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How to easily remember the minor pentatonic scale shapes

A guitar neck in sunrise
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Learn a simple shape that reveals all minor pentatonic scale shapes on guitar and makes it easy to understand and move between scale boxes

Published June 20, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar Tagged guitar solos, improvisation, lead guitar, minor pentatonic, pentatonic scale

A minor scales primer

Minor scale musical staffs over guitar

Here is a minor scales primer to help you learn the different forms of the minor scale and how to play each of them on your guitar

Published May 3, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged guitar solos, harmonic minor, intervals, lead guitar, major scale, melodic minor, minor scale, natural minor, scale degrees

How to use the harmonized scale

Musical Staff harmonized scale over guitar outline

Learn about the harmonized scale, how to create and play it in any major key, and how to use its power in many important ways

Published April 28, 2021
Categorized as Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged chord progressions, diminished chords, lead guitar, major chords, major scale, minor chords, minor scale, music theory, scale degrees

How to create minor triads for a new dimension

Guitarist playing a minor triad
Minor triad...like a major triad only brooding

Learn how to use three simple shapes for minor triads and play minor chords in all areas of the neck to bring interest to rhythm and leads

Published April 8, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged bar chords, barre chords, chord inversions, Chords, guitar solo, lead guitar, major chord, major key, major triad, minor chord, minor key, minor triad

Major triads spice up your playing

Man playing major triads on guitar
Up and down the neck with major triads

Learn three powerful major triads that will greatly expand both your rhythm and lead playing with simple shapes you may already know.

Published March 24, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged bar chords, barre chords, chord inversions, Chords, George Harrison, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, The Beatles

Minor pentatonic scale magic

Man playing the guitar

Learn the minor pentatonic scale and how you can quickly begin to use it for lead guitar lines and solo improvisations. Master all five boxes.

Published March 10, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged guitar solos, improvisation, lead guitar

What is the pentatonic scale: a complete exploration

Fingers on guitar with pentatonic scale beneath

Thoroughly learn what the pentatonic scale is and how to use if to play lead guitar lines, solos, and improvisations.

Published March 2, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar Tagged ancient instruments, Guitar, guitar solo, improvisation, lead guitar, music theory, relative minor

Easily master the major scale on guitar

The major scale on guitar
Don’t worry; the major scale on guitar looks complicated in this image, but in this article you’ll see how easy it really is.

Learn how to easily master the major scale on guitar with logical, simple relationships that you might already know.

Published September 24, 2020
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged Guitar, guitar chords, guitar lessons, lead guitar, major scale, musical intervals, scale degrees

Discover how to solo in a major key

The minor pentatonic scale Box 1

Learn the secret of how to solo in a major key when the minor pentatonic scale just doesn’t sound right. You’re closer than you think.

Published August 12, 2020
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar Tagged guitar solo, lead guitar, music theory, pentatonic scale, relative minor

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