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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CAGED

The idea of the CAGED System is that the open chord shapes can be moved up the neck in order (spell out CAGED). There are books on this topic, I

Modes

If I play the C Major scale starting with the 1st note on C on 5th fret on 3rd string I am playing Ionian. If I play the same scale

B Major Chord

B Major chord in the 1st position bar chord below. B – RootD# – 3rdF# – 5th When played on guitar the notes are in this order B, F#, B,