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Old January 7th, 2007
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Originally Posted by Kirk Lorange

not that the pentatonic or blues scales are wrong ... just another way of doing it. It's also a little easier as you're letting the 'box' do all the choosing of those 5 notes for you.
Which I think makes this scale a good stepping stone between 'being stuck in picking/ strumming chords' and the planetalk approach...

I've been playing pentatonics for a few years now and it although it really helped/helps my dexterity, phrasing etc, I must admit I do find it a little restrictive and cliched sounding these days - maybe its time for me to take another step...

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