Revision as of 18:05, 2 June 2009

Introduction

Today we are gonna try create a solo around the A Minor Pentatonic Scale.

The most common pattern used for soloing and the first I learnt. Notice that the first note of the scale is the 'A' note. Below the scale is in the key of A. Memorize this pattern, it will help a lot.

ascending (up) descending (down)
E||----------------------5-8--|-8-5----------------------|
B||------------------5-8------|-----8-5------------------|
G||--------------5-7----------|---------7-5--------------|
D||----------5-7--------------|-------------7-5----------|
A||------5-7------------------|-----------------7-5------|
E||--5-8----------------------|---------------------8-5--|
.....1 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 4....4 1 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 4 1

We are gonna move it up to the 12 fret, where it repeats the same way. Using these notes, we can create some wick licks.

ascending (up) E||--------------------------------12-15--|
B||--------------------------12-15--------|
G||--------------------12-14--------------|
D||--------------12-14--------------------|
A||--------12-14--------------------------|
E||--12-15--------------------------------|
......1 4 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 4