Lead 30 Lessons

Playing notes from the major pentatonic over a major key and playing notes from the minor pentatonic over a minor key will always be pleasing… Read More »Playing Minor Over Major

These patterns can be used in your soloing and to play over their representative open chords. As usual, I have included at least 2 diagrams… Read More »Pentatonic Major Open Position Patterns

C Scale Pattern Here is the scale pattern played in the key of C#/Db, because the root note appears on the 4th fret of the… Read More »Movable Pentatonic Major Scale Shapes

These 5 basic minor scale patterns are the same exact patterns for the major scale patterns, except they are associated with different chords. These patterns are the… Read More »Movable Pentatonic Minor Scale Shapes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1gzJdZ6Xcw Root Notes You’ll notice that there are 12 major key signatures and 12 minor key signatures.  That doesn’t mean you have to learn 24 scales.… Read More »Reading Movable Scale Diagrams

A Key Signature tells us what originating tone a song is to be performed in. There are 12 tones of equal value. Imagine tones as blocks:… Read More »Tips On Finding The Correct Key Signature

Listen to the audio example and determine if it is a major or minor chord. Remember the major chord will sound rather common, whereas the minor will have… Read More »Hearing The Difference Between Major & Minor Chords