For those that want to expand their scale horizons, the available Player Pack on the Fender Tune app features a dynamic scale library with a variety of diagrams and patterns for any variation, flavor and key. And for those looking to brush up on the basics or just dive into scales for the first time, Fender Play has a wealth of videos that offer step-by-step guides of basic scales that will serve you well.
Take a look at a list of five essential scales complete with diagrams to get you started below. The E minor pentatonic scale in the open position is ground zero for soloing. For this version from Fender Play instructor Matt Lake, you'll play two notes on each string, an open string followed by a fretted note.
Wellbaum also plays portions of the scale under chords which is a common technique used in her songs. A pentatonic scale is a popular five-note scale that you'll need to know for riffs, solos and melodies, especially for rock and blues.
For the A minor pentatonic scale, it's a snap to learn in two octaves in the fifth position, and it helps you with your fret-hand strength. See the image below to get more of an idea of this. The C major scale is the simplest to understand as there are no sharps or flats within it. The figure below shows how the notes in the C Major scale are taken from the chromatic scale of all possible notes.
The fretboard diagram below shows the notes of the C Major Scale, with the yellow notes indicating the root of the scale. The minor scale has an associated set of intervals that give it that unhappy character.
The A minor scale is the simplest to understand as there are no sharps or flats within it. The figure below shows how the notes in the A Minor scale are taken from the chromatic scale of all possible notes. Do you notice a similarity with the C Major Scale? The fretboard diagram below shows the notes of the A Minor Scale, with the yellow notes indicating the root of the scale and blue notes the rest of the scale. The major pentatonic is a simpler version of the major scale.
The fretboard diagram below shows the notes of the C Major Pentatonic Scale. The root notes are in yellow and the rest of the scale in green. The minor pentatonic is a simpler version of the minor scale. The fretboard diagram below shows the notes of the A Minor Pentatonic Scale. The blues scale is probably the next scale that guitarists learn after the basic major and minor scales and their pentatonic versions. The blues scale is in the middle of the natural minor scale and the minor pentatonic, in that it contains six notes.
Did you spot the three root notes here? Well done! If you start playing the above pattern on the 5th fret so the root note on the left is on the 5th fret of the 6th string you will be playing the A Major Scale. If you play the same pattern from a starting position two frets higher starting on the 7th fret you will be playing the B Major Scale. In every scale there is a root note.
The root note is what names the scale. In the E Major Scale the root note is E. The root note is the hero note. The other scale that you must know if you want to learn guitar scales is the Minor Scale.
If you want to learn guitar scales you need to understand the mood they create. This scale sounds sad and melancholy and the contrast from the Major Scale is stark. But of course, we need both! Yin and Yang. Light and dark. Batman and the Joker, etc…! I think the Natural Minor Scale is much cooler than the Major Scale , it sounds more interesting and evocative.
But perhaps best of all, it gives us the foundation for the Minor Pentatonic Scale and Blues Scale which are the most fun scales for the majority of guitarists. Playing a solo in a minor scale over major chords just sounds awesome.
The Natural Minor Scale looks like this:. These notes are from the start of the next octave. I use all of these notes because they all sound good. This is only a little bit different to the Natural Minor Scale. Here we sharpen the penultimate note to make the pull back to the root note stronger. So we add an extra note to smooth the ascension.
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