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G Major Pentatonic - 7th Position Guitar Tabs

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G Major Pentatonic - 7th Position Guitar Tablature: One Song, Many Styles

Recomended level: Intermediate

Learn to play the G major pentatonic scale in 7th position on the guitar. 7th position means your first finger gets the notes on those frets. Read through the guitar tablature for the suggested fret hand fingerings. This position uses what some people refer to as the "C" shape.


Here you can learn the 5 note G major Pentatonic scale. It leaves out two notes of the major scale, the typical 4th and 7th scale degrees. The notes of G major pentatonic are - G A B D E. A song that clearly uses the pentatonic scale is "My Girl" by The Temptations. Take a listen to that song and see if you can mimic that scale run you here in the intro.


At first practice the scale one note at a time. Focus on making clear notes that ring out. Don't start working with the Tunefox player until you get comfortable playing all notes cleanly. When you begin to add the timing component start by using all down strokes with your pick. Once that becomes familiar you can also try to play this with alternate picking - DUDUDU.

Learn how to play G Major Pentatonic - 7th Position on Guitar with this selection of tablatures:

  • Guitar G Major Pentatonic - 7th Position Scale

    Scale

    Pay attention to fret hand fingerings in the guitar tablature for this G major pentatonic scale in 7th position. Go for smoothness before speed - long notes that ring until the next...

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  • Guitar G Major Pentatonic - 7th Position Basic Workout

    Basic Workout

    Here is a basic workout that uses alternate picking and runs through all the G major pentatonic scale notes in 7th position for guitar. It's a great warmup and will help you memoriz...

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