Chords for Guitar Lesson: Andy James - Minor pentatonic licks
Tempo:
80.1 bpm
Chords used:
Em
G
Eb
F
E
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
The other application that I use for the upstroke picking is within two note per string stuff, which is commonly used with pentatonics.
So [Em] this kind of thing.
For some reason, starting that with a downstroke, which is kind of what most people do, just ends up being really difficult for me.
But because I discovered this technique of using the upstroke first, being able to play stuff like that is actually a lot easier now.
So, in its most basic form, we're just going to take that four note pattern, which is a first position E minor pentatonic scale.
So it's 15-12 on the high E and 15-12 on the B, and just start with an upstroke.
You can reverse that as well and start on the 12th fret of the B string as well, and then practice going up as well.
And then you can alternate between the two.
[N]
Like that.
So you can kind of get that sort of Zach Wild thing going on, which kind of eluded me for years, and how to be able to play that sort of stuff until discovering this technique.
You can sort of branch out the notes on the high E string as well.
So you can try exercises like this.
[G]
[N] Okay, so let's try that a little bit quicker.
[G] [F]
And then when you get a bit more comfortable with this technique, you can try and go for the ultimate sort of speed that you can catch up to.
[Em]
[E] [Eb]
So yeah, probably not the cleanest example, but you kind of get the idea of how this technique can be used in quite a cool way.
The last thing that I want to share with you is a way that I combine two different pentatonic [G] shapes in one sort of lick, if you like.
And it's like a six note pattern.
So we're going to be taking notes from the second position E minor pentatonic scale and predominantly using the first position E minor pentatonic scale.
So this is going to be the shape.
Okay, so starting this on the 12th fret of the high E string, it's going to be a six note pattern.
Well, it's going to be a five note pattern, but it's going to be six because I repeat one of the notes.
So it's going to look like this.
[N] So then I'm starting on the upstroke again.
So that's going to be the beginning of the next part of the [Em] lick.
[B] [Eb]
[Em] [D]
So [Em] this kind of thing.
For some reason, starting that with a downstroke, which is kind of what most people do, just ends up being really difficult for me.
But because I discovered this technique of using the upstroke first, being able to play stuff like that is actually a lot easier now.
So, in its most basic form, we're just going to take that four note pattern, which is a first position E minor pentatonic scale.
So it's 15-12 on the high E and 15-12 on the B, and just start with an upstroke.
You can reverse that as well and start on the 12th fret of the B string as well, and then practice going up as well.
And then you can alternate between the two.
[N]
Like that.
So you can kind of get that sort of Zach Wild thing going on, which kind of eluded me for years, and how to be able to play that sort of stuff until discovering this technique.
You can sort of branch out the notes on the high E string as well.
So you can try exercises like this.
[G]
[N] Okay, so let's try that a little bit quicker.
[G] [F]
And then when you get a bit more comfortable with this technique, you can try and go for the ultimate sort of speed that you can catch up to.
[Em]
[E] [Eb]
So yeah, probably not the cleanest example, but you kind of get the idea of how this technique can be used in quite a cool way.
The last thing that I want to share with you is a way that I combine two different pentatonic [G] shapes in one sort of lick, if you like.
And it's like a six note pattern.
So we're going to be taking notes from the second position E minor pentatonic scale and predominantly using the first position E minor pentatonic scale.
So this is going to be the shape.
Okay, so starting this on the 12th fret of the high E string, it's going to be a six note pattern.
Well, it's going to be a five note pattern, but it's going to be six because I repeat one of the notes.
So it's going to look like this.
[N] So then I'm starting on the upstroke again.
So that's going to be the beginning of the next part of the [Em] lick.
[B] [Eb]
[Em] [D]
Key:
Em
G
Eb
F
E
Em
G
Eb
_ _ _ _ _ The other application that I use for the upstroke picking is within two note per string stuff, which is commonly used with pentatonics.
So [Em] this kind of thing. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ For some reason, starting that with a downstroke, which is kind of what most people do, just ends up being really difficult for me.
But because I discovered this technique of using the upstroke first, being able to play stuff like that is actually a lot easier now.
So, in its most basic form, we're just going to take that four note pattern, which is a first position E minor pentatonic scale.
So it's 15-12 on the high E and 15-12 on the B, and just start with an upstroke. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ You can reverse that as well and start on the 12th fret of the B string as well, and then practice going up as well.
And then you can alternate between the two. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
Like that.
So you can kind of get that sort of Zach Wild thing going on, which kind of eluded me for years, and how to be able to play that sort of stuff until discovering this technique.
You can sort of branch out the notes on the high E string as well.
So you can try exercises like this.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ Okay, so let's try that a little bit quicker.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ And then when you get a bit more comfortable with this technique, you can try and go for the ultimate sort of speed that you can catch up to.
[Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
So yeah, probably not the cleanest example, but you kind of get the idea of how this technique can be used in quite a cool way.
The last thing that I want to share with you is a way that I combine two different pentatonic [G] shapes in one sort of lick, if you like.
And it's like a six note pattern.
So we're going to be taking notes from the second position E minor pentatonic scale and predominantly using the first position E minor pentatonic scale.
So this is going to be the shape. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Okay, so starting this on the 12th fret of the high E string, it's going to be a six note pattern.
Well, it's going to be a five note pattern, but it's going to be six because I repeat one of the notes.
So it's going to look like this. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ So then I'm starting on the upstroke again.
So that's going to be the beginning of the next part of the [Em] lick. _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
So [Em] this kind of thing. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ For some reason, starting that with a downstroke, which is kind of what most people do, just ends up being really difficult for me.
But because I discovered this technique of using the upstroke first, being able to play stuff like that is actually a lot easier now.
So, in its most basic form, we're just going to take that four note pattern, which is a first position E minor pentatonic scale.
So it's 15-12 on the high E and 15-12 on the B, and just start with an upstroke. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ You can reverse that as well and start on the 12th fret of the B string as well, and then practice going up as well.
And then you can alternate between the two. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
Like that.
So you can kind of get that sort of Zach Wild thing going on, which kind of eluded me for years, and how to be able to play that sort of stuff until discovering this technique.
You can sort of branch out the notes on the high E string as well.
So you can try exercises like this.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ Okay, so let's try that a little bit quicker.
_ [G] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ And then when you get a bit more comfortable with this technique, you can try and go for the ultimate sort of speed that you can catch up to.
[Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
So yeah, probably not the cleanest example, but you kind of get the idea of how this technique can be used in quite a cool way.
The last thing that I want to share with you is a way that I combine two different pentatonic [G] shapes in one sort of lick, if you like.
And it's like a six note pattern.
So we're going to be taking notes from the second position E minor pentatonic scale and predominantly using the first position E minor pentatonic scale.
So this is going to be the shape. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Okay, so starting this on the 12th fret of the high E string, it's going to be a six note pattern.
Well, it's going to be a five note pattern, but it's going to be six because I repeat one of the notes.
So it's going to look like this. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _ So then I'm starting on the upstroke again.
So that's going to be the beginning of the next part of the [Em] lick. _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [Eb] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _