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Angus Young

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Here is a nice one from AC/DC's Angus Young. This is from the solo to "You Shook Me All Night Long". This is a great example of the mixture of minor pentatonic and major pentatonic sounds. This lick is in the key of G, and can be used over any Bluesy G major situation. And of course this lick can be transposed to other keys as well.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Left hand fingers
     |
     2 1 1    2 1 1   2 1 3____  4   3____  1
E:------------------|------------10--------------
B:-----6-6------8-8-|---8-10b(12)---(12)r10-8----
G:--/7-------/9-----|-9--------------------------
D:------------------|----------------------------
A:------------------|----------------------------
E:------------------|----------------------------

    1 3_____   3_____  1 2 1
E:------------------------------
B:--8-11b(13)--10b(12)-8---8----
G:-----------------------9------
D:------------------------------
A:------------------------------
E:------------------------------

The red numbers are the notes that you should use as your guide. In this case the red note is a G. If you wanted to play this lick in the key of A, then you would move everything up 2 frets so that the notes in red would be at the 10th fret (A).

For more information on how to read this, check out the lesson on reading Internet tablature.

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I am now going to break this lick down into 3 separate parts and show what scales are being used.

Part 1

Left hand fingers
     |
     2 1 1    2 1 1   
E:------------------
B:-----6-6------8-8-
G:--/7-------/9-----
D:------------------
A:------------------
E:------------------

The first 2 notes are coming out of a position of G minor pentatonic, and the next 2 notes come out of G major pentatonic.

G minor pentatonic scale

G minor pentatonic scale

G major pentatonic scale

G major pentatonic scale

Part 2

Left hand fingers
   |
   2 1 3____  4   3____  1
E:------------10--------------
B:---8-10b(12)---(12)r10-8----
G:-9--------------------------
D:----------------------------
A:----------------------------
E:----------------------------

Part 2 is completely out of a G major pentatonic scale. When you bend the note on the 2nd string 10 fret, up until it sounds like the 12 fret on the 2nd string, that is the same note as the 1st string 7th fret. And that note is in the major pentatonic fingering to the right G major pentatonic

|-0-|---|---|-0-| -1st string
|---|-0-|---|-0-|
|-0-|---|-0-|---|
|-0-|---|-0-|---|
|-0-|---|---|-0-|
|-0-|---|---|-0-| -6th string
  |
7th fret

Part 3

    1 3_____   3_____  1 2 1
E:------------------------------
B:--8-11b(13)--10b(12)-8---8----
G:-----------------------9------
D:------------------------------
A:------------------------------
E:------------------------------

Part 3 again uses a combination of G minor, and major pentatonic.

G minor pentatonic

|---|-0-|---|-0-|---| -1st string
|---|-0-|---|---|-0-|
|-0-|---|---|-0-|---|
|---|-0-|---|-0-|---|
|---|-0-|---|-0-|---|
|---|-0-|---|-0-|---| -6th string
      |
    8th fret
G major pentatonic

|-0-|---|---|-0-| -1st string
|---|-0-|---|-0-|
|-0-|---|-0-|---|
|-0-|---|-0-|---|
|-0-|---|---|-0-|
|-0-|---|---|-0-| -6th string
  |
7th fret

 

For more on pentatonic scales check out this lesson.

Minor pentatonic - it's the king daddy of all scales used for improvisation on the guitar.

Theory - Pentatonic Scales - Learn the construction of both major and minor pentatonic scales. A reference of all pentatonic scale forms and functions is included.



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