Lesson Guitar

Pentatonic Major Scale And Licks In A

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Tom: D

(A Major Pentatonic Pattern)
E|---------------------5-7-|
B|-----------------5-7-----|
G|-------------4-6---------| (Altern. Picking)
D|---------4-7-------------|
A|-----4-7-----------------|
E|-5-7---------------------|
   ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v

(A Major Pentatonic)
(3 notes per String)
E|--------------------------------5-7-10-|
B|-------------------------5-7-10--------|
G|-------------------4-6-9---------------| (Here you can use
D|-------------4-7-9---------------------| Sweep Picking)
A|-------4-7-9---------------------------|
E|-5-7-9---------------------------------|
   ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v ^ ^ v  ^ ^ v ^

[Lick 1]
E|---------------------------------------------5-7-|
B|---------------------------------5-------5-7-----|
G|---------------------4-------4-6---6-4-6---------| (Altern picking)
D|---------4-------4-7---7-4-7---------------------|
A|-----4-7---7-4-7---------------------------------|
E|-5-7---------------------------------------------|

[Lick 2]
E|-------------------------------------5-7-|
B|---------------------------------5-7-----|
G|---------------------4-6-----4-6---------| (You can pick it this way)
D|---------4-7-----4-7-----4-7-------------|
A|-----4-7-----4-7-------------------------|
E|-5-7-------------------------------------|
   ^ v ^ v ^ v v ^ ^ v ^ v v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v

[Lick 3]
E|-----------------------------5-7-|
B|-------------------------5-7-----|
G|---------------------4-6---------| (Altern Picking)
D|-------------4---4-7-------------|
A|-----4---4-7---7-----------------|
E|-5-7---7-------------------------|
   ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v

[Lick 4]
E|-------------------------------------------------------------5-7-|
B|-------------------------------------------------5-------5-7-----|
G|-------------------------------------4-------4-6---6-4-6---------| (Altern
D|---------------------4-------4-7-4-7---7-4-7---------------------| Picking)
A|-----4-------4-7-4-7---7-4-7-------------------------------------|
E|-5-7---7-5-7-----------------------------------------------------|
   v ^ ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v