SCALES

Eric’s lead style is based heavily around the minor pentatonic scale – and three shapes of this one scale feature in Whiteroom, with only a few other ‘outside’ notes to be found. Shape 1 is the basis for most of Eric’s soloing here. Verse 2 sees him dip briefly into the blues scale. In bar 9 of verse 3 he heads up the fretboard to shape 3; and bar 7 of the solo is an example of shape 2. Practise the shapes shown here and notice how Eric moves fluently through them.