I wish the music from the little speaker was much louder. I really have a hard time hearing the guitar over the mandolin.
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Just wondering after learning the pentatonic scales where do you recommend that i go from here , applying them to relatively simple tunes to start out with ?
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Welcome to the forum. Great question Larry !
Pentatonic scales can be very useful.
The basic melody of most/many tunes and songs in bluegrass falls into this scale more often than not. This means it’s a good place to start when looking for the melody of a tune. (Billy In The Low-ground is a good example of a basic melody nearly completely made up of the pentatonic scale. )
Licks made up of the notes within the pentatonic scale are an easy go-to for filler licks also.
Hope this helps some,
Because of certain notes being eliminated form the major scale, the pentatonic scale can, in certain circumstances , continue to be used through other chords in the key signature and still fit the chord progression.
Dave
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I tried slowing the video down a notch. It caused me to giggle a little as it made you sound like you had a little too much Mountain Dew! lol! This so good stuff I should have focused on years ago. Hoping to give my capo a much needed rest.
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