Movable Guitar Scale Patterns Pdf

Probably the greatest invention ever created for lead rock guitarists is the pentatonic scale.

Movable guitar scale patterns pdf. Caged pentatonic scale shapes. A whole step is two half steps or two frets on the guitar. I vi ii v 1625 target notes. On the guitar a half step is one fret.

Its construction and theory have spawned countless theoretical discussions but for rock guitar purposes it just sounds good. Dominant 7b9 arpeggio shapes. A half step is the distance from one note to the note immediately preceding or proceeding it in the chromatic scale. 2 string horizontal major scale.

Guitar lovers manual is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. With the below triad chord shapes the root note is marked in red. In other words every key has it s own unique scale pattern. This means you can easily transpose between musical keys without too much difficulty.

The chromatic scale is built entirely on half steps. 2 string horizontal major pentatonic scale. Barre chords power chords scales and patterns around the neck with ease. Of course in order to properly play the scale you would always start and end on the tonic note of the scale but i m just simply pointing out that each key is a different combination of white and black notes.

This means that guitar scale patterns are transposable or movable. I v vi iv 1564 target notes. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. Free pdf ebook to download.

This is the home position of the pentatonic. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the scales in all keys. Staying at home position the main position for the pentatonic scale is in 5th position. 84 guitar scales and arpeggios patterns.

1 3 1 3 slide scale fretboard pdf. Major and minor scales modals diminished triads and seventh arpeggios exotic scales and much more. One of the best things about playing the guitar is the ability to move shapes e g. If however you just want to learn the fingerings see below.

Note that if you re interested in learning the theory behind how these movable guitar chords are constructed head to the guitar chord theory section. It contains the sections chord scale and arpeggio. The major scale is made up of whole steps and half steps. Movable transposable guitar scale patterns.

Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated sound. Guitar scale patterns show where the fingers should be placed in relation to the starting point of the scale rather than showing the actual pitch of the notes to be played. For example here would be 3 different major scale patterns. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning.