Blues Mandolin Lesson #2: Major Pentatonic Lick

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Often in my blues playing (on either mandolin or guitar), I use the major and minor pentatonic blues scales. I'm very much a pattern player when I play blues, rock, or bluegrass and the pentatonic pattern allows a lot of room for improvisation and lick building.

This lesson looks at a generic BB King lick and its variants

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[bahed1]

Thanks for the lessons. Is that an old Bacon Amateur model mando, bye the way ?

[JimRichter]

It was a '25 Gibson Snakehead AJR

[whiteskull2112]

Thanks abunch!

[croweviolinist]

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Very helpful. Very simple. Very usable.

[OldHPAT145]

thanks for posting,Jim from a guitar/dobro hillbilly who can't put down my new Eastman 615, movin' from the mountains to the blues, 'taint nothin' like mando callouses!!

[lisabirtch]

Yeah Jim Richter thanks so much for posting this stuff - you are an essential resource for me!

[kaotik913]

can you speak slowly, please, je ne comprends pas tout... (it's a joke, but that's true, a little).

[felthourglass]

great lick but the end is very confusing, you are leaving out the last notes after the 8->7 slide

[auggiedogE]

i've been on the hunt for some good blues licks,for the mandoyou are doing a great job here jim, can i get the tabs for these licks

[gibsonmatt]

very nice, typical BB sound