Chords for Scale Saturday: John Mclaughlin Scale
Tempo:
85.775 bpm
Chords used:
G
E
D
B
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [G] Hey up, welcome to Scale Saturday.
Today we're going to have a look at my version of a John
McLachlan scale.
If you don't know who John McLachlan is, he's a jazz guitarist born in
Yorkshire, good lad, and he practices his scales in a certain way and we're going to
have a look at just one of those ways.
Well I've been looking through my stack of John
McLachlan CDs, fantastic guitarist to listen to, it really opened up my ears to the world
of jazz guitar playing.
Here are some of the albums.
There's Friday Night in San Francisco,
The Heart of Things Live in Paris, After the Rain, Elvin Jones on that one playing drums,
and Joey DeFrancesco, fantastic B3 organ player.
And this is the one that really opened up
my eyes to jazz guitar playing, I think it's the one that I bought first, it's an album
called Extrapolation.
A little bit crazy to listen to, lots of strange harmonies going
on, but good fun, and plenty of others too.
So let's get stuck in, first of all let's
tune up, and when you're all tuned up we're going to play the G major big shape.
The first
note that you need is, I'm going to say the fret numbers, is on the E string 3, 5 and
7, and on the A string it's fret 5.
Sounds like this.
[D]
[G] On the next string, the A string,
it's 3, 5 and 7, and on the D string it's fret 5.
[G] On the next string, the D string,
it's 4, 5 and 7, and on the G string it's fret 5.
[C] On the G string it's 4, 5 and 7, and
on the B string it's fret 5.
[Em] On the [G] B string it's 3, 5 and 7, and on the top E string it's
fret 5.
[Am]
And to finish, [G] fret 3 on the E string.
Coming down you play the third fret on the
E string.
On the next string, the B string, you play 5, 7, 5, 3.
On the next string, the
G string, you play 5, 7, 5, 4.
[B]
[G] On the next string, the D string, you play 5, 7, 5, 4.
On
[Gb] [G] the next string, the A string, you play 5, 7, 5, 3.
[D]
[C] [Gm] And on the last string, the E
string, you play 5, 7, 5, 3.
[B] [G]
Now John McLaughlin, I think, is a bit of a fan of John Coltrane,
and John Coltrane tried to split up scales into four note patterns.
You see that a lot
if you work out some John Coltrane things.
I think I'll do a John Coltrane lick video
at some point.
So John McLaughlin is following that kind of idea.
The scale is broke up into
four notes, which sounds like this.
[B] [D]
[Ab] Then the next four notes, [G] then the next four notes,
[G] then the next four notes, and so on.
So let's play that fairly slowly all the way through.
Nice steady tempo.
1, 2, 3, 4.
[D]
[G]
[Em]
[G]
And a quick tempo.
1, 2, 3, 4.
And a quick tempo.
1, 2,
3, [A] [E] [G]
[E]
4.
And a stupidly fast tempo.
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, [E] 4.
[Ab] That's it.
I'll see you [G] next Saturday.
Today we're going to have a look at my version of a John
McLachlan scale.
If you don't know who John McLachlan is, he's a jazz guitarist born in
Yorkshire, good lad, and he practices his scales in a certain way and we're going to
have a look at just one of those ways.
Well I've been looking through my stack of John
McLachlan CDs, fantastic guitarist to listen to, it really opened up my ears to the world
of jazz guitar playing.
Here are some of the albums.
There's Friday Night in San Francisco,
The Heart of Things Live in Paris, After the Rain, Elvin Jones on that one playing drums,
and Joey DeFrancesco, fantastic B3 organ player.
And this is the one that really opened up
my eyes to jazz guitar playing, I think it's the one that I bought first, it's an album
called Extrapolation.
A little bit crazy to listen to, lots of strange harmonies going
on, but good fun, and plenty of others too.
So let's get stuck in, first of all let's
tune up, and when you're all tuned up we're going to play the G major big shape.
The first
note that you need is, I'm going to say the fret numbers, is on the E string 3, 5 and
7, and on the A string it's fret 5.
Sounds like this.
[D]
[G] On the next string, the A string,
it's 3, 5 and 7, and on the D string it's fret 5.
[G] On the next string, the D string,
it's 4, 5 and 7, and on the G string it's fret 5.
[C] On the G string it's 4, 5 and 7, and
on the B string it's fret 5.
[Em] On the [G] B string it's 3, 5 and 7, and on the top E string it's
fret 5.
[Am]
And to finish, [G] fret 3 on the E string.
Coming down you play the third fret on the
E string.
On the next string, the B string, you play 5, 7, 5, 3.
On the next string, the
G string, you play 5, 7, 5, 4.
[B]
[G] On the next string, the D string, you play 5, 7, 5, 4.
On
[Gb] [G] the next string, the A string, you play 5, 7, 5, 3.
[D]
[C] [Gm] And on the last string, the E
string, you play 5, 7, 5, 3.
[B] [G]
Now John McLaughlin, I think, is a bit of a fan of John Coltrane,
and John Coltrane tried to split up scales into four note patterns.
You see that a lot
if you work out some John Coltrane things.
I think I'll do a John Coltrane lick video
at some point.
So John McLaughlin is following that kind of idea.
The scale is broke up into
four notes, which sounds like this.
[B] [D]
[Ab] Then the next four notes, [G] then the next four notes,
[G] then the next four notes, and so on.
So let's play that fairly slowly all the way through.
Nice steady tempo.
1, 2, 3, 4.
[D]
[G]
[Em]
[G]
And a quick tempo.
1, 2, 3, 4.
And a quick tempo.
1, 2,
3, [A] [E] [G]
[E]
4.
And a stupidly fast tempo.
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, [E] 4.
[Ab] That's it.
