Pentatonic "So what" Harmony on the Guitar

[JonnyPac]

Dudes, I flippin' love "So What" chords. They are the cat's meow. The bee's knees. They get my goat, and float my boat. Really.

I just posted a little lesson video on SW harmony and how it is actually just the standard pentatonic scale voiced as a chord. For those of you who aren't already savvy, here it is. Enjoy!

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YouTube Video

This lesson goes over how to set pentatonic SW chords over particular bass notes to get modal substitute voicings. The diatonic superimposition system is as follows (transpose as needed):

Dm pent. SW/D = Dm7(add11) Use these for ii, iii, and vi chords.

Dm pent. SW/F = F6/9 Use these for I, IV, and V chords.

Dm pent. SW/G = Gm11(omit b3rd) or G9sus Use these for ii, vi, and V chords.

Dm pent. SW/Bb = Bbmaj13 Use these for I and IV chords.

Dm pent. SW/Eb = Ebmaj13+11 Use these for IV chords.

Dm pent. SW/C = Cm13(omit b3rd) or C13sus Use these for ii, and V chords.

[Reg]

Hey Jonny... man you seem like a great teacher... really... thanks and let me know if I can help in any way... Best Reg

[JonnyPac]

Thank you, my friend. Feel free to drop another video on this topic too. There are so many cool ways to use these forms, as you know. Fun stuff. I'll check out your Bag's Groove soon. I like that tune a lot. My fav is the Miles/Monk/MJQ (-Louis) version.

[0zoro]

Hi JP Thanks for the vid, I will look at it more in detail tomorrow, but it already looks great today. I like your approach!

[JonnyPac]

Thanks! I hope it works out for you, and opens up sore creative ideas. Best wishes.

[bako]

JonnyPac,

Nice video, very clear presentation.

Some permutations of the same material laid out in pentatonic chord scales

3 note voicings

DGC // FAD // GCF // ADG // CFA

GCD // ADF // CFG // DGA // FAC

CDG // DFA // FGC // GAD // ACF


3 notes + lower note octave

DGCD // FADF // GCFG // ADGA // CFAC

GCDG // ADFA // CFGC // DGAD // FACF

CDGC // DFAD // FGCF // GADG // ACFA


easy to play 3 notes + middle note octave

DGCG // FADA // GCFC // ADGD // CFAF

CDGD // DFAF // FGCG // GADA // ACFC


Assorted 4 note voicings

DGCF // FADG // GCFA // ADGC // CFAD

FCDG // GDFA // AFGC // CGAD // DACF

GDFC // AFGD // CGAF // DACG // FCDA

CFGD // DGAF // FACG // GCDA // ADFC

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DCFG // FDGA // GFAC // AGCD // CADF

FDGC // GFAD // AGCF // CADG // DCFA

GFCD // AGDF // CAFG // DCGA // FDAC

CGDF // DAFG // FCGA // GDAC // AFCD

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DGFC // FAGD // GCAF // ADCG // CFDA

FCGD // GDAF // AFCG // CGDA // DAFC

GDCF // AFDG // CGFA // DAGC // FCAD

CFDG // DGFA // FAGC // GCAD // ADCF

[JonnyPac]

Mind boggling amounts info + transposition... I like my little shapes! lol. Thanks for posting!

[bako]

Over the years I developed this habit of generating permutations, I don't know if there is a cure
but to the best of my knowledge no harm has been done.

I like to assemble voicings on the fly from modal note collections.
Practicing from a list like this is just surveying the terrain, acclimating my ears and fingers to possible future destinations.

[JonnyPac]

Poetry, my man.

[Jeremy Hillary Boob Ph.D]

Another good lesson. I guess I missed this one. This is a bit different than pure quartal harmony. Tetrian harmony realized with P4's and one M3! My kind of skum.