The minor pentatonic scale on guitar the minor pentatonic scale is commonly used to play 3 notes per string patterns. There are numerous other applications of the minor pentatonic scale though, as you can see in the table below. The guitar scales chart book features all of the widelyused guitar scales pentatonic, blues, etc. It is very common, however, add the note that falls between the 4th and 5th scale degrees, thus creating what some refer to as 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. Guitarmaps catalog bonus track emotional spacious track in e minor this is for the guitar maps scales catalog. Welcome to lesson 3 of the pentatonic scale, pentatonic blues licks.
There are three ways youll want to learn your major pentatonic scale forms. The open strings themselves even make up the notes of the e minor pentatonic scale. The easy way to learn the pentatonic scales is with the 5 box pattern method. The guitar scales chart book is an ebook available as a printable pdf download. Apr, 2018 the minor pentatonic scale is quite possibly the most used and, suffice it to say, overused scale on the guitar. A minor pentatonic contains scale degrees 1, b3, 4, 5, and b7. Below is a download link for the pentatonic scale pdf. This album contains the guitar maps scales pdf file and you receive 4 bonus backing tracks or you can download the complete album, the pdf plus over 100 backing tracks in one easy download. Then i have a fourth a minor scale which i call a practical minor. Guitar maps scales pdf download only by superior jam tracks, released 21 march 2017 1. The pentatonic scale chose 5 from these notes and created another scale, this is why it is called penta.
Break out of the box and master the fretboard 3 notes per string guitar scale patterns are a great way to move from the five. Perfect to jam with to one of my free mp3 guitar backing tracks a major pentatonic. The key to understanding the minor pentatonic scale. The e minor pentatonic scale is a useful and fun guitar scale to know. The guitar neck diagram shows you the big picture for the e minor pentatonic scale. The minor pentatonic scale the pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly utilized scales in just about all genres of music. It tabs out the pentatonic scales in all 12 major and minor keys. In these materials i teach many lead guitar avenues. Use the e minor pentatonic scale when playing 12 bar blues in. Jan 20, 2018 the solo uses mostly the major pentatonic scale, with some blue notes, mostly minor thirds and chord tones rd5th7th the 12 bar form and solo is playedlooped twice for practicing purposes.
How to tell when you can use the e minor pentatonic scale in a way that musically works and. To help us visualize the scale, there are 5 minor pentatonic scale shapes. Guitarmaps catalog bonus track dreamy funk groove in e minor 3. Link to guitar pro tab file of the minor pentatonic scale. All of the root notes are e because this is the e minor pentatonic scale. Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales. The red dots indicate a root note, the blue dots indicate a blues note and the black dots indicate a note in the scale. It is an essential reference for all lead guitarists, and contains over guitar scale diagrams the guitar scales ebook can either be read onscreen or printed out. Guitarmaps catalog bonus track slow blues in b minor 2. Link to pdf file of all 5 positions of the minor pentatonic scale. Download free guitar backing tracks mp3 a major pentatonic scale.
If you are stuck in the pentatonic box then this is the way. Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale degree of the major pentatonic scale shown above. For each scale, you can learn a number of different shapes and patterns, depending on the zone of the fretboard youre working on. Several typical pentatonic blues licks will be used as a starting point to develop your knowledge of the pentatonic scale. Major pentatonic scales in open position closed mobile major pentatonic scales forms horizontal. Link to page dedicated to the guitar minor pentatonic scale. Learn how to play the e minor pentatonic scale on bass guitar with our free tab, sheet music, neck diagrams, and more. The second section starts in the key of g major and makes its way back to e minor at the end, via some some other related keys that make a brief and musically interesting appearance. Add some distortion, reverb and delay and you will be transported to that. The fingering patterns for the minor blues scale on guitar. It is an essential reference for all lead guitarists, and contains over guitar scale diagrams. In this tutorial were going to study one of the most fun scales. If you like the sound of these two scales, check out my indepth free guitar lesson on pentatonic 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 solo uses mostly the major pentatonic scale, with some blue notes, mostly minor thirds and chord tones rd5th7th the 12 bar form and solo is. Show me chords that sound good with an e minor pentatonic scale. Pentatonic scale has notes that when played generate a pleasant melody, even if it is just the. The natural minor is the aeolian mode of the relative major scale. I could write a book on how important pentatonic scales are. Still, this scales importance cannot be underestimated, as it is used in so many genres of music, from rock and blues to country and bluegrass. Im going to teach you a couple of simple licks and riffs based on the a blues minor pentatonic scale. In this lesson you will be learning some ways to use the pentatonic scale in a solo. The red dots indicate a root note and the black dots indicate a note in the scale. Master the minor pentatonic scale using the whole fretboard. All of the root notes are e because this is the e pentatonic blues scale. 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.
The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. Jun 18, 2019 the guitar scales chart book is an ebook available as a printable pdf download. After clicking the buy now button, youll be directed to our online store at gumroad. Heres a free guitar scales pdf ebook 22 pages with plenty of scales and arpeggios patterns. 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. By adding just one note, we transform e minor pentatonic into a funky, bluesy, distinct sound. Minor pentatonic scale basic box the key signature is determined by which root note is played. Its a great scale to start with on guitar, we can use open strings and that makes the scale easy to learn. How to learn the pentatonic scales with 5 box patterns. Link to dedicated page for the minor pentatonic scale. For a small appreciated donation, about the price of a set of new guitar strings, i will email you a copy of the complete guitar maps catalog.
