How many fingering patterns do you need?

[wifiabc]

Hi,
In the minor pentatonic scale, there are 5 boxed patterns for each key. Ideally, I suppose it is good to be able to play them all. If you do not have a good memory, what's the minimum number of these boxed patterns you need to remember in order to be able to play rock/blues?

Minor pentatonic scale patterns

 

[vernplum]

The absolute minimum is 1.

In 'A'

------------------------5-8
-------------------5--8
--------------5--7
---------5-7
-----5-7
-5-8----

 

[jeffrey0603]

Seriously memorizing the minor pentatonic isnt hard. All the 5 'boxes' link to one another. 1 links to 2 and 2 links to 3 and so on. I usually practice the scale with a backing track so it's more fun

 

[Likui]

well for good solos I suggest this listen to more rock/blues stuff, listen and listen and listen until u can improvise by yourself as in know what notes to play can just sing it out or whistle the tune, after which just play what u sing or whistle on the guitar just try to find the notes. for the patterns well if you know all the notes of the fretboard u don't need to rely on memorising those patterns, it just comes naturally. the main thing here is what to play and how to play not what pattern to use.

 

[wifiabc]

Thanks everyone.

 

[LadyInTears]

thread title so wrong..... :twisted::mrgreen:

 

[Stan_Kumar]

thread title so wrong..... :twisted::mrgreen:

To you, that is.

 

[holyking]

Minor pentatonic is a good thing to learn, it is not hard to remember all of them. I think linking up all of them are the harder thing to do as sometimes we just focus on one pattern. Anyway, there is also a blues scale too where you just add a few more notes into each pattern.