Although the chord has changed to D7 here, the A minor pentatonic notes all still work. Make a feature of the chord change by adding the major 6 interval, which is on the 4th fret of the fourth string ...

It starts with upper extension notes over the D7 chord courtesy of a Cmaj7 arpeggio (the notes of which are C E G B), before bringing things back down to earth with a G minor blues scale (G Bb C ...

Blues chords. In blues ‘dominant’ 7 chords (A7 or D7 for example) are more common than basic major, minor and sus chords. The A7, D7 and E9 shapes shown here are all you need for a 12-bar ...

Many, perhaps most, blues guitarists use the minor pentatonic scale as a starting point for solos. It’s easy to play and you get a typical blues vibe over both dominant 7th chords (C7, F7 etc) and ...

Besides the usual dominant 7 th chords which are rife through blues and rock (for example, C7: C-E-G-Bb) , often they’d use major-seventh chords (for example, Cmaj7: C-E-G-B). which is the ...

You can also write more than one chord per bar, writing the symbol above the point in the bar where you want the chord to change. So let’s begin by discussing major and minor chords, or triads.

The Blues Progression: Jazz piano students are always asking about the blues. What are the chords? What is the blues scale? How do I improvise over the changes? Well here are the answers. The basics ...

Since the true V chord is D major, by going to the D minor, the tune remains rooted in place while also shifting to a whole other direction. Which is not hard to do. One substitute chord will do it.