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Pentatonic Superimposition
Guillaume Ottaviani 2014
Guilaume Ottaviani2014
Minor pentatonics starting on a non-root note can create an interesting sound.
You will nd below some examples of pentatonic superimposition that highlights the extensions and upper
structure of the chord.
Over Major7 chords:
Over Minor7 Chords:
Over -7b5 chords:
Over Dominant Chords:
starting on the 3rd (E m pentatonic)
starting on the 6th (A m pentatonic)
starting on the 7th (B m pentatonic)
starting on the root (C m pentatonic) starting on the 2nd (D m pentatonic)
starting on the 5th (G m pentatonic)
starting on the 3rd (Eb m pentatonic)
starting on the 4th (F m pentatonic)
starting on the 5th (G m pentatonic) starting on the 6th (A m pentatonic)
3rd 5th 6th 7th 9th 6th R 9th 3rd 5th
7th 9th 3rd #11th 6th
R 3rd 11th 5th 7th 9th 11th 5th 6th 7th
5th 7th R 9th 11th
3rd b5th b13th 7th b9th
11th b13th 7th R 3rd
5th 7th R 9th 11th
13th R 9th 3rd 5th
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Pentatonic Superimposition
Over altered dominant chords:
starting on the 4th (F m pentatonic)
starting on the 3rd (Eb m pentatonic)
starting on the 7th (Bb m pentatonic)
11th b13th 7th R #9 #9th b5th b13th 7th b9th
7th b9th #9th 11th b13th
Exercises:
-Practice the minor pentatonic scales over static chords
-Avoid playing "blues licks"
-Use scalar patterns
-Then try over ii V I progression in all keys
-Try to improvise over standard tunes using minor pentatonics