Jimmy Herring Discussion

[BRayStrat]

http://www.ibreathemusic.com/article/175

I found this interesting article. I know Jimmy Herring is known to use these pentatonic methods over minor chords. He discussed this in a guitar magazine, I'm thinking Guitar One a while back. He talked about using the pentatonic scale on the 2nd and 5th degree of the chord.
For example, if you're soloing over Am, you can also play Bm pent or Em pentatonic over it
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[jaystraw]

easy for you to say
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[gillvanderlip]

B minor pentatonic could be viewed as A dorian.there are a few missing notes. the g , c ..........this gives some interval ideas and E minor pentonic could be viewed the same way. A dorian b minor penatonic and eminor penatonic share some same notes.......you can write it out and see the possibilities.........im using the two fingers and thumb to hold a pick and this works real good. has changed my playing totally and forcing me to play more in time. later gill

[Swain]

Here's a good one:

When playing a minor pentatonic scale, replace the b7, with the 6. Example: Em Pentatonic = EGABD. The new scale is EGABC#.

This will yield a sweet, almost major sound. Even over minor chords. It's similar to playing Dorian. The trick, is to NOT play that b7. You will feel the desire to play the b7, but DON'T! Once you get the feel of this note substitution all over the neck, THEN you can switch back and forth between the two scales. It's kind of like "shifting gears".
Let me know what you guys think.