Many, perhaps most, blues guitarists use the minor pentatonic scale as a starting point for solos. It’s easy to play and you get a typical blues vibe over both dominant 7th chords (C7, F7 etc) and ...

V changes and come up with some soloing ideas that enhance your melodic sensibility – and add a bit of fire along the way ...

To get you started we’re looking at some chords in the guitar-friendly key of A. You’ve probably heard of a I-IV-V (one-four-five) progression - it’s a common blues chord sequence and its name tells ...

Blues artists, even to this day, almost never think in terms of scales. What most people call the “blues scale” is a minor pentatonic scale with a flatted fifth. G minor pentatonic scale ...

This is followed by the chords Eb7/Bb to D7/A, both with the 5th in the bass, ... C7/G, by playing Db to C (again, b9 to root), setting up the return to F7 and a lick based on the F blues scale.

It starts with upper extension notes over the D7 chord courtesy of a Cmaj7 arpeggio (the notes of which are C E G B), before bringing things back down to earth with a G minor blues scale (G Bb C ...

A well known chord progression of 12 bars using the primary chords. blues scale: A scale which is often the basis for improvisation, especially in the 12-bar blues. GCSE exam dates 2025.

BB King apologising to Bono. Blue notes. Like most blues players, King based many of his phrases and licks on the minor pentatonic scale, which is a simple “box shape” on the fingerboard that ...