The Major Pentatonic Scale
The major pentatonic scale is usually one of the first scales that guitar players learn, but many guitar players don’t really know where the major pentatonic scale comes from or how it is made. This online guitar lesson will show you how to play a major pentatonic scale and how it is made.
Here is a diagram of the major pentatonic scale. Practice it slowly until you have the shape down. It may take you a while to memorize the shape but once you have it down, now one can take it away from you. This shape is movable so you can start it on any fret that you like.
As far as using the major pentatonic scale goes, you can just use whatever pentatonic scale you are playing over the chord that corresponds to that scale. For example, you can play a G major pentatonic scale over a G major chord.
It is easy to make a major pentatonic scale. All you have to do is take any major scale and remove the 4th and 7th scale degree. Pretty simple! The scale shape that you learned in this lesson is exactly that, a major scale shape with the 4th and 7th scale degrees removed.
Here is a guitar lesson video to help you learn the major pentatonic scale. For more guitar scales click here.
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