Hi Mark!
Sorry for the delay, but I will try my best to follow up on your questions:
Quote: shotimac wrote in post #6
After learning and memorizing the patterns of the C major scale. What is the next step?? I do not know what to do about these scales.
Here are just a few suggestions on how to take what you've learned, expand on it, and then APPLY IT:
1) With your metronome or backing track: Play one position ascending (low string to high string) then slide up the last note of Position 1 to the last note of Position 3 (for example), and play Position 3 descending (high string to low string). Then slide from the 1st note of Position 3 to the 1st note of Position 5 and play Position 5 ascending,,,then up to Position 7 where you will descend...etc.
2) With your metronome or backing track: Sequences: Play each position in sequences (2's, 3's, 4's, 5's,,etc.). Don't forget to change the order of the notes, as well: (1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 5, 4, 6, 5, 7, 6, 8, 7), etc.
3) With your backing track: Just play! Use a combination of sequences, bending notes, slides, trills, and change of the length of notes. Hey! You are now creating a melodic solo!!!
4) Same as #3 above, but now try playing with backing tracks in different keys!
Quote: shotimac wrote in post #7
In C major scale 14th position system, do i also have 14th major pentatonic scale?
Technically, you can look at this way. After all, each major/minor scale has it's own major/minor pentatonic scale and major/minor arpeggio within. However, I try to keep things a bit more simple when it comes to the
pentatonic scale: Personally, I stick to 5 positions - that's it. Now, I like to do things like combine positions, and play scales on single-strings. This is just the style I have developed over the years. This is a good question, so I wonder if some of our other colleagues could chime in on this one.
I hope this helped!
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