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Step 1: Understand the basics. Step 2: The Major Scale. Step 3: The Minor Scale. Step 4: The Major Pentatonic Scale. Step 5: The Minor Pentatonic Scale. Step 6: The Blues Scale. Step 7: Learn how to diagnose keys. Step 8: Understand the huge importance of root notes.
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This eBook contains the most important scale patterns to learn and memorize: Major, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor, Minor Pentatonic, and Major Pentatonic. Most western music utilises at least one of these scales so it is important to learn all of these patterns inside and out. Notes on the Diagrams.
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- Minor Scale Formula
- Minor Scale Patterns and Positions on The Guitar Fretboard
- Connecting The Minor Scale Shapes
- Single Octave Minor Scale Shapes
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Unlike the major scale that is bright and happy, the minor scale has a sad and emotional feel to it. However, like the major scale, it is a diatonic scale consisting of 7 notes and an octave note. So what makes this scale different? The difference lies in the 3rd degree of the scale. The major scale contains a major 3rd. That is, the 3rd of the maj...
The notes that make up guitar scales exist all over the fretboard. However, they can be grouped together to form distinct patterns or shapes that make them easy to learn. In the examples below we’ll take a look at the five positions of the minor scale based on the CAGED system. Each diagram contains the intervals for the scale position, the recomme...
If you were looking closely at each scale position, you may have noticed a relationship between a given position and the position adjacent to it. The scale positions aren’t independent of each other, but rather they are connected by shared notes between each position. In the diagram below, you can see how each position of the minor scale is connect...
The minor scale positions in the sections above correlate with the CAGED system and span two octaves. However, these shapes can be broken down further into single octave shapes as well with the lowest root notes based on strings 3 through 6.
The minor scale produces a tonality that is more dark and sad than that of the major scale. It is created by lowering the 3rd degree of the major scale and follows a whole-step/half-step structure of W-H-W-W-H-W-W. Following this structure, we end up with flattened notes at the 3rd, 6th, and 7th degrees of the scale. Practice each position of the s...
Free Printable Guitar Scales - Here you will learn the 14 most useful and common guitar scales for soaring and effortless solo guitar and improvisation.
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Download our free guitar scales pdf and learn fretboard patterns for major, minor and modal scales, triads and seventh arpeggios and more.
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