I'll see you [G] next Saturday.
Key:
G
E
D
B
C
G
E
D
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ Hey up, welcome to Scale Saturday.
Today we're going to have a look at my version of a John
McLachlan scale.
If you don't know who John McLachlan is, he's a jazz guitarist born in
Yorkshire, good lad, and he practices his scales in a certain way and we're going to
have a look at just one of those ways.
Well I've been looking through my stack of John
McLachlan CDs, _ fantastic guitarist to listen to, it really opened up my ears to the world
of jazz guitar playing.
Here are some of the albums.
There's Friday Night in San Francisco,
The Heart of Things Live in Paris, After the Rain, _ _ _ Elvin Jones on that one playing drums,
and Joey DeFrancesco, fantastic B3 organ player.
And this is the one that really opened up
my eyes to jazz guitar playing, I think it's the one that I bought first, it's an album
called Extrapolation.
_ A little bit crazy to listen to, lots of strange harmonies going
on, but good fun, and plenty of others too.
So let's get stuck in, first of all let's
tune up, _ _ and when you're all tuned up we're going to play the G major big shape.
The first
note that you need is, I'm going to say the fret numbers, is on the E string 3, 5 and
7, and on the A string it's fret 5.
Sounds like this.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] On the next string, the A string,
it's 3, 5 and 7, and on the D string it's fret 5. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ On the next string, the D string,
it's 4, 5 and 7, and on the G string it's fret 5. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ On the G string it's 4, 5 and 7, and
on the B string it's fret 5. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ On the [G] B string it's 3, 5 and 7, and on the top E string it's
fret 5.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ And to finish, [G] fret 3 on the E string. _
_ _ _ Coming down you play the third fret on the
E string.
_ _ On the next string, the B string, you play 5, 7, 5, 3. _ _ _ _ _
_ On the next string, the
G string, you play 5, 7, 5, 4.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[G] On the next string, the D string, you play 5, 7, 5, 4.
On _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [G] the next string, the A string, you play 5, 7, 5, 3.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] And on the last string, the E
string, you play 5, 7, 5, 3.
_ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Now John McLaughlin, I think, is a bit of a fan of John Coltrane,
and John Coltrane tried to split up scales into four note patterns.
You see that a lot
if you work out some John Coltrane things.
I think I'll do a John Coltrane lick video
at some point.
So John McLaughlin is following that kind of idea.
The scale is broke up into
four notes, which sounds like this.
[B] _ [D] _
[Ab] Then the next four notes, [G] _ then the next four notes,
[G] _ _ then the next four notes, _ and so on.
So let's play that fairly slowly all the way through.
Nice steady tempo.
1, 2, 3, 4.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And a quick tempo.
1, 2, 3, 4.
And a quick tempo.
1, 2,
3, [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
4.
And a stupidly fast tempo.
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, [E] 4. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] That's it.
I'll see you [G] next Saturday. _
Today we're going to have a look at my version of a John
McLachlan scale.
If you don't know who John McLachlan is, he's a jazz guitarist born in
Yorkshire, good lad, and he practices his scales in a certain way and we're going to
have a look at just one of those ways.
Well I've been looking through my stack of John
McLachlan CDs, _ fantastic guitarist to listen to, it really opened up my ears to the world
of jazz guitar playing.
Here are some of the albums.
There's Friday Night in San Francisco,
The Heart of Things Live in Paris, After the Rain, _ _ _ Elvin Jones on that one playing drums,
and Joey DeFrancesco, fantastic B3 organ player.
And this is the one that really opened up
my eyes to jazz guitar playing, I think it's the one that I bought first, it's an album
called Extrapolation.
_ A little bit crazy to listen to, lots of strange harmonies going
on, but good fun, and plenty of others too.
So let's get stuck in, first of all let's
tune up, _ _ and when you're all tuned up we're going to play the G major big shape.
The first
note that you need is, I'm going to say the fret numbers, is on the E string 3, 5 and
7, and on the A string it's fret 5.
Sounds like this.
_ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] On the next string, the A string,
it's 3, 5 and 7, and on the D string it's fret 5. _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ On the next string, the D string,
it's 4, 5 and 7, and on the G string it's fret 5. _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ On the G string it's 4, 5 and 7, and
on the B string it's fret 5. _ _ _
[Em] _ _ On the [G] B string it's 3, 5 and 7, and on the top E string it's
fret 5.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ And to finish, [G] fret 3 on the E string. _
_ _ _ Coming down you play the third fret on the
E string.
_ _ On the next string, the B string, you play 5, 7, 5, 3. _ _ _ _ _
_ On the next string, the
G string, you play 5, 7, 5, 4.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[G] On the next string, the D string, you play 5, 7, 5, 4.
On _
_ [Gb] _ _ _ [G] the next string, the A string, you play 5, 7, 5, 3.
_ [D] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gm] And on the last string, the E
string, you play 5, 7, 5, 3.
_ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ Now John McLaughlin, I think, is a bit of a fan of John Coltrane,
and John Coltrane tried to split up scales into four note patterns.
You see that a lot
if you work out some John Coltrane things.
I think I'll do a John Coltrane lick video
at some point.
So John McLaughlin is following that kind of idea.
The scale is broke up into
four notes, which sounds like this.
[B] _ [D] _
[Ab] Then the next four notes, [G] _ then the next four notes,
[G] _ _ then the next four notes, _ and so on.
So let's play that fairly slowly all the way through.
Nice steady tempo.
1, 2, 3, 4.
_ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And a quick tempo.
1, 2, 3, 4.
And a quick tempo.
1, 2,
3, [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
4.
And a stupidly fast tempo.
1, 2, 1, 2, 3, [E] 4. _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] That's it.
I'll see you [G] next Saturday. _