Todd Ferris Mosby - Indian/Jazz Guitar Virtuoso: Ensembles & Clinics

Clinic - Guitar Pentatonics

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Exploring the Pentatonic Scale, Basic Variations and Chordal Accompaniment The pentatonic scale is the most natural scale to be played on the guitar. It is the only scale when played which has even picking through out. Most people only learn some . This workshop not only looks at its development and use in ancient Indian ragas and standard blues forms but expands the students concept by superimposing the scale over related and nonrelated chord changes. Compositional and song writing aspects are also covered.

Course Outline

A) Open Fingering – E minor

B) Moveable Minor Fingering Root on 1st Finger - Explained

a. Ascending chromatically
b. Ascending Whole step
c. Ascending Minor 3rd

C) Chord Accompaniment

a. Minor 7th
b. Dominant 7th
c. Major 7th

D) Chromatic Exercise inside the Pentatonic

a. 4 Finger Ascending Pattern – straight/repeated
b. 4 Finger Descending Pattern – straight/repeated

E) Variation 1 - Blues Scale – Fingering/Use Explained

a. Ascending chromatically
b. Ascending Whole step
c. Ascending Minor 3rd

F) Variaton 2 - Color Tone Scale – Fingering & Use explained

a. Ascending chromatically
b. Ascending Whole step
c. Ascending Minor 3rd

G) Chord Patterns and Applied Concepts

a. Interchanging Scales over one chord
b. Note Numbers Names & Function to chord
c. Developing Ideas thru moveable Forms i. Theme & Variation ii. Question & Answer