The Minor Pentatonic Scale & Its 5 positions
Blues Guitar & Beyond
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6m 52s
The Pentatonic Scale is the foundation of blues guitar and the perfect place to begin your blues guitar journey. You’ll not only learn the uses of the scale in its basic form, but you’ll come to understand how its very simple ergonomic shapes through five different positions across the guitar neck will allow you to achieve licks and runs on par with your blues guitar heroes.
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