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In the Blues Lead Course, Brian is teaching how to play the pentatonic scale, pattern one, in the key of A on the 6th. string, 5th. fret. When I watched Lick One for pattern one, is that not in the key of C on the 6th. string, 8th. fret, or am I really confused? Thank you in advanced for any help on this.
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The fingering is identical for any major pentatonic and its relative minor. What is different, though, is how you resolve your musical phrase. What you’re asking about is the comparison between the C Major Pentatonic scale and its relative minor, the A Minor Pentatonic scale. The notes are the same.
When I was learning, I thought about it like this: On the 1st string (high e, or thinnest string), for pattern 1, the pinky finger indicates the Major scale because it’s counter-intuitive (tiny finger/major scale) while for the same pattern the index finger indicates the minor scale (major finger/minor scale). So in your example, the pinky is on fret 8 (C) and the index finger is on fret 5 (A), so you’re either playing the C Major scale with Pattern 1 or the Am scale with the same pattern.
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I like that explanation David. So if one places the index and pinky on high e string in position 1 anywhere on the neck, the pinky will always be in the major position of the minor index finger position? Hope that makes sense. I just read it back to myself and now my head hurts. Haha. I can play but my theory is lacking.
Thanks David
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I had the same issue as well with lick one, pattern 1. The tabs provided in the unit doesn’t match the key. However in Unit One Pattern 1 – Defining the Pattern. The link for the proper key is provided.
All the licks appear there and are in a different font.
I’ll bounce back and forth if one shouldn’t work the other should.
I wish I could slow the backing track speed down.
Practicing the lick by itself gets a little long in the tooth. -
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