Sue Foley's inaugural GW column kicks off with a bang! Blues you can use, people. This part one of a two-parter introduces ...

Bends, embellishments, arpeggios and more – from Charlie Christian to BB King and George Benson, how to unlock the genius of ...

Essentially a major scale minus the 4th and 7th – C D E G A – the major pentatonic is a staple of folk, blues, rock and country, as it uses the five notes from a major scale that work over the largest ...

You wouldn’t try to play every note in a scale simultaneously ... more as a traditional blues lick. Mark is a master at combining the CAGED chord shapes with pentatonic lines as part of a ...

You probably already use the minor pentatonic scale. After all, it’s almost certainly the single most used scale in rock and blues lead, and players like Angus Young, Eric Clapton and Jack Whit e all ...

Feeling stuck in your blues solos? This quick lesson introduces a powerful lick from the diminished scale that adds instant ...

Musicians playing jazz sometimes use pentatonic scales and blues scales to play improvisations. Jazz music can be played by lots of different types of instruments and by different sizes of band.

Elements of black African music, such as rhythms and use of pentatonic scales, have played a major ... popular American music - including ragtime, blues and jazz.