Secret Pentatonic Arpeggios
For many, the Pentatonic Scale is a go-to scale. These five notes have brought to life some of the most iconic riffs and solos in rock history. Within the scale though, are arpeggios that are often overlooked.
In his new video, guitar instructor Robert Baker shows us how to use these underused arpeggios courtesy of our favorite five-note scale.
Check the lesson out above, and be sure to grab the tabs for the lesson down below.
For more of Robert’s lessons, stop by his YouTube channel.
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Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.
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