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.