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EASY GUITAR SCALES
Next we will look at the moveable Phrygian guitar scale, great for heavy metal.
PHRYGIAN SCALES
key of A
E__________________________________________________(5)__6__8__
B_________________________________________5__6__8_____________
G___________________________________5__7______________________
D________________________5__(7)__8____________________________
A_______________5__7__8_______________________________________
E____(5)__6__8________________________________________________
PHRYGIAN SCALES
key of E
E________________________________________________________________(12)__13__15__
B____________________________________________________12__13__15______
G____________________________________________12__14__________________
D______________________________12__(14)__15__________________________
A__________________12__14__15________________________________________
E____(12)__13__15____________________________________________________
PHRYGIAN SCALES
key of G
E______________________________________________________________(15)__16__18__
B__________________________________________________15__16__18______
G__________________________________________15__17__________________
D____________________________15__(17)__18__________________________
A________________15__17__18________________________________________
E__(15)__16__18____________________________________________________
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
When you think of a lick or a riff, think of it as being a part of a sentence. For the sentence to make any sense at all, all the parts that make up the sentence have to fit together. Music is the same way, the pieces have to all line up and fit together. Most of the time, with enough practice, your ears will let you know when the pieces fit or don't fit.
BLUES SLIDING GUITAR SCALES
pattern 1
key of G sliding scale
E______________________________________________10__12/(15)__
B__________________________________(8)__10/12________________
G____________________________7__9____________________________
D__________________(5)__7/9__________________________________
A____________5__7____________________________________________
E__(3)__5/7__________________________________________________
pattern 1
key of A sliding scale
E___________________________________________________12__14__(17)__
B______________________________________(10)__12/14________________
G_______________________________9__11_____________________________
D____________________(7)__9/11____________________________________
A______________7__9_______________________________________________
E____(5)__7/9_____________________________________________________
SLIDING PATTERN 2
key of G
E______________________________________________________(15)__17/19__
B______________________________________________15__17_______________
G_________________________________(12)__14/16_______________________
D_________________________12__14____________________________________
A____________(10)__12/14____________________________________________
E____10__12_________________________________________________________
Again, remember that all these guitar scales are moveable, simply line up the root (-) note in the scale with the note on your fretboard to change keys. Now let's look at two more sliding scales, both are minor pentatonic.
MINOR PENTATONIC SLIDING SCALE
key of A
E___________________________________________8__(10)/12__
B____________________________________8__10______________
G____________________________5__7/9_____________________
D____________________5__(7)_____________________________
A____________3__5/7_____________________________________
E____3__(5)_____________________________________________
key of D sliding scale
E____________________________________________________13__(15)/17__
B____________________________________________13__15_______________
G_________________________________10__12/14_______________________
D_______________________10__(12)___________________________________
A_____________8__10/12_____________________________________________
E____8__(10)_______________________________________________________
PATTERN 2
key of A sliding scale
E______________________________________________________15__(17)__
B___________________________________________13__15/17____________
G_________________________________12__(14)_______________________
D______________________10__12/14_________________________________
A____________10__(12)____________________________________________
E____10__12______________________________________________________
KEY OF D sliding scale
E______________________________________________8__(10)__
B_____________________________________6__8/10___________
G_____________________________5__(7)____________________
D_____________________3__5/7____________________________
A_____________3__(5)____________________________________
E____3__5_______________________________________________
BLUES GUITAR SCALE - THE ART OF SHIFTING
When you think of it, it really is an art, shifting from one position on the neck to another position, all the time staying within the same key. The first question is, why shift at all? I already know my box positions.
While it is good to know your box positions, once you learn how to shift positions, staying in the same key, it will open up much more of the fretboard to you, thus allowing you to be much more creative in your playing.
Here is a perfect example of what I mean by shifting, its the Blue scale, in key of A.
Key of A_____________________shift_______________shift_
E____________________________10__8_________________
B___________________________________10__8__________
G_____________________________________________9/7__
D________________5__7/10____________________________
A__________5__7_____________________________________
E____5__8___________________________________________
We stay in the key of A, but we are moving or shifting, using the same notes but in different places on the fretboard. We end up with a much more richer tone then if we simply stayed with one box position.
Now let's look at a simple single shift in the key of G.
Key of G__________________________shift_______
E_____________________________________________
B_______________________________________6__8__
G_________________________3____5__6__7________
D___________________3__5______________________
A__________3__4__5____________________________
E____3__6_____________________________________
Here is a three octave Blues scale in key of G.
key of G__________________shift___________________________shift__
E______________________________________________8__9____10__13__15
B____________________________________6__8__11____________________
G_______________________3___5__6__7______________________________
D_________________3__5___________________________________________
A________3__4__5_________________________________________________
E__3__6__________________________________________________________
Now here is a two octave blues scale that simply moves along in a different pattern.
E____________________________________________
B_________________________________________8__
G__________________________________7__10_____
D_________________3__5__8__10__11____________
A________3__4__5_____________________________
E__3__6______________________________________
And here is one last example of a 3 octave Blues scale with shifting patterns.
E_________________________________________________8__9___10__13__15__
B__________________________________________8__11_____________________
G___________________________________7__10____________________________
D_________________3__5___8__10__11___________________________________
A________3__4__5_____________________________________________________
E__3__6______________________________________________________________
Again, by knowing the notes in any scale, along with the notes on your fretboard, you can use this knowledge to put together your own scale patterns with shifting positions put in where you want them.
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