Guitar scales in TAB, notation and fretboard pattern / diagram form. Use the scales on this page for improvisation, songwriting and building up finger speed / dexterity.
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The second part features guitar scales that are less commonly used. Experiment with these to introduce interesting and original sounds to your solos.
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All of the scales on this page are presented in fret diagram form. These show ‘shapes’ that can be moved up and down the fretboard in order to play the scale in any key.
The tonic notes of each scale (i.e. the ‘C’ notes in a C major scale, or the ‘G’ notes in a G pentatonic minor scale) are represented by green circles.
The pentatonic minor scale is probably the most widely-used guitar scale of all. Virtually every guitarist – of every musical style – will have used it in their solos at some point.
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Use the movable pattern above to play pentatonic minor scales with any tonic note. Examples are given below. Click on the diagram to see more fretboard patterns for this scale.
The major pentatonic scale produces a clear, melodic sound – ideal for soloing over major chord sequences. This scale is often used in country and rock music.
Use the pattern above to play pentatonic major guitar scales with any tonic note. Examples are shown below. Click on the diagram or on the TABs to see more fretboard patterns for this scale.
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The blues scale is essentially the same as a pentatonic minor scale, but with the addition of one extra note – the flattened, or diminished, fifth … otherwise known as the ‘blues note’. It’s this note that gives the scale its ‘bluesy’ sound.
You’ll hear the blues scale being used not just in blues music, but also in many other styles, including rock, metal and jazz.
Use the movable pattern above to play blues guitar scales with any tonic note. Examples are given below. Click on the diagram or on the TABs to see more fretboard patterns for this scale.
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The major scale produces a clear and simple sound. If you’re thinking in terms of modes, the major scale can also be called the Ionian modal scale; it’s exactly the same scale. Think of it as learning two scales in one!
It may have a simple sound when played on its own, but the major scale is the starting point for virtually every other scale – and for western music harmony in general. You’ll need to know the major scale intimately if you want to study music theory and modal scales!
The scale diagram below shows one way of playing a major scale. You can see more major scale patterns here: Major Scale Guitar
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The pattern above can be used to play major scales with any tonic note. The TABs below show it being used to play C and G major scales.
Natural minor scales and Aeolian scales are the same guitar scales but with different names. Use them to solo over minor chord sequences.
The above pattern can be used to play natural minor scales with any tonic note. The TABs below show it being used to play C and G natural minor scales. Click on the scale diagram or TABs to see more information on this scale.
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The Dorian modal scale is popular in jazz, often being used to solo over minor seventh chords. It is also used in many other styles of music, including folk and modal jazz.
The above pattern can be used to play Dorian scales with any tonic note. The TABs below show it being used to play C and G Dorian scales.
The Mixolydian scale is often used to improvise over dominant seventh chords. It’s also used in traditional folk melodies. You can find out more about improvising with Mixolydian scales here: Improvisation With Mixolydian Scale.
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The above pattern can be used to play mixolydian guitar scales with any tonic note. The TABs below show it being used to play C and G mixolydian scales.
This section contains scales that aren’t as widely-used as those in the previous section. Here you’ll find scales that will give your solos an original sound that will really make you stand out from the crowd!
The Phrygian scale is the third mode of a major scale. Its minor third gives it a minor tonality, and the semitone interval between its first two notes gives it a Spanish / Arabic sound.
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Use the movable pattern above to play this scale with any tonic note. Examples are given below. Click on the diagram or on the TABs to see more fretboard patterns.
Locrian modal scales produce a strange, somewhat ambiguous sound. They are formed from the seventh degree of a major scale. They are one of the few guitar scales that fit over minor seventh flat 5 chords (m7b5).
The harmonic minor scale is used to harmonize minor melodies in classical music – hence the name. Today it is often utilized by jazz and metal players, and also in flamenco music. Try using it over a minor chord sequence – you might find yourself coming up with some Bach or Vivaldi-esque lines!
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The phrygian dominant scale has several other names – it also goes by the name of the ‘Freygish‘ or ‘Spanish Gypsy‘ scale. It is a very characterful scale, suggestive of Spanish and Middle Eastern music.
The Phrygian dominant is one of several guitar scales favored by metal guitarists wanting to inject an exotic sound into their solos.
The jazz minor scale is sometimes known in rock and jazz as the melodic minor, or the jazz melodic minor (it’s the same as the
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The double harmonic guitar scale is one of several scales known as the Arabic scale. (You can see more on this page: Arabic Scales.) Use it to introduce an exotic, ‘Middle Eastern’ sound into your solos.
The whole tone scale produces an unsettling, ‘ambiguous’ sound. It’s used by jazz guitarists to improvise over dominant chords as it produces jazzy-sounding dissonances / tensions.
Every note in a whole tone scale is the same distance from its neighbor (as the name suggests, the interval between each note is a whole tone, or whole step). For this reason any of the notes in the scale pattern below could potentially be a tonic note (because, for example, a C whole tone scale contains the same notes as a D whole tone scale).
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The altered scale uses the same notes as a jazz minor scale, but starts and ends on the seventh degree of that scale.
When an altered scale is played over a dominant chord with the same root note (i.e. when a G altered scale is played over a G dominant chord) it produces every possible altered note. For this reason the altered scale is often used by jazz musicians, who exploit the ‘tensions’ produced by the altered notes.
The intervals between the notes of a diminished scale alternate between whole and half steps. Diminished scales are ‘octatonic’, which means that they contain eight notes per octave (by contrast ‘normal’ scales such as the major and harmonic minor are ‘heptatonic’; i.e. they contain 7 notes per octave).
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Diminished scales can be used to solo over diminished chords. They can also be used to solo over dominant chords, by playing the scale with the root a half-step higher than the chord. The resulting tensions create jazzy sounding lines.
The Lydian augmented scale is a Lydian scale with a raised fifth. It can be used to create interesting lines over augmented chords. The scale can also be used to create tension-filled lines over other altered chords by using the scale with its root a major third above the root of the chord.
There is often more than one way to play these scale shapes. Experiment to find the fingering that works best for you.
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Guitarists are lucky because just one scale shape can be used to play that scale in any key. All we need to do is to move the shape to the right fret. This is why guitar scale diagrams are so useful.
Scale diagrams show us the ‘shapes’ that the scales make on the fretboard. If the shape of a scale is learned for a particular scale, then that same shape can be played
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