Minor pentatonics are fun, and major and minor scales too.
Here is an A minor pentatonic;

-----------------------5-----
-------------------5-8-------
---------------5-7-----------
-----------5-7---------------
-------5-7-------------------
---5-8-----------------------

And here's an A blues scale;

----------------------------5------
-----------------------5-8---------
-----------------5-7-8-------------
-------------5-7-------------------
-------5-6-7-----------------------
---5-8-----------------------------

Or an A Major scale;

---------------------------4-5---
-----------------------5-7-------
-----------------4-6-7-----------
-----------4-6-7-----------------
------4-5-7----------------------
--5-7----------------------------

Or an A Natural Minor Scale;

------------------------------5---
------------------------5-6-8-----
------------------4-5-7-----------
--------------5-7-----------------
--------5-7-8---------------------
--5-7-8---------------------------

Or an A Minor Harmonic Scale;

----------------------------4-5----
------------------------5-6--------
------------------4-5-7------------
--------------6-7------------------
--------5-7-8----------------------
--5-7-8----------------------------

Or an A minor Melodic (play this one this way ascending, then descending, play the natural minor scale);

-------------------------------5---
-------------------------5-7-9-----
-------------------4-5-7-----------
---------------6-7-----------------
---------5-7-9---------------------
---5-7-8---------------------------

Play these clean, with a metronome, like everyone else said. If I've made any errors with these scales, someone let me know.

PS- This is the way I play em, so they may be a bit weird. there are probably better fingerings out there.

Edit-I had to correct the Natural Minor scale, I made a boo boo. Its all better now. :)

[Edited by Josh Redstone on 07-27-2003 at 09:44 AM]