Jazz Lesson: Improvise on ii-V-I with Pentatonic Scales - Jazz Guitar
Published on 07 January 2016
Jazz Lesson: Improvise on ii-V-I with Pentatonic Scales - Jazz Guitar
Here are THREE solutions to improvisation on the ii-V-I cadence using nothing but pentatonic scales. The lesson was designed for Jazz guitarists, but the ideas can be applied on any instrument, of course. :-)
See the complete lesson on the blog here:
http://www.jazzguitarlessons.net /jazz-guitar-lesson-ii-v-i-improvisation-using-pentatonic-scales/">http://www.jazzguitarlessons.net /jazz-guitar-lesson-ii-v-i-improvisation-using-pentatonic-scales/
Soloing with pentatonics can give your jazz improvised melodic lines a neat little "angular" or modern sound. There exist several ways to solo on the ii-V-I, but here are the suggestions / tips from the video ... once again: only pentatonic scales for Jazz guitar are used here.
The first solution:
On Dm7 - G7 - Cmaj7 use Am, Bbm, Bm pentatonic scales.
(notice that the three pentatonics are ascending by half-steps)
The second solution:
On Dm7 - G7 - Cmaj7 use Em, Eb7, Em pentatonic scales.
The third solution:
On Dm7 - G7 - Cmaj7 use Am, Db7, Bm pentatonic scales.
This last one is my favorite. On the Dm7, the A minor pentatonic give a nice Dm9 sound. On the G7, we get something very similar to the so-called altered chord / scale. And on C major chord, the B minor pentatonic outlines some sort of lydian-sounding major chord (has the #11 degree).
Don't forget to take a look at the series of FIVE introductory video lessons on the pentatonic scales ... especially parts 4 and 5 for the applications on several types of chords:
Pentatonics - Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FDWNGFoTy4
Pentatonics - Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAAFhGJATxo
Pentatonics - Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTva2Azdbec
Pentatonics - Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG_0vgNzPMI
Pentatonics - Part 5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlJc8tz4etM
Tons of free lessons here:
http://www.jazzguitarlessons.net
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