Pentatonic and Blues Scales – Intermediate Guitar
Learn more scales! Knowing the pentatonic and blues scales will better help you to create your own solos and melodies.
The Pentatonic Scale is a musical scale with 5 notes per octave. It’s very useful when composing melodies, creating solos and for improvisation.
The Blues scale is closely related to the minor pentatonic scale with the addition of one more note. This scale is commonly used to improvise over a 12 bar blues progression. It’s also used heavily in rock music for soloing.