Ok peeps here are the links to both of my vids : the 1st vid is B pent minor scale played over blues in B minor jam track....the 2nd vid is Blues in key of B major jam track with improv soloing done in B major scale, then B pentatonic major, then B pent minor and lastly in B harmonic minor scale.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUoFNBer_Vo                                                                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_B0MOKKfhLo

thanks a heep Bobo. I have been inspired !!

I have been working with a bunch of backing tracks all in E  B and C major and using  E Band C minor pentatonic scales.

I switched it up and used E B and C minor backing tracks an then used E B and C major scales.

The backing tracks are mostly blues, slow blues, fast blues, blues shuffle (a 12 bar blues), and a sort of funky blues thing of sorts. I have them in just about every key.

Good gosh this is FUN !!! my fingers are getting to move fast enough and finally sort of go where I want them.  I think I finally get it.  One has to have "feel" of what one wants to play. After a while the fingers just sort of go there. I still hit a lot wrong notes in all my enthusiasm. But the point is that I have finally left that old plateau I could never seem to leave.

I play a few scale riffs then every once in a while I hit a little arpeggio ditty with a two or three minor chords then back to some scale solo. phrasing stinks though, about all I can do is put in a bend here and there. I have a long way to go but getting there !!!

Sweet!!  having fun is the most important part. Also remember when bending strings to bend it far enough to raise its pitch to match the next note in the scale.

Just checked out your video, really cool. I can start to see the relationship between chromatic scales and riffs. I played trumpet in high school so I'm familiar with scales and timing, it's just trying to talk my fingers into doing it now that's the trick.

Thanks trey, i'm glad that my vids have helped. You should check out the chat room feature on this site, there's usually a couple of helpful characters hanging around.

sweet vids man. genius...

Thank you, ace, i hope that seeing the scales played out would help those who've been asking.

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SWEET!! nice flowing moves there cricket, love the tapping!!

thanks bobo808 i am going to do some more for fun i think
thanks for getting me into it i am going to put some tutorials up in the near future. learn from a slob like me perhaps.
or don't even take your pjs off and play some guitar

cricketrider, hey nice video....what do you call it? 'PJ Jam' ?...

Cheers,

GuitarZen

yo cricket, very very nice vids indeed. keep it up

cricketrider wrote:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjBRrw_XKFc

homework for bobo
study in bm blues

well here's my contribution to the homework assignment. I was trying real hard for some sweet phrasing on this one, let me know if y'all think it's good or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5WQYF9qWGo

I like it bobo...more inspiration....thanks.

GuitarZen

i made a quick tutorial on you tube about sweeping cos i found out my dad had a video thingy on his camera.
bit sloppy but take a look guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdB-QcgZkqg

We have an expression here in the USA, though an old one...I think it expresses fully that which you have posted on tube guitarfreak and that expression is 'hot dang !'

I got a better idea about sweeping than I previously had, so thanks !

Cheers,

GuitarZen

guitarfreak wrote:

i made a quick tutorial on you tube about sweeping cos i found out my dad had a video thingy on his camera.
bit sloppy but take a look guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdB-QcgZkqg

AWESOME!!! Move over Eric Johnson....WOW!!! And I'm more than a little jealous of those long slender fingers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilO9WmVvSzc
kicked back
b that was your best one yet i think

GOOD GOSH !!! guitarfreak  er...ugh... I mean Mr. Freak, Sir..........

those left hand fingers sort of remind me of some weird spider dance on insane fast forward speed on the National Geographic channel.

Ya'll notice how Mr. Freak, Bobo, and Sir Cricket posted in the beginners section ?  Right now I am walking over and shooting my guitars to just em out of their misery.

guitarfreak, that was awesome. one of these days i'll be able to do that hopefully...


bob, I like that last one, was cool...