#5
Originally Posted by:
noahwalford7
i find it easy to get the scales down when i can see them, but they are not seeming to stick, every time i move to the next pattern i forget the last, any tips for internalizing patterns?
Focus on one pattern at a time & how it connects to the next pattern. Learn the scale degrees.
This tutorial covers the basics of the pentatonic scale.
In that I demonstrate how to visualize the entire scale as a series of interlocking patterns. Each pentatonic pattern shares a "wall" or "side" with the pattern above & below it. If you look at the last 2 lessons of that tutorial you'll see it all in one comprehensive graphic image with scale degrees labelled.
Major pentatonic patterns across the fretboard
https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson/11475
https://www.guitartricks.com/lesson/11475
Minor pentatonic patterns across the fretboard
That's a lot to take in! So I encourage students to take it one pattern at a time & drill each one until it becomes more second nature. This tutorial is aimed at focusing on each pattern in turn with extensive exercises.
Major Pentatonic Exercises
Minor Pentatonic Exercises
Again, that's a lot! That's why learning the scale degrees is so helpful. Instead of just a random collection of dots on the fretboard that form odd shapes, you start to hear & see the reason for the shapes of the patterns: the scale degrees, the intervals! That helps internalize the scale
And in the end repetition is your friend. The more you play, see, familiarize yourself with one box, the easier it is to see the upper "wall" of that box as the lower "wall" of the next box.
Hope that helps!
Christopher Schlegel
Guitar Tricks Instructor
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