Lets say you're playing good ole A minor penta. starting on the 6th str.,5th fret,( A C D E G ). Now imagine playing that scale up and down the 6th string only. Now try playing that same scale starting off of each one of those notes on the 6th str., the fingering will change each time because the notes you are playing will be located on different frets. technically you are playing the same scale (acdeg) just different positions. So think of the scale fingering off the A as pos.1, the scale fingering off the C as pos.2 (I recco. starting this one with your 2nd finger) scale fingering off the D as pos. 3, E pos. 4, G pos 5. Whats the advantage of this? You will now know the entire minor penta. scale system all up & down the neck of the guitar and will be able to think vertically as well as horizontally when soloing.
Here's the other way I interpretted your question;
As I stated before there are many types of pentatonic scales and one reason for choosing one over the other is the type of sound you are looking for. In your ex. you used A minor penta., if you wanted a brighter sound you may want to use A major penta;
-------5-7-
------5-7-
-----4-6-
----4-7-
---4-7-
--5-7-
You can create your own penta. scales by taking any scale and leaving off notes, reucing it down to 5 notes, this scale is taken from the major. There are diminished penta., augmented penta, etc... any sound you can imagine.
I hope this helps you out, let me know.
[Edited by chris mood on 09-20-2001 at 02:20 PM]
