Pentatonic Scale Patterns Guitar Pdf

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Pentatonic scale patterns guitar pdf. So if the 1st note was g the scale would be built on that note and it would become g minor pentatonic. The 5 pentatonic box patterns. Each one connects to the next and continues down and up the fretboard. The minor pentatonic scale by paul tauterouff the minor pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly scales used in rock blues country and jazz music.

Illustration courtesy of desi serna this new pattern 1 is identical to. In this case a natural minor. As you will learn these patterns can be transferred to all keys. Glitarsik mrn a pentatonic minor scale tu ed to.

For this chapter we will be considering minor pentatonic only. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in. 1 is our root note and wherever that note lies is the key of the scale. A pentatonic minor scale tuned to.

Patterns 1 5 span 2 octaves the others 1 octave remember that the scale patterns may contain notes that extend the scale either upwards or downwards. The a minor pentatonic comes from the natural minor scale. E ad g be. If you just want to.

Here you will find scale diagrams for the five patterns of the minor pentatonic scale and tips on the fingerings for each however i repeat you will be best learning these patterns in context over the first two blues lead guitar modules essential blues lead guitar and all over blues lead guitar which is all about using all five patterns all over the neck. We ll look at the a minor pentatonic as an example. Minor pentatonic scale patterns the 5 positions as we learned in the minor pentatonic scale lesson this scale has just 5 tones 1 root b3 minor 3rd 4 perfect 4th 5 perfect 5th and b7 minor 7th. The natural minor is the aeolian mode of the relative major scale.

The following examples are in the key of a. When you feel comfortable playing through all five pentatonic scale patterns on the guitar the next step is to connect them to cover the rest of the fretboard. Total guitar the ultimate scale book. The most important of these are both major and minor pentatonic.

In this case c major. Major pentatonic scale chart. The 5 patterns of the major pentatonic scale for guitar. To do so simply connect pattern 5 to another pattern 1 as shown here.

Itar skill builder com. The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. The tab shows how the pattern can be used to play either a 1 octave or a 2 octave c major pentatonic scale. A tab example has been provided for each of the new patterns.