When you feel like you can comfortably grab the boxes for the major and minor sounds based around the 1st string root, try the 2nd its the same concept. Once learned, the player can immediately start improvising rock guitar. By raising the 7th note of the scale in e natural minor we get a really neat exotic, almost. Luckily for you, things are relatively easy here since you can easily derive the blues scale from the minor pentatonic simply be adding a flatted fifth to the scale patterns. Learn how to use the five pentatonic box shapes in realtime soloing over a groove or song. Notice that the notes repeat along the entire width of the fretboard, based on the formula for the scale.
As you will learn, these patterns can be transferred to all keys. Guitar scales ebook printable pdf download from guitar command. Guitarmaps catalog bonus track emotional spacious track in e minor this is for the guitar maps scales catalog pdf download only. Scale pentatonic minor 1,b3,4,5,b7 fullth pattern root note e guitar tuning. E minor pentatonic guitar scales guitar scales chart. Scales are presented as fretboard diagrams, as well as in notation and tab. Learn to play beginner guitar scales using these easy lessons to. Guitarmaps catalog bonus track hard rock ballad track in d minor 4. Guitar maps scales pdf download only superior jam tracks. Download free guitar backing tracks mp3 a major pentatonic. This is in a minor, but the scale pattern is moveable. Click on the image below and click full screen button to expand to high quality minor pentatonic scale tab and notation. Make sure you can play the minor sound either by playing box 2 using the 3rd finger, or box 3 using the 1st finger.
If you were to play this scale on the 8th fret it would. However, the scales we are concerned with here are the most commonly used for guitar, the major and minor. 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. Technically, a pentatonic scale could be any 5 tone scale, but in practice when guitarists refer to the pentatonic scale, 99% of the time they are referring to the minor and major pentatonic scale. Pentatonic scales pdf and instructional video guitar. Three note per string pentatonics global guitar network. The ebook contains the most important scales for beginners, such as major and minor, but shows also more advanced. In this section you can find major scales, harmonic minor and melodic minor scales, in different shapes and fretboard positions. The e minor pentatonic scale can be divided into patterns. Ultimate guitar scale collection all in one easy to use pdf file.
Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. E pentatonic blues scale free pentatonic blues scales. Applications of the minor pentatonic scale in jazz. Lesson 8 the e minor blues scales dvd 3 in this lesson. How to use the pentatonic scale download free fiction. In classical music the melodic minor scale is played going up and the natural minor scale is played going down. The minor pentatonic scale is quite possibly the most used and, suffice it to say, overused scale on the guitar. Figure 1a applies this concept to the g minor pentatonic scale. On the middle notes switch between your second and third fingers. Instead, ill just practice click the button in the upper right corner of the video and go to the store page on my.
The minor pentatonic scale for guitar jazz guitar online. I list the 83 chords built on each scale degree in c major 2 pages. Jun 04, 2014 there note per string e minorg major pentatonic. E minor pentatonic scale diagrams e minor pentatonic fretboard diagram. The a minor pentatonic comes from the natural minor scale. E d g b e a pentaton c minor scale box 1 glitarsik. Wikipedia has a nice article on these scales including the others here. The minor pentatonic scale is made up of these scale degrees. Pentatonic scales for guitar a pentatonic scale has just 5 notes. The guitar neck diagram shows you the big picture for the e pentatonic blues scale. I list the most common 3 and 4note chords, and a few 5note chords, from a natural, harmonic and melodic minor scales. Guitar scales the pentatonic scale is a favorite of many guitarists and its easy to see why. The minor pentatonic scale the pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly utilized scales in just about all genres of.
Super locrian is often used in jazz over an altered dominant chord b9. The key to understanding the minor pentatonic scale guitar. Each scale is illustrated in more than one fretboard position, giving you a suitable scale pattern. The e minor pentatonic scale the e minor blues scale. Link to pdf file with all 5 positions of theguitar minor pentatonic scale. Neck diagram with pitches neck diagram with scale degrees. Scale diagrams can also be labeled with either letters or scale degrees. Link to guitar pro file of tab for guitar minor pentatonic scale. Here is a guitar fretboard diagram of the e minor pentatonic scale. The pentatonic scale is use primarily used for soloing. Guitar pentatonic scales the 3 types of pentatonic scales. For this chapter we will be considering minor pentatonic only. On the guitar, we can play the same scale in a great variety of fretboard positions. Guitar pentatonic scales the 3 types of pentatonic.
Easy pentatonic scales tab by lessons ultimateguitar. How to play the blues scale minor pentatonic on guitar. The pdf is for members only, so youll need to login to download it. Jul 21, 2017 i could write a book on how important pentatonic scales are. Some will be more challenging than others and of course take more time to learn and apply. The word pentatonic implies that there are five notes in these scales, and that is correct. The most obvious use of the minor pentatonic scale is playing the scale over a minor chord or a dominant 7th chord with the same root for example, a minor pentatonic over am7 or a7. Melodic minor modes the melodic minor scale is closely related to the major scale with its natural 6 and 7.
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