"Pentatonic Blues Licks Made Easy -- Start Learning Lead Guitar Now!"
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The easiest, most effective way to learn lead guitar is with these easy pentatonic blues licks using the popular pentatonic blues scale! This easy scale is one you must know! You can hear it in lead guitar solos all over rock music.
Learn the minor pentatonic scale with super easy rock licks!
Although it is called the "blues" scale, the minor pentatonic scale is used just as much in rock music as it is in the blues genre. The addition of the "blue note" to the regular pentatonic scale is where it gets its name.
One of the most appealing characteristics of this popular easy lead guitar scale is that it lends itself to diversity.
With the pentatonic blues scale, you can play well known, classic guitar solos, such as:
...Learn these guitar solos and everyone will know you mean business!With this scale, you can learn the easiest, most effective lead licks out there!
Pentatonic licks are EASY because of the "playable" pattern in which the scale fits perfectly onto the fretboard. You can create many easy lead phrases and licks just from the root position box pattern! As you get more comfortable with this scale, you can extend it up the neck to reach a wider variety of notes and shapes.
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Ooga Booga says:
"In the future, you will graduate from basic pentatonic guitar scales -- although easy pentatonic licks go a long way! -- to more difficult tricks. But at least if you do, you will have at that time developed a solid understanding of one of the most fundamental guitar scales in rock music!"
There are sixteen pentatonic blues licks in this lesson. They are written back to back so that they could be played as a solo if you piece them together in a row. Each lick is one measure long and can be used in a variety of your own guitar solos.
The fretboard for the 'a' minor pentatonic blues scale looks like this:
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And here is the root position of this pentatonic blues scale in tablature:
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Here are some REALLY easy pentatonic blues licks!
These REALLY easy lead licks are repeatable patterns that you can use in your guitar solos. This kind of phrasing is "a la Freebird." Each of these "easy" licks is played from the root position box from above.
Try creating your own patterns once you get used to it!
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'A' minor pentatonic blues licks made easy!
These next licks take less of a "repeating fretboard pattern" approach and more of a vocal, melodic approach, still using the blues scale. For easy guitar solos, I suggest mixing some of the above repeatable patterns in with the melodic phrases shown below.
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