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 ...

Guitar skills: We’re always harping on about the minor pentatonic scale. This essential scale is the most frequently used set of notes in rock, blues, country, metal, funk and even jazz lead guitar.

Since each note is either found in the A minor chord (A C E), or can be bent up by a whole tone to one of these chord tones (D to E, G to A), the minor pentatonic is well suited to blues phrasing ...

The main scales of choice are their corresponding major and minor pentatonics, some blues scale (the minor pentatonic with the flattened 5th added). Most of the examples have a dominant 7 tonality.

How the guitar riff has developed since the 1950s ... Two of the most popular scales for creating riffs are the minor pentatonic (R-b3-4-5-b7) and blues scale ...