Start with Pattern 1 only.
If you cannot use Pattern 1 for music and don’t know any licks or phrases to improvise, set Pattern 2 aside until Pattern 1 is something you can use.
There are so many online.
Justin’s Blues Lead lessons concentrate on major blues in the key of A so search online for that:
Blues Backing Tracks in A.
You’re asking about minor pentatonic in this topic.
Major scale and major pentatonic scale take you down a different path.
Focus on one at a time.
The short answer.
Major and minor scales are seven note scales.
Pentatonic scales are five note scales, each being a subset of the major or minor scale.
Natural minor = minor. The name is shortened and by convention, if you read or hear someone use the name ‘minor scale’ they will mean ‘natural minor scale’.
The blues scale is something different.
It is the minor pentatonic plus one note that can be used occasionally in passing to add a bluesy flavour. Just learn the minor pentatonic to start.
Justin has a whole module on Blues Lead here: https://www.justinguitar.com/modules/essential-blues-lead-guitar
He teaches licks in the lessons. And if you want additional guidance try this topic I wrote: First Steps in Blues Improvisation using Minor Pentatonic Scale Pattern 1
In that case, you need to practice the string bends in isolation and get the technique really learned well. https://www.justinguitar.com/guitar-lessons/bending-technique-in-blues-bl-403
No. In the minor pentatonic there are notes that are great to bend and others you avoid bending. Justin’s lessons explain this.
