Pentatonic Pattern 1 Major Scale on Top | Guitar Lessons

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Now that you know how to play the pentatonic scales, you're ready to play pattern #1 with major scale on top. Our expert guitar player shows you how in this video.

Now we know how to play the pentatonic scales. So what does that mean, pentatonic? Well, "penta-" is 5, pentatonic, and "-tonic" means notes, so 5-note scales. So if you've noticed, we've only really been playing 5 notes over and over again. Now what we're going to try and introduce are the major scale. And you know that - you've heard this all your life: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do. Now what we're going to do instead of just learning a million scales all over the place, let's be practical and let's learn it over what we already know. Let's stick with A minor - that's what we've been working with this whole time. So on the 6th string I'm going to find A and I'm going to put my 1st finger on it and now I know I'm in minor. And we know now that we can use our very first pentatonic scale. We know that we can extend it, but now I want to try to introduce some of those major notes. So the pattern is: 1, 3, 4, 1, 3, 4. Now, this one's going to be a little tricky; we're going to go 1, 3, and then 4 but notice that I've stretched across 5 frets here, so 1, 3, 4. Then, here on the 3rd string we're going to do 1, 3, 1, 2, 4, 1, 3, 4 - and of course you can go backwards. And there you go - there's there major/minor scale over the pentatonic pattern number 1.

[lifeforce]

little finger.. too weak! these lessons are amazing. thank you very much! gotta love the internet at times like this :)

[jasperscats]

wait so this is the Am pentatonic scale with the A major scale over it? or is it the C major scale? and in what key could it be used in? in A major? A minor? C major?

[jtixtlan]

How can I find the very first lesson that introduces the pentatonic scale? I have spent hours sifting through videos that build on it, but I need to start at the beginning.

[alejandroterzado]

How is there only 16 comments with 70k views

[LimitedRiverTV]

ur going to fast i got lost after the 3rd string, where it changes

[TheShhead]

u have 2 go back 2 notes to play the extension of the current note ur using

[FitnessCoachRenz]

Its just a simple first pattern of A minor scale. Don't make exotic names.

[DusselDepp]

I just love lessons where not a single note of actual music is played. Yeah, sure, just keep wasting your time on BS like this. "BS" because the explanations lack any logic.