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Next on the list is scales. So scales ‚Äì there’s many, many, many books of scales, big encyclopedias of scales, but I’d like to show you the most practical scales that I use every single day. The very first scale I ever learned, I like to call it pentatonic pattern number 1, but it’s just a pentatonic scale, or a shape of one. Let’s dive in. I’m going to do it here at the 5th fret. So I’m on the 5th fret of the 6th string. And I’m going to use my first finger. Then the next note is not the 2nd fret away from that, not the 3rd fret, but the 4th fret. So on the 6th string I have the 1st and the 4th. Then I move down to the 5th string. And I’m going to do 1, 3 ‚Äì so notice I’m using my third finger. Then the next string, 4th string: 1 and 3. And then 1 ‚Äì 3 again, but on the 3rd string. Then 1-4, but on the 2nd. And then 1-4 on the 1st. So you see, 1-4. That’s why I’m saying those numbers, so I have: 1-4; 1-3; 1-3; 1-3; 1-4; 1-4. Now if I want to go backwards, I just start with this note and work my way back. So I go: 4-1; 4-1; 3-1; 3-1; 3-1; 4-1. Now, this is a movable shape, just like bar chords or power chords. I can move this anywhere on the guitar and the shape doesn’t change. That’s the beauty of the guitar. Let’s say we do it at the3rd fret. So I’m going to do it: 1-4; 1-3 ‚ and backwards. How about the 7th fret? And then how about we try Open. That’s a little trickier because I have to pretend that my first finger is playing, sort of. Can you see the pattern here? I have in this imaginary spot, 1-4; 1-3; 1-3; all the way down. Of course we’re not going to play it like that. We’re going to play it a little more natural, right? So it’s O-3; O-2; O-2; O-2; O-3; and O-3. That’s the same exact pattern. It looks a little different. That’s a little thing about the guitar, you always have to compensate for the open aspect. And then I’m just going to work my way backward. 3-O; 3-O; 2-O; 2-O; 2-O; 3-O. There you go. Pentatonic Pattern Number 1.
