The Ultimate Scale Book (pocket Guide)

he techniques team have attempted to cram as much as possible into the 30 pages you have in your hands. As well as a complete run-down of all the most useful and useable scale shapes in several positions, we've included soloing tips, a little music theory, plus some chord sheets and tab exercises to try the scales with. Don't use these scales in isolation though - the book is primarily intended for reference. The only time a scale becomes worth listening to is when you make a great solo out of it... FINDING SCALES HOW TO USE YOUR TG ULTIMATE E A E A SCALE BOOK FRETBOXES EXPLAINED Notes in pink circles are Included when scale notes lower than the root note are conveniently placed without the need to change hand position. The fret position for a scale is given by a number at the top left. Notes in black circles indicate root notes for each. given scale Vertical lines represents the strings - the nut end of the guitar is at the top of the diagram. F An 'o' above a string means the open (unfretted) note should be played. A number one in a circle refers to the first (index) finger. A number two represents the second finger. A number three in a circle refers to the third (ring) finger. A number four represents the little finger. Horizontal lines represent the frets. retboxes are commonly used to represent chord shapes, but can also be used to display scales. They work on a simple grid system - the strings run vertically and the frets horizontally. The headstock and nut of the guitar would be at the top of this diagram Each finger on the fretboard hand (the left if you're right handed) has a number, the index finger being number one. Scales are not necessarily played at the nut end of the guitar, so to save space there is a number to the left of each fret box which represents the lowest fret played in each example. sharps version hen a scale does not include open strings, it can be moved up or down the neck. The diagrams above show the sharp and flat versions of note names on the two bass strings - every fretted scale in this book has a root on the fifth or sixth string. To find a scale, move its root note (shown in black on the fretbox) to the position on the neck that corresponds with the key you need. W Open blues scales GETTING STARTED WITH SCALES F or guitarists, scale shapes are mainly used to improvise solos - the scale gives yon a template of which notes are likely to work over a given chord sequence or key. Major and minor scales are also used for the purposes of sight-reading, so you can learn which notes are 'correct' in a given key. To get you started, below are six open string versions of the guitarist's favourite shape, the pentatonic. Major & minor pentatonics HE blues scale uses all of the notes of the minor pentatonic scale, with one added note - the flattened fifth. It's actually no more difficult than the minor pentatonic, and is beneficial from a practice point of view because it gets all ofyour fingers working. BLUES IN ACTION ENTATONIC, ie five-note scales are often the first step on the way to playing blues and rock solos. The minor version I is built using the root, minor (flattened) third, fourth, fifth, and minor seventh of the m