Basic pentatonic major-minor
Basic Pentatonic stuff
I will not get too much into pentatonics as you can find stuff all over the net. Too
much has been said and done on the famous ‘pentatonic box’…As I say in the video, a
major pentatonic is a major scale without the 4thand 7th degree.
So C major pentatonic is: C D E G A
These are the 5 positions for the major pentatonic, in the example in G major (but
valid for all keys). Of course, remember that if you start from the 6th (the 5th note of the
pentatonic – also ‘box’ N.5) you will have the relative minor. In the example in G the
minor pentatonic will be E, just like E minor is the relative minor of a G major scale.
The last box at the bottom right is the famous ‘blues scale’…a minor pentatonic with an
added b5. Try and learn them just like we did for the major scale…all keys, down every
single string, from lowest note to highest note on the fretboard and so on. Find the ’5 boxes’ position fingerings below:
Printable PDF: Pentatonic Fingerings
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