Guitar Pentatonic scale help?
ok..i’m confused as hell
most videos I’ve found play the 5 positions in the key of A (their guitars tuned to E) thats not confusing
the confusing part is what if my guitar is tuned to Dropped B
how will I play the minor pentatonic scale? Do i just find the A root note and play it normally? please help…
i use the
B-F♯-B-E-G♯-C♯. tuning
so would i Just find the A (root) note on the 6th in this tuning and start the first minor pentatonic scale position there?
the pattern remains the same but u’ll get different notes. the intervals of a minor pentatonic is:
1 3b 4 5 7b 8 (in terms of a major scale u play those notes)
ex: A minor pentatonic
A C D E G A
(the a major scale are A B C# D E F# G# A)
try to avoid patterns cause ur never know what pattern consist of (the name of the notes)
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The actual fingering patterns of the pentatonic scales don’t change at all even if tuning is changed. By dropped B do you mean that you have tuned your whole guitar down a perfect 4th or did you mean dropped D. If you have tuned your guitar down a perfect 4th then to play an A minor pentatonic you have to start on what would normally be E. If you’re in dropped D, then the fingering pattern on the 6th string will be 2 and 4 although your 4th finger will be the same note as your first finger on the 5th string.
References :
the pattern remains the same but u’ll get different notes. the intervals of a minor pentatonic is:
1 3b 4 5 7b 8 (in terms of a major scale u play those notes)
ex: A minor pentatonic
A C D E G A
(the a major scale are A B C# D E F# G# A)
try to avoid patterns cause ur never know what pattern consist of (the name of the notes)
References :