Guitar Scales

Guitar Scale Primer - Learn the basics how to play scales on the guitar. Learn simple finger exercises to get you started, and then how to read different types for guitar scale charts.

Basic Guitar Scales - In this lesson you will learn 5 basic guitar scale shapes that every guitar player should know.

Open position major scales for guitar - These are the 5 most common keys for guitar C, G, D, A, E.

Minor Pentatonic Scales for Guitar - It's the king daddy of all guitar scales used for improvisation.

Blues scale forms - Learn all 5 positions of the blues scale for guitar, and the common extended forms. The basic theory behind a blues scale is also explained in this guitar lesson.

Major Scale Shapes - This is a study of the CAGED guitar scale system. This system is one of the foundations to understanding the neck of the guitar.

Major Scale Forms - 3 Notes Per String - Learn 7 essential 3 notes per string major guitar scale forms. These same scale forms can also be used for any major scale mode (dorian, phrygian, lydian, mixolydian, aeolian, locrian)

Chromatic Scales for Guitar - A chromatic scale contains all 12 possible pitches before arriving back at the starting note name an octave higher. This lesson covers the basic ways to play chromatic scales on the guitar.

Guitar Scale Reference - Here is a listing of some basic fingerings for many common guitar scales.

Guitar Codex - This online program is a scale finder, arpeggio finder, and has a chord naming function.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Adam St. James*
Scale Practice Exercises 1 & 2 - Video Guitar Lesson - Guitarist Adam St. James from Logical Lead Guitar shows a couple of essential guitar scale practice exercises.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Paul Tauterouff*
Pentamodal Method - Pentatonic Scales & Modes - Paul Tauterouff shows you a simple method to begin using modes in your guitar solos.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Paul Tauterouff*
Diagonal Pentatonic Scale Patterns - Guitarist Paul Tauterouff shows you how to break out of the box when playing pentatonic scales on the neck of the guitar.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Andrew Koblick*
G major scale in 3rds - Andrew Koblick from Amazing Guitar teaches an important guitar scale exercise.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Andrew Koblick*
Ascending scale 4 notes at a time - Andrew Koblick from Amazing Guitar teaches a "must know" guitar scale exercise.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Andrew Koblick*
Chromatic Scale - Andrew Koblick from Amazing Guitar teaches the chromatic scale on the guitar.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Adam St. James*
The Whole Neck Mapped Out - Guitarist Adam St. James teaches how to expand your knowledge of the neck of the guitar.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Adam St. James*
Guitar Scale Numbering System - Guitarist Adam St. James helps you decode the numbers used for guitar scales in music theory.

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Brian Huether*
Reinventing Scales - Mixotonic - Guitarist Brian Huether teaches you how to create a very useful "Frankinscale".

*Guest Guitar Lessons Series - Dario Patrono*
Open Position A Major Pentatonic Scale - Guitarist Dario Patrono from "Guitar Tips For Kids" shows how to play an A major pentatonic scale in the open position.