The Pentatonic is a music scale that contains five notes.

It is indeed one of the most popular scales on the guitar and also one of the simplest to memorize.

There are thousands of articles and lessons about this useful scale, so today I am going to take you to an exciting guitar trip to explore three possible ways of using this scale.

You will learn:

• The E major pentatonic scale and how to play it melodically. I am going to show you how to use the scale horizontally in three different positions.
• The A minor scale and how to use it rhythmically. We are going to talk about the riff and how to repeat the same musical idea to create a constant groove.
• The A major and A minor pentatonic scale played over a twelve-bar blues. We will mix both scales in a simple yet beautiful blues solo.

There are many things about the Pentatonic scale that you can learn in this lesson. If you are searching for practical examples of how to implement this scale into your fingerstyle, you will probably enjoy this lesson.

As always, take things step-by-step and learn one musical idea at a time.

Good luck!