Pentatonic Major First Mode
The First Position of the Pentatonic Major Scale
In keeping in line with the other lessons, we will be doing the major pentatonic scale in the key of G. This means that our minor pentatonic will be done in it’s relative minor, the key of E minor. Don’t forget you can transpose the scale to any key simply by placing the first note in the pattern over the correct note on the 6th string of your guitar. In other words, if you want to play it in G, start on the 6th string, 3rd fret. On A, 6th string 5th fret. B, 7th fret. And so on…
When you play the tab at the end of this page you’re basically playing this same pattern below, only you are going from the first note to the first note again when it repeats itself of the high H string. So the last note is not played. You can play it if you want, because it still belongs to the scale, but I’m simply trying to get you to play the mode starting and ending on the same note. For each of the positions, the pattern diagram will be all the way to the end, but the tab will have you play the mode from the initial note to the same note 2 octaves up. Since this is the First Mode is the Major Pentatonic Scale, you will be playing the following pattern with the first note starting at the 6th string 3rd fret G. Be sure you understand how to read these diagrams. Otherwise, click here to find out.
