ountao Locrian Pertatonic Scale § Positions - MatWarnackGuitr.com | MATT WARNOCK GUITAR, Goto... How to Play the Locrian Pentatonic Scale on Guitar ‘As we develop our improvisational skills on the guitar, we quickly realize that improvising in major keys is more often than not, easier than improvising over minor key progressions. Because of this, many guitarists tend to shy away from really digging into exploring minor-key tonalities, and instead spend more time on the easier to navigate major progressions in the practice room. Though there are myriad scales and modes that you can use when improvising over minor key progressions, especially the minor iim7b5-V7alt-im6 progression which has a ton of different modes to choose from in an improvisational context, sometimes something as simple as a pentatonic scale can be used to outline these changes, without getting too far out of our comfort zone at the same time. In this article we'll be exploring the Locrian Pentatonic Scale, which can be used to improvise over m7bS chords and which sits very nicely on the fingerboard, making it easy to learn and easy to apply to a musical situation. Check this scale out. It can really help to open up your minor-key improvising, without forcing you to learn a bunch of new modes and longer-form scales in the process. Have a question or comment about this lesson? Visit the Locrian Pentatonic Scale thread at the MWG Foruy Don't forget to download your FREE Jazz Guitar eBook! Click to visit the Beyond Basic Pentatonics: Altered Pentatonic Scale for Guitar Homepage Locrian Pentatonic Scale A close relative of the Locrian Mode and the Minor Pentatonic Scale, the Locrian Pentatonic Scale can be used in a similar fashion as its Locrian cousin, to improvise over m7b5 chords, especially those in a iim7b5-V7alt-im6 progression. hep. dmatwarnockgular com yer basi pertaining he locran perttne-sale 19virto16 Locrian Pertatonic Scale - § Positions - MattWarnockGuitar.com | MATT WARNOCK GUITAR The Locrian Pentatonic Scale has five notes, as does any pentatonic scale, and is only one not different from the common Minor Pentatonic Scale that many guitarists learn when they first begin their exploration of scales and improvisation on the instrument. Here is how the Minor and Locrian Pentatonic Scales look from an intervallic standpoint. Minor Pentatonic Scale R-b3-4-5-b7 Locrian Pentatonic Scale R-b3-4-b5-b7 So, if you know one or more positions of the Minor Pentatonic Scale, you simply find the fifth and lower it by one fret and you've got yourself a Locrian Pentatonic Scale. This approach can not only make it easier to visualize and memorize the Locrian Pentatonic Scale, as you relate it to something you already have under your fingers, but it can also save time in the practice room for auitarists that have busy schedules outside the woodshed. Here is how the Minor and Locrian Pentatonic Scales look on the page, side by side for comparison bipsimatwarnockgitarcombeyond:-basic-pertatonics-introducingthe-locrian-peratoic-scaleountao Locrian Pertatonic Scale § Positions - MatWarnackGuitr.com | MATT WARNOCK GUITAR, Lear Jazz Guitar Scales and Scale Patterns with the Matt Warnock Guitar Jazz Scales App. Locrian Pentatonic Scale Fingerings if you already know the five positions of the Minor Pentatonic Scale, you can simply lower the fifth of each of those scales by one fret and you will have all five positions of the Locrian Scale. For those readers that aren't familiar with the Minor Pentatonic Scale, or that would like to explore different fingerings that move beyond the standard box patterns, here are four different fingerings that | ike to use for the Locrian Pentatonic Scale, Each of the two string sets, 6th and Sth string roots, have an “in position” and shifting version of the scale for you to check out. Though the shifting version is a bit tricky, and may seem strange if you are used to staying in position for your scales, learning to move up and over and down and back as you play scales is a great way to open up you neck, while adding some movement in the left hand that can expand the possible application of slurs and slides as you use this scale fingering in an improvisational context. hiepiimatwarnockgitarcom beyond: basc-pertatonics-introducingthe-locian-pertatoic-scalevirto16 Locrian Pertatonic Scale - § Positions - MattWarnockGuitar.com | MATT WARNOCK GUITAR Locrian Pentatonic Scale Patterns bipsimatwarnockgitarcombeyond:-basic-pertatonics-introducingthe-locrian-peratoic-scaleountao Locrian Pertatonic Scale § Positions - MatWarnackGuitr.com | MATT WARNOCK GUITAR, In the following two patterns | have written out a descending interval that ascends the scale, and then in the second version reversed it to have an ascending interval that descends a scale. This approach, using intervals that run opposite to the direction of the scale, are a great way to take a simple idea, intervallic patterns, and make them sound fresh and less predictable. After you have worked these patterns out on the Locrian Pentatonic Scale, try taking them to other pentatonic scales you know, such as the Mixolydian Pentatonic Scale or the Dorian Pentatonic Scale, You will find that you can get a ton of mileage out of these simple ideas, just by playing intervals that run opposite to the direction of the scale that you are playing at the time. Locrian Pentatonic Scale Licks In the first lick written out below, you can see the pattern from the previous section being applied to the CmMaj7 chord in bar three. Notice how the pattern sounds in the context of the lick, and how it sounds when applied to a non-pentatonic scale, in this case a C Melodic Minor Scale with a chromatic alteration on the ‘second to last note in the phrase. A'so, the second bar, G7alt, uses a Bdim7 arpeggio which is a common device used to imply a 7b9 sound over a dominant chord, playing a diminished arpeggio starting on the 3rd of a 7th chord. Check this idea out, well worth exploring further in the practice room. The second riff uses an Altered Scale in the second bar to outline the G7alt chord that is heard during that measure. Then, over the Cm6 chord, the line takes on a strong rhythi to expand the simple melodic material being used in that bar, quality that uses syncopation hiepiimatwarnockgitarcom beyond: basc-pertatonics-introducingthe-locian-pertatoic-scale 59oatr2016 Loetian Pertatonic Scale - 5 Positions - MattWarnackGular-com | MATT WARNOCK GUITAR, Rhythm can be a powerful tool for any improviser, and it is worth checking out different rhythmic variations in our lines when we are trying to take simple melodic ideas and expand them beyond standard expectations in order to move them into new and unexpected directions. D705) Glatt Cmimaj, Dm™(>5) Galt. Cmé Navigating minor keys can be tougher than improvising over major progressions, and we tend to put more time into major tonalities as we develop our playing in the woodshed. But, even though there are more melodic options to choose from, usually, in minor keys, sometimes taking something as simple as a pentatonic scale and using it over a m7b5 chord can not only sound great in a solo, but allows you to keep things simple and use familiar shapes to navigate minor progressions. Check out the Locrian Pentatonic Scale in the woodshed this week and let us know what you think of this fun and interesting sounding scale in the comments section below. Login to rate and bookmark posts share 0 107} 2 oy Twos) 8a . 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