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Pentatonic Scales mandolin tabs

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    G Pentatonic Scale and Licks

    Exercises

    • Difficulty
    • Key
      G
    • Tempo
      50 bpm
    • Tuning
      GDAE

    The pentatonic scale is must-know for any mandolin player looking to improve their soloing chops on the instrument. This tab will show you how the G pentatonic scale lays on the mandolin fretboard and give you two licks based on the scale to use fragments of or as endings for fiddle tunes in the key of G.

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A couple tips for learning and practicing this:

The pentatonic scale is a five note scale pattern. If you’re having trouble learning the entire scale in one go, split it up into sections of five or six notes.



Whenever you’re learning a scale practice it starting from different notes in the scale or using different note combinations rather than just playing it ascending and descending. You’ll hear this scale a ton in bluegrass but it’s rare that someone will play it up and down. It’s important to practice variations of the scale. This could be melodic or rhythmic variation and the two licks in the tab may give you some ideas on how to do this on your own.



As always, go slow. This will let your fingers better communicate with your mind (and vice versa) so you can commit it to memory faster and start actually using it in your solos.



Pay attention to how this scale sounds and try to figure it out on your own in the keys of C, D, and E. This is a great ear training exercise and it’s an amazing way to learn about your fretboard.



The Tunefox Beginner tab is focusing on accenting the melody notes of the vocal line. Intermediate arrangement features more 16th note up and down strokes than the beginner version and Advanced version adds some tasty melodic flare.

Use Tunefox’s unique practice tools to take your playing up a notch or two. The tempo slider allows you to set the perfect tempo for your practice, depending on your goals. Work up to your ideal speed for the song using the Speed Up tool and once you’re ready to commit Pentatonic Scales tab to memory, use Memory Train to gradually hide the notes in the song each time it loops.

Get creative with this arrangement of Pentatonic Scales by using the Tunefox Lick Switcher feature. This tool lets you decide what licks you’d like to learn in the song and helps you better understand improvisation and creativity within the chord changes of Pentatonic Scales. Shuffle all of the licks in this tab to create an entirely new version of the song.

Need to work on jamming? Use the Tunefox backing tracks, which are included with each arrangement of Pentatonic Scales. You can mix the volume of mandolin, full band, and metronome to whatever level you’d like.

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