Using The Blues Hybrid Scale (Guitar Lesson IM-143) How to play IF Stage 4
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0:11 - 0:15Hi. How are you doing ? Justin here !
Welcome to IM143 -
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in which we're gonna be checking out
the Blues scale, and a blues hybrid scale. -
0:20 - 0:23You'll notice that I'm playing
an electric guitar for this, -
0:23 - 0:25you don't have to play an electric guitar,
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0:25 - 0:28just I think a lot of Blues Lead Guitar
sounds cooler on an electric guitar -
0:28 - 0:33but if you're playing an acoustic,
it'll work just as good, so don't worry about it. -
0:33 - 0:36The scale that we're gonna be playing,
as I mentioned is the Blues Scale, -
0:36 - 0:39which is essentially the same
as the Minor Pentatonic Scale, -
0:39 - 0:42but it adds one note which is
the the flattened 5th scale degree, -
0:42 - 0:45also referred to as the Blue note.
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0:45 - 0:48Funnily enough that's why
it's called the Blues scale. -
0:48 - 0:51So let's get to a close up,
and check out this new scale. -
0:52 - 0:55We're starting here at the 5th fret
with our first finger, -
0:55 - 1:00and we're starting exactly the same as we did
for an A minor pentatonic scale. -
1:00 - 1:02So we're playing 1st finger
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1:02 - 1:05then 4th finger in the 8th fret,
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1:05 - 1:08then 1st finger
in the 5th fret of the 5th string, -
1:08 - 1:13but then we add here this extra note
with the 2nd finger, -
1:13 - 1:16in the 6th fret of the 5th string,
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1:16 - 1:19followed by the 3rd finger
in the 7th fret of the 5th string. -
1:19 - 1:25So, whereas the regular minor pentatonic
just went 1, 4, 1, 3 -
1:25 - 1:32the Blues scale goes
1, 4, 1, 2, 3, -
1:32 - 1:36Let's continue, it goes 1, 3,
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1:36 - 1:39exactly the same
as the Minor Pentatonic did, -
1:39 - 1:43then 1,3, exactly the same
as the Minor Pentatonic did -
1:43 - 1:49but then we add little finger
on the 8th fret of the 3rd string. -
1:49 - 1:53Then we continue the rest of the Minor Pentatonic,
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1:53 - 1:56exactly the same as we always did.
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1:56 - 1:59Back down,
those two strings are the same but then -
1:59 - 2:043rd string, 8th fret
with the little finger, -
2:04 - 2:113rd finger, 1st finger, 3,1,
then here we go, 3 -
2:11 - 2:19there's the Blue note again, 1,4,1.
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2:19 - 2:22Let me just play it once up and down for you
to have a listen to, -
2:22 - 2:24and then we'll go and play it
real slowly together -
2:24 - 2:38. . .
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2:38 - 2:45OK let's play it really evenly together,
here we go just one note per beat 3, 4 -
2:45 - 3:22. . .
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3:22 - 3:27You'll find when you improvise with this scale
that this note, the 'Blue' note, -
3:27 - 3:31adds an awful lot of tension,
so it tends to sound funny if you stop on it. -
3:31 - 3:32If you go
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3:32 - 3:39. . .
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3:39 - 3:44it tends to sound a little bit strange,
so very often you'll pass through the note. -
3:44 - 4:10. . .
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4:10 - 4:13This next scale we're gonna check out
is called a 'Hybrid' scale, -
4:13 - 4:17and what I mean by that is
it's not really a proper scale. -
4:17 - 4:20It's just a group of notes that I discovered
sound really cool together. -
4:20 - 4:23When I was transcribing
a lot of the early blues masters -
4:23 - 4:25I kept finding that they used
the same notes all the time, -
4:25 - 4:29and even though it wasn't actually
a proper scale I could find in any books, -
4:29 - 4:32it sounded really good
and I guess those guys weren't schooled, -
4:32 - 4:34and they didn't know
if it was a proper scale or not -
4:34 - 4:37and what they were after was
what sounded good. -
4:37 - 4:39And actually
that's the most important thing. -
4:39 - 4:42And it's a really good fun scale
for learning to improvise with. -
4:42 - 4:45Especially you can do
some really cool little string bending tricks, -
4:45 - 4:47which I'm going to show you
in the next lesson, -
4:47 - 4:51so, let's check out this 'Blues Hybrid Scale'.
