Scales Guitar Lessons
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Spicing up the Blues - Soloing with Arpeggios
Instructor: Nick Granville
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Blues
Now I'll show you a simple way to play arpeggios for each chord change over a 12 bar blues. Using arpeggios when soloing over a blues is a great concept as it allows you to 'spell' the chord changes but also creates more colour than using just the mi...
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0:55
Tackling Major/Minor Modes - Introduction
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
Today, I've written 3 lines for you in Eminor/Gmajor. I don't play or think in terms of "Aeolian" or minor mode that much actually. I tend to hear the relative major mode.
For instance, in this case we are in Eminor. I will hear the Eminor pentatoni...
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0:42
Tackling Major/Minor Modes - Lick 1
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
Lick #1 starts off with an A minor/C major triad idea moving to a Gmajor triad and ending with a D major triad.
Very simple and straight forward. Remember we're exploring ideas for writing solos and lines so take note of the finger positions I'm usi...
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0:44
Tackling Major/Minor Modes - Lick 2
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
Lick #2 starts also off with an A minor/C major triad idea moving to a Gmajor triad and ending with a D major triad as well.
Once you have it down let's move on to Lick #3!
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1:32
Tackling Major/Minor Modes - Lick 3 & Wrap Up
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
Lick #3 starts off using an E minor/G major triad and ending with an E minor Pentatonic line.
I hope this was helpful for you! Make sure to review my Root Connection Study from last month's Tutorial of Lydian. You'll not only learn really cool lines...
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2:05
Tackling Major/Minor Modes - Backing Track
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
Here's the backing track. Have fun and practice hard! All 3 licks are tabbed out below.
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2:22
Tackling Major/Minor Modes - Backing Track (slow)
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
Here's the backing slowed down.
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1:35
Major Scales Simplified
Instructor: Nick Granville
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
In this lesson, I cover a simple way to play the major scale across the whole guitar neck; using 5 main shapes as the basis. There are alternative shapes (which I will explain at a later date), but these shapes provided are the simplest to use and le...
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1:41
Arpeggios - Major, Dominant, and Minor 7th's
Instructor: Nick Granville
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Now we're going to cover the core arpeggios for Major 7th, Minor 7th and Dominant 7th and also 2 octave shapes. Arpeggios spell chord changes, so if you know these you can pretty much play the changes to any tune at a basic level.
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1:30
Tackling Lydian Mode - Introduction
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hello everyone! In this tutorial, I'm going to teach you how to master your modes one by one. We will start with the Lydian mode.
When you're ready, head on over to the next video where we'll be discussing root connection. Let's begin!
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1:48
Tackling Lydian Mode - Explained
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The Root Connection Study is something I use to both train my ear and visualize the fretboard. Take your time and allow this exercise to show you how these scales connect. It's a pretty involved process but quite worth it when you start to see how th...
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0:54
Tackling Lydian Mode - Demonstration
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Remember to take your time. Allow the tablauture to show you how these three shapes create a road map you cannot get lost in.
This process is unconventional I know. And that's why it works! It forces you to learn the nature of your scales on your in...
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0:14
Tackling Lydian Mode - Lick 1
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
Here we have the first example lick.
Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you will. Use these phrases to test your und...
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0:12
Tackling Lydian Mode - Lick 2
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
And now Lick #2!
Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you will. Use these phrases to test your understanding of how th...
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0:17
Tackling Lydian Mode - Lick 3
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
And now Lick #3!
Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you will. Use these phrases to test your understanding of how th...
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0:16
Tackling Lydian Mode - Lick 4
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
And now Lick #4!
Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you will. Use these phrases to test your understanding of how th...
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1:56
Tackling Lydian Mode - Lick 5 & Wrap Up
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
And finally, Lick #5!
Remember, the Root Connection Study is all about a pivot point, seeing the available note from a given shape from the root note of the key or chord. A vantage point if you will. Use these phrases to test your understanding of h...
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2:31
Tackling Lydian Mode - C Lydian
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
Have fun with the backing track! This one stays in C Lydian. Go to the next page for one that also changes to Eb Lydian.
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2:29
Tackling Lydian Mode - C Lydian/Eb Lydian
Instructor: Al Joseph
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
As always, have fun! This one changes from C Lydian to Eb Lydian.
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2:34
The Half Whole Diminished Scale - Intro/Shapes
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Hello again!
This month we'll be talking about the half whole diminished scale.
I've been exploring this scale a little further as of late and have found a few new ideas I hadn't considered before. So I thought I'd share with you not on...
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2:56
The Half Whole Diminished Scale - Chord Situations
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
When is the best time to use this scale? The truth is, there are many situations where this scale could be useful but we will talk about my favorite situations. First off, let’s consider what scale degrees we have available.
In the Half whole ...
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2:37
The Half Whole Diminished Scale - Creating Lines
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
The two ideas I've chosen to discuss in this tutorial are the major triads that exist within the scale as well as the dominant 7b5 arpeggios that exist.
Starting with the major triads...
Due to the series of half steps and whole steps in this scale...
