Scott Henderson Discussion

[doctordragon]

Hi Scott,

what do you think of Willie Thomas' "Pentatonic Pairs" concept? I can't understand if it is very ingenious or ingenuous.

Paul

[Scott Henderson]

I have no idea what he means by Pentatonic Pairs. If he means that you can use more than one pentatonic scale on a chord, then DUH. I wouldn't turn that simple fact into some kind of concept which sounds smarter than it is.

For example, on Am you can play the A, B, and E minor pentatonic scales, because all three of those scales give you notes from the G major scale, which is A dorian.

You can play two or more pentatonic scales over any chord, so if that's a concept for Willie, he must be pretty bored.

[doctordragon]

I know you can play several pentatonic scales on a single chord, but this is a different approach.

Here is a video where Willie explains the concept.

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[countandduke]

Santa!!!

[dizzy]

Hey Scott
I am starting a pottery workshop. I am offering a free introduction. Can I advertise on your forum too?

[Scott Henderson]

ha ha - sure, why not!

No offense, but I don't have time to investigate pentatonic pairs. I hate any kind of teaching where i have to listen to someone talk for more than five seconds without hearing a musical example. Someone send me a link to pentatonic pairs being used in a solo and then I'll decide if it's worth checking out.

I saw that diagram under the video and I'm pretty sure he's into devil worship. Nobody draws diagrams like that for music.

[doctordragon]

Can I attend The pottery workshop?

Try this http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e1gdVg7DcV4 , I guess he always uses the pentatonic pairs concept.

[dizzy]

I saw that diagram under the video and I'm pretty sure he's into devil worship. Nobody draws diagrams like that for music.[/quote]

I played the video backwards and he is saying "666, satin will prevail" while he sacrifices a goat dressed like Charlie Parker.

[Stratus]

[sieuminh]

[Scott Henderson]

Try this http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=e1gdVg7DcV4, I guess he always uses the pentatonic pairs concept.

I listened to it, and if there is such a thing as pentatonic pairs, it's not in this video. Not that the guy isn't a good player, but his notes are strictly from the bebop vocabulary - nothing new here.

[doctordragon]

After several videos I think that pentatonic pairs is an approach to bebop phrasing. A pentatonic pair is a group of two notes a tone apart. In a major scale there are five pentatonic pairs. Starting from pentatonic pairs Willie (Santa) adds notes to build the bebop vocabulary.

[doctordragon]

After several videos I think that pentatonic pairs is an approach to bebop phrasing. A pentatonic pair is a group of two notes a tone apart. In a major scale there are five pentatonic pairs. Starting from pentatonic pairs Willie (Santa) adds notes to build the bebop vocabulary.

[Scott Henderson]

Everyone has their own approach, and if this works for him then it's all good. I'm just skeptical of diagrams and explanations without musical examples to back it up, and I don't mean whole solos, but specific examples of the concept itself, which I still haven't heard. Maybe that's something that he charges for, which I totally understand.

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