Quick Licks 15
Welcome to the Quick Licks series! These guitar lessons are meant to give you some really fun and exciting licks to play and jam on so you can expand your lick repertoire.
Here’s a challenging lick that is fast and technical, which also means it sounds awesome to play! We are going to get those triplets working
Here’s Quick Lick #15
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This groovy jazz progression is great for Non Jazz players because you can use the same scale and not have to worry about switching scales as the chords change, which is usually the case in Jazz. It’s in the key of A Major so use your major scale at the 5th fret of the E String.
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April 18, 2014 @ 5:43 pm
Mike, just noticed something. It’s in A , the II chord is Bm the V is E7. Yes/No??
Also, F#m is the relative of Am. Am I correct??? Just checking myself to see if I am learning anything. is that correct??
Thanks Mike
April 18, 2014 @ 5:58 pm
Yes, see my previous reply for more explanation
April 18, 2014 @ 8:10 pm
Thanks Mike. This helps very much in also understanding the language. Great job.
April 19, 2014 @ 8:11 pm
You got it buddy! Always happy to help
Mike D
April 18, 2014 @ 5:22 pm
Mike, just noticed something. It’s in a , the II chord is Bm the V is E7. Yes/No??
Also,Bm is the relative of A man. Am I correct??? Just checking what I think is correct.
April 18, 2014 @ 5:28 pm
The key is A major and Bm is the ii chord and E7 is the V chord… However Bm is not relative to A maj. B dorian is relative to A major. This is where modal theory comes in a usually gets a little confusing. If you were to play a B Dorian scale you would still be playing in the key of A major. This is the same idea as playing the relative minor to extend the range of notes you can play (while staying in the same key) on the fretboard. The relative minor to A major would be F#m so if you play an F# minor scale over this chord progression it will also work.
I explain this whole concept much more in-depth on my other site Rock Guitar Power and the program: “The Modes On Guitar”. Here’s a link to check it out if you are a RGP member: http://www.rockguitarpower.com/guitarlessons/the-modes-on-guitar/
Let me know if this helps explain it a bit more
Mike D
April 18, 2014 @ 5:17 pm
That’s what I’m talking about. More of these!!! Love it and thanks!
FC
April 18, 2014 @ 5:18 pm
More Coming Frank! Stay tuned!
April 18, 2014 @ 4:54 pm
Great explanation…but you keep saying that it is in A major….so…
there must be a typo. Below the video it says that it is in the key of
B minor….? and then goes on to say use the e string at the
7th fret….just sayin…
Thanks for all your work…it does help.
April 18, 2014 @ 5:09 pm
Great catch Grant! It was a typo. The key is in A major. Thanks for the comment!
Mike D