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Playing the Blues Part 3 – Extended Pentatonics

January 30, 2010 – 1:21 pm

This is part 3 in the playing the blues articles. View Part 1 Playing Blues Basics and Part 2 – the Pentatonic scale. The Minor Pentatonic scale is one of the major foundations for playing lead blues guitar. This scale is also very versatile and further notes can be added which contribute to and extend [...]

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Playing the Blues Part 2 – The Pentatonic Scale

December 19, 2009 – 5:28 pm

This is part 2 of a series of articles which serve as an introduction to learning blues guitar. Part 1 of Playing the blues can be accessed here. A major starting point for becoming familiar with blues melody and soloing is learning about the pentatonic scales. These scales are actually very widespread and used in [...]

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Playing Blues Guitar Part 1 – The Basics

December 18, 2009 – 8:48 pm

Blues Music originated in the Southern States of America during the late 1800′s. Born out of slavery, it evolved from a heritage of African folk music and also incorporated the influences of vocal chanting, work songs and gospel music. The Blues underlies a huge amount of popular music that exists today. It’s distinctive form, phrasing, [...]

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