Originally published at: Mix Major And Minor Pentatonic Scales - Spice Up Your Solos - Olicana Music
In this weeks lesson we’re going to talk about how to mix major and minor pentatonic scales. This iconic blending of scales will help you spice up your solos by playing with the ideas of tension and release. Made famous by players like Eric Clapton, John Mayer, and Stevie Ray Vaughan, learning to mix major and minor pentatonic scales will become an essential part of your improvisational tool kit. We’ll cover why mixing major and minor pentatonic scales sounds so great, when and how to use it generally, and finally how to use this tool in a blues.