Hi, Lee, I’ve got a silly question, I’ve got your book pentatonic scale fluency and I’m a bit confused as if I wanted to play any of the patterns in G for instance or any other key as to how should I think?as in how should I move the pattern accordingly to the key I’m in…
merit
Hi Merit.
The general idea is to use the root notes as a marker. In other words, learn a pattern and then just move it along to start at any other note. Anything you learn in A can be moved down two frets to work in G, etc.
Learning where the notes are on the fretboard is the goal to being able to play in any key. It takes time so don’t try too hard to learn them too quickly. Pick a key and stick with it for a few days messing around with the different patterns and join them up across the fretboard. Just stay with one thing at a time, it will be quicker in the long run. After a few days, practice in another key and so on but regularly come back and refresh on the the things you have been practising so that it doesn’t go stale.
Hope that makes sense?
Hi Lee, thanks for replying with delay…
Yes I think I’m following, I’ll just have to play around with G and A minor pentatonic a bit more, till it becomes more automatic, and put the patterns and extensions to use, also with major pentatonic and major scale…..
Good point thanks you very much,
Merit