The A Minor Pentatonic

Beginner Grade 2 Module 12: Rock Power Chords & Techniques
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I think he misspoke, saying “lesson” rather than “module”. The A minor pentatonic scale is used in the Beginner Blues Solo lesson in Module 13.

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Oh okay! Thank you!

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Hello there,

I got a little question - I am doing daily spider exercise 10-60 minutes, it gave me rocket boost in controlling my fingers and I can see connection in lot of techniques.

I take this exercise from Paul Davids. When he is teaching this he is talking about finger move efficiency and not making move that cost you extra energy. I can see A minor pentatonic is like naked spider exercise and I would like to know if same thinking applies to A minor penta too.

When I am holding 6th string with pinky on 8th fret and I am about to go for 5th string with point finger on 5th fret… I do not put pinky in space but I am trying to make space here so that 5th 5 rings. It is something I had problem with from beginning but its getting better and better, so my notes almost everytime rings.

Is it OK to apply this thinking here or am I overthinking this and I can or should just put fingers in space above strings so they do not mute notes? Hope my question is clear, thanks anyone for reply. :slight_smile:

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Just my opinion, but when I want to fret a note, my finger goes down on the string; when I’m done, it comes off. Helps with ‘feel’, helps with rhythm.
Different people will have slightly different variations of course.

Cheers, Shane

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I know what you mean but if you were playing 5-7-5 on string 3 would you take your finger off the 5?

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Hello Stuart,

For a quick flurry between 2 notes, it would possibly stay on because I’m not done; dependind on the lick etc
The vast majority though, it comes off.

Cheers, Shane

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Sorry, I know this might seem obvious or has already been asked but why are some of the notes Red on Justin’s n screen scale?

Thanks

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Those are the root notes of the scale. Scales are movable so if you place those red notes so they fall on the note G you’ll be playing a G minor pentatonic scale.
In this pattern there are 3 root notes all one octave apart.

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Thanks,

The root note… That answer my question but I don’t understand what you mean by moving the scale to a G.

I’m sure it will come up as I progress through Justin’s course however.

Thank you.

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The reason the scale is called the A minor pentatonic is because you are starting the scale on the 5th fret of the E string. This is the note A and all the red dots are A notes.
If you move the whole scale pattern down 2 frets(towards the head stock) the red dots will be over the notes G. This will be the G minor pentatonic scale. If you move the whole scale pattern up 3 fret from the original position the red dots will be over the note C and it would be a C minor pentatonic scale. Hope this helps.

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Hi guys!

This scale is really fun, but I wonder if is there is a point/benefit of playing this scale while saying the Note names (that makes this scale almost like Math exercise).

Thanks!
Pedro

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its a good practice to learn the notes on the neck wich is part of the JG lessons

I ve learned the notes on the 2 thickest strings so far thanks to Am pentatonic scale , the C major scale and the G Major Scale
once you know where those notes are thanks to the scales you only have to fill in the gaps

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I have been enjoying the lessons and feel I have traveled a long way on my guitar journey. Thank you so much for the lessons. One suggestion I would like to make is to change the sound of the metronome to a more pleasing sound, not a ticking bomb sound, maybe it’s my computer speakers but I use another metronome with a more pleasing sound. Thanks again for the lessons.

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Just finished the A Minor pentatonic video and I have a question about the string bending. I have very short fingers. Is there any reason I couldn’t just bend the last two strings with my 4th finger instead of my third? I have the hands of a ten year old.

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It’s a stretch to use the third finger but is much easier to bend the strings, your 4th finger is going to be more difficult as it has less strength. You might want to have a look at this lesson on string bending.
Bending Technique In Blues | JustinGuitar.com

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Hey mate.
You’ll struggle with both strength and precision using your 4th finger as a deafault. I’m not saying it cant be used, but in limited circumstances.

At the risk of sounding a bit flippant, there are plenty of 10 year olds in the guitar world ripping all sorts of bends with great aplomb.
You will find a way.

Cheers, Shane