The minor pentatonic scale is typically the first scale guitarists learn to solo with and is very commonly used to form solos in rock, blues, and other popular styles. The two main ... The major scale can be used to form solos over chord progressions that are based on the chords formed from the major scale. read more
I've had my phase of wanting to learn a thousand exotic scales. But really, the pentatonic minor will be your bread and butter for most of your soloing. You will need to learn a lot more than just the basic box shape of the scale. read more
The more you learn about scales the more fascinating guitar playing becomes, but take it slowly and take it step by step and learn each scale thoroughly before moving onto the next one. You want to become a guitar player who can improvise and solo over these scales and not a guitar player who can play a lot of scales but doesn’t know how to apply them. read more
Learning these scales proficiently would be a great help to learning to improvise, but there is more required to learn to improvise than simply learning the scales. One of the big steps will be to learn to form musical phrases out of the notes of a scale. read more