Beginner Tip – You Only Need 2 Positions to Cover (Almost) the Entire Fretboard!

Video Cliffs:

0:00 – Intro Demo

1:21 – Lesson Introduction

1:56 – Pentatonic Positions #1 & #4

8:12 – Combining the Pentatonic and Diatonic Scales Together

Relevant Lessons:

Video Backing Track for Practice:

With Just 2 Pentatonic Positions, You Can Cover Almost the Entire Fretboard

This lesson takes place in the key of E minor, and the positions that are used are pentatonic position #1 (aka. the “home box”):

Higher Octave:

Both Higher Octave and Lower Octave:

Also, pentatonic position #4 (aka. the “A-string home box”):

Lower Octave:

And the Higher Octave:

As you can see, by using just 2 of the pentatonic positions you have almost the entire fretboard covered!

You can then go ahead and add in the remaining diatonic notes to each position:

Let’s start with pentatonic position #1 in the 12th to 15th region:

…And now pentatonic position #1 in the open position:

Next, we can add in the diatonic notes to pentatonic position #4, first the lower octave:

Finally, pentatonic position #4 in the higher octave:

There’s not really much else to say about this lesson here, other then have fun with it!