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Today we will look at 4 interesting concepts that Eric Johnson employs with his modern pentatonic guitar approach. We will concentrate on the major pentatonic in this blog.
Example 1 : Employing 5ths
The employment of perfect 5ths is a brilliant way to create a new and modern sound that adds spark and life into any dull overused pentatonic cliche’s.

Example 2: String Skipping:
This example employs the technique of skipping the strings to create a unique and fresh sounding guitar line that exploits the intervals.

Example 3: Rhythmic Displacement:
This line is really in groups of three, but the way the tetrachords/Cells [4 note groupings] work creates a rhythmic displacement that adds an interesting rhythmic forward momentum.

Example 4: Rhythmic displacement #2.
Lastly we have a five note grouping that once again exploits not only the pentatonic scale but also the rhythmical aspect of it. This in turn creates a brilliant original sounding rhythmic displaced line.

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Hi Clifford,
Can you possibly do a You Tube Video on this interesting post about Eric Johnsons Pentatonic Concepts?
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Hi Gabriel, I will do a video on this after Christmas as there is quite a lot to get through in this modern pentatonic approach. I usually add a video but I have been finding that most people who come to the webpage/blog don’t click/watch the video so I have started to just use text and Tab/Notation. I also have a 2nd part to this lesson so I will make another page and then make a video later on out of the 2 pages. Thanks, Clifford
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Thanks so much Clifford!! I will consider the video gift a Christmas/ New Year Gift!!!!! Happy Holidays to you! Thanks for all the great info you share.
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