Been meaning to post this for a while but better late than never i guess. From what i remember from the pentatonic lessons that kris did, he did a lesson on this sort of stuff but i don't think he did it exactly like this. So this is really designed for the absolute beginner to this type of playing.
Ok so for those of you who want to get started on diagonal pentatonic runs this might help you. We are basing our runs more on finger patterns as opposed to remembering where each note in the scale is, this way i found it easier to start with. So lets say we are in the scale of A-minor, so picked because most people start on this scale and you have the A-minor pentatonic scale in mind. Have a look at these and let me know if it's any help:
Pick up your guitar and follow along, starting on the 3rd from of the low E what we will be doing is a pattern of what i call, 1-2, 1-2-2. What this means is (this is made up by the way) is you are playing 2 notes on the low string then going to the next and playing 3. Each time however you are moving up 2 frets (hence the 1-2-2, the 1 being the starting fret and the 2 the amount you up by). So if you start on the 3rd fret of the low E you will play the following
E-----------------
B-----------------
G-----------------
D-----------------
A--------3--5--7--
E--3--5-----------The important thing to remember here is to remember the finger pattern you play, 1-2, 1-2-2. Now moving up to the D string we are now starting on the 5th fret, the next position up. From here we can now play the exact same pattern we just played on the first position (1-2, 1-2-2). Now you'll notice if you move up to the next position again the pattern will once again be the same. Here are all positions starting from the 3rd from on the E:
E-----------------
B-----------------
G-----------------
D-----------------
A--------3--5--7--
E--3--5-----------E-------------------
B-------------------
G--------5--7--9----
D--5--7-------------
A-------------------
E-------------------E---------8--10--12-----
B--8--10----------------
G-----------------------
D-----------------------
A-----------------------
E-----------------------You see the pattern? It's the same throughout. For those of you who have already discovered it good job hopefully it's easier for you but for the beginners it might not be so obvious. Now what about starting at a different fret? Well the same idea applies however the pattern is different. For example starting on the 5th fret gives the pattern 1-3, 1-2-3 and it remains as this pattern all the way until you switch starting fret or note or position whichever you like to call it. Now i've shown you 2, go and work out the other 3 and see if you can use this in your practicing to get started with this kind of thing. Hope it has helped comments appreciated
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