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Improvising Pentatonics

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

I’ve been digging into pentatonics since starting my new practice regimen for my Six-Month Challenge. I’ve mostly been starting with Jerry Bergonzi’s “Pentatonics” book, which is very good. There are a lot of very cool pentatonic applications over certain chords that will give some very interesting sounds. I’m going to show you a few, but [...]

Spice Up Your Pentatonics

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

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We all play them. We all play them all the time. We all play them all the time pretty much the same way as everyone else. Sure, you can bend the note longer, or change your vibrato somewhat, but for the most part we’re all pretty much riding the same animal. So what can we [...]

Pentatonic Scale Ideas

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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The ubiquitous pentatonic scale. Five notes that have forever shaped the way guitarists play rock, metal, blues, jazz, country, and polka (well, maybe not polka). Everybody knows the minor pentatonic scale, and everyone uses it. The question is, are you using it to its fullest potential? Are you only playing it over minor blues or [...]