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166 Part III: Beyond the Basics: Playing Like a Pro TEAM LinG
There are two more minor pentatonic patterns above the seventh position to
consider. Figure 9-11 shows the home position and seventh-position extension,
which are indicated in open circles for your reference.
5fr.
5fr.
7fr.
7fr.
Figure 9-11:
The two
positions
above the
home and
upper
extension.
9fr.
12fr.
9fr.
12fr.
15fr.
Figure 9-12 shows all five positions of the minor pentatonic scale. Note how
the scale positions overlap and how much of the neck is covered just by one
scale in one key. If you can play blues using just this scale, shifting up and
down the neck smoothly while playing rhythms and ideas, you have come a
long way toward understanding not only the blues, but the potential of the
entire guitar neck.
2fr.
Figure 9-12:
The five
positions
of the
pentatonic
scale.
5fr.
7fr.
9fr.
12fr.
A
G
E
D
C