A, C, D, E and G notes form the A minor pentatonic scale, so Eb is the all important note that turns this run into the blues scale. Each note is either one, two or three frets apart from its ...

After all, it’s almost certainly the single most used scale in rock and blues lead, and players like ... You don’t have to stick rigidly to the minor pentatonic scale - there are loads of other notes ...

Every player is aware of the minor pentatonic, but not everyone knows how to make the most of it. These examples – in the style of some prolific pentatonic players – will help you master the shape eve ...

Steve Lukather is renowned for his virtuosic yet melodic playing with Toto. And then there are his numerous solo albums and ...

Sue Foley's inaugural GW column kicks off with a bang! Blues you can use, people. This part one of a two-parter introduces ...

The guitar is one of the most popular instruments ... Two of the most popular scales for creating riffs are the minor ...

The Acoustic Blues Guitar Method Complete by Lou Manzi ... covering major and minor chords, pentatonic and blues scales, some basic finger picking styles, and strumming patterns.

The first section might be termed "blues in excess." Pentatonic scales, the basic building blocks of blues-based guitar soloing, are predominant here, but Eddie transforms them via an array of ...

There are few guitar solos in soul music and if ... of the major pentatonic scale as opposed to the minor pentatonic scale more common in blues. You hear major thirds in these little fills ...

AC/DC guitarist Angus Young may be one of the unlikeliest guitar heroes in rock ... on both major and minor pentatonic scales, which he mixes freely in the blues tradition. He has stuck with ...