Whats a Pentatonic Scale?

jamesd74 · Post by **jamesd74** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:25 pm

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:57 pm

A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave
http://www.guitarlessonworld.com/lessons/lesson27.htm for more detail

Post by **olly** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 2:58 pm

It is a scale with 5 notes rather than the usual 7. It is a good one for beginners to work with and is great for soloing over a whole load of stuff!

jamesd74 · Post by **jamesd74** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 4:41 pm

Thanks do you know where I can find a tab.

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Wed Dec 22, 2010 5:14 pm

loads of tabs here...just google for tabs ...you'll have enough to see you through this bout
of global warming...ignore the bribes also
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/mis ... s_tabs.htm

henry the wasp · Post by **henry the wasp** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:03 pm

So as this is the A Minor Pentatonic starting on the 5th fret i can add any of the other patterns to it by leaving this pattern and joining the next on the route note of each patttern? so in effect i can play pattern one and join pattern 2 at the 8th fret together and so on and its all A ? I can then move pattern 1 allong 2 frets and i am playing the B Minor Pentatonic and can join pattern 2 to this at the 10th fret and still be in B and so on? Would this make it possible to play in any key just by moving all the patterns along but still playing the same sequence of patterns?

polyal · Post by **polyal** » Wed Mar 20, 2013 11:15 pm

if you dont use any open strings all things are relative...so if you play
a lick in the key of A at the 7th fret ..then play it in the key of G
..play it at the 5th fret ( since G is 2 frets lower than A ..or a tone or 2 semitones )
if you play it in A# then the 8th fret is the starting point and so on ( for the same sequence of notes played in an identical manner )