Pentatonic Scales PDF

Below is a download link for the pentatonic scale PDF.  It tabs out the pentatonic scales in all 12 major and minor keys. The PDF is for members only, so you’ll need to login to download it.  Just right-click on the link and choose “save as” to save it to your computer.

Pentatonic Scales PDF

Pentatonic Scales PDF: How To Video

Need help with using the PDF? In the video below I’ll show you how to use the Pentatonic Scales PDF and show you a nice little exercise you can perform with it.

An ascending turnaround has a shifting melody that travels to higher notes.

The ascending turnaround in our example below is great for a slow blues where you can really emphasize the slides.  Let the notes of the closing E+ arpeggio ring out until the end of the bar.

Examine the notes used for the shifting melody and how the motion is derived (up the fretboard, or up in pitch).

Here are some bluesy double stops to spice up your guitar playing. You can use them in just about any setting.

In the lesson video you’ll learn how to play bluesy double stops over 12 bar blues in the key of G. Download the tab and play along!

“Bluesy Double Stops” Video

Download The PDF & Jam Track For The Lesson:

• Bluesy Double-Stops PDF
• 12 Bar Blues: Key Of G MP3

A double stop is a fancy term used to describe the act of playing two notes simultaneously. Imagine it as playing a harmony along with a melody.

We can change the feel of the basic turnaround by playing the descending phrase with double stops in a shuffle rhythm.

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Key Of A

Download the Blues Jam Key Of A PDF of the tab below:

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To locate it you’ll have to imagine where the root note would be if we played it (5th string). Look at the A6add9. The root would be the A string played open:

Since it’s so tricky, take special care to practice naming the chords on the 6/9 chords:

Fig. 1: Primary Lead Pattern

The “R”  is the pattern’s root. You can use the root to determine where to play the pattern in other key signatures. The pattern’s root note in the illustration is on the A note on the 5th fret of the low E string and therefore in the key of A. If we wanted to play the pattern in the key of B we would play the pattern to whereas the root note is on the B note on the 7th fret of the 6th string. In other words, we would just move the entire pattern up two frets. If we wanted to play the pattern in the key of C we would move the root to the C note on the 8th fret and apply the same logic to find the correct positioning of the pattern by its root note for all other key signatures.

Fig. 2: Pentatonic Minor Pattern

Fig. 3: Notes On The E String (To Find The Root)