Scale Dictionary
Scale-Dictionary PDF
About Scales
What Are Scales Used For?
Ok, so you can play up and down the major scale. Now what? In this lesson, we’ll take a look at the major scale in… Read More »What Are Scales Used For?
The Guitarist’s Guide To The Major Scale
Guitar scales are the building blocks of everything you’ll ever play on the guitar. They are a sequence of notes that provide a road map… Read More »The Guitarist’s Guide To The Major Scale
2 Octave Major Scale
In this session I will introduce to you a version of the major scale that spans 2 octaves and all six strings. The PDF for this session will be great to practice building speed.
In the video below I perform this session’s exercise at three different tempos. Try to play along, or practice it on your own. In the video I stop at about the 12 fret, but you can keep going up the fretboard if you so desire.Read More »2 Octave Major Scale
Pentatonic Scales PDF And Instructional Video
The pentatonic scale is a 5 note scale that is widely used in rock, blues, country, and other genres. It’s very easy to learn, but… Read More »Pentatonic Scales PDF And Instructional Video
Which Scale: Improvising With Pentatonics
The stage is set.
The fans have gathered and the band opens up with it’s first song. Quick, it’s time for a solo, but what do you play?
That’s easy. We’ll just improvise!
“To improvise means to make it up on the spot, right?”, you ask.
Yes, we’re going to make the solo up as we go along. All we need to know is what key the song is in and then we can find which scale to use.
It’s easy and I’ll show you…Read More »Which Scale: Improvising With Pentatonics
Moving Scale Shapes
There is a big difference between a scale pattern and the actual scale. The actual scale is only 5 notes. When we are learning scale patterns we are learning the location of the notes from the scale as they appear on the fretboard. The same 5 notes repeat themselves over and over on the guitar’s fretboard. What we need to be able to do in order to play from the scale is memorize these fretboard patterns.Read More »Moving Scale Shapes
How To Read A Scale Diagram
Scale diagrams are like a snapshot of your guitar’s fretboard. This lesson will help you to learn to read scale diagrams for guitar. Scale diagrams… Read More »How To Read A Scale Diagram
How Do I Play Scales?
Scales are a collection of notes that go together. They can be practiced by playing one note at a time. They are not chords which… Read More »How Do I Play Scales?