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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Foley goes on to demonstrate the lick (at 1:01), which has its roots in early Chicago blues, on her now-iconic pink paisley Telecaster. “The thing about blues, I always say it's simple.

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 ...

Blues pioneers Robert Johnson, Tommy Johnson, Son House, Skip James and Charley Patton all shared a little from the country & western music of their day, and Tab Benoit feels the same way about it.