E Minor Pentatonic Open Position Recap

This comprehensive recap consolidates the E minor pentatonic scale across two octaves in Open Position.

We'll focus on building technical precision through alternate picking - down-up picks on every string - which is essential for increasing speed and developing an essential guitar technique.

Getting some fretting and picking synchronisation going, where both hands must work together seamlessly, is very important. If fretting and picking is like the steering wheel on a bus, then synchronisation is the engine! You literally can't go anywhere without an engine.

Main Learning Points:

• Complete a two-octave scale pattern (lower and higher octaves) which we call 'Open Position'

• Alternate picking technique for building speed (potentially doubling your picking speed!)

• Proper finger synchronisation between fretting and picking hands

• How the scale relates to the G major chord shape for visual memorisation

• Building consistency with four complete cycles as practice goal

• Applications in classic riffs: "Back in Black," and definitely "Rumble" by Link Wray