Scales

Lesson 5/28 | Study Time: 5 Min
Course: Rock Fingerpicking Guitar
Scales

Scales

A scale can be defined as a series of notes, in alphabetical order, going from any given note to its octave and based upon some form of set pattern. The pattern upon which most scales are based involves a set sequence of tones and/or semitones.

On the guitar, a tone is two frets and a semitone is one fret. As an example, the B note is a tone higher than A, (two frets), whereas the C note is only a semitone higher than B (one fret). Of the other natural notes in music, E and F are a semitone apart, and all the others are a tone apart.

Natural notes

In music theory, a tone may be referred to as a step and a semitone as a half-step.

The main types of scales that you need to become familiar with are the chromatic, major, minor, minor pentatonic and blues scales.

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1- INTRODUCTION 2- Basic Fingerpicking Technique 3- The Rudiments of Music 4- Putting It all Together 5- Pick and Fingers Technique 6- Basic Fingerpicking Licks 7- Lead Guitar Patterns 8- More Patterns and Techniques 9- Picking Notes Together 10- Chord Based Licks - Second Position 11- Chord Based Licks - First Position 12- Fingerpicking Patterns 13- Electronic Tuner 14- Note Values 15- Playing Position 16- Hand Technique 17- Chord Diagrams Used in This Book 18- Time Signatures 19- Picking the Strings 20- Scales 21- The Chromatic Scale 22- The Major Scale 23- The Minor Scale 24- The Minor Pentatonic Scale 25- The Major Pentatonic Scale 26- Keys and Key Signatures 27- Relative Keys 28- Other Fingerpicking Books in the Progressive Series

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