The blues scale is basically the minormajor pentatonic scale with an added note. Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. Dominant chords have a major third and a minor seventh b7. If you take the first, second, third, fifth and sixth notes of any major scale, you have a major pentatonic scale. For example, the relative minor of c is a minor, and the notes which form c major pentatonic and a minor pentatonic are the same. I have bought all of scotts guitar books and have found them all to be useful and complement each other.
The pentatonic scale pentatonic scales have only five notes penta means five. 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. Now one of the biggestselling acts of all time, you. For example, playing a b minor pentatonic scale, by starting on the 2nd fret of the 5th string would look like this. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. G major e minor pentatonic scale guitar scales the pentatonic scale is a favorite of many guitarists and its easy to see why. But the important difference is the location of the root, which is of course different for major and minor pentatonic scales. From the basic pentatonic scale guitar fretboard pattern to improvising using minor pentatonic scales all over the guitar neck. Guitarists with an interest in learning to play lead guitar must learn their pentatonic scales. The name pentatonic indicates that there are only five notes in this scale penta means five, unlike most other scales which have six, seven or more notes. Learn to master both major and minor pentatonic scales in all 12 keys. Free online electric or acoustic guitar lessons music theory guitar, jazz guitar.
A great place to start for beginners or anyone new to scale shapes is the good ol open position. Learn to play major and minor pentatonic scale patterns and licks all over the neck play guitar in 14 days. Pdf e book lead guitar licks lesson pentatonic scales rock. A little bit of theory perhaps the best way of looking at this scale is to see it as a subset of the major scale. Guitar pentatonic and blues scales fundamental changes. I recommend that you learn scales in a practical environment. In the previous lesson we discussed what scales are, why theyre important, and the many benefits of learning them well. Various positions of the major pentatonic scale pattern 15 for guitar with the fingering on the guitar neck.
The difference between diatonic and pentatonic scales. Contains guitar theory, pentatonic licks, exercises and sequences. This pentatonic scales guitar lesson shows you all 5 shapes using the key of a minorc major pentatonic as the example 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. This book provides the pentatonic scale fingerings, diagrams, lessons and licks that every guitarist needs to know. Notice that the major pentatonic took 5 notes from the major scale, as we said, and were 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 degrees. My blues lead guitar series will teach you all about using the minor pentatonic, the blues scale, the major pentatonic, dorian and mixolydian modes. What this effectively means is that the major and minor pentatonic scales use the same shape, but start on different notes. The answer is that the pentatonic scale is either major or minor depending on which note is functioning as the tonic, which means primary pitch called root when dealing with a chord.
Guitarscales wikibooks, open books for an open world. Pentatonic and blues scales covers the essential guitar theory for the minor pentatonic scale, major pentatonic scale and the blues scale and highlights the characteristics of each scale with useful licks and exercises. A pentatonic scale is like any other scale notes separated by intervals, but it contains just 5 tones, hence the greek word pentatonic, which simply means five. Jazz guitar lessons pdf methods with audio files online guitar tabs and. The minor pentatonic scale has a minor third, which may clash with the chords minor third. In this lesson, well concentrate on the modes of the major scale the major scale being the parent scale in this case.
Scotts simple guitar lessons book 5 kindle edition by scott harris. The pentatonic scale is used both for soloing, and for basing song riffs around. On this page youll find a complete guide to learning and using pentatonic scales on guitar. In the beginning it is of course totally acceptable to derive your major pentatonic scales from the already familiar minor pentatonic shapes, but that will only get you so far. The minor pentatonic scale consists of the same 5 notes of the major pentatonic. Compare these scales c major pentatonic and a minor pentatonic with the c major and a minor scales, respectively. Many big name players and rock bands have no doubt made careers using pentatonic scales. How to construct major and minor pentatonic scales music. Chords and scales, sheet music, music sheets, little books, guitar lessons. David taub here, and i want to thank you for purchasing this instructional product. What is the difference between the diatonic and pentatonic scales.
