Learning Blues Guitar Can Be Frustrating If You Dont Know What Guitar Scales To Use. Because Of That, In This Blues Guitar Lesson Well Take A Look At Another Really Common Scale Used In Blues Soloing. Once You Master This Guitar Scale, Youll Have Another Great Weapon In Your Lead Guitar Arsenal! So, With That In Mind, Lets Take A Look At It NowBlues Guitar Scale 2: The Major Pentatonic ScaleThis Is One Of My Favorite Sounding Guitar Scales! To My Ears, It Has A Very Bright, Open And Happy Sound To It. Some Of My Students Comment That Its Sound Reminds Them Of Country Guitar. (But Lets Not Hold That Against It! You Can Also Use It To Great Effect In Blues Guitar Solos).The Major Pentatonic Scale Is A Five Note Guitar Scale That Has This Formula1 2 3 5 6This Formula Tells Us What We Need To Do To The Major Scale In Order To Construct This Scale. As An Example, Well Work Out The Notes Of C Major Pentatonic ScaleStep 1:Write Down The Notes That The C Major Scale Uses. Here Are The Notes We Get By Doing ThisC D E F G A BStep 2:Remove The Fourth And Seventh Notes From The C Major Scale. We Do This Because The Formula Of The Major Pentatonic Scale Doesnt Contain A 4 Or A 7. This Gives Us The Following NotesC D E G AThese Are The Notes Of The C Major Pentatonic Scale. Pretty Easy Huh?You Now Know The Theory Behind The Major Pentatonic Scale, So Whats The Next Step? Putting It Into Practice! I Believe That Learning Theory Without Actually Playing It On Your Guitar Is An Absolute Waste Of Time. We All Know Guitarists Who Know A LOT Of Theory, But Their Playing Still Sucks! Because I Don't Want This To Happen To You, Here Are A Few Suggestions To Helpyou Apply This Scale To Your Guitar- Map The Notes Of The C Major Pentatonic Scale Onto A Fretboard Diagram.- Make Up Some Fingering For It On Your Guitar. There Are No Real Rules. As Long As You Stick To The Notes C D E G And A, You Are Playing The C Major Pentatonic Scale.- Make Up Some Licks That Use The C Major Pentatonic Scale.- Practice Soloing Over Some Blues Backing Tracks Using The Scale.- Work Out The Licks And Solos Of Your Favorite Guitar Players.The Possibilities Are Endless! The More Ways You Apply The Major Pentatonic Scale To Your Guitar The Better. Be Creative, Work Hard, And Most Importantly...have Fun!
