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QuickStart Scale Fingerings - A Pentatonic Summary
Scale shapes and chords for A Pentatonic
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Category: Scales Instrument: Guitar Subjects(s): Scales • Quickstart • Guitar • Pentatonic

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QuickStart Scale Fingerings - A Pentatonic Summary

Single sheet summary of the A Pentatonic Scale fingerboard shapes for guitar in standard tuning (E A D G B E).

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