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. The homeprintable wall chart and book of scales free sponsored version by wayne chase for complete information on scales and modes, see the essential handbook for songwriters, performers, and music students, 2nd edition. Often new players are drawn to the instrument because of a desire to play the blues. Microsoft word majorminor blues scalesboxes guitar. Each scale is illustrated in more than one fretboard position, giving you a suitable scale pattern. A collection of songs based on the fivetone pentatonic scale. These are mustknow scales especially for blues and rock so be sure. The ebook contains the most important scales for beginners, such as major and minor, but shows also more advanced. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. The ebook version is an instantlydownloadable, searchable pdf not scanned from print or anything nasty like that. To get the notes between you need special techniques like a string bend or a slide. You can get more charts in with custom tunings using my interactive scale generator here. A c blues scale consists of the notes c e f g g and b. A pentatonic scale is a scale with 5 notes, while the blues scale is a scale with 6 notes, also known as a hexatonic scale.
Whether you want to brush up on your pentatonics, play blues in an. This pentatonic scales guitar lesson shows you all 5 shapes using. The e minor pentatonic scale how to play blues guitar with. Major and minor keys a simple approach to solos stepbystep approach straightforward diagrams download inside.
Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated sound. Show me chords that sound good with an e blues scale. Nov 22, 2016 the pentatonic scales are a staple of modern rock, blues and pop music. Arpeggio and scale resources free ebook cochrane music. Guitar scales finder interactive guitar reference audio. Guitarists on grade 3 and above will find the scales.
Guitar scales guitar scales regardless what instrument you play, learning to play scales is a rite of passage. In this chord tones lesson we will learn to target the notes in each individual chord of the 12bar blues progression and adjust our soloing approach slightly for each one. By targeting the specific chord tones contained in each chord we break out of the box of minor pentatonic. As your soloing gets more sophisticated, the less you have to hunt for the box patterns the better off youll be. E g a b d the relative major of e minor is g major. Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues. Guitar lovers manual is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. Due to its large file size, this book may take longer to download. For your convenience, i have included a pdf of all the pentatonics. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Were going to look at the shape and learn where the root notes are on the fretboard. The blues scale is derived from the minor pentatonic scale. After clicking the buy now button, youll be directed to our online store at gumroad. But when playing a blues scale on the guitar you are going to play more than just 6 notes. The cool, swing, chicken picken, jump blues sound that this scale produces makes a solid addition to the repertoire of any modern guitarist. There is quite a bit of music theory in this lesson that will help you understand how the blues actually works. It contains chromatic, ionian major, harmonic major, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian minor, locrian, harmonic minor, major pentatonic, minor pentatonic, blues pentatonic. Jan, 2010 learn how to play the blues guitar scale, one of the important beginner scales. A minor pentatonicblues scale weeping willow guitar.
The blues scale for guitar pdf files digital sheet music. Guitar scales chart book printable pdf download guitar scales charts. Pdf pentatonic and blues scales for guitar download full. Since it contains a flatted third and a natural fifth, the minor blues scale is, by definition a minor scale. This article and interactive web app help you learn all of the pentatonic scale diagrams.
Click here to download this free printable guitar scales chart pdf to your computer. Guitar teachers can print the book or single sheets for their students. Pentatonic scales are widely used scales on the guitar. Scales are presented as fretboard diagrams, as well as in notation and tab. Used in the right context, its almost impossible to make them sound bad or unusual. 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 printable guitar scales, ready to download and use. For example in the g minor pentatonic scale all g notes are root notes. The full five guitar chords and scales, music chords.
The aim is to be able to do this from memory by the end of the book in various keys. Once you know the patterns you can play pentatonic scales. Im going to teach you a couple of simple licks and riffs based on the a blues minor pentatonic scale. In this blues guitar lesson we are going to take a deeper look at how the blues scale is actually made. There is a small section at the beginning of the book which explains about what scales are, how to read the visual diagrams and how the book is organised. For more help on guitar scales visit guitar scales. This is the scale you see in the guitar scale chart on this page. Jun 24, 2019 the guitar scales chart book is an instant download, so you can start learning and playing new scales within minutes.
Various positions of the blues scale pattern 15 for guitars with fingerings on the guitar neck. It is the only difference between the blues scale and the minor pentatonic scale. 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. 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. Pdf total guitar the ultimate scale book guilherme. Read on for a complete blues scale guitar lesson the basic blues scale guitar pattern. This means that they are often one of the first scales. The minor pentatonic scale for guitar jazz guitar online. Here is an overview of all the charts and other resources that are available on this site to view and also to download. The everything guitar scales book with cd everything guitar. Blues scale pattern 15 for guitars fingerings english. As well find in the notes in a blues scale section of this page, the blues scale is simply an embellishment of the standard pentatonic minor scale.
Nov 22, 2016 the pentatonic scales are a staple of modern rock, blues and pop. It contains the sections chord, scale and arpeggio. The minor pentatonic scale by paul tauterouff the minor pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly scales used in rock, blues, country and jazz music. How to use the pentatonic scale download free fiction. Pentatonic scales with images pentatonic scale, guitar. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read guitar scales major pentatonic. Something about pentatonic scales just sounds good. This pentatonic scales guitar lesson shows you all 5 shapes using the. The e minor pentatonic scale the e minor blues scale. The trick is to find interesting and effective exercises to make your fingers remember those scales.
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. The parallel lines of the frets and string work in. To hear each pattern check out the e pentatonic blues scale tab page. Major and minor blues scales guitar tab and essential licks. Lesson 8 the e minor blues scales dvd 3 in this lesson.
