Summary of Patterns
The five patterns studied in this section are outlined here.
Pattern One
Pattern Two
Pattern Three
Pattern Four
Pattern Five
A combination of these patterns covers the entire fingerboard as shown here:
This example covers the A Blues, A minor pentatonic and C major pentatonic scales.
The following lick uses pattern three at the 10th fret.
The following table illustrates the starting fret position for each of the five patterns in all keys.
Remember that patterns one and four can be related to bar chords for each of the three different types of progressions, i.e.:
Blues Progressions: (minor pentatonic scale)
Pattern one occurs in the same position as the root 6 major bar chord having the same name as the key, and pattern four the root 5 major bar chord having the same name as the key.
Major Key Progressions: (major pentatonic scale)
Pattern one occurs in the same position as the root 6 relative minor bar chord of the key, and pattern four occurs in the same position as the root 5 relative minor bar chord of the key.
Minor Key Progressions: (minor pentatonic scale)
Pattern one occurs in the same position as the root 6 minor bar chord having the same name as the key, and pattern four the root 5 minor bar chord having the same name as the key.
The other patterns can be related to the positions of patterns one and four.
