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MAJOR MINOR MASH Give your solos an extra breath of air with some
dreamy sounding major seventh arpeggios…
Major 7 chords contain the same 3 notes (triad) as the standard Major chord but with an added 7th (7th note of the Major Scale), so CMaj7 would contain the notes CEGB. The 7th is only a semi tone away from the octave resulting in a mysterious, dreamy sound and used correctly can give a chord progression or solo a real breath of fresh air. If you’re worried we’re going to be soloing over ‘Lady In Red’ rather than Led Zeppelin? Don’t be! The notes of C Maj7 (CEGB) are all contained within the key of ‘A’ minor, and the Major 7th note ‘B’ is the relative 2nd or 9th in the A natural minor scale (ABCDEFG). The secret is that you can solo in good old A minor pentatonic, toss in the fresh sounding CMa7 arpeggios and get a unique blended resonance which is relative to the added 9th from A natural minor. Let’s learn some arpeggios and mash in some pentatonic licks!
Ex1: This C Major7 arpeggio is based around the A shaped chord. The lick combines the 1st pentatonic position in A minor with the C Maj7 arpeggio. The arpeggio starts with a wide hand span between the 7th and 3rd fret on the low E string. Listen out for the Major 7th (B) on the 4th fret G string, finish with a slide and open ‘A’ to complete the A minor theme.
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