Guitar scales guitar scales regardless what instrument you play, learning to play scales is a rite of passage. After the pentatonic minor scale and major scale, the blues scale is probably the most widelyused scale in guitar improvisation. You can now get the most comprehensive, complete scale and arpeggio book ever published for guitar completely free. Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales. Pdf total guitar the ultimate scale book guilherme. The blues scale only consists of 6 different note names. The minor pentatonic scale is typically the first scale guitarists learn to solo with and is very commonly used to form solos in rock, blues, and other popular styles. How to play blues rhythm guitar like the blues masters. Use the e scale below and locate the red root notes e.
Welcome to the sixth video of the blues guitar quickstart series. Then apply the 5 patterns to all the other keys listed above. The book comes as a pdf file, which can be read on your screen and printed suitable for printing on us letter and a4 sized paper. Guitar 1st 8th grade collected and fingered by eythor thorlaksson the guitar school iceland. The scales are identical except for the addition of one note, the b5 in the blues scale. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all keys. The blues scale is derived from the minor pentatonic scale. To get the minor pentatonic scale, add the black notes egabd. A guide that helps you immediately know which specific notes of a guitar scale sound best over the chord being played in each part of a blues song. Isbn 18973111 this electronic edition, isbn 18973111, may be copied and distributed without prior written permission of the publisher provided that this edition is not altered in any way, shape, or form, and that it is distributed for free. Link to page dedicated to the guitar harmonic minor scale. Microsoft word majorminor blues scalesboxes guitar. You can now play in safe mode with these notes, each note will sound more or less good, there are no wrong notes.
Students have unlimited access to the interactive blues course, which also includes backing tracks, tabs, and study materials. Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. In order to make it more convenient, i created a complete guitar. The ebook version is an instantlydownloadable, searchable pdf not scanned from print or anything nasty like that. Arpeggio and scale resources free ebook cochrane music. This book contains 40 dominant jazz guitar lines with tabs, audio files and. New lessons open c tuning silent night in open c tuning minor blues reading music. A lot of blues riffs are build upon the minor pentatonic or blues scale. Free book pdf of scales and modes for guitar players.
So lets start exploring how powerful the concept of application can be to your rhythm guitar playing. Until and unless you know which notes of the scale to focus on, your melodies, solos and improvisations will only sound mediocre at best. If its okay, id like to inform the forum readership of the launch of, official download site for my book, fretboard topo. We can for instance take any of these two very closely related scales and base a blues riff on that. Mar 01, 2000 the ultimate guitar scale bible is a vast scale and chord scale relationship reference tool. To get the most out of this book, a basic knowledge of music theory and improvisation will be helpful. The everything guitar scales book with cd everything guitar. The guitar scales chart book is an instant download, so you can start learning and playing new scales within minutes. Link to free printable guitar scales pdf file with all 5 positions of the guitar harmonic minor scale. Gordon is he feels, one of his most important books because of the nature of the blues scale and how it is used. To learn guitar scales is a great way of exploring the fretboard of the guitar and finding the patterns that will help you with improvising solos and also it will increase the flexibility and strength of your fingers the more exercises you do. Whether you want to brush up on your pentatonics, play blues in an. If you are wishing to order the pdf mp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only.
Buy paper copy or download the entire book as a completely free pdf. In this lesson, were going to shift our focus from rhythm blues guitar over to lead blues guitar by learning a shape for the blues scale. The guitar keyboard scales poster pdf if you take a few minutes to read the next 15 pages up. Major and minor blues scales guitar tab and essential licks. This printable method is available as a pdf file containing 40 easy dominant jazzblues guitar lines with. Were going to look at the shape and learn where the root notes are on the fretboard. A pentatonic scale is a scale that has 5 notes per octave. Adjust the start fret option to further highlight a finger pattern for playing the selected scale in a different position on the fretboard. Link to guitar pro file of tab for the guitar harmonic minor scale. Scales are presented as fretboard diagrams, as well as in notation and tab. This chord contains some real tension that wants to be resolvedeven though we may not hear it that way, after listening to bluesinfluenced music for a century. G major scale same fingering in ab a bb and b major c major scale same fingering in db d eb and e major e minor scale harmonic.
