Practicing Guitar Scales in Sequences

The A Minor Pentatonic Scale is used for example purposes.
This practice technique can be applied to all scales.

A Minor Pentatonic Scale e|--------------------------------5--8--| B|--------------------------5--8--------| G|--------------------5--7--------------| D|--------------5--7--------------------| A|--------5--7--------------------------| E|--5--8--------------------------------| Groups of "3" -- Try playing at several different tempos, and meters in triplets. Play with 8th note triplets, 16th note triplets...etc., e|-8-5-----5-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| B|-----8-----8-5-|-8-5-----5-----|---------------|---------------|----------------| G|---------------|-----7-----7-5-|-7-5-----5-----|---------------|----------------| D|---------------|---------------|-----7-----7-5-|-7-5-----5-----|----------------| A|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----7-----7-5-|-7-5-----5------| E|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----8-----8--5-| e|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----5-----5-8--| B|---------------|---------------|---------------|-----5-----5-8-|-5-8-----8------| G|---------------|---------------|-----5-----5-7-|-5-7-----7-----|----------------| D|---------------|-----5-----5-7-|-5-7-----7-----|---------------|----------------| A|-----5-----5-7-|-5-7-----7-----|---------------|---------------|----------------| E|-5-8-----8-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------| Groups of "4" Play with 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16 notes e|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|-----------------5---| B|-------------------|------------------|-----------------5-|-----5-8-----5-8-----| G|-------------------|----------------5-|-----5-7-----5-7---|-5-7-------7---------| D|-----------------5-|-----5-7----5-7---|-5-7-------7-------|---------------------| A|-----5-7-----5-7---|-5-7------7-------|-------------------|---------------------| E|-5-8-------8-------|------------------|-------------------|---------------------|