Scale Doctrine
Learning to play minor pentatonic scales is a great way to learn guitar and lead solos. It may seem difficult to remember it at first, but I will try to break it down for you so that you can understand it easily. If you look at picture two at the top of this article you will see the E minor pentatonic scale that starts at the 12th fret. Most websites write this way and are just a bunch of colors and numbers passing through the neck, when I started I had no idea what the heck any of that meant, so I decided to break it all down in this article. I hope this lesson is easy to understand without you having to learn a bunch of Music Theory. Before you start, take a look here: Guitar Scales.
If you click on the link, you will see that the first scale I teach in that lesson is the E minor pentatonic scale, which is the same scale I will teach in this article. The only difference between the E minor scale in this article and the one from the previous article is that the scale has been moved to the 12th of the guitar neck. The marks are all exactly the same. In the pictures of the scale I previewed, I didn’t include the rest of the neck positions for each scale, because I didn’t want to confuse you with all the different colors and numbers, and to keep the lesson simple by only showing one position.
If you know which notes to play you can play the same scale in different places on the neck to get a different sound, it’s not hard to find after you know what to expect. Both E minor pentatonic in this article and in the previous article consist of the notes: E, G, A, B, D, and then repeats E.
A little confused? I’ll try to explain something easier. See tab below:
E Minor Pentatonic Scale
E|–12—15——————– -|————————————|
B|————12—15———–|———– ———————–|
G|———————12—14-|———— – ———————-|
D|——————————–|-12—14————————|
A|——————————–|——- ——12—14————-|
E|——————————–|——- ——————12—15–|
The root note of this scale is E, so every bold and shaded note shows you the root note, which is what gives the E a minor sound. With play lead guitar you want to start solos and finish solos with a note so that it is separated from all other notes it exists I often add some vibrato to the note to make it sound a little more distinct. Now that you understand that the root note gives the tray its sound, let’s go to imagine two, and make it a little easier to understand. Let’s combine all the notes in the My tab so that the two pictures look exactly the same to get this:
E|–12———–15—–|
B|-12———–15—–|
G|-12—14————-|
D|-12—14————-|
A|-12—14———–|
E|–12———–15—-|
They look the same now, right? So when you go to other pages and they show the number in a different scheme, you just find the root note in their figure in the box and then do it on the scale. I will go into more detail about the scales in another article and tell you how to turn them into awesome guitar solos, but for now just look at the rest of the scales and note their sound and finger positions.
C Minor Pentatonic Scale
E|——8——————– —-|———————————–|
B|————11—8———–|———– ———————–|
G|———————10—8–|———– – ———————-|
D|——————————–|- 10—8———————–|
A|——————————–|——- —— 10 — 8 ————-|
E|——————————–|—— —————-11—8—|
E|–8——————–|
B|-8———–11——|
G|-8—10————-|
D|-8—10————-|
A|-8—10————-|
E|–8————11—-|
D Minor Pentatonic Scale
E|——10——————– —-|———————————–|
B|————13—10———–|———– ———————–|
G|———————12—10–|———– – ———————-|
D|——————————–|- 12—10———————–|
A|——————————–|——- ——12–10————–|
E|——————————–|—— —————- 13 — 10—|
E|–10——————–|
B|-10———–13——|
G|-10—12————-|
D|-10—12————-|
A|-10—12————-|
E|–10————13—-|
G Minor Pentatonic Scale
E|——3——————– —|——————————–|
B|———— 6—3———–|———– ———————|
G|———————5—3–|———– – ———————|
D|—————————–|-5< /u>—3———————–|
A|—————————–|——— —-5–3————–|
E|—————————–|——— ————–6—3—|
E|—3——————————–|
B|–3———–6——|
G|--3—5————-|
D|–3—5————-|
A|–3—5————-|
E|—3———–6—-|
After you learn start all the notes on the scale to figure out which scale can be moved around. guitar necks to receive different sounds. Most of the shapes remain the same in words where the root note is located. Notice how all the root marks land in the middle, with the highest points? If you can memorize one guitar scale, you can memorize the shape for all other scales as well.
I also recommend that you try to play all the upper scales in the position so that you can work out all your fingers equally, that way later learn to play the guitar solos fast fast speed
