Minor Pentatonic Scale

Lesson 3/62 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Rock Guitar Technique

Minor Pentatonic Scale

At this stage it will be helpful to have a further understanding of lead guitar pattern one. Pattern one can be correctly referred to as a Minor Pentatonic scale and is derived from the most common scale, the Major scale. A Minor Pentatonic scale is constructed by taking the 1 -b3 - 4-5 and b7 notes of the Major scale. The examples below illustrate this.

The C Major scale consists of the notes CDEFGABC. If you take the 1 -b3 - 4 - 5 and b7 notes from this scale, the notes C Eb F G and Bb arc obtained, therefore forming the C Minor Pentatonic scale.

C Major Scale

C Minor Pentatonic Scale

The diagram below illustrates that by playing lead guitar pattern one on the eighth fret you are in fact playing the necessary notes needed for the C Minor Pentatonic scale (C Eb F G Bb). Special attention should be given to key notes which are highlighted with a box.

Try the following examples of a basic lead guitar lick. All the licks are played using pattern one in the key of C. Special attention should be given to the suggested left hand fingering.

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1- Minor Bar Chord 2- Root Five Bar Chord Progressions 3- Seventh Bar Chords 4- Lead Guitar Pattern Two 5- Root Five Bar Chords 6- Master Class No. 1 7- The Bend 8- Master Class No. 2 9- Advanced Strumming Techniques 10- The Slide 11- The Pull-Off 12- The Hammer 13- Advanced Bar Chords 14- Advanced Lead Guitar Techniques 15- Lead Guitar Solos 16- The Staff 17- INTRODUCTION 18- Lead Guitar Patterns 19- Bar Chord Chart 20- The Bar Chord 21- Notes in the Open Position 22- Bar Chord Progressions 23- Lead Guitar Patterns 24- Tuning to the Cassette or CD 25- Master Class No. 3 26- Lead Guitar Licks 27- Electronic Guitar Tuner 28- Left Hand Damping 29- Double-Note Licks 30- Notes 31- Lead Guitar Licks - Pattern Two 32- Sharps and Flats 33- Seventh Bar Chord - Root Six 34- Chord Diagrams 35- Root Six Major Bar Chord 36- Root Five Major Bar Chord 37- The Release Bend 38- The Ascending Slide 39- Changing Bar Chords 40- Notes on the Sixth String 41- Minor Pentatonic Scale 42- Fretboard Position 43- Keys 44- Scale Diagrams 45- The Chromatic Scale 46- Note Values 47- Left Hand Technique 48- Tuning the Guitar to Itself 49- Vibrato 50- Minor Bar Chord Progressions 51- Staccato Strum 52- The Descending Slide 53- Seventh Bar Chord - Root Five 54- Root Five Minor Bar Chord 55- Notes on the Fifth String 56- Notes on the Sixth String 57- The Valued Slide 58- The Tie 59- Alternative Fingerings 60- Tablature 61- Time Signatures 62- Tablature Symbols Used In This Book

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Minor Pentatonic Scale