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1:20
Frank Gambale 7th Chord Arps Round 2: Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Hello again!
In this tutorial we'll be learning another Frank Gambale sweep.
A few months back I covered a sweep idea in the style of Frank and this month we'll be talking about an arpeggio shape that you may have seen him use before.
Like always ...
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1:52
Frank Gambale 7th Chord Arps Round 2: Amaj7
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Our first arpeggio is of course A major 7!
As mentioned earlier pay close attention to the time to get the right hand picking down correctly.
Also, pay close attention to the fingering on the left hand. It stays pretty consistent up until the last ...
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2:05
Frank Gambale 7th Chord Arps Round 2: Bmin7 & C#min7
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Our 2nd and 3rd arpeggios happen to be the exact same shape.
As mentioned in the video make sure, when barring, to "role" your finger over each note to avoid notes bleeding into each other.
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2:51
Frank Gambale 7th Chord Arps Round 2: Dmaj7 & E7
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Onto our 4th and 5th arpeggio!
The D major will be the exact same fingering as our first A major arp so nothing too new there.
Our E7 arpeggio will be a new shape.
Make sure that you still use the same left hand fingering as the major 7 arpe...
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3:04
Frank Gambale 7th Chord Arps Round 2: F#min7 & G#min7b5
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
The final 2 arpeggios!
The F#minor7 is nothing new shape wise, so no explanation needed there.
The G#minor7b5 arpeggio will use a different fingering in the left hand.
Every other arpeggio we have started with our third finger but in this case it ...
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1:34
Descending Sus4 Arpeggios: Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hi guys!
In this tutorial we'll be discussing a descending sus4 arpeggio idea that I use a lot in my playing!
Like a lot of ideas, I like to run through them diatonically and expand them into other tonalities so that we aren't just playing a major ...
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1:34
Descending Sus4 Arpeggios: Gmaj - Cmaj
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
To our first four arpeggios!
G Major (Ionian) (5 - 4 - 3 - 1)
A Minor (Dorian) (5 - 4 - b3 - 1)
B Minor (Phrygian) (5 - 4 - b3 - 1)
C Major (Lydian) (5 - #4 - 3 - 1)
As you can see our two mi...
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1:15
Descending Sus4 Arpeggios: Dmaj - F#dim
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The other three arpeggios!
D Major (Mixolydian) (5 - 4 - 3 - 1)
E Minor (Aeolian) (5 - 4 - b3 - 1)
F# Diminished (Locrian) (b5 - 4 - b3 - 1)
As you may have noticed our D Major is the same shape as our G maj...
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Descending Sus4 Arpeggios: Outro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
I've found that this approach to learning has really helped me to visualize the fretboard.
The process of taking an idea and spreading throughout different qualities and around the fretboard.
I'll leave you with a quick lick that just adds a little...
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3:07
Intervallic Approach - Breakdown
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hey everyone! Welcome back. This month I wanted to focus on something a little more "intervallic". What I mean by that is focusing more on accentuating each passing chord to really make the progression "pop". We'll examine six different arpeggio...
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Intervallic Approach - Etude
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
So let's make some music while experimenting with these arpeggio shapes. We'll be bouncing between several different octaves of each and incorporating all kinds of wacky techniques - so keep a firm eye on the tablature. Be sure to download the backin...
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1:03
Intervallic Approach - Backing Track
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Have fun with the backing track! First we have it at normal speed, then slow speed.
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1:49
Tapping 7th Chord Arpeggios like Guthrie Govan: Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Hello again guys!
In this tutorial we'll be discussing tapped arpeggios ala Guthrie Govan.
Tapping 7th chord arpeggios this way can give your line a very unique sound.
Keep in mind that all of these arpeggios are being played in 3rd inversion with...
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2:45
Tapping 7th Chord Arpeggios like Guthrie Govan: Cmaj7, Fmaj7
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
So onto our first 4 arpeggios diatonic to C major.
They again are Cmaj7 - Dm7 - Em7 - Fmaj7. ( I - ii - iii - IV )
Again these will all be played in 3rd inversion so:
Cmaj7 - BCEG
Dm7 - CDFA
Em7 - DEGB
Fmaj7 - EFAC
Make sure to play all of the...
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2:53
Tapping 7th Chord Arpeggios like Guthrie Govan: G7 - Bm7b5
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Now onto our other 3 arpeggios within C major.
G7 - Am7 - Bm7b5.
Again, in 3rd inversion.
G7 - FGBD
Am7 - GACE
Bm7b5 - ABDF
Same goes for these arpeggios, slow and dynamically even between each note!
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2:35
Licking Up the Modes: Phrygian - Intro
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Licking Up the Modes is back!!!
This month we discuss Phrygian!
Phrygian is slightly different than the rest of the modes in the fact that we have no available extensions (otherwise known as "void" tones).
This means we are basically stuck with ou...
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1:15
Frank Gambale Sweep Idea: Arpeggio Shapes
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Again the arpeggios we'll be using are: Cmaj 7 - Dm7 - Em7 - Fmaj7 - G7 - Am7 - Bm7b5.
