Stepwise Motion

Simple stepwise motion - just an ascending or descending scale.

C Position

E---------------------0-3-0---------------------
B-----------------1-3-------3-1-----------------
G-------------0-2---------------2-0-------------
D---------0-2-----------------------2-0---------
A-----0-3-------------------------------3-0-----
E-0-3---------------------------------------3-0-

A Position

E---------------------3-5-3---------------------
B-----------------3-5-------5-3-----------------
G-------------2-5---------------5-2-------------
D---------2-5-----------------------5-2---------
A-----3-5-------------------------------5-3-----
E-3-5---------------------------------------5-3-

G Position

E---------------------5-8-5---------------------
B-----------------5-8-------8-5-----------------
G-------------5-7---------------7-5-------------
D---------5-7-----------------------7-5---------
A-----5-7-------------------------------7-5-----
E-5-8---------------------------------------8-5-

E/G Position

E-------------------------8-10-8-------------------------
B--------------------8-10--------10-8--------------------
G----------------7-9------------------9-7----------------
D-----------7-10--------------------------10-7-----------
A------7-10------------------------------------10-7------
E-8-10----------------------------------------------10-8-

D Position

E------------------------------10-12-10------------------------------
B------------------------10-13----------13-10------------------------
G-------------------9-12----------------------12-9-------------------
D-------------10-12--------------------------------12-10-------------
A-------10-12--------------------------------------------12-10-------
E-10-12--------------------------------------------------------12-10-

Intervalic Motion

4ths

Ascend through the scale stepwise, but between each note, play the 4th above the last note. In other words, asecend a 4th, descend a 3rd, ascend a 4th, descend a 3rd... For descending we do the opposite: descend a 4th, ascend a 3rd, descend a 4th, ascend a 3rd...

C Position

E-----------------------------------0---3-
B---------------------------1---3-1---3---
G-------------------0---2-0---2-----------
D-----------0---2-0---2-------------------
A---0---2-0---2---------------------------
E-0---3-----------------------------------

E-3---0-----------------------------------
B---3---1-3---1---------------------------
G-----------2---0-2---0-------------------
D-------------------2---0-2---0-----------
A---------------------------3---0-3---0---
E-----------------------------------3---0-

A Position

E-----------------------------------3---5-
B---------------------------3---5-3---5---
G-------------------2---5-2---5-----------
D-----------2---5-2---5-------------------
A---3---5-3---5---------------------------
E-3---5-----------------------------------

E-5---3-----------------------------------
B---5---3-5---3---------------------------
G-----------5---2-5---2-------------------
D-------------------5---2-5---3-----------
A---------------------------5---3-5---3---
E-----------------------------------5---3-

G Position

E-----------------------------------5---8-
B---------------------------5---8-5---8---
G-------------------5---7-5---7-----------
D-----------5---7-5---7-------------------
A---5---7-5---7---------------------------
E-5---8-----------------------------------

E-8---5-----------------------------------
B---8---5-8---5---------------------------
G-----------7---5-7---5-------------------
D-------------------7---5-7---5-----------
A---------------------------7---5-7---5---
E-----------------------------------8---5-

E/G Position

E-----------------------------------------8----10-
B--------------------------------8---10-8---10----
G-----------------------7----9-7---9--------------
D-------------7----10-7---10----------------------
A---7----10-7---10--------------------------------
E-8---10------------------------------------------

E-10----8-----------------------------------------
B----10---8-10---8--------------------------------
G--------------9---7-9----7-----------------------
D----------------------10---7-10----7-------------
A--------------------------------10---7-10----7---
E------------------------------------------10---8-

D Position

E--------------------------------------------------10----12-
B--------------------------------------10----13-10----13----
G----------------------------9----12-9----12----------------
D----------------10----12-10---12---------------------------
A----10----12-10----12--------------------------------------
E-10----12--------------------------------------------------

E-12----10--------------------------------------------------
B----12----10-13----10--------------------------------------
G----------------12----9-12----9----------------------------
D---------------------------12---10-12----10----------------
A--------------------------------------12----10-12----10----
E--------------------------------------------------12----10-

5ths

Ascend through the scale stepwise, but between each note, play the 5th above the last note. In other words, asecend a 5th, descend a 4th, ascend a 5th, descend a 4th... For descending we do the opposite: descend a 5th, ascend a 4th, descend a 5th, ascend a 4th...

