Tritones

Lesson 5/51 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Blues Guitar Solos
Tritones

Tritones

It is not always necessary to play a whole chord to get the effect of a chord. It often works well to take only the most essential notes of the chord and leave the other notes to the bass player and whoever is playing the melody.

Here is a C7 chord. Its notes are C E G Bb.

The second diagram here is the Tritone within the chord. In a dominant 7th chord the tritone is the interval between the 3rd and 7th of the chord. Listen to the effect it produces.

Here are two examples showing the patterns formed by tritones across the fretboard. Memorise these patterns and learn them in all keys.



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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Summary of Scales 3- Minor Pentatonic Scale Patterns 4- Flash Lightnin’ 5- Riff Style Solos 6- 6ths and 3rds 7- Fretboard Diagrams 8- More titles by LearnToPlayMusic.com 9- T-Bone Junction 10- Vocal Style Soloing 11- Back In Sixty Six 12- Bluesbreaker 13- Tablature 14- Chuckin’ 15- Around The Bend 16- Call and Response 17- The Third Degree 18- Blues Scale Forms 19- Tablature Symbols 20- Comparing Styles – BB and Albert King 21- Two Way Conversation 22- Tritones 23- Turn Me Loose 24- Comparing Styles – BB King and Freddy King 25- Tell Me More 26- Open Position Blues Scale 27- Octaves 28- I Miss Your Lovin’ 29- Dynamics 30- Parking Meter Blues 31- Gimme Some Space 32- Bending The Blues 33- Major Pentatonic Scales 34- Swingin’ Along 35- Hot Ice 36- Analysing a Solo 37- Solos Using Chords 38- Goin’ To Memphis 39- Joe’s Jive 40- The Blender 41- Razor Blade 42- Combining Rhythm and Lead 43- Can’t Turn Back 44- Dominant 7th Arpeggios 45- Town To Town 46- Straight Line 47- The Blues Never Die 48- Playing Along One String 49- Lonesome Road 50- String Bean 51- Hold That Train

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