Not only is this sweep idea cool and useful but these arpeggio shapes are extremely useful!
They sit under the fingers very well. I play at least one of them eve...
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1:35
Licking Up the Modes: Dorian - Introduction
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
DORIAN!!!
Dorian is our second mode. If we were to stay in the key of C major we would have chosen to do D dorian, but I decided it would be more beneficial to use parallel modes. This means that we'll be using the same starting note while changing ...
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4:00
Lick Up the Modes: Dorian - Discussion
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
OK! So I've included a lot of usful info in this one. It just so happens that dorian really doesn't have any void notes. This makes it really easy to imrpovise in a dorian situation, if you know the scale in all positions you really can't go wrong. B...
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1:49
Drilling Drop D - Scales
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Scales
When playing through those familiar old scales, keep a couple things in mind: Everything you would've played on the low E string shifts up two frets. Also, if you visualize the scale from a different perspective, any notes that fall on the re...
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1:40
Licking Up the Modes: Ionian - Introduction
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hi guys!
This tutorial is the first of seven tutorials that will be covered throughout the year.
We'll be going through each mode one at a time starting with our first mode, Ionian.
Each mode we cover will be relative to the key of C Major. ...
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3:37
Licking Up the Modes: Ionian - Discussion
Instructor: Mike Salow
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
IONIAN!!!
So as I said earlier all of these licks will be in C Ionian (major).
Within a C Maj7 chord we have various target notes, tensions we can add, and one "void" note.
Below you will find the example chords that are played in the video ...
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1:33
Getting Started With Lead Fills - Fill 2
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Acoustic
FILL 2:
Fill 2 involves what we like to call the "major pentatonic scale". It's the rock/blues guitarists go-to scale as it omits a couple of the notes that wil get you in trouble if not applied correctly. This fill is very "boxy", in the sense that...
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1:37
Getting Started With Lead Fills - Fill 3
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Acoustic
FILL 3:
Very country-esque in nature, this fill occupies a very "comfortable" area of the fretboard. The "second octave major scale". The major scale will look very familiar as it's simply shifted down two strings and up two frets from fill 1. The c...
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1:41
Getting Started With Lead Fills - Fill 4
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Acoustic
Fill 4:
The final fill is based around the same note sequence as the previous fill, except the rhythm is not quite as disjointed. Let's blow through the major scale with some straight eighth notes which incorporate pull-offs, slides as well as picki...
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2:28
Solving Mode Mysteries - Intro & Minor Modes
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Let's examine modes in a "meat and potatoes" kind of way; a way that enables you to use the box shapes you already know to produce different musical textures that perhaps were unattainable with a one-track "major or minor" mind-set. Let's stay away f...
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1:55
Solving Mode Mysteries - Major Modes
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
ALL the rules applied to the three minor modes work in the exact same way for the following major modes. We'll begin by playing through three major scales over one major chord, and then we'll have a look at confining the scales to one position (revol...
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1:15
7-String Essentials - Scales
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Let's learn our B string by examining how it corelates with the rest of the strings by playing through the 7 modes (in G major).
A few notes...
By ignoring the low B string, you'll quickly see how "normal" everything else looks.
Whicheve...
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4:11
7-String Essentials - Arpeggios
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Because our low B string is tuned a perfect 5th below the adjacent E string, (much like our E to A, A to D and D to G strings are) arpeggios and scales will seem to fall together relatively quickly due to the familiar symmetry.
Bars 1 through ...
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1:09
Country Mechanics - Major Key Diads
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Country
So to start, a really important and often overlooked approach is to play in "diads". Diads are any grouping of two notes within a key. We'll be sticking to the key of G major for the time being so we can understand how things operate across the board...
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3:00
3-Note-Per-String Pentatonics - Introduction
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hey guys,
For this tutorial, I wanted to focus on something that I frequently practice and incorporate into my lead playing - stretching the pentatonic scale out over three notes per-string. What we get in doing so, is a pattern which includes notes...
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1:42
3-Note-Per-String Pentatonics - Playing in Octaves
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
So let's start in A minor. The A minor pentatonic consists of 5 notes, obviously, but we'll be playing in groupings of 6 which will cover all 5 pentatonic notes. This isn't overly "conventional" in the sense that we aren't sticking to an ascend of on...
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0:44
Exploring the Sixth - Static Chord
Instructor: Martin Miller
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The next thing we’re gonna do is to utilize this interval over a static chord, in this case A7 (consisting of root-3rd, 5th, b7). The scale for the chord would be A mixolydian (notes of the D major scale against an A7 chord). Here’s the i...
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1:06
Exploring the Sixth - Blues Application
Instructor: Martin Miller
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Blues
Alright, let me show you a pattern now that is really useful for your blues repertoire. Since your average blues is made up of only dominant 7th chords you can apply the pattern over each chord equally. I also added a few chromatic passing tones (not...
