Here’s how it works. The minor and major pentatonic scales are well known and generally quite easy to remember. Shown here, they can form the heart of any blues solo. Sure, you can spend a lifetime ...

Hello everyone, and welcome to my new column for Guitar World! Over the course of these lessons, I will be demonstrating many of my approaches to blues rhythm guitar playing and soloing, covering a ...

Having looked at the minor pentatonic scale last month, this issue we’re moving on to its close relative, the blues scale. We say ‘close relative’ because the two scales are almost identical - just ...

The minor pentatonic scale found its original home in blues and then shaped the sound of rock ’n’ roll from the early 1950s onwards. Chuck Berry’s licks were actually inspired from piano ...

You wouldn’t try to play every note in a scale simultaneously ... more as a traditional blues lick. Mark is a master at combining the CAGED chord shapes with pentatonic lines as part of a ...