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GMC Forum _ Ivan Milenkovic _ Pentatonic Workshop

Posted by: carminemarotta Jun 16 2011, 08:48 PM

Hello Ivan
I have just started your Pentatonic Workshop.
The very first lesson starts with an A minor Pentatonic. In terms of "box" this is the 4th of the 5. Why starting from this point and how this is releted to the CAGED system?

Thanks in advance
Carmine

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jun 17 2011, 04:14 PM

Glad you started to practice this mate!

Am pentatonic scale is: A C D E G

Each note has it's own position based on the low E string. This is why the 5th fret position is the first one, and it goes from there.

E is the fourth note of the Am pentatonic scale, so it's the fourth position on open strings or 12th fret (both positions are the same, and start from E note on the low E string).

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CAGED system is based on 5 chords that can be found on open strings. These 5 chords are movable across the fretboard, in order to create 5 positions on the neck. The boxes of the Am pentatonic scale fall into these 5 positions.

Posted by: carminemarotta Jun 17 2011, 05:18 PM

can see a bit of light now!!!

Carmine

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Jun 19 2011, 07:34 PM

Let me know if you need any additional help with this!