Pentatonic Scale Concepts and Applications

The video tutorial introduces the pentatonic scale, highlighting its simplicity and versatility in creating iconic guitar riffs. It covers various riffs from famous songs like 'Born Under a Bad Sign', 'Immigrant Song', 'War Pigs', 'My Girl', and 'Gasoline', demonstrating their reliance on the pentatonic scale. The tutorial also includes a complex lick by Jimi Hendrix. The video promotes the Guitar Super System, offering a comprehensive curriculum for mastering the pentatonic scale and other guitar techniques.

What is the main focus of the Pentatonic Primer course?

• Flamenco guitar styles

• Classical guitar methods

• Pentatonic scale licks and applications

• Advanced jazz techniques

Which scale is highlighted as being very powerful in creating popular songs?

• Pentatonic scale

• Harmonic minor scale

• Dorian mode

• Major scale

Which song's riff is contained solely in the third position of the E minor pentatonic scale?

• Stairway to Heaven

• Sweet Child O' Mine

• Born Under a Bad Sign

• Smoke on the Water

Which band is associated with the riff that uses only two notes from the F-sharp minor pentatonic scale?

• The Rolling Stones

• Led Zeppelin

• Pink Floyd

• The Beatles

Which song by Black Sabbath is mentioned as having a simple two-note riff?

• War Pigs

• Iron Man

• Paranoid

• N.I.B.

Which song by The Temptations is used to demonstrate a major spin on the pentatonic scale?

• Just My Imagination

• Papa Was a Rollin' Stone

• My Girl

• Ain't Too Proud to Beg

Which tuning is used in the riff from Audioslave's 'Gasoline'?

• DADGAD tuning

• Open G tuning

• Drop D tuning

• Standard tuning

Which artist's riff is considered the most difficult on the simple list?

• Eric Clapton

• Carlos Santana

• Jimi Hendrix

• B.B. King

What additional note is included in the Jimi Hendrix riff that is not part of the pentatonic scale?

• Seventh note

• Second note

• Sixth note

• Fourth note

What is the natural minor scale also known as?

• Phrygian mode

• Lydian mode

• Aeolian mode

• Dorian mode