Penatonic Minor Scale For Starters

The penatonic scale is a great skill to have when it comes to writing songs, or playing metal or rock. Here is a baisc A minor Penatonic Scale:

e|------------------5-8-5-------------------
B|---------------5-8------8-5---------------
G|------------5-7------------7-5------------
D|--------5-7-------------------7-5---------
A|----5-7---------------------------7-5-----
E|-5-8---------------------------------8-5--

Penatonic scales are probably some of the easiest scales to do. In this tablature,

V = downstroke
U = upstroke

   U V (keep alternating)
e|---------------------5-8-5--------------------
B|-----------------5-8-------8-5----------------
G|-------------5-7---------------7-5------------
D|---------5-7----------------------7-5---------
A|-----5-7------------------------------7-5-----
E|-5-8-------------------------------------8-5--

Now try this

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------
B|-------------------------------------5-8b9r8-5-------------------
G|---------------5-7-5-7-----------5-7-----------7-5---------------
D|--------5-7-----------------5-7-------------------7-5------------
A|-----5-7---7-5----------5-7--------------------------7-5---------
E|-5-8----------------------------------------------------8-5/4\5--

That puts a variation into it. Now, try writing your own solo from this A minor penatonic scale!

Comments

[tomcatPA]

easy to understand, and a great set of tabs for beginners. [b]THANKS!!!!! [/b]

[dandhjohn]

Nice start. Gives me some ideas for lessons.....

[x_thurston_x]

If anything, this will just confuse beginners.
You didn't explain anything about it.

This is why self-taught guitarists have such a hard time learning scales. People throw a bunch of tabs at them and say "this is a scale, go play it" without any explanation condensed enough for someone with little or no music theory background to understand.

[metalheadblues]

nice bt u spelt basic wrong

[Colohue]

...Pentatonic

[CKYIbanezParker]

x_thurston_x wrote:

If anything, this will just confuse beginners.
You didn't explain anything about it.

This is why self-taught guitarists have such a hard time learning scales. People throw a bunch of tabs at them and say "this is a scale, go play it" without any explanation condensed enough for someone with little or no music theory background to understand.

all you do is memorise it right

i am just getting into scales cause im done with rythem and i dunno if i am doing it right.

[rhythmchick]

do The little dashes between your numbers represent a particular spacing? not frets...sometimes there is one dash, other times more than one. A rhythm?

[mrmystic]

All the notes are spaced with one hyphen between unless it is a bend or a slide. Just wanted to say it is pretty good.

[Dead Angeal]

been self taught for 3yrs usin this site for 1yr and im jst now learning about scales....wow i fail