It's episode #31 of Concepts For Improvisation and we're going to continue the funk! In this episode Brad will be adding the flat 3 and flat 7 to the major pentatonic scale over a funk groove. 

This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts

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It's episode #30 of Concepts For Improvisation and we are getting funky! In this episode Brad will be discussing the major pentatonic scale and using it over a funk groove. 

This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts

For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at [email protected] for more information.

If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7

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In this episode of Concepts For Improvisation, Brad introduces the blues scale which is one of the most widely used scales in modern music.

This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts

For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at [email protected] for more information.

If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7

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In the previous episode of Concepts For Improvisation we discussed the modes of the heptatonic (7 note) scale.  In this episode we will be using five note groups over each chord and extending the harmonies.

This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts

For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at [email protected] for more information.

If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7

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In the previous episode we discussed the modes of the pentatonic (5 note) scale. In this episode we will apply the same approach to the heptatonic (7 note) scale.

This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts

For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at [email protected] for more information.

If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7

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In the last episode of Concepts For Improvisation, Brad introduced the blues and discussed mastering the minor pentatonic scale with 3 note motifs. In this episode we will discuss and play the modes of the minor pentatonic scale.  

This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month at Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts

For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at [email protected] for more information.

If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7

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In the last episode of Concepts For Improvisation, I introduced the blues and discussed mastering the minor pentatonic scale with 2 note motifs of adjacent notes. This episode we will expand our practice to 3 note motifs.

For those of you who are interested in taking your musical skill to the next level, I now offer Skype lessons. Please email me at [email protected] for more information.

If you are a guitar player and want to dive deeper, I have over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire: https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7

Thanks for your support!

Thank you for listening to Concepts For Improvisation!  This podcast will change our direction from diatonic based progressions to blues style progressions derived from the minor pentatonic scale.

This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month on Patreon.com. Brad Carlton also has over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire.com.

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TrueFire:  https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7

This podcast will introduce the bebop jazz scales as options over the ii and I chords.

This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month on Patreon.com. Brad Carlton also has over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire.com.

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In the past four podcasts, we have been examining various approaches for soloing over a ii7 Imaj7 vamp. In podcasts 18 through 20, the jam track was a straight 1/8 Latin groove. In podcast 21, you were given an additional jam track which was a straight 1/16 funk groove.  This podcast will introduce two shuffle 1/8 jam tracks.

This is a short clip from the full podcast where Brad goes into greater detail about this subject and more. You can subscribe to the full podcast and also receive the PDF practice sheets and MP3 backing tracks for only $5 per month on Patreon.com. Brad Carlton also has over 110 guitar courses available at TrueFire.com.

Patreon:  https://www.patreon.com/conceptsforimprovisation/posts

TrueFire:  https://truefire.com/educators/brad-carlton/e7