The Major Pentatonic is used in country or country blues. Basically, any chord progression that would use the Major Scale. Pentatonic scales have just 5 notes. There are five different major pentatonic scale patterns also known as boxes.

Major Pentatonic Scale Shapes
Major Pentatonic Scale Shapes
Major Pentatonic Scale Shapes
Major Pentatonic Scale Shapes
Major Pentatonic Scale Shapes

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Finger Picking – 3/4 Patterns

The following finger picking patterns are variations of 3/4 time. One note per beat. All of the following patterns are using a G chord. You can use any chord you

Dominant Chords

A Dominant chord is the 5th chord of the scale. For instance, G7 would be the dominant chord in the scale of C. A dominant 7 chord is root, 3rd,

Arpeggios

An arpeggio is a musical technique where the notes of a chord are played individually in a sequence, rather than all at once. Start with a basic chord and break