Pentatonic To The Blues 

A course in 9 lessons that illuminates the link between Pentatonic and Blues scales. Once you've got to grips with this, you'll be able to create your own authentic blues riffs and play dynamic solos over common blues progressions. 

Lesson 1 History
Origins of the pentatonic and relevance to the blues.

Lesson 2 Major and Minor Pentatonics
Construction and uses of the two scales.

Lesson3 Pentatonic to the blues
Turning pentatonics into useful tools for the blues. Playing with patterns. This lesson is FREE. 

Lesson 4 Stressing the Blues
Making more effective use of the blues scales, using bends, slides, chromatic, passing, and neighbour tones.

Lesson 5 Bending the Blues
Instrumental highlighting blue note bending.

Lesson 6 Chromatic Blues
Instrumental blues using chromatic tones. Lesson

Lesson 7 Neighbour Blues
Instrumental blues using neighbour notes and slides.

Lesson 8 The Diminished Connection
Patterns and uses of the diminished scale in the blues.

Lesson 9 Scale Review
A selection of major and minor pentatonic scale patterns for the sixth and fifth string roots. Minor pentatonic blues scale patterns for the sixth and fifth string roots.

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