Free online guitar lessons - Understanding the Pentatonic Scale.
In our first installment of free online guitar lessons, we will be looking at understanding the Pentatonic Scale
As you may or may not know the Major and Minor Pentatonic scales are the foundation of many lead rock, blues and country guitar solos.
In a truly technically sense, any scale composed of five notes can be called a pentatonic scale (penta = five and tonic = notes). In reality however, two different pentatonic scales will cover almost all of the playing situations that you will ever encounter encounter. These two scales are referred to as the Major Pentatonic and the Minor Pentatonic scales.
The major Pentatonic Scale is built on These note: (1 Root) + 2 3 5 6
So in the key of C the note would be (C Root) + D E G A
The minor Pentatonic Scale is built on These note: (1 Root) + b3 4 5 b7
So in the key of C the note would be (C Root) + bE F G bB
If you would like a great layout of how the pentatonic scale looks on the fretboard do a Google search for the term "mode master" and you will find a great interactive tool that shows the whole keyboard in every scale you can imagine. It is very helpful.
The Pentatonic Scale is our best friend when we are first starting out with lead guitar. Learn them inside and out and they will take you a long way in you lead guitar playing. In my next lesson for free online guitar lessons I will be talking about how to take our leads to another level from the Pentatonic scale. Check it out!!
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