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How to Solo Over “Autumn Leaves” With the Blues (and Pentatonic) Scale | Adam Rafferty Guitar Lesson

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In this guitar lesson, I will show you how to solo over “Autumn Leaves” with blues and pentatonic scales!

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Ok, I admit it…I don’t actually play a “blues scale”โ€”in fact, I don’t even know what one is.

I just slip, slide and bend a few notes in and out of the pentatonic scale until it gets the right “flavor” and sounds bluesy ๐Ÿ™‚

If you are a blues-based guitar player and you get freaked out by trying to solo over jazz guitar chord changes – this will help you get started!

  • 1:11 How I discovered this!
  • 2:26 II V I in G Major – chord voicings
  • 3:24 Horizontal vs Vertical Soloing
  • 3:50 What is a key?
  • 4:14 The G Major Pentatonic Scale
  • 5:45 Example solo over II V I in G
  • 6:35 The E Minor Pentatonic
  • 7:14 ii V i in E Minor – chord voicings
  • 8:09 Example solo over ii V i in E Minor
  • 9:03 Using Blues & Pentatonics on “Autumn Leaves”
  • 9:54 Example solo over “Autumn Leaves”

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About Adam Rafferty

Iโ€™m Adam Rafferty โ€“ a guitar player born and raised in New York City, and currently spending most of my time on tour playing concerts and coaching my guitar students online at StudyWithAdam.com

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