The Pentatonic Minor Scale and Licks in Gm

The Scale

  ascending                 descending
E---------------------3-6-|-6-3---------------------||
B-----------------3-6-----|-----6-3-----------------||
G-------------3-5---------|---------5-3-------------||
D---------3-5-------------|-------------5-3---------||
A-----3-5-----------------|-----------------5-3-----||
E-3-6---------------------|---------------------6-3-||

Which looks like this on the guitar neck:
       ----------------
       |  |  |  |  |  |
       ----------------
       |  |  |  |  |  |
       ----------------
fret3  1  1  1  1  1  1
       ----------------
       |  |  |  |  |  |
       ----------------
       |  3  3  3  |  |
       ----------------
       4  |  |  |  3  3   (numbers show LH fingers)


Notes to Bend
                          (Extra note for major blues)
E-----|-----|-6b9-|------|-----||
B-----|-6b9-|-----|------|-----||
G-5b7-|-----|-----|------|-3b4-||
D-----|-----|-----|------|-----||
A-----|-----|-----|------|-----||
E-----|-----|-----|------|-----||

Guitar Licks
  1.      2.      3.      4.      5.      6.    7.      8.
E-------|-------|-----3-|-6-3---|-------||-----|-------|-------3-|
B-------|-------|-3-5---|-----3-|-------||-----|-----3-|-----3---|
G-------|---3-5-|-------|-------|-5-3---||-5b7-|-5b7---|-5b7-----|
D---3-5-|-5-----|-------|-------|-----5-||-----|-------|---------|
A-5-----|-------|-------|-------|-------||-----|-------|---------|
E-------|-------|-------|-------|-------||-----|-------|---------|

  9.      10.     11.   12.     13.      14.       15.
E-------|-------|-----|-----3-|-6b8-3-||---------|---------||
B-----6-|-------|-6b8-|-6b8---|-------||---------|-6b8b6p3-||
G-5b7---|-5b7-3-|-----|-------|-------||-5b7b5p3-|---------||
D-------|-------|-----|-------|-------||---------|---------||
A-------|-------|-----|-------|-------||---------|---------||
E-------|-------|-----|-------|-------||---------|---------||

Key to Tab

| = bar line(usually every 4 beats in rock)

|| = end of a section

:|| = repeat section (No of times)

% = repeat previous bar

p = pull off

h = hammer on

^ = string bend

s = slide

h = harmonic - number shows fret

x = mute with left hand

m = mute with right hand palm

t = tap with right hand Top of Page

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