At my store, youll find a huge range of super cool guitar themed tshirts, all my paper books. There is only 1 blues scale the hexatonic, or 6note scale james very kindly provided the chart. 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. The blues scale is derived from the minor pentatonic scale. The lack of the major scales 4th and 7th scale tones makes the pentatonic sound wonderfully generic. Of course it includes all the basic, common scales you need to play rock, blues, jazz and so on, but also a vast number of exotic resources for you to experiment with and use to develop your own unique sounds. This page shows you some common scales on the guitar. If you are wishing to order the pdfmp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only. This is the foundation to becoming a learned musician, rather than merely a recreational player. What is your favorite blues scale to play on guitar. The cool, swing, chicken picken, jump blues sound that this scale produces makes a solid addition to the repertoire of any modern guitarist. 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. Pentatonic and blues scales for guitar by rob silver, 9781502941855, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. The minor pentatonic scale uses the 1a, 3c, 4d, 5e, 7g notes of the scale.
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. You dont have to go through this lesson to continue with the blues series, but if youre curious about blues music theory, then this will be a. Blues minor blues scale guitar patterns chart, key of a. 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. You can now get the most comprehensive, complete scale and arpeggio book ever published for guitar. Each scale is illustrated in more than one fretboard position, giving you.
King of all guitar scales blues scale feature guitar lesson what is the blues scale. The ebook version is an instantlydownloadable, searchable pdf not scanned from print or anything nasty like that. A very popular and user friendly scale, it fits with most major and minor chords. The simplest way to describe the blues scale with standard music theory is using a pentatonic scale and add some extra notes.
Adjust the start fret option to further highlight a finger pattern for playing the selected scale in a different position on the fretboard. The blues scale is a minor, hexatonic scale with the scale degrees 1 3 4 5 5 7 named after the american music genre blues from which it originates. Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. Scales and arpeggios for guitar by mike georgia to keep things simple approach it like this. It contains the sections chord, scale and arpeggio. 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. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to master.
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. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here. This is the scale you see in the guitar scale chart on this page. Were going to look at the shape and learn where the root notes are on the fretboard. Tabs, fingerings, box patterns, licks, pdf and more. Although it is in the minor family of chord and scale qualities, it can be played against chord progressions of any tonality e. The major blues scale can be broken down into 5 patterns. 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. Buy paper copy or download the entire book as a completely free pdf. For each scale, you can learn a number of different shapes and patterns, depending on the zone of the fretboard youre working on. Volume 18 basic scale guides for guitar by rob silver isbn. Arpeggio and scale resources free ebook cochrane music. The guitar scales chart book features all of the widelyused guitar scales pentatonic, blues, etc.
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. Why learning more than one scale pattern is beneficial. Get to know the major blues scale online guitar books guitar. Its important though to point out the difference between the pentatonic scale and the blues scale. Following are three books we especially suggest you consider. When playing a blues in a, like in the above examples, we can use an a minor pentatonic scale to improvise and construct solos. The 12 bar blues and the minor blues scale online guitar.
The minor pentatonic scale can be used over a 12bar blues. If you only learn one scale, learn this one it is so versatile. The blues improvisational patterns treble clef bt was. Use the g major pentatonic in folk, country and rock in the key of g when you dont want the blues sound. Since it contains a flatted third and a natural fifth, the minor blues scale is, by definition a minor scale. Blues scale pattern 15 for guitars fingerings english. To sound more like a great blues guitar player and less like an amateur you need to understand how the pros change scales over blues chord progressions. Microsoft word majorminor blues scalesboxes guitar. Major and minor bass guitar scales bass books and music. Learning the dominant pentatonic scale gives you a smooth transition between what you already know and the next step in your blues guitar soloing progress. Various positions of the blues scale pattern 15 for guitars with fingerings on the guitar neck. The major blues scale can be broken down into 5 scale patterns. The ebook contains the most important scales for beginners, such as major and minor, but shows also more advanced. They are usually the first scales beginner guitarists learn to play.
Read on for a complete blues scale guitar lesson the basic blues scale guitar pattern. This article and interactive web app help you learn all of the pentatonic scale diagrams. Synopsis once guitar players learn the basics, they need to take the next step in their musical education. Scales are groups of notes ordered by pitch or frequency, either going up in pitch or down. Jan 17, 2009 as a selftaught beginner of the guitar i ordered this book, hopefully, to learn more about scales. Some people use arpeggios to outline the chords of the progression they are playing over, some like using the dominant pentatonic scale. The pentatonic scales are a staple of modern rock, blues and pop music.
