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.
ERIC JOHNSON MODERN PENTATONIC GUITAR LINES: Major Pentatonic Perfect 5ths example
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.
ERIC JOHNSON MODERN PENTATONIC GUITAR LINES: Major Pentatonic String Skipping example
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.
ERIC JOHNSON MODERN PENTATONIC GUITAR LINES: Major Pentatonic Rhythmic Displacement example
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.
ERIC JOHNSON MODERN PENTATONIC GUITAR LINES: Major Pentatonic Rhythmic Displacement example
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Clifford Martin is a trained classical musician and composer. His 1st study being piano and composition and a deep study into the meticulous world of modern music theory. He also studied jazz piano and jazz drums privately.
Clifford later came back to the guitar and studied in the jazz fusion style of John McLaughlin and Al di Meola. It was at this point that he put all of his years of learning together into one musical form
This website is a sort of cataloging of ideas and musical concepts for exploitation and development in the arts of musical composition and improvisation. What started out as a jazz improvisation site has grown into a full blown, harmony, timbre, pitch and rhythm library. Peace, Enjoy!
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Hi Clifford,
Can you possibly do a You Tube Video on this interesting post about Eric Johnsons Pentatonic Concepts?
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
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.
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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