Confession #46 - Pentatonic Scales (Part 5)

In Confession #45 - Pentatonic Scales! (Part 4) we looked at Pentatonic Pattern #4.  In this week's confession, we'll look at Pentatonic Pattern #5.

This is the final pentatonic pattern, and it brings us back around to pattern #1.


Major Pentatonic Pattern #5

Here is major pentatonic pattern #5 in the key of C.  I've coloured the root notes red for easy reference.  I've also shown pattern #4 in the diagram so you can see how the two patterns are connected.  The dashed notes on the left belong only to pattern #4.  The notes in the middle are common to both patterns. The notes on the right belong only to pattern #5.

As mentioned above, this is the final pattern and it brings us back around to pattern #1.  See the column of notes at the 17th fret?  Does it look a bit familiar?  That's because they are all part of pattern #1, like this:

Minor Pentatonic Pattern #5

Here is minor pentatonic pattern #5 in the key of A minor.  Again, I've coloured the root notes red for easy reference and I've also shown pattern #4 in the diagram so you can see how the two patterns are connected.

Again, notice how the notes at the 17th fret are all part of pattern #1, like this:

Now that you have leaned all 5 pentatonic patterns, the challenge is to learn to move between them when playing.  Confession #43 - Pentatonic Scales! (Part 2) demonstrated just one the many ways there are to do this.  Experiment and see what works for you!

Next Week's Confession - Know Your CBA's!