Pentatonic “Out of the Box” Lick

Moving on with our discussion of the pentatonic scale, today we are going to “break out of the box,” so to speak. If you remember from the previous post about the A minor pentatonic scale, there are really only 5 different notes present, which repeat over again in higher octaves. This is a very popular scale, used in countless songs and solos over the years. You don’t HAVE to play it in this one box shape, however. There are actually five shapes that stack, one on top of the other, all the way up the neck, until the first shape is repeated again. These are also, very useful, and we will take a look at those in future installments, but today we’re going to briefly touch on them…literally.

Today’s lick will start with the scale box we covered last time, but we’re going to move vertically up the neck. We’ll still be playing the notes of Am pentatonic (A-C-D-E-G), but instead of playing them straight across the neck..we’ll be moving on up..like the Jeffersons!

Play the following lick slow at first, making sure you are using the correct fingerings and technique, then speed it up gradually:

Have fun, and see you next time!

Rich

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