SCALE CHARTS
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SPELLED 1 - b3 - 4 - 5 - b7 - 8
The Minor Pentatonic Scale is one of the most important scales in Western music. It certainly has a huge reputation ... but it's importance can be overstated. Pentatonic scales have 5 notes per octave (6 if you include the octave note) and even players who claim to use them are often including more than just those 5 notes ... so is that really a Pentatonic Scale? Why would you want to restrict yourself to just 5 of the 12 notes anyway? A Minor Pentatonic Scale goes 1 - b3 - 4 - 5 - b7 - 8. It often functions as a simplified version of one of the minor Diatonic Modes It is huge in Blues and Blues Rock as well as Country. It is generally thought of as the basis for the BLUES SCALE. Many folks don't know that it is actually the 6th mode of the Major Pentatonic Scale ... or in other words, start on note 6 of the Major Pentatonic and you get Minor Pentatonic. It confuses many players that the same finger patterns can be used to play either scale. As usual, there are 12 fingerings for it in our normal chromatic "box" orientation. Do you need to know all 12? Not unless you want to be the next Modern Jazz "phenom". Try to learn as many as you can ... 4 to 6 is a good figure to shoot for. Start with the easiest ones first ... the ones that have the fewest FINGER SHIFTS (boxes 3, 5, 8 and 10 have no shifts). To totally understand your fretboard and how to do finger shifts, visit www.guitar-instruction-free-lessons-online.com/chromatic-scale . Remember, the RED DOT is your ROOT NOTE and these boxes can be moved anywhere on the fretboard to play in all 12 keys. If you're unsure how to use these charts, visit www.guitar-instruction-free-lessons-online.com/guitar-scales . To learn more about the THEORY implications of this and other scales, check out our DVD home study course at www.absolutelyunderstandguitar.com .
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