Premium learning minor pentatonic scales pdf ebook. Major pentatonic scales in open position closed mobile major pentatonic scales forms horizontal. Mastering pentatonic scale theory guitar masterclass. My theory course is the best on the web and one of the very few paid parts of the site and its awesome if your theory is lacking and you wanna fix it thats the place to go. In the traditional ionian major and aeolian natural minor scales, there exists a tritone augmented 4thdiminished 5th between the 4th and 7th scale degrees in ionian and the 2nd and b6 scale degrees in aeolian. This makes it easy to transpose the scale into different keys and will help give you a broader view of the concepts. Minor pentatonic scales to introduce a novice guitar player to the world of rock music requires that he learn a series of scales, which we can call the tools of the trade. However, i urge you to try some of the other avenues taught in this book, as you dont want to limit yourself.
The pentatonic scale can function as both major and minor on the guitar. In this tutorial instead of using note names ill refer to scale degree numbers 1 7 of the major and minor scales. Guitar players often ask me what makes pentatonic scale patterns major or minor. The study of scales should start with the major scales and minor scales or the. 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 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.
You can use both major and minor pentatonic scales, but once again, be cautious of the minor third when playing the minor pentatonic scale. Major pentatonic scale the major pentatonic scale shares five notes with the major scale. Welcome to the learning pentatonic scales page at gmc run by yours truly, the professor. The two most common pentatonic scales are the major pentatonic and minor pentatonic scales. Learn the 5 pentatonic scales on guitar, tab and diagrams available on screen and printable pdf download from etsy. The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. In this lesson, we are going to look at another scale the minor.
Theyve learned some of the standard box shapes, derived from the caged system, for the major pentatonic and minor pentatonic scales, but now they find they cant break out of those shapes. Heres a chart containing the 7 modes of the c major scale. 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. Jazz guitar pentatonics, a counterintuitive approach to modern jazz improvisation in five part article with video and pdfs. The only difference is that the tonic first note of the scale of the minor pentatonic is 3 semitones half steps below the tonic of. Even though you will often utilize minor pentatonic scales over blues and rock jams, i suggest trying to learn additional lead guitar avenues. Beginner acoustic guitar lesson tom petty i wont back.
Adding scales to your daily guitar practice routine is easy and the benefits are well worth a little time spent. In breakdown by tom petty, the primary chord in the progression is am and the tonic note in the pentatonic scale riff is a, so you call it a minor pentatonic. Guitar lovers manual is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. Talk about the pentatonic scale generally refers to the major pentatonic scale and its relative minor, but its a mistake, indeed. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. As a new guitarist, its important to break up your practice routine to. Major and minor scales, modals, diminished, triads and seventh arpeggios, exotic scales, and much more. The aeolian mode natural minor is the 6th mode of the major scale. You can find out how to use guitar scale patterns on this page. But once david gilmour took over, they evolved into a stadiumrock band and began crafting extravagant concept albums.
As a teacher i find that many of the intermediate or advanced level students who come to study with me may already know the 5 pentatonic patterns or boxes, but tend to have difficulty shifting between the patterns or positions when soloing. How to play more advanced blues guitar solos antony reynaert. Music theory 1 guitar course scales lesson 8 youtube. So if you play a minor pentatonic pattern in some key, and you want to use that same pattern in the major pentatonic scale with the same root. There are other parent scales as well, such as the harmonic minor scale and the melodic minor scale. How to use the pentatonic scale as major and minor on the. The blues scale pentatonic scale, music theory guitar, learn guitar. My pentatonic lead guitar studies are 55 pages of must know musical information that really works built around the pentatonic scale. 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.
Using the major scale to produce the minor pentatonic. Music theory 1 is a guitar lesson course for anyone brand new to music theory. Why your guitar solos dont come close to the solos of great blues guitarists i. This page contains guitar chord charts for, major chords, minor chords, power. It contains the sections chord, scale and arpeggio. That way youll instantly be able to find and use the scale in a musical way. How to play the pentatonic scale on guitar dummies. My blues lead guitar series will teach you all about using the minor pentatonic, the blues scale. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated sound. Here are some free pdfs used to supplement my free video lessons. Major pentatonic scale pattern 15 for guitar fingering. Apr 04, 2019 my theory course is the best on the web and one of the very few paid parts of the site and its awesome if your theory is lacking and you wanna fix it thats the place to go. Although the pentatonic scale is not the only scale available for playing rock lead, it is. Check out my free video lessons on my free lessons page.
