4 - Rectangle and stack (PDF cheat sheet)

This five-page cheat sheet summarizes the main points in the Fret Science video titled: "Two Simple Shapes UNLOCK the Pentatonic Scale EVERYWHERE - and make it MORE musical!" (aka "The ONLY pentatonic scale lesson you will ever need" ), and provides a valuable reference to keep near your guitar. It shows how two simple shapes -- the "rectangle" and the "stack" combine together to make every possible pentatonic scale fingering pattern, and it shows the intervals in the rectangle and stack for both the minor and major pentatonic scales. It shows where to bend notes, three ways to move effortlessly up and down the fretboard, one easy way to pivot to the major scale modes, and how to easily extend the pentatonic scale to the Blues and Hexatonic scales.

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