Chapter 26 - Pentatonic Position III

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Pentatonic Position III

 

Position III shares a comfortable mid-neck location with position IV:

Pentatonic Position III

 

Residing in the comfortable middle frets of the neck, Position III is perhaps the most important cascade destination among the five positions. The minor pentatonic root is found here, and it’s played with a ring finger fretting that makes it convenient for bending and vibrato. It is this single note that is very often the express target of phases arriving from the upper positions.