Every player is aware of the minor pentatonic, but not everyone knows how to make the most of it. These examples – in the style of some prolific pentatonic players – will help you master the shape eve ...

Having looked at the minor pentatonic scale last month, this issue we’re moving on to its close relative, the blues scale. We say ‘close relative’ because the two scales are almost identical - just ...

These are the notes of the A minor pentatonic scale. As with any scale, it pays to learn it in as many fretboard positions as possible. Obviously, if you transpose a scale to a new key, you get a new ...

For example, in bar 3 I’ve deviated from the pentatonic pattern because I’m thinking about how I might embellish a G chord, rather than playing notes from a scale. I’ve chosen the D shape in ...