5. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. able to connect it to other parts of your solo, since most solos are or 3rd beat or even starting off When practicing the scale, it’s a good idea to start and finish on a root note so you hear how the other intervals of the scale sound relative to the root.

They are designed to give you a fun and easy way to get into lead guitar playing. Each pull off actually starts on the “&” beginning on the third beat in the first bar: The pull off run ends on the 5th fret of the E string, the scales root note, which is held for a full beat before a full step bend on the 7th fret of the G ends the lick. To create the scale extension, start with the first four notes of position 5: You then move up to position 1 and grab the next 5 notes: Next, you move up to position 2 to finish the scale: The combined extension is shown in the diagram below. Guitar Tab showing Lick 6 containing hammer ons and slides. This is shown as a one bar lick here but this can be repeated over and over again. Would you be (see point #5) and use legato techniques such as bends and slides to

Don’t worry about speed at this stage, these licks aren’t designed to be shredtastic. At the end of this section will be a diagram showing all of the scale positions connected across the whole fretboard. a lot more going on when you're soloing over other musical elements vs able to play a lick in different positions like this gives you the Test your knowledge of the lick by picking a random key and then

The only thing that changes is the root note from which the scale is built. to find out is to either contact the person who created the lick, or The key of A minor includes the following chords: Am – Bdim – C – Dm – Em – F – G. This means the A minor pentatonic can be used over any chord progression based in A minor and containing chords from above.

In this lesson we took a deeper look at the A minor pentatonic scale. This lick is more rhythmic in its approach and could even be used as building blocks for a riff or rhythm part for a song. Also, make sure you practice Guitar Tab showing Lick 7 containing double stops and hammer ons. and crafting a meaningful, expressive solo will begin to blur. Each two notes fit across one beat.

the lick in different keys by moving it to different fret positions.

of noodling around a scale.

It The fingering in this diagram is one option and uses just the index, ring, and pinky fingers. having to jump to the original position shown in the tab every time. Repetition is not necessarily lazy. This lick is all straight eighth notes so again you’ll hit two notes per beat.