Guitar Lesson – Lead Guitar Solos – Major Pentatonic Scale – Relative Minor/Major Concept
February 4th, 2010 | 
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in the key of D …
in the key of D major you can use either D major or B minor, because B minor is the relative of D major (B is the sixth step of the D major scale, and the sixth step of a major scale is always minor.)
@mx520rider I …
@mx520rider I think you’re right, C isn’t in the key, but I guess it can be exchanged with C# dim?
But if this is in the key of D major as people are saying, I still don’t think it’s right to plug in the D minor pent…….I guess most of the notes in it will work, but I don’t think it’s correct to think of using D min to improvise over a D major progression??? You would use Bm (or D maj pent among other things)
thanks for …
thanks for explaining this but i thought in the key of d major only C# could be used?
how can this be in …
how can this be in the key of d? i thought these chords were in the key of g?
@IJameiovs the …
@IJameiovs the relative minor is always at the 6th position of a major scale not the 5th,that’s why bmin is the relative minor to dmaj,emin to gmaj,amin to cmaj etc..
hey people please …
hey people please tell me me i have braces can i stil play a harmonica if i buy one
I just can´t …
I just can´t understand scales. is it the same fingerin everytime, just change the root? do you have a video for total noobs to get started on scales? I got the e-book with the scales and that got me even more confused…
insightful comments …
insightful comments on youtube, what gives?
lol 4:09 nice marty
lol 4:09 nice marty
so if this is in …
so if this is in the key of D major….you would never really play the D minor pentatonic, even if you wanted a “minor feel”………….you would play the D maj pent like Marty does or the Bm pent (same thing)
I don’t see why you would approach it by using the D min pent….
also, isnt the vii in the key of D major a C diminished chord, not a C major???
D-G-C is only the …
D-G-C is only the key of G if you are thinking of it as a 1-4-5 progression. in the key of D major, it’s a 1-4-7 progression, which isn’t of course, as common, but you can find it in a lot of places. Therefore, as long he’s using D major as the root note he can play D major over it. You can also play D minor pentatonic over it if you try not to hit any minor notes over the D chord. It’ll sound okay in that case.
over the hills and …
over the hills and far away
D-G-C is in the key …
D-G-C is in the key of D, therefore he is playing the Dmajor pentatonic. The relative minor is the Bminor pentatonic. Correct me if im wrong, i got no guitar in front of me right now.
D-G-C is in the key …
D-G-C is in the key of G, so why would you play the Dminor pentatonic, the Eminor is the relative minor, right???
HEYLL YEAHH.
HEYLL YEAHH.
Wow, That was a …
Wow, That was a very helpful tutorial. Thank you!
Thanks so much …
Thanks so much Marty! I FINALLY UNDERSTAND IT!!
i finaly get it, i …
i finaly get it, i understand all this but now i know to resolve it to the root on 5!! result
now your talking, …
now your talking, check his dont let me down lesson is great too
Marty, you rock …
Marty, you rock dude! I would just like to ask if you could do some more songs that us younger lot would know, like when you did colbia callait, taylor swift, green day, oasis, goo goo dolls etc. I think your awesome and your a great teacher, but i don’t know many of these songs! rock on xx
Thanks to Marty, I …
Thanks to Marty, I have gone from begining all over again to intermediate in one year. YOU have made learning FUN.
That’s what i’ve …
That’s what i’ve been waiting for, thanks very much Marty!
I spent many hours …
I spent many hours with a guitar teacher learning this theory, Marty just done it in 10 minutes. We as a guitaring community are so lucky to have this outlet.
On behalf of us all, cheers Marty!
yhe I think that is …
yhe I think that is what he uses.:D
He’s got a lesson …
He’s got a lesson on Georges part. But I wanna learn the solo.