Hey, folks! I'm the guitarist for the Swedish Metal band Seven Tears, and I hope you will enjoy this lesson which I have named "Penta-Tapping". I think that most of the guitarists out there are familiar with the penta scale, so this lesson will go through some unorthodox ways of using it. You can get some really nice licks by adding some tapping to the penta scale, so I will show you some examples and useful licks. The advantages of the penta scale are that it almost fits into every solo and chord progression out there!

Let's start with a pretty cool lick in A minor. The notes are played in groups of three and the tapped notes are marked with a "t".  So let's get started!

 

 

 

This second lick is a bit tougher, but it's truly fun to play! The lick is taken from a song called "Reflections of Existence" from the upcoming Seven Tears album. This lick is also in A minor and the notes are once again in groups of three. Enjoy!

 

The third and last lick might be the hardest to play. It's taken from the Seven Tears song "Twist of Fate" and it has some tough stretches in it. It's in the key of F minor and the notes are in groups of eight. It's one of my favorite licks to play so I hope you will like it too!

 

 

I hope that this little lesson will be helpful to you and your playing. But these are just ideas, so try to make your own licks and just use this lesson as inspiration. It's much more fun to create your own licks instead of playing Carlemar licks that have already been used!

 

Good luck,

 

Jonathan

 

 

 

 

 

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 -- Dave B.