by Rizal Hefni | Jan 14, 2022 | Chord Tone Soloing
What is Pentatonic Interchange? Pentatonic interchange is the changing of pentatonic scales over the specific chords. This technique is similar to scalar interchange except that is uses pentatonic scales instead of the major scale patterns. It is however more...
by Rizal Hefni | Jan 14, 2022 | Chord Tone Soloing
Scalar interchange is a very useful skill especially when it comes to the Blues where the chords are all dominant 7th chords. Essentially, we can see the chords as being the V7 (i.e. fifth) chords of 3 different keys. Therefore, if we know how to change between the...
by Rizal Hefni | Jan 14, 2022 | Chord Tone Soloing
Scalar interchange refers to the technique of changing the scale over different key centres or even over specific chords. This technique is used rarely in rock and pop where the key tends to remain the same. In Blues and Jazz however, this technique is highly useful....
by Rizal Hefni | Dec 8, 2021 | Hefni Pentatonic System
The 3 to 1 rule for guitar is something I’ve been using to teach guitarists when viewing scale patterns. It helps to open up different possibilities from the same scale and take your playing to a different level. Once you understand the 3 to 1 rule, you will...
by Rizal Hefni | Dec 5, 2021 | Hefni Pentatonic System
Redefining the Pentatonic Scale The first step in learning the Hefni Pentatonic System is to redefine the basic pentatonic scale. Most guitarists know the major and minor pentatonic scale shapes. Also guitarists also know that both are essentially the same scale...
