EVEN IF YOU DON’T KNOW IT, YOU’RE PROBABLY ALREADY PLAYING PENTATONIC RIFFS AND LICKS WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
Minor pentatonic scales in three positions on the fretboard
Pentatonic licks with hammer-ons and pull-offs
How to play rock licks covering most of the fretboard
Pretty much whatever the style, you can bet that you’ll hear the guitar playing a riff, solo or fill that uses a pentatonic scale at some point. Even if you don’t know it, you’re probably already playing licks and riffs that use its notes.
So, what is this scale? Well, in musical terms, the minor pentatonic scale consists of five notes: a root note, b 3rd, 4th, 5th and b 7th (in the key of A minor, the notes are: A C D E G), and players…