Jam Sessions - Rock Style

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Jam Sessions - Rock Style II Lesson 10 Lyle: This jam is in F. It's actually the V chord type of F because of the Eb major involved in the rhythm riff. I'll explain. First, load up your jam track: Lyle: Here's the rhythm guitar riff that is played during the jam. It's made from two chords, F and Eb: Lyle: The F chord is the V chord and the Eb is the IV chord, both related to the key of Bb major. Lyle: This rhythm riff is what I call a "Hendrix rhythm riff". Steve: I was thinking Rolling Stones Mike: third stone Lyle: Yes, The Stones too. Lyle: I've made a bunch of riffs that end up harmonizing together, just like you hear in the lesson sample. Each of these three riffs come from the F Mixolydian scale. Lyle: Here's the three riffs that make up the first part of the lesson sample: Lyle: Try playing that along with the jam track. Lyle: I'm using a fairly clean amp setting, along with a rotovibe pedal effect, some delay and reverb has been added too. Lyle: Here's the harmony to that riff: Lyle: The third harmony is: Lyle: You can play any of the three riffs along to this jam track which you'll hear all three riffs together in harmony: Lyle: Any questions? Steve: what is the relationship between those 3 harmonies? Steve: are the 3rd apart? Mike: I tried those scales with double stops, sounds nice Lyle: Riff 1 is built off the root, F. Riff 2 is built off the major 3rd, riff 3 is built off the 5th. Steve: I see Lyle: 3 part harmonies, all stacked on top of each other. Lyle: Try playing riff 1 a couple times, then do riff 2 a couple times, then riff 3 a couple times. Lyle: You could loop any of the TABs and play along with them too. Support: there is a 'loop' button under the notation if you haven't noticed Lyle: Try looping riff 1 and then on your guitar play riff 2. Lyle: Let's move on to a few solo riffs I played against this jam. You know that there are two chords in the jam, F and Eb. Lyle: They are the V and IV chords in the key of Bb. Lyle: Besides using the F mixolydian scale that I posted earlier, you could also use the F Major pentatonic scale while improvising over this jam track: Lyle: To get a bluesy sound, try using the F minor pentatonic: Lyle: Here's the first part of the solo I recorded for this lesson, notice how it starts with the F major pentatonic then changes to the minor pentatonic at the end of the riff. You'll also hear the difference. Mike: The maj. sounds a little bit like the Allmans,and the min. Rolling Stone,even Robert Johnson-ish... Lyle: Yes. the major pentatonic gives you a southern rock sound, the minor pentatonic gives you a blues rock sound. Lyle: Use them both when you're playing against a dominant 7 chord or a major chord. Picky: How do you know when it's ok to change between Major and Minor scales? Mike: That`s a good mix Lyle, thanks. Lyle: It's doesn't matter in this example. Whatever sounds good to your ears is a good rule. Try different things. As long as people aren't throwing vegetables at you, you are doing good. Lyle: Check out this next example which is the next riff in the solo. It is all from the F minor pentatonic: Lyle: This next riff is a good one for repeating and setting yourself up or giving yourself time to think about what to play next: Lyle: The last riff from the lesson sample: Lyle: Here's a video of the complete solo: Pacer: Lyle, What pickups do you use? Lyle: Seymour Duncan pickups with coil tapping (Neck pickup/Seymour Duncan Alnico II, middle pickup/Seymour Duncan APS-2, bridge pickup/Seymour Duncan JB) Pacer: Thanks, I'm a Duncan fan too. Lyle: You can hear my Hendrix influence in this jam. Lyle: Time for me to take a break, but you can keep on jammin'! All the jam tracks from this series are available in high quality MP3 download from my site - TheGuitar.net. Click on Jam Tracks for more info. See you next time!!! - Lyle	<< load notation from left
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