In fact, they form part of these very same patterns but in a far less linear ‘two-notes-per-string’ way. It’s easy to fall ...

G minor pentatonic on the third string. Scale notes (in G): G Bb C D F ; Intervals: 1 b3 4 5 b7 ; When to use it: In place of standard pentatonic ‘box’ shape scales. We’ve seen this scale earlier in ...

This lick spans four octaves of the A minor pentatonic scale (A C D E G). Bar 1 features the same five-note scale fragment played in three different octaves, and is played with five evenly spaced ...

But kids, in the early 1960's, something happened to pentatonic and its name was McCoy Tyner. The change was rooted in necessity-an uneasy adaptation to 'free' jazz, as I'll describe below. But 45 ...