LESSON #1 - MAJOR PENTATONIC
SO HERE'S YOUR FIRST ONLINE LESSON. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BEST TO LEARN THESE
PATTERNS FIRST BECAUSE THERE ARE ONLY FIVE NOTES. PENTA MEANS "FIVE" AND TONIC
MEANS THE ROOT (OR KEY) THAT YOU ARE PLAYING IT IN. WE WILL BE USING G MAJOR
FOR THIS EXAMPLE. THE TAB WILL BE SHOWN FIRST. RIGHT BELOW THAT I WILL SHOW
YOU WHAT THE PATTERN LOOKS LIKE. I WANT YOU TO MEMORIZE THESE PATTERNS.
IN THE G PENTATONIC WE HAVE THESE NOTES - G A B D E THAT'S IT! JUST THESE FIVE
NOTES REPEATING OVER AND OVER.
G MAJOR PENTATONIC - ROOT POSITION - STARTS ON G.
START THIS PATTERN WITH YOUR MIDDLE FINGER.
---------------------------------3--3---------------------------------------
---------------------------3--5--------5--3---------------------------------
---------------------2--4--------------------4--2---------------------------
---------------2--5--------------------------------5--2---------------------
---------2--5--------------------------------------------5--2---------------
---3--5--------------------------------------------------------5--3---------
ROOT POSITION PATTERN LOOKS LIKE THIS. MEMORIZE IT. PLAY IT SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY
DEVELOP SPEED.
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G MAJOR PENTATONIC - 1ST POSITION - STARTS ON THE 6TH DEGREE OF THE G MAJOR WHICH IS "E"
THE 6TH DEGREE IS ALWAYS THE RELATIVE MINOR PENTATONIC OF ITS MAJOR PENTATONIC.
----------------------------------0--3--3--0------------------------------------
----------------------------0--3--------------3--0------------------------------
----------------------0--2--------------------------2--0------------------------
---------------0--2---------------------------------------2--0------------------
---------0--2---------------------------------------------------2--0------------
---0--3---------------------------------------------------------------3--0------
1ST POSITION PATTERN LOOKS LIKE THIS. MEMORIZE IT. PLAY IT SLOWLY AND GRADUALLY
DEVELOP SPEED. BTW, THIS IS ALSO THE ROOT PATTERN FOR THE MINOR PENTATONIC.
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G MAJOR PENTATONIC - 2ND POSITION - STARTS ON THE 2ND DEGREE OF G MAJOR WHICH IS "A"
START THIS PATTERN WITH YOUR MIDDLE FINGER.
---------------------------------5--7--7--5-------------------------------------
---------------------------5--8--------------8--5-------------------------------
---------------------4--7--------------------------7--4-------------------------
---------------5--7--------------------------------------7--5-------------------
---------5--7--------------------------------------------------7--5-------------
---5--7--------------------------------------------------------------7--5-------
2ND POSITION PATTERN LOOKS LIKE THIS.
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-*-------*----
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G MAJOR PENTATONIC - 3RD POSITION - STARTS ON THE 3RD DEGREE OF G MAJOR WHICH IS "B"
START THIS PATTERN WITH YOUR INDEX FINGER (1ST FINGER).
------------------------------------8--10--10--8----------------------------------
-----------------------------8--10----------------10--8---------------------------
-----------------------7--9------------------------------9--7---------------------
-----------------7--9------------------------------------------9--7---------------
----------7--10------------------------------------------------------10--7--------
---7--10--------------------------------------------------------------------10--7-
3RD POSITION PATTERN.
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G MAJOR PENTATONIC - 4TH POSITION - STARTS ON THE 5TH DEGREE OF G MAJOR WHICH IS "D"
START THIS PATTERN WITH YOUR MIDDLE FINGER.
-----------------------------------------10--12--12--10-----------------------
---------------------------------10--12------------------12--10---------------
--------------------------9--12----------------------------------12--9--------
-------------------9--12------------------------------------------------12--9-
-----------10--12-------------------------------------------------------------
---10--12---------------------------------------------------------------------
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-12--10---------
---------12--10-
4TH POSITION PATTERN.
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-*---------*-------
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SO HERE ARE ALL THE PATTERNS. TRY FIGURING OUT THE 5TH POSITION. HERE'S A HINT:
IT GOES BACK TO POSITION PATTERN ONE STARTING ON THE 12TH FRET. GOOD LUCK!
