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Originally Posted by axslinger
Another point he made; if you can't make the the pentatonic scale sound good in the #3 position (5-8, 5-7, 5-7, 5-7, 5-8, 5-8), then it won't sound good in any other position because they're the same notes.
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I have to disagree with your teacher there - although the notes are the same, playing in a different position puts those notes under your fingers in a different way, which makes you play differently. Things that are easy & obvious in one position are difficult & uncomfortable in another.
For example: take a classic "widdley widdley" #3 position lick like bending the g string 7th fret up a tone, hitting the b string 5th fret, then coming down from the top e string 5th fret, to the b string 8th & bstring 5th (repeat). Every one knows that lick right? It's easy because it falls under the fingers in that position.
Now try to play it in any of the other positions (particularly #2) & you'll find it isn't so easy anymore because the notes aren't under the fingers in the sameway.