The aeolian mode starts on the sixth scale degree of the major scale, and is also known as the natural minor scale. This scale is transpositional and can be played in, and should be practiced in, all keys. The exercises in this book use the major scale, pentatonic scale, blues scale, and chromatic scale. To build the minor pentatonic scaled, youll first need to know how to build the natural minor scale. You can play the major pentatonic scale over almost any major or dominant chord without clashing with the chord. Its a great scale because its fairly easy to play which makes it a perfect beginner scale for soloing, but it also has the functionality to develop, expand, and improve your skills. The aeolian mode, or natural minor scale, is used in various styles of music and is a great way to introduce modal improvisation and tonality. I have more guitar scale generators coming soon so be sure to subscribe below if you want to be notified when they are released. A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to the heptatonic. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning.
I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the scales in all keys. The minor pentatonic scale of a key can be found and played in the same pattern 3 frets below the major scale. Pentatonic scale has notes that when played generate a pleasant melody, even if it is just the. Debussy, pentatonicism, and the tonal tradition pdf. The lesson steps then explain how to construct the scale using the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th major scale notes. The minor pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly scales used in rock, blues, country and jazz music. Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale degree of the major pentatonic scale shown above. This will help you learn how to play melodies and chords on a guitar and bass within the key of c pentatonic. Instead of annoying, creepy, privacyinvading ads, popups, or selling your data. Lets take a look at what makes the aeolian mode so unique. Comping with pentatonic scales now there is a ocean of online, magazine, and video lessons about how to comp with pentatonic scales. A major pentatonic scale comes from a major scale by removing the 4th and 7th degrees. Major pentatonic scale pattern 15 for guitars fingerings.
If you start at the g on the 3rd fret of the low e string youll get a g major pentatonic scale. Sweet home alabama by lynyrd skynyrd was a great example of this type of song. A minor pentatonic contains scale degrees 1, b3, 4, 5, and b7. Bass scales chart a free printable bass guitar scales. However the major g pentatonic scale pattern is the exact same pattern in the same fret position. Pentatonic scales for guitar a pentatonic scale has just 5 notes. Pentatonic scales are the scale shortcut there are a few reasons that the pentatonic scales are the short cut for the scales. There are a total of 430 finger exercises in this book. Note interval a root c minor third d perfect fourth e perfect fifth g minor seventh. The solution below shows the d major pentatonic scale on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. Major pentatonic scales in open position closed mobile major pentatonic scales forms horizontal scale forms although the scale forms above make it. When we hear the seventh scale degree in the context of a piece of. The minor pentatonic scale uses the 1a, 3c, 4d, 5e, 7g notes of the 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. So basically, as with major scales, the minor pentatonic scale is the relative 6th minor of the major pentatonic scale. Scroll down to download a printable pdf version of the chart, with no login or signup required. If you are playing in a major key, then use the relative minor pentatonic scale. The first position e shape its because its the most comfortable shape to play in. The major pentatonic is formed with 5 notes and its origin would come from the major scale which has seven notes. Printable downloadable major pentatonic scale guitar chart. Well take a closer look at each of the new patterns below. Com the 5 patterns of the major pentatonic scale for guitar. So, let us deconstruct this scale and look at the intervals that make up a minor pentatonic scale. Guitarists with an interest in learning to play lead guitar must learn their pentatonic scales. 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.
What i wanted to play was extended 16th note pentatonic. 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. Pentatonic scales have found their home in the hearts of jazz, blues, and. Guitar major pentatonic scale chart printable pdf subject. There are three ways youll want to learn your major pentatonic scale forms.
Above is the a major pentatonic scale shown in 5 positions. Chord progressions for minor pentatonic soloing guitarhabits. Dec, 20 a lot of guitar players use only one pentatonic position shape. The natural minor is the aeolian mode of the relative major scale. May 12, 2019 the minor pentatonic scale is the most used scale for soloing and it is used in a wide variety of music styles like pop, rock, country, metal, blues and more. The pentatonic scale compendia found in section one list all three hundre d thirty pentatonic scales 2 that contain the note c. This entry was posted in resource and tagged 3 notes per string, arpeggio, chord, download, fingering, maj7, major 7th, minor pentatonic, pdf, pentatonic scale, positions, scale on october 12, 2014 by jens. Two notes per string the pentatonic is an ideal scale for the beginner and experienced pro alike because it only has two notes per string. However, we usually use the term referring to the pentatonic scales derived from the circle of fifths lesson soon, i. Below is a download link for the pentatonic scale pdf. They show the scales as played on a 4 string bass with standard tuning. Min6th pentatonic scales in positions it is also available as a pdf download.
Pentatonic scales pdf and instructional video guitar alliance. The pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly used scales used in music. This article and interactive web app help you learn all of the pentatonic scale diagrams. Everything in this book is presented in the key of a minor so that you can see how it all relates together and so that you can begin to string licks together into larger ideas. Scale diagrams can also be labeled with either letters or scale degrees. Various positions of the major pentatonic scale pattern 15 for guitars with fingerings on the guitar neck.
