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Post subject: Pentatonic Scale Positions
Posted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:36 pm
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Here's something educational to get this forum started. It's a chart that shows the pentatonic scale, positions 1 through 5, and what each note represents for the I, IV and V chords. It should help you to learn your fretboard so that you know what notes you're actually playing while improvising.

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Post subject: Re: Pentatonic Scale Positions
Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 7:13 am
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That's good stuff. Way to start it off!

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Post subject: Re: Pentatonic Scale Positions
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 5:05 am
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Yes I agree this is great. But being a somewhat newbie can you explain the coding? I can understand a couple of the them like the R meaning the root note but am confused by most of the others


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Post subject: Re: Pentatonic Scale Positions
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2014 8:17 am
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Well, first off I should have said that I didn't make up this file. I lifted it off of another forum a couple of years ago.
Each circle has a number in it that designates what that note represents in that scale. You have R for root as you pointed out, 4 for 4th, b7 for flat 7th etc. You see that as the song moves to the IV chord, you are playing the same notes in the scale but they now represent different notes of the IV chord. The same is true as the song moves to the V chord.
This gives you all the notes you would play in a 12 bar blues progression just using the pentatonic scale.
I have another similar file that adds some chord tones. Meaning notes that are in the I, IV, V chords, but out of the pentatonic scale. I'll try posting that later.
I don't remember why the b3 has an X through it. I hope this helps.

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Post subject: Re: Pentatonic Scale Positions
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2014 3:02 am
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Very cool Andy, thanks for posting. 8)

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Post subject: Re: Pentatonic Scale Positions
Posted: Mon May 19, 2014 8:43 pm
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If the coding confuses you then color all of the dots black and ignore the writing. Why?? Because its pretty hard to play a wrong pentatonic note if your root note is in the right place. So otherwise, if your playing G blues / rock, start that first position on the first chart on the low E string of the 3rd fret and play the whole set of scales up from there. You are only dealing with 5 notes out of the scale with the PENTA tonic scale so if you play attention, every 5 notes brings you back to the root note.
If you go to the Reverbnation link in my signature there is a lesson on my page that goes into great detail on it and simplifies it.
What I am saying here applies mostly to minor pentatonic and 99.9% of blues songs and 90% of rock and roll.
The major pentatonic scale is identical in form but is positioned differently on the neck. Both are so simple a chimp could play them if they are taught correctly. If you learn where both major and minor are positioned in context to one another you will have 80% of rock and roll figured out.

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