Mixing Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales Blues Lesson!
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- In this lesson, I'll help you execute mixing major and minor pentatonic scales into your blues solos!
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Really nice teaching! Learned some nice stuff! Definitely a follower now!
I've been playing 40 years and I have to honestly say that was the best demonstration of mixing up Maj / Min hands down 👍
Glad to hear it!
I have to agree, I have here been playing since 85; he has a good way of teaching without playing super-simple licks
I've been playing for nearly 20 years (I should be way better) and your channel is really motivating me to go back to basics and switch up my playing/ give me a proper order to what I need to learn which is think is often overlooked. I have improved so much in the last week and playing blues is fun again!! thanks!!
That’s great to hear!
I totally share your sentiment, brother.
Combining position 1 of minor pentatonic with position 1 of major pentatonic blew my mind for some reason. I always thought of it as playing one or the other. Def a lightbulb moment for me, Corey! Thank you! 🙏🏽
Glad it helped!
Getting a lot of mileage out of your YT content and TrueFire (I'm an all access member there). Keep it up, you have a natural gift for teaching.
Much appreciated!
I have always struggled combining the two and after this lesson I think I may have finally figured it out. Thank you Corey! Hands down one of the best youtube guitar teachers.
Fantastic!
Same here. Quality teaching!
Spent over 2 hours searching for this topic, whatch loads of videos. Yours are the best of all!! Thanks, Corey :)
Wow thx!
Thanks Corey for another great lesson! Now the trick is to also mix in those wonderful arpeggios you've been teaching us too :-)
Absolutely!
I was trying to show my mate thats how blues players played.how you go to second fret and them five notes from second position he wouldn't use them cause he couldnt see it in ya head.im a zeppelin fan so .know abit and peter green
One of the best lessons on ANYTHING on youtube. How is it possible that you only have 30k subs? It's totally insane. BTW, are you in Nashville? And, if so, are you playing anywhere in August? I'll be there for a couple of weeks and would love to see you play. Thanks again for the great lesson.
Thanks! Working on it! Im playing at the East Room on 8/2 with a songwriter
Another great lesson @coreycongilio ! Much appreciated!
Dude ...when u started "calling out" your thought process at 13:00 mins, I was like"OOOOOOHHHHHHHHH, I GET IT NOW !!!!" totally a lightbulb moment.
I've never got mixing major and minor until this lesson. You broke it down in a way that was finally easy for me to hear and understand.
That’s great to hear!
If you want to hear a masterclass in mixing major and minor check out Clapton's version of Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight. Seriously incredible how well he can do it.
I always find it hard to make Major sound "bluesy". It has a different feel to it that is very obvious in a way. But hearing you use it I got the impression that the way you phrase it is vital to make it work; and also blending it with the minor sound is a nice way to make it work for the overall effect of the sound in a song.
The single, best, clearest explanation of this concept on TH-cam, A thousand thank yous bro. 😊
My pleasure. Thank you so much
Before being a Professional guitar player Corey, you were a beginner, intermadiate until the holy graal : a Pro !! That's why you know all the questioning, hesitations, failures, mistakes in knowlegde and understanding; and that's why you can answer to all theses questions so well ! You really are THE MAN Corey ! You inspire me, give me motivation to go ahead. Thanks for all ;-)
Really appreciate that
Dear Corey, I really like your teachning and love your playing. I am fan and also bought several of your TrueFire modules. This is a great video, which just open my mind on my Blues playing. I was stucked in minor, but will now follow your advice. This is a great day for me. Thank you so much :)
Just broke my wrist today while skating with my third daughter...cannot play guitar, my mind is in minor mode..but, watching Corey makes my evening , here in France, in a fresh and MAJOR HAPPY MODE ! Thanks a lot Corey for sharing all those awesome lesson and secrets ! Your are the best 🥰👍 ! Kindest regards from France. Bélo
Awe man. Get well soon!
@@coreycongilio , thanks a lot 🎸🥰
Does it make it easier or faster to learn if you also make the funny guitar faces at the same time or it doesn't matter if you make the faces?😁😆😅🤣.
But seriously I like how you show this because I never learned any of the scale patterns major or minor in the vertical up and down box format up until this point. So, I'm using the string it across the board technique as my first stage of learning at the ripe old age of 71.
Excelente....it is possible your person redo this more detailed class or typing slower to see which SHAPE is being used (Phrasing with Min & Maj Pentatonics - John Mayer Guitar Advice 04) Tanks.
