EXPANDING ON THE BASIC PENTATONIC
Not everyone wants to master the entire fretboard. So much good music can be made with just a couple of notes. If you’re someone who’s learnt that first pentatonic shape and milked it for all it’s worth, this column is for you. I just wanted to provide the more common uses either side of the good old minor pentatonic shape one. Billy Gibbons, Tony Iommi and John Lee Hooker really come to mind, personally, as guys who didn’t need to
