Guitar major pentatonic scale chart printable pdf subject. Major pentatonic scales 27 a major pentatonic 27, bb major pentatonic 28, b major pentatonic 29, c major pentatonic. H means half which is 1 fret, w means whole so 2 frets and 1. Eflat and bflat versions separate versions of the course are available depending on the instrument you play. The minor pentatonic scale left handed diagrams for guitar. Pentatonic scales are known primarily for the bluesy sound they suggest, but have long been used by blues, rock, and jazz musicians. They just ooze that minor bluesy vibe or sweet major vibe. I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the scales.
Pentatonic scale patterns 5 pentatonic scale positions. Music scales explained major scale vs minor pentatonic. How to play the pentatonic scale on acoustic guitar 8 solo. Well the most common scale to learn first is the minor pentatonic scale. All ukulele plans can be downloaded for free as pdf files that print on paper 36. Since most players are far more familiar with the minor pentatonic scale shapes, this is an easy cheat for getting the major. The first pattern consists of a 3note grouping that you play from each note in the scale. Pentatonic scales for guitar a pentatonic scale has just 5 notes. The aim is to be able to do this from memory by the end of the book in various keys. Printable minor and major pentatonic scales keen player. Major pentatonic scales in open position closed mobile major pentatonic scales forms horizontal scale forms although the scale forms above make it relatively easy to see how the scale relates to the underlying chord, they do. The difference between major and minor pentatonic scales. A pentatonic scale is a musical scale with five notes per octave, in contrast to the heptatonic.
As you will learn, these patterns can be transferred to all keys. Download and print in pdf or midi free sheet music for pentatonic scale by. You should already familiar with this basic major scale shape. Jun 19, 2019 the most common pentatonic scale is the pentatonic minor scale, the scale that weve been discussing throughout this page. Another way of looking at it is a major scale excluding the 4th and 7th degrees. Once you have that one down and can use it then you should explore the major scale. Premium learning minor pentatonic scales pdf ebook. The guitar major scale is happy upbeat and useful in a variety of styles of music. Later on we shall take a look at the minor pentatonic. Major pentatonic scale the major pentatonic scale shares five notes with the major scale.
Try playing minor pentatonic over minor chords and major pentatonic over major chords within the same jam track. Free printable guitar scales 14 most commonly used scales. A basic shape that you already know but with a different root notefind the rel. Ive started writing up all the notes i give to guitar students so rather than getting a photocopy of something i wrote in the back of an envelope when i was 19 and figuring all this stuff out myself i can just print off or hyperlink to resources when i need to give stuff out. Quick jist arpeggio sheet shows how you play the notes of the chord within the caged chord system for each type of chord.
Learn how to play a movable major pentatonic scale on the mandolin in this video lesson. Major minor and pentatonic scale patterns lessons scales. Guitar scales printable charts of the most commonly used scales. Link to guitar pro file of tab for the guitar diminished scale. Com the 5 patterns of the major pentatonic scale for guitar. Feb 16, 2018 guitar teachers can print the book or single sheets for their students. Major scale vs minor pentatonic lesson plan plus tons of song examples here h scales explainedsubscribe to. There are other pentatonic scales including the pentatonic major scale, but as weve found, when most guitarists talk about the pentatonic scale, they mean the pentatonic minor scale. In this guitar lesson i wil show you how to play the major pentatonic scale. Oct 21, 2018 download and print in pdf or midi free sheet music for pentatonic scale by lessons scales arranged by michal. Pentatonic scales have only five notes penta means five. The a minor pentatonic comes from the natural minor scale.
The pentatonic scale, major and minor free piano lessons. This guide has all the information from the course and serves as an excellent reference if you would like to print it out or view on a tablet or computer screen. Major pentatonic bass scales in tab notation form learn. The positions of the roots in this scale match the e shape in the caged system. The major pentatonic scale next level guitar lessons.
