C Major Pentatonic Scale Sequence Exercise Tab

For clearance, this contribution is not a meant as a tab, but as a visual representation of the fretboard.
Though all the horizontal lines in this article correspont with the following principle:
 
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D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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Now lets's start:
 
 
First let's start of with a anatomical overview of the C Major Pentatonic scale on the fretboard:
 
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C Major Pentatonic Scale note-pattern
-G-||---|-A-|---|---|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|---|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|---|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|---|---|-G-|
-D-||---|-E-|---|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|---|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|---|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|---|-C-|---|-D-|
-A-||---|---|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|---|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|---|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|---|---|-G-|---|-A-|
-E-||---|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|---|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|---|---|-G-|---|-A-|---|---|-C-|---|-D-|---|-E-|
 0    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24
 
C Major Pentatonic Scale interval pattern
-5-||---|-6-|---|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|---|-5-|
-2-||---|-3-|---|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|---|-1-|---|-2-|
-6-||---|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|---|-5-|---|-6-|
-3-||---|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|---|---|-5-|---|-6-|---|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|-3-|
 0    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24
 
C Major Pentatonic Scale box-pattern (root on 8th fret of the low E-string)
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---||---|---|---|---|---|---|-x-|---|---|-x-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-R-|---|-x-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 0    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24
 
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Now let's begin with the exercises:
 
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EXERCISE 1 - Going up and down the scale pattern (keep a steady slow beat)
 
C Major Pentatonic, up and down, this is how it looks like in tabs:
G|----------------7-9--9-7----------------
D|-----------7-10----------10-7-----------
A|------7-10--------------------10-7------
E|-8-10------------------------------10-8-
 
C Major Pentatonic, up and down, this is how it looks like in note names:
G|-------------D-E--E-D-------------
D|---------A-C----------C-A---------
A|-----E-G------------------G-E-----
E|-C-D--------------------------D-C-
 
C Major Pentatonic, up and down, this is how it looks like in interval sequence:
G|-------------2-3--3-2-------------
D|---------6-1----------1-6---------
A|-----3-5------------------5-3-----
E|-1-2--------------------------2-1-
 
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EXERCISE 2 - In groups of 3 (keep a steady slow beat)
 
This is how 'up' looks like in interval sequence: 1 2 3, 2 3 5, 3 5 6, 5 6 1, and so on
This is how 'down' looks like in interval sequence: 1 6 5, 6 5 3, 5 3 2, 3 2 1, and so on
 
C Major Pentatonic Scale interval pattern (root on 8th fret of the low E-string)
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---||---|---|---|---|---|---|-6-|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
---||---|---|---|---|---|---|-3-|---|---|-5-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 0    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24
 
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EXERCISE 3 - In groups of 4 (keep a steady slow beat)
 
This is how 'up' looks like in interval sequence: 1 2 3 5, 2 3 5 6, 3 5 6 1, and so on
This is how 'down' looks like in interval sequence: 1 6 5 3, 6 5 3 2, 5 3 2 1, and so on
 
C Major Pentatonic Scale interval pattern (root on 8th fret of the low E-string)
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---||---|---|---|---|---|---|-6-|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
---||---|---|---|---|---|---|-3-|---|---|-5-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 0    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24
 
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EXERCISE 4 - 'Hopping' or 'Skipping' (keep a steady slow beat)
 
This is how 'up' looks like in interval sequence: 1 3, 2 5, 3 6, 5 1, and so on
This is how 'down' looks like in interval sequence: 1 5, 6 3, 5 2, 3 1, and so on
 
C Major Pentatonic Scale interval pattern (root on 8th fret of the low E-string)
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---||---|---|---|---|---|---|-6-|---|---|-1-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
---||---|---|---|---|---|---|-3-|---|---|-5-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
---||---|---|---|---|---|---|---|-1-|---|-2-|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 0    1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10  11  12  13  14  15  16  17  18  19  20  21  22  23  24
 
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Note: you can apply these 4 principles (straight up and down, groups of 3, groups of 4, hopping/skipping)
to any scale pattern you like. As long as you keep the interval pattern correct. But I would strongly
suggest you start mastering the basics first, that is: Pentatonics within the figure like shown
above and then only explore more complex pentatonic fretboard patterns when you first are able to survive
a descent improvasation session by using only the figure above.
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