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As I am proceeding through LMG journey, I wanted to ask if the following starting frets are correct (first finger) when playing “around the pentatonic world”, on page 66:

C minor - 8th fret

D minor - 10th fret

E minor - 12th fret

F minor - 1st fret

G minor - 3rd fret

A minor - 5th fret

Bb minor - 6th fret

B minor - 7th fret 

Thanks for any comments 🎼🎸🎼 

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Chris,

To answer your question, "Yes", you've got it correct, assuming that you are using the pentatonic form 1.  You could also, if you want more of an open string sound and ringing, play the E minor using open strings.  It would be like the F minor only moved "down" one more fret.  So:

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I can't, of course, speak for Steve.  But I suspect he wants us to use the different forms doing this exercise.  I tried to. 

So just using the first bar of the exercise, Cm, you could, as you did, play form 1 at the 8th fret.  You could also play it using  (red is the root)

  • form 2 at the 10th fret
  • pattern2.gif.67af864fdd98f70ab37f312442403d42.gif
  • form 3 at the 3rd (or 15th) fret
  • 1246912457_pattern3.gif.b51b6efffdd78c74e844b48dfee30ead.gif
  • form 4 also at the 3rd (or 15th) fret
  • pattern4.gif.d8d9327ccca40c87d04d622cca57afd6.gif
  • form 5 at the 8th or 20th fret
  • patern5.gif.4644fca7ea1ef5aa0a7e12fe2f4c8c45.gif

I hope that I haven't confused more than helped.  the whole idea is that with each key, with the different forms, you can play all over the neck.  These are just for Cminor.  The next bar in the exercise, Dminor, you can play all over the neck.

Those graphics, btw, were stolen from this really cool, helpful website, Free Guitar Source.  You tell it what minor pentatonic key you want.  You then move your mouse across and it will highlight the different forms on the keyboard.  Or you can tell it all.

@ChrisJ032, sorry for the long answer to your question!  I hope it was more helpful than confusing.  The short answer is "Yes"😂

 

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Thank you for the feedback and glad I was correct when playing in the first form. I figure I will practice with the other forms also as the exercise seems to be teaching getting comfortable moving up and down the neck. Any advice before I move on to S12?  Thanks again and enjoying the journey 🎸🎼🎸

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On 10/23/2019 at 8:56 AM, ChrisJ032 said:

As I am proceeding through LMG journey, I wanted to ask if the following starting frets are correct (first finger) when playing “around the pentatonic world”, on page 66:

C minor - 8th fret

D minor - 10th fret

E minor - 12th fret

F minor - 1st fret

G minor - 3rd fret

A minor - 5th fret

Bb minor - 6th fret

B minor - 7th fret 

Thanks for any comments 🎼🎸🎼 

That depends. The key word in this exercise is “solo.” You could in fact start with your ring finger on the 10 fret C then Play the 8th fret Eb with your  first finger then maybe your pinky on the 11th fret Bb and then back to C.Depending on the type of notes you choose, whole, half etc. you could play those notes in 1 measure or 2.

Also, when you look at this exercise you might notice that it’s not just one solo, but 8.

You might also consider getting a free trial of a program like “Guitar Pro 7” so you can write your solos out It nice to do this in a format that gives you both standard and tablature arrangement.

P.S. I took the medium Latin to mean “moderate Latin - blues at 108 bpm.

 

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Am pentatonic over the A7 chord. Since there  is no C in the A7 you might try sliding up to the C# and see if you like the difference.

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