Pentatonic
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Three Sure-Fire Ways to Break out of That Old Minor-Pentatonic Deadlock
By Mac Randall published
Completely alter your use of the minor pentatonic scale using these examples in the style of Jimmy Page, Noel Gallagher, Robert Fripp, Peter Green and Eric Clapton
Expand Your Melodic Vocabulary and Attain Superior Fretboard Awareness With 'Parallel Pentatonic Modal Vision'
By Chris Buono published
Learn PPMV – an insightful mapping of the pentatonic scale’s multifaceted natural order
“Is the Music an Expression of Your State of Being, Or is it Something You're Just Taking On?” Vernon Reid Talks Jazz, Theory and the Spirit of the Blues
By Joe Gore published
The Living Colour guitarist gets real in this interview from the GP archives.
Here’s Some Blues You Can Really Use
By Rob Laing, Jon Bishop, Chris Bird published
Improve your playing with this master class on everything you need to know for better blues.
Pentatonic Substitutions: How and Where to Use Them
By Tom Kolb published
Learn some more musically useful and colorful applications of a familiar scale.
Beyond the Box: Five Phrases to Get You Out of the Pentatonic Rut
By Guitar Player Staff published
Five ways to push the pentatonic box’s boundaries and even break them altogether.
An Introduction to Pentatonic Substitutions
By Tom Kolb published
In part one of this two-part lesson, learn some new and musically colorful applications of a familiar scale.
How to Hack the Five Pentatonic Scale Shapes
By Vinnie DeMasi published
Learn how to use the five pentatonic box shapes in real-time soloing over a groove or song.
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