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ROB’S SCHOOL OF MUSIC FREE GUITAR WORKBOOK

The Pentatonic Playbook

Five notes.Your next solo.

Learn the shapes. Connect the fretboard. Make music with what you know.

Grab the free, 20-page RSM Pentatonic Playbook and start turning scale patterns into riffs, phrases, and solos that sound like you.

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PENTATONIC
PLAYBOOK

Five notes. The whole neck.
Music you can actually use.

HAVE FUN.
FORWARD MOTION.

20pages of practical guidance
5connected scale positions
2example solos to play

Inside the playbook

Put those five notes to work.

Whether you’re learning your first pentatonic shape or ready to move beyond one position, this guide gives you a clear next step.

  • 01 / KNOW THE NECK

    See how the shapes connect.

    Learn all five positions with clear fretboard diagrams, root-note markers, and a complete neck map.

  • 02 / UNDERSTAND THE SOUND

    Find your major and minor.

    Explore roots, relative keys, and transposition so you can take the same patterns into different musical situations.

  • 03 / KEEP MOVING

    Get comfortable changing positions.

    Work through diagonal connections, string-pair exercises, and position jumps. Add color with the blue note and major 3rd.

  • 04 / MAKE IT YOURS

    Build phrases you want to play.

    Try original licks and two example solos, check your understanding with quizzes and answers, and follow a seven-session practice plan.

Have fun. Forward motion.

That’s the RSM approach. Learn something useful, then make music with it. Change the rhythm. Make up a riff. Jam over a chord progression. Finish each session with something a little clearer, cleaner, or more confident.

Pick up your guitar

Make your next practice count.

Start with one shape, find the root, and make a phrase. Your next bit of forward motion can happen today.

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