Andy Aledort - More Soloing Approaches Over Relative Major And Minor Chords - video Dailymotion

In Deep by Andy Aledort THEORIES OF RELATIVITY, PART 2

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00:00Hey, I'm Andy Alladort.

00:17In this edition of In Deep, we're going to continue looking at soloing strategies over

00:21relative major and relative minor chords.

00:24We're using as a backing track a song of mine called, Twilights.

00:27It begins F major to D minor, that's F is a relative major and D minor is a relative

00:34minor.

00:35Then it modulates up a whole step but switches the order and it's going to go G minor to

00:40B flat major.

00:41I'll play the example and then we'll break it down.

01:11I'll play the example and then we'll break it down.

01:40Alright, let's talk about the approach for soloing here.

01:49The first chord is that F major.

01:53I'm going to play F major pentatonic using open strings down here.

02:05So right there it's really useful and I play something like that.

02:17So that's a really useful scale with those open strings.

02:24But I also use F major pentatonic here like this.

02:35That position is good too.

02:37Now the thing to remember that's really important is the notes of F major pentatonic are the

02:41same as the notes of D minor pentatonic because this song goes from F major to D minor.

02:55So those notes F, G, A, C, D, F, that's F major pentatonic.

03:02That's also D minor pentatonic if we start from D. D, F, A, G, A, C. So you start from

03:16here, it's still D minor pentatonic, F, G, A, C, D, F, G, A, C, D. So I can play all

03:26that stuff over D as well.

03:36And then when you get over here, so the point is while you're soloing you have target notes.

03:48You try to target the chord tones, the major triadic chord tones of F. So the notes F,

03:55A, and C. But when you're over D minor, you try to target the triadic chord tones of D

04:09minor which would be D. And F, D, F, A.

04:24So when I get up here, you can hear that clearly as F, but it's also D minor like that.

04:41So those are the two positions of the F major pentatonic and D minor pentatonic.

04:47When I go to G minor to B flat major, I'm going to use this position here.

04:58So you can think of this, since the first chord is G minor pentatonic.

05:08But I also use like that.

05:14So G minor pentatonic, using those open strings, because you can get a lot of mileage out of

05:33that.

05:34So I do that, and I get that high B flat up there.

05:43And then I could do like a.

05:50And then, the typical G minor pentatonic lick.

05:59So I'm loosely targeting G minor triadic chord tones, which would be G, B flat, and D. And

06:05then B flat triadic chord tones would be B flat, D, and F, or F, B flat, D over there.

06:14And then when we get to the C sus chord, I do.

06:21So I just take advantage of the F note in the suspended chord of C.

06:38So just for a second, turns into F major scale.