In the “uncommon..” series I am going to show you things that fewer and fewer people are talking about. These are probably ideas you’ve heard, but they don’t get broken down too often.

DON’T FEAR THE THEORY – Just get straight into practicing the shapes and ask questions in the FB group

Today we are going to look at a pentatonic scale made from a dominant 9th arpeggio. We are then going to show a mode of this scale and how to create an altered sound by superimposing it.

You will hear these in the playing of Robben Ford, Larry Carlton, Steve Lukather and more. They’re very popular with more modern blues players, and players that like to incorporate a Jazz influence.