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Chapter 1: THE MINOR PENTATONIC MODES
In this first chapter of The Auer Method you will learn the 5 modes
of the minor pentatonic scale.
You should learn and master each mode one at a time before moving onto the next.
Mode 1





Mode 2
Mode 3
Mode 4
Mode 5
Note: Mode 2 starts with a flat 3rd note b3 which is the 2nd note of Mode 1 and that the
entire upper half of Mode 2 is the same as the lower half of Mode 1.


Mode 1
Mode 2
This is how the modes connect from octave to octave.
Notice this connection with all the modes.
Start on the R to hear the tonic of each mode.
In the key of G Minor
Mode 1
Mode 1
starts on the
3rd fret
Mode 2
Mode 2
starts on the
6th fret
Mode 3
Mode 3
starts on the
8th fret

Mode 4
Mode 4
starts on the
10th fret

Mode 5
Mode 5
starts on the
13th fret
Mode 1 - one octave higher
Then Mode 1
repeats on the octave
of G which is the
15th fret

This should help clear up any confusion on how the modes
connect up the neck from octave to octave
G Minor Pentatonic
