Modal pentatonics
- Dissecting Lydian pentatonic
- Restricting to 3 & 4 strings
- Linking shapes in Lydian (positions I & IX, all keys, w/ click)
Reading
- John Patitucci — F Major etude
- Hrabe #6
Modal pentatonics
Reading
Observations
New exercise! I try to test different approaches to scale fluency, and this time I decided to take the scales that I’m currently actively working on on piano and focus on particular degrees, playing them above as well as below the root. In my opinion, it should really help to achieve fluency in any given scale regardless of the position on the fretboard where you happen to be when you need to apply it. It is especially cool with pentatonics, because their nature kind of encourages you to use pattens and it’s very easy to get caught in the box shapes slavery. I’m using Phil Mann’s permutation approach to twist the scale like a want and also Todd Johnson’s “above / below” trick. Also trying to sync my bass and piano routines to make practice overall more productive. How am I doing, Mr. Devine? Am I organised enough?