Can somebody explain me what is pentatonic thing? I want to learn Blues in the guitar and it’s becoming hard..?

I’ve been playing guitar for a couple of years and now I’ve started to learn Blues a week ago, in the Internet (Youtube). I already know the basic riffs, but when I have started trying to learn the lead Blues solos, they (the people in the videos) only talked about Major and minor pentatonics and I have no idea what the hell is that! Can somebody explain me what’s that and what for is used? PLEASE HELP! I REALLY NEED TO KNOW!

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2 Responses to “Can somebody explain me what is pentatonic thing? I want to learn Blues in the guitar and it’s becoming hard..?”

1. Rory~Negative Creep says:

   August 19, 2010 at 9:21 pm

   A pentatonic scale is five a scale of five notes without sharps or flats, it’s like the chromatic (8 notes) scale cut down. Don’t worry too much it’s not actually that complicated.
2. bluebell says:

   August 19, 2010 at 9:24 pm

   There is a pretty good explanation here, and there are box diagrams for guitar
   http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/scales/major_and_minor_pentatonic_scales.html