Tag Archives: Guitar Scales

Better Blues Licks: Question…Repeat…Answer

By Blues Licks Master | Published: August 31, 2010
Image via Wikipedia “I went to the crossroads, fell down on my knees I went to the crossroads, fell down on my knees Asked the Lord above, have mercy now, save poor Bob if you please” -Robert Johnson What Makes A Great Blues Guitar Solo? The blues is about telling your stories. It’s about baring [...]
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The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Part 5

By Blues Licks Master | Published: January 9, 2010
The 5th pattern of the Minor Pentatonic Scale is the G form (from the perspective of CAGED guitar). Get the latest Flash Player to see this player. [Javascript required to view Flash movie, please turn it on and refresh this page] document.getElementById("player1").style.display = ""; var s1 = new SWFObject("http://100blueslicks.com/wp-content/plugins/flv-embed/flvplayer.swf","player1","300","220","7"); s1.addParam("wmode","transparent"); s1.addParam("allowscriptaccess","always"); s1.addParam("allowfullscreen","true"); s1.addVariable("height","220"); s1.addVariable("width","300"); s1.addVariable("file","/flv/mpent-gform.flv"); [...]
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The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Part 4

By Blues Licks Master | Published: January 7, 2010
So now that you know the first 3 patterns of the Minor Pentatonic Scale it’s time to get your fingers on the 4th pattern. This pattern is really useful because it fits in the area where you would play a chord with the root note on the 5th string. Notice the root note on the [...]
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The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Part 3

By Blues Licks Master | Published: November 22, 2009
So now that you know the first 2 patterns of the Minor Pentatonic Scale it’s time to get your fingers on the 3rd pattern. Many blues guitarists focus primarily on the first 2 patterns of the scale, but if you want to be really good you need to learn to play all over the fingerboard. [...]
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The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Part 2

By Blues Licks Master | Published: October 7, 2009
Now that you’ve got the first position of the scale under your fingers it’s time to to get to work on the second position. If you haven’t yet, be sure to read the part 1 of this series on the Minor Pentatonic Scale. The Second Pattern Of The Minor Pentatonic Scale When you move up [...]
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The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Part 1

By Blues Licks Master | Published: September 5, 2009
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