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1:09
Unlock the Fretboard - Introduction
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
So to get started, this is a lesson for the people who've found themselves to be stuck playing through the same pentatonic boxes day-in, day-out, and are looking for a change. This is the most effective way I've found my students to break out of the ...
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5:27
Unlock the Fretboard - Learn The Scale
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The following examples are given in the key of E minor/G major, but I will explain how to transpose to other keys afterward, so be patient. I want to begin by demonstrating the key of E minor in groupings of 6, starting from open E through to it's oc...
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2:57
Unlock the Fretboard - Getting Comfortable
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
After memorizing the 7 symmetrical positions, practice each scale segment in it's three octaves one-after-another. Keep in mind that these scales work great for picking/legato exercises as well, so have fun and be creative in the process!
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3:34
Unlock the Fretboard - Apply To Other Keys
Instructor: Chris Feener
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Now, as promised, let's try this method out in other keys. The beauty about learning guitar-theory, is once you learn one scale, to alter it's key, it usually just requires shifting everything up or down the fret-board, and this is no different. To a...
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3:56
Creative Scales - Pentatonic Hybrid Scale
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hey everyone and welcome to this Creative Scales tutorial!
We are going to get creative with the Pentatonic scale by creating a hybrid of two scales:
A minor Pentatonic and E minor Pentatonic
What we are going to do is make 2 groups of three strin...
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1:24
Creative Scales - Scale Positions
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Time to get working on the 5 scale positions!
There are a number of ways you can visualize these shapes to make it easier for yourself. There are 2 methods which you can try. Either you can think completely in A minor (dorian) or you can think A min...
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1:01
Creative Scales - Improvisation Example
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
OK, here's a no frills improvisation example using the Pentatonic Hybrid scale. Hopefully, you can hear how pleasing it is to the ear with the addition of the 9th to the scale.
Also take note that I try to stick to just the notes of the scale withou...
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1:36
Creative Scales - Backing Track
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Have fun with the backing track! Be sure to post a take in the forums so everyone can check out your improvisational skills. ;-)
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2:17
Minor 6th Pentatonics - Introduction
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hi there guitar lovers!
This months tutorial is on Minor 6th pentatonic scales. What an earth are those you may ask?
A minor 6th pentatonic is a hybrid pentatonic scale built from a Dorian or Melodic Minor scale and differs from our standard minor ...
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3:08
Minor 6th Pentatonics - Learning the Scale
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Obviously before we can use the scale we need to know how to play it in a few different positions.
Below and on the video I show you how to play a C minor 6th pentatonic scale in a few different ways using 'box' type patterns and then using what I c...
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2:47
Minor 6th Pentatonics - Which to play?
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
So now you've learned the scale we need to know how to apply it. In other words, which minor 6th pentatonic to play over each chord in a progression.
Well in actual fact, it's pretty simple. If you're chord is built from a major scale (as opposed to...
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4:59
Minor 6th Pentatonics - Minor Blues Application
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Okay - so now we'll apply these ideas to an actual chord progression.
The progression in question is a minor blues in the key of C. You can see the chords below in the Tab with suggested voicings given. Feel free to substitute these for your own sha...
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1:50
Minor 6th Pentatonics - Minor Blues Demo
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Now I'm going to demonstrate the application of these minor 6th pentatonics and play each relevant scale over the C minor blues chord progression.
Note the tab below with some suggested chord voicings for a minor blues and the applicable scales.
I ...
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3:20
Minor 6th Pentatonics - Backing Track
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Have fun on the backing track for this Cm Blues. Check out the changes below.
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1:51
Melodic Minor Scales - Introduction
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hi Guys!
Welcome to this tutorial on using Melodic Minor Scales.
In this tutorial we'll be learning how to use melodic minor scales in conjunction with the major scales we already know in a harmonic context.
By the end of these lessons you'll have...
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4:41
Melodic Minor Scales - How do we use them?
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Okay! So now we have our 7 chords for the key of C melodic minor. But how do we use them?
Well first it's important to understand the fundamental difference between major scale harmony and melodic minor scale harmony.
Major scale harmony is said to...
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5:22
Melodic Minor Scales - Chords In Use
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we go!
For the first set of examples I'll be using the key of Cmajor. This gives us the following chords and all their variations,
C major, D minor, E Minor, F major, G major, A minor and B diminished.
We're going to use an F melodic minor sc...
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1:48
Visualizing Pentatonics - Introduction
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Hi there guys! Welcome to this tutorial on visualizing pentatonic scales for guitar.
This tutorial aims to help you break out of the rut that the typical box pattern approach to learning pentatonics can produce.
If I were to put money on it, I'd be...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Sus Chord Application
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
So, how do these sus4 chords relate to our minor pentatonic scale?
Well, every minor pentatonic scale contains a couple of sus4 chords which we're going to focus on. Let's take Am pentatonic as our example. This scale contains the notes A, C, D, E a...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Comping - Introduction
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
One of the best uses I've found for this technique is for comping. In other words, for playing chord based accompaniment or solos over chord changes or a static groove.
