First Steps

by Anders Rye

First Steps: The Minor Pentatonic Scale & Improvisation is for both acoustic and electric guitarists who are ready to take the first steps into lead playing and improvisation. If you can strum through a few songs, but your technique is limited and you have never played a solo or improvised, then this book is for you and it comes complete with 50 audio examples and backing tracks for practising. You will learn:

• The minor pentatonic scale in all five shapes (and how it can work in major keys too).
• To connect the shapes so you can play fluently all over the fretboard.
• The basics of improvisation and how to use the minor pentatonic scale for improvising and developing ideas.
• Easy licks that you can put together to make a complete solo, regardless of technical ability.
• To develop your technique and apply it to your playing.