The Major 3rd Is Your Friend
In this video
The Major 3rd is prominent in a lot of blues music. In this lesson Mike demonstrates some licks to show us some of the ways we can use the Major 3rd to give our playing a strong blues feel.
Lesson Aims
Experiment with the Major 3rd - in particular moving into it from the Minor 3rd
Learn the example lick from the start of the lesson
N.B. Mike mentions the 5 Minor Pentatonic Shapes - my lesson on that is here
More help with the minor pentatonic shapes and positions is in my online course Lead Guitar 3.
Exercise 3a - E7 Major 3rd Lick
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E7 CAGED Shapes (major 3rd highlighted in orange)
Blue = E shape, Green = D shape, Yellow = C shape, Red = A shape, Pink = G shape
Exercise 3b - A7 Major 3rd Lick
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A7 CAGED Shapes (major 3rd highlighted in orange)
Blue = E shape, Green = D shape, Yellow = C shape, Red = A shape, Pink = G shape