gaz Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Hello from Texas, going thru this initial exercise for the Pentatonic scale. I'm curious why, when starting on "B", the back track suggested is B Minor. any clues to help me understand better ? thanks much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yves Cadieux Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Hi! If I remember well, the first Pentatonic scale shown by Jonathan is the minor Pentatonic scale. So that is why it is practiced with a minor backing track. There are 5 Pentatonic patterns taught in the "Pentatonic fluency course" which is a great course! The minor Pentatonic pattern corresponds to Pattern 5 and works great against minor backing tracks using it as starting on the Root note of the backing track. The fingering for this Pattern is, for B minor, from 6th string to first string: 7 - 10 Low E string 7 - 9 5th string 7 - 9 4th string 7 - 9. 3rd string 7 - 10 2nd string 7 - 10. High e string If this corresponds to the pattern you have been practicing, then it is normal for the backing track to be in B minor. Hope it helps, YC🎸 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hal Posted February 1, 2022 Share Posted February 1, 2022 This may answer your question. Check out "How to Play in Minor Keys" in Module 3 of the Ultimate Guitar Grid Mastery course. If you are playing in a major key, start the major scale pattern 1 on the Key Note (in your case, the B) on the low E string. If you are playing in a minor key, start the pentatonic scale on the Key Note on the low E string. Since you wanted to start playing the pentatonic scale on the B note, they suggested the Bm backing track. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craigt61 Posted February 27, 2022 Share Posted February 27, 2022 Yes, starting pattern 5 puts your root note under your pinky and that is now playing in minor scale. If you put root note under 1st finger moving the same shape down 3 frets, you're playing major pentatonic scale and would play a B major backing track Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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