The OTHER Minor Blues Pattern You Must Know

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There's a particular kind of blues song that uses a very aggressive minor blues soloing theme, and in this lesson I'll show you the simple pattern on the fretboard (outside the normal blues boxes) that gives you THAT sound.

[@williamdarnstaedt3118]

Aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhh break thru moment. Chord scale and a matching "scale" shape. Great lesson thank you.

[@starmanoretorno]

7:35. 1:51. 2:45

[@emanhacker]

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[@MrJ17J]

Anthony, your last message was truly moving and inspiring. Thank you for sharing it and supporting a good cause as much as you can. Life without blues, funk, soul... would be so much more bland. We have to recognize where they come from and the struggle associated with them.

[@Texasbluesalley]

Thanks brother.

[@sdegraafkaag]

Thank god its free lesson friday!

[@Texasbluesalley]

I feel the same way.

[@johnpulwers680]

MAN, you must have FUN at Festivals! Women hitting on ya, men buying you drinks! I'm glad I subscribed to this channel. You're right: Who cares what you call it, as long as you can play it with feeling. Thanks.

[@kraze316]

Yes Sir, this also reinforces my own recent discovery, like many of the others,its opening up to me an exciting new leap in my blues journey. Cool!

[@charlesfitzgerald3201]

This is awesome , Thanks for your Laymans terms approach .

[@davidburns9219]

What I love about your intuitive lessons, is, they are easy to follow, interesting and not bogged down with music theory. Pick up the guitar and play. Thank you, Sir, for your valuable lessons.

[@starmanoretorno]

1:54. 2:45

[@aguynamedben]

Nice video! Em is the relative minor of G major, so I think of this part of the fretboard as G major pentatonic (starting on low E, 3rd fret). All the finger positions of G major pentatonic and Em pentatonic are the same, you just have to think “is my root the 6 (minor) or the 1 (major).” It’s good to be able to jump your mind between them, especially if you play a lot of country/rock where they’re mixing them a lot!

[@blueskyredkite]

Lots for me to think about. Thank you, I definitely learned something here... and I'll learn more when I start exploring the implications of what you're talking about. Thanks again.

[@hoggjazz]

My favorite pattern, learned in the 1960's from studio session players in LA. Great video!

[@greatwhite3676]

These lessons are great they were a breakthrough when I found them. Got me to think in terms if intervals which is the key to sounding musical. You dont want to just wank scale shapes. This and the caged system really help your playing sound great.

[@titoeltitan]

Thanks Tony!! the lesson i was waiting for to complement my tinny use of the pentatonic!!!

[@daveg5857]

I think this is just what I needed. Could be a breakthrough coming. Thank you much. Very helpful.

[@walterredaelli7507]

I have seen the light.. and you, Anthony, have shown me the glow... Thank you, blues on 🎸🖖🏻

[@michaelsoileau3516]

Thanks for opening alot of doors of the Minor Blues Pattern!

[@Dug6666666]

Thanks for that. I've used the one that has the start of position 5 most pos 1 and the end off pos2 for years. This one I can see being very useful for neck greater neck movement without getting lost on the way.

[@blueshowlar]

Just a quick one to tell you that your lessons are easy to see and the information was well delivered and generally a really enjoyable video. Thanks

[@pikoulina3898]

I call it "the hack". Best thing i've learned some years ago. I use it all the time

[@williamdarnstaedt3118]

The majority of it is 3rd "shape" E minor petitonic into 4th and a note at the root of the 5th shape. If you move the root the pattern stays the same. E7#9 is a great chord. Great lesson thank you.

[@davidjohnson8968]

I think as a blues player I appreciate name "Back Door Pattern BB King Box Albert king Box ect" Thanks Anthony and yes the names aren't as important as learning to play the pattern

[@RichardWagner3]

Love this Guy, Thank You, Anthony

[@chancenovak1751]

best lesson yet...ties things together

[@chilidogswithcheese1424]

How did I not know this. Incredible. Subscribed.