C Position

E-------------------------------0---3-
B-----------------------1---3-----1---
G---------------0---2-----0---2-------
D-------0---2-----0---2---------------
A---3-----0---3-----------------------
E-0---3-------------------------------

E-3---0-------------------------------
B---1-----3---1-----------------------
G-------2---0-----2---0---------------
D---------------2---0-----2---0-------
A-----------------------3---0-----3---
E-------------------------------3---0-

C/A Position

E-------------------------------3---5-
B-----------------------3---5-----3---
G---------------2---5-----2---5-------
D-------2---5-----2---5---------------
A---5-----3---5-----------------------
E-3---5-------------------------------

E-5---3-------------------------------
B---3-----5---3-----------------------
G-------5---2-----5---2---------------
D---------------5---2-----5---2-------
A-----------------------5---3-----5---
E-------------------------------5---3-

G Position

E-------------------------------5---8-
B-----------------------5---8-----5---
G---------------5---7-----5---7-------
D-------5---7-----5---7---------------
A---7-----5---7-----------------------
E-5---8-------------------------------

E-8---5-------------------------------
B---5-----8---5-----------------------
G-------7---5-----7---5---------------
D---------------7---5-----7---5-------
A-----------------------7---5-----7---
E-------------------------------8---5-

E/G Position

E-------------------------------------8---10-
B----------------------------8---10-----8----
G-------------------7---9------7----9--------
D---------7---10------7---10-----------------
A---10------7----10--------------------------
E-8----10------------------------------------

E-10---8-------------------------------------
B----8-----10---8----------------------------
G--------9----7------9---7-------------------
D-----------------10---7------10---7---------
A--------------------------10----7------10---
E------------------------------------10----8-

D Position

E--------------------------------------------10----12-
B---------------------------------10---13-------10----
G----------------------9----12-------9----12----------
D----------10----12------10----12---------------------
A----12-------10----12--------------------------------
E-10----12--------------------------------------------

E-12----10--------------------------------------------
B----10-------13---10---------------------------------
G----------12----9-------12----9----------------------
D---------------------12----10------12----10----------
A--------------------------------12----10-------12----
E--------------------------------------------12----10-

6ths
7ths

Grouped Motion

Stepwise Group of 3

C Position

E-----------------------------------------------------0---0-3-
B-----------------------------------------1---1-3-1-3---3-----
G-----------------------------0---0-2-0-2---2-----------------
D-----------------0---0-2-0-2---2-----------------------------
A-----0---0-3-0-3---3-----------------------------------------
E-0-3---3-----------------------------------------------------

E-3-0---0-----------------------------------------------------
B-----3---3-1-3-1---1-----------------------------------------
G-----------------2---2-0-2-0---0-----------------------------
D-----------------------------2---2-0-2-0---0-----------------
A-----------------------------------------3---3-0-3-0---0-----
E-----------------------------------------------------3---3-0-

C/A Position

E-----------------------------------------------------3---3-5-
B-----------------------------------------3---3-5-3-5---5-----
G-----------------------------2---2-5-2-5---5-----------------
D-----------------2---2-5-2-5---5-----------------------------
A-----2---3-5-3-5---5-----------------------------------------
E-3-5---5-----------------------------------------------------

E-5-3---3-----------------------------------------------------
B-----5---5-3-5-3---3-----------------------------------------
G-----------------5---5-2-5-2---2-----------------------------
D-----------------------------5---5-2-5-2---2-----------------
A-----------------------------------------5---5-3-5-3---3-----
E-----------------------------------------------------5---5-3-

G Position

E-----------------------------------------------------5---5-8-
B-----------------------------------------5---5-8-5-8---8-----
G-----------------------------5---5-7-5-7---7-----------------
D-----------------5---5-7-5-7---7-----------------------------
A-----5---5-7-5-7---7-----------------------------------------
E-5-8---8-----------------------------------------------------

E-8-5---5-----------------------------------------------------
B-----8---8-5-8-5---5-----------------------------------------
G-----------------7---7-5-7-5---5-----------------------------
D-----------------------------7---7-5-7-5---5-----------------
A-----------------------------------------7---7-5-7-5---5-----
E-----------------------------------------------------8---8-5-

E/G Position

E---------------------------------------------------------------8----8-10-
B-------------------------------------------------8---8-10-8-10---10------
G------------------------------------7----7-9-7-9---9---------------------
D---------------------7----7-10-7-10---10---------------------------------
A------7----7-10-7-10---10------------------------------------------------
E-8-10---10---------------------------------------------------------------

E-10-8----8---------------------------------------------------------------
B------10---10-8-10-8---8-------------------------------------------------
G---------------------9---9-7-9-7----7------------------------------------
D---------------------------------10---10-7-10-7----7---------------------
A------------------------------------------------10---10-7-10-7----7------
E---------------------------------------------------------------10---10-8-

D Position

E----------------------------------------------------------------------------10----10-12-
B----------------------------------------------------------10----10-13-10-13----13-------
G-------------------------------------------9----9-12-9-12----12-------------------------
D-------------------------10----10-12-10-12---12-----------------------------------------
A-------10----10-12-10-12----12----------------------------------------------------------
E-10-12----12----------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-12-10----10----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-------13----13-10-13-10----10----------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------12----12-9-12-9----9-------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------12---12-10-12-10----10-------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------12----12-10-12-10----10-------
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------12----12-10-

Stepwise Group of 4
Stepwise Group of 5
Stepwise Group of 6

Pentatonic Scale Exercises

Contents

Stepwise Motion

C Position

A Position

G Position

E/G Position

D Position

Intervalic Motion

4ths

C Position

A Position

G Position

E/G Position

D Position

5ths

C Position

C/A Position

G Position

E/G Position

D Position

Grouped Motion

Stepwise Group of 3

C Position

C/A Position

G Position

E/G Position

D Position