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4:51 - 4:54The Blues Hybrid Scale is
exactly the same as the Blues Scale -
4:54 - 5:00only we're adding in two notes
at the 7th fret on the thinnest two strings. -
5:00 - 5:03So we're start off exactly the same as before,
I'm gonna be calling the finger numbers. -
5:03 - 5:07We know that we're starting in the 5th fret here.
It's going 1st finger, 4th finger -
5:07 - 5:171, 2, 3, 1, 3, then 1, 3, 4,
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5:17 - 5:21which was so far exactly the same
as the Blues Scale, -
5:21 - 5:25but now we add 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 4,
on the thinnest two strings. -
5:25 - 5:30. . .
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5:30 - 5:46Going down now we're gonna have
4, 3, 1, 4, 3, 1, 4, 3, 1, 3, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1. -
5:46 - 5:48Of course this is pretty cool now,
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5:48 - 5:51having the same pattern
on the thinnest three strings. -
5:51 - 6:02. . .
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6:02 - 6:07Lots of cool little phrases that you can get now
with the extra added notes. -
6:07 - 6:09You don't even have to use these ones
with the little finger, you could -
6:09 - 6:17. . .
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6:17 - 6:21Especially in the next lesson we're gonna be learning
these little semitone bends. -
6:21 - 6:25. . .
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6:25 - 6:27Which suddenly make things sound really cool.
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6:27 - 6:31So this is a really fun scale
to have a bit of a play about with. -
6:31 - 6:36The most important thing you can do now
is to start using these scales. -
6:36 - 6:37As soon as you put them into practice
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6:37 - 6:41and actually start hearing
the effect of the cool Flat 5 note, -
6:41 - 6:44hearing the spice that it adds
to your blues playing, the better. -
6:44 - 6:45There's no substitute for it.
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6:45 - 6:48The same with the new Hybrid Blues Scale.
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6:48 - 6:51Just start playing it, experiment,
use the Blues backing track, -
6:51 - 6:53and try out some of the improvising
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6:53 - 6:55you were doing before
with the Minor Pentatonic, -
6:55 - 6:58but just try using those additional notes
and see what happens. -
6:58 - 7:01In the next lesson, we're going to be
checking out some bending -
7:01 - 7:05which you'll find adds a whole new dimension
to your Blues playing as well, -
7:05 - 7:07but it's a great idea if, first of all,
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7:07 - 7:09you can just get those scales
under your fingers, -
7:09 - 7:12so you know what notes you're gonna bend
and what notes you aren't. -
7:12 - 7:13So have good fun with that,
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7:13 - 7:15and I'll see you for another lesson very soon.
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7:15 - 7:17Take care, bye bye.
- Title:
- Using The Blues Hybrid Scale (Guitar Lesson IM-143) How to play IF Stage 4
- Description:
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Justin's Completely Free, Intermediate Guitar Course Lesson IM-143.
Stage 4, Lesson 3.In this guitar lesson we look at improvising using the blues scale and a blues hybrid scale (a mix of dorian and blues scale) commonly used by the blues masters!
Find the related course notes on the following link:
http://justinguitar.com/en/IM-143-TheBluesScale.phpThis is part of Justin's Intermediate Guitar Method, Foundation. A series of lessons available free online!
http://justinguitar.com/en/IM-000-IntermediateMethod.php
Taught by Justin Sandercoe.
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- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
JustinGuitar (legacy)
- Project:
- Intermediate Method (IM)
- Duration:
- 07:22
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