Dictionary: G Major Pentatonic Scale

The G major pentatonic scale is convenient to use for improvising solos and composing melodies over a G major chord progression, especially if you are unsure whether to use the Lydian, Ionian, or Mixolydian mode at any given moment.  It's almost foolproof in that manner.

Modes in G

For larger mode maps:
G Lydian
G Ionian
G Mixolydian
G Dorian
G Aeolian
G Phrygian
G Locrian

See also:
G Major Scale
G Minor Scale

Modes with 1 Sharp

For larger mode maps:
G Ionian
A Dorian
B Phrygian
C Lydian
D Mixolydian
E Aeolian
F# Locrian

See also:
G Major Scale
E Minor Scale

Dictionary: G Chord

If you're looking for a simpler guitar chord chart, check out this entry from July 2007.

Dictionary: Fx Major Scale

See G major scale.

Dictionary: Abb Major Scale

See G major scale.

Dictionary: G Major Scale

From this one-sharp scale, we can derive the modes G Ionian, A Dorian, B Phrygian, C Lydian, D Mixolydian, E Aeolian, and F# Locrian.  You can try the chords below.  The ones on the left are common to use with the G major scale; the ones on the right, not so much:

G	Em	F#dim	Gaug
C	Am	Cm	Adim
D	Bm	B	D#dim

Seven #Modes with No Sharps, No Flats / Four #Chords for the #Keyboard

G Melodic Minor for the #Keyboard (#Piano, etc.) / and the #Fretboard (#Guitar)

Four #Chords for #Guitar / Four Chords for #Piano

Four #Guitar #Chords / Three #Drum #Rudiments

Seven #Modes with Two #Sharps for #Guitar / Four #Keyboard #Chords in B Minor

#Guitar #Chords in E Minor / #Harmonic Minor and #Phrygian Dominant #Scales for the #Fretboard

#Keyboard Chords in G / Keyboard #Chords in E Minor

#Guitar #Modes with One Sharp / Four #Chords in G

Four #Chords for #Piano and #Guitar

Backtrack 102j in G

This week's giveaway is a re-recording of Jam Session 102j, without your Jam Session hosts talking over the music.



Like Jam Session 102j, the chords of this Backtrack are G D Bm C, but the chord changes of this new Backtrack are slightly syncopated.  In other words, if we're counting "1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and..." as our rhythm, the chords would go something like this:

G and 2 D 3 and 4 and Bm and 2 C 3 and 4 and...

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Jam Session 102j with G D Bm C

Here are some show/lesson/jam session notes for Jam Session 102j:

More rant about mics (fast-forward if you like). Jon and Ryan talk about picks; both use Delrin-material picks, of different thicknesses.

    G       D   Dsus4     Bm       C/E
e |-3-------5-----------|-4----------------------|-----------------|
B |-3-------7-7-8-7-----|-3-3-3-3--5-------------|-----------------|
G |-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-----|-4-4-4-4--5-----5h7h5---|-----------------|
D |-5-5-5-5-7-7-7-7-----|-4-4-4-4--5-5h7-------7-|-----------------|
A |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-2-2-2-2-/7-------------|-----------------|
E |-3-3-3-3-------------|------------------------|-----------------|

If you don't know how to read guitar tab (as computer text), this section of a Wikipedia article may help.

Let's expand upon yesterday's G major scale grid with this G major scale/Ionian mode road map:

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Jam Session 102i with G D C

Here are some show/lesson/jam session notes for Jam Session 102i:

Ryan plays a distorted guitar; Jon adds a flanger.  They play in 6/8 time (a count of "one two three, four two three").

    G        D            C
e |-3-----3--2-----2----|-0-----0--0-----0---|---------------------|
B |-3-----3--3-----3----|-1-----1--1-----1---|---------------------|
G |-0-----0--2--2-------|-0--0--0--0--0--0---|---------------------|
D |-0--0-----0--0-------|-2--2-----2--2------|---------------------|
A |-2--2----------------|-3--3-----3--3------|---------------------|
E |-3--3----------------|--------------------|---------------------|

Mix and match the G major scale over the chord progression:

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Jam Session 102h with G F Csus2

Here are some show/lesson/jam session notes for Jam Session 102h:

Jon keeps his guitar with a clean tone, while Ryan uses distortion.  There's some talk about dynamic mics versus condenser mics, but there is still some instrument bleed, in any case.

    G                     F                    Csus2
e |-3-------------------|-1------------------|-3-------------------|
B |-3-------------------|-1------------------|-3-------------------|
G |-4-------------------|-2------------------|-5-------------------|
D |-5-------------------|-3------------------|-5-------------------|
A |-5-------------------|-3------------------|-3-------------------|
E |-3-------------------|-1------------------|---------------------|

    Csus2
e |-3-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
B |-3-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
G |-5-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
D |-5-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
A |-3-------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
E |---------------------|--------------------|---------------------|

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