Killer open string blues licks and riffs using Pentatonic & Blues scales – 10:01 min

In this lesson Dave Nassie teaches some killer open string licks and riffs using the Minor Pentatonic Blues scale as a building block to create licks. Here you will learn some first position blues licks and rhythms within that open scale. Dave utilizes E minor pentatonic scale in two positions to demonstrate these licks and riffs. Dave teaches some fun rhythms and then some different licks to play in between the rhythms. He explores new ways to play some traditional sounding licks. Remember to use this lesson as a jump off point and get creative with it and put your own spin on it – enjoy!

Combine MAJOR and MINOR Pentatonic shapes for sweet and bluesy sounds – killer techniques – 24:46 min

In this very detailed lesson you will learn how to combine Major and Minor Pentatonic scale shapes for killer tones. When you combine you get the benefits of having both that sweet major sound, as well as the bluest minor sound. We take you through four patterns so you can get a hang of this technique up and down the guitar neck. Major and Minor pentatonic scales combined sound fantastic over I-IV-V blues progressions – practice with some of the jam tracks in the jam tracks section of the site to keep honing your lead guitar skills to a sharp edge. 

Learn more LICKS with the open position minor pentatonic scale – 5:04 min

In this lesson we continue with our studies of the open position minor pentatonic scale in the key of E. Here David will teach you some killer riffs and licks using this scale. Learn some cool hammer on, pull-off, doublestop licks and more. Take note of the fingering used to play these licks as this fingering makes it fluid going to your next note of the phrase. This lesson follows the last lesson on this minor pentatonic scale in the key of E. This series of lessons will blow the doors open on this scale as you will start to hear all kinds of licks locked inside this scale – start pulling them out and get creative with them and practice over the E walking blues jam track in the jam track section of the website. Rock on!

More ways to SPICE up that PENTATONIC SCALE with lick examples and why it works – 12:37 min

In this lesson David will teach you how to spice up that minor pentatonic scale even more with more ideas on how to expand the playing field. You will want to get as much as you can out of the pentatonic scales. In this lesson David will be playing in the key of B minor and he goes over the scales, notes, and intervals you will need for this lesson. David teaches you multipleplaces to add the 9th to this scale and some killer licks to try using this added note and why it sounds cool and when you can use it. Give it a try – easy and fun!

Rock bluesy licks using a different Pentatonic Box than the basic box shape – 8:39 min

In this lesson Willie teaches some killer bluesy rock type licks using the Minor Pentatonic Scale. The scale he pulls from is not the basic box shape but rather the one behind it or the first shape as per diagrammed out in the written lesson – so make sure to print out the MINOR PENTATONIC SHAPES from the written lesson section of the site – then you can see the scales written out on paper – it sometimes helps to see them drawn out while watching the video lessons.