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The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Part 4

So now that you know the first 3 patterns of the Minor Pentatonic Scale it’s time to get your fingers on the 4th pattern. This pattern is really useful because it fits in the area where you would play a chord with the root note on the 5th string. Notice the root note on the [...]

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The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Part 3

So now that you know the first 2 patterns of the Minor Pentatonic Scale it’s time to get your fingers on the 3rd pattern. Many blues guitarists focus primarily on the first 2 patterns of the scale, but if you want to be really good you need to learn to play all over the fingerboard. [...]

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The Minor Pentatonic Scale – Part 2

Now that you’ve got the first position of the scale under your fingers it’s time to to get to work on the second position. If you haven’t yet, be sure to read the part 1 of this series on the Minor Pentatonic Scale. The Second Pattern Of The Minor Pentatonic Scale When you move up [...]

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