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Tag: pentatonic scale

How to easily remember the minor pentatonic scale shapes

A guitar neck in sunrise
Image by Maybe Probably from Pixabay

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

The anatomy of an E chord on guitar

Man playing E chord on guitar
Image by rafiz fera from Pixabay

Learn key understandings that the open E chord on guitar provides including moveable shapes, triads, the major pentatonic scale and more.

Published May 14, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged bar chords, major pentatonic, major triad, pentatonic scale, triads

What makes the blues scale a powerful tool?

Hand on guitar fretboard
Image by Сергей Игнацевич from Pixabay

Learn what makes the blues scale a powerful tool that you can use to create interesting guitar solos in both major and minor keys

Published May 4, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged blue note, blues scale, hammer on, major pentatonic, minor pentatonic, pentatonic scale, pull off, scales, sliding, string bending

How to solo over chord changes

Man playing lead guitar
Playing over the chord changes is another approach to soloing

Learn how to let the underlying chord changes guide your solos by changing the pentatonic scale that you use to choose your notes

Published April 15, 2021
Categorized as Guitar instruction, Learn Guitar, Music theory Tagged chasing chords, chord changes, chord chasing, guitar solo, improvisation, major chords, major scale, minor chords, pentatonic scale

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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