The shapes, both major and minor ... deviated from the pentatonic pattern because I’m thinking about how I might embellish a G chord, rather than playing notes from a scale.

It’s generally played as a ‘two notes per string’ shape - a useful structure that helps you figure out a suitable two-finger fretting pattern ... In the minor pentatonic scale every interval is either ...

Every player is aware of the minor pentatonic, but not everyone knows how to make the most of it. These examples – in the style of some prolific pentatonic players – will help you master the shape eve ...

This lick spans four octaves of the A minor pentatonic scale (A C D E G). Bar 1 features the same five-note ... Once you're comfortable with the opening phrase, the same pattern repeats across all six ...