Some people find it easier to think in minor terms, and some find it. Dan cross is a professional guitarist and former private instructor who has experience teaching and playing various styles of music. Printable downloadable major pentatonic scale guitar chart. Another way to do this is by taking a look at the underlying chords within the 1 4 5 progression, and simply outlining chord shapes, but also using hammerpulls and slides from the major 3rd to the minor. The minor pentatonic scale is constructed from five notes of the natural minor scale.
Guitar pentatonic scales the 3 types of pentatonic scales, easy to. The best way to learn them is to choose one scale that appeals to you and spend a considerable amount of time an d energy practicing and thinking of ways in which you can use it. Click on the required key for scale notes and fret position diagrams in each key. The guitar major scale is happy upbeat and useful in a variety of styles of music.
That is, a natural minor scale without degrees 2 and 6. The minor pentatonic scale consists of the same 5 notes of the major pentatonic. Combining minor and major pentatonic scales guitarhabits. These charts map out the notes of a pentatonic scale on a mandolin fretboard. It is actually a major arpeggio with the 2nd and 6th added. The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. The two most common pentatonic scales are the major pentatonic and minor pentatonic scales.
To know how to play the major pentatonic we leave the three most common fingerings for this scale in the bass. The pentatonic scale works really well over simple chord progressions, and because its one of the easiest scales to learn, its usually the first scale taught. Now lets combine the notes of the minor pentatonic and major pentatonic scale and create some soloing ideas. The aeolian mode natural minor is the 6th mode of the major scale. You could play these licks over a iivv blues progression where a7 is the i. Free guitar scales pdf 84 scale and arpeggios chart. Learn exercises that will enable you to play the scales more musically, how to connect the patterns across the entire fretboard, and how the.
Com the 5 patterns of the major pentatonic scale for guitar. Before we get started, here are the 5 pentatonic boxes in the way i look at them. Overview of major and minor pentatonic piano scales. Guitar scales printable charts of the most commonly used. The intervals in minor pentatonic are root or 1, b3rd, 4th, 5th, and b7th.
The a minor pentatonic scale contains exactly the same notes as the c major pentatonic, were just starting from a different place. For each scale, you can learn a number of different shapes and patterns, depending on the zone of the fretboard youre working on. Master the minor pentatonic scale using the whole fretboard. If you were playing the c minor pentatonic you would play the notes c, eb, f, g, bb. D minor pentatonic has the same notes as f major pentatonic and so it goes. G major e minor pentatonic scale guitar scales the pentatonic scale is a favorite of many guitarists and its easy to see why. Learn how to mix the major and minor pentatonic scales guitar. The major pentatonic consists of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th notes of a major scale. Clicking here and on the image below will open a pdf file of the guitar major scale chart that prints nicely. Scale compendium, often referred to as the major 326 or minor 330 pentatonic scale 4, play the shapes found in the exercises, but replace the written notes with the notes of your chos en scale. Now youve got all 5 pentatonic scales mapped out in d minor. This lesson will help you build licks that move smoothly between the two scales, in a blues context but.
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. Major and minor pentatonic scales avoid significant harmonic dissonance by adverting this tritone. Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale degree of the major pentatonic scale shown above. There are major and minor pentatonic scales that share the. E d g b e a pentaton c minor scale box 1 glitarsik. Heres a free guitar scales pdf ebook 22 pages with plenty of scales and arpeggios patterns. Link to pdf file of all 5 positions of the minor pentatonic scale.
You can start with e minor pentatonic, but the same notes and patterns can also produce g major pentatonic. In the following lesson, youll learn to play the major and minor pentatonic scale in five positions, all over the guitar fretboard. Notice how both an e minor em chord and a g major chord fit into pentatonic pattern 1 in the open position. 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. Guitar scales printable charts of the most commonly used scales. Both the pentatonic major scale and minor scale have the same patterns. Get your free instant download of the pdf version of this guide now.
How to construct major and minor pentatonic scales music. This printable guitar method in pdf format contains 40 easy minor jazz guitar lines based on the dorian mode. Notice that the major pentatonic took 5 notes from the major scale, as we said, and were 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 degrees. The major pentatonic bass scale, as its name indicates, pentafive has 5 notes and is major. If you were to play a c major pentatonic scale you would play the notes c, d, e, g, a.
