This example is undeniably shape 5 E major pentatonic ... the pentatonic pattern because I’m thinking about how I might embellish a G chord, rather than playing notes from a scale.

Like the Minor Pentatonic, it features a five-note formula but with the intervals 1-2-3-5-6 instead of the Minor’s 1-b3-4-5-b7. Perhaps the most helpful aspect of this scale and its five ...

In this video lesson, Paul shows you how using patterns to shift the same idea around the neck can make playing fast passages far easier. To begin with, you should be able to see the familiar A minor ...