The Complete Pattern
By adding only three more notes (and their octaves) to the pattern in lesson 16, the entire fretboard is now covered (these added notes have been marked by crosses so that you will instantly recognize them). Remember that this entire pattern uses only 5 different notes.
A Major Blues Scale/A Minor Pentatonic Scale
Memorize this complete pattern by continual practice and application to different keys. Remember that for major key progressions the entire pattern moves "down" 3 frets to the left.
Patterns Two And Three
The extra notes added create two new patterns, as illustrated in the following diagrams.
Patterns Two
For a Blues in A, pattern two starts at the 8th and 20th frets. For a major key progression in the key of A, pattern two starts at the 5th and 17th frets.
For a minor key progression in A minor, pattern two starts at the 8th and 20th frets.
Here is a lick derived from pattern two at the 8th fret.
Pattern Three
This pattern covers a span of five frets and the fingering to be used is written on the dots which represent the notes.
For a Blues in A, pattern three starts at the 10th fret. For a major key progression in the key of A, pattern three starts at the 7th and 19th frets. For a minor key progression in A minor, pattern three starts at the 10th fret.
The following lick uses pattern three at the 10th fret.
