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Pentatonic Scales PDF And Instructional Video
The pentatonic scale is a 5 note scale that is widely used in rock, blues, country, and other genres. It’s very easy to learn, but hard to master. The pentatonic scale is use primarily used for soloing. Pentatonics Scales PDF Below is a download link for the pentatonic scale PDF. It tabs out the pentatonic scales in…
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E Major Scale
In this lesson you’ll learn how to play the basic E major scale in open position and it’s extended version. This lesson is presented with video and tab.
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Which Scale: Improvising With Pentatonics
The stage is set. The fans have gathered and the band opens up with it’s first song. Quick, it’s time for a solo, but what do you play? That’s easy. We’ll just improvise! “To improvise means to make it up on the spot, right?”, you ask. Yes, we’re going to make the solo up as…
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G Major Scale
The notes from the G major scale are G, A, B, C, D, E, and F#. There’s one sharp note (F#), but all the rest of the notes are primary notes. That makes it easier to remember what notes make up the scale. Just start on G and go through the musical alphabet. We start…
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Printer Ready Tabs And Diagrams
Print out these goodies to create your own little lead reference book. The Basics The Notes On The Fretboard Basic Open Chords Intervals Arpeggios Major Arpeggios Minor Arpeggios Dominant 7th Arpeggios Major 6th Arpeggios Scales CAGED Major Pentatonic Patterns CAGED Minor Pentatonic Patterns A Aeolian Tab A Dorian Tab A Locrian Tab A Lydian Tab…
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Pentatonic Scale
The word pentatonic gets it’s name from the Greek word “penta” which means 5 and tonic which stands for tone. That’s what pentatonic scales are: 5 tone scales. There are only 5 basic pentatonic patterns. They are the C, A, G, E, and D. They are similar to the 5 basic chord patterns, because they can be closely associated…
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Moving Scale Shapes
There is a big difference between a scale pattern and the actual scale. The actual scale is only 5 notes. When we are learning scale patterns we are learning the location of the notes from the scale as they appear on the fretboard. The same 5 notes repeat themselves over and over on the guitar’s fretboard. What we need…
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C Major Scale
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Minor Pentatonic Scale
These 5 basic minor pentatonic scale shapes are the same exact patterns for the major scale patterns, except they are associated with different chords. The pictures on the left are the patterns with their suggested fingerings. The pictures on the right are the patterns with their CAGED chord counterpart they are associated with highlighted. Memorize each…
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Open Pentatonic Scale Shapes
These patterns can be used in your soloing and to play over their representative open chords. As usual I have included at least 2 diagrams for each pattern. The 1st diagram shows the pattern with it’s correct fingerings and the second diagram shows the chord counterpart that they are associated with. The A, E, and D style patterns have some…