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Original message:151 days 8 hours 10 minutes ago

Member: Josh Ezell

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I have been learning the different positions of minor pentatonic scales but I want to know if those positions are strung together in any kind of way for soloing up and down the neck. Moving across one position is fine for me but when I try to add notes from another position and continue I get lost. Can anyone help?

Reply:151 days 7 hours 36 minutes ago
Member: johnny cox

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Have you tried the diagonal forms? It is a good way to go up the neck

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Plug in, turn up and spank the plank

Reply:151 days 6 hours 52 minutes ago
Member: JTC

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Check out the attached.

This image is intended to show where each pattern is on the fretboard. The same scale chart is shown five times. The notes in red represent the different positions. You can see that each position shares notes from the positions to the left and right of it.

Does this help?

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Reply:151 days 6 hours 29 minutes ago
Member: Josh Ezell

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What are the diagonal forms?

Reply:151 days 6 hours 1 minutes ago
Member: Zombre

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Maybe this'll help;

http://www.guitar.com/zombre/blog/pentatonic_scale_diagrams

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http://www.scottkerrmusic.com

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