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The Major–Minor Mix Keystone Lick, a flexible phrase that blends major and minor sounds while opening the door to faster, more varied blues phrasing.  ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

The Major–Minor Mix is a little different from the other Keystone Licks. Rather than being one fixed phrase, think of it as a flexible piece of vocabulary that can take on different sounds depending on how you use it.

Where the Classic Major and Classic Minor licks have very obvious identities, this one acts more like a chameleon, letting you move quickly between major and minor colors.

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Key Takeaways

  • It naturally blends major and minor blues sounds.
  • The same small motion can produce several different phrases.
  • It can function as an opening idea, repeating phrase, or complete call-and-response.
  • It gives you an opportunity to develop picking, speed, and phrasing flexibility.
  • More than most Keystone Licks, this one is about learning a movable idea, not memorizing one exact phrase.