Normally you'd rarely think of using a pentatonic scale to comp, but in using th...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Am Groove Comping
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Let's take this comping idea and apply it to a static groove. I know one problem many people have when playing over a static groove is knowing how to create interesting chordal ideas which don't just rely on your stock chord shapes.
In the case of t...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Comping - Giant Leaps
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Here's our final comping example using pentatonic scales as our harmonic source.
The chord sequence below is from a well known tune by John Coltrane. I'll name this one Giant Leaps! That should give you a clue!
Normally when comping on this tune yo...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Comping - Roundup
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
When you apply these ideas to playing chords, you simply need to follow a few simple rules and everything should fall into place.
Most fusion and jazz tunes and even some modern funk songs change key often. The first thing you must do is identify al...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Line Playing
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
One of the great things about visualizing the pentatonics is that it allows us to create lines in addition to new comping ideas. Over the next few videos, I'll introduce you to four of the kind of lines I play on a regular basis.
All of the phrases ...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Line No. 1
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Now, on to line playing! All of these examples are TABBED for 4ths tuning but the standard tuned versions are at the end of the tutorial. I recommend you print these out for reference as some of the fingerings are different by necessity.
The great t...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Line No. 2
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Line No. 2 is a descending 16th note triplet phrase utilizing stretched sus4 arpeggios built from our Am pentatonic again.
I've incorporated a sneaky Dsus4 arpeggio at the beginning of the line (this works too!) but the rest is built primarily from ...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Line No. 3
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Here is line no. 3, built exclusively from the Am Pentatonic scale.
Again, I've used sus4 shapes and their inversions to create the line beginning with a Gsus4 in the 1st inversion, followed by an Asus4 in the root position.
We then have the Gsus4 ...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Line No. 4
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Crazy!
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Here is our final line built from the Am pentatonic scale. This example makes the most blatant use of it as far as the sus4 shapes go.
If you analyze the line, you'll see that we're simply playing each inversion of Asus4 and Gsus4 rising up the neck...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Am Groove Backing Track
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Here's the Am groove backing track. Remember that we're using the two sus4 chords built from the root and b7 of the scale, so in this case:
Asus4 and Gsus4 from the Am pentatonic scale.
Use these two chords in all their inversions for your comping ...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - Giant Leaps Backing Track
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Here's the backing track for Giant Leaps. By the way, the original version of this tune is at about 280bpm! Guys like Kurt Rosenwinkel use this sus chord technique effortlessly at that tempo. Back to practicing for me then!
Remember, use the followi...
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Visualizing Pentatonics - TABS (Standard Tuning)
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Fusion
Here are the TABS in standard tuning for this tutorial. FIrst you'll see the Csus4 inversions, then below you'll find all 4 line playing exercises.
Cheers,
Tom
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Visualizing the Fretboard - Introduction
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hi there guys!
Welcome to this tutorial on how to Visualize the Fretboard. This tutorial is going to deal with learning major scales and their modes and how to visualize them on the guitar.
I'm sure in your time as a guitarist you've come across th...
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Visualizing the Fretboard - Learning the Fingerings
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
We're going to be using 3 fingerings only to learn these scales all over the neck.
Fingering number 1 uses our 1st, 2nd and 4th fingers with a gap of 1 fret between each. On the video and in the diagram I use the frets 3, 5 and 7 on the low E string...
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Visualizing the Fretboard - Major Scale Application
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Okay! Let's put these fingerings to work.
We're going to be doing everything in the key of G major for this tutorial but these ideas will transpose into any key you wish.
Our first scale is going to be the G Major Scale. In the next few videos we'l...
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Visualizing the Fretboard - Dorian Scale Application
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
So here's our first modal scale - dorian. Dorian is the second mode of the major scale and in the key of G starts on the note A. We'll start our scale on the 5th fret of the low E string.
If you look at the diagram below you'll see that the scale st...
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Visualizing the Fretboard - Phrygian Scale Application
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Moving on to Phrygian we have a scale starting on the note B. This occurs on the 7th fret of the low E string giving us B Phrygian.
Our phrygian scale starts on the second of our fingering no.2's. So we have one fingering no.2, followed by two finge...
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Visualizing the Fretboard - Lydian Scale Application
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
So, moving on we have Lydian. In the key of G we have C Lydian so our scale starts on the 8th fret of our low E string.
We start the scale with the third of our fingering no. 1's. Because this is the third fingering no.1 it is followed by two finger...
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Visualizing the Fretboard - Mixolydian Scale Application
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Now we move onto the Mixolydian Scale. In the key of G our Mixolydian Scale starts on the note D at the 10th fret of the low E string.
When we apply our fingerings sequence we can see that the scale starts on the first of our fingering no.1's. So, w...
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Visualizing the Fretboard - Aeolian Scale Application
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here is the idea applied to the Aeolian Scale. In the key of G our Aeolian scale is E Aeolian. This starts at the 12 fret on the low E string with the note A.
Now, in terms of our sequence of fingerings, Aeolian starts on the 1st of our fingering no...
