It is an alteration of the 5 tone minor pentatonic scale which adds one note called the blue note. Youll grow to become very intimate with this blues scale, so pay attention. The notes to the right in one form, will be the same as the notes to the left in the next highest form. Often new players are drawn to the instrument because of a desire to play the blues. This guide maps out various pentatonic and blues scales including. Apr 18, 2015 if you play rock, blues, or metal guitar, the blues scale is the single most important scale to know. I had this book in high school when i started playing guitar, and regardless of the print quality, mr. Unfortunately, no matter how hard i practiced i couldnt connect the dots. The nashville pattern is the only fingering pattern that creates hundreds of scales using one scale pattern. Looking into a music book youll find dozens of different scales and modes, major and naturalmelodicharmonic minor, dorian. Another awesome element about playing blues guitar is learning scales. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to. All of the scales in this lesson are are either parent scales or modes derived from parent scales.
Guitar fretboard diagram with notes in e blues highlighted. If you play rock, blues, or metal guitar, the blues scale is the single most important scale to know. Major and minor blues scales guitar tab and essential licks. Organizing guitar scales into an easy to understand system produces huge results in your playing. Top 10 most important scales for guitar guitarhabits. The everything guitar scales book with cd everything guitar. Look, the pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly used scales in all genres of music. Pentatonic and blues scales for guitar by rob silver. However, most of the technique exercises that can be found dont always consist of things that can be used in. The blues scale is is both historically and theoretically the foundation of all of three genres and their subgenres.
Guitar scales the following is the most effective method that allows players to memorize scales. Free guitar tutorials beginner to intermediate guitar players. Mar 01, 2016 youll grow to become very intimate with this blues scale, so pay attention. Here youll find guitar scales explained in an easy, step by step format.
Learn the blues scale with the one string approach blues. In consonance with this weeks blog, ive provided some tabs on how one can begin to approach this pentatonic position in unorthodox ways. The guitarist s scale book by peter vogl is a complete scale encyclopedia for guitar with over 400 scales and modes. 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. Mel bay we believe this to be the most complete and thorough book of its kind in print. The guitar scales chart book features all of the widelyused guitar scales pentatonic, blues, etc. Learn how to play the blues guitar scale, one of the important beginner scales. Complete book of guitar chords, scales, and arpeggios book mel bay publications, inc. Finger exercises on guitar can be very helpful to improve your overall technique. All of the essential diagrams, drawings and information concerning theory, scales, and their uses in one easytouse book. If you look at 99% of all resources, products, lessons, programs, books etc. As mentioned above, guitar scales act as gateways or stepping stones towards playing with proficiency and passion. All blues scale for jazz guitar book and cd set only 1 left in stock order soon.
The blues scale is derived from the minor pentatonic scale. One of the problems with learning these blues guitar scales is that this is not the complete system, it is only one part of the real system of scales for blues guitar. As youll see, if you know all five positions of the pentatonic scale, you can apply this very same principle all over the guitar neck. You can get more charts in with custom tunings using my interactive scale generator here.
Major and minor blues scales guitar tab and essential licks by matt warnock wednesday, 02 january 2019 published in guitar lessons the blues scale, whether its major or minor, is one of the most widely used scales in modern music. Unfortunately, no matter how hard i practiced i couldnt connect the dots between my scales and actually reading music or writing songs. Link to free printable guitar scales pdf file with all 5 positions of the guitar harmonic minor scale. However, most of the technique exercises that can be found dont always consist of things that can be used in your blues guitar playing. This is important stuff if you want to get into lead guitar playing. The boxes are groups of these notes in that can be easily accessed from one position on the neck of the guitar that rock guitarists often use. Were going to learn our blues scale in the key of e and a, these two keys are the most common keys in blues music. Really is a great book, tons of information and really explains the scales in great detail.
The scales are identical except for the addition of one note, the b5 in the blues scale. Link to page dedicated to the guitar harmonic minor scale. Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. Scales are presented as fretboard diagrams, as well as in notation and tab. The d minor blues scale contains the following notes.
Place your third finger on the third fret of the low e string and play that note. You should think of the following 5 scale forms as 5 pieces of a puzzle. Pentatonic and blues scales is a minibook a fundessential that gives you a short, inspiring injection of creativity. Last but not least this book will show you some very common strumming patterns. Scale study is essential for improvising, soloing and composing. There are 5 notes plus the octave in the blues, or pentatonic scale. The scale section contains major and minor scales in numerous forms and positions. Scales are the musical grammar theyre looking for, and this book is a onestop shop for every scale guitar lovers could ever imagine. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all keys.
Blues scale and box patterns in e free guitar school. It is the only difference between the blues scale and the minor pentatonic scale. In this section, youll find all the resources you need to learn scales on guitar. Visit the following pages on guitar command to find out more about guitar scales and how to use them in your own playing. Over 700 scale patterns for every style of music marc schonbrun on. Jims revolutionary rows concept gives guitarists the tools to really understand scales, and to create any type of scale in any position. Below are the basic changes to a c minor blues progression, without any substitutions or.
