Leo Kottke at Tarrytown Music Hall
This is not the only position (pattern) to play it, because we have six strings with each more than 12 frets (or semitones, 12 semitones are called octave, but that’s another story – see ). After 5 notes you reach the E note again, just one octave higher (D-string, 2nd fret) and continue octave for octave repeating the same intervals. Play the high and low E-string and the D-string at the 2nd fret together – it’s all E.
We also have a major pentatonic scale, which sounds a bit more happy, and finally the so called “Blue note”, which gives the typical Blues sound. All notes together on your fretboard look like:
This is pretty much confusing when you start playing. However, you should try to learn the first two or three patterns of the minor pentatonic in the beginning, later all of them.
Here is a tab of the beginning of the solo:
I----------------------------------------------7-6-5----------------------------I
How To Play Acoustic Guitar For A Beginner How To Play Acoustic Guitar For Beginners Lesson 1