This fretboard diagram illustrates the most important pattern of notes used when playing lead guitar. All Pop, Rock and Blues guitarists need to know this pattern. The following pattern begins on the fifth fret of the 6th string. The left hand fingering number is written in white inside the dot.
The following example shows the notes in Pattern 1 played as eighth notes. The name of this pattern of notes is the minor pentatonic scale. It is the most common scale used in lead guitar improvising.