Also for those who are unaware, the step and a half trick is also how you know what chords are in what key. Amaj for example A D E (1-4-5) are the major chords, step and a half down same shape f# b c# (6-2-3) are the minors and one step up from your 6 is your 7th, in this case g#°
Great video. You know, Steve Stine says something completely different and he's wrong. He says play MAJOR over the 4 chord. That is NOT correct. I even emailed his people and they basically agreed with me that it was not correct. Anyway, nice video. You confirmed a lot of what I already suspected.
when I saw one of the vedios first time I thought you where the guitar player for the Almond Brothers I seen them one time no body showed up well a few people but the guitar player not Betts this guy was amazing, he had black hair and a mustache but then I remember that dude might of passed away . I'll look him up after this tutorial ...Roland J Gutierrez from Magdalena New Mexico USA 🇺🇸
I've always done this by ear and it's worked, but I had no idea why until your, and your colleagues, instruction this past year. Thank you!
My pleasure, Sam!
This was good. Major over the I, minor over the IV, major over the V. Mmm I’ll try it.
For me minor pentatonic sounds like blues and major pentatonic sounds like country. I like the blues better but I know that BB King was the master of throwing in some major and still making it sound like the blues.
Thank you for the bacckig tracks and your tuition.
Another great lesson Corey! I have always struggled with mixing major and minor and I think I finally understand it now.
Nice, Jim! That’s great!
Corey for Blues lessons, Jens Larsen for Jazz lessons.
Best regards from Indonesia country 🇮🇩
Could someone please recommend reasonably well-known songs using F# our Gb major pentatonic?
Really great video and lesson. New fan! Subscribed!
Thank you Thank you thank you I have been trying to play major and minor for so long . This explanation helped a lot.
"if touve never ventured into F# minor territory...."
Then learn Time by Pink Floyd
I've seen this, and done it myself for a while, but hard to get to sound quite as sweet as you make it sound. I think it's changing major to minor and back again on the chord changes that makes the difference...great video, thanks!
Thanks for a very good lesson Corey!
As far as I know, the significant difference major and minor also on the emphasize of the root note.
I also notice that most major scale pentatonic played will less bending. At least that is what I observe when you play the licks.
I can't think in major/minor pentatonic, I think in chords and intervals
Good but You are using extensions and I do not get that . Maybe I am reading to much into it .
this is great sounds beefy - do you have any tabs or jus the pentatonic boxes...?
corey you played a beautiful lick at 14:19 a minor blues i wouls really love to learn it
i tried breaking it down with no luck
I was going to write something disparaging like "Oh, great! Yet another pentatonic demonstration - like we haven't already got a million of those on TH-cam already!" But I decided to stick with it, and I'm glad I did, because the way that you mix up the major and minor pentatonics is an interesting slant. Thanks for doing something different to the the rest (of the million pentatonic demos).
Well thx for hangin in there! Lots more where that came from!
I find the way you call out as you play so valuable in your teaching method,
Happy to hear that!
So I have seen more than one lesson about this.....but this one puts it into something I feel I can really use. Thanks for making this work!!
Great to hear
Such a good lesson! I feel like I have such a better understanding of a lot of the blues playing I love, thanks
Glad you enjoyed
Are you playing a minor and a major or a minor and the relative major (c major)?
Over the 5th ? Whats Gonna be ? Just wanna hear it . Over 4 and 1 i understand Thanks b
Over head projector. :-) That's great. Now we have "smart boards", but we are all still playing the blues dating back to the 40's if not earlier. Another great lesson Corey!
Haha thx!!
Another great lesson.
Glad you liked it!
Really good knowledge
Great teaching, 👍
I'm livestreaming in 10 minutes hope you can make it
Dude you are a great player, but a fantastic teacher.
Appreciate that!
Hi Corey!!! I came about You, whilst looking for an A minor, & major ;; Yes! PENTAS!!! I'm Loving Your Style!! , Corey. I'm Following U Now!! 😂. Aren't U Happy? 😂😂 . Ok!!! Going to find more A Minor & Major Songs
✌️❤️💚😉
Awesome! Thank you!
Thanks Corey ! Think I finally got round to practically grasping the idea of mixing Major and Minor having read about it before. Good explanations at a good pace..👍🏼👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed!
Bonus likes for the Freddy King reference
Love love LOVE this kind of more beginner based lesson! Thanks, Corey, you make a difficult topic seem so much easier :P Time to grab my guitar and try this stuff!
Glad you enjoyed!
I really enjoy your teaching style. Thanks for a cool lesson. Yes it is a simple thing been doing for years but never thought of it like this. You can get good at flubbing around and just making it all fit, especially if you have learned a bunch of licks from great players that are already doing this, but it is refreshing to actually separate what is happening. Keep up the great work!
Appreciate that
Great lesson with excellent examples, Corey!
been playing for about 2 years now and you have literally "allowed" me to sound like I've been playing for 7 years! you're a great teacher brother Corey 🙏 🙏
Thx Robert! Best of luck!
i was always confused on which to play over the 1 and 4 chords major or minor so this video helped. thank you..🎸🎶👍
Glad it helped!
