The blues scale is one of the first guitar scales we explore on the guitar when learning how to solo. The scales are used often for composing melodies and for improvisation. A major pentatonic scal 2nd position as you can see, we are playing both scales in the same place on the neck of the guitar. They are usually the first scales beginner guitarists learn to play. How to play the minor and major blues scales with solo examples. For your convenience, i have included a pdf of all the pentatonics. F jazz blues comping jazz chords and concepts guitar. Guitar lovers manual chords, arpeggios and scales pdf with. The 10 best blues guitar chords chord progressions, 12. Using blues guitar scales how to play over dominant 7th chords. Blues guitar spotlight other handy stuff slow down guitar. Nov 06, 2015 learn how to become a better guitar player by using scales to connect your chords.
Blues scales blues is an irresistible tonality for a guitar player. My goal with this report, and the accompanying videos, is to hopefully help you with your mental model of. Why learning more than one scale pattern is beneficial. The standard 12bar blues is a iivv chord progression most typically divided into three fourbar segments. Gordon is he feels, one of his most important books because of the nature of the blues scale and how it is used. There is no wrong note, but some will sound better, some not so good. Scale combining through hybrid scales in this lesson here, we take a look at another way to combine scales that differs from the type of scale combining you see in this lesson here. One of the most common sticking points with people learning to solo in blues is this concept of switching between the major and the minor blues sounds. Blues notes are scale tones that are adjusted slightly from their normal major scale. Nov 12, 2014 i got a request for this lesson after having done this lesson on developing your comping ideas. In this lesson, were going to look at theory of how the blues scale is made. Read on for a complete blues scale guitar lesson what youll learn.
T he pentatonic scales are a staple of modern rock, blues and pop music. Were going to explore various chords from my newest gospelkeys tm 202 course dont worry if you dont have this course yet. Jul 17, 2017 mixolydian is one easy way to merge major and minor pentatonic and can give your blues guitar licks a real sweetness. Well work our way around combining scales with chords through the i v vi iv progression and as a number of songs will use this method. Companion to the blues scale guitar lesson and chart. Playing the chords on a jazz blues is a great way to start your journey into jazz guitar. The two licks below use notes of both minor and major pentatonic scales. You dont want to have to recite your entire scale just to know that the 7th tone of db is c.
Click here to learn more in our previous two lessons, we went over the major scale and the minor pentatonic scale. Combine chords from the caged system with pentatonic scales to. If youve been following me for some time, you know that i love to teach students how to master systems and patterns this lesson is no different. On this page youll find all my free tabs pdf s the videos for these tabs are on the page free guitar tabvideos if you like the free tabs on this page, please consider donating via paypal using the button below. The advantage is that you can play every time every note of the scale.
If you are wishing to order the pdf mp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only. Sing scales, root notes of chords, licks, solos etc. Mixolydian is one easy way to merge major and minor pentatonic and can give your blues guitar licks a real sweetness. Pdf 22591 0 tg guitar chord secrets dipanjan chatterjee. Make sure the root 1 of these scales is the same note as the 1 chords root. Combine chords from the caged system with pentatonic scales to play the. However it always has that same dark classic minor pentatonic sound. Use the form below to select one or more scales, hit go, and the harmonizer will tell you what chords will sound good when played with the selected scales. On this page youll find blues scale guitar tab, patterns and notation that will allow you to play blues scales all over the guitar neck. An introduction to triads country music halloffamer, harlan howard gave us the line, country music is three chords and the truth.
Among the most popular scales are the minor pentatonic, blues and modes ivii. Combining minor and major pentatonic scales guitarhabits. You can strum your guitar and play a few of your favorite songs, but youre ready to take the tunes to the next level. The guitar scales are divided into different groups. This chord progression is based around the most important chords. Guitar basics of chords, keys, and scales upfront worship. Now lets combine the notes of the minor pentatonic and major pentatonic scale and create some soloing ideas.
Its a continuation of my modes for dummies lesson in which i presented my method. Chords that sound good with c blues scales jguitars harmonizer allows you to easily identify chords and scales that will sound good when played together. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the blues scales in all. How to play blues rhythm guitar like the blues masters. If you are wishing to order the pdfmp3 files please go to the correct page as this product is for the pdf file only. Blues progressions are almost exclusively played in 44 time and dominated by the root i chord, with the iv and v chords providing that extra bit of flavor to keep things interesting.
You can not only play pentatonic scales to blues music, but also to rock, pop and even jazz music. If you dont know how to form the chords in a scale, first watch this vide. Introduction major progressions with primary chords only major progressions. There are a million ways to express your emotions through the minor pentatonic and use it for your soloing. Many highly advanced blues guitarists make use of not one single scale, but combine many different scales to make their sound stand out more. Lesson 3 the metronome practice chords, scales and licks 101.
Learn how to become a better guitar player by using scales to connect your chords. April 1, 2020 no comments if you love the blues or simply want to learn more about how to play great sounding blues chords on the guitar, this post is for you. Scales for guitars, guitar scales english guitar encyclopaedia. In fact there are so many other scales that we can use to solo over a blues progression, that it would be a pitty to only use one scale all of the time. Chords that sound good with e blues scales jguitars harmonizer allows you to easily identify chords and scales that will sound good when played together. Microsoft word majorminor blues scales boxes guitar. Welcome to the seventh video of the blues guitar quickstart series. How to combine chords and couples to create endless possibilities. Use the form below to select one or more scales, hit go, and the harmonizer will tell you what chords will.
