“BASIC EXTENSIONS OF THE PENTATONIC SCALE” This is the regular Pentatonic scale in the key of C (Which is my personal favorite spot to play it in) e|--------------------------------------8--11----------------- B|-------------------------------8--11------------------------ G|------------------------8--10------------------------------- D|-----------------8--10-------------------------------------- A|----------8--10--------------------------------------------- E|---8--11---------------------------------------------------- These extra notes are great to throw in when soloing. e|----------------------------------------6-8-11-------------- B|---------------------------------6-8-11--------------------- G|--------------------------5-8-10---------------------------- D|-------------------5-8-10----------------------------------- A|-----------6-8-10------------------------------------------- E|---6-8-11--------------------------------------------------- In addition to the extra notes above, you can also throw these in too. e|---------------------------------------8-11-13--------------- B|------------------------------8-11-13------------------------ G|---------------------8-10-12--------------------------------- D|---------------8-10------------------------------------------ A|---------8-10------------------------------------------------ E|---8-11------------------------------------------------------ Here is an example riff to play using the extra notes e|------------------------------------------11-13—13b--13--11-------- B|-----------------------11—13—b13--13--11--------------------13--11- G|---b10--10--8--10—10/12-------------------------------------------- D|------------------------------------------------------------------- A|------------------------------------------------------------------- E|------------------------------------------------------------------- A couple other extensions……….. e|--------------------------------------------8-10-11------ B|-------------------------------------8-9-11-------------- G|------------------------------7-8-10--------------------- D|---------------------8-10-12----------------------------- A|-----------8-10-11--------------------------------------- E|--8-10-11------------------------------------------------ This ext. sounds best played on the 7th fret The root note is one the 8th fret. e|-----------------------------------------7-9-10-------------- B|-----------------------------------8-10---------------------- G|---------------------------7-9-10---------------------------- D|-------------------7-9-10------------------------------------ A|-----------7-8-10-------------------------------------------- E|---7-8-10---------------------------------------------------- If you play around with these during solos you will sound like a pro!