Chords for Scales for country music - Adam Miles Amer

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[D] _ Heyo, my [Abm] name's Adam Marzamer and in this video [N] I'm going to show you the scales used in country music. _
So scales used [Ab] in country music. _ _
Obviously country is quite a broad genre so you can_ _ _
There is a huge range of scales that you can use in country music depending [E] on what sort of flavor you're going for.
But [G] _
I [D] found
_ [Gb] within [G] most of the [Gb] playing that you do in country and [F] most of the playing [Gb] that I do in [E] particular
it usually boils down to two main scales that I'd use.
I'd use the [Gb] country pentatonic scale and [E] the blues scale.
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_ [Gb] So we'll start with the country pentatonic and that is essentially a major pentatonic with an added flat third.
_ Okay, so if [Ab] we're in [C] C for example _ our [Em] major pentatonic is
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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ Yeah, so that's the root, [D] the second, _ [E] the third, _ [G] the fifth,
the [Am] sixth _ _ [G] and the root [C] again.
_ _ _ In C that would [A] be C, D, [E] E, [Em] G, [A]
A [C] and C. _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ [G] I always remember the [Gb] major pentatonic
_ from [E] the_
I think it's OJ's [C] tune, my going.
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_ But the country pentatonic is exactly that with an added flat third.
So
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that's the flat third there.
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_ _ _ The rest of the [Gm] scale is exactly [C] the same as the major pentatonic and
_ [E] I always recognize this sound from that [Gb] really cheesy country lick, the [C] bluegrass lick.
_ _ _ I'm sure you've all heard that one [E] before.
_ _ [C] _ [Bb] That is [A] exactly the country pentatonic. _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ So obviously there are hundreds of licks just floating around in there, [Em] you know. _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ You can get away with [Eb] surfing along that bad boy all day [Em] long. _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] Okay, also we've got the blues scale.
Okay, I'm sure you're all more familiar with this one.
The blues scale is essentially a minor pentatonic with an [Gm] added flat fifth.
_ _ So if we're in C again _
the minor pentatonic [C] is as follows.
[Eb] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
Root, flat [Eb] third, _ [F] fourth, _
[G] fifth,
_ flat [Bb] seven _ and root [C] again.
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [C] _
And those notes in C are C, [Eb]
E flat, _ F,
[D] G, [G] _ _
[Bb] B flat [C] and C.
_ _ But the blues scale is exactly that but with an added flat fifth, _ [Gb] which is the F sharp. _ _
So it sounds like this.
_ [F] _ _ _ [G] _ [C] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _
_ _ I'm sure you've all heard that one before. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ So yeah, and that obviously works great over minor chords and [Gb] dominant chords.
_ _ [G] Whereas the country pentatonic, that's primarily a major [Gb] _ chord sound.
Majors and dominant chords, that would sound [C] great on. _ _
_ Especially [Ab] over dominant chords, I like to just [G] mix the two together and there are [Gb] hundreds of licks from playing with both of them.
So, _ you know, [C] just let's pretend we're just over C7 or C9.
You [G] can just
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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [C] _ _ just [Ab] by _ _ blending the two [Gb] scales together, _
[G] you've got a whole range of country sounds that you can [C] get.
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_ [Eb] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Gm] _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ So yeah, just to recap, country pentatonic, that sounds great over majors and dominant chords.
That's the
_ _ major pentatonic with an added flat third.
And then you've got the blues [Gb] scale, which is the
[G] _ minor pentatonic with an added flat fifth and that works great over minor [F] chords and [E] dominant chords. _
_ [Gb] So [Ab] yeah, there you [G] go.
Happy [B] soloing.
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