For each scale, you can learn a number of different shapes and patterns, depending on the zone of the fretboard youre working on. Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. Pentatonic scales for guitar a pentatonic scale has just 5 notes. Each scale is illustrated in more than one fretboard position, giving you a suitable scale. Jan 17, 2009 as a selftaught beginner of the guitar i ordered this book, hopefully, to learn more about scales. Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales.
Aug 12, 2019 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 blues scale minor pentatonic and the major pentatonic scales on the guitar. The corresponding shapes are about two octaves long 4. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all. In a previous blog post, play guitar solo in any key without learning notes the 5 major scale patterns, we showed you how its possible to learn the patterns or shapes of any major scale without necessarily memorising the name of the notes being played. 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. It contains chromatic, ionian major, harmonic major. The blues scale minor pentatonic and the major pentatonic scales. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. You can now get the most comprehensive, complete scale and arpeggio book ever published for guitar completely free. The simplest way to describe the blues scale with standard music theory is using a pentatonic scale and add some extra notes. We can add the flat 5, b5, or blue note to the pentatonic scale, making it a sixnote scale called the blues scale. The blues scale minor pentatonic and the major pentatonic scales on the guitar duration.
This pdf contains the scale charts for the blues scale in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. 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. Scotts simple guitar lessons book 5 kindle edition by harris, scott. It looks like a method book and can be used as one, but it is better to think of it as a collection of potentia lly useful. The major scale is used as the basic starting point for many scales and modes. The minor pentatonic scale, the major pentatonic scale, the minor blues scale, the major blues scale, the voodoo blues scale, the indian pentatonic scale, the dominant pentatonic scale, and the dorian pentatonic scale. This guide maps out various pentatonic and blues scales including.
Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. 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. You are going to play all of the possible places for those 6 notes within one position. They are usually the first scales beginner guitarists learn to play. The natural minor is the aeolian mode of the relative major scale. This is the foundation to becoming a learned musician, rather than merely a recreational player. Mar 16, 2000 regarding his own approach to jazz, cadence magazine said, bluesy and swinging, ferguson bears up under repeated listening. Pentatonic scales can be broken up into patterns and shown on a guitar neck diagram. By entering your email, you agree to allow troy nelson music to email you about troy nelson music book.
Learn the 5 pentatonic scales on guitar, tab and diagrams available on screen and printable pdf download from etsy. As well, major and minor blues scales are used in different ways in a lead guitar situation. If you are not sure how to build your pentatonic scales or what a relative minor is, you can learn all of that in some of my free play sax by ear crash course. The guitar scales chart book features all of the widelyused guitar scales pentatonic, blues, etc. Scales and arpeggios for guitar by mike georgia to keep things simple approach it like this. The fretboard is shown with the lowest pitch string at the bottom and the highest pitch string at the top unless youve tuned your instrument differently. Pentatonic scales with images pentatonic scale, guitar scales. Why learning more than one scale pattern is beneficial.
Heres a free guitar scales pdf ebook 22 pages with plenty of scales and arpeggios patterns. Free printable guitar chord chart guitar chords chart printable guitar. Tab book and notes guitar coach easy soloing easy soloing jamming in the eminor pentatonic. The a minor pentatonic comes from the natural minor scale.
But its especially crucial for playing blues guitar. The major scale is used as the basic starting point for many scales. Guitarists can teach themselves how to play the 5 minor pentatonic scales by following the book. Learn all 5 patterns of the e pentatonic blues scale and learn to play blues guitar. In both licks, you will need to perform some string bending and i want you to. The eminor pentatonic scale in the 1st position on the octave. Though it takes you longer to use this scale in your solos, the payoff is well worth it. On this page there are easy to follow tabs along with audio at three different speeds.
Blues minor blues scale guitar patterns chart, key of a by. Look, the pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly used scales in all genres of music. In this section you can find major scales, harmonic minor and melodic minor scales, in different shapes and fretboard positions. The root note is the key that the pentatonic scale will be played in. Oct 30, 2016 printable guitar scales chart pdf download book. Tabs, fingerings, box patterns, licks, pdf and more. The notes to the right in one form, will be the same as the notes to the left in the next highest form. Scale diagrams can also be labeled with either letters or scale degrees. E pentatonic blues scale free pentatonic blues scales. There is also a major blues scale see modes of the minor blues scale below, and both are commonly used. Be sure to download the tablature and mp3 jam track for this lesson.
Guitar lovers manual chord, arpeggio and scale pdf with. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading guitar. Guitar scales chart book printable pdf download guitar. Premium learning minor pentatonic scales pdf ebook. Well send you free guitar playing tips, messages from authors and updates about new books. You should think of the following 5 scale forms as 5 pieces of a puzzle. Welcome to the sixth video of the blues guitar quickstart series.
To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to master. Tab and diagrams available on screen and printable pdf download from etsy. Unlike print books, digital books are subject to vat. The e minor pentatonic scale how to play blues guitar. Your plan should cover several days and allow for varied work on each. This is under construction but will be done in the coming weeks. How to play the minor and major blues scales with solo examples. Below are the names of all of the notes in a basic c blues scale form. They are hugely popular mainly because they are quite easy to play and are very easy to use in a musical situation right from the start. In this lesson you will be learning some ways to use the pentatonic scale in a solo. That b5, or blue note, adds a lot of tension and color to the scale.
The pentatonic scales are a staple of modern rock, blues and pop music. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales. The pentatonic blues scale is a great tool for blues guitar and rock guitar soloing and improvising. This book is intended to serve as a poin t of departure for the study of pentatonic scales. Welcome to lesson 3 of the pentatonic scale, pentatonic blues licks.
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