Triplets

The images below show the A minor pentatonic scale in the root note position. The first image is laid out in tablature form. Notice that this image does not show your fingers on it. But the numbers now indicate the fret number each number is over the string you play.

The image below shows the notes that make up the A minor pentatonic scale at the root note fret. Take a look at the image below and remember the notes A C D E and G. These are the notes that make up the A minor pentatonic scale.

To play the A minor pentatonic scale in the tablature form below, you would play from left to right. The first number 5 marked in red below is the beginning note played. Look at this note on the image below. The first note is played at the 5th fret and on the Low E string.  Play that one note. Remember to start with your 1 finger. By the way, this first note is the (A) note, look at the second image below and find this (A) on the Low E string .

The second note played will be the red 8, look above. Play this note on the 8th fret Low E string. This is the (C) note on the image Below. Find this (C) note on the Low E string. Remember play with the 4 finger.

The third note is the second red 5 below, which is the (D) note 5th fret. Find this (D) note on the second image below A string, then play it. 1 finger.

So now you have played the first 3 notes in red below. To continue, you need to play the next three notes 8, 5, 7. Then you would play the 5, 7, 5 and then 7, 5, 7. Continue all the way through the scale from the Low E to the high E. Just remember that each number is the fret and each number is over the particular string that you play. That's how you read tablature.

Good Luck,