The Major Pentatonic provides a great alternative to the standard Major scale, and is common in country, blues, and rock, through to indie and pop. Like the Minor Pentatonic, it features a five ...

Along with the development of amplification and effects, the electric guitar is one of the most important developments in ...

Still, we do recommend using the minor pentatonic scale as a framework. Keep the basic shape in mind and try briefly targeting the notes highlighted in green here. You’ll be hinting at the blues scale ...

The minor and major pentatonic scales are well known and generally quite easy to remember. Shown here, they can form the heart of any blues solo. Sure, you can spend a lifetime learning new scales and ...

I begin in bar 1 with a phrase built from the D major pentatonic scale (D, E, F#, A, B), highlighting the D chord’s root and major 3rd, F#. Bar 2 is played over Csus2, and here I target the ...

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo. At the World Science Festival in June, Bobby McFerrin did this ...