Lesson 5

Mastering the Pentatonic scale

Now it's time to learn scales. You will use scales to play lead guitar and build melodies. Once you get over this small hurdle, things will really begin to fall into place. In our lessons, we will concentrate on the Am pentatonic scale and the Key of C major. Once you learn these scales, others will be just a matter of moving to a different location.

The Am pentatonic scale is a 5 note scale, that's what pentatonic means. The notes in the A minor pentatonic scales are A C D E and G.

(The Little m after the A note above means the minor chord and we will learn more about that later).

Look at the illustration below. This illustration shows the Am pentatonic scale at its root note fret. Now look at the first yellow circle above, that is the Am Pentatonic root note fret and it starts at the 5th fret A note, Low E string.

Now it's time for you to go review the Am pentatonic scale at the root note fret position and return here to lesson 5. 

Once you review the Am pentatonic section you will need to do the assignments.

1. Use one illustration below to fill in the notes of the Am pentatonic scale, root note fret only.
2. Use one illustration below to fill in the fingers used to play the Am pentatonic scale, root note fret only.
3. Three notes have been filled in for you to get started. Fill in the remainder of the notes for the Am pentatonic scale root note fret.
4. Two notes for the fingering position have been filled in to get you started. Fill in the rest of the fingering position used for the Am pentatonic scale root note fret.

Good Luck, 

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