The Minor Pentatonic Scale Positions on Guitar

The Minor Pentatonic Scale Positions on Guitar

The minor pentatonic scale tends to be the first scale you ever learn on guitar, even before the major scale, and for good reason. It’s a great scale to quickly get into soloing and improvising, especially in styles like rock or blues.

In this lesson, we’ll be exploring these five different minor pentatonic guitar scale patterns.

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The Major Scale on Guitar

The Major Scale on Guitar

The major scale is perhaps the most important scale you can learn. First and foremost, the major scale is the basis of thousands of the most memorable melodies and songs you’ve ever heard, making it one of the most easily recognizable sequences of notes in music. From a music theory standpoint, the major scale is like the measuring ruler of music.

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Defining the Distances - Whole Step and Half Step

Defining the Distances - Whole Step and Half Step

To better understand guitar theory on the fretboard you need to memorize the two units of measurement for distances between notes - the whole step (tone) and half step (semitone). In this lesson, we'll be learning exactly what they are and where they occur in the musical alphabet.

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