I like to think of triads as three notes and the truth. Thanks for joining us for handson jazz guitar, volume 14. Guitar virtuosity for the everyday man 2 advanced rhythm 93 lesson 1 stylistic rhythms 94. This lesson shows you how to play between the two scales smoothly with lick examples and key. The blues scale is a minor, hexatonic scale with the scale degrees 1 3 4 5 5 7 named after the american music genre blues from which it originates. On this page youll find all my free tabs pdfs the videos for these tabs are on the page free guitar tabvideos if you like the free tabs on this page, please consider donating via paypal using the button below. Were going to explore various chords from my newest gospelkeys tm 202 course dont worry if you dont have this course yet ill post the chords i want to use below. In the next lick we use the major pentatonic scale in 2nd position and the minor pentatonic scale in box position.
In this video i will go over a 3 step process where you learn some basic jazz blues comping and turn them into tools that you can use to comp more freely and develop your own chord vocabulary. The sound i was able to download but the tab section wouldnt download. In this lesson we will expand the blues scale two frets in each direction thus combining three box shapes and doubling the playing area. Combine the pentatonic scales with the caged system to play blues. Guitar lovers manual is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. Apr 20, 2017 playing the chords on a jazz blues is a great way to start your journey into jazz guitar. Home scales blues scales 12 blues guitar scales beyond pentatonics this lesson will explore the many different blues guitar scales used in all the blues subgenres. The scale is used in many different styles of music, such as rock, blues, and jazz. Combine the pentatonic scales with the caged system to play blues guitar. Blues chords and pentatonic blues scales mixed together june 20, 2019 19 comments by griff its typical for many people to use good old box 1 because it lines up with the classic root on the 6th string barre chord shape that we all know and love. There are a total of 430 finger exercises in this book. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated sound.
Its an awesome scale and sounds great, no doubt about it. Guitar scales guitar tabs guitar chords music guitar playing guitar blue guitar guitar riffs guitar notes learning guitar this scale reigns supreme as the chief source for carving those majorminor bluesbased licks that sound so good over dominant chords. Chords are shown above the line of music as the chord name. Hybrid scales zombie guitar a really cool guitar site. For example, if the progression was e, a, b 1 4 5, e would be the root of our scale. The idea is to give a set of materials that is easy to learn and still give you the ability to play the blues so that you can really hear the changes, which is a necessary skill if you want to be able to play jazz as a style. Aug 07, 2015 the minor pentatonic is the most important scale in blues and rock music. These chords, riffs and scales can be expanded in a. Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues and over iivv changes. Combining the major scale with the minor pentatonic turning scales into solos part 4 david hodge guitar lessons 12 bar blues, guitar columns by david hodge, how to play guitar solos, scales and modes for guitar, turning scales into solos.
A major blues scale guitar tabs online guitar lessons. Olav torvunds guitar pages chord progressions book of the month january 2005 happy traum. With this scales you can play your first blues licks. Tabs, fingerings, box patterns, licks, pdf and more. You could play these licks over a iivv blues progression where a7 is the i chord, d7 iv chord and e7 v chord. Gordon is he feels, one of his most important books because of the nature of the blues scale and how it is used to improvise in many styles of contemporary music. The exercises in this book use the major scale, pentatonic scale, blues scale, and chromatic scale. Often new players are drawn to the instrument because of a desire to play the blues. You now combine the scale fingerings and lines from this lesson in a blues guitar solo. To play the blues is a fascinating undertaking because it can be both simplistic and yet intangibly tricky to. Guitar scales guitar tabs guitar chords music guitar playing guitar blue guitar guitar riffs guitar notes learning guitar this scale reigns supreme as the chief source for carving those majorminor blues based licks that sound so good over dominant chords.
These are the four most common scales in pop and rock music. The minor pentatonic is the most important scale in blues and rock music. So, to combine the scales and see what it sounds like, lets play the following lick no. Soloing with the combined minormajor pentatonic scales. How to combine the major and minor pentatonic scales. I got a request for this lesson after having done this lesson on developing your comping ideas. As youll learn in this ebook, there are countless ways to form blues riffs and be creative with them. All the scales featured on this page work over the standard 1 4 5 blues progressions, but ive made it clear when a scale can be used in a minor key, major key, or both. Aug 12, 2019 on this page youll find blues scale guitar tab, patterns and notation that will allow you to play blues scales all over the guitar neck. Basic blues guitar scales embellishing minor pentatonic these scales work well over both major and minor key blues progressions. This scale is the 7th mode of melodic minor or, simply put, the melodic minor scale a. Yes, you want to be that fast with all your major scales. Approaching the iv chord in a blues pdf includes tab. Major and minor blues scales guitar tab and essential licks.
Here youll find all the church modes like ionian, dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian and locrian. The examples well look at are there to spark your creativity in your rhythm guitar playing. Johnny demonstrates a very helpful bending exercise combining two. How to combine chords and couples to create endless. Two worlds how to combine the benefits of using arpeggios with the ease of.
The guitar scales chart book features all of the widelyused guitar scales pentatonic, blues, etc. Learn guitar scales and chord progressions from berklee college of music. This lesson comes with 3 diagram pdfs, tablature, and the mp3 jam track so that. The following is how i visualize scale patterns for blues soloing. Using minor and major pentatonic together effectively fretjam. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. King of all guitar scales blues scale feature guitar lesson what is the blues scale.
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