A minor Pentatonic

For the five exercises in this lesson we are using our A minor pentatonic shapes. We assume that you know these five shapes if you are tackling this lesson, but if you are still learning them, use the fretboard below to identify the five shapes.

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Am Pentatonic 5 shapes (from 5)

Want to take your learning further?

If you like these exercises, and want to get to grips with the pentatonic scale as well as how to speed up your playing, we have a range great courses for you. Firstly, if you are a beginner approaching this, be sure to check out this course: Lead Guitar Beginners. It will take you from the start of your lead playing, ensuring you understand the technique and theory, as well as develop the best habits. If you are already an intermediate player, try this: Lead Guitar Intermediates. No hole is left unfilled with this intermediate course helping you to solo across the neck!

Finally, for those just looking to develop speed and skill with the pentatonic scales, try this: Pentatonic Guitar Gym. This course is all about building up a sweat and learning a guitar gym routine with Dan! It's great fun and will quickly get your pentatonic scales in shape!

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