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Ex. 9 · Week 3 · 80 bpm shuffle

3rds only, over the whole 12 bars

Box 1 · A7 inside the scale E shape
eBGDAERb35b7b334b7R45Rb3456789
  • Root
  • 3rd
  • 5th
  • b7
  • Scale

One note per bar, held for four beats. Only the 3rd of each chord. This trains your ear to hear the changes before your fingers need to find them. Written as the three four-bar lines.

Line 1 · bars 1 to 4
     A7      A7      A7      A7
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---6-------6-------6-------6-----|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
     3       3       3       3
Line 2 · bars 5 to 8
     D7      D7      A7      A7
e|---------------------------------|
B|---7-------7---------------------|
G|-------------------6-------6-----|
D|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
     3       3       3       3
Line 3 · bars 9 to 12
     E7      D7      A7      E7
e|---------------------------------|
B|-----------7---------------------|
G|-------------------6-------------|
D|---6-----------------------6-----|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
     3       3       3       3

Step 2: on every A7 bar, replace the C# with the bend G|-5b6-| (C up to C#). On the D7 bars play C (G string fret 5) with no bend and hold it. Now you can hear why minor pentatonic fits the IV chord.

Step 3: play freely from box 1 for beats 1 to 3 of each bar, and land on the 3rd on beat 4.

You pass when

You hit each change by ear, without looking at the chart

Key of A. Tab written in A.