At least i understand the difference between the blue scale and the major pentatonic scale is in the diminished 5th, but the difference between the major and minor pentatonic scale, i still dont get, especially because ive mastered the major and natural minor scale, and am trying to shake this off while learning the pentatonic scales. Pentatonic scale improvisation pentatonic scale soloing. So if the 1st note was g, the scale would be built on that note and it would become g minor pentatonic. Pentatonic scales are killer scales to play over blues and over iivv changes. A simpler alternative is to put red circles around those notes once you. Print this article pdf email article to a friend developing pentatonics for jazz a systemic approach to pentatonic mastery in all 12 keys. Jun 24, 2019 scales for every guitarist, including. Each one connects to the next and continues down and up the fretboard.
It also provides a big scale chart, a downloadable pdf, and an interactive. The major pentatonic consists of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th notes of a major scale. Here is a series of five rock blues licks based on the pentatonic scale of e minor. Download a free pdf of major pentatonic scales on every root for the ukulele. Clicking here and on the image below will open a pdf file of the guitar major scale chart that prints nicely.
I have also included the 5 box patterns you need to learn in order to memorize the scales in all keys. The root notes a in these examples are circled so that you can learn their locations. Use the blues scale which is the same as the minor pentatonic but with an added b5 scale degree. Guitar lovers manual chord, arpeggio and scale pdf with. Be sure to change scales as the chords change and listen for the sound differences between the major and minor, get lost in the fun. Guitarists can teach themselves how to play the 5 minor pentatonic scales by following the book. The 5th note of any major pentatonic scale is the root of the relative minor pentatonic scale. The pentatonics are fun 5 note scales that are essential to blues and country music. Mar 04, 2021 my version has all variations of pentatonic scales. Tu jimavu yuyikugipama hp envy 4500 printer error code oxc4eb827f sabomatoke. Oc scales pdfs so you can print and properly practice.
The major pentatonic scale d major pentatonic box shape. Below is an example of what i call pentatonic exercise 1 in the key of c major. The guitar major pentatonic scale has a bright sound that is just right for country music. Learn your major pentatonic scale and practice pentatonic exercise 1 in all 12 keys.
Many big name players and rock bands have made careers using pentatonic scales. In the same way that the pentatonic scale works see above, once youve learnt the minor scale structure all you need to do switch the note you begin and end on, and voila you have the major scale. Its an handy reference pdf with tons of fretboard scale diagrams that yo. The scales are provided in tablature and standard notation. The minor pentatonic scale the major pentatonic scale enjoy. These notes can be used to bring out the sounds of these different chords. These are the four most common scales in pop and rock music. Minor pentatonic scale patterns the 5 positions as we learned in the minor pentatonic scale lesson, this scale has just 5 tones 1 root, b3 minor 3rd, 4 perfect 4th, 5 perfect 5th and b7 minor 7th. Printable downloadable major pentatonic scale guitar chart. Scales are presented as scale patterns, notation and tab. The exercises in this book use the major scale, pentatonic scale, blues scale, and chromatic scale.
Major pentatonic scale patterns so, using exactly the same technique as above, lets build up a large major pentatonic scale pattern. Accordingly there are four other standard major scale shapes which fit around the roots of the remaining shapes c, a, g and d. Oct 26, 2009 free downloadable pentatonic scale diagrams. Mar 28, 2019 download and print in pdf or midi free sheet music for pentatonic scale by lessons scales arranged by michal. That means both the major and minor pentatonic scales are, respectively, a major and minor scale minus two notes. These are the root notes, pentatonic scale notes, majorminor scale notes, and the. The 2nd note of any minor pentatonic scale is the root of the relative major pentatonic scale. Pentatonic major and minor for a4 paper, printing 72 dpi or higher pentatonic major and. Print and download in pdf or midi pentatonic scales. Use additional notes from the parent major scale, also called playing with modes. Use the chord tones from the chord being played, most likely using arpeggios or chord specific licks. You can get more diagrams in the tuning of your choice by using my interactive web app here. Bookmarks simplify navigation and finding pages in adobe. The pentatonic foundation course also comes with a pdf guide book.
