Guitar Lesson: Major & Minor Pentatonics in Blues

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Andrew Wasson of Creative Guitar Studio answers a viewers question:

Q: Can you explain how to use different scales in Blues progressions. I was on a guitar discussion forum where they were posting about playing major and minor pentatonic and even modes on blues progressions. But, I dont quite understand is how this works. I was taught that on blues progressions you are supposed to use the blues scale. I dont really grasp the modes yet, but my pentatonics are pretty good. Im curious about what other blues sounds I might be missing! I love blues guitar.
- Charlotte, Wales UK.

The Major and Minor pentatonic scales can be interchanged to offer a fantastic blend of major and minor thirds as well as color from the major 6th and minor 7th. In the video lesson we will examine how to do this and learn a series of guitar licks that demonstrate the ideas.

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[derdude]

andrew you rock!

[XDSocks]

Use them as passing notes.

[mrmontreemtx]

wonderful ...

glad you mention mixing both scales in solo.

been searching for this

[MrFlyingVguitarist]

Thank you Mr. Andrew this was very insightful. I like how, by playing a scale and speaking at the same time, you pretty much said "Yeah you should be practicing them until you can do this". xP

[DeeDubStyle619]

@xXSYCADELICXx lowercase "m" is minor.

[kyotzo]

@hotlinklarry Wow, I posted this almost a year ago. Thanks for responding. Atleast someone will respond to my comments and actually make me feel like I have a voice in this big thing called YouTube.

[hotlinklarry]

@kyotzo

I think Andrew is one of the best teachers on the internet, but you are right, he didn't quite bring it all home, by showing where to place the licks, and the backing track was hard to hear. It's good to see comments that are constructive and helpful.

[ShubhamMishra1989]

can you do a vdeo on effects and pedals,,,

[davidtheguitarman]

Great lesson. I want to ask you a question. I can’t exploit the pentatonic boxes as they should, I can only improvise always the same melodic lines and this make my improvisation boring. How can I exploit it better?

[xXSYCADELICXx]

im a newb... how do you write a major and a minor? is for example F#m minor or major?

[bluejazzcat]

GREAT LESSONS, ALL OF THEM. COULD YOU PLEASE POST SOMETHING ABOUT CHORDS / SCALES RELATIONSHIP, ESPECIALLY MINOR HARMONIC AND MINOR MELODIC, IN A JAZZ CONTEXT. THANKS A LOT.

[razorslice17]

You're an incredible player and teacher.