Need help with my Pentatonic at the 5th

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Permalink Reply by eric bonello on July 1, 2009 at 4:43am

hi,

I`m not sure what you need to know, but there a 5 different positions were you can play on each fret.
each position have a different root note so by changing the positions on the 5 fret example instead you start on the 5th fret/ E- chord you can drop down a chord and start on the 5 fret A-chord and you`ll be playing in a key of D... if you`ll move down another chord you`ll be playing in a key of G....but they all have a different position. basicaly if you`ll move around the 5th fret and the 7th fret you`ll find all the key notes to make a solo. I can play all positions around the neck but i still can`t figure out how to use them effectivley. also they sound much better if you mixed them with other scales like i use major and minors and the pentatonics scales and i`ll mixed them togethher


anyway hope i`ve helped you mate

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Permalink Reply by Steve Hill on August 13, 2009 at 4:02am

Hi,

I am assuming that you are playing these scales starting at the fifth which would be A then moving through all five shapes but staying in the fifth postion? If that is the case then may I suggest that you pick a key for example A and play all five positions moving across the neck staying in A that way you are playing A pentatonic scales in all five positions across the neck. Once you have mastered this you can create some cool riffs across the scale start my sliding or hammering between the root notes in this case A.

Bear in mind that the shapes are the same in any key so all you need to do is remember the five positions and your away good news is major or minor both the same so thats a huge number of scale patterns in one lesson!

The attached image is a worksheet I have created that shows all these scales along with other useful information. It is however left handed so all you need to do its to flip the image and it will magically become right handed.

Hope it helps!

Steve

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Permalink Reply by Christian Alden on October 14, 2009 at 7:42am

Hi Rick,

Sorry to see that nobody has responded to your question yet. If you're learning the Am Pentatonic I'd start with Form 1 & 2 practice identifying where the two forms meet and moving beween forms in 1 lick. It'll help you master the scale quicker, and provides a nice tonal change. Which helps keep things from getting to boring.

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Permalink Reply by chris ekelman on November 24, 2009 at 3:56pm

I'm feeling the same thing you do Rick. It makes me want to throw my guitar at kids!

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