Major Pentatonic Scales in Open Position — Start Here!

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In this lesson I’ll walk you through first steps with the major pentatonic scale, focusing on the scales built around five major chords you can play in open position: C, G, D, A, and E. It’s quite common to learn pentatonic “patterns” you can play up the guitar neck, using the CAGED system - and while that surely has its place, there is some pentatonic fun we can have in the first few frets of the guitar.

This lesson gives a broad overview of things, showing you the lay of the land and pointing toward additional directions you may like to go with your musical studies. Make sure you see my related lessons module, further below on this page – where I show a handful of other tutorials I’ve made tackling adjacent topics. Enjoy!

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[tunalm]

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[franknelson]

Thanks so much. For Bluegrass the open scales really help .Nice explanation

[larrypower]

One of the best examples of Major Pentatonic scales is the intro to “My Girl, ” by The Temptations. It’s perfect C and a perfect F major pentatonic riffs. Yes, I know that F is not an “open” chord. But hearing and/or playing this intro shows how that scale works.

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[thefalcon]

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[johnathandilelio]

do you have the same pdf but for minor pentatonics?

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