Minor Pentatonic Guitar Scales

Video Transcript

"The minor scale, just like the major scale, has a pentatonic version of itself. So let's look at A minor. Remember, A minor was A, B, C, D, E, F, G, A. Conveniently, all natural notes. Now the minor pentatonic will have only five notes as opposed to the eight notes of the scale, so you'll have your A, your C, your D, on the A string, your E, your G, and then your octave. So in this way, we don't have to move our first finger back. We eliminate the B from the scale when we do the pentatonic version. Now if you'll notice, the minor pentatonic and its relative major pentatonic , actually contain the same notes. And that's going to be the same anywhere, so, the major pentatonic of G and the minor pentatonic, it all depends on where you start with your first note."