Want to know what makes solos by Jimmy Page, Slash, Angus Young and other similar players sound so cool?
Mixing major and minor pentatonic.
There are lots of different ways to mix major and minor pentatonic and they each will give you a certain sound.
For example, there’s a traditional blues way – you can hear this approach in the playing of BB King.
There’s also a quirkier rock way – you can hear this approach in the playing of Jimmy Page and Michael Schenker.
Which ever one you prefer, one of the best ways to approach mixing major and minor pentatonic is to look at how major and minor pentatonic positions overlap.
From here, you get a bit of an idea of certain notes you can mess around with.
Some people think if they mess around in Mixolydian it’s the same as mixing major and minor pentatonic.
It’s not.
Mixing major and minor pentatonic requires you to see all the available major and minor pentatonic positions on the fretboard, how they overlap and how you can blend them together.