A 3 note blues solo

dolphinstreet · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:28 am

Have a look at this video I posted -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu4etPLecrQ

Each time through the 12 bars, I use only 3 notes from the minor pentatonic scale. An exercise in avoiding playing too many notes!

nikininja · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:36 am

Theres 8 notes in that, all in. Nice playing though, very nice.

Now I gotta ask can you do it with just 3 notes?

Miami Mike · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2009 10:42 am

Yeah, I lost count after the first three notes, but sounds good.

63supro · **Joined:** Tue Aug 07, 2007 2:19 pm **Posts:** 8827

Do the bends count?

WI KISSfan · **Posted:** Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:10 pm

Pretty cool lesson, the simplest leads around are the level of my solo ability.

This might be something that I could actually learn and do. Looks like something that once you master you could build on.

dolphinstreet · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:28 am

Thanks guys, glad someone liked it.

I am playing 3 notes from the pentatonic scale each time through the 12 bars, not 8 notes. Yeah, I bend a bit, play ghost notes, etc, because that is my style of phrasing, but I am trying hard to stick only 3 notes from the A minor pentatonic scale each time through the 12 bars. You try too - it's not easy!

nikininja · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:03 am

E,G,A,C,D,E8va,G8va,A8va

I count 8 :lol:

In an A 12bar try just F#, A and B. I dont count bends as seperate notes (although technicaly they are), I tend to think of them more as voicings. Bending on those 3 notes in a maj pentatonic gets some nice inflections. Its particulary easy to bend up to maj or mi 7ths of the D and E portions of the passage.

dolphinstreet · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 8:19 am

nikininja, listen to the example - I use only 3 notes each time through the 12 bars. The intro of me playing is not the example, it's just me wanking around.

nikininja wrote:

E,G,A,C,D,E8va,G8va,A8va

I count 8 :lol:

In an A 12bar try just F#, A and B. I dont count bends as seperate notes (although technicaly they are), I tend to think of them more as voicings. Bending on those 3 notes in a maj pentatonic gets some nice inflections. Its particulary easy to bend up to maj or mi 7ths of the D and E portions of the passage.

cherokee747 · **Posted:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 3:52 pm

Nice lick Robert. Thanks for posting. Please continue to do so....

Mike

dolphinstreet · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2009 7:32 am

Thanks Mike! It's a good exercise to practice the same idea with other scales and modes too. Puts a strangle on those "too many notes" licks...

Cheers
Robert

cherokee747 wrote:

Nice lick Robert. Thanks for posting. Please continue to do so....

Mike

gregbluesjr. · **Joined:** Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:56 pm **Posts:** 103

I played a gig last night and couldnt stop thinking about the 3 note thing. I was doing what the guy was explaining, just stay on those notes and see how many different combos you can do in different ways, i really liked playing around like that and i sounded great! It really helps to just slow down and try different stuff.

tomk62 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2009 6:43 pm

Very cool!

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