A Minor Pentatonic Exercise.

Triangles and Leading Notes.

In the following exercise, we go outside of the basic pentatonic block patterns.

The first part of this exercise will incorporate eighth-note triplets played as “triangles”. I use the term triangles to describe the pattern of each triplet as the shape of a triangle on the fretboard.

The second part adds the “leading notes” to each triangle, as chromatic or “half-step” passing tones. This is used to help add more interesting passages to your phrasing.

Make sure that you practice this exercise with your metronome set at 60-90bpm.

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