PentatonicAnchor
by Michael Belanger copyright 2024. All rights reserved.
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Are you at the beginning of your guitar playing journey or are you like me and you have been playing for years but you just haven't mastered playing the musical modes freely in any key and any mode simply because the amount of memorization and practice has been just too daunting?
Well, have I got a surprise for you! You CAN learn this simple 5 note pattern that will allow you to play effortlessly across the entire fretboard in just a few minutes! It's FREE and my gift to you no strings attached! Ha ha!
Really, enjoy this simple method and you will be creating and playing musical passages you didn't think were possible without lots of knowledge, repeated practice and memorization.
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Here you go:
Enjoy! Michael
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A very big Thank You to Oliver of the NewJazz channel!
A very big THANK YOU! I first have to thank Oliver Prehn of the NewJazz YouTube channel for teaching this concept on piano. To paraphrase Oliver, "This is a simple way to improvise thrilling [jazz] music." I would like to point out right away that this works for much more than jazz. It works with the majority of popular music of all genres so long as they are based on the major scale pattern of W, W, H, W, W, W, H. I learned from Oliver that if you experience the modes as they sound from light to dark, this way of hearing the modes makes much more intuitive sense. This guide is centered on the traditional order of modes as they are laid out on the guitar fretboard so well. I encourage you to watch Oliver's explanation. Also, Oliver extends the concept beyond the standard modes and creates new un-named sounds. This is quite natural on the piano and sounds amazing. It is really worth it to hear the modes in this way. I made no attempt to translate these concepts here in this guide to keep focused on the natural way the fretboard is organized. You are encouraged to experiment for yourself after going through this guide. Oliver's video is titled:
THE MODES: a Basic Introduction with a Crazy Continuation...
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Follow Oliver's amazing NewJazz YouTube channel:
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Thank you Oliver for this amazing, and as he says, always-free lesson.
Consider sending him a PayPal as a thank you so he will keep creating his amazing lessons!
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Sincerely, Michael
Contact
If you have any questions, feedback, or corrections, please reach out and let me know. This will be an evolving guide. I am sure there are additional insights to be gleaned from learning the fretboard in this way and I am a lifelong student of music just like you.
Send me links to your music! That's what this is all about. Sharing art and knowledge.
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My Music:
https://www.youtube.com/@MichaelBLive
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All the best!
Michael
