The minor pentatonic scale is often used in Rock and Blues music. The Pentatonic scale is a great way to come up with licks for soloing. Pentatonic scales have just 5 notes. There are five different minor pentatonic scale patterns also known as boxes.

Minor Pentatonic Scale
Minor Pentatonic Scale
Minor Pentatonic Scale
Minor Pentatonic Scale
Minor Pentatonic Scale

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Extended or Diagonal Scales

Diagonal Pentatonic Scale

E Major Scale

The notes of the E Major Scale are E, F#, G#, A, B, C# D#. The chords of the E Major scale are: Major Minor Minor Major Major Minor Dim

Reading Chord Diagrams

Throughout these lessons there will be chord diagrams. Like the one following: This chord diagram represents a C chord. The vertical lines represent the strings. The line on the left