Notice how both an e minor em chord and a g major chord fit into pentatonic pattern 1 in the open position. The minor pentatonic scale has the same interval structure as the major pentatonic scale but they are in a different order from the root note. Diagonal pentatonics ive encountered countless intermediate guitar players who find themselves stuck inside the pentatonic box. These are not lessons, but supplements to my lessons. The difference between major and minor pentatonic scales. Diagonal pentatonic scale patterns by paul tauterouff.
The major pentatonic uses the root, second, third, fifth and sixth intervals its actually a major blues chords scale with. Grab some amazing free blues lessons not on youtube click here. Page 1 hi, and welcome to pentatonic scales for guitar a pentatonic scale has just 5 notes. As the name suggests, a pentatonic scale is a 5note scale.
For this chapter we will be considering minor pentatonic only. The blues scale minor pentatonic and the major pentatonic scales on the guitar duration. For example, you can play c major pentatonic or c minor pentatonic over a c7 chord. Major pentatonic major scale guitar you can use the patterns below to play c major pentatonic scales all over the guitar neck. You can use the interval structure to figure out the minor pentatonic scale in every key, just like with the major scale. Its designed to give you a good overview of the basic building blocks for. Since major and minor pentatonic scales are basically the same, we need one. Recall that most scales in western music contain 7 notes e. So if you play a minor pentatonic pattern in some key, and you want to use that same pattern in the major pentatonic scale with the same root, then you need to shift that pattern down by three frets. Mastering pentatonic scale theory welcome to the learning pentatonic scales page at gmc run by yours truly, the professor.
The c major and a minor pentatonic scales consist of the very same notes and patterns. Sep 26, 2018 the pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly used scales used in music. A closer look at the major and minor pentatonic scales. The a minor pentatonic comes from the natural minor scale. The lessons on this page are geared towards helping you build a strong understanding of each of the various pentatonic scales, how they are built, how they are related and how they relate to chords and arpeggios when.
The difference is which note is functioning as the tonic primary pitch. By adding just one note, we transform e minor pentatonic into a funky. For rock guitar, youll want to learn to play the pentatonic scale, which supplies you with better melodic fodder. The major and minor pentatonic scales are some of the most common scales in pop, rock and blues music. The major and minor scales may be musiceducation stalwarts, but they sound a bit academic when used over chord progressions. E d g b e a pentaton c minor scale box 1 glitarsik.
Online shopping from a great selection at books store. In this lesson, we are going to discuss the theory behind pentatonic scales and look at how to play them up and down the neck. Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues. Minor blues for guitar major blues scales for guitar breaking out of pentatonic box patterns if you have any questions about the pentatonic scales lessons, or have any suggestions for future lessons in this subject. To understand how this works, look at this example. Here you will find scale diagrams for the five patterns of the minor pentatonic scale and tips on the fingerings for each however, i repeat, you will be best learning these patterns in context over the first two blues lead guitar modules essential blues lead guitar and all over blues lead guitar which is all about using all five patterns all over the neck. Pentatonic scales for guitar a pentatonic scale has just 5 notes. This package contains a guitar method available as a pdf with tabs, audio files and theory. The most important of these are both major and minor pentatonic. You can start with e minor pentatonic, but the same notes and patterns can also produce g major pentatonic. As you will learn, these patterns can be transferred to all keys. Pdf total guitar the ultimate scale book guilherme mauricio. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here.
This refers to the two different kinds of steps that occur in major scales, whole step and half step. Remember we are building your guitar chops and you need to have that solid foundation to build upon as you move along in your guitar journey. Notice how both an e minor em chord and a g major chord fit. Guitar lovers manual chord, arpeggio and scale pdf with. We focused on major scales, because they are in a sense, the master scale. The pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly used scales used in music. Guitar scale patterns for more information on playing major pentatonic scales all over the neck, visit this page. Some people find it easier to think in minor terms, and. There are three ways youll want to learn your major pentatonic scale forms. Scales you can use in the real world, created by a human guitarist.
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