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.⁠

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