The Pentatonic Scale — Easy, Versatile and a great first step into musical theory

Andrzej Marczewski
Guitar Gear and Reviews
1 min readJun 11, 2018

In this tutorial, I take a look at the importance of musical theory, the major, minor and pentatonic scales. I focus on why the pentatonic scale is so great to learn, how to apply it in both major and minor and how to blend the two. I hope you find it helpful.

A pdf download of all the scale charts I used. http://yetanotherreviewsite.co.uk/downloads/Super-Simple-Start-to-Scales.pdf

Here are some of my favourite channels for learning guitar and music theory!

Paul Davis. Great teacher who has some brilliant stuff for beginners — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Oa7Ph3v94om5OyxY1nPKg

Marty Music. The man who taught me how to play little wing! — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmnlTWVJysjWPFiZhQ5uudg

Ross Campbell. Advice, lessons and more, just a great teacher — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo9qqlLNMHO5v0Bv5ITiqCg

Rob Chapman. Not as much teaching these days, but dig into his past videos and there are some brilliant advanced lessons. His explanation of Modes is superb. — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCOIcdii1bQmfSPHeNNw4Qw

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Andrzej Marczewski
Guitar Gear and Reviews

Gamification consultant and designer, social media lover, games reviewer at @yarstweet, author of http://amzn.to/IvmEG1, husband & father of 2