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Visualizing the Fretboard - Locrian Scale Application
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
So next we'll apply this idea to the Locrian scale.
Be sure to look at the diagram below for guidance whilst watching the video. The locrian scale in the key of G starts on the note F# which is up at the 14th fret of our low E string.
We start the ...
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Visualizing the Fretboard - Closing Comments
Instructor: Tom Quayle
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
So what have we achieved here?
Well, basically we've mapped out the entire key of G Major over the majority of the fretboard using just 3 different fingerings. This gives us a strategy for learning major scales and their modes in all 12 keys which i...
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Major Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Shape 1
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hey Dudes and Dudettes! Welcome to another installment of my 'exploiting shapes' series.
The major scale will be the focus of this tutorial. Following the same direction as all of the previous lessons in this series, we will be taking the initial sh...
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Major Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Shape 2
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have the first six notes of a Gmajor scale taken from the second position on the 6th and 5th strings:
A, B, C, D, E, F#
which are then repeated on the 4th and 3rd and 2nd and 1st strings.
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Major Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Shape 3
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have the first six notes of a Gmajor scale taken from the third position on the 6th and 5th strings:
B, C, D, E, F#, G
which are then repeated on the 4th and 3rd and 2nd and 1st strings.
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Major Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Shape 4
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have the first six notes of a Gmajor scale taken from the fourth position on the 6th and 5th strings:
C, D, E, F#, G, A
which are then repeated on the 4th and 3rd and 2nd and 1st strings.
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Major Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Shape 5
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have the first six notes of a Gmajor scale taken from the fifth position on the 6th and 5th strings:
D, E, F#, G, A, B
which are then repeated on the 4th and 3rd and 2nd and 1st strings.
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Major Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Shape 6
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have the first six notes of a Gmajor scale taken from the sixth position on the 6th and 5th strings:
E, F#, G, A, B, C
which are then repeated on the 4th and 3rd and 2nd and 1st strings.
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Major Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Shape 7
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have the first six notes of a Gmajor scale taken from the seventh position on the 6th and 5th strings:
F#, G, A, B, C, D
which are then repeated on the 4th and 3rd and 2nd and 1st strings.
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Pentatonic Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Introduction
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hey there and thanks for joining me!
I'd like to take the idea I discussed in my previous lesson regarding exploiting shapes and apply it to various scales. Let's start with the good old minor pentatonic scale.
OK, we can apply the same principle t...
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Pentatonic Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Shape 1
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have the first four notes of the first position of A minor pentatonic scale:
A,C,D,E
which gives us our first shape in the first position.
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Pentatonic Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Shape 2
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have the first four notes of the second position of A minor pentatonic scale:
C,D,E,G
which gives us our second shape in the second position.
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Pentatonic Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Shape 3
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have the first four notes of the third position of A minor pentatonic scale:
D,E,G,A
which gives us our third shape in the third position.
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Pentatonic Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Shape 4
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have the first four notes of the fourth position of A minor pentatonic scale:
E,G,A,C
which gives us our fourth shape in the fourth position.
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Pentatonic Scale: Exploiting Shapes - Shape 5
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have the first four notes of the fifth position of A minor pentatonic scale:
G,A,C,D
which gives us our fifth shape in the fifth position.
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Seventh Arpeggios: Exploiting Shapes - Introduction
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Thanks for joining me!
What I'd like to do in this lesson is progress a little further with our arpeggio knowledge. Yes, we have already looked at seventh arpeggios however, as you will recall, the previous lesson was really concentrating on playin...
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Seventh Arpeggios: Exploiting Shapes - Major 7th
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have an A Major 7th Arpeggio with the formula:
1 3 5 7
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Seventh Arpeggios: Exploiting Shapes - Minor 7th
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have an A minor 7th arpeggio with the formula:
1 b3 5 b7
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Seventh Arpeggios: Exploiting Shapes - Dominant 7
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have an A Dominant 7th Arpeggio with the formula:
1 3 5 b7
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Seventh Arpeggios: Exploiting Shapes - Minor7b5
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have an A minor7b5 Arpeggio with the formula:
1 b3 b5 b7
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Seventh Arpeggios: Exploiting Shapes - Diminshed7th
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have an A diminished7th Arpeggio with the formula:
1 b3 b5 bb7
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Seventh Arpeggios - Introduction
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hey all, thanks for joining me!
In today's lesson we are going to be focusing on Seventh Arpeggios. What we are going to do is take 5 different 7th chord types:
1) Major7th
2) Minor7th
3) Dominant7th
4) Minor7b5
5) Diminished7th
and we are goi...
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Seventh Arpeggios - Major7th
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have an A Major 7th Arpeggio with the formula:
1 3 5 7
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Seventh Arpeggios - Minor7th
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have an A minor 7th arpeggio with the formula:
1 b3 5 b7
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Seventh Arpeggios - Dominant7th
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have an A Dominant 7th Arpeggio with the formula:
1 3 5 b7
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Seventh Arpeggios - Minor7b5
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have an A minor7b5 Arpeggio with the formula:
1 b3 b5 b7
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Seventh Arpeggios - Diminished7th
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Here we have an A diminished7th Arpeggio with the formula:
1 b3 b5 bb7
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Seventh Arpeggios - Backing track
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Ok, here's the backing track for you to practice the different shapes. We have 8 bars for each 7th chord in the same order as the lesson:
1) Major7th
2) Minor7th
3) Dominant7th
4) Minor7b5
5) Diminished7th
Best of Luck!
