May 2009 \ Premier Clinic \ Blues \ Finger-Shifting Methods Through Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales

Finger-Shifting Methods Through Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales

Matt Smith

A lesson on mixing major and minor pentatonic scales in blues improvisation


Premier Guitar May 2009


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Now we get to one of the fundamental sounds of blues improvisation, the mixing of major and minor pentatonic scales... cats and dogs lying together, anarchy, chaos! Just messin with ya! In this lesson we'll take a look at some logical ways to use which scale, when. We're gonna break these puppies down to their most basic forms--five notes each-- and learn how to play them up and down the fretboard. Excited? I am! Come on in...


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