[@jonnorris4204]

Love it, what a great transition to get up the neck!

[@picksalot1]

Great timing! Recently, I recognized this pattern on my own, and found that it is a very good way to both break out of and connect the 5 blues boxes. I started seeing this pattern everywhere. Just watch Eric Johnson's recent Mini Lesson on Pentatonics. It's everywhere, if you're fast enough to see it. There is another variant of the pattern besides 3 + 2 nps. You can also use 2 + 3 nps, where the 2nd note of the 2 nps is the root of the chord. I really like the "guitarist view angle" of the fingerboard. It makes it a lot easier to figure out what is going on. Thanks

[@yoloyo7019]

Nice tip man. Really helped tying it together. Every second note on the 2nps is a root. mind blown

[@picksalot1]

@@yoloyo7019 Glad it helped. My mind was blown too when I understood what I was seeing!

[@andreatagliapietra999]

Wonderful lesson, thank you!

[@kraze316]

I've been adding distinct and some subtle sliding into these notes, which is helping me to create a more personal expression and sound. Were all given the same blank canvas. I Love Music.

[@bryandebruyn4410]

Great free lesson, thank you very much

[@Liofigsguitar]

What a beautiful guitar!

[@bradt.3555]

That's how I originally taught myself scales almost 50 yrs ago. I got it from watching Alvin Lee. I actually only learned "box" patterns in the last 5 maybe 10 yrs or so, but the boxes seemed so limiting. Using this and one other diagonal pattern you can go from the low e all the way up the hi e string, and any key just by shifting position.

[@hmroa3056]

Wow, this is SO useful. Thank you. Love your videos.

[@TheCatfishcheese]

E minor penta first pattern. G major penta second pattern sweet guitar and tone is spot on.

[@iamgreyhound]

Such a juicy tone, thanks for the lesson. Hope you're doing good.

[@ncemt]

So pretty much using the relative major pentatonic pattern (i.e. Gmaj for Em since Em is the relative minor for G and G is the relative major for Em) for whatever minor chord you're playing in sometimes adding a blue note?

[@leoself9858]

Loving your thinline tele with the binding. Gotta have that single coil bridge pick up in there tho! 👍🏻

[@markbader4942]

Yeah, that was very useful, thank you.

[@rise_and_shine]

Shit mr Texas Blues Alley that was a great lesson! I understood a lot of things which i didnt know

[@Ray-Angel]

I think I first learned this from Jimmy Page while I watched Song Remains the Same. It's a powerful pattern. Y'all youngsters ought to learn it.

[@Texasbluesalley]

Tell em.

[@rogerlittreal642]

Wow... thanks!.....that was very useful.

[@sciexp]

Thanks for sharing... This very beginning.... Nice....

[@cantstartafire]

That was just cool man, thanks!!! Applied to red house

[@mikah4051]

Excellent! Like the perspective. Guitar is bada$$.

[@guylaurent8138]

Excellent lesson.....

[@steveford3289]

Great lesson - thank you

[@AgavePiper]

Great lesson!

[@EddieLeeFunn]

Hi ya, Anthony! I use this all the time... it's 2 + 3 for minor/blues pentatonic & 3 + 2 for the major pentatonic... or, that's how I look at it! See ya later, Brother!

[@wrnevils]

I learned a lot today playing wise!! Can you tell us what amp settings and pedals that are in use? I can't achieve the same sounds yet. Or can you do a lesson on blues amp and pedal options? Thanks Man!!

[@21Million]

The thing you show at kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIbCmJWkjtJkbLc is very similar to a Gm pattern I use all the time from Django: www.guitartabcreator.com/tabs/djangofan/minor-blues-djangos-alt-minor-6th-pattern. The "key" to that one is to learn to play as fast as possible, because when it is mixed with Gdim, it kills. Also NOTE: the diagonal pattern that makes it easy to remember. The "term" for this in gypsy jazz, which came from Bireli, is "stacking pattern".