For instance, lets take a look at the c major scale. Major pentatonic scale how to play guitar stage 5 guitar. The pentatonic, or pentatonic minor scale, or simply blues scale, is the basis of the majority of blues, rock and metal music of the 20th century. The first, second, third, fifth, and sixth notes of the major scale become the five notes in the. The major pentatonic scale may be thought of as a gapped or incomplete major scale. You will be able to play in any key in 5 different positions by learning these patterns. The minor pentatonic scale includes the flat 7th and the 11th in addition to the root, flat 3rd and 5th of the minor triad. Scale compendium, often referred to as the major 326 or minor 330 pentatonic scale 4, play the shapes found in the exercises, but replace the written notes with the notes of your chos en scale. This pdf contains the diagrams for all the major and minor pentatonic scales in all keys for guitar in standard tuning. The major pentatonic scale includes the 9th and the 6th in addition to the root, 3rd and 5th of the major triad. Because this pattern has an e as the first note this is pattern 1 of the e minor pentatonic scale and all other minor pentatonic scales.
It contains the sections chord, scale and arpeggio. For more background on these scales see learning pentatonic scales for guitar and piano scale fingering as well as my piano scale category. The major scale now youve understood the minor scale, the major scale is super easy. Guitar lovers manual is a digital book with sound in pdf format for printing purposes. There are a total of 430 finger exercises in this book. The 3 frets down trick since most players are far more familiar with the minor pentatonic scale shapes, this is an easy cheat for getting the major pentatonic notes under your fingers. Major minor and pentatonic scale patterns tab by lessons.
The formula for the major pentatonic scale is w, w, 1. Knowing how to play movable patterns on the mandolin is crucial in a. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large. The major pentatonic scale contains 5 notes of the major scale, and the minor pentatonic scale contains 5 notes of the minor scale. Cs relative minor pentatonic scale, a minor pentatonic, begins on the 6 th scale degree of the major pentatonic scale shown above. Weve stayed away from discussing pentatonic scales in previous articles, only mentioning them in. The c major scale on 1 string guitar scales charts, guitar modes, jazz standard. If you start at the g on the 3rd fret of the low e string youll get a g major pentatonic scale. You can also improvise solo on guitar by playing the pattern in the key of the music. If you want to start playing lead guitar, improvising blues and rock, or writing classic sounding rock tunes, the pentatonic blues scale is definitely the place to start. Weve stayed away from discussing pentatonic scales in previous articles, only mentioning them in passing as something to avoid overusing.
The minor pentatonic scale by paul tauterouff the minor pentatonic scale is one of the most commonly scales used in rock, blues, country and jazz music. The natural minor is the aeolian mode of the relative major scale. This page shows all the major pentatonic bass scales in every key in tab form and notation as well as a pdf above these scales can be used for bass guitar or piano or any instrument that uses a bass clef. High graphic resolution enables printing of best quality large format printouts. Pentatonic scales sheet music for piano download free in pdf or midi. Clicking on the graphics will start playback of the integrated sound. Jan 12, 2020 i normally print 2 pages on one, but since printing e. Learning scale patterns will help you to advance in your guitar playing. The classical pentatonic scale dictonary page on classic cat. Link to free printable guitar scales pdf file with all 5 positions of the guitar diminished scale. In this exercise we play our major pentatonic scale over the entire range of our instrument up and back down again. The notes are taken from the e minor pentatonic scale with the added major.
Guitarists on grade 3 and above will find the scales useful for soloing. Major pentatonic scales 27 a major pentatonic 27, bb major pentatonic 28, b major pentatonic 29, c major pentatonic 30, db major pentatonic 31, d major pentatonic 32, eb major pentatonic 33, e major pentatonic 34, f major pentatonic 35, gb major pentatonic 36, g major pentatonic 37, ab major. Major pentatonic drills fundamental changes music book. The two printable pdf download music sheets explore a variety of beginners 1 octave scales with root notes on the e and a strings based on frets 3, 5 and 7. I normally print 2 pages on one, but since printing e. The pentatonic scale and the blues scale are very closely related with the only difference between the scales being the addition of one note, the flat 3rd in the major pentatonic scale or the flat 5th in the minor pentatonic scale depending on how you look at it. Guitar scales how to play scales tutorial fachords guitar. A minor pentatonic scale is related to its major pentatonic scale because it has the same patterns or.
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