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Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 4

By on June 4, 2007 in Music Theory, Peak Performance

Table of contents for Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale

  1. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 1
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  3. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 3
  4. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 4
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  14. Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 14

This pattern should be easier than the previous dominant 7 scale pattern. The transposition doesn’t split the bar so you only have to think about transposing once during the full pattern.

The rewarding function of this pattern is that you can use it as a preparation to go deeper into the transposed key. While the pattern drops back down to the original key at the beginning of each bar, in a practical application, you can remain in the transposed key. So it can be used as a fresh twist in your solos because you’re beginning to play outside the original key on beat 4, which will provide tension not only tonally, but with the meter as well.
Pentatonic Pattern 4

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Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 4

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2 Responses to Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 4

  1. W June 5, 2007 at 11:14 am #

    Thanks! Very interesting.

  2. Graham English June 6, 2007 at 8:39 pm #

    You’re welcome. Glad you liked it.