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GuitarBizarre · 04-08-2012, 02:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blastingas10

I've looked at multiple scale charts and theyve always told me the first note of the Am blues scale is on the 3rd fret (G). I know all my notes on the low E very well. I'm Past that. Yes the root is on the A, but it starts on the G. I'm not saying you're wrong, I understand what you're saying; but my scale book shows it as this:

----------------------------------------------3-5-------
-------------------------------------3-4-5------------
---------------------------2-----4-------------------
------------------2----4-----------------------
---------3---5--------------------------
--3---5----------------------------

The roots being on the 5th of the low E and the 2nd of the G.

Thats not the first position. The first position of the Am pentatonic scale is

----------------------------------------------5-8-------
-------------------------------------5-8-------------
---------------------------5-----7-------------------
------------------5----7-----------------------
---------5---7--------------------------
--5---8----------------------------

If you look at the chart above, you'll see you're playing the shape listed for the SECOND position. Its still an Am scale, but that is NOT the first position, which is WHY the root note is not the first note.