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Mixed Pentatonic Scale Positions
Just as with the diatonic scale patterns, there are plenty of ways to mix the basic pentatonic scale patterns. These diagrams provide some common ways of mixing pentatonic scales. Any fans of George Harrison of The Beatles, Santana, David Gilmour of Pink Floyd, Eric Clapton among many others will find these pattern practices useful for studying the melodic approach of these guitarists.
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Again, these patterns are all in the key of G and line up with the diagrams on the page, the page, and the page.
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All of these patterns transition from one position to the next at the 3rd string. As you can imagine, there are many ways to transition with different strings and in different directions, but these diagrams stick with the pattern of transitioning up to the next position at the 3rd string. This allows for a further reach up the scale. It also opens up places for slides, hammer-ons and pull-offs that weren't available in the previous pentatonic scale patterns.
The first pattern transitions between position 1 and position 2 after the 4th fret of the 3rd string.
The second pattern mixes position 2 and position 3 transitioning at the 7th fret of the 3rd string.
The next pattern mixes position 3 and position 4 after reaching the 9th fret of the 3rd string.
Then, we have a pattern that transitions from the 4th position to the 5th position once you reach the 12th fret of the 3rd string.
Last, we have a pattern that transitions from position 5 back into position 1 at the 14th fret of the 3rd string.
