The 14 most common and usable guitar scales printable and ready to use 1. Major and minor scales, modals, diminished, triads and seventh arpeggios, exotic scales. When we are dealing strictly with major scales we really only have one scale to draw our notes and melodies from. Lets say you want to play scales over a ii v i vi chord progression in c major. Practice major scales like this and you will get more out of it. Again all 5 boxes fit together the same, no matter what. Pentatonic scales can be broken up into patterns and shown on a guitar neck diagram.
Major and minor bass guitar scales bass books and music. Free printable guitar scales, ready to download and use. Most people think of major scales as being very happy sounding and minor scales more sad sounding. The best free guitar scales reference charts and tabs to learn how to play commonly used guitar scales. Some people find it easier to think in minor terms, and some find it easier to think in minor and. Guitar scales ebook printable pdf download from guitar command. The universal guitar maps can work for songs that are in a major or minor key.
If you are playing in g major, use e minor pentatonic scale also know as g major pentatonic you have probably noticed that the pentatonic scale can be either a major or minor scale. Here is an overview of all the charts and other resources that are available on this site to view and also to download. The root note is the key that the pentatonic scale will be played in. Scales open major scales riffs chords ultimate guitar.
Once you know the patterns you can play pentatonic scales in any key because the patterns are moveable. Again, the key is determined by the first and last notes of the scale, so if you were asked to play a c major scale on the guitar, you would simply start scale on the eighth fret. Major scales for classical guitar pdf beginner to intermediate classical guitar. Major scales for classical guitar pdf sheet music, tab. For example in the g minor pentatonic scale all g notes are root notes. Scales are presented as fretboard diagrams, as well as in notation and tab. In reverse, the relative minor of any major key is 3 frets down. Guitar lovers manual is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes.
T his guitar scales fretboard chart generator will show you all the major and minor guitar scales and modes with tons of customizable tunings. See the diagram in the top right to see the fretsfingering for the natural minor scale. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated sound. The minor scales ascend in melodic minor, and then descend in natural minor.
All natural minor scales use this shape on some of the scale fingering charts. If you become really familiar with major scales, you can figure out every other scale by modifying the major scale. Understanding minor scales in this brief tutorial we are going to try to demystify minor scales. The same 5 boxes we used for c minor are also the 5 boxes of eb major because c minor and eb major are what we call relative. Clicking here and on the image below will open a pdf file of the guitar major scale chart that prints nicely.
Since a minor is the relative minor key, you can use this exact same shape to play in a minor. A natural minor scale is taken from the major scale of the same name, but with the third, sixth, and seventh degrees lowered one half step playing minor scales on the guitar is simply a matter of following the pattern shown below. Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. This is under construction but will be done in the coming weeks. The c major scale is also our first mode, the ionian mode. This is known as the minor triad, the basis of minor scales and chords. Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales. Whatever method you have to use to find it is worth the time. Guitar maps are a unique way to learn and practice e major guitar scales. It contains the sections chord, scale and arpeggio. Next notice how each mode has one or two notes that makes it unique from the major or natural minor scale.
Link to guitar pro file of tab for guitar minor pentatonic scale. The major scale is used as the basic starting point for many scales and modes. Finding the natural minor scales on a guitar dummies. Guitar lovers manual chord, arpeggio and scale pdf with. Pdf version of this guitar scales chart by entering your email below. Use the download button below or simple online reader. Remember its the process, not always the end result that you want.
The guitar major scale is happy upbeat and useful in a variety of styles of music. Your first note is indicated by the 1 shown on the first e string. Your plan should cover several days and allow for varied work on each. Oct 30, 2016 printable guitar scales chart pdf download book. Perfect to jam with to one of my free mp3 guitar backing tracks a major pentatonic. Of the minor chord and of the major chord means they are notes of the major or minor chord. For any minor key, the relative major is 3 frets up the neck. The guitar scales chart book is an ebook available as a printable pdf download. This grounds the scale very securely in the chord and leaves only so much room for getting lost. The guitar scales chart book features all of the widelyused guitar scales pentatonic, blues, etc. Each scale is illustrated in more than one fretboard position, giving you a suitable scale pattern. Download free guitar backing tracks mp3 a major pentatonic. I list the 83 chords built on each scale degree in c major 2 pages. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here.
Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues and over iivv changes. What were left with after adding all these notes is a combined scale shape that gives you all the notes youre allowed to play in the key of c major. It is a very helpful booklet with all the diatonic major and minor scales. Notice when playing a minor scale it has a slightly darker sound. Guitar maps connect e major guitar scales together so you can follow them up and down the fret board. It is a very useful scale for improvising over major chords because, of the. Diatonic major and minor scales by andres segovia there is document diatonic major and minor scales by andres segovia available here for reading and downloading. Pdf includes notation, tab, fingering, some diagrams, tips, and more. The minor 3rd also known as a flat 3rd or b3 for short is the tone which makes a scale or chord minor. A minor contains the same notes, however, we start on the root a.
Click here to download this free printable guitar scales chart pdf to your computer. Pdf file of this beginner scale lesson in tab and standard notation. Beginners guide to learning guitar scales including pentatonic, major, minor, blues, jazz. But which one do you follow as there are too many of them. Added scale formulae and major scales with formulae applied. The rule in general music theory is that when you use mel minor, you always descend in natural minor. C harmonic minor scale for example, if you wanted to play a b maj, min, ect. Just select your string tuning standard tuning is default, click the link that says go then click a key link. I list the most common 3 and 4note chords, and a few 5note chords, from a natural, harmonic and melodic minor scales. The notes that are in the major scale tell us the notes that are in a.
The guitar maps catalog contains all full sized prinatble a major pentatonic guitar scale patterns and charts, in every key, also includes pentatonic guitar scale maps in every key major and minor. A minor pentatonic also know as c major pentatonic. So the best way to practice is to choose a root, a string, a direction left or right, and major or minor. Heres a free guitar scales pdf ebook 22 pages with plenty of scales and arpeggios patterns. G major e minor pentatonic scale guitar scales the pentatonic scale is a favorite of many guitarists and its easy to see why. Minor scales cheat sheet harmonic minor raise the 7 th scale degree melodic minor raise the 6 th and 7 th scale degree ascending, revert to. Hidden inside the shape are several major and minor chord and arpeggio forms. The first thing you may notice is that the notes are the same as the c major shape. The 3rd is flat or minor, because it can be seen as lowered by a semitonehalf step the equivalent of one fret from its natural major scale position. Major and minor scales tab by lessons ultimate guitar. The scales and arpeggios are split up into 3 main categories. Understanding minor scales free guitar lessons by carl brown. To play each scale on the guitar, begin with the correct fret on the first string the top string as you. Learn the 5 pentatonic scales on guitar, tab and diagrams available on screen and printable pdf download from etsy.
Heres a list of all 7 modes of the c major scale in order. Just the same pattern repeated along the neck, over and over. The major scale is the master scale, from which all other scales can be derived. The file extension pdf and ranks to the documents category. Common open and closed scale patterns up to four sharps or flats, two octaves some three octaves, and examples of open string shifts. Guitar scales printable charts of the most commonly used. It was created that way in order to function with certain chord progressions. For each scale, you can learn a number of different shapes and patterns, depending on the zone of the fretboard youre working on.
The ebook contains the most important scales for beginners, such as major and minor, but shows also more advanced. Major and minor scales, modals, diminished, triads and seventh arpeggios. Major and minor scales, modals, diminished, triads and seventh arpeggios, exotic scales, and much more. They just ooze that minor bluesy vibe or sweet major vibe. In order to cycle through as many areas of scale practice as possible and not get bored it is important to have a plan. Free guitar scales ebook scale and arpeggio patterns pdf guitar. Bookmarks simplify navigation and finding pages in adobe. Also includes the five closed major scale patterns over the entire. Guitarmaps are a simple way to develop a better vision of the whole guitar fret board, allowing you to play solos anywhere on the guitar neck. However, we have 3 different types of minor scales when working in minor keys. Bass guitar scales represent structure and patterns in our music, and starting to learn those patterns makes it suddenly easier to recognize, understand and apply them. It is an essential reference for all lead guitarists, and contains over guitar scale diagrams the guitar scales ebook can either be read onscreen or printed out. Also included at the bottom of the app are the 5 scale patterns for memorizing these scales and a pdf download of all keys in standard tuning. It also helps to think of modes as major 3 or minor b3, which depends on the third.