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.
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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.
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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.
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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|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
