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Pentatonic melodies

Hi Archie,

I posted in response to the opening question at the top of the page. Very happy with my own knowledge of the Major Pentatonic. Playing it often.

David, I thought your response was a question as well. Should have read it more closely. But, since I’ve already prepared my response, here it is to anyone who might want to try improvising along with Earl and The Byrds on acoustic guitar.

Here is position 1 for G Major Pentatonic.

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I played around with a bit, (along with the song), and it appears to work fine. Just a couple quick tips.

  1. There are four more positions to the scale which you can easily find by googling. “G relative major scale diagram” (I’d stick with the first position til you get used to it.

  2. While playing along, and you land on the G chord, play one of the black notes (G), on the diagram. It will make your phrasing sound complete.

Ok @davidgear I missed that, but others may find my response helpful. Not sure why you removed your video and query

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