Californiaman Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 So I was thumbing through an old Guitar Player magazine the other day when I came across something in the lessons section. It's the Altered Dominant Pentatonic. It's different from the traditional form, hence "altered" in that unlike the traditional (root, 2,3,5,b7) it is root, 3,4,5,b7. It closely resembles the Mixolydian mode. Any way I went over it as it was in the lesson. I kind of like it. I'm sure I can find a place for it in my arsenal. If you want to try it out check out the link below. I just don't feel like writing out the notes or tab at this time. Rob Balducci Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Like the 1st chord arpeggio here? I could be wrong, my theory is not good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Looks interesting. I'll give this one a try. Another variation of a pentatonic scale that I sometimes use, is to play a minor pentatonic, but just play a major 3rd instead of a minor 3rd. I have no idea what the term for this scale is. It just occured to me one day, why do we play so many blues songs using the minor pentatonic scale even when it's a major blues? So I tried the standard box pattern fingering of 1-4, 1-3, 1-3, 1-3,1-4, 1-4 as 1-4, 1-3, 1-3, 2-3, 1-4, 1-4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
damian Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Intelligence officers use " Pentagonic " scales a lot........ ( nice thread ) [thumbup] ..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoFrills Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 ^^ and crazy people use Augmental and Dimented scales Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketman Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 I never really used it, but then I again I tend not to use pentatonic scales much. The mixolydian scale is very cool though. Lifeson uses it a lot. The beginning of Xanadu and the guitar solo to Tom Sawyer are perfect examples. Also, play a mixolydian on the V chord of a blues to "jazz" it up a bit (my jazz teacher taught me that a long time ago). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 I never really used it, but then I again I tend not to use pentatonic scales much. The mixolydian scale is very cool though. Lifeson uses it a lot. The beginning of Xanadu and the guitar solo to Tom Sawyer are perfect examples. Also, play a mixolydian on the V chord of a blues to "jazz" it up a bit (my jazz teacher taught me that a long time ago). I use the mixolydian scale too. Thanks for the advice on the V chord for blues to "jazz". I'll try it. As far as pentatonic scales. The article I read pointed out that any five note scale is in essence a pentatonic scale (penta meaning five). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Altered Dominant Pentatonic Man... sounds like a Transgendered Satanic Dominatrix! (which are pretty common here in the SF Bay Area!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Altered Dominant Pentatonic Man... sounds like a Transgendered Satanic Dominatrix! (which are pretty common here in the SF Bay Area!) How do you know that? O_o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 How do you know that? O_o One is my "mailman"!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dem00n Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 ^^ and crazy people use Augmental and Dimented scales The best guitar players are crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbabig Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Altered Dominant Pentatonic Man... sounds like a Transgendered Satanic Dominatrix! (which are pretty common here in the SF Bay Area!) The best dominatrices are crazy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 Altered Dominant Pentatonic Man... sounds like a Transgendered Satanic Dominatrix! (which are pretty common here in the SF Bay Area!) I think I saw that band in Oakland last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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