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Am Pentatonic Grouping

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The next illustration will be that of the A minor pentatonic scale scanning 5 different positions. Now you will be really moving around the fretboard. In this exercise you will be playing from left to right. Everything starts on the G note or the 3rd fret Low E string. This exercise is to help you play in different positions and combine some of the positions we have covered. This exercise starts on the G note.

Look at the illustrations below. The first illustration shows the exercise with the notes. The second illustration shows the fingers that play it. 1-3, 1-3 slide down two frets. As soon as you hit the second 3 you slide and never pick the note that you slid to. Then 1-3, 1-3 slide again. Finish off the scale with 1-3, 1-3, 3. You will be ending on the high E 12th fret. You need to practice this over and over again until you have it completely memorized.

  Now Listen to this run

Look above and find the G note on the Low E string 3rd fret. Play that note with your 1 finger. Now find the A note on the Low E string 5th fret. Play that note with your 3 finger.

The next note will be on the A string 3rd fret. Play that C note with your 1 finger. The next note is again on the A string, but this time as soon as you pick it slide your 3 finger down to the 7th fret same A string. This is how leads are really played. You play both of those notes by only picking the string one time.

Tablature below.

---------------------------------------------8-10sl--12---
--------------------------------------8--10---------------
---------------------------5--7sl--9----------------------
--------------------5--7----------------------------------
--------3--5sl--7-----------------------------------------
-3--5-----------------------------------------------------

By playing this exercise over and over again, you will begin to come up with your own ideas. Pieces of the puzzle will start to come together.

Our CD ROM a Visual Learning Experience has tons of scales with audio, video and tablature included.

Good Luck,

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