Sliding Minor Pentatonic Scale

joeguitar — Sat, 09 May 2009 14:07:11 +0000

The Minor Pentatonic Scale is the most played in rock music. It has it’s roots in Blues, and some may call it the blues scale. Pentatonic is based on the (5) root notes of the minor scale. Below is the scale in G – even though it starts on the F note – this is the minor scale and can be started anywhere on the guitar, starting on the top E string and sliding down to the bottom E. This scale can be moved to whatever fret you need the key to be. So for the Key of A start on the third fret – for the Key of D start on the eighth fret and so on and so on…….

What you need to remember is that the scale goes 2-3-2-3-2-3. Once you get to the B string you see that you need to watch where you are on the fret board. You can just slide this scale down into what ever key you need and is the easiest way to get good on leads.

E|—|—|—|—|—|-o-|—|-o-|—|-o-|

B|—|—|—|—|—|-o-|—|-o-|

G|—|—|-o-|—|-o-|—|-o-|—|

D|—|—|-o-|—|-0-|—|—|—|

A|-o-|—|-o-|—|-o-|—|—|—|

E|-o-|—|-O-|—|—|—|—|—|

Here is a link to a Backing track in G to jam to.

Here is a link to a Backing track in D to jam to

Here is a tab version of the Sliding Minor Pentatonic Scale scale.

|————————————6-8-10—-|

|—————————–6–8——–|

|———————3-5-7—————-|

|————–3-5———————–|

|——1-3-5—————————–|

|-1-3————————————|

Here is the G minor pentatonic scale in a non sliding form – this is what the sliding scale is based on – and is usually the first scale any beginning rock guitarist should learn to get his fingers rolling.

|————————————3-6—-|

|—————————–3–6——–|

|———————3-5—————–|

|————–3-5———————–|

|——-3-5—————————–|

|-3-6————————————|

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Sliding Minor Pentatonic Scale