Another popular key of use in the open position is the key of A. Study the following diagrams.
The following example ascends and descends the A minor pentatonic scale. Practice this scale until you are familiar with it.
Now try the open A Blues scale. Practice this scale and compare it with the A Minor Pentatonic scale.
The following examples are played within the key of A.
The next example uses the previous lick throughout a 12 bar Blues progression in A.
Now apply the previous combination of shuffle and lead to a 12 Bar Blues progression. A variety of licks are used in this example.