A Minor Pentatonic Shape 3

In this lesson we're looking at Shape 3 of the Minor Pentatonic scale. This one's a little bit of an odd shape, in that it's almost totally confined to 2 frets except for 2 notes that stick out above and below on the 2nd and 3rd strings.

Key points

• Move up 3 positions on the 6th string from the 5th fret to find this shape
• Remember the little guy going "Yay!"

A Minor Pentatonic - Shape 3

Here we have Shape 3 in pink, with the notes on string 6 leading up to Shape 3 marked in blue.

A Minor Pentatonic - The 5 Shapes

Blue = Shape 1 | Red = Shape 2 | Pink = Shape 3 | Yellow = Shape 4 | Green = Shape 5

Exercise - A Minor Pentatonic Shape 3

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