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Lesson 4

Scales​

Connecting Minor Pentatonic Scale Boxes #1 and #2​

Am pentatonic #1 and #25678910EBGDAE1111b3b3b3b34444555b7b7b7

Chords and Progressions​

Root Movements​

Root movement is the way the roots of the chords move from one to another.

Root movements used so far:

A major I IV V roots5678EBGDAE145

Alternate root movement is shown below. In this case, the root of the I7 chord is found on the 5th string, instead of the 6th. Also, the roots of the IV7 and V7 chords are found on the 6th string, instead of the 5th. The chord forms are the same as before, they're just arranged differently.

A major I IV V roots9101112EBGDAE145

More Barre Chords​

New set of barre chords that form I7 - IV7 - V7 progression:

A7 (I7) chord notesOpen123456789101112131415161718192021EBGDAE1111111111133333333333555555555555b7b7b7b7b7b7b7b7b7b7b7
A7 (I7) barre chord1011121314EBGDAE141311355b7
A7 (I7) barre chord1011121314EBGDAE4131113b7
D7 (IV7) barre chord1011121314EBGDAE11213111355b7
E7 (V7) barre chord1011121314EBGDAE11213111355b7

Relative Positions of Chord Sets​

The root of the I chord in Set 2 is found either 7 frets up or 5 frets down (from the root of the I in the Set 1 chords). Here is an example in the key of A:

A root notesOpen123456789101112131415EBGDAE111

Practice​

  • Minor pentatonic scale, ascending and descending (box #1 followed by the box #2, and vice versa).
  • Quick change 12-bar blues using Set 2 of the I7, IV7 and V7 chords.
    • Use both forms of the I7 chord.