These charts highlight the notes and chords of e pentatonic scale on guitar and bass fretboard. A minor pentatonic scale 1st pattern the notes of the a minor pentatonic scale. The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. Many translated example sentences containing pentatonic scale german english dictionary and search engine for german translations. This makes it relatively easy to remember and also is great for hammerons and pulloffs. Click graphic to play audio deactivate arrows on your keyboard for page navigation with alt k. Pentatonic scales with images pentatonic scale, guitar scales. Pentatonic scale shape exercises around the fretboard. Each of the five chapters focuses on 1 of the 5 patterns of the caged system. Because this pattern has an e as the first note this is pattern 1 of the e minor pentatonic scale and all other minor pentatonic scales. Mastering pentatonic scale theory welcome to the learning pentatonic scales page at gmc run by yours truly, the professor. As you may know g major contains three minor pentatonic scales.
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. The pdf is for members only, so youll need to login to download it. Pentatonic scales have only five notes penta means five. Any scale of five notes per octave can be regarded as a pentatonic, hence its name penta. A minor pentatonic it is important that if you are going to learn to improvise with this scale that you learn how it sounds.
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. The blues scale minor pentatonic and the major pentatonic. Caged does a great job of associating major chords with pentatonic scale positions, but you. It tabs out the pentatonic scales in all 12 major and minor keys. So a major pentatonic scale consists of only the 1 2 3. The solution below shows the e major pentatonic scale on the piano, treble clef and bass clef. Use the e minor pentatonic scale when playing 12 bar blues in. In case you are not able to use the apps above, i have also included all the fretboard diagrams for the pentatonics in standard tuning for all keys in a downloadable pdf. The pentatonic scale chose 5 from these notes and created another scale, this is why it is called penta. Pentatonic scale and the blues scale and highlights the characteristics of each scale with useful licks and exercises. The root notes in this case a, are shown by the black dots, the other notes in the scale are shown by the red dots. However, it starts on the tonic 1st note of the scale of g.
Diagonal pentatonic scale patterns by paul tauterouff. Get your free instant download of the pdf version of this guide now. Major pentatonic scales in open position closed mobile major pentatonic scales forms horizontal. This week i run through the underlying principles that exist in all pentatonic scales on the guitar pdf attached below. Major pentatonic scale pattern 15 fingerings in a major root. These are the four most common scales in pop and rock music. The seventh scale degree is a half step away from the tonic. In these bass scales pdf we leave you the three most common fingering to play well this pentatonic minor scale.
Show me chords that sound good with an e minor pentatonic scale. The pentatonic scale is use primarily used for soloing. The a minor pentatonic comes from the natural minor scale. Guitar scales the pentatonic scale is a favorite of many guitarists and its easy to see why. Apr 14, 2010 mix the blues scale minor pentatonic and the major pentatonic scales on the guitar youtube. Each one connects to the next and continues down and up the fretboard. You just need to know how the root note changes in the pattern. Chapter 6 major scales and key signatures 1 the seventh scale degree ti is a step below the tonic, so following the previous logic it should be called the subtonic. Thats great if you start out with soloing, in fact its better to stay with that for a while to explore all the possibilities and to really be able to improvise with that one shape. Each lick is written in standard notation and guitar tab, and comes with an audio tracka to download so that you can hear. The pentatonic scale is used both for soloing, and for basing song riffs around.
If playing in c major use a minor pentatonic also know as c major pentatonic. These charts highlight the notes and chords of c pentatonic scale on guitar and bass fretboard. For your convenience, i have included a pdf of all the pentatonics. May 06, 2014 the minor pentatonic scale is the scale youll hear most often when you hear a guitar solo. You build the natural minor scale by taking the major scale and flattening the following scale degrees.
If you are playing in a minor key, use that minor pentatonic. The pentatonic scale is a very powerful tool on guitar. To get this pattern in a different key just shift it. As you will learn, these patterns can be transferred to all keys. In order to form the pentatonic it is necessary to remove two notes from the major scale, these are the 4th and 7th of the scale. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here. Major pentatonic scale diagrams beginning on each of the 12 chromatic tones. Finger one is the key of the major pentatonic say g and the 3rd. For a quick summary of this topic, have a look at pentatonic scale. The pentatonic scale is a major scale excluding the 4th and 7th degrees. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in. The scales are used often for composing melodies and for improvisation. This will help you learn how to play melodies and chords on a guitar and bass within the key of e pentatonic.
A tab example has been provided for each of the new 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. The bass scales chart below shows three common bass scales pentatonic minor, blues and major as patterns on a fretboard. In the diagram below the first pentatonic scale pattern is shown together with four more patterns.