Riffs Which Use The Pentatonic Scale

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14 LESSONS

RUNTIME: 1:55:59

Don’t just learn your pentatonic scales, put them to in to practice and begin to recognise them on the fretboard through actual songs! This collection of guitar riff lessons shows you how the greats used this most important and versatile guitar scale to write some of the best riffs of all time. If you are tired of playing your scales as exercises then this Learning Path is for you! All these famous riffs use the pentatonic scale (mainly E minor) and will help you memorise these shapes in new ways. Have fun!

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What is a Learning Path?

Don’t know where to start? Our Learning Paths take the most common guitar goals themes and playing styles and provide a handpicked path of lessons, from our library, to put you on the right track.

With a mix of technique and song lessons, you will find each Learning Path serves as a medium term practice routine too! Providing you with the skills you need, when you need them and some songs with which you can instantly apply your new techniques and concepts.

Riffs Which Use The Pentatonic Scale

In this one part collection of riff lessons, you will learn some of the most famous pentatonic scale riffs ever written. This is the perfect chance to see your favourite five note scale in action! With bluesy numbers from Fleetwood Mac and Jimi Hendrix, groovy rock riffs from Lenny Kravitz and Eagles, there has never been a better example of how widely used the pentatonic scale has been in creating timeless riffs.

14 LESSONS, RUN TIME – 1 HOUR, 55:59 MINS

Lessons include:

Fleetwood Mac: Oh Well – Acoustic Guitar Riffs

Lenny Kravitz: Are You Gonna Go My Way

Bon Jovi: Livin On a Prayer – Riff

Joe Bonamassa: Story Of A Quarryman – Riff

Free: Wishing Well

Joe Bonamassa: The Ballad Of John Henry

Audioslave: Cochise – Riff

Eagles: Life In The Fast Lane – Main Riff

Lenny Kravitz: Always On The Run – Main Riff

Van Halen: I’m The One – Riff

Jimi Hendrix: Stone Free – Intro & Verse

Deep Purple: Black Night – Riff & Rhythm Parts

Jimi Hendrix: Voodoo Child – Intro Riff

The Knack: My Sharona – Riffs & Rhythm Guitar

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