Really useful. Thank you!
Thank you Jon, great tips! Beautiful Song!
As always, fantastic lesson. Thank you Sir!
Your channel grew man. You work it hard. Well done !
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This was fantastic - thank you for breaking it down!
Great lesson John
Good stuff! Thanks, Jon.
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Nice job. I play Melissa quite a bit but definitely got some new ideas from you, thx!
Love this lesson Jon. Perfect for woodshedding.
Sounds really good. I’ll work on it. Thx
Thank you for some great ideas for organizing solos. I'll be laying that that in my looper soon!
Jon great lesson. One thing that DB did was use the 4 note in his solos and that really solidifies that signature Allman Bros. Sound.
There ya go!
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Terrific lesson Jon. Those are very good tips, which took me a long time to discover on my own. Also, I find it very useful practicing with my looper. Thank you, but it's hard not to get distracted by trying to learn all of the great content that you put out there.
Thanks, Jon
That intro was amazing!
Like I say,I have been doing this since 1977... always pick up something....thanks Jon.
Beautiful! Thanks!
You have the exact guitar color/ model I've been looking for. Where did you get it?
Sweet, like Melissa.
A great to go at it brother John... I'm working this into my one man loop show and trying to hit the winery circuit. It sticks out because I'm usually blues and reggae. You can check you can check out some of my short surf videos and hear some of my own music. Haven't made any new ones since I 2019. Just busy ... Probably going to do some note for note dicky bets on this .because some of these licks are iconic.
There ya go! Thanks for watching!
Thanks! Trying to apply some of this to my mandolin playing on this....I need a B string! LOL!!
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Tip # 3 cool 😎
Thanks Jon. Big help. In pattern the lesson you showed us the C#m pentatonic which is great. But then you played the initial solo starting on the 7th fret(I think) on the low E which wasn’t in the initial C#m pattern. Then you did most of the pentatonic but went up to like fret 15 on the high notes as well. Is that still considered part of the C#m pentatonic? I think I’m missing some music theory on soloing here. Thanks!
Thanks for this one John! I am also enjoying your Fingerpicking Class! I'd like to find the related Melissa chord video -- I don't see the link. I have the progression just fine, but I am interested in it, if for nothing else but to simply play along with. Can you point me to it? Thanks!
Awesome! Glad to help Vincent here is a link to the song lesson: th-cam.com/video/WHhbcKLiF7k/w-d-xo.html Keep up the great progress.
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Thoroughly enjoyed! Request ‘Simple Man’ by Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Why does the e-scale minor pentatonic start on the 9th fret? Doesn't the D minor start on the 10th as the 10 is the D root note?
He is playing the e major scale and it's relative minor c#. The pattern and all the notes are the same. C# is on the 9th fret and E is on the 12th. Hope that helps.
Your playing a major pentatonic not minor.
Yup I'm actually playing both! E major pentatonic and C#m pentatonic are in my mind when soloing the same sound. The theoretical differences between those two scales, if you are playing just purely the scale is determined by what note you start on. So the notes E F# G# B C# are the E major pentatonic but the notes C# E F# G# B are the relative minor pentatonic. They are the same group of notes but the starting note when you play a scale technically determines the name of that scale (often called the root note). But to not go down a theory rabbit hole when improvising on guitar try not to play just the scale but try to think of melodies like how you would sing. I recommend singing something first then try and play what you sang. This will get you thinking more in the direction of songs and melodies vs theory applied to soloing. This will typically get you a more personal and musical sound. The theory is valuable. But rarely in transcribed solos from records do the greats ever just follow all the rules and use the notes of the scale. In fact sometimes the best notes in the famous solos are way out of the key but it's how the player uses them. Keep up the great progress and have fun soloing!
@@jonmaclennan Agreed and you do a great job with it......But please share a bit of this info when you post. New players can get confused and discouraged...Maybe do a short lesson on this.
Nice playing but i dont like your tone