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Hi Mike here from Killer Guitar Tips.

I am now going to show you a couple of mini guitar lessons in this article that you really should know to help get your guitar soloing of to a great start and stop you from sounding shall we say mediocre!

OK, let;s get started…

In this weeks mini guitar lesson I will show you how to use the pentatonic pattern #1 scale for both major and minor solo’s.

The first thing we need to consider is that every pentatonic pattern can be used for both major and minor scales.

So, if you look at pattern #1 at the fifth fret we see that the two keys are A minor (Am) and C major (C). These are know as the relative major and minors.

Therefore to get a real cool bluesy rock sound and knowing that we can use this pattern for BOTH minor and major keys, Am and C maj, we simply play the Am pattern over a backing track written in A major!

Now here’s the best part…

Staying in this pattern move the whole pattern down the neck (towards the tuning pegs) by 3 frets. Play the very same pattern here and you will now be playing in A major producing a melodic, tuneful solo sound!!!

The next little trick continues the theme of moving pentatonic pattern 1 around the neck to create killer solos.

So in the key of A, playing pattern 1 at the 5th fret (Am) you can create a great bluesy rock solo.

Now here is a great little tip… Move the whole shape up the guitar neck by 7 to Em and continue playing! This will produce a great melodic sound using exactly the same pattern but played at a different part of the neck, try it, it’s a mainstay in the guitarists bag of tricks.

Remember to make a place on your hard drive for all the mini guitar lessons I will be giving you in articles over the coming weeks and make sure you practice them regularly. You will eventually have a fantastic bag of tricks that when used together in a solo will produce a pro sound. Your friends will be amazed at you new found skill!

Remember: All these mini guitar lessons are invaluable in your quest to become an accomplished guitar player. Don’t treat them lightly, put together they will produce an archive of material you can refer back to over and over again even though they are only a small fraction of what you will receive in the Killer Guitar Tips home study course.

Mike Jones – The Author: Mike is a professionalfessional Guitar Tutor and has been teaching and playing guitar for over twenty years. He has created a unique guitar tutoring professionalgram geared to using his very own amazing speed learning techniques to bring the beginner through to great player in the shortest possible time. To find out more and receive some fantastic FREE tips and tricks why not go to his website at: Learn Guitar

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