Chords for Soul Scale Exercises for Improvisation + Guitar Tab

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[Ab] Hi, in this video, Mariano Delgado, [F] Ace [Bb] Guitarist of Buenos Aires, [Gm] is going to demonstrate some
scales and lines from a PDF based on the material from two previous videos, _ the Blues Arpeggio
and Soul Scales for Improvisation, the links for which are going to appear in the top right
hand corner and in the video description.
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_ _ _ [A] _ _ Those are the videos to go to before this one if you are new to Soul Scales and Blues
Arpeggios as it explains their construction and theory.
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[E] _ Ok, let's get started.
The first three exercises are based on the Blues Arpeggio.
Here is the said relatively unknown Blues Arpeggio of C to recap.
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] So, exercise 1, the Blues Arpeggio around the cycle of [F] fourths, _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _
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[F] and you can keep going
around the cycle infinitely if you want to.
Exercise 2, the Blues Arpeggio around the cycle of fourths, this time with extended range. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Exercise 3, the Blues Arpeggio starting on the flattened third.
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_ _ _ _ Always a good idea to practice arpeggios from different starting places.
By the way, it is highly recommended that you develop these exercises, making them your
own, changing notes, rhythm, register etc. _ _
Exercise 4, what we call the Soul Pentatonic as it has 5 notes.
Here it is firstly in C. _
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_ Now exercise 5, the Soul Pentatonic with a stretched range, sometimes going higher and sometimes lower.
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_ _ _ _ [C] _ The next scale we call the Soul Scale.
Some folk like to call it the Major Blues Scale however, and that is fine because we
don't want to fight over a name when the sound emotion is the most important thing. _
Also, we think its sound is more soul than blues.
Here it is in C.
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_ [Am] _ _ _ And here, the 6 note Soul Scale in action.
Exercise 6 of the PDF. _
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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _ _ Exercise 7 contains lines on the Soul Scale.
By the way, and sorry to bleat on, but it is highly advised to make up your own lines. _ _ _ _ _ _
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Next we add the flat 7 into the mix which adds further blues flavouring.
We call this the 7 note Soul Scale.
Here it is slowly in C.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ Exercise 8 is this 7 note Soul Scale around the cycle of 4ths.
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[B] _ _ _ Exercise 9, [Cm] this is similar but instead of going up to the tonic, the line goes up to
the bluesy flat 7.
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Exercise 10 is this 7 note Soul Scale, mainly in 2 octaves.
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Exercise 11 is lines based on this 7 note Soul Scale.
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_ _ [F] Last but not least, we remind you once more that we suggest that you develop these exercises,
making them your own, by changing notes, rhythm and register.
Happy practicing.
Cheers. _ _ _
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