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

Guitar skills: We’re always harping on about the minor pentatonic scale. This essential scale is the most frequently used set of notes in rock, blues, country, metal, funk and even jazz lead guitar.

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

Blues guitar has a hand-me-down tradition of ... Michael Bloomfield Linking together shape one and shape two of the A minor pentatonic scale provides a great fingering, and has spawned countless ...

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.

Speaking as someone who used to teach guitar, I would agree ... a shock to classical musicians). The minor pentatonic scale – and its close cousin the blues scale – works by omitting some ...

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