All of the scales in this lesson are are either parent scales or modes derived from parent scales. For rock guitar, youll want to learn to play the pentatonic scale, which supplies you with better melodic fodder. The 5 stupideasy patterns that you can use to learn the natural major and minor scales anywhere on the neck. Guitar scales and modes explained easy shapes, licks. The modes are useful for many things and is used in lots of western music.
It doesnt take as long as you think, but im here to encourage you along the way. The guitar scales chart book features all of the widelyused guitar scales pentatonic, blues, etc. Minor pentatonic pattern 1 the minor pentatonic scale has 5 patterns along the guitar neck that act as pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and provide a fret board path of what notes to play in a song or key. Practice blues guitar in any key with 5 pentatonic scale patterns. The pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly used scales used in music. A scale pattern is simply a numerical rearrangement of the notes of a particular scale. Of the minor chord and of the major chord means they are notes of the major or minor chord. Guitar lovers licksriffs is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. The major and minor scales may be musiceducation stalwarts, but they sound a bit academic when used over chord progressions. How to play the pentatonic scale on guitar dummies. Master pentatonic scales for guitar in 14 days will teach you the five 5 box patterns and two 2 extended patterns of the major and minor pentatonic scales, as well as their relative blues scales. Everything in this book is presented in the key of a minor so that you can see how it all relates together and so that. Pentatonic scales have found their home in the hearts of jazz, blues, and.
Jazz guitar method pdf 40 mixolydian jazz guitar lines. Pentatonic scales are a great place to start because its the first scale most guitar players learn, and its one that we use the most. Minor pentatonic scales are the most widely used scales in rock and blues music. Talk about the pentatonic scale generally refers to the major. Some think of them as being the major scale with the tricky notes taken out which is not far from the truth. Overview there are 3 things you need to learn and practice. The pentatonic scale is used both for soloing, and for basing song riffs around.
Each scale is illustrated in more than one fretboard position, giving you a suitable scale pattern. In order to cycle through as many areas of scale practice as possible and not get bored it is important to have a plan. The minor pentatonic scale the pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly utilized scales in just about all genres of music. The diagram below shows the first major pentatonic scale pattern together with four more patterns.
Download metal method classic guitar licks doug marks. Scale patterns are an essential guitar technique that builds chops, expands fretboard knowledge, and gives you inspiration in your guitar solos. Just follow the tab, listen to the cd to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks. Youll notice that the openstring doublestops in the first measure use staccato to give a short, noticeable sound. Organizing guitar scales into an easy to understand system produces huge results in your playing. The course begins by looking at the major and pentatonic scales, and how these scales work at different points up the neck. Guitar lovers licksriffs pdf with integrated sound and. Well take a closer look at each of the new patterns below. But its not just about them being easy, theyre the alphabet that we use to create words in many languages, including blues, rock, jazz and country.
By the end of the book you should be able to play many songs using a range of skills required to play the. These patterns are the key to unlocking the power of the pentatonic scale on your guitar. Each of the five chapters focuses on 1 of the 5 patterns of the caged system. Complete guitar theory including scales, chords, progressions, modes, song application and more.
Illustration courtesy of desi serna this new pattern 1 is identical to. Though they benefit every guitarist, you might not know how to get the most out of this guitar technique in your practicing. The 5 pentatonic scale shapes you must know 10 ways to play beautiful open chord shapes top 6 best guitar amps for practice and small gigs. Many of the licks do not resolve so that you will be forced to.
Thirdly, you will learn example licks from the dvd. Guitar scales 101 will help you to organize the oftenambiguous guitar fretboard, and provide you with the knowledge to confidently navigate the instrument and develop your technique. When you feel comfortable playing through all five pentatonic scale patterns on the guitar, the next step is to connect them to cover the rest of the fretboard. In most cases, as long as the chords used in the progression lie within the same key more on this in a minute. Guitar scales chart the 6 most common guitar scales. Complete guitar theory including scales, chords, progressions, modes, song.
Here you will find scale diagrams for the five patterns of the minor pentatonic scale and tips on the fingerings for each however, i repeat, you will be best learning these patterns in context over the first two blues lead guitar modules essential blues lead guitar and all over blues lead guitar which is all about using all five patterns all over the neck. If you want free online guitar lessons that are fun and exciting, youve come to the right place. Pdf total guitar the ultimate scale book guilherme mauricio. Guitarists with an interest in learning to play lead guitar must learn their pentatonic scales. This article shows you how to play over 60 different scale patterns. All my lessons were written because they were topics that helped me learn the guitar and have more fun. The major pentatonic is a really cool sounding scale, used a lot in country and country blues, and also great for playing over regular chord progressions that would usually take the major scale. Scale patterns add an extra level of technical and cognitive difficulty to the process of mastering scales. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fretboard theory. King and albert kingused such idiosyncratic phrasing and scale choices that guitar scholars named a pair of fingering patterns after them.
This printable pdf ebook available for free download contains 6 easy. Music theory guitar jazz guitar guitar tabs music guitar playing guitar gypsy guitar guitar scale patterns guitar scales charts guitar chords and scales below are the modes. Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. How to connect the pentatonic scale across the entire fretboard and use it in your solos. Pentatonic licks are a key characteristic of authenticsounding blues. Minor pentatonic chord progressions in the minor pentatonic scale lesson we learned the intervals that make up the scale and that its basically a minor scale that will work over minor chords.
