Playing a minor pentatonic over a dominant 7 chord is a great way to add a bluesy feel to an improvisation. The tension heard when playing a minor third over the major third of the track is what makes blues so interesting.

In this solo I use the major and minor pentatonic to obtain a solo in the style of rock/blues. The idea of this work is getting a good control of both pentatonic scales at every moment.

Use the pentatonic scale for outside playing to create tension!

With a little bit off stretching it is possible to re-use all the classic 3 note per string shapes and get a completely different sound, by using the pentatonic scale!

Mix a few pentatonic scales together and create a interesting improvisation with feel and shred.

Interesting approach how various pentatonic scales can be used over different chord progression. This one is called "up a 5th principle"

Let me explain the methods I like to use to squeeze the juice out of the pentatonic scale!

How to use the Major Pentatonic as a substitute for the exotic Phrygian Dominant Mode.

Pentatonics are extremely useful to create cool solos. But what if we added some notes to them? How about adding to the pentatonics the notes that would make them work on modes?