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I will teach you about two of the major techniques he used in his solos. Angus Young was a master of flawlessly
switching from the minor pentatonic to the major pentatonic. The major pentatonic scales he used were(fingerings
only):
E-|X-|--|--|X-|
B-|X-|--|--|X-|
G-|X-|--|X-|--|
D-|X-|--|X-|--|
A-|X-|--|X-|--|
E-|X-|--|--|X-|
A Major Pentatonic
e-|--|2-|--|--|5-| e|14|--|--|17|
B-|--|2-|--|--|5-| B|14|--|--|17|
G-|--|2-|--|4-|--| or an octave higher: G|14|--|16|--|
D-|--|2-|--|4-|--| D|14|--|16|--|
A-|--|2-|--|4-|--| A|14|--|16|--|
E-|--|2-|--|--|5-| E|14|--|--|17|
You can apply this to any minor pentatonic scale. For example in the solo to Highway To Hell:
e-|-------------------------------------|
B-|------11-----11----------------------|
G-|-/12-----12--------------------------|
D-|-------------------------------------|
A-|-------------------------------------|
E-|-------------------------------------|
e |-------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------|
G |-------------------------------------5--7-7(9)-7-5--7-5~~~~~-|
D |---7---7---7-\-------7---7---7\----7-------------------------|
A |-------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------|
e |-------------------------------------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---5-7-7(9)-7-5-7---5-7-7(9)-7---5-5-----5---5-5---5-5---5-5-|
D |-7----------------7------------7-----7-7---7-----7-----7-----|
A |-------------------------------------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------------------------------------|
e |------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---5-5---5-5---5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5--|
D |-7-----7-----7---7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------|
A |------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------|
e |------------------------------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------|
G |---5-5---5-5---7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7---7-7---7-7----|
D |-7-----7-----7---9-----9-----9-----9-----9---9-----9--------|
A |------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------|
Right here he jumps up an octave and solos there.
e |-----------------|---------17--------------------------------|
B |-----------------|--20(22)----20-17--------------------------|
G |---7-7---7-7---7-|------------------17-17----19-17-----------|
D |-9-----9-----9---|------------------------19-------19--------|
A |-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
E |-----------------|-------------------------------------------|
e |-12h14p12h14p12h15~~~~~~------------------------------------|
B |------------------------------------------------------------|
G |------------------------------------------------------------|
D |------------------------------------------------------------|
A |------------------------------------------------------------|
E |------------------------------------------------------------|
I hope this was helpful to you, and knowledge of major and minor pentatonic scales has really improved my solos, as i
hope it will improve yours.