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Zakk Wylde's Brewtality: Pentatonics — Connecting the Dots and Climbing the Neck

Posted 01/22/2013 at 4:37pm | by Zakk Wylde

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Entry No. 3 from Zakk Wylde's classic Guitar World column, "Brewtality." Here, Zakk shows you how to connect scales together to climb the neck with pentatonic patterns.

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Five's Company: Pentatonic-Based Accompaniment Parts

Posted 06/14/2011 at 9:56am | by Dale Turner

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The pentatonic scale most definitely has a place in the lead arsenal of any guitar player, but does it have a role in rhythm work? Clearly, as heard from players like Jimi Hendrix, Billy Gibbons, John Frusciante, and Tom Morello, among others, it does. In fact, regardless of your style, there’s a wealth of single-note riffs, double-stop moves, and chordal embellishments lurking within the scale. Squeeze these sounds between the cracks of basic chord shapes and you’re instantly a more interesting rhythm player.

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