Do you really know the pentatonic scale

Jens Larsen
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Standard tuning

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Example 1 - Dm pentatonic scale
E-Gt

5 8
6 8
5 7
5 7
5 8

Example 2 - Building Arpeggios in the scale

5 7
5 8
5 8
5 8
6 8 6 8
5 7 5 7 5 7
5 7 5 7
5 8

Example 3 - Naming the chords

Dsus4 F Gsus4 Dm Csus4 Dsus4 F Gsus4

5 8
6 8 6 8
5 7 5 7 5 7
5 7 5 7 5 7
5 8 5 8
5 8

Example 4 - The diatonic chords on the middle string set

6 8 10 13 15 18
5 7 10 12 14 17
5 7 10 12 15 17

Example 5 - Moving a drop2 voicing through the scale

6 8 10 13 15 18
7 10 12 15 17 19
5 8 10 12 15 17

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Example 6 - Open voiced Dm triad in inversions

10 13
10 14 10 14
12 12
12 12
10 13

Example 7 - Open voiced F triad in inversions

13 17
14 17 14 17
15 15
15 15
13 17

Example 8 - Open voiced Csus4 triad in inversions

13
13
10 12 10 12
10 10
10 8 10
8

Example 9 - Dm7 Shell voicing through the scale

5 7 10 12 14 17
3 5 7 10 12 15
5 8 10 12 15 17

Example 10 - Line no 1
Dm7 G7alt Cmaj7

6 8 9 11 8
10 7 8 8
7 10 9 8
5 8 11 10

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Example 11 - Line no 2
Dm7 G7alt Cmaj7

5 8 5
6 8 9 9 6
5 7 8 8 6
7 8 8 9

Example 12 - Line no 3
Dm7 G7alt Cmaj7

13 10
12 12 12 8 10 12 8
10 12 9
8 11 8 9 10

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