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Mosquito song soloing Natural and harmonic minor Use the 3rd shape on the 2nd page of the scale handout Adding one string at a time for learning scales

Mosquito Song Work more on the solo Scale in 3rds in A minor Try looping the rhythm part and soloing over it

Mosquito Song by Queens of the Stone Age

Adding bends and slurs to your licks Assignemtn No. 2 – play around bends and slurs Something new?

Major vs Minor sounds and Pentatonic Scale Theory Changing sounds in one position

Assignment No. 1 – Work on switching between minor and major pentatonic blues sound using the following backing track <https://youtu.be/HKfEtmi2qBw&gt;

12 Bar Blues Try the blues in E with the drum If you have extra time, try doing some multi-track recording

More with modes Using different rhythms to practice

Intro to modes Focus on the 4th scale shape and try all of the modes with backing tracks

Lets talk more about improv next time Try to work on getting better at the pentatonic shapes and then eventually connecting them. Lets talk about modes too