I know the general pattern of a pentatonic scale but im having trouble learning the extensions for each key. For example ill learn the A minor pent scale with its extensions but if i try to switch over to the B minor, i have no idea where its extensions are and i just confuse myself. Any tips? Maybe an overall pattern im not seeing?

what i did was play the scale in E until it felt natural. then i went to A and then B. just play it when your watching the tv or somthing. get muscle memory in you fingers then move on to prac another root

I know the general pattern of a pentatonic scale but im having trouble learning the extensions for each key. For example ill learn the A minor pent scale with its extensions but if i try to switch over to the B minor, i have no idea where its extensions are and i just confuse myself. Any tips? Maybe an overall pattern im not seeing?

what i did was play the scale in E until it felt natural. then i went to A and then B. just play it when your watching the tv or somthing. get muscle memory in you fingers then move on to prac another root

I know pentatonic scales
but I want to know some scales that would be good for alternative rock like stuff.

Hello there,

Here is a link to a handy wedsite to help figure out scales.

http://www.theguitarfiles.com/scale.php

The blues scale is common in most forms of rock. The mixolydiam is handy because it is neither major or minor.

Later,

The chord D in the first position is in the shape of a triangle.
I bet that’s what they mean.

so far I have learned all the patterns of the e minor pentatonic scale. what am I supposed to do next? learn the minor pentatonic in other keys? what should I do next?

By the way, I’m already soloing a bit and it’s a lot of fun but I still want to learn more and more and more and become really good.

Learn the scale in every key. Unless you never play vocal songs you can’t do everything in one key. Also learn the major pentatonic scales, too, You already know G major the notes ar the same as E minor, you just have a G for the root. Major pentatonic is the most common in pop music.
The more you know the better you’ll play. Learn to skip up or down instead of just repeating all the notes in order and remember passing notes, the ones in a seven note scale instead of a five note pentatonic scale. Sprinkle a few in for color, particularly for the upbeat notes, The down beats are most important so tho notes in the five note scale work best there.

I have been looking at the patterns of the pentatonic scales on the internet and there are a lot of websites that show the patterns in different ways like one will say ‘here is pattern 1′ then another will say ‘yeah here is pattern 1′ and they are both totally different, even if they are in the same key. Can someone please help me and show me what ones are actually correct. Are there different shapes for different keys? Is there anything i need to know about them in particular that might cause confusion without knowing?

The pentatonic scales are just 5 single notes.

How many "A" notes can you find on your guitar? A lot, right? You can play the same 5 notes on Many places on the guitar, and NO one space is "correct" whatever that word means.

Should I always hit the notes in the chord progression while im soloing? For example im soloing over a chord progression of G-Am-Bm-C. Should I start and stop on G notes while the G is playing? Then when Am is playing should I do the same? Same thing for the other chords.

I’ve been confused about this for a while now. I hope you guys can help me.

It’s really your choice. What I like to do is start on a G, solo for a bit, then when the chord changes go to a perfect fourth or fifth (so for an Am, play an E). You want to end phrases on a fifth, and finish on a G. Of course, you could just solo crazily – as long as it ends on the root, you’ll be fine.

for example iam trying to figure out if the flat in pentatonic scale for example E flat means that the scale is minor ?

Nope, all pentatonic scales work for both major and minor, the Bb is just a note in that penatatonic scale.
Hope this helps

I know pentatonic scales
but I want to know some scales that would be good for alternative rock like stuff.

Hello there,

Here is a link to a handy wedsite to help figure out scales.

http://www.theguitarfiles.com/scale.php

The blues scale is common in most forms of rock. The mixolydiam is handy because it is neither major or minor.

Later,

Like in some positions where the 4th finger is stretching, eg on the low E string, tab = 5-8-9, and the thumb has to drop back behind the neck of the guitar a bit, is there a way to keep my wrist straight? coz im getting sore wrist from practicing it with my wrist bent for the E and A string notes.

That also depends on your anatomy, for ex. how long your fingers are.
But in my opinion there’s no way to play on the lower strings without bending your wrist a bit. One thing you can do, if you’re not doing that already, is to press the palm of your hand against the neck (in a way that it mutes the high E string). That way your fingers can reach a bit further, thus making the wrist bend less severe.
But the main point is: some exercises are more strenuous than others, there’s no way to escape that. What you can do is train on those exercises for only a few minutes a day and with frequent pauses; even a ten second pause after every repetition can make a huge difference. And after all, never forget that in real performance you rarely need to play a passage like the one you gave in your question for more than a few seconds. And also that there’s other ways to play fast pentatonics: using open strings, slides etc etc. In my opinion that exercise you’re doing is to be taken more as fingers work-out than "real music"… so, just as in body work-out, you should take it easy!