OK - The correct name for these are Pentatonic scales, but since I like to be different, I sometimes call them "Major/Minor Chordal Scales"....that seems to impress people more!

This is a very important, and cool lesson! In the first example in G - make sure you only use your 2nd, 1st fingers and pinky! Plus you must start the scale using your 2nd (middle) finger and play these notes like you would in a full major scale. As soon as you reach the pinky, go backward to the start, then as soon as you get to the beginning, go back up, back and forth. Practice this in other keys as well! You can do it all in one key first by starting on the roots shown in example two, which simply are the 1 - 4 - 5 of the major scale. The third example is doing it based off a G chord on the top strings. (Which is played like an F first position chord) The last examples are for minors which involve dropping the third down a half step. This involves a bit of a stretch, but once you get it, it will be well worth it!