The "back three" trick

Brandon Foster

D7 B Minor Pent
2 5
T 7
5 2 4
3 5
Guitar A 7 2 4
B 5 2 5

Note: Open strings don't change shape

3 G7 Eminor Pent
3 0 3
3 0 3
4 0 2
3 0 2
5 0 2
3 0 3

5
A7 F# Minor Pent
5 2 5
5 2 5
6 2 4
5 2 4
7 2 4
5 2 5

7 D7 B Minor Pent
10 7 10
10 7 10
11 7 9
10 7 9
12 7 9
10 7 10

9 G7 E Minor Pent
10 7 10
12 8 10
10 7 9
12 7 9
10 7 10

11
A7 C# Minor Pent
12 9 12
14 10 12
12 9 11
14 9 11
12 9 12

Note: This is purely moving back 3 from the root note. You will see some chords are rooted on the
A string not the E string...and the proper scale is found back 3 from those.
Also, E minor Pentatonic in the first example contains open strings because we ran out of frets.