These chords, riffs and scales can be expanded in a thousand different ways and the best way to make progress with these chords etc. Blues notes are scale tones that are adjusted slightly from their normal major scale. All the scales in this book were chosen because of their usefulness in. Please find all of the guitar scale fingering charts for all of the types of scales covered in this guide. Gordon is he feels, one of his most important books because of the nature of the blues scale and how it is used to improvise in many styles of contemporary music. When playing a blues solo, the blues scale is treated interchangeably with the minor pentatonic scale. Jguitars scale calculator will draw scale diagrams showing the fretboard with notes in the selected scale highlighted. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to master. As you can now see, there is a lot more you need than a. Often new players are drawn to the instrument because of a desire to play the blues. The cool, swing, chicken picken, jump blues sound that this scale produces makes a solid addition to the repertoire of any modern guitarist. For each scale, you can learn a number of different shapes and patterns, depending on the zone of the fretboard youre working on. Scales are groups of notes ordered by pitch or frequency, either going up in pitch or down.
Despite its name, the blues scale is not only used in blues music. The 5 box method cuts the scale up into 5 distinct patterns that you learn individually. Lets say we have a standard 12 bar blues in e with the chords e 7a7b7. Read on for a complete blues scale guitar lesson the basic blues scale guitar pattern. The ultimate guitar scale bible is a vast scale and chordscale relationship reference tool. The trick is to find interesting and effective exercises to make your fingers remember those scales one recommendation i can make here is william lea.
I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated sound. Jazz guitar method pdf 40 mixolydian jazz guitar lines. If you are wishing to order the pdfmp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only. It is the only difference between the blues scale and the minor pentatonic scale. Ii v i jazz guitar lines with tab, standard notation, analysis, scale charts.
Guitar lovers manual chords, arpeggios and scales pdf. The ebook contains the most important scales for beginners, such as major and minor, but shows also more advanced. Why learning more than one scale pattern is beneficial. This pdf contains the scale charts for the blues scale in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. The everything guitar scales book with cd everything. What we have now is a dominant 7 chord, which naturally occurs on the 5th degree of the scale. It helps develop both improvisation and songwriting skills. Each scale is illustrated in more than one fretboard position, giving you a suitable scale pattern.
Practicing scales is a must for any instrumentalist. Over 700 scale patterns for every style of music schonbrun, marc on. Pentatonic scales are the basis for most blues and rock guitar solos. You are going to play all of the possible places for those 6 notes within one position.
All the scales featured on this page work over the standard 1 4 5 blues progressions, but ive made it clear when a scale can be used in a minor key, major key, or both. Keith wyatt has developed a rich library with hundreds of online blues guitar lessons. You can get more charts in with custom tunings using my interactive scale generator here. Easy blues guitar songs for beginners mannish boy, im a man, bad to the bone. A pentatonic scale is a 5note scale derived from the major scale.
As well, major and minor blues scales are used in different ways in a lead guitar situation. For this scale pattern youll play using triplets because the sequence repeats every 3 notes. The parallel lines of the frets and string work in. Guitar lovers manual chords, arpeggios and scales pdf with. The everything guitar scales book with cd everything guitar scales book with cd. As a selftaught beginner of the guitar i ordered this book, hopefully, to learn more about scales. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to. In this lesson youll learn the one scale that is responsible for about 95% of all the blues licks you hear the minor pentatonic and minor blues scale. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. Using the blues scale for guitar fundamental changes. Mar, 2019 easy blues guitar songs for beginners mannish boy, im a man, bad to the bone. The print version is a highquality, perfectbound, crisplyprinted, 366page book.
Pdf total guitar the ultimate scale book guilherme mauricio. You can print out some or all of it, slap it in a 3ring binder, mark it up at will, and print clean replacement pages as needed. Look, the pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly used scales in all genres of music. How to learn the pentatonic scales with 5 box patterns. Blues guitar by olav torvund olav torvunds guitar pages guitar lessons book of the month january 2005 happy traum. Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. This book of written lessons is an excellent tool and reference manual to develop and enhance your guitar skills. Heres a free guitar scales pdf ebook 22 pages with plenty of scales and arpeggios patterns. Guitar scales chart book printable pdf download guitar. As always, commit the pattern to memory because we will be using the pentatonic scale, the blues scale, and the mixolydian mode in the next.
The easy way to learn the pentatonic scales is with the 5 box pattern method. Online blues guitar lessons learn from keith wyatt. But its especially crucial for playing blues guitar. Scales and arpeggios for guitar 1st 8th grade collected and fingered by eythor thorlaksson the guitar school iceland. On this page youll find blues scale guitar tab, patterns and notation that will allow you to play blues scales all over the guitar neck. The cool, swing, chicken picken, jump blues sound that this scale produces makes a solid addition to the repertoire of. Thats the main reason why i have been publishing many guitar scales charts on this website.
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