Guitar Player

TAKE FIVE

1. IT ALL STARTS WITH THE PENTATONIC SCALE

“If you want to play good blues, the pentatonic scale is the foundation. It all comes from there. Listen to guys like Albert King, Stevie Ray and, of course, B.B. King — they’re based on the pentatonic scale. If you want to go other places and get into other scales, that’s cool, but you want to start with solid ground below you.

“I started out just listening to all the players

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