Major Pentatonic Scale is derived from the Major Scale.
Just skip the 4th and 7th note of the Major Scale.
e.g. C major Scale - C D E F G A B C
C Major Pentatonic Scale - C D E G A
The exercise below starts the C Major Scale on the 5th (G).
All the notes are still inside your C Major Scale and by starting
on the 5th, it gives a different voicing and sort of allow us to have more notes to apply.
Give it a try.
|--2--|-----|-----|--5--|
|--2--|-----|-----|--5--|
|-----|--3--|-----|--5--|
|-----|--3--|-----|--5--|
Have fun!
2 comments:
Learning guitar scales is important, even if you think it almost as boring as learning chords. The problem with many new guitarists who have just started learning is that they want to go too far too soon. That is the road to disaster, as many failed guitarists will tell you. Have you ever seen these piano players learning how to play, when they are going up and down the octaves playing their scales? Well, they are putting money in the bank because it will help them later when they have to play certain note combination without thinking. If you are going to be a good lead guitarist, or a solo guitarist of any description in any genre, you too will have to spend time learning your guitar scales.
It is good for ear training as well
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