When playing a blues solo, the blues scale is treated interchangeably with the minor pentatonic scale. 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 6 string guitar in standard tuning. Volume 18 basic scale guides for guitar by rob silver isbn. D f g ab a c for a complete lesson on the minor blues scale, read this lesson. Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales. In this lesson we will learn how to play the blues scale. Find the guitar scales you need to play memorable lead solos. The first step is to be able to see the two scales and then put them together, seeing the minor pentatonic and major pentatonic scales at the same time. Aug 12, 2019 discover more guitar scales at guitar command. He is the author of several books on music, including the everything reading music book with cd, the only guitar book youll ever need, the everything music theory book with cd, and the everything essential music theory book, among others.
To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to master. Before moving on to learning a set of scales that you can use to solo over the minor blues progression, lets take a look at the guitar chords that you will be soloing over with these particular scales. If you already know about the minor blues scale and would just like to know how to play it in five positions as. Complete book of guitar chords, scales, and arpeggios book. Blues guitar 6 awesome tips national guitar academy. Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. Link to guitar pro file of tab for the guitar harmonic minor scale. 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 easiest way to remember this scale is to think of it as the minor pentatonic and simply learn where the added notes are within the normal five minor pentatonic positions. The blues scale is esentially a minor pentatonic scale with an added flat fifth.
After the pentatonic minor scale and major scale, the blues scale is probably the most widelyused scale in guitar improvisation. Next there are diagrams for 42 popular guitar scales including major, pentatonic major, blues major, minor, pentatonic minor, and blues minor scales. Learnt to play the blues your way play blues guitar book 5 joseph alexander 4. You shouldnt learn a particular scale but the general configuration or, in other words, patterns. This lesson shows you the steps needed to master guitar scales, understand how theyre used, and give examples of scales and modes in action. Guitar chords and scales by ebook kingdom nook book ebook. Jan 21, 2019 organizing guitar scales into an easy to understand system produces huge results in your playing. Home scales blues scales 12 blues guitar scales beyond pentatonics this lesson will explore the many different blues guitar scales used in all the blues subgenres. We hope that you have enjoyed learning about the blues scale.
Below are the basic changes to a c minor blues progression, without any substitutions or alterations to the standard form. Sep 26, 2018 the first step is to be able to see the two scales and then put them together, seeing the minor pentatonic and major pentatonic scales at the same time. Jan 17, 2009 really is a great book, tons of information and really explains the scales in great detail. Major, minor, pentatonic, and blues learning how to play scales is probably not what most beginning guitar students think about when they dream about playing the guitar. The ebook contains the most important scales for beginners, such as major and minor, but also shows more advanced patterns such as triads arpeggios, seventh chords arpeggios, pentatonic and blues scales. Because if you master the scales, then you can master guitar.
At the beginning of the scale, start with the lowest root note on the open e string and play that note. Now theoretically, the pentatonic is split into two scales. Many musicians and nonmusicians alike see scales as boring exercises that are good at wasting time and not much else, but this couldnt be further from. As i mentioned, if you know your minor pentatonic scale the blues guitar scale shape will be easy because were only adding one note in each octave. Jguitars scale calculator will draw scale diagrams showing the fretboard with notes in the selected scale highlighted. The blues scale, whether its major or minor, is one of the most widely used scales in modern music. Using the blues scale for guitar fundamental changes music. Blues guitar from scratch fundamental riffs, chords and. Guitar command if you use scales to improvise and composewhatever style of music you playthen the guitar scales chart book is the reference book you need a comprehensive collection of scales is provided, suitable for use in blues, rock, metal, jazz and classical music.
When i first started learning the guitar, i was consistently told that if you master your scales you can master the fretboard. Guitar players love playing in box patterns, shapes and so forth. Despite its name, the blues scale is not only used in blues music. Its one of the main scales used in lead guitar solos. It contains scale diagrams with notation and tablature for each scale and tips on how and when to use each scale. No more flipping through huge books to figure out how to play the scale you need, no matter what finger you start on. A compilation of scales for viola in three octaves. Here i will show you through some of the most common scales used on the guitar in soloing and improvisation, talk a bit about their use and illustrate some of the most common positions to play these scales. I was lost when it came to learning the guitar and this book changed that, i am learning to move up and down the scales and fret board with ease now. Guitar scales and modes explained easy shapes, licks, and. All blues scale for jazz guitar book and cd set jim ferguson on. Scales and arpeggios are an important topic to master for those who are learning how to play guitar, so grab this book and enjoy it. Blues minor blues scale guitar patterns chart, key of a by.
That way of thinking has its application, but if you really want to learn a scale i mean get down to the heart of the matter i strongly encourage you to learn the scale on one single string. Minor and major blues scales are also the first scales that guitarists learn when exploring lead guitar. The guitar scale book includes scales for use in any style of music. All scales in all positions for guitar published by hal leonard this small book holds a great amount of information. This pdf contains the scale charts for the blues scale in all keys for guitar in standard tuning.