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The Guitar in a Year: Week 20 PROFICIENCY EXAM #2

🕑 Added 2025-05-14 11:38:05 +0000 UTC

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Patrick Hertel

Hi, I got to this late ... I must have missed something because I don't really understand Question 6. I think you want me to say C but ?..... I didn't have any other "problems". My strumming could use some work and I don't really consider that I can play Like A Rolling Stone because I can't SING along with it........It ain't Happy Birthday, Bob's verbiage is DENSE.

Korey Hicks

You got it, it would shift to the pinky on the 14th! That question was put there on purpose to give a bit of a challenge - give yourself some credit for figuring it out! Everything repeats after the 12th fret - all patterns, scales, triads, arpeggios, licks, just ONE OCTAVE higher!

David Debter

Also, one other thing I forgot to ask—I was confused about the F# pentatonic scale. We've been using F# at the 2nd fret on the 6th string (cycle 4), but if we try to play the pentatonic scale shape we learned starting there, it seems like our pinky would end up on the 2nd fret, which doesn’t seem right. Should we be shifting up to play the scale starting with the pinky around the 14th fret instead? Sorry if this is a basic question—just feeling a bit lost right now and trying to piece it all together.