12-Bar Blues in A Combining Major and Minor: Full Solo and Measures 1-4 A Blues Scale Targeting I, IV, and V Accompanying Yourself with Chords Adding Smoothness to Our Technique Adding the Blues Scale to the Mix Another Half-Step Bend Basic Phrasing Bending and the A Minor Pentatonic Scale Bending Licks That Rule Box-Jumping Lick with Bends Combining Bends with Box Pattern Comparing A Major and A Minor Box Patterns Conclusion Creating Licks Creative Sliding Forward Rake Half-Step Bends How to Bend Initial and Destination Notes Introducing Slides Introduction Introduction to Overlapping Boxes Learning How to Phrase Licks with Rakes Major and Minor Pentatonic Theory Major Pentatonic Versus Minor Pentatonic Measures 5-8 Measures 9-12 Multiple Scales Over One Chord Muted Forward Rake Explained Overlapping Boxes Overlapping Major and Minor Pentatonic Pattern for Identifying the Minor Pentatonic Phrasing Phrasing Over a 12-Bar Blues Playing Bends and Adding the Pull-Off Return Bend to Pull-Off Return Bends Discussed Review Simple Slide Exercises Solo Construction Target Notes in A Minor Pentatonic Target Notes: Definition and Application Targeting the Roots of the Chords The 12-Bar Blues The 2nd A Minor Pentatonic Box The Articulated Forward Rake The Half-Step Bend The Task at Hand The Whole-Step Bend Trilling the Minor Pentatonic Box Trills Trills and Licks Trills Explained