Pentatonic Practicing with Pawn Shop · Fretboard Flyers Group 🎸

Pentatonic Practicing with Pawn Shop

Last week I posted homework studying how one of my favorite song’s, Pawn Shop by Sublime, iconic riff is composed using the super pentatonic shape. This week I’m practicing figuring out how to jam over the same songs I like but with my own twist by using the pentatonic shapes.

This is me messing around with it, it’s definitely a faster tempo than the normal song. I like to use a similar playing style I hear from a reggae band called Rebelution when they do live performances (especially acoustic) when adding more twists to their own songs. I can definitely use some teachings of coming up with different styles using the pentatonic shapes and also being able to “connect it” with the rhythm of the backing track of the song.

Im starting to realize the “safety” of playing the appropriate notes that the pentatonic shapes offer when playing something over a backing track. I’ve been working on also hearing what I want to play in my head and using the shapes to find it. It takes time, but I think I’m getting there.

I will continue to practice with some other songs!

This is a rebelution live acoustic performance. Pretty neat. I’m curious if I can learn this by ear now with the super pentatonic shape.

https://youtu.be/vdLIB935tQc?si=wdNirk8sKfjyP_5H

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