The shapes, both major and minor ... deviated from the pentatonic pattern because I’m thinking about how I might embellish a G chord, rather than playing notes from a scale.

It’s generally played as a ‘two notes per string’ shape - a useful structure that helps you figure out a suitable two-finger fretting pattern ... In the minor pentatonic scale every interval is either ...

Every player is aware of the minor pentatonic, but not everyone knows how to make the most of it. These examples – in the style of some prolific pentatonic players – will help you master the shape eve ...

Exclusive video lesson How to play guitar ... those pentatonic shapes with the creative sounds of non-scale tones. This lick is a typical example of ambiguous tonality: the 3rd intervals spell out an ...