Am at G 15th fret

Home Up Am pentatonic at C Am Pentatonic at D Am pentatonic at E Am at G 15th fret A minor open Am pentatonic at G Am at 19th fret

The next position we will cover is the A minor pentatonic scale starting at the 15th Fret. The 15th fret is the orange circle above to the right. 

The illustration below shows this fingering pattern. 1-3 1-3 1-4 1-4 1-3 1-3. The notes that make up this fingering pattern are. G-A C-D E-G A-C D-E G-A.

Tablature starting at the 15th fret position.

----------------------------------------------15-17--
 -------------------------------------15-17----------
 -----------------------------14-17------------------
 --------------------14-17---------------------------
 -----------15-17------------------------------------
 -15-17----------------------------------------------

The illustration below shows the notes that make up the A minor pentatonic scale at the 15th fret. Notice that you start with the Low E string G note 15th fret and work your way down through the scale to the G note high E string 15th fret. Play this fingering pattern a couple hundred times or until you can play it none stop without looking. 
Listen G to G

 
G A C D E

You can also play over the Am in this position. You would start on the A note 4 finger 17th fret Low E string, down to the A note 17th fret high E string. This is just another position to play over the Am chord. 

 

You can also play over the C chord. Play from C to C. When you play lead, you usually play the notes of the chord in the rhythm. Eventually I will put examples of how to improvise in each position over each chord. 
 

Earlier I mentioned to you that after 12 frets everything repeats. Well we have finally reached that point. The next position for the A minor pentatonic scale is the 17th fret. That is the same fingering as the root note fret. If you remember the A minor pentatonic scale root note fret was on the 5th fret. We should go take a look at this position. We will also call this the root note fret, but it's 12 frets higher. 

A minor pentatonic at the 17th fret A note.

Good Luck,

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