This video covers the C major and E major pentatonic scales with Swing 42. Timecodes are listed below. My email is bobby@thehallsofmusic.com. All background music is my original compositions.
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0:00 Django Dog Swing by B Hall
0:05 Overview
Who composed Swing 42?
1:04 The left hand
What left hand fingers are used? Why?
What great improvisors use this hand position?
What is the most important thing to do when improvising?
3:39 Intro C major pentatonic
The 5 notes of the C major pentatonic scale?
Can you use the graph to see the guitar on the scale?
What frets on what strings do we play?
4:23 Exercise 1 - The pentatonic graph
What resolving harmony is Swing 42?
4:53 The C notes
How do we resolve the scale to a C major sound?
5:16 Example 1 resolving to C
5:40 Example 2
6:01 Example 3
Can you play the scale ending with the C notes?
6:29 C major pentatonic root to octave
6:46 Tablature example exercise 1
7:04 Root to octave exercise 1 played
7:45 Tablature exercise 2
7:58 Root to octave exercise 2 played
8:18 Intro example solo A section
9:18 A section example solo
What is the most important thing to do?
10:19 The chord progressions dynamic arc of story telling
How many chord progressions are there in the A section?
What 4 chords make up the first progression?
Is this progression consonant or dissonant?
How many times does this progression play?
What is the first chord of tension in progression 2?
Why does B flat create tension?
What is the second chord of tension?
Why does C sharp create tension?
What are the last two chords of progression 2?
Are they derived from C major? How?
To what chord does this resolve?
What chord progression is the height of the dynamic arc? Why?
12:01 Playing progressions explaining tension
12:55 What chord is the resolving harmony?
13:29 My solo example outlining the harmony and dynamic arc
Could you hear the dynamic arc?
What can you do to play with authenticity?
15:19 C major pentatonic chord tones/target notes
The 5 notes of the pentatonic scale are?
What are the fundamental root notes of a C major chord?
The most resolved sounding note is?
The next most resolved sounding note is?
The last resolving note is?
16:54 Where are the C’s, E’s and G’s in the pentatonic scale?
What strings and frets are the C’s?
What strings and frets are the E’s?
What strings and frets are the G’s?
18:31 Example solo resolving to C
18:57 What measure is the C6add9 chord?
What chord is in measure 4?
What note will sound good with G7?
19:32 Example solo resolving to G7
19:58 Example solo resolving G7 and the note E on C6add9
20:53 Learning to not think and play articulately
What 3 things do I study to play articulately?
Do you have to think this much to improvise?
What is the most important thing to do when improvising?
22:17 Intro B section
The resolving harmony for B section is?
What shapes do we use for the chords?
What shape do we use to improvise?
What fret do we start the shape?
What strings and frets is the pattern?
23:31 Example playing the pattern
What is the most resolved note?
Where are the E notes?
23:58 Playing the E notes
24:42 Example resolving to low E
Can you be creative with how you learn to play the scale?
24:45 Example resolving to middle E
24:58 Example resolving to high
25:58 Root to octave
25:22 Tablature Exercise 1
25:29 Playing Exercise 1
25:54 Tablature Exercise 2
26:02 Playing Exercise 2
26:19 Chord tones E major
The 5 notes of E major pentatonic are?
The notes of the E major arpeggio?
26:48 Finding the notes of the E major arpeggio
What strings and frets are the arpeggio?
28:34 The language of improvisation
How is learning improvisation similar to learning English, Spanish, French etc?
Should you imitate my ideas? How is this helpful?
29:33 Example solo B section
How was I strategic?
31:14 Pivot chords
What is the function of a pivot chord?
What is the pivot chord from the A to B section?
What are the pivot chords from the B to A section?
32:44 Playing through showing pivot chords
Can you do this?
What is the Tag? What chords repeat for the tag?
34:48 Improvising entire form
Can you play C major and E major pentatonic?
35:34 Example beginner style solo
What is the most important thing to do when improvising?
38:18 Swing 42 A section backing track 100 bpm
41:29 Swing 42 B section backing track 100 bpm
44:40 Swing 42 full form backing track 100 bpm