In the examples and in the solo here, I mixed up various approaches on the A minor chords, even adding the blues scale with ...

Many, perhaps most, blues guitarists use the minor pentatonic scale as a starting point for solos. It’s easy to play and you get a typical blues vibe over both dominant 7th chords (C7, F7 etc) and ...

An essential scale for classic blues and rock solos, the Mixolydian mode is loved by everyone from B.B. King to Guns N' Roses – here's how it works Stuart Ryan Sun, January 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC ...

V changes and come up with some soloing ideas that enhance your melodic sensibility – and add a bit of fire along the way ...

Blues artists, even to this day, almost never think in terms of scales. What most people call the “blues scale” is a minor pentatonic scale with a flatted fifth. G minor pentatonic scale ...

Step 6: The blues scale is fantastic for improvised soloing, especially over power chords in the left hand. As power chords contain no third, they can be either major or minor, so they’re great to jam ...

CAPA welcomes acclaimed Louisiana Bayou blues guitarist Tab Benoit on his ambitious, coast-to-coast 'I Hear Thunder' 2025 Tour, for a show in the Lincoln Theatre (769 E. Long St.) on Friday ...

BB King apologising to Bono. Blue notes. 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 ...

Tab Benoit can always be counted on to release solid Creole blues recordings. That special mix of the Mississippi Delta and Louisiana deep bayou is what makes Benoit stand out from an ever-burgeoning ...