How to Create A Bluesy Sound by Combining Major and Minor Pentatonics

Hi I am Danny Gill from Lick Library and today I am going to talk about combining major pentatonic and minor pentatonic to create a cool blue sea sound. These licks are going to be in the key of B, the first lick sounds like this. One, two, three, four. So I am playing around 7th position and I am going to start of with the whole staff band from the 9th fret of the G string before playing seven on the B string. Now, grab seven on the high E string back to seven on the B string. Now, pull off ten to seven on the B string. So far we have played notes from the B minor pentatonic scale. Now, I am going to use a note from the blue scale. This note will be F on the 10th fret of the G string. Back to seven on the B string, back to 10 on the G followed by nine on the G. And so far we have used notes from the B blue scale. So we are going to end now with a blue sea reef which will contain the note D#. What I am going to do is I am going to blend up half-step from D, 7th fret of the G string into D# and that is where the blues lives in between that minor 3rd and the major 3rd. This is what is happening now in the key of B. Starting of with the minor 3rd and blending into a major 3rd. And then we are going to end on a root note B, 9th fret on the D string. So it is just a small thing, just that half-step band from D to D#, but that can make a huge difference. Here is our second lick. We are going to switch positions now and I am going to play around 14th position but I am still going to play in the key of B. Here we go, one, two, three, four, similar idea. I am going to start of with the whole step band from the 17th fret of the B string and then grab 17 on the high E string. Now stride 17 on the B string and release the band, pull off to 15 back to 16 on the G string, 15 to 17 on the B string, now here is D on the 15th fret of the B string. I am going to band up a half-step into D# before playing the root note B on the 16th fret of the G string. And that gives it a little blue sea flavor their at the end when I band from D to D#, the minor 3rd to the major 3rd in the key of B. Alright, our final blue sea lick will contain a band of a step and a half. This is also in the key of B. Sounds like this, one, two, three, four, so I started of on F#, 14th fret of the high E string, band up a step and a half to A. Now, I am descend the B blue scale 14, 13, 12, on the high E string followed by 10, 12 on the high E string back to 10 on the high E string that note is D. I am going to band up a half-step in the D# before ending on the note B 12th fret of the B string. So, once again, here is that lick, one, two, three, four. So there are some examples of combining major pentatonic and minor pentatonic to create a blue sound.