Minor Changes
Minor Changes is a basic Rock track in the key of A minor. This progression is made up of 16 bars divided into two eight bar sections. The main difference to this solo compared to the previous two solos is that this time a sixteenth note feel is used i.e. four notes per beat. The rhythm part to Minor Changes is notated here.
Minor Pentatonic Scale - Rock Guitar Pattern Two
The lead guitar solo to Minor Changes is played within Rock guitar Patterns One and Two. The fretboard location for Pattern Two in the key of A (or A minor), is shown in the following diagram.
This pattern is located slightly higher up the fretboard from Rock Pattern One. The diagram illustrates Pattern Two and its location on the fretboard in relation to Pattern One. Practice playing up and down the notes in this pattern, paying attention to the suggested left hand fingering.
You will discover as you become comfortable with Pattern Two that the notes on the first three strings are most commonly used, as highlighted in the following diagram.
Join the most commonly used notes in Rock Pattern Two to Rock Pattern One, and these notes become a useful extension of Pattern One.
The following lick is taken from bars 13 and 14 of Minor Changes and is a perfect example of how Rock Patterns One and Two can be combined. Special attention should be given to the suggested left hand fingering when changing between Pattern One and Pattern Two and from changing between Pattern Two back to Pattern One.
Minor Changes uses both Rock Patterns One and Two. Sixteenth notes, four notes played to a beat, are used throughout the solo. Special attention should be given to the suggested left hand fingering when changing between Pattern One and Pattern Two and from changing between Pattern Two back to Pattern One.
