"David's smooth and perfectly-intonated bends are present in almost every solo" At the heart of David Gilmour's playing is some very soulful blues vocabulary with ... of the notes come from the D ...

The guitar is one of the most popular instruments ... Two of the most popular scales for creating riffs are the minor pentatonic (R-b3-4-5-b7) and blues scale (R-b3-4-b5-5-bb7).

There are many kinds of scale in guitar. Get to know the minor pentatonic scale (made up of five notes) and blues scale (made up of six notes) and you’ll be well on the way to writing riffs ...

Major pentatonic scales are used a lot in folk music and Chinese music. They usually have a joyful feeling. They are also very good for solos and melodies played on the guitar.