Two-String Pentatonic Shapes Alternate pickng with to-noteperstring patterns can be challenging, snce it requires t movement om strng to string. One of the most basic (yet also one of the most mportant) scaes is the minorpentatonic scale. The notes of the A Minor Pentatonic scae are: CDEG The rmula in terms of scale steps is �3457 This scale which can be used in many dierent musical stles and harmonic situations, can be broken down nto ve basc shapes Below you will see diagrams sowing these ve basc shapes on wo strings The exampes llowing the diagrams illustrate some of the basic patterns that can be applied to these two string shapes Move these ideas o the other string ses as well Form2
Form 1
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Form5
Form 3
Play this sequence on any string set ascending and descending 3
