Scales are not critical to sound like a pro. It's all about HOW you play the notes.

Let's explore a style that set a new trend in guitar soloing.

Minor pentatonic scale and minor triads! The idea is to practice the five different minor pentatonic boxes.

A modern trap solo where we squeeze some serious juice out of the guitar!

Simple use of A Harmonic Minor Scale, introduction to beginners.

"In this lesson we will study the minor pentatonic scale. This is a very basic scale but has the advantage of being useful in almost every musical context. The minor pentatonic is a 5 note scale. The notes of the scale are the root, minor 3rd, natural 4th, natural 5th and minor 7th. "

Learn some thrash solo tactics used by players such as Dave Mustaine and Kirk Hammett.

In this lesson we will learn how to switch between a pentatonic and the minor scale.

In this lesson David Wallimann plays with the harmonic minor scale. Harmonic minor is basically a natural minor scale with a major 7th. Mastering that scale can greatly improve your musical vocabulary.