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. That makes the scale an g minor pentatonic scale with the notes g, bb, c, d, and f. It contains the sections chord, scale and arpeggio. You may not be able to find what youre looking for right away this time, but youve spent time streamlining the process for later. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. Pentatonic blues natural majorminor minor root natural majorminor.
Once learned, the player can immediately start improvising rock guitar. Here is the equation of the minor pentatonic, have a look at how it relates to the natural minor scale. Here you will find guitar scales printable charts, easy to read and use, ready to. The guitar neck diagram shows you the big picture for the a minor pentatonic scale. Strum a g minor chord, then play the notes of the g minor pentatonic scale. The a minor pentatonic comes from the natural minor scale. In these bass scales pdf we leave you the three most common fingering to play well this pentatonic minor scale.
Welcome to video five in the lead guitar quickstart series. Applying the minor pentatonic scale to the fretboard. This scale is a mustknow melodic device for guitarists exploring the world of improvised music, be it in the jazz genre or otherwise. There are three ways youll want to learn your major pentatonic scale forms. Minor pentatonic the basic box shape free guitar lessons. Pentatonic scales with images pentatonic scale, guitar scales. Guitar pentatonic scales the 3 types of pentatonic scales, easy to. Here is a video that shows how to play the pentatonic scale in its 1st position across the guitar neck and how to use it. Beginner acoustic guitar lesson tom petty i wont back down.
Welcome to lesson 3 of the pentatonic scale, pentatonic blues licks. The minor pentatonic scale is one that pretty much everyone should learn, regardless of the style you want to play because its a real foundation for many language styles. Bonus pdf chart youtube how to connect the pentatonic scale across the entire fretboard and use it in your solos. Everything in this book is presented in the key of a minor so that you can see how it all relates together and so that you can begin to string licks together into larger ideas. If you are near a computer while tuning, please visit and try out our. You can also download the chart as a pdf by entering your. Feb 16, 2018 this minor pentatonic scales ebook is a compilation of 9 years of preparation work teaching guitar to a wide range of abilities.
As you will learn, these patterns can be transferred to all keys. The 14 most common and usable guitar scales printable and ready to use 1. Guitar scales printable charts of the most commonly used. The 5 minor pentatonic scale patterns learning to play the.
Beginner guitar 5 pentatonic scales the ultimate guide. The guitar neck diagram shows you the big picture for the e minor pentatonic scale. The minor pentatonic scale, the major pentatonic scale, the minor blues scale, the major blues scale, the voodoo blues scale, the indian pentatonic scale, the dominant pentatonic scale, and the dorian pentatonic scale for. The pentatonic scale uses just the most universal note choices. Bonus pdf chart youtube how to connect the pentatonic scale across the entire fretboard and use it. Heres a quick rundown on the pentatonic boxes, and how they relate to the caged system. If you start at the g on the 3rd fret of the low e string youll get a g major pentatonic scale. The red dots indicate a root note and the black dots indicate a note in the scale.
For this chapter we will be considering minor pentatonic only. After trying many ways of teaching scales to students and moving them on to improvising and soloing, i have developed this exercise ebook to really get to grips with these 5 scale shapes. The pentatonic scale is a very powerful tool on guitar. In the diagram below the first pentatonic scale pattern is shown together with four more patterns. In this lesson i am going to demonstrate how you can make a variation on the trusted minor pentatonic scale that has a lot of advantages when dealing with tonic minor, half diminished chords and altered dominants. Click here to grab your pentatonic scale chart plus more free. The natural minor is the aeolian mode of the relative major scale. Premium learning minor pentatonic scales pdf ebook.
The pentatonic scale is to the rock guitarist what anesthesia, the printing press, and the cordless screwdriver are to modern civilization an indispensable entity without which life would be much more difficult. One of the best ways to start becoming comfortable with a new scale or pattern is to try and create a few interesting riffs with that scale. How to tell when you can use the e minor pentatonic scale in a way that musically works and. E d g b e a pentaton c minor scale box 1 glitarsik. Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale degree of the major pentatonic scale shown above. The e minor pentatonic scale can be divided into patterns. Pdf guitar scales major pentatonic download full pdf book. Each having 5 forms, so technically there is the minor pentatonic scale, and the major pentatonic scale. In this lesson you will be learning some ways to use the pentatonic scale in a solo. The basics of the minor pentatonic scale for guitar soundfly. Now that weve broken down the mechanics of the minor pentatonic scale, its time to get creative with it, like we did it earlier with the major and minor scale. Fingering of the major pentatonic scale for electric bass.
Aug 25, 2019 a minor pentatonic is a reasonable starting place with the minor pentatonic scale and has the 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, and 14th fret respectively as the first fret on the different positions. Major pentatonic scales in open position closed mobile major pentatonic scales forms horizontal. Its arguably the most popular guitar scale, and no matter what type of music you play, this will add valuable skills for you as a lead guitarist. The scale is made up of five notes per octave, thats why it has the word penta, meaning 5 in greek. Minor pentatonic pattern 1 major pentatonic pattern 5 playing this pattern from left to right and up across the strings means you will be playing the e minor pentatonic scale. Here are the 5 standard 2 notes per string positions for the a minor pentatonic scale. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated sound.
