Country School: Floyd Cramer Licks: The First Lesson

music notation showing the 2 to 3 and 6 to 5 floyd cramer resolutions

2016-01-072023-05-16 ~ Frank J Peter ~ Leave a comment

Let's explore the basic ingredients of that quintessential country piano sound made famous by pianist Floyd Cramer... Cramer's ideas are based on the Pentatonic Scale-Chord Pairs for the "big 3" chords--I, IV, V. The driving melodic and harmonic force of each scale-chord relationship is that "the 2" of each scale/chord wants to resolve to "the … Continue reading Country School: Floyd Cramer Licks: The First Lesson

Country School: Major Pentatonic Scale-Chords

music notation showing c major triad and c major pentatonic scale

2016-01-022022-11-28 ~ Frank J Peter ~ Leave a comment

The definitive scale-chord pairing in country music is the Major Triad and its parallel Major Pentatonic Scale...

Major Pentatonic Scale: Theory & Ear Training

music notation for c major pentatonic scale

2011-02-022023-10-16 ~ Frank J Peter ~ Leave a comment

As the name suggests, the Major Pentatonic Scale has five notes and a major quality--and is yet another existence proof that scales are not made up of "half-steps" and "whole-steps".