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

House of blues

[@FoxerLen]

Nice lesson Thanks mate

[@cupidstunt66]

Terrific lesson Anthony. Makes learning scales so much better when you can turn it into something musical. I've been jamming along using bias fx but can't really nail that tone you get. Are using fuzz or as I suspect just slamming the front end of the amp with lots of overdrive i.e. tubescreamer? I tried pushing a '67 Blackface with Drive on the TS all the way up. Kinda works but doesn't match your tone by a long/cold shot.

[@jidijiber]

Thanks.. Got it🎸🙏

[@dclipper8052]

I think everybody should really just buckle down and learn all the positions of the major scale. Seven shapes--it isn't all that hard. Then the five pentatonic shapes are easy to distill from those. Or go the other way. This pattern is the Dorian (2nd) position moving into the Phrygian position, which is the third degree of the major scale. And the Phrygian pattern is also the regular minor scale when you move the root over from the E to the A string.

[@robertoleniton]

Please, I'm Brazilian and I like your classes focused on blues, please allow the possibility to subtitle your lines, please? Obrigado!

[@mikecamps7226]

Very interesting tutorial ........it just hit me.....you have a Fidel thing going on

[@donvape336]

Thank you so much

[@johnletitia]

Do you sell DVD lesson sets from your website? I would like to learn these on DVD

[@oneeyemonster3262]

yes....it's the same pattern I use when playing the STAIR to Heaven solo If you dunnn wanna butcher the solo..play D min/F maj penta....while over the F Major chord X= Option NOTE.. 1.............b3...x...4...x....5............b7...x...R 1...x...2...x....3..............5...x...6..............R 1...x..2...x....3..............5.............b7..x...R ( DOMINANT Penta) I play the pentatonic scale....the one with 7 option notes...lmao it's mixture of these. mix mix b2 mix b6 mix b2, b6 mix #2 mix #4 mix #2, #4 mix b2, #4 phy b4 loc b4 ion #6 lyd #6 lyd #5. #6 lyd #2, #6

[@reppepper]

It’s the major pentatonic scale of the relative major.

[@Baci302]

What do you think about a Gretsch Duo Jet for Texas style blues?

[@zzodysseuszz]

I feel like had I not grown accustomed to the fretboard due to scales I wouldn’t have learned anything from this video and had just been confused

[@bobaldo2339]

And here I thought today was Saturday!

[@johnpulwers680]

What kind of guitar is that? Is that a Gibson Blues hawk with twin humbuckers?

[@rongrape2939]

What kind of guitar is that? Great lessons!

[@bignedau]

Awesome

[@SebCB]

So you are playing the relative major pentatonic scale? The G major pentatonic relative to E minor? Its the same shape as the "My Girl" intro. Cool.

[@MrSteviek52]

Great video...thanks for the help...there’s so many ways to skin this cat that a fresh perspective is always of value 🤗👉🏻🎸👏🏻

[@johnpulwers680]

Is that a Gibson Blues Hawk?

[@streetbob101]

Thanks for this I appreciate your lessons and having a few more things to throw in the arsenal. Great looking guitar. What kind is it? Maybe I shouldn't know I'm out of work

[@Texasbluesalley]

Not to worry, this was a limited run Japanese made Superdeluxe Thinline Tele from 2011 I think. I think they made less than 1000 of this color and I've very rarely seen them for sale used ever since.

[@streetbob101]

@@Texasbluesalley it's beautiful

[@guitargrader9094]

📝 2:10

[@PlouplePoupi]

Thank u🇫🇷👍🏼🍒

[@mwmcbroom]

Been playing this pattern for many years, maybe 10 minutes or so after I learned the standard pentatonic pattern. But I play it from the 7th fret and use extensions from it. I agree - everyone should know it. One nice thing about this 7th fret position is you can play a full major or minor pattern keeping your fingers in the closed position.

