This is the last guitar lesson about Am pentatonic scales, maybe in the future I will also make some other videos about how to play the pentatonic scales in tonalities like Em, Gm, Cm and Dm… but if you will think properly, you will understand that the scales have the same structure for every tonality – you just have to move them along the fretboard and in dependence of what position do you have – the same the tonality will be!... 

I think that now is the time for us to start learning the Am blues pentatonic scale. It also can be played in 5 different positions along the whole fretboard, so first of all I would recommend to take a look at the previous guitar lesson of mine where I explained the simple Am pentatonic scale positions. And what is the difference between the simple Am pentatonic scale and the Am blues pentatonic scale? Understanding the difference will help you... 

I may say that this is the second part of my previous guitar lesson in which I explained you how to play the A minor pentatonic scale in 5 different positions. Today we gonna learn how to combine them and play a single long Am pentatonic scale along the whole fretboard. As you already understood, first of all you will have to learn them very carefully one after another the way they are and only then you will be enough ready to start practicing this... 

From my own experience I may say that the first scale which a guitar beginner probably learns is the Am pentatonic scale. It’s a really easy one to play, it’s enough easy to remember, it sounds good and the most principal thing is that playing different guitar solo phrases with the help of the pentatonic scale can make a guitarist sound professional even at the beginning of his career. I may say that these are the main factors why the... 

Ok, these days I had a lot of fun because from my point of view I was involved in a very interesting project! If you remember that last week I made a musical article about the YouTube Symphony Orchestra 2011 in which I would like to participate playing a guitar solo improvisation for their rhythmic section. I also promised to post my contest video here at this guitar blog as soon as I will finish it in order for you to see and discuss it! So, here... 

Another interesting thing I’m gonna do in the next few days is to submit my video guitar improvisation to the YouTube Symphony Orchestra audition. The first time when I watched the video from the official YouTube Symphony Orchestra channel – I couldn’t believe my eyes, because the first thing which came into my mind was that this is a really great opportunity for a musician to be seen by millions of eyes and maybe even to build a... 

Today I was staying at home thinking about the factors why some guitarists have the luck of being famous and successful and others spend their whole life singing and playing in different clubs in front of 50 people. I don’t mean that playing in clubs it’s not the right level, sometimes a club concert can give your audience a better energy and emotions, but I’m sure that all of you first of all wish a stadium full of people jumping... 

Dave Mustaine - A Heavy Metal Memoir Book Review Today I am gonna talk about a book which every self respected thrash metal guitar player should have in his musical library! Do you have a musical library? If no, then I advise you to start collecting some books, movies and everything else because a real musician should know lots of things about music itself besides just playing his favorite instrument. So, “Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir”... 

The Blue Noize Blues Competition Winner I am writing this post because finally these days the winner of the blue noize guitar contest was announced! You can read the detailed information from the original source, but what I want to do is just to add a little notice why the winner is the winner, because from my point of view there where really many good solos and I think that it was hard to decide which one was the best of the best …it’s... 

Today I would like to show you one of the best pentatonic phrases composed by me. To tell you the truth – it’s not so easy to play for a newbie, especially in the fast tempo – but I am also sure that your great desire to become a superhero guitarist will help you a lot. I also advise you to look with attention at the tab at the bottom of this post because it will help you a lot to understand all the details, I mean where to use...