The print version is a highquality, perfectbound, crisplyprinted, 366page book. It is the only difference between the blues scale and the minor pentatonic scale. Learn to play major and minor pentatonic scale patterns and licks all over the neck play guitar in 14 days connecting pentatonic patterns the essential guide for all guitarists book audio the guitarists scale book. Blues minor blues scale guitar patterns chart, key of a by. The parallel lines of the frets and string work in. The major blues scale what it is, how to play it in five positions and some theory relating to scales in general. Over 700 scale patterns for every style of music schonbrun, marc on. Companion to the blues scale guitar lesson and chart.
The e minor pentatonic scale how to play blues guitar. Jan, 2010 learn how to play the blues guitar scale, one of the important beginner scales. Though it takes you longer to use this scale in your solos, the payoff is well worth it. The corresponding shapes are about two octaves long 4. How to play the minor and major blues scales with solo examples. The e minor pentatonic scale how to play blues guitar with. 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. There is also a major blues scale see modes of the minor blues scale below, and both are commonly used by guitar players in several different musical genres. 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. Heres a free guitar scales pdf ebook 22 pages with plenty of scales and arpeggios patterns. For more help on guitar scales visit guitar scales.
Major and minor blues scales guitar tab and essential licks. The everything guitar scales book with cd everything guitar. 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. Jun 24, 2019 the guitar scales chart book is an instant download, so you can start learning and playing new scales within minutes.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. You can get more charts in with custom tunings using my interactive scale generator here. The trick is to find interesting and effective exercises to make your fingers remember those scales. There is however, another scale that is very similar, but much more bluesy. Having a library of scales helps guitar players to create original music, especially guitar solos. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated sound. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading guitar. The first position, or the general form of the scale seen above, is either a minor or a major pentatonic shape depending on whether you start playing from the minor root. This makes it relatively easy to remember and also is great for hammerons and pulloffs. In this guitar lesson you will learn the minor pentatonic scale and blue notes in pattern 3 to work into you blues lead guitar playing. Although it is in the minor family of chord and scale qualities, it can be played.
For your convenience, i have included a pdf of all the pentatonics. Use the e minor pentatonic scale when playing 12 bar blues in either e major or e minor, it works equally well over both. The e minor pentatonic scale the e minor blues scale. Many of these have never or hardly ever been used before. 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. 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. Guitar lovers manual is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. Books on bass guitar scales you can find plenty of bass guitar scale pdfs on the internet, and a good book on the subject will have bass guitar scale charts to study. Learn how to play the blues guitar scale, one of the important beginner scales. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all. Scales page the guitar scales page of this website. Oct 30, 2016 printable guitar scales chart pdf download book. The everything guitar scales book with cd everything. You can now get the most comprehensive, complete scale and arpeggio book ever published for guitar completely free.
Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. Whether you want to brush up on your pentatonics, play blues in an. Guitar scales guitar scales regardless what instrument you play, learning to play scales is a rite of passage. To get the notes between you need special techniques like a string bend or a slide. Often new players are drawn to the instrument because of a desire to play the blues. As well, major and minor blues scales are used in different ways in a lead guitar situation.
A guide that helps you immediately know which specific notes of a guitar scale sound best. After clicking the buy now button, youll be directed to our online store at gumroad. In the middle of the lick i hammeron from the 4 th to the minor 5 th the blue note, kiss the root note on the top estring, then return to the gstring, sliding the notes in reverse before pulling off to the minor 3 rdwhats common here is to use a slight micro. Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues and over iivv changes. Two notes per string the pentatonic is an ideal scale for the beginner and experienced pro alike because it only has two notes per string. This book maps out various pentatonic and blues scales including. Language sitemap guitars scales blues fingerings blues scale pattern 15 fingerings in a. Guitar lovers manual chord, arpeggio and scale pdf with. 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 for you on 7 string guitar in standard tuning. Apr 28, 2016 books on bass guitar scales you can find plenty of bass guitar scale pdfs on the internet, and a good book on the subject will have bass guitar scale charts to study.
High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. Jguitars scale calculator will draw scale diagrams showing the fretboard with notes in the selected scale highlighted. This pdf contains the scale charts for the blues scale in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. In this lesson, were going to look at theory of how the blues scale is made. 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. Welcome to the sixth video of the blues guitar quickstart series. Scales are presented as fretboard diagrams, as well as in notation and tab. Apr 18, 2015 since it contains a flatted third and a natural fifth, the minor blues scale is, by definition a minor scale. Lesson 8 the e minor blues scales dvd 3 in this lesson.