[@bombercountyblues]

O.k. I'm trying hard to take this in, but it's made difficult just by the fact that I can't stop staring at your guitar. A hollow bodied Tele with block inlays and humbuckers!! Did you take a fender and a Gibson and breed em to create That?

[@blairfranklin7320]

Man you just opened up that whole frat board!!! Thanks! This has really helped. I'm not stuck anymore!

[@DannyGatton94]

You’ve aged so well man!

[@camodup]

What brand guitar is that and what pickups?

[@richat1691]

What guitar is that, its a beauty

[@jeffpenn3394]

Looks like a Fender Tele Thinline Super Deluxe ... the bound neck and rectangular inlays give it away

[@svenburns9069]

The other thats where I started years and years ago and I have alvays though to be way to limiting for soloing. You should always think melody not finger movements

[@MrLooperg]

That amp sounds like it is going to explode, in a good way.

[@jvin248]

Lol. This Other pattern is the one I started on.

[@christianroomman6576]

I would call it the clapton pentatonic

[@MahendraSingh-wb7gc]

What are the chords used

[@gregbrown4136]

What kinda guitar is that?????

[@vdub1959]

greg brown looks to be a Fender Tele thin line custom.

[@kurtarbuckle1730]

I call that the frying pan pattern. It looks like a pan and it’s handle in 3 positions on the neck.

[@pablo.l]

His hands are on fire... incapable of playing a boring lick

[@Texasbluesalley]

I disagree. 😅

[@darkhorse21xx]

The old Fryin Pan Pattern, but ya only put the blue lid on the first pan buddy.

[@Spenny23]

Mmmh kirk fletcher uses this scale a lot

[@Texasbluesalley]

I literally just listened to him for the first time like two weeks ago and I can't turn it off. His playing is so "musical" it's addictive.

[@Spenny23]

@@Texasbluesalley have you heard his tune blues for antone? It's one of my favorites and has a one of a kind intro

[@williamcastleberry7338]

Great lesson. Only problem I had, was the guitar was way louder than your voice. Get the volume turned down to a decent volume for the guitar. Then it was hard to hear your voice.

[@Texasbluesalley]

Yeah my mix was off today. I tried to compress it to even it out, but I’ll spend more time getting the volumes matched next time. 👍

[@peachmelba1000]

You sir at least are NOT the Kiwi "awesome blues solos" guy, and for that I thank you.

[@cerclesvicieux]

Sounsds very ZZtop.

[@ryanm3749]

Someone has read their fretboard logic

[@Thayne2222]

I mean the “enlightened” dudes calling it “scale extensions” is kinda convoluted it’s just the same notes of box 1 in E aka E minor pentatonic aka G major pentatonic 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@Thayne2222]

Then you do that blues thing where you goose the G toward a G# over the I chord and add the “blues note” (A#) and Bam! Blues land

[@helicoptera75]

upside down view of fretboard makes it hard to follow..

[@johnpulwers680]

Gear Talk: Watcha got there? I thought Tele but saw the F-Hole...

[@Texasbluesalley]

Here's the details: texasbluesalley.com/oldtonezone/gear-index/fender-super-deluxe-thinline-telecaster

[@williamspohn164]

Is it it just me or is something out of time with the audio and video? Still, good lesson!

[@steveclews1818]

Dude. I went to join your raffle. Followed you on Facebook etc etc and got to the Instagram bit and gave up as I don't have or want an account. I understand you want to harvest follows etc for offering a great prize but this is piss take levels. Any 2 of the options should of been sufficient. Disappointed with your world view fella

[@Texasbluesalley]

What are you talking about?

[@steveclews1818]

@@Texasbluesalley oopps. Sorry. Wrong video! Apologies

[@johnw4659]

Thanks for a great lesson!