The Art of Soulful Major Pentatonic Soloing | Less Notes, More Expression (Patreon)

The Art of Soulful Major Pentatonic Soloing | Fewer Notes, More Expression

Access all lesson materials by becoming a Patreon at the link below for just a small monthly fee!.. https://patreon.com/AlexFarranGuitar If Patreon isn’t your bag, you can purchase the materials for this lesson alone, directly at the link below; https://smogfalls.gumroad.com/l/dzggac Get Tickets for My live Guitar Workshop with Adam Levy: https://buytickets.at/alexfarranguitartuition/2229946 Book in for a private Zoom lesson to level up your playing, or find new inspiration!.. just choose a slot at the link below; https://tidycal.com/alexfarranguitar/guitarlesson Man, am I excited to bring you this one! Maybe my favourite lead playing lesson so far! Another quick-fire lesson, this time focusing on soulful Major Pentatonic soloing over a major blues or soul groove, drawing inspiration from the playing of B.B. King, Derek Trucks, John Mayer, Duane Allman and Billy Gibbons. Using just a handful of carefully chosen notes from the Major Pentatonic scale, alongside some simple triads, we’ll explore how sparse phrasing and maximum expression can make your solos genuinely sing. Your string bending and vibrato techniques will get a hefty workout in this one, as will your ability to phrase ideas in a lyrical and emotive way. The materials for this will NOT include any note for note transcriptions of my free-form improvisations seen at the start of the video, but they will contain my backing track and also TAB/Notation of the concepts discussed within. ⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️ 00:00 - Performance 01:12 - Introduction 03:03 - The Changes + Target Notes 03:42 - Expression via Technique 04:56 - Broader Concepts + Patreon 05:50 - Bends on top of Bends! 06:41 - Vibrato 06:59 - More Triad based ideas - Jimmy Page style! 07:34 - Introducing some minor pentatonic 07:59 - Wes Montgomery 08:15 - Next Triad Position 08:57 - Next position; big bends! 09:30 - Trust Your Ears! 09:38 - Blending Major & Minor Pentatonics 09:57 - Repeatable 12 frets down 10:22 - New position; Jerry Reed vibes 11:03 - What about the G chord?! 11:52 - Blues Scale as a form on tension 13:18 - Thoughts 13:41 - Tone Talk! 15:03 - Workshop Companion books! Related videos to check out.. Need Your Love So Bad - Peter Green Style Slow Blues Soloing: https://youtu.be/YRI6nELZtCE?si=IlEr-Ozbdq2PpbYp Soulful Blues Rhythm Chops - Hendrix & Mayer-isms on the Edge of Breakup: https://youtu.be/Nou1LhTODic Chicago Blues Soloing: https://youtu.be/jLeaGl2IYKI?si=wgPUGZYH-4NMyiru Stormy Monday Blues Soloing: https://youtu.be/sFKjgTF2_tY?si=TQdZfQ6NKUgOlmlT Gospel Blues turnaround & advanced soloing: https://youtu.be/1e3NrsB_jb0?si=w43H69VSDoLEuKnk -------------------- Sunbear "Farran Five" tele pickups; https://www.sunbearpickups.com/telecaster-pickups/lava1d28qt9czpmsd7mhh7atkh09nf?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAabZQ9xFvlQdXvHLVgD10yhTA1C3Ob-NvJBdfgj77agYFSTtyHL3onjCWT4_aem_SxdVxGs7Ys1K8tL2qrq6tg -------------------- Gear used in this video; MJT Partscaster Strat 1969 Fender Deluxe Reverb Amp Decibelics Big Klone overdrive pedal D'addario NYXL 10-46 strings Universal Audio OX - amp top box Universal Audio Apollo Twin X Logic Pro Universal Audio plugins Sony ZVE-10 camera Neewer Desktop Tripod Final Cut Pro Thanks for watching! Alex :) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexfarranguitar/ Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/alexfarran #guitarlesson #majorpentatonic #guitarsoloing #bluesguitar #johnmayer #bbking