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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It’s worth noting that it’s common practice in the world of blues-rock to mix major and minor pentatonic scales over the dominant 7 chord. Everyone from B.B. King (probably the master at doing ...

Jimi Hendrix Style Solo: Based around the E minor pentatonic scale (E-G-A-B-D), this solo features typical Hendrix-esque blues-rock licks involving bending and legato. Additionally, it features ...

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 most electric guitarists learn very early ...