How to play a pentatonic scale patterns for soloing guitar lesson duration. These scale patterns make up 90 percent of all the guitar solos you have ever heard. Click on the image below to download your free ebook. How to play over chords only using the pentatonic scale. This is like the major scale, except it has less notes. Secondly, you will learn certain techniques alternate picking, string bending, vibrato, etc. Scales are presented as fretboard diagrams, as well as in notation and tab. This jazz guitar method is an ebook available as a pdf with standard. Logical lead guitar logical lead guitar learn lead. Bair, jeff, cyclic patterns in john coltranes melodic vocabulary as influenced by nicolas slonimskys thesaurus of scales and melodic patterns. With each scale i have discussed my preferences for fingering the scale. Each of these scales are divided into five patterns and displayed on separate guitar necks. The ebook contains the most important scales for beginners, such as major and minor, but shows also more advanced.
Click for free download, try soloing with the a minor pentaonic scale as i. That means using quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes and gradually increasing the bpm on your metronome i recommend increments of 5 bpm. You will learn certain patterns on the fretboard pentatonic scale and minor scale. It is the first, third, fourth, fifth, and seventh notes of e natural minor and spells e g a b d e in many ways, this is the most important scale for guitar students to first learn and master, whether they understand it or not, because it is the primary scale used in rock and blues. Many famous guitar solos use this pattern including. Your plan should cover several days and allow for varied work on each.
Learning to play the guitar an absolute beginners guide. However, it also works over sequences of chords chord progressions. How to connect the pentatonic patterns on the guitar dummies. Heres a free guitar scales pdf ebook 22 pages with plenty of scales and arpeggios patterns. This lesson shows you the steps needed to master guitar scales, understand how theyre used, and give examples of scales and modes in action. Find and download guitar pro tabs for songs by scales and arpeggios. How to solo over any chord using the pentatonic scale steve stine guitar lesson. Most guitar players learn pattern 1 first as its an easy pattern to learn. Ok, back to how to use these pentatonic fingering patterns to solo over chords. This pdf method for guitar contains 40 ii v i jazz guitar lines with tab, standard notation, analysis, scale charts and. There are five common patterns for the major pentatonic scale, as we. There is a lot of discussion about the glory of the caged system.
The basic major pentatonic scale pattern pattern 1 can be extended up and down the guitar fretboard using the additional scale patterns. Minor pentatonic is, once again, a strippeddown 5note version of the full e minor scale. This book is written for absolute beginners wanting to learn the basics of playing the guitar. Cyclic patterns in john coltranes melodic vocabulary as. For each scale, you can learn a number of different shapes and patterns, depending on the zone of the fretboard youre working on. In this lesson, you will learn what to add to a pentatonic scale in order to transform it into a blues scale. Dvd 1 includes the essential breakdown of all five pentatonic scale patterns and all seven diatonic scale patterns. The notes included in the a minor pentatonic scale are acdeg. You can learn guitar chords, rock, blues, jazz, harmonics, and much more. The major scale, for example, has seven notes, which can be represented by the numbers 1.
E major pentatonic f major pentatonic f sharp major pentatonic. This printable pdf ebook available for free download contains 6. Its the repeating patterns thing i go on about all the time. The best free guitar scales reference charts and tabs to learn how to play commonly used guitar scales.
Pentatonic guitar magic how to use the simple pentatonic scale to solo over chords from blues to rock tojazz. Guitar scale patterns for every occasion with pentatonic scales, major scales, arpeggios, triads, jazz patterns, coltrane patterns, and more. Notice that the a notes or root notes are in white. You will never be at a loss of what notes to play when. Theyre all very very common licks that youll find most blues players using, so you want to put these in your bag right away. Author david haq is the owner of anvil guitar instruction, founded in january of 2003 in santa. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. There is a very powerful secret in this ebook that most dont know about. Although the pentatonic scale is not the only scale available for playing rock lead, it is. Learn exercises that will enable you to play the scales more musically, how to connect the patterns across the entire fretboard, and how the. The guitar playalong series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily.
This one is all about a blues rhythm with a swing feel. In this video guitar lesson, learn about the master pattern the one pattern for the minor pentatonic scale that will allow you to not only play in any position but in any key, too. Often when playing with a guitar or keyboard player you can follow the chords they play with the triad of the same key. The 5 minor pentatonic scale patterns learning to play. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Animated tab, picking hand, and fretting hand are all shown simultaneously. Pdf guitar scales major pentatonic download full pdf.
To do so, simply connect pattern 5 to another pattern 1, as shown here. It shows the 6 most common guitar scales in their most common positions. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in. Unlocking the pentatonic scale secrets, including a few tricks that. The caged system is a great system for mapping chord patterns to pentatonic scales. Fretboard diagrams for aeolian, dorian, pentatonic, blues scale are included. The first chapter explains how to develop pentatonic scales using melodic patterns and cycles. For more info on the scales themselves take a look at our guitar scales section where you will find more details on these scales and links to further guitar scale content by. This book of written lessons is an excellent tool and reference manual to develop and enhance your guitar skills. With hundreds of examples all with tab, sheet music, and fretboard diagrams logical lead guitar breaks down each pattern string by string and fret by fret, into easy example musical phrases. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated. These 5 licks use only notes from the minor pentatonic, and incorporate string bending as most blues licks do. Free copy of the 150 essential chords ebook guitarhabits.
There are many approaches and so long as you have a logical one, it will be fine. Get your free instant download of the pdf version of this guide now. Major and minor blues scales are what you can play over almost any blues. How to play more advanced blues guitar solos antony reynaert.