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Diatonic Scale & Pentatonic Scale

Diatonic Scale & Pentatonic Scale

Notice that the Diatonic Scale (red+black) is simply the Pentatonic Scale (red) with extra notes.

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Check out these related posts:
Pentatonic Scale Page
Diatonic Scale Page

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Soloing with Chord Tones (charts)

Soloing with chord tones is your next best step after you’ve finished memorizing your scales shapes. It is important to know that not all notes are created equal when playing lead. If guitar soloing was karate, these notes would be your pressure points.
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“The Fall” (click on the charts to make bigger)

“The Lift”

“The Switch”

“The Bend”

“The Ship”

Check out this related post:
Moving with Chord Tones

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The Pentatonic Scale

The Pentatonic Scale

The Pentatonic Scale is one of the most important thing a guitarist can learn (along with open chords). The perfect routine for a new guitarist is to spend half of your time learning songs and the other half spent drilling these scales into your musical vocabulary. Here is a list describing the numerous reasons why scales need to be a part of every player’s daily practice routine.

Here are the shapes tabbed out, pay close attention to the fingerings. Here is a video showing the exact way that I suggest practicing these.

The Ship