You probably already use the minor pentatonic scale. After all, it’s almost certainly the single most used scale in rock and blues lead, and players like Angus Young, Eric Clapton and Jack Whit e all ...

30-day guitar challenge: Used in every style of music from blues to soul and metal, the minor pentatonic scale is one of the most common scales. Most guitarists know one easy-to-remember pentatonic ...

Sue Foley's inaugural GW column kicks off with a bang! Blues you can use, people. This part one of a two-parter introduces ...

But if you still find yourself trapped in the confines of pentatonic and major scales, a good way to break this harmonic stalemate is to explore new-sounding scales. Although most popular music ...

Bends, embellishments, arpeggios and more – from Charlie Christian to BB King and George Benson, how to unlock the genius of ...

Jonny Buckland has created many melodic guitar riffs for Coldplay. This first example shows how he might use the minor pentatonic scale with added reverb and delay to forge a great guitar hook.

4 – Minor pentatonic and natural minor scale soloing These two scales are by far Hendrix’s most used scales in all his lead guitar parts. Generally speaking he was not somebody who was using ...