You may remember I did a video on what I call the “3+2 Pattern,” so it made sense to add in the “2+3” version of the minor pentatonic pattern as well.
Again, it’s a great pattern to help you move around the fretboard quickly, but it uses your 3rd finger (you could call it “left facing”) on the root instead of your first finger on the root.
Oh… and by the way… I filmed this live so after the first 6 minutes or so you can quit it if you don’t want to hear me talking to the live people 🙂
18 replies to "The 2+3 Pentatonic Minor Pattern"
Marty Schwartz call this the “Extended Pentatonic.” Since I learned it, I live with it.
I really liked this video and I’ve been playing the 2+3 pentatonic for some time now not knowing there was a name for it. That’s supper awesome.
This is the Diagonal Pentatonic as described and published by Daniel Seriff
If someone is playing g c and d shuffle, where do I start this patter? And so on…
This was about the first thing my teacher showed me after the pentatonic positions…. as how to extend the scale up and down through 3+ positions …he gave me a few riffs to use as exercises going up and down …id forgotten about those till now …thanks for this , am grabbing the strat now to try and remember
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Wonderful creative idea.thks
very nice…will use it for muself and for my 11 y.o. student!
nice lesson Griff
Hey Griff,
Really cool lesson and I have saved it for later so that I can relate to it more often in my browser. I like the way you move around all the boxes even in A.
I’m only seeing the video on Sunday Aug 2nd 2020, but I really like the idea of you doing it live or maybe on FB like you have done before.
Stay safe
Michael-Sydney-Australia – Sunday Aug 2nd ,2020
Good stuff as always
This was an eye opener in a huge way!
Rick from Leesville SC
I watched several times. Awesome.
Mike New Zealand
You have changed my life. Thank you.
Thanks for the info I’m seriously considering buying in to this I have had a lot of hard time trying to figure it out by my self I love the blues music and want to learn so I’m going to purchase some stuff from you so I can learn more
Playing the blues is a journey, not a destination. Enjoy the ride.
Once again a very nice and well explained video/teaching event. Thanks, Griff, for all you do. Take care.
John
Hey Griff,
I’ve been playing with this pattern for a long time, but I hadn’t realised the box 1 & 2 connection. I noticed the house pattern in there to from the 4 note solo I think. So please correct me if I’m wrong, but if I use a lick that uses the middle 2+3 starting on the 4th string I would be in box 1 and once I move onto the second string I’m in box 2. That being the case, thinking about the Little Wing style of playing I should be able to use the top four strings shifting in and out of the 2 boxes to achieve the major or minor sound depending on weather I’m using a 5 or 6 root note. Thanks again for your insight Griff.
James.
Yes, I believe you are correct on all counts there.