Now let’s play the G minor pentatonic scale … Once again, bending the minor third up to the major third is a nice bluesy sound. Dominant chords have a major third and a minor seventh (b7). Learning the major pentatonic scale is easy once you've learned the minor pentatonic scale - the two scales share all the same notes! Minor Pentatonic Scale: The minor pentatonic scale is 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 of the natural minor scale. Minor Pentatonic Pattern #2. That is, a natural minor scale without degrees 2 and 6. Sometimes it's easier to think of a major pentatonic scale that starts and ends on degree 6. There are both Pentatonic Major and Minor – the Minor is slightly more often used. The open strings themselves even make up the notes of the E minor pentatonic scale. Strum a G minor chord, then play the notes of the G minor pentatonic scale. Note: The major pentatonic scale uses the exact same pattern as the minor pentatonic scale, it simply starts on the second note of the pattern. The minor pentatonic scale is quite possibly the most used and, suffice it to say, over-used scale on the guitar. The two should sound like they fit. A minor pentatonic scale, root note fret position [ A minor pentatonic root note 5th ] [Am pentatonic C note ] [ Am at D ] [ Am at E ] [ Am at G ] [ Am root 17 ] [ Am open ] [ Am at the G ] Don't let the word pentatonic scare you off, it just means a five note scale. Whatever Start by playing the fifth fret of the sixth string (the note "A"). A Minor Pentatonic Scale Notes. The minor pentatonic scale has a minor third, which may clash with the chord’s minor third. F major pentatonic scale: F - G - A - C - D A minor pentatonic scale: A - C - D - E - G E minor pentatonic scale: E - G - A - B - D. While the pentatonic scale notes can be played in order, try leaping between notes, repeating the same note more than once, and adding non-scale notes to write memorable melodies, riffs, and solos. The Pentatonic Scale is frequently used in lots of popular music styles. The scale is made up of just five notes, but as your fingers move across the fretboard, you’ll repeat these notes in higher or lower octaves. Look at Pattern 1 below and notice that the R is on the 6th string (played with the Finger 1). Those five notes are: -- A-- C-- D-- E-- G. These five notes can also be found among the seven notes making up the previously mentioned C major scale. In this case, the minor pentatonic scale contains the minor seventh, so that note sounds great. For example, the relative minor of C is A minor, and the notes which form C major pentatonic and A minor pentatonic are the same. This is a G minor pentatonic scale because the first note we play (sixth string, third fret) is a G note. The minor pentatonic scale consists of the same 5 notes of the major pentatonic. 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