Minor Pentatonic Scale in Any Position & Key Using ONE Pattern

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By far, the most used and convenient scale to know on the guitar is the Minor Pentatonic scale.

It can allow you to sound great soloing in many different styles including blues, rock, metal, funk, & jazz.

However, many guitarists get stuck using the same box shape (Pattern #1), unable to fully explore the rest of the fretboard when soloing. The few that do break away end up having to memorize a bunch of different patterns to make it work...

In this video guitar lesson, learn about the Master Pattern - the ONE pattern for the Minor Pentatonic scale that will allow you to not only play in any position but in any key, too!

If you have any questions or comments about this lesson, please post them in the comments and I will do my best to help you out.

Cheers!

-Graehme

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[JeffRazi]

I'd say you could teach a computer the pentatonic scale really well. You nailed down a master pattern and an algorithm to alter it. Beautiful.
Simpler to memorize the 5 positions.

[jeffsnider]

So basically just learn the five patterns.

[kurtretort]

Wow some of these comments are hostile! It certainly seems that the majority human reaction is: "Your way of thinking is stupid because it isn't my way." Yes the method described here is illustrating the same thing as if you learn all the patterns by rote, but some of us aren't wired to find parrot-fashion learning easy. I (and a fair few others judging by the comments) like to see a structure in what we're doing and be able to work things out from a basic starting position. This approach caters to that sort of brain. If you have a way that works better for you then good luck to you, but don't crap on something just because it isn't a good fit for you; sometimes things are meant for other people. Hats off to you Mr Floyd, I find this both illuminating and refreshing that there's a science behind the art.

[QuadeEshtiaq]

You are good, G. Floyd !
It took about half an hour to fathom out your Master Plan, within your Master Pattern.
I learnt how to adapt the Pentatonic Master Pattern in different keys, positions and in chunks on different strings. Thank you !
Everybody online talks about ‘one pattern for all keys’ but fall short with their message -
you got the trick, man !

[bitario]

Interesting, however this is more complicated than just learning the 5 patterns. But cool video anyway

[wcmacster]

Thank you for this perspective. This is what I needed to understand how the scales moves. I already new all the positions of the scale but this just reinforces how they can be broken down. Awesome. Bless you.

[elnegro]

Most difficult way I ever saw to learn a pentatonic

[maxflinter]

This is really great for more understanding. See how important it is to know the roots!

[shantytownbrown]

New player here, came across this because while trying to learn 5 “shapes” I saw a pattern emerge and was trying to figure it out. This is it. Exactly what I was looking for. Makes so much more sense than learning 5 shapes. There really is only 1, just have to know how to change it based on where the root is! Thanks for this!

[patrickestwick]

Thank you sooo much. Took me several bites at the cherry but it stuck tonight! This master pattern approach solved several things simultaneously for me. God bless you!

[michaelstreck]

Makes prefect sense and I can "see" it on the fretboard ! Thank you!

[christophermoyer]

Scott Paul Johnson will bless you with the easiest way to truly understand and utilize

[AllThingsGundam]

This is by the best tutorial on the pentatonic scale I've seen on YOUTUBE and its easy enough even I can learn it! Thank you so much sir!

[jeffrobodeenyehcmon]

Great lesson!! I'm right at this stage in my playing to really use this lesson for all kinds of stuff! So glad I found this! Thank you!

[machia]

This is a great way to confuse yourself in my opinion.

[xueyongg]

THIS IS SO GOOD! I don’t have to blindly memorize the 5 patterns anymore. Can simply derive these patterns regardless of position

[jimallen]

This didn't work for me but I'm happy to see that it helped others. We all learn things differently.

Thanks for sharing this Graehme.

[grahampfielding]

HOLY SMOKES! Have always been confused by all the different approches to learning the Pentatonic Scale(s) by different teachers. This approach is totally different, and refreshing. I'm going for it, plus down load the PDF version >>> Thank you for sharing this new approach!!!! p.s. Repetition is the key factor.

[awittypilot]

That SERIOUSLY turned the light on for me! Going to need a bit of thought but MAN! I get it! Also...think about this....the patterns are ALWAYS 1-4...1-4...1-3....1-3....1-3 repeating every time. The only place you change is at the 5th string where you move up one half note. Still...you always have to know where the root note is....the rest is all about for the great vid!

[jackbenimble]

I've been working through this for about 1/2 hour and I'm starting to get the hang of it. It's very cool and aesthetically pleasing. I will probably fall back to thinking in terms of patterns 1 through 5 due to laziness, but it would be cool to think in these terms. It's not that hard.