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Howdy, fellows!

I am having a hard time trying to use major and minor pentatonics to solo over Dead songs, even those over which Jerry himself used those scales, especially in the early 70s.

Could someone be kind enough as to point me some Dead oriented exercises and licks to help me unlocking my pentatonics?

If you want just maj/min Pentas
https://youtu.be/flYWkefuLKk

Thank you!!

I’m especially interested in what Jerry did over Morning Dew in Winterland. There seems to be a lot of Major Pentatonic licks with chromatisms in there.

https://youtu.be/aLUV53o5NkQ

Here ya go.

Sérgio wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 6:46 pm Thank you!!

I’m especially interested in what Jerry did over Morning Dew in Winterland. There seems to be a lot of Major Pentatonic licks with chromatisms in there.

Which Winterland show?

waldenmarshall wrote: ↑Wed May 04, 2022 10:28 am

Sérgio wrote: ↑Wed Feb 23, 2022 6:46 pm Thank you!!



I’m especially interested in what Jerry did over Morning Dew in Winterland. There seems to be a lot of Major Pentatonic licks with chromatisms in there.

Which Winterland show?

'74 tour

Think JG relying on pentatonics was minimal but a tool in his bag.

Even Morning Dew he could have used a G maj pentatonic of D mixo pentatonic but he used a lot of other notes in the scale in between.

Plus the C modulation for the back half of the verses.

The Dead played a 3-night run at Winterland in February of ‘74, and a 5-night run in October that year. As best as I can recall, there were some outstanding shows in there, though I wasn’t always at my most coherent. But I sure do remember The Wall!

Bill, tgo

I'm thinking Sergio is probably thinking of the 10/18/74 Dew, since it is the one in the GD Movie.

Yes, I meant that one