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By Tony Das Published on: Wed Apr 20, 2022
The pentatonic scale has 5 notes in it. Finger Position for A Minor Pentatonic Scale: 6th String: Frets 5 and 8 | 5th String: Frets 5 and 7 | 4th String: Frets 5 and 7 | 3rd String: Frets 5 and 7 | 2nd String: Frets 5 and 8 | 1st String: Frets 5 and 8. By just adding one more note to this scale, you can arrive at the A Minor Blues Scale.
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Lead guitar playing involves some intricate coordination between the left and right hand, and the knowledge of certain scales. While this guide to playing the guitar for beginners may not warrant a lesson in lead playing, learning the foundation or basics might prove useful later on.
The scale we’ll be covering here is the pentatonic scale which is quite popular on the electric guitar due to the easy way in which it is laid out, and the fact that you can arrive at some beautiful pieces with very relatable sounds from this shape. As the name suggests, this scale has 5 notes in it. When compared to the major scale we learnt in earlier blogs, the pentatonic scale has two notes less.
6th String: Frets 5 and 8
5th String: Frets 5 and 7
4th String: Frets 5 and 7
3rd String: Frets 5 and 7
2nd String: Frets 5 and 8
1st String: Frets 5 and 8
You might get the feeling that you’re playing more than 5 notes, but that’s only because we are repeating some notes in order to play across all six strings. Practise this (both ascending in pitch and descending) using a metronome and be sure to match the clicks on the metronome.
A lot of rock music riffs originate in the A Minor Pentatonic Scale, so if you experiment with it, you’re sure to find familiar sounds. Connected to rock music is blues music, and by just adding one more note to this scale, you can arrive at the A Minor Blues Scale.
6th String: Frets 5 and 8
5th String: Frets 5, 6 and 7
4th String: Frets 5 and 7
3rd String: Frets 5, 7 and 8
2nd String: Frets 5 and 8
1st String: Frets 5 and 8
Practise both these scales, and once you get comfortable with them, you can start experimenting to arrive at very cool and funky riffs. These two scales are your introduction to the world of rock music. In the upcoming blog post, we will be exploring an interesting technique in guitar – the barre chords or bar chords. They allow you to easily move the chord any number of frets higher or lower. Keep reading to know more about bar chords.
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