The major blues scale adds a flat 3rd to the major pentatonic scales. The scale has six notes made up of the 1st, 2nd, flat 3rd, 3rd, 5th and 6th scale degrees.
The major pentatonic scales have the same five basic shapes as the minor pentatonic scales. However the root notes and positions are shifted up a third.
Metal style guitar scales always uses three notes per string and always moves the fingers up the fretboard in a diagonal pattern. This style is common in metal.
If you know how to play the minor pentatonic scales you can easily teach yourself the blues scales, especially if you know where the 4th and 5th notes are.
Practicing pentatonic scales is a good way for new guitarists to build finger strength & dexterity. Improvising on the pentatonic scales is a fun and creative.
In western music theory, a Synthetic Chord is a chord that cannot be analyzed in terms of common chord structures, such as a dominant or seventh chord.
Travis style fingerpicking, named after guitarist Merle Travis, is a guitar technique for right hand picking commonly played on a steel string acoustic guitar.
Vivace is an Italian musical term indicating a fast or lively tempo. Usually with a metronome marking between 132-160 beats per minute (BPM) in 4/4 time.