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Pentatonic Scales - Introduction
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Welcome to the Pentatonic Scale Tutorial!
The pentatonic scale is an extremely important scale and should be learned and respected by every guitarist. The pentatonic is a foundational scale, as many other scales are drawn and created from it.
The t...
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Pentatonic Scales - Position 1
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
With each scale position, we are going to play the pattern with eighth notes, then triplets, then sixteenth notes. The fingering you use is optional. Since these scales are 2-notes-per-string, I have a personal preference of just using two fingers: m...
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Pentatonic Scales - Position 2
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Now, let's examine the second position.
Position 2 is the position that primarily represents the Major key. So we can apply the same process as we did with Position 1 when we found the minor key on the fretboard.
For an example, let's say I wanted ...
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Pentatonic Scales - Position 3
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Out of all five positions, the 3rd position is the only one that spans across 5 frets, rather than 4. Use whatever fingering you find most comfortable and effective.
Then when you have it down, head on over to learn Position 4.
Position 3
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Pentatonic Scales - Position 4
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The 4th position is my personal favorite. I'm not exactly sure why, but I think it's just because I enjoy the playing opportunities that the patterns provide.
Once you have it down, head on over to the next lesson where we'll learn our last position...
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Pentatonic Scales - Position 5
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Alright, here is our last position. The patterns in this one are pretty simple as there aren't any drastic shape changes.
Now that you have the 5 positions down, let's work on blending them together in the next lesson.
Position 5
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Pentatonic Scales - Putting the Pieces Together
Instructor: Sean Conklin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Great job! If you've made it this far, that means you know the 5 positions of the pentatonic scale.
Now that you know the positions individually, it's time to start learning how to put them together. If you only practice and memorize the positions b...
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Basic Chord Forms
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
How well do you know your Major scale?
Can you play it all over the fretboard? In every key? Do you know where all the voicings of each particular major chord are? Do you know their inversions? Substitutions?
If the answer to all these questions is...
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CAGED Scale System G Major
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Now for the scales.
As you can see below we have a G major scale broken up into 5 Patterns. Each pattern has a corresponding voice of the G chord, one of each of the CAGED forms.
The logic in these forms will become evident after you spend some tim...
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CAGED Scale System D Major
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
D Major Scale - CAGED Scale System
OK guys. Here are your five patterns for the D Major scale. Remember to stay conscious of which chord form your playing over when you practice the pattern. Be it the C A G E or D form. This will help you visualize ...
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CAGED Scale System Bb Major
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Beginner
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Bb Major - CAGED Scale System
Here are your five patterns for the Bb Major scale. Remember to stay conscious of which chord form your playing over when you practice the pattern. Be it the C A G E or D form. This will help you visualize the different...
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Advanced Patterns and Sequences - Part 1
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
Alrighty then! Let's get cracking on the first sequence.
The whole sequence is based around the tonal centre of A dorian and while it is mainly diatonic, there are some additional passing notes present which make the sequence that little bit more in...
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Advanced Patterns and Sequences - Part 2
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
Ready to go with exercise 2? Good stuff!
OK, this exercise is based upon an A minor pentatonic scale which shifts positions using the 3rd finger. The best way to practice this pattern is to play the notes in the same order as indicated in the diagra...
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Advanced Patterns and Sequences - Part 3
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
Alrighty then! The next sequence is in the tonal centre of E and utilizes the notes of the E minor pentatonic scale. Pentatonic scales are more often than not, played as two note per string scales but here it requires 4 note per string pentatonic sha...
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Advanced Patterns and Sequences - Part 4
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
Thanks for joining me in sequence 4!
This sequence is based upon an A diminished scale. This scale is an octotonic scale and is sometimes called a whole/half scale. This is because the scale is built upon those intervals which re-occur every minor t...
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Advanced Patterns and Sequences - Part 5
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
This sequence is a particular favourite of mine and can actually be heard on my track 'Aftermath' which will be appearing on my new album. This main pattern is a suspended 2nd arpeggio with an added tapped 13th and it descends sequentially to create ...
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Advanced Patterns and Sequences - Part 6
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Rock
In sequence 6 we are in familiar ground again in that the sequence is based around the A minor pentatonic scale. The use of left hand slides give this sequence a very Asian flavour to it which is very pleasing to the ear. If we examine the diagram w...
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Harmonic Minor Modes - Introduction
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The Harmonic Minor scale is one of the 3 "traditional" minor scales that we use in music. The other 2 are the Aeolian mode (natural minor) and Melodic Minor. The other 2 "minor" scales that we use are the Phrygian and Dorian Modes
The Harmonic Min...
