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Topic: Minor Licks !! |
Shane Glover
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Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 18 Dec 2009 6:19 pm |
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Sorry to keep bothering you guys But. It seems I am having trouble coming up with licks to play over a minor chord! That makes it tough to ride over some progressions .  Any suggestions ?
Thanks
Shane
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Paul Sutherland
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Placerville, California
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Posted 18 Dec 2009 10:39 pm
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Shane,
If the song is major scale based, as are most country songs, then when the band plays the 2 minor, or 3 minor, or 6 minor, you can keep playing licks using the major scale of the songs' key.
For example: If the song is in G major, but it has an A minor (the 2 minor), or a B minor (the 3 minor), or an E minor (the 6 minor) in the progression, just keep playing G major scale licks whenever the band plays any of those minor chords. It really does work.
Of course, there are always those little licks based upon the chord positions; such as rocking on and off the A floor pedal when you are playing at one of the standard minor chord positions.
However, if the song is really in a minor key, or is bluesy/rock based, then you may want to consider using the minor pentatonic scale. There were recently some threads about this in other parts of the forum, plus I am fairly sure its been mentioned in the Tablature section as well. There are lots of other minor scales, and I am hardly the person to be giving in depth advice on this topic, but the minor pentatonic scale is relatively easy to understand and apply, and it will get you started.
Good luck. Paul |
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richard burton
From:
Britain
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Posted 19 Dec 2009 1:07 am
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I hate having to play steel to songs which seem to consist entirely of minor chords
My playing always ends up as long, aimless, whiny notes, and to me is very unsatisfactory |
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John Gould
From:
Houston, TX Now in Cleveland TX
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Posted 19 Dec 2009 6:32 am
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If your in the key of G and the song goes to the 2 minor or the A minor chord you can play c Major pentatonic stuff over the A minor chord and so on.
Which the note are C,D,E.G,A it's really them same notes as the A minor pentatonic just starting on the C instead of the A. We as steel players get hung up on starting licks on the tonic of the chord that is being played. Once you know your minor pentatonic positions you know the major ones. I suggest finding every place you can play those five notes and then work on smooth transitions to and from those positions. Once you have that down then you can add extra stuff to it as the song calls for it.
Hope this helps some
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