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Connect the Pentatonics

10 min · Intermediate · Fretboard & theory

How to play

Play the A minor pentatonic scale in position 1 (fifth fret). Then find position 2 just above it, and notice which notes the two positions share.

Practise sliding from the end of one position into the start of the next on a single string.

Move up through all the positions you know, then come back down.

Challenge

Improvise a phrase that starts in one position and finishes in the next, with the move happening mid-phrase.

Tips

The positions overlap by two notes on each string. Use those shared notes as your bridge.