Now that you understand how to use this lesson
I will simply lay out the set of pentatonic scales
and chords with an example of how to practice them
at the end. The following will be the three
chords: major, minor and half-diminished and the
three pentatonic scales which we will assign to
them. The numbers that name the scales (for
example: 1/4) tells us where the root note to the
scale is located on the guitar. The "1"
represent which finger plays the root note and the
"4" tells us which string. So, "1/4"
= the first finger finds the root on the /fourth.
|
E
minor chord
|
The
1/4 minor pentatonic scale |
X
X
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | |
|
| | 1 | |
| 2nd fret
| | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
2 | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | |
|
| | | 3 | |
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
| | | | 4 |
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| |
6th
string 1st string |
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
| 1 1 1 |
| 2nd fret
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
2 | | |
2 2
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | |
|
| | | 3 | |
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
4 4 4 | 4 4
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| |
6th
string 1st string |
| E
major chord |
The
2/4 pentatonic scale. |
|
X
X
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | |
|
| | | | | |
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | |
|
| | 1 | | |
2nd fret
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | |
|
| | | | | |
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | |
|
2 | | 3
| |
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | |
|
| | | | 4
|
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
X
X
| |
6th
string 1st string
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
| | | 1 |
|
| | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
2 2 2
| 1 1 2nd fret
| | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
4 4 4 4
| 3
| | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
| | | | 4 |
| | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+
| |
6th
string 1st string |
| E
minor 7 b5 chord |
The
1/4 minor flat 5 pentatonic scale
|
|
X
X
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | |
|
| | | | | |
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
| | 1 | | |
2nd fret
| | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
2 | | 3 4 |
| | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
| | | |
| |
| | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
| | | | |
|
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
X X
| |
6th
string 1st string
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
| 1s | | | |
| | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
| | 1 1 |
| 2nd fret
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
2 | | 2 3 2
| | | | | |
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | |
| |
+--+--+--+--+--+
| | | | | |
4 4 4 |
4 4
| | | | |
|
+--+--+--+--+--+
| |
6th
string 1st string |
Now, as in study number
one, you have enough scales to work on all of the
pentatonic scale/chord studies in one key. Try
this. We will still be using the key of E minor.
In E natural minor (the
Aeolian mode) the chords are E minor, F# half diminished,
G, A minor, B minor, C, and D.
First play the chord
then the corresponding scale.
Em
E:----------------3-5-3------------------------------
B:-5----------3-5-------5-3--------------------------
G:-4------2-4---------------4-2----------------------
D:-2--2-5-----------------------5-2---------------2--
A:----------------------------------5-2-------2-5----
E:-3------------------------------------5-3-5--------
F#m7b5
E:----------------5-7-5------------------------------
B:-5----------5-7-------7-5--------------------------
G:-5------4-5---------------5-4----------------------
D:-4--4-7-----------------------7-4---------------4--
A:----------------------------------7-3-------3-7----
E:-5------------------------------------7-5-7--------
G
E:----------------5-7-5------------------------------
B:-8----------5-8-------8-5--------------------------
G:-7------4-7---------------7-4----------------------
D:-5--5-7-----------------------7-5---------------5--
A:----------------------------------7-5-------5-7----
E:-7------------------------------------7-5-7--------
Am
E:----------------8-10-8------------------------------
B:-10---------8-10------10-8--------------------------
G:--9------7-9--------------9-7-----------------------
D:--7--7-10--------------------10-7---------------7---
A:---------------------------------10-7-------7-10----
E:--8----------------------------------10-8-10--------
Bm
E:------------------10-12-10---------------------------------
B:-12----------10-12--------12-10----------------------------
G:-11------9-11------------------11-9------------------------
D:--9--9-12--------------------------12-9------------------9-
A:---------------------------------------12-9---------9-12---
E:-10----------------------------------------12-10-12--------
C
E:-------------------10-12-10-------------------------------------
B:-13-----------10-13--------13-10--------------------------------
G:-12-------9-12------------------12-9----------------------------
D:-10--10-12--------------------------12-10--------------------10-
A:-----------------------------------------12-10---------10-12----
E:-12-------------------------------------------12-10-12----------
D
E:-------------------12-14-12------------------------------------
B:-15-----------12-15--------15-12-------------------------------
G:-14------11-13------------------14-11--------------------------
D:-12-12-14----------------------------14-12------------------12-
A:------------------------------------------14-12--------12-14---
E:-14--------------------------------------------14-12-14--------
Em
(XIV pos)
E:--------------------15-17-15-------------------------------
B:-17------------15-17--------17-15--------------------------
G:-16-------14-16------------------16-14---------------------
D:-14--14-17----------------------------17-14-------------14-
A:-------------------------------------------17-14---14-17---
E:-15---------------------------------------------17---------
Make sure to play back down the neck to where you
started or (once you're advanced) progress to the
top of the neck and then play back down to the lower
frets. In all of these exercises you
can play to the top of the neck and down to the lowest
frets as long as you stick to the chords
that are in the key you are playing:
E minor, F# minor b5, G, A minor, B minor, C and D.