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Pentatonic Scale Exercises

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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---2-----0---2-----------------------
E-0---3-------------------------------

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

C/A Position

E-------------------------------------------1---3---5-
B-----------------------------------3---5---------3---
G-----------------------2---4---5-----2---4---5-------
D-----------2---3---5-----2---3---5-------------------
A---3---5-----2---3---5-------------------------------
E-1---3---5-------------------------------------------

E-5---3---1-------------------------------------------
B---3---------5---3-----------------------------------
G-------5---4---2-----5---4---2-----------------------
D-------------------5---3---2-----5---3---2-----------
A-------------------------------5---3---2-----5---3---
E-------------------------------------------5---3---1-

A Position

E-------------------------------------------3---5---7-
B-----------------------------------5---6---------5---
G-----------------------4---5---7-----4---5---7-------
D-----------3---5---7-----3---5---7-------------------
A---5---7-----3---5---7-------------------------------
E-3---5---7-------------------------------------------

E-7---5---3-------------------------------------------
B---5---------6---5-----------------------------------
G-------7---5---4-----7---5---4-----------------------
D-------------------7---5---3-----7---5---3-----------
A-------------------------------7---5---3-----7---5---
E-------------------------------------------7---5---3-

G Position

E-------------------------------------------5---7---8-
B-------------------------------5---6---8-----5---6---
G-----------------------5---7---------5---7-----------
D-----------5---7---9-----5---7---9-------------------
A---7---8-----5---7---8-------------------------------
E-5---7---8-------------------------------------------

E-8---7---5-------------------------------------------
B---6---5-----8---6---5-------------------------------
G-----------7---5---------7---5-----------------------
D-------------------9---7---5-----9---7---5-----------
A-------------------------------8---7---5-----8---7---
E-------------------------------------------8---7---5-

E/G Position

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

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

E Position

E----------------------------------------------------------8----10----12-
B-----------------------------------------------10---12------------10----
G-------------------------------9---10----12-------9----10---12----------
D---------------9---10----12------9----10----12--------------------------
A---10----12------8----10----12------------------------------------------
E-8----10----12----------------------------------------------------------

E-12----10----8----------------------------------------------------------
B----10------------12---10-----------------------------------------------
G----------12---10----9-------12----10---9-------------------------------
D--------------------------12----10----9------12----10---9---------------
A------------------------------------------12----10----8------12----10---
E----------------------------------------------------------12----10----8-

D Position

E----------------------------------------------------------------10----12----13-
B----------------------------------------------10----12----13-------10----12----
G----------------------------------10----12-------------10----12----------------
D----------------10----12----14-------10----12----14----------------------------
A----12----14-------10----12----14----------------------------------------------
E-10----12----13----------------------------------------------------------------

E-13----12----10----------------------------------------------------------------
B----12----10-------13----12----10----------------------------------------------
G----------------12----10-------------12----10----------------------------------
D----------------------------14----12----10-------14----12----10----------------
A----------------------------------------------14----12----10-------14----12----
E----------------------------------------------------------------13----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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------1---1-3-1-3-5-
B-----------------------------------------------------------------3---3-5-3-5---5-----------
G-----------------------------------------------2---2-4-2-4-5-4-5---5-----------------------
D-----------------------------2---2-3-2-3-5-3-5---5-----------------------------------------
A-----------2---2-3-2-3-5-3-5---5-----------------------------------------------------------
E-1-3-5-3-5---5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-5-3-1-3-1---1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------5---5-3-5-3---3-----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------5---5-4-5-4-2-4-2---2-----------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------5---5-3-5-3-2-3-2---2-----------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------5---5-3-5-3-2-3-2---2-----------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------5---5-3-5-3-1-

A Position

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3---3-5-3-5-7-
B-----------------------------------------------------------------5---5-6-5-6---6-----------
G-----------------------------------------------4---4-5-4-5-7-5-7---7-----------------------
D-----------------------------3---3-5-3-5-7-5-7---7-----------------------------------------
A-----------3---3-5-3-5-7-5-7---7-----------------------------------------------------------
E-3-5-7-5-7---7-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-7-5-3-5-3---3-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------6---6-5-6-5---5-----------------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------7---7-5-7-5-4-5-4---4-----------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------7---7-5-7-5-3-5-3---3-----------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------7---7-5-7-5-3-5-3---3-----------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------7---7-5-7-5-3-

G Position

E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------5---5-7-5-7-8-
B-----------------------------------------------------------5---5-6-5-6-8-6-8---8-----------
G-----------------------------------------------5---5-7-5-7---7-----------------------------
D-----------------------------5---5-7-5-7-9-7-9---9-----------------------------------------
A-----------5---5-7-5-7-8-7-8---8-----------------------------------------------------------
E-5-7-8-7-8---8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------  

E-8-7-5-7-5---5-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
B-----------8---8-6-8-6-5-6-5---5-----------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------7---7-5-7-5---5-----------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------9---9-7-9-7-5-7-5---5-----------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------------8---8-7-8-7-5-7-5---5-----------
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------8---8-7-8-7-5-

E/G Position

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

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

E Position

E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8----8-10-8-10-12-
B---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10----10-12-10-12---12--------------
G---------------------------------------------------------------9----9-10-9-10-12-10-12----12-------------------------------
D---------------------------------------9----9-10-9-10-12-10-12---12--------------------------------------------------------
A---------------8----8-10-8-10-12-10-12---12--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-8-10-12-10-12---12--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-12-10-8-10-8----8---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------12---12-10-12-10----10---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------12---12-10-12-10-9-10-9----12---------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------12---12-10-12-10-9-10-9----12---------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------------------------------12----12-10-12-10-8-10-8----8---------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12---12-10-12-10-8-

D Position

E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10----10-12-10-12-13-
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10----10-12-10-12-13-12-13----13----------------
G----------------------------------------------------------------------10----10-12-10-12----12-------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------10----10-12-10-12-14-12-14----14-------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------10----10-12-10-12-14-12-14----14----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E-10-12-13-12-13----13-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

E-13-12-10-12-10----10-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
B----------------13----13-12-13-12-10-12-10----10----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------12----12-10-12-10----10----------------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------14----14-12-14-12-10-12-10----10-------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14----14-12-14-12-10-12-10----10----------------
E-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13----13-12-13-12-10-


  • Stepwise Group of 4
  • Stepwise Group of 5
  • Stepwise Group of 6
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Last edited on 16 August 2015, at 00:46