How to Improvise with Pentatonics on Jazz II-V-I Chords

[@nickschuller9861]

this lesson and the whole tone lesson recently posted are EXCELLENT! these hack concepts are SO USEFUL! More please! Thanks for the great content!

[@jazzguitar]

More to come! Thanks Nick :)

[@richardprost6282]

Encore un tuto qui fera date ! Un grand merci, Marc.

[@stevejohnston1331]

good day to you , im an old ( really old ) rock guy , have been working on jazz -(I kinda like smooth jazz too) , stuff like diatonic arpeggios and triads ..........playing with aproach notes and enclosures ......to add to - the A pent to Bb pent etc in this video ......thanks for yet another item to use in my jazz journey...........life is good in BC Canada ...later gater......ps - adding chromatic runs on these pentatonics is cool too ................

[@moeb4348]

It's not Marvin Gaye. It's The Temptations song, "My Girl" written by Smokey Robinson! It's probably the most recognizable lick it the world!

[@jazzguitar]

Got it! Sorry I got those mixed up.

[@henrygregor7336]

@@moeb4348 Smoke on The Water, Satisfaction, Start Me Up, Honky Tonk Woman, Chuck Berry riffs, the lead break on Heartbreak Hotel, What'd I Say, Great Balls of Fire, Taxman, Stayin' Alice .... and the list goes on...so what are they, the least recognizable licks? Can never understand the over enthusiasm of the "best this, best that" acolytes who post their self satisfied exclusionary judgments.

[@aprylrittenhouse4562]

I could fall asleep listening to you play those scales it's so relaxing. I'm just starting to play jazz guitar. I've been playing rock and folk for 15 yrs and I want to try something that sounds better. WISH ME LUCK

[@jazzguitar]

You can do it!

[@braunny4667]

Thank you! Such an excellent teacher. Going to be my inspiration tonight.

[@jazzguitar]

Have fun!

[@markdesouza6044]

Really nice approach Marc!

[@jazzguitar]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@laradresden5914]

I love your enthusiasm

[@TheTwangKings]

"Wayne Shorter-ish, Kurt Rosenwinkel-ish", now you got me paying attention! LOL

[@jazzguitar]

I know, right?!? It's these intricate Shorter lines from the mid 60s -- Blue Note era, like Speak No Evil and his solos. How did he wrap his head around angular melodies like that? Pentatonics are part of the answer.

[@TheTwangKings]

@@jazzguitar Didn't McCoy Tyner use them as well? Those cool outside lines... better than sex LOL.

[@SuffolkPicker]

Great stuff Mark!!

[@jazzguitar]

Thanks!

[@krishnahare3638]

EXCELLENT, SHOW FIRST THAN PEACE BY PEACE EXPLANATION. GREAT TEACHER! SUCCESS GOD BLESS!

[@jazzguitar]

Thanks :)

[@jamesrenz9475]

Good ideas.

[@jazzguitar]

Thank you

[@jazzguitarneophyte-christo7988]

Hi! Do you have a course that shows the theory behind it? I would love to take that course so I know what pentatonic to use in any situation

[@jazzguitar]

Yes -- the parts 4-5-6 of this blog post go in detail with the analysis and scale choices: www.jazzguitarlessons.net/blog/jazz-guitar-pentatonics

[@micahhlc]

Subscribed.

[@jazzguitar]

Thank you so much!

[@gcgceasy3581]

Good lesson…but don’t know why Cmaj with Bm Pent. ? Could you explain many thx

[@jazzguitar]

All explained in Part 6 in the blog post: www.jazzguitarlessons.net/blog/jazz-guitar-pentatonics

[@jelmar.manuel]

Who needs Truefire?

[@jazzguitar]

Thanks for the comment -- I find TrueFire good for learning different styles.

[@smasheroonie]

Great tips !!!!!! and that's was THE Temptations ...My Girl ....not Marvin Gaye

[@jazzguitar]

Right!! I got mixed up :)

[@Ana_crusis]

I've played through this video two or three times and Mark there's something that you don't really talk about. you talk about the b flat pentatonic over G and I can see the rational there, it gives you all the sharp and flat 9s and 5ths , and you talk about using A minor pentatonic over D minor ( it's basically the same thing) but you don't really address why you're playing B minor pentatonic over the C major chord and you seem to basically ignore that and tell us to choose other Pentatonic scales over C. B minor pentatonic over C will give us a sort of Lydian sound right? I would like to hear some more rational from you about why the b minor pentatonic works over C major

[@jazzguitar]

Yes -- the parts 4-5-6 of this blog post go in detail with the analysis and scale choices: www.jazzguitarlessons.net/blog/jazz-guitar-pentatonics It's pretty simple in the case of Bm pentatonic used over a C major chord. The notes of Bm penta: B D E F# A The notes of the C major scale: C D E F G A B ... Thus, using the Bm pentatonic to improvise lines over a Cmaj chord will yield the chord degrees 7, 9, 3, #4 and 6. This is all explained in the detail on the post (link above)

[@Ana_crusis]

@@jazzguitar so it's ok if you want a Lydian sound

[@jayspicer2259]

LOL. Just yelled out, 'no way' when I saw you move up on each chord. Too simple...probably why I never figured it out.

[@jazzguitar]

Ah! Glad it was helpful :)

[@peterespada6226]

Go too fast-totally useless

[@amarthurfurniture860]

Not sure if you know this, but you can slow down the speed of the videos.