pentetonic aonzo scale

[kvk]

There was a run I was trying to fit into a song using not all the notes of the scale and I wasn't satisfied with how fast I could play it so I decided I needed an exercise for a quick run over a wide range of notes.

I tried taking the Aonzo scale (major scale two octaves up then down, before the last note, slide up 1/2 step and start again) and playing it major pentatonic, 1,2,3,5,6,8, ... Way harder than I thought it would be. Took me many tries just to get the notes right for a couple scales. I know them but when playing, the wrong fingers kept hitting.

Give it a try, it's a workout. Things go much faster and it's harder when you leave notes out. Oh, one thing good about it, your done with your three time up and down the fretboard quicker.

[JimD]

I tried taking the Aonzo scale (major scale two octaves up then down, before the last note, slide up 1/2 step and start again) and playing it major pentatonic, 1,2,3,6,8

Did you mean 1,2,3,5,6 ?

That would be a correct major pentatonic.