Hey guys, welcome to another guitar lesson. Today, I am going to show you how to play a Blues in C using two scales: The major and minor pentatonic scale.

One of the remarkable things about the Blues is that it allows you to use two scales over the chords. I always loved watching blues players blending the two scales effortlessly. However, when I tried, it didn’t sound quite the same!

You see, guitar players tend to let the fingers decide what to play. In my case, I would learn one blues lick using the C major pentatonic, and I would try to replicate the same riff with the Minor pentatonic using the same shape. We can call it a “Copy and paste” Blues lick approach.

Things changed when I started listening to singers and how they blend the two scales. The transition between the major and minor scale was soo smooth that it almost felt like one scale.

Once you get rid of the scale box, you can appreciate playing the Blues as a singer does.

In this lesson, I am going to show you what I learn by playing a Blues like a singer. I am also going to show you how to blend the two scales so that you always know what scale goes on which chord.

Enjoy this lesson.