Another way to practice a scale whether it be a Major, Minor, Pentatonic, etc. is to try these patterns below. So for instance if this was C major Scale. You would play C. Then C, D, C. Then C, D, E, D, C. Then C, D, E, F, E, D, C. And so on, adding another note each time. The 1 below represents the first note of the scale. 2 represents the second note of the scale, and so on. Try it spanning two octaves.

1
1-2-1
1-2-3-2-1
1-2-3-4-3-2-1
1-2-3-4-5-4-3-2-1
1-2-3-4-5-6-5-4-3-2-1
1-2-3-4-5-6-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Try the below patterns skipping every other note.

1-3-5-7-5-3-1
2-4-6-8-6-4-2

Try the below patterns skipping two notes.

1-4-7-4-1
2-5-8-5-2

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A Minor Pentatonic Exercises – Part 2

Hammer Ons Down Hammer Ons Up Outside Inside Middle Reverse String Skipping String Skipping Two Notes Per String Up by Fifths Up by Fourths

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Finger Exercises

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This exercise will help you build dexterity in your fretting hand. Do each of these on every string. 1-2-3-41-2-4-31-3-2-41-3-4-21-4-2-31-4-3-2 2-3-4-12-4-3-12-4-1-32-1-3-42-3-1-42-1-4-3 3-4-1-23-1-2-43-2-4-13-4-2-13-1-4-23-2-1-4 4-1-2-34-3-1-24-1-3-24-2-1-34-2-3-14-3-2-1

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