Pentatonic Example #4

Pentatonic minor scale is used in the key of E again, but this time with no flat 5th. Instead it only uses the 5 notes of the standard pentatonic scale with a pattern that starts on the D and G strings then repeats the same pattern an octave higher on the B and high E strings.

E|------------------------------------------------12-------12-15-17----|
B|---------------------------------------12-15-17----15-17-------------|
G|---------9-------9-12-14-p12-p9-12-14--------------------------------|
D|-9-12-14---12-14-----------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|-p15-p12-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pentatonic Example #5

In Example #5 we're back to adding the flat 5th for a little more blues flavoring in this repeating pattern. It still uses the E minor pentatonic scale.

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----8-9-12-p9-p8-h9-p8--------8-9-12-p9-p8-h9-p8--------8-9-12-p9---|
A|-7-9--------------------9-p7-9--------------------9-p7-9-------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------9\-------------------------------|
D|-p8-h9-p8--------8-9-12-p9-p8-h9-p8-9\-------------------------------|
A|----------9-p7-9-----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Pentatonic Example #6

In Example #6 we add another note to the pentatonic scale, D#. This is only used as a passing note in a chromatic run down the scale. Often, notes that aren't in a scale can add to a chromatic run, just use your own judgment. The end of this guitar lick places emphasis on the use of a hammer-on, bend and pull-off combination. Hammer-on the 11th fret on the B string (the flatted 5th) and bend to the tone of the 12th fret on the B string then release the bend and pull-off to the 8th fret on the B string.

E|--------12-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15-b17----16-p15-p12-16-p15-p12----15-p12----12-\11-12-15-p12-p11-\8|
G|---------------------------------15--------15------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|


E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-h11-b12r-11-p8--h11-b12r-11-p8--h11-b12r-11-p8--h11-b12r-11-p8------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-\5-h7-b8r-7-5-h7-p5-------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------4~~~~~~~~---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|