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Harmonic Minor Modes - Harmonic Minor
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The Harmonic Minor mode is usually used for soloing over minor chords. The character pitches of this mode are the minor 3rd, minor 6th and major 7th.
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1-2-b3-4-5-b6-7-8-9-b10-11-12-b13
Triadic chords from th...
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Harmonic Minor Modes - Locrian Natural 6
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The Locrian Natural 6 has a very dark sound to it because of the minor 2nd, minor 3d and diminished 5th. Like the Locrian mode, with this mode you can usually use over a min7b5 chord. Another cool fact about this mode is because of the b3, b5 and b7...
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Harmonic Minor Modes - Ionian #5
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The Ionian #5 is different than many of the other modes because even though it has a major 3rd and major 7th, which makes it out to have a major tonality, it has that #5 in it, which is a dissonant tone, so that alone makes this a mode that isn't use...
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Harmonic Minor Modes - Dorian #4
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The Dorian #4 is a very useful scale because while it has the minor 3, augmented 4 and minor 7 notes in it, which are all "blues" notes, it also has the minor 3rd and minor 7th, which means this mode can be used over minor and dominant chords as well...
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Harmonic Minor Modes - Phrygian-Dominant
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The Phrygian-Dominant scale is defined by the Major 3rd, minor 2nd, minor 6th and minor 7th. The minor 2nd will be heard as a b9 and the b6 as a #5 so any altered dominant chord that has these notes in them will work with this mode..
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Harmonic Minor Modes - Lydian #2
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The Lydian #2, like the Lydian and Ionian modes, have a major sound to them because of the major 3rd and major 7th. Because this mode has the augmented 2nd (same as the minor 3rd), this has a bluesy sound to it because the blues scale has a minor 3rd...
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Harmonic Minor Modes - Diminished
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
This is the last mode of the harmonic minor scale, and because it has so many alterations (everything except the root is flatted) the use of this mode is somewhat limited, so the main chord this mode is used over is the diminished 7th.
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Melodic Minor Modes - Introduction
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The Melodic Minor Scale is one of the 3 minor scales that you are going to encounter. This scale has two versions to it: the ascending version and the descending version. The ascending version can can be thought of as being a major scale with a lowe...
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Melodic Minor Modes - Melodic (Jazz) Minor
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
The first mode of the melodic minor scale is the one known to most people, which is simply known as the melodic minor scale. This mode is the same as the major scale except it has a minor 3rd to it. The character pitches of this mode are the minor 3r...
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Melodic Minor Modes - Dorian b2
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
This mode is just like the Dorian mode but the second is lowered. But because of this change, it is a lot harder to play this over minor chords so this mode isn't used very often.
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1-b2-b3-4-5-6-b7-8-b9-...
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Melodic Minor Modes - Lydian Augmented
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
This mode is the same as the Lydian mode, except that it has one alteration to it, which is that the perfect 5th is raised to make it an augmented 5th. This mode, along with the Ionian #5 is a good choice to use over maj7#5 chords.
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Melodic Minor Modes - Lydian Dominant
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
This mode is the same as the Lydian mode, but because it has a minor 7th in it, it makes this mode very useful when soloing over dominant chords, especially those with a b5 or #11. The character pitches in this mode are the 3, #4 and b7.
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Melodic Minor Modes - Mixolydian b6
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
This mode is the same as the mixolydian mode, but it has one alteration to it, which is the minor 6th that is added. You could also respell the minor 6th as an augmented 5th.
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1-2-3-4-5-b6-b7-8-9-10-11-12-b...
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Melodic Minor Modes - Locrian #2
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
This mode suggests a minor sound due to the b3rd and b7th pitches. However, the b6 and b5 cause tension in minor chords.
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1-2-b3-4-b5-b6-b7-8-9-b10-11-b12-b13
By stacking 3rds above the root, we get a l...
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Melodic Minor Modes - Super Locrian
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
This mode is probably the most important one used in jazz music because it contains every potential tension tone commonly heard in Dominant 7th chords. These notes are the b5, #5(b6), b9(b2) and #9(b3). This mode can also be thought of as the Altere...
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Symmetrical Scales - Whole Half / Diminished
Instructor: Mike Edwin
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
What are symmetrical scales?
Quite simply it is a scale that appears visually symmetrical.
Consider a Major scale. This scale is generally played in 5 or 7 different positions. Each position has its own unique fingering pattern. The Half Whole Tone...
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Synthetic Scales
Instructor: Robert Mussatti
Level: Advanced
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Any set of notes can be ordered in a logical way to form a scale. Our system of music theory divides the octave into 12 equal half-steps. Some composers have experimented with dividing the octave into smaller intervals. Using these quarter-tone in...
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Economy of Motion - Introduction to Economy Picking
Instructor: Rick Graham
Level: Intermediate
Topic: Scales
Style: Any Style
Hello and welcome to my new tutorial on Economy of motion. In this tutorial we will be focusing on the key elements required to play the guitar with the minimum amount of physical exertion.
In this first installment we will be looking at the techniq...
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