The fix-it-all-in-five-minutes guitar instructors and method books would have you believe that you could master the guitar and the entire musical world with the minor pentatonic scale, but as anyone with even the most basic 'bandstand' experience knows... it ain't necessarily so!
The minor pentatonic scale has an equally important twin sister scale, the major pentatonic let's zoom in for a closer look.
The F major pentatonic scale:
F - G - A - C - D - (F)
On the guitar it would look like this:
Keynotes indicated as [ ]
F Major pentatonic scale pattern
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----------------------[3]--
--------------3---5--------
-[1]--3---5----------------
The same scale one octave higher would be played like this:
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------------------------[6]--
----------------5---7--------
--[3]---5---7----------------
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Application:
The chord progression of a song is often a good indication of which scale to use.
This progression made up entirely of major chords would work well with the major five note scale
F ///| F ///| F ///| F ///|
Bb///| Bb///| F ///| F ///|
C ///| Bb///| F ///| F ///||
Whereas the following progression made up of predominately minor chords would favor the minor five note scale.
Fm ///| Fm ///| Fm ///| Fm ///|
Bbm///| Bbm///| Fm ///| Fm ///|
C7 ///| C7 ///| Fm ///| Fm ///||
The style of song also gives you an indication as to what scale to use; generally minor pentatonic scales work over rock, blues and heavy metal music whereas the major pentatonic scale is ideal for country, pop and folk songs.
Why not try recording some of these chord progressions and play the different types of scales over the pre-recorded progressions next time you are practicing the guitar!
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