The scale itself is the same as the minor pentatonic with the addition of one extra note. Pentatonic scale has notes that when played generate a pleasant melody, even if it is just the. This scale will have its root note on the 5th or a string and you can start with your 3rd finger. However, since most rock and metal revolves around the minor pentatonic box 1, rb345b7, well focus on that when we start running sequences and patterns. Guitar lovers manual is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. Sep 15, 2018 even better, the minor pentatonic works well over both major and minor chord progressions. The minor pentatonic expanded scale 2written by david taub now that you are familiar with the minor pentatonic scale in the box position and in an expanded 1 scale, lets learn the minor pentatonic expanded 2 scale.
This minor pentatonic scales ebook is a compilation of 9 years of preparation work teaching guitar to a wide range of abilities. The minor pentatonic scale is probably the most commonly learned, practiced and used scale by guitarists of all genres. This guide maps out various pentatonic and blues scales including. It is actually a major arpeggio with the 2nd and 6th added. A minor pentatonicblues scale weeping willow guitar. In this lesson, were going to switch it up from major scales and learn the minor pentatonic scale next. Often they are the first scales students learn on their lead guitar journey. Several typical pentatonic blues licks will be used as a starting point to develop your knowledge of the pentatonic scale. There is the major pentatonic scale and the minor pentatonic scale.
Remember its the process, not always the end result that you want. Jun 28, 2016 this is a g minor pentatonic scale because the first note we play sixth string, third fret is a g note. The word pentatonic implies that there are five notes in these scales, and that is correct. They both share the same notes, but the root is a different note. So, for example, try creating a few guitar riffs using the g minor pentatonic scale in the third position beginning on the 8th fret. Each of the five chapters focuses on 1 of the 5 patterns of the caged system.
R 11 5 b7 b3 b3 1f 5 r 11 11 b7 b3 3f r 11 5 5 b7 5f b3 r 5 7f 11 b7 b7 b3 9f r r 11 5 b7 b3 r 11 5 12f b7 b3 b3 5 r 11 11 b7 b3 15f r 11 5 5 b7 17f b3 r 5 19f 11 b7. We are going to take as tonic the 4th string in the fifth fret, in the pitch note a the numbers are the fingers of the left hand, so, we have to master 3 ways to start the scale, with fingers 1, 3 and 4. To know how to play the major pentatonic we leave the three most common fingerings for this scale in the bass. Strum a g minor chord, then play with the notes in the pattern. The pentatonic scale in emg covering the whole fretboard. The minor pentatonic scale for guitar jazz guitar online. The minor pentatonic scale the pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly utilized scales in just about all genres of music. Guitar lovers manual chord, arpeggio and scale pdf with. The minor pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly scales used in rock.
Well take a closer look at each of the new patterns below. This is a g minor pentatonic scale because the first note we play sixth string, third fret is a g note. The notesintervals for the minor pentatonic scale can be found all over the fretboard. The guitar major scale is happy upbeat and useful in a variety of styles of music. Link to pdf file of all 5 positions of the minor pentatonic scale. Major and minor pentatonic scales avoid significant harmonic dissonance by adverting this tritone. It is similar to the natural minor scale, the alteration is that you need to omit the second and the sixth notes from the minor scale. So first well talk through some of the ways you can go about this, and then well trade 4s again with the rock backing track and have some fun with it. The major pentatonic bass scale, as its name indicates, pentafive has 5 notes and is major. Use the e minor pentatonic scale when playing 12 bar blues in. The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. Aminor pentatonic is a reasonable starting place with the minor pentatonic scale and has the 5th, 7th, 9th, 12th, and 14th fret respectively as the first fret on the different positions. The pentatonic scale chose 5 from these notes and created another scale, this is why it is called penta. A blues scale once again it is important that if you are going to learn to improvise with this scale that you.
The e minor pentatonic scale is a useful and fun guitar scale to know. A minor pentatonic contains scale degrees 1, b3, 4, 5, and b7. How to play the pentatonic scale beginner guitar hq. Now lets play the g minor pentatonic scale in the second position. Three note per string patterns major root blues note scale tones pentatonic and blues scale notes in black, added natural majorminor scale notes in grey licensed under a creative commons by, nc, nd license. A tab example has been provided for each of the new patterns. Sep 26, 2018 one of the best ways to start becoming comfortable with a new scale or pattern is to try and create a few interesting riffs with that scale.
Both the pentatonic major scale and minor scale have the same patterns. Its generally easy under the fingers and makes easy to remember visual shapes, so good for building a framework of the entire neck too. How to play the pentatonic scale on guitar dummies. Guitar scales printable charts of the most commonly used scales. The first scale you learn is the a minor pentatonic. Clicking here and on the image below will open a pdf file of the guitar major scale chart that prints nicely. Whatever method you have to use to find it is worth the time. All of the root notes are e because this is the e minor pentatonic scale. The diagram below shows all the notes in the g minor pentatonic from frets 3 through 15. Guitar scales the pentatonic scale is a favorite of many guitarists and its easy to see why. Pentatonic scales for guitar a pentatonic scale has just 5 notes.