Emanuel Hedberg

Licks For Minor 2-5-1 Progression

Added 2023-08-08 20:41:23 +0000 UTC

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The backing track for this solo is available for download. File name:
Backing Track 2 5 1 C Minor

Hi!

Here is a solo "over" a 2-5-1 progression in the key of C minor.

This solo is a variation of an older solo.

The key of the solo is C minor.
The solo consists of "lines" and "licks" using different scales and concepts like enclosures.
I use altered chords in this étude.
The étude make use of diminished 7th chords.
I'm not using Hybrid Picking, like I usually do, for this solo. Instead, I play each note with a plectrum - with alternate picking. Notice that I play many of the "single notes" near the bridge with the plectrum. This gives everything a certain sound - more treble and "aggressiveness".

In order to understand the analysis and get a deeper understanding of "how to solo over a 2-5-1 progression" I recommend that you watch and read the following lessons:

Jazz Fundamentals Lessons.
BASIC Music Theory - How To FIGURE Out Intervals of Chords on Guitar
Altered Scale

In jazz, the altered scale (altered dominant scale) is a seven-note scale that is a dominant scale where all non-essential tones have been altered. This means that it comprises the three irreducibly essential tones that define a dominant seventh chord, which are root, major third, and minor seventh and that all other tones have been altered. These are:

the fifth is altered to a ♭5 and a ♯5
the ninth is altered to a ♭9 and a ♯9
the eleventh is altered to a ♯11 (equivalent to a ♭5)
the thirteenth is altered to a ♭13 (equivalent to a ♯5)

Source (wikipedia): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altered_scale

Chord Tones

Here's a few lessons regarding chord tones.

Blues Lesson - SPICE UP Of The PENTATONIC scale with CHORD TONES

How To Mix Chord Tones & Scales

Simple" Trick How To Outline The Chord Progression

Chromatic scale

I have a lesson about chromaticism. Click the link down below

Chromaticism (Introduction)

The chromatic scale or twelve-tone scale is a musical scale with twelve pitches, each a semitone, also known as a half-step, above or below its adjacent pitches. As a result, in 12-tone equal temperament (the most common tuning in Western music), the chromatic scale covers all 12 of the available pitches. Thus, there is only one chromatic scale.