Hello Mike,

Let's take the an example of 12 bar blues in key of A. The I, IV, V chord usually played is A7, D7, and E7 respectively, and many things I read say you should solo/improvise over the 12 bar blues using A minor pentatonic, but the key is in A major. Why wouldn't A major pentatonic be a better choice. Also, why do they often play the I and IV chord as a dominant 7 chord vs a major 7 chord? If I wanted to stay with all the notes in the key of A I should play the I and IV chord as a major 7 and solo with the major pentatonic or majaor scale. Anly clarification would be appreciated.

[br]Regards,

Joseph

PS this is the Joseph who used to take your video group lessons before they cancelled.