Do This Finger Swapping Exercise to FINALLY Open Up the Fretboard - Y117

Pentatonic patterns become much easier to navigate once you see how they connect. In this lesson, I’ll show you a simple way to connect all five pentatonic patterns and start moving across the fretboard.


▶▶ If you’re ready to start working on these patterns yourself, I have a free Big Four Scale Pattern Worksheet with all five patterns for the Major, Natural Minor, Major Pentatonic, and Minor Pentatonic scales. https://www.playguitaracademy.com/big_four_scale_worksheet


Want to go deeper with the Five Pattern System? Read my complete guide to learning guitar scales across the fretboard. https://www.playguitaracademy.com/blog/guitar-scales-the-five-pattern-system


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