Very Helpful Corey! I usually use pattern 2 E pattern to start a major pentatonic. So I guess that is all right in other words if I am playing A major I will start pattern 2 on the 6th string A note. I guess it is doing the same thing you did by shifting your pinky to the A note. Do you do lessons?
Glad you enjoyed. No private lessons at this time unfortunately.
❤ beautiful arpeggios
Beginner question here. If I wanted to make my own chord progression, how would I know what chords to use for the right key?
Ideally, you'd want to know the chords that live in any given key. I'll teach this eventually!
Bridging to the prior video on mixing Mixolydian with Dominant 7 arpeggios, I had seen somewhere that another great way to blend major/minor pentatonics and channel a Mixolydian sound is to grace-note slide or hammer on from the minor third to the major third while otherwise playing minor pentatonic, which gets the major third and minor seventh notes of the dominant seventh arpeggios / Mixolydian mode while otherwise retaining the comfort of the minor pentatonic scale. Is this something you have used or believe is effective?
As long as you see it and understand what you're doing, the method is totally up to you!
Great lesson! Thank you
thanks for the lesson, you explained it so well... finally I get it lol ... kia ora from new zealand
my pleasure
Thank you so much
You're most welcome
Thanks for lesson Corey. You are a true bluesman!!
I appreciate that!
Gran Lección GRACIAS
Great video 👍 👍
Thx!
Thank you!!! Fantastic!!!
Great tutorial thank you
Helpful when you call out what you’ve changed to over the progression. 👍🏻👍🏻
You’re an amazing player and have a knack for teaching. Thanks to this lesson I have a whole new 12 bar blues I can use !!
overhead projector !!
dude you're the best teacher I've ever come across on TH-cam, and I've watched ALOT of guitar videos!
Corey, thank you for a easy understanding 😎😆👍🏾
Any time!
Corey! Epic lesson! I’ve studied the positions and understood the M/m connection but never knew how to mix them. I’m starting to see those overhead projector layers! Thanks, man. Good tempo, just enough to have to reach for it but totally accessible (even though I had to back up like 9 times). This will be my new practice routine ✊🏻💡
Great session man.
Simply awesome.
That's great, but the really cool thing is to switch major/minor in mid lick over one of the chords. You don't have to change the scales when the chord changes!
Thanks Corey!
Thank you so much for this best lesson for helping my mind to understand how to mix minor and major.
Corey, totally way wicked cool teaching. Something clicked, Now I get it. Thanks 😊
Awesome...love the way you teach. More of combining major and minor.
Thx so much!
@@coreycongilio oh and I meant to say...please 👍🏻..very rude of me..
another amazing lesson....unlocking more secrets for me. Thanks Corey!
Nice lesson
Hi Corey, thanks a lot for this great and excellent lesson. I really like your way of teaching with a combination of demos and clear step-by-step explanation. I knew the mixing of major and minor pentatonic scales, but I also was often hitting the wrong notes in the major pentatonic and I struggled to apply it in a proper and tasteful way. As a bonus I figured out your two nice demo solos note for note and put it in my own tab. Very educational and useful!
I see that you have many blues courses at Truefire. Now my question is: which of your course(s) would you advice if I want to study more in this major/minor pentatonic area of the blues? Thanks!
Man I just had a light Bulb moment after 50 years of playing. Thanx Cory for this lesson specifically!
Good teacher, lesson delivered clearly, well explained.
Thx! Glad you enjoyed
SUBTITLES PLEASE !
Merci pour ton travail Corey ! Je te salue de Bordeaux (France) Vive le Blues !
Et un autre bordelais ici!
Simplifying a concept that, when learned, brings great satisfaction to players of all levels. Genius!!!
Once again YT showed me the way when I hit a roadblock. Thank you corey thanks a lot. Was really looking for a stepping stone to mix major and minor and you absolutely showed me the way. However you didnot say to target notes and just play the penta blues scale. I guess we have to figure it out ourselves. I WILL SIR. Subbed. Looking forward for more. Love from INDIA.
Glad this was helpful. Try and "hear" the notes that sound right to you. That will guide you the most!
CORY HELPED VS YT.
On the road today - Nashville bound - but always have time to drop in and check out what Corey’s layin’ down. Love these lessons! Keep ‘em comin’, Corey! ✌️
Thank You!!!
Finally someone explains how this works in fantastic detail, thanks so much!
Great stuff😃
I’ve watched a few other lessons on this and that was by far the best lesson on mixing major/minor scales, thanks 🙏
I got a lot out of this lesson , will be going over it a fair amount of times untill I get it down
Glad to hear it!
So Great....
very good lesson and here's why, even knowing the pent.scales inside/out, I now have a clearer picture of what to use on what chord and why.. look forwards to learning more.. Thanks