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Advanced Guitar Player's Compendium of Scales and Modes for Guitarists aims to provide Online Reference Material along with downloadable Guitar Pro Tabs and PDF files for every scale that is useful for the modern guitarist.
I aim to tab and analize the Major Scale and its Modes, the Harmonic and Melodic Minor Scales ... the Diminished, Whole Tone and Chromatic Scales - - - not forgetting the Blues and BeBop Scales.
However, as Advanced Guitar Player is a Guitarist's Website and the AGP Guitar Scales Compendium is a long-term project, it makes sense to begin with our beloved pentatonic scale - much maligned but eternally useful.
Here are the links to sections on the Major Pentatonic Scale and the Minor Pentatonic Scale.
As it is so closely related to the Minor Pentatonic, the Six-Note Blues Scale (as opposed to the seven-note and nine-note variations) is next up.
I've just started work on the Major Scales and Modes!
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Scales and Modes -
The Major Scale - Ionian Mode
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Written by Simon Harris
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Thursday, 02 December 2010 10:06 |
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The Ab Major Scale is a Diatonic Scale made up of the notes Ab-Bb-C-Db-Eb-F-G-Ab (W, W, H, W, W, W, H). If you find yourself playing Modal Jazz Guitar, you may here it referred to as the Ionian Mode of G Major.
The guitar tab image below shows the A Flat Major Scale in five positions on the guitar fretboard - for reasons of space the sixth position starting at the thirteenth fret is not shown here but is included in the downloadable guitar pro tab and the pdf file.
The fingering and positions shown are just one of many possibilities so you should experiment with playing the scale in other positions on the guitar fretboard and with other fingerings.
However, as the tablature shows, the way I normally practice a scale is to run up the fretboard 'grabbing' the scale in whatever octave I find it in the closest position possible.
In the case of A Flat Major Ionian, I have shown one option in Open Position and then with my first finger on the Third, Fifth, Seventh and Tenth Frets respectively - these routines give me enough flexibility to find the notes I need wherever I am on the fretboard in real soloing guitar situations.
These Guitar Major Scale Tabs were created using the Guitar Pro 6 Tab Editor and Player.
Click Here To Visit The Guitar Pro Website and Download a Free Trial Copy of the Program
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Last Updated on Thursday, 02 December 2010 10:16 |
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Scales and Modes -
The Major Scale - Ionian Mode
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Written by Simon Harris
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Thursday, 02 December 2010 09:40 |
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The G Major Scale is a Diatonic Scale made up of the notes G-A-B-C-D-E-F#-G (W, W, H, W, W, W, H). If you find yourself playing Modal Jazz Guitar, you may here it referred to as the Ionian Mode of G Major.
The guitar tab image below shows the G Major Scale in five positions on the guitar fretboard - for reasons of space the sixth position starting at the ninth fret is not shown here but is included in the downloadable guitar pro tab and the pdf file.
The fingering and positions shown are just one of many possibilities so you should experiment with playing the scale in other positions on the guitar fretboard and with other fingerings.
However, as the tablature shows, the way I normally practice a scale is to run up the fretboard 'grabbing' the scale in whatever octave I find it in the closest position possible.
In the case of G Major Ionian, I have shown two possibilities in Open Position and then with my first finger on the Second, Fourth, and Thirteenth Frets respectively - these routines give me enough flexibility to find the notes I need wherever I am on the fretboard in real soloing guitar situations.
These Guitar Major Scale Tabs were created using the Guitar Pro 6 Tab Editor and Player.
Click Here To Visit The Guitar Pro Website and Download a Free Trial Copy of the Program.
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Last Updated on Thursday, 02 December 2010 10:20 |
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Scales and Modes -
The Major Scale - Ionian Mode
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Written by Simon Harris
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Thursday, 02 December 2010 09:08 |
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The Gb Major Scale is a Diatonic Scale made up of the notes Gb-Ab-Bb-Cb-Db-Eb-F-Gb (W, W, H, W, W, W, H). If you find yourself playing Modal Jazz Guitar, you may here it referred to as the Ionian Mode of Gb Major.
The guitar tab image below shows the G Flat Major Scale in five positions on the guitar fretboard - for reasons of space the sixth position starting at the twelfth fret is not shown here but is included in the downloadable guitar pro tab and the pdf file.
The fingering and positions shown are just one of many possibilities so you should experiment with playing the scale in other positions on the guitar fretboard and with other fingerings.
However, as the tablature shows, the way I normally practice a scale is to run up the fretboard 'grabbing' the scale in whatever octave I find it in the closest position possible.
In the case of G Flat Major Ionian, I have shown two possibilities in First Position and then with my first finger on the Sixth, Eighth, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Frets respectively - these routines give me enough flexibility to find the notes I need wherever I am on the fretboard in real soloing guitar situations.
These Guitar Major Scale Tabs were created using the Guitar Pro 6 Tab Editor and Player.
Click Here To Visit The Guitar Pro Website and Download a Free Trial Copy of the Program.
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Scales and Modes -
The Major Scale - Ionian Mode
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Written by Simon Harris
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Wednesday, 01 December 2010 08:58 |
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The F# Major Scale is a Diatonic Scale made up of the notes F#-G#-A#-B-C#-D#-E#-F# (W, W, H, W, W, W, H). If you find yourself playing Modal Jazz Guitar, you may here it referred to as the Ionian Mode of F# Major.
The guitar tab image below shows the F Sharp Major Scale in five positions on the guitar fretboard - for reasons of space the sixth position starting at the twelfth fret is not shown here but is included in the downloadable guitar pro tab and the pdf file.
The fingering and positions shown are just one of many possibilities so you should experiment with playing the scale in other positions on the guitar fretboard and with other fingerings.
However, as the tablature shows, the way I normally practice a scale is to run up the fretboard 'grabbing' the scale in whatever octave I find it in the closest position possible.
In the case of F Sharp Major Ionian, I have shown two possibilities in First Position and then with my first finger on the Sixth, Eighth, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Frets respectively - these routines give me enough flexibility to find the notes I need wherever I am on the fretboard in real soloing guitar situations.
These Guitar Major Scale Tabs were created using the Guitar Pro 6 Tab Editor and Player.
Click Here To Visit The Guitar Pro Website and Download a Free Trial Copy of the Program.
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Scales and Modes -
The Major Scale - Ionian Mode
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Written by Simon Harris
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Wednesday, 01 December 2010 08:13 |
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The F Major Scale is a Diatonic Scale made up of the notes F-G-A-Bb-C-D-E-F (W, W, H, W, W, W, H). If you find yourself playing Modal Jazz Guitar, you may here it referred to as the Ionian Mode of F Major.
The guitar tab image below shows the F Major Scale in five positions on the guitar fretboard - for reasons of space the sixth position starting at the twelfth fret is not shown here but is included in the downloadable guitar pro tab and the pdf file.
The fingering and positions shown are just one of many possibilities so you should experiment with playing the scale in other positions on the guitar fretboard and with other fingerings.
However, as the tablature shows, the way I normally practice a scale is to run up the fretboard 'grabbing' the scale in whatever octave I find it in the closest position possible.
In the case of F Major Ionian, I have shown two possibilities in Open Position and then with my first finger on the Fifth, Seventh, Tenth, and Twelfth Frets respectively - these routines give me enough flexibility to find the notes I need wherever I am on the fretboard in real soloing guitar situations.
These Guitar Major Scale Tabs were created using the Guitar Pro 6 Tab Editor and Player.
Click Here To Visit The Guitar Pro Website and Download a Free Trial Copy of the Program.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 December 2010 08:23 |
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