Scales are not critical to sound like a pro. It's all about HOW you play the notes.

Let's explore a style that set a new trend in guitar soloing.

Minor pentatonic scale and minor triads! The idea is to practice the five different minor pentatonic boxes.

Learn some thrash solo tactics used by players such as Dave Mustaine and Kirk Hammett.

Simple use of A Harmonic Minor Scale, introduction to beginners.

"In this lesson we will study the minor pentatonic scale. This is a very basic scale but has the advantage of being useful in almost every musical context. The minor pentatonic is a 5 note scale. The notes of the scale are the root, minor 3rd, natural 4th, natural 5th and minor 7th. "

In this lesson we will learn how to switch between a pentatonic and the minor scale.

In this lesson David Wallimann plays with the harmonic minor scale. Harmonic minor is basically a natural minor scale with a major 7th. Mastering that scale can greatly improve your musical vocabulary.

A modern trap solo where we squeeze some serious juice out of the guitar!