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Question: Pentatonic scale (guitar)!?
Ive learnt 3 positions of it in A from my teacher, he always tells me to repeat the 6th note, so if you count it it goes 1+2+3+(rest on 4+), and when you play it, for the first position the finger pattern would be 1-4, 1-3, 1-3 (pause) then on the 3rd string still, 3, then on the next string, 1, then 4 on the same string, then 1 on the high e string!.

e- - - -- - - -- - - -- - -- - --- - - -- - -- -- -1 ( not playing the 4 on this string)
A- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1-4
D-- --- ----- ----- ---- ---- ---1---3
G-------------1-3----------3
B------1-3
E 1-4

that was finger position not fret position!.

and i have to do the same for every position, i tried to do it without repeating today though and it was almost like starting over again!.Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
So what's the question!?

All he is having you do is play the tonic again to emphasize that you are indeed starting the pentatonic scale over!.

Penta (five) tonic (tone)Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Now I provide you with the C Minor Pentatonic Scale (C - D# - F - G - A# - C) You just compare if you are doing it right or not!


|-o-|---|-o-|---|
|-R-|---|---|-o-|
o |---|---|-o-|---|
|-o-|---|-o-|---|
|-o-|---|-R-|---|
|-o-|---|-o-|---|
1 2 3 4



|----------------------1-3--|
|------------------1-4------|
|--------------0-3----------|
|----------1-3--------------|
|------1-3------------------|
|--1-3----------------------|

E |-o-|---|-o-|---|---|
B |-R-|---|---|-o-|---|
G |---|---|-o-|---|---|
D |-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|
A |-o-|---|-R-|---|---|
E |-o-|---|-o-|---|---|
1 2 3 4 5



|----------------------1-3--|
|------------------1-4------|
|----------------3----------|
|----------1-3-5------------|
|------1-3------------------|
|--1-3----------------------|

E |---|-o-|---|---|-o-|
B |---|---|-o-|---|-o-|
G |---|-o-|---|-R-|---|
D |---|-o-|---|-o-|---|
A |---|-R-|---|---|-o-|
E |---|-o-|---|---|-o-|
2 3 4 5 6



|----------------------3-6--|
|------------------4-6------|
|--------------3-5----------|
|----------3-5--------------|
|------3-6------------------|
|--3-6----------------------|

E |-o-|---|---|-o-|---|
B |---|-o-|---|-o-|---|
G |-o-|---|-R-|---|---|
D |-o-|---|-o-|---|---|
A |-R-|---|---|-o-|---|
E |-o-|---|---|-o-|---|
3 4 5 6 7



|----------------------3-6--|
|------------------4-6------|
|--------------3-5----------|
|----------3-5--------------|
|------3-6------------------|
|--3-6----------------------|

E |---|---|-o-|---|-R-|
B |-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|
G |---|-R-|---|---|---|
D |---|-o-|---|---|-o-|
A |---|---|-o-|---|-o-|
E |---|---|-o-|---|-R-|
4 5 6 7 8



|----------------------6-8--|
|----------------4-6-8------|
|--------------5------------|
|----------5-8--------------|
|------6-8------------------|
|--6-8----------------------|

E |---|-o-|---|-R-|---|
B |---|-o-|---|-o-|---|
G |-R-|---|---|-o-|---|
D |-o-|---|---|-o-|---|
A |---|-o-|---|-o-|---|
E |---|-o-|---|-R-|---|
5 6 7 8 9



|----------------------6-8--|
|------------------6-8------|
|--------------5-8----------|
|----------5-8--------------|
|------6-8------------------|
|--6-8----------------------|

E |-o-|---|-R-|---|---|
B |-o-|---|-o-|---|---|
G |---|---|-o-|---|---|
D |---|---|-o-|---|-R-|
A |-o-|---|-o-|---|-o-|
E |-o-|---|-R-|---|---|
6 7 8 9 10



|------------------------6-8--|
|--------------------6-8------|
|------------------8----------|
|-------------8-10------------|
|------6-8-10-----------------|
|--6-8------------------------|

E |---|-R-|---|---|-o-|
B |---|-o-|---|---|-o-|
G |---|-o-|---|-o-|---|
D |---|-o-|---|-R-|---|
A |---|-o-|---|-o-|---|
E |---|-R-|---|---|-o-|
7 8 9 10 11



|---------------------------8-11--|
|----------------------8-11-------|
|-----------------8-10------------|
|------------8-10-----------------|
|-------8-10----------------------|
|--8-11---------------------------|

E |-R-|---|---|-o-|---|
B |-o-|---|---|-o-|---|
G |-o-|---|-o-|---|---|
D |-o-|---|-R-|---|---|
A |-o-|---|-o-|---|---|
E |-R-|---|---|-o-|---|
8 9 10 11 12



|---------------------------8-11--|
|----------------------8-11-------|
|-----------------8-10------------|
|------------8-10-----------------|
|-------8-10----------------------|
|--8-11---------------------------|

E |---|---|-o-|---|-o-|
B |---|---|-o-|---|-R-|
G |---|-o-|---|-o-|---|
D |---|-R-|---|---|-o-|
A |---|-o-|---|---|-o-|
E |---|---|-o-|---|-o-|
9 10 11 12 13



|--------------------------------11-13--!.!.!.
|--------------------------11-13--------!.!.!.
|--------------------10-12--------------!.!.!.
|--------------10-13--------------------!.!.!.
|--------10-13--------------------------!.!.!.
|--11-13--------------------------------!.!.!.

E |---|-o-|---|-o-|---|
B |---|-o-|---|-R-|---|
G |-o-|---|-o-|---|---|
D |-R-|---|---|-o-|---|
A |-o-|---|---|-o-|---|
E |---|-o-|---|-o-|---|
10 11 12 13 14



|--------------------------------11-13--!.!.!.
|--------------------------11-13--------!.!.!.
|--------------------10-12--------------!.!.!.
|--------------10-13--------------------!.!.!.
|--------10-13--------------------------!.!.!.
|--11-13--------------------------------!.!.!.


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