Originally Posted by: jeffhxpls teach me how to read a freakin scale tab... heres a link to the one im using... i understand that i need to remember all 5 positions of a particular root note... lets tak e an example for pentatonic major A... where thehell do i start? where do i end? im aware i shud start with an A but iget lost halfway its so frustrating and confusing... so yeah...someone teach me please... using the link, teach me how to read A pentatonic major scale

http://www.guitarists.net/scales/index.php

thanks i wud really really appreciate it

Ok, using this link, I will teach you how to read the A pentatonic major scale.

A-B-C#-E-F#-A

That's the A major pentatonic scale. Now go back to the link. Click "A" as your root note. Now click "Pentatonic major." Now look at the notes written on the fretboard. Now play them. Let's say starting on the F# on the 6th string (2nd fret). From there go to the A on the sixth string. Now go up to the fifth string for B and C, now the fourth for E - F#, now the third for A. Ok, you just played A major pentatonic.