A minor Pentatonic Scale

Using an A minor pentatonic scale to play over a 12 bar blues in A.

A minor Pentatonic

Use the jam track to the right to play along with.

Try playing up and down scale as:

quarter notes

eighth notes (in this case swing eighth notes)

triplets

Other soloing options:

The Blues Scale

Dominant 7th Arpeggios

To learn the riff on the jam track click here

A minor / C major Penatonic Scale

Let's start by using our 5th position Aminor/Cmajor pentatonic scale. Below is one octave:

Below is 2 octaves plus the high C:

Try playing it up and back down along with the jam track. First try playing quarter notes and then swing eighth notes and then eighth note triplets. You can also try playing some patterns. Up 3 back 1 or up 4 back 2.

Healthy Practice Habits

The more you discipline yourself and focus on one area at a time, the more you will grow as a player and musician. It is important to have fun and just jam out but spend a little time working on the above exercises. Playing the scales and arpeggios up and back down with different note values. The more you do that the more fun you will have when you just let go and jam.

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