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Session 2: Major Scale Phrasing

This lesson is part of the course Creating Bluegrass and Roots Music Solos with Scott Nygaard.
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Learn to create interesting solos with this applied theory workshop. You’ll learn how to use scales and arpeggios to create melodic lines, about thematic soloing and improvising, how to create lines with a sense of forward motion, how to combine the melody of a song with fills, melodic variations, arpeggios, and more.
 
 
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In this video, Scott  gives you ideas about practicing the major scale in different ways, so that you begin to learn not just the scale in sequence, but the different notes in the scale, where and what they are, and how they are related to the chords in the key. You get exercises that show you how to practice the scale from chord tone to chord tone, chord tone to scale tone, in short musical phrases known as patterns or sequences, and more.

 
 
 
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Session 2: Major Scale Phrasing  
 
Session 2: Major Scale Phrasing  
 
Session 2: Major Scale Phrasing
Session 2: Major Scale Phrasing
 

In this session of Creating Bluegrass and Roots Music Solos, you’ll learn to create melodic lines that match the chords you’re playing. You’ll learn about strong beats and weak beats and how playing chord tones on strong beats creates lines that sound good over those chords. Scott introduces the concept of six- and eight-note scales, as opposed to five-note (pentatonic) scales and seven-note scales (major scale and modes). He also talks about the importance of tension and resolution in creating forward-moving lines, and shows you that playing non-chord tones on strong beats creates tension that sounds good as long as you resolve it. Scott uses the first four bars of “Maiden’s Prayer” to illustrate these concepts and give you ideas for creating your own variations and elaborations on “Maiden’s Prayer” and other melodies.

 

The musical handouts (downloadable PDFs) for the session (and all sessions) are available in three formats: notation with guitar tab, notation with mandolin tab, and notation only. 

 


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