Guitar Techniques

Mixolydian solo Indian Pentatonic pt2

Our recent set of articles has been devoted to a series of medium-paced Mixolydian solos that demonstrate various approaches and are achievable to play from start to finish; helping to provide you with some much-needed vocabulary in this under-used speed category.In the previous lesson, the solo study (also using the Indian Pentatonic scale) employed a mixture of Jeff Beck and Jan Hammer-style lines, three-octave symmetrical patterns, sequences, groupings and pedal point ideas.

Although some of these approaches will also feature in this lesson’s solo, it will mainly be devoted to the employment of repeated licks and using the Indian Pentatonic scale to provide a twisted template for blues and country-tinged

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