The following exercise ascends and descends the C major pentatonic scale in the first position. The exercise begins and finishes on the fifth string key note.
The following example contains C major pentatonic licks.
The next example uses C major pentatonic licks for the duration of the C chord and G major pentatonic licks for the duration of the G and G7 chords.
Shown next are some other open position major pentatonic patterns that will prove to be useful when creating Folk and Country licks.
A Major Pentatonic
D Major Pentatonic
E Major Pentatonic
F Major Pentatonic