When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The minor and major pentatonic scales are well known and generally quite easy to remember. Shown ...

Our example uses string bends between D and E in bar 1, G and A in bar 2 and a high C to D bend in bar 3. If you want to make up your own solos using the minor pentatonic scale, these are the easiest ...

Figure 1 illustrates the solo: bars 1 and 2 are based on the G minor pentatonic scale (G, Bb, C, D, F) and the G blues scale (G, Bb, C, Db, D, F) with the additional inclusion of the 6th ...