The modes of the major scale play a fundamental role in jazz improvisation. The pdf for this session will be great to practice building speed. In his chronicle of my musical life rimskykorsakov mentions the use he made of an 8tone scale, formed by alternating major and minor seconds. Com the five major scale patterns each one connects to the next and continues down and up the fretboard. If you want to download a pdf of the scales then you can do so by signing up. For instance if you start the major scale on the 6th note you are playing the natural minor scale and the 3rd degree of the minor scale is the major scale. T hese shapes m ay be played anywhere on the guitar neck. The ebook contains the most important scales for beginners, such as major and minor, but shows also more advanced.
Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. E b g d a e two octave major scale starting on the sixth string. Major scale caged harmonic minor scale caged melodic minor. This pdf download sheet contains the modes of the major scale in all keys. Audio example 3 c l i c k h e r e t o p l a y e x a m p l e 3.
Scale exercises all written in the key of c major, to be transposed through all keys. The 5 patterns of the major pentatonic scale for guitar. G major e minor pentatonic scale guitar scales the pentatonic scale is a favorite of many guitarists and its easy to see why. Heres a free guitar scales pdf ebook 22 pages with plenty of scales and arpeggios patterns. Check out, patterns for jazz by jerry coker, james casale, gary campbell, jerry greene. For each scale, you can learn a number of different shapes and patterns, depending on the zone of the fretboard youre working on. The 12 major scales provide the foundation for further scales study.
Guitar major pentatonic scale chart printable pdf subject. Pdf total guitar the ultimate scale book guilherme. Take time to learn these scales so that you can play them by memory without the music. Major and minor scales, modals, diminished, triads and seventh arpeggios, exotic scales. I used this book as one of my references for these six patterns, and i think its a great resource. Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. We will have a much more detailed discussion of modes when we talk about applying major scales at the end of the next. Major scales keyboard fingerings cmajor c d e f g a b c rh 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5.
It is further possible to split the chromatic scale into a diminished triad, a minor triad, a major triad, and an augmented triad. Modes, to be played through all keys and spanning the. Major scale modes each note in a scale can be considered the root. The circled dots are the scales keynotes or tonic notes. In this guitar lesson well take a look at a nice sounding melodic pattern. Major and minor pentatonic scales avoid significant harmonic dissonance by adverting this tritone. For a start, you should begin by committing patterns 1, 4 and 5 to your memory. Each one connects to the next and continues down and up the fretboard. It makes extensive use of third intervals, and also makes for a great exer. Practice major scales like this and you will get more out of it. T he five basic major scale patterns derived from the chart at left. Here is an overview of the major scale in the key of c, using the caged system. A set of 5 scale patterns, and 4 extended scales for major, minor, harmonic minor, pentatonic minor and pentatonic major scales. For jazzers, pentatonic scale and major scale patterns are found in the solos of wes montgomery, john coltrane, pat.