You might be wondering the difference between the the major and minor pentatonic scales. The scale illustrated on the right is the most common basic box position. To view the part 2 video, download the tablature, access the onscreen tab viewer, download the mp3 jam track, and the pdf files for this guitar. How to use the pentatonic scale as major and minor on the. Pdf total guitar the ultimate scale book guilherme mauricio. Using minor and major pentatonic together effectively minor and major pentatonic work great together in major keys and can say a lot more than if you were to just use one scale. The pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly used scales used in music. Major pentatonic scales in open position closed mobile major pentatonic scales forms horizontal scale forms although the scale forms above make it relatively easy to see how the scale relates to the underlying chord, they do not always o. Note that a minor pentatonic has identical notes with c major pentatonic but in different order. The major pentatonic scale guitar shapes and theory.
Pdf guitar scales major pentatonic download full pdf. Compare these scales c major pentatonic and a minor pentatonic with the c major and a minor scales, respectively. 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. It also helps to think of modes as major 3 or minor b3, which depends on the third. Play folk or bluegrass with a mandolin in the key of a scale. 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. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. For the most part, im going to deal with pentatonic scales, but you can do blues scales instead if you want.
Minor pentatonic shapes guitar scale overlapping life. At any point in your improvisation, you can always try jumping back and forth between the major and the minor pentatonicblues scales. The minor pentatonic scale consists of the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 7th notes of. The pentatonic scale is frequently used in lots of popular music styles. You can also download the chart as a pdf by entering your email here. If you were looking for minor pentatonics, here is the saxophone minor pentatonic scales guide. Using minor and major pentatonic together effectively.
The major pentatonic scale consists of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th notes of the major scale. Guitar major pentatonic scale chart printable pdf subject. It produces two types of tonalities major and minor and is one of the most commonly used scales in blues, pop and rock. 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. That will keep your root note of the minor pentatonic scale the same as the major pentatonic scale but theres a simpler way start with a major pentatonic scale notes. A minor pentatonic contains scale degrees 1, b3, 4, 5, and b7. Pentatonic scales are very common and are found in musical cultures all over the world. This lesson will help you build licks that move smoothly between the two scales, in a blues context but you can use what you learn in any style. The most important of these are both major and minor pentatonic. The pentatonic scale, major and minor free piano lessons. Printable pdf ebook method containing 40 major jazz guitar licks with tab, standard notation and audio files for beginners and.
As with all other guides in these series, we will focus in playing the scales on saxophone, specifically, how to finger the major pentatonic scale on the saxophone. The basics of the minor pentatonic scale for guitar soundfly. Later on we shall take a look at the minor pentatonic. Click here for instant access to the 17 page pentatonic scales chart. The pentatonic scale compendia found in section one list all three hundre d thirty pentatonic scales 2 that contain the note c. There are both pentatonic major and minor the minor is slightly more often used. To understand how this works, look at this example. Often they are the first scales students learn on their lead guitar journey. The two licks below use notes of both minor and major pentatonic scales. Sometimes its easier to think of a major pentatonic scale that starts and ends on degree 6.
Master pentatonic scales for guitar in 14 days will teach you the five 5 box patterns and two 2 extended patterns of the major and minor pentatonic scales, as well as their relative blues scales. If playing in c major use a minor pentatonic also know as c major pentatonic. If you are stuck in the pentatonic box then this is the way. The pentatonic scale can function as both major and minor on the guitar. Minor blues and major pentatonic scale created date. If the theory gets a bit much a digest, have a go at playing the scales and come back to the theory when you are ready. The way the guitar is tuned results in the offset on the 2nd string. As you will learn, these patterns can be transferred to all keys. Pentatonic scales are cleaner as far as diagrams so theyre a little easier to work with. Now, we will look at the major and minor pentatonic scales, and see how. For instance, lets take a look at the c major scale. The pattern for the major and minor scales are different. The minor pentatonic scale is 1, 3, 4, 5, 7 of the natural minor scale. The 14 most common and usable guitar scales printable and ready to use 1.
Next notice how each mode has one or two notes that makes it unique from the major or natural minor scale. In these bass scales pdf we leave you the three most common fingering to play well this pentatonic minor scale. Pentatonic scales with images pentatonic scale, guitar scales. Major and minor pentatonic scales on the guitar online. Well it all depends on where you start the pattern. We are going to take as tonic the 4th string in the fifth fret, in the pitch note a the numbers are the fingers of the left hand, so, we have to master 3 ways to start the scale, with fingers 1, 3 and 4. Link to guitar pro file of tab for the major pentatonic scale. The minor pentatonic penta five scale is a five note scale with no second or sixth degrees. The ebook contains the most important scales for beginners, such as major and minor, but shows also more advanced. A pentatonic minor scale box 3 tuned d g be glitarsik.
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