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You can do both.

For instance, a song in E (E, A, B7) you could play the E Minor Pentatonic over the whole progression. Or, you could play the E Minor Pent over the E, the A Minor Pent over the A, and the B Minor Pent over the B.

And you don't have to play the Minor Pentatonic. You can play the Major as well. Eric Clapton often goes from the Minor to Major Pentatonic as in Crossroads.

You can mix it up anyway you want. You could play the E Minor Pent over the E and A chords, but then go to the B Minor Pent for the B7 chord only. Next time through play the E scale over the E and B chords, but play the A scale over the A only.

Hope I haven't confused you. But you can mix it up anyway you want. If it sounds good, it is good.

wes, you wrote the words right out of my keyboard. !

wes, you wrote the words right out of my keyboard. !
I'll second that!

You're a master of the simple explanation, though, Wes - I'd have made the same thng sound twice as complicated :wink:

you can also use the chord notes.

example: E7 notes are E G# B D

when the chord changes so do your lead notes

example: A7 notes are A C# E G

lots of jazz players do this

i like to do this and use a pentatonic as a back up. you can do a lot with 4 notes 8)

thanks guys.

download paul gilbert's guitars from mars 2. he explains all this stuff in great detail

where would I find that?