You don't need to know many guitar scales to play guitar solos – but you do need to know this one. The minor pentatonic is good enough for players including Angus Young, Slash, Eric Clapton ...

But if you still find yourself trapped in the confines of pentatonic and major scales, a good way to break this harmonic ...

Major pentatonic scales are used a lot in folk music and Chinese music. They usually have a joyful feeling. They are also very good for solos and melodies played on the guitar.

A key in music is a scale which forms the basis of a tune. In guitar, the ‘friendly’ keys are seen as E, A